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New York Times:
Trump Sees Inquiry Into Cohen as Greater Threat Than Mueller — President Trump's advisers have concluded that a wide-ranging corruption investigation in New York poses a greater and more imminent threat to the president than even the special counsel's investigation, according to several people close to Mr. Trump.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Negotiated $1.6 Million Settlement for Top Republican Fundraiser — The 2017 deal was on behalf of Elliott Broidy, a businessman who faced allegations he impregnated a former Playboy model, and resembles one Mr. Cohen arranged with Stormy Daniels
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CNN:
Exclusive: FBI seized recordings between Trump's lawyer and Stormy Daniels' former lawyer — (CNN)The FBI seized recordings President Donald Trump's attorney made of his conversations with a lawyer representing two women who had alleged affairs with Trump, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN.
Justin Miller / The Daily Beast:
Prosecutors Probing Michael Cohen Have Nailed Financial Frauds, Corrupt Pols and Organized Crooks … Michael Cohen has never faced attorneys like the ones investigating him. — The federal prosecutors looking into Cohen, the longtime lawyer and fixer for Donald Trump …
Marcy Wheeler / New York Times:
Trump Pardoned Libby to Protect Himself From Mueller — “There is a cloud over the White House as to what happened. Don't you think the F.B.I., the grand jury, the American people are entitled to a straight answer?” — With those words, uttered over a decade ago, Patrick Fitzgerald …
Wall Street Journal:
Elliott Broidy Quits RNC Post After Report on Payment to Ex-Model — Fundraiser agreed to pay $1.6 million to woman who said he had impregnated her, Wall Street Journal reported — GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy on Friday resigned from his post as deputy national finance chairman …
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Kyra Phillips / ABC News:
Trump, Cohen spoke Friday as feds look into seized recordings, sources say
Trump, Cohen spoke Friday as feds look into seized recordings, sources say
The White House:
Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding the Pardon of I. “Scooter” Lewis Libby
Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding the Pardon of I. “Scooter” Lewis Libby
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New York Times:
R.N.C. Official Who Agreed to Pay Playboy Model $1.6 Million Resigns
R.N.C. Official Who Agreed to Pay Playboy Model $1.6 Million Resigns
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Washington Post:
Criminal investigation into Trump lawyer's business dealings began months ago
Criminal investigation into Trump lawyer's business dealings began months ago
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Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Trump Is Trying To Save His Dying Presidency By Pardoning Scooter Libby
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Trump lawyer Michael Cohen under criminal investigation
Trump lawyer Michael Cohen under criminal investigation
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CNN:
DOJ: Michael Cohen ‘under criminal investigation’
DOJ: Michael Cohen ‘under criminal investigation’
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Pardons Scooter Libby in a Case That Mirrors His Own
Trump Pardons Scooter Libby in a Case That Mirrors His Own
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Sources: Mueller has evidence Cohen was in Prague in 2016, confirming part of dossier — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department special counsel has evidence that Donald Trump's personal lawyer and confidant, Michael Cohen, secretly made a late-summer trip to Prague during the 2016 presidential campaign …
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New York Times:
Trump Orders Strikes on Syria Over Suspected Chemical Weapons Attack — WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Friday he had ordered strikes on Syrian targets, seeking to punish President Bashar al-Assad for a suspected chemical attack near Damascus that killed more than 40 people.
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CBS News:
U.S. launches military strike on Syria in response to chemical attack — live updates — The U.S. on Friday launched “precision” military strikes against targets inside Syria linked to recent chemical attacks, said President Trump in a statement from the White House.
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CNN:
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Seeks Large Strike in Syria; Mattis Urges Caution — President and defense secretary differ on response to suspected Syrian chemical attack — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is prodding his military advisers to agree to a more sweeping retaliatory strike in Syria than they consider prudent …
Washington Post:
U.S. launches missile strikes in Syria … President Trump ordered a military attack against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Friday, joining allies Britain and France in launching missile strikes in retaliation for what Western nations said was the deliberate gassing of Syrian civilians.
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Vera Bergengruen / BuzzFeed:
The US And Allies Have Launched Military Strikes On Syria After A Chemical Weapons Attack
New York Times:
President Trump on Syria Strikes: Full Transcript and Video
President Trump on Syria Strikes: Full Transcript and Video
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New York Times:
Former F.B.I. Deputy Director Is Faulted in Scathing Inspector General Report — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department inspector general delivered to Congress on Friday a highly critical report that accused Andrew G. McCabe, the former F.B.I. deputy director, of repeatedly misleading investigators.
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
James Comey Is No Hero
James Comey Is No Hero
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New York Times:
As Clinton Camp Denied Reports of Criminal Inquiry, F.B.I. Was Investigating, Comey Says
Lauren Effron / ABC News:
Comey says Trump asked if he could disprove salacious prostitute allegations in ‘dossier’
Comey says Trump asked if he could disprove salacious prostitute allegations in ‘dossier’
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Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
IG releases report faulting fired FBI official McCabe
IG releases report faulting fired FBI official McCabe
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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein tells confidantes he is prepared to be fired — WASHINGTON — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has struck a stoic and righteous tone in private conversations he has had this week about the fate of his job as President Donald Trump has launched public criticism …
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Daniel Newhauser / National Journal:
Dems Prep a Plan if Rosenstein Is Fired
Dems Prep a Plan if Rosenstein Is Fired
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Laura Jarrett / CNN:
EXCLUSIVE: Rosenstein consulted with ethics adviser at DOJ on Russia probe
EXCLUSIVE: Rosenstein consulted with ethics adviser at DOJ on Russia probe
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BuzzFeed:
A Former Russian Spy Worked On A Trump Moscow Deal While Trump Was Running For President — While Trump was running for president, his business team was trying to develop a Trump tower in Moscow — with the help of a former Russian military intelligence officer.
New Yorker:
Chick-fil-A's Creepy Infiltration of New York City — During a recent lunch hour, I was alone on the rooftop of the largest Chick-fil-A in the world. The restaurant, on Fulton Street, is the company's fourth in Manhattan, and it opened last month to the kind of slick, corporate-friendly fanfare that can only greet a new chain.
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Brandon Morse / RedState:
The Left Needs to Chill Out About Christianity
CNN:
HHS official shared post saying ‘forefathers’ would have ‘hung’ Obama, Clinton for treason — (CNN)A political appointee at the Department of Health and Human Services shared an image in 2017 that said “our forefathers would have hung” Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for treason, a CNN KFile review has found.
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
I'd Like to Offer This Sanity Quiz to All #NeverTrump Conservatives — Nicolle Wallace, David Frum, Joe Scarborough, Bill Kristol: Step right up. — I am told regularly by people I admire and respect to hold my cynical tongue about all the career conservatives and television flotsam …
Los Angeles Times:
Patrick Soon-Shiong plans to move Los Angeles Times to new campus in El Segundo — The Los Angeles Times this summer will move from its historic art deco headquarters in downtown Los Angeles to a campus currently under construction in El Segundo. — Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong …
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WJBK-TV:
Black teen misses bus, gets shot at after asking for directions in Rochester Hills — ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (WJBK) - A 14-year-old missed his bus and it nearly cost him his life. — Things took a dangerous turn when Brennan Walker went looking for help at a Rochester Hills home Thursday morning …
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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Trump, Gardner strike deal on legalized marijuana, ending standoff over Justice nominees … President Trump has promised a top Senate Republican that he will support congressional efforts to protect states that have legalized marijuana — defusing a months-long standoff between Sen. Cory Gardner …
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
A Democracy Disappears — So now we know how you do it. — I mean how you turn a prosperous 21st-century liberal democracy into an illiberal one, and then into a de facto dictatorship. There are no tanks; no mass arrests of opposition politicians; no coups; no direct assaults on the rule of law; and no new totalizing ideology.
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Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
Trapped In The White House: Many Trump Aides Are Too “Toxic” To Get Jobs — Companies that would normally jump to hire presidential aides are worried about the backlash and potential legal drama that comes with hiring the Trump brand. — Reporting From Washington, DC
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Paul Ryan endorses Kevin McCarthy to succeed him as House GOP leader — Paul Ryan says he thinks House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is the right person to succeed him as House GOP leader. — McCarthy and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, among others, are seen as possible candidates to lead House Republicans.
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