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Judge Rejects Trump's Request to Review Seized Cohen Materials — A federal judge on Monday rejected an attempt by President Trump and his longtime personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, to block prosecutors in Manhattan from reviewing a trove of materials seized in F.B.I. raids last week on Mr. Cohen's office …
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Trump lawyer Michael Cohen did legal work for Fox News commentator Sean Hannity … BREAKING: Trump lawyer Michael Cohen did legal work for Fox News commentator Sean Hannity. — President Trump's longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, told a federal judge Monday that he had three legal clients in the past year …


Judge Slows U.S. Review of Trump Lawyer's Records: Cohen Update — After an afternoon of pitched arguments over who should have the right to vet documents seized from President Donald Trump's personal attorney, a federal judge in New York delayed a decision on whether to appoint an impartial “special master” to conduct the review.
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Under Siege, Michael Cohen Is Vacillating Between a New Level of Exasperation and Trumpian Business-As-Usual — Cohen has been dismayed by the silence from Trump's inner-circle in Washington. One person familiar with his thinking said that he's gotten messages from thousands of people since last Monday …
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Sean Hannity has few rules, and now Fox News has a problem — Hannity: Cohen has never represented me — Sean Hannity operates at Fox News with few rules. He seemingly says and does whatever he wants, even when it embarrasses his own colleagues. — With his high ratings come huge headaches for Fox.


Michael Cohen's mystery third client is Sean Hannity — New York (CNN)Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen also represents Fox News host Sean Hannity, Cohen's attorneys said Monday afternoon. — Cohen had told the court earlier he had at least 10 clients between 2017 and 2018 …
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Judge Hands Defeat to Trump and Cohen Over FBI Raid: 'You've Miscited the Law' … President Donald Trump and his longtime attorney Michael Cohen both lost a court challenge related to the FBI's seizure of Cohen's documents they both claim are protected by attorney-client privilege.
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Here's Why You Should Be Skeptical Of That Michael Cohen Prague Story — McClatchy reporters Peter Stone and Greg Gordon rocked the political world Friday when they reported special counsel Robert Mueller has evidence Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, visited Prague in the summer of 2016.
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Michael Cohen case is being heard by Judge Kimba Wood — aka the ‘Love Judge’ — The judge hearing the legal fight between federal investigators and the President Trump lawyer who inked a hush agreement with a porn star knows her way around Playboy Playmates and a steamy scandal.


Sean Hannity Was a Client of Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen
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Trump lawyer Cohen did secret legal work for Sean Hannity, attorney says
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The Michael Cohen legal sideshow: Gasps, pratfalls and paparazzi
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Cohen Isn't the Biggest Catch from Trump World
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What to make of the dramatic court fight over Michael Cohen's documents
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Judge rejects Trump's bid to block access to Cohen materials
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Today in politics — updated less than 1 min ago5:32 p.m. ET, April 16, 2018
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Michael Cohen Forced to Reveal His Mystery Client Is Sean Hannity
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Trump puts the brakes on new Russian sanctions, reversing Haley's announcement — President Trump on Monday put the brakes on a preliminary plan to impose additional economic sanctions on Russia, walking back a Sunday announcement by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley …
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Trump to Impose New Sanctions on Russia Over Support for Syria
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Haley says U.S. preparing new sanctions against Russia, rules out talks with Assad
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Kellyanne Conway slams Comey: He always diverts ‘the spotlight to him’ — President Donald Trump's senior counselor, Kellyanne Conway, slammed former FBI Director James Comey as a publicity hound who is trying to promote his new book. — “The president is very confounded that this person …
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Comey Is Trump's Ultimate Victory
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James Comey's ABC Interview Has Furious FBI Insiders Lashing Out
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Comey rips Obama for comments on Clinton case: He ‘jeopardized’ DOJ
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Here are the winners of the 2018 Pulitzer Prizes — Winners of the 2018 Pulitzer Prizes were announced at Columbia University in New York City on Monday. The Pulitzers are highly revered and mark the best in journalism in 14 categories. — Neil Brown, Poynter's president, is a member of the Pulitzer Prize board.
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This photojournalist won a Pulitzer for an image he made on his last day in the newsroom — Photojournalist Ryan Kelly won a Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for an image he made at The (Charlottesville, Virginia) Daily Progress on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. — It was the day of a white supremacist rally.


EXCLUSIVE: 'We just went at it like she just didn't exist.' Former Playmate reveals she had sex with Donald Trump in front of her friend during a steamy six-month affair while his then-fiancée Marla Maples was pregnant with Tiffany — Barbara Moore, 49, told DailyMail.com …
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Starbucks CEO apologizes for arrests of 2 black men at Philadelphia store; manager has left company — Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson apologized Monday for the arrests of two black men at a Center City Starbucks, saying what happened to the pair was “reprehensible.” — RELATED COVERAGE
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Starbucks manager who made call resulting in black men's arrests no longer works for company
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Democrats in Good Position to Nab Republican House Seats — Trump, tax reform drag down GOP prospects — West Long Branch, NJ - Democrats have a 19 point advantage over Republicans in the generic House ballot among all registered voters in the Garden State.
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GOP tax cuts have gotten less popular with voters, new NBC/WSJ poll says
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George Stephanopoulos is having more sex than you — It seems James Comey isn't the only one being thoroughly probed by George Stephanopoulos. — Apparently the bijou broadcaster — whose blockbuster interview with the former FBI director aired Sunday — is as relentless in the bedroom as he is in the newsroom.
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Russian Journalist Who Reported on Secretive Paramilitary Dies — MOSCOW — A Russian journalist who had reported recently on clandestine Russian paramilitary groups in Syria died on Sunday after falling from the balcony of his fifth-floor apartment in Yekaterinburg, the authorities there said.
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APNewsBreak: California rejects border duties for troops — SAN DIEGO (AP) — California has rejected terms of the federal government's initial plans for sending National Guard troops to the border because the work is considered too closely tied to immigration, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press.
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McCain remains hospitalized after surgery to treat infection — Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain is hospitalized in “stable condition” in Phoenix for treatment of intestinal infection, his office announced Monday. — On Sunday, his office said, McCain was admitted to the Mayo Clinic …
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Arizona special election in dead heat: poll — The special election for an Arizona House seat is in a statistical dead heat in the final week of the race, according to a poll released on Monday. — A poll from Emerson College found physician Hiral Tipirneni (D) narrowly leading with 46 percent …
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EPA broke spending law on Pruitt phone booth: government watchdog — A government watchdog agency concluded that the Environmental Protection Agency violated federal law in spending more than $43,000 to install a private phone booth in EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's office, according to a report obtained by ABC News.
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Alert (TA18-106A) — Russian State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Targeting Network Infrastructure Devices — Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) Enabled Devices — Cisco Smart Install (SMI) Enabled Devices — Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Enabled Network Devices
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Trump businesses made millions off Republican groups and federal agencies, report says — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's U.S. businesses have received at least $15.1 million in revenue from political groups and federal agencies since 2015, according to a new report to be released Monday.
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