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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
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.
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The Daily Beast:
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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Michael Calderone / Politico:
Hannity's ethics under fire — Sean Hannity has wavered over the years on whether he is a journalist or conservative activist, but ethics specialists say that whichever hat the Fox News host was wearing last week when he condemned the FBI raid on attorney Michael Cohen's office, he should have disclosed that he's a client of Cohen's.
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New York Post:
How Cohen's day in court turned into the Stormy Daniels show — Porn star Stormy Daniels turned a hotly anticipated court appearance by President Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen into a three-ring circus on Monday, creating a media frenzy when she rolled up to the hallowed hall of justice in black stiletto heels.
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CNN:
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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New York Times:
Judge Says Trump and Cohen Can't Yet Review Materials Seized by F.B.I. — A federal judge on Monday held off on deciding who should get the first look at a trove of materials seized in the F.B.I. raids last week on President Trump's personal lawyer's office, home, hotel room and safe deposit box.
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New York Times:
Sean Hannity Is Named as Michael Cohen's Client — A lawyer for Michael D. Cohen said in court on Monday that one of Mr. Cohen's clients was Sean Hannity, the Fox News personality and an ardent defender of President Trump. — Lawyers for Mr. Cohen, the president's longtime personal lawyer and fixer …
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Trump lawyer Michael Cohen did legal work for Fox News commentator Sean Hannity
James Fanelli / New York Daily News:
Michael Cohen case is being heard by Judge Kimba Wood — aka the ‘Love Judge’
Greg Price / Newsweek:
SEAN HANNITY: ALL THE TIMES HOST DEFENDED MICHAEL COHEN WITHOUT REVEALING HE WAS TRUMP LAWYER'S CLIENT
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Slate:
Hannity Responds to Being Named as a Client of Michael Cohen
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Hannity Denies Report He Hired Cohen To Help Combat Ad Boycotts Following O'Reilly's Firing
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NBC News:
Fox News host Sean Hannity revealed as Michael Cohen's mystery client
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
The Michael Cohen legal sideshow: Gasps, pratfalls and paparazzi
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Daily Mail:
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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Emma Roller / Splinter:
Another Former Playboy Playmate Says She Had a Torrid Love Affair With Donald Trump — First came Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal. Now, another former Playboy model has come forward alleging that she had an affair with President Donald Trump. — On Monday, the Daily Mail published …
Washington Post:
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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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Scraps New Sanctions Against Russia, Overruling Advisers — WASHINGTON — President Trump rejected for now imposing a fresh round of sanctions against Russia on Monday, a course change that underscored the schism between the president and his national security team.
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
James Comey Is Doing It Wrong — Having used both his book, A Higher Loyalty, and his interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos to portray himself as the defender of truth, the paragon of integrity, the embodiment of ethical values and principles and as someone guided by a steady moral compass …
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
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.
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Nick Statt / The Verge:
Broadband advisor picked by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai arrested on fraud charges — Elizabeth Pierce allegedly tricked investors into pouring $250 million into a fiber optic scheme by forging revenue agreements — A broadband advisor selected by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai …
Julie Turkewitz / New York Times:
Ryan Zinke Is Opening Up Public Lands. Just Not at Home. — WHITEFISH, Mont. — When Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke was a state senator from this idyllic mountain town, he drove a Prius, sported a beard and pushed President Barack Obama to make clean energy a priority.
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US-CERT:
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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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
U.S., British governments warn businesses worldwide of Russian campaign to hack routers
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John Harwood / CNBC:
GOP tax cuts have gotten less popular with voters, new NBC/WSJ poll says — The new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows that the tax cuts, never broadly popular, have sagged in public esteem lately — just 27 percent of Americans call them a good idea.
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Reuters:
False alarm set off Syrian air defenses: pro-Assad commander — BEIRUT (Reuters) - A false alarm led to Syrian air defense missiles being fired overnight and there was no fresh attack on Syria, a commander in the regional military alliance that backs the Syrian government told Reuters.
Caroline O'Donovan / BuzzFeed:
Tesla Is Temporarily Shutting Down Model 3 Production. Again. — Just a few days after Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he's feeling optimistic about his ability to speed up production on the company's vehicles, the assembly line for the Model 3 in the company's Fremont, California, plant has been temporarily shut down — again.
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Michael R. Gordon / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Seeks Arab Force and Funding for Syria — Under plan, troops would replace American military contingent after ISIS defeat and help secure country's north; proposal faces challenges — WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is seeking to assemble an Arab force to replace …
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WSPA-TV:
‘Night Court’ actor Harry Anderson dies in Asheville — ASHEVILLE, NC (WSPA) - Police officials confirmed that actor Harry Anderson died at a home in Asheville, N.C. Monday morning. He was 65. — Anderson was a three-time Emmy nominee for his role as Judge Harry T. Stone in ‘Night Court.’
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Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
Mueller's warning: ‘Many’ news stories on Trump-Russia probe are wrong — Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office is warning that “many” news articles on the Trump-Russia probe have been wrong. — The statement from a spokesperson did not single out particular stories.
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Bill Hutchinson / ABC News:
Starbucks manager who made call resulting in black men's arrests no longer works for company — The manager who called police on two black men who had refused to leave a Philadelphia Starbucks no longer works there, a company spokeswoman confirmed to ABC News today.
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Erica Pandey / Axios:
Trump and Abe's scandal-stained summit — The Mar-a-Lago summit beginning today between President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe brings together two leaders mired in scandal — and itching for political wins. — The bottom line: By all appearances, this is a summit …
Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
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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Department of Commerce:
Secretary Ross Announces Activation of ZTE Denial Order in Response to Repeated False Statements to the U.S. Government — Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. today announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has imposed a denial of export privileges …
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CNN:
Bolton era begins with exits and anxiety at National Security Council — Source: John Bolton pushed out Tom Bossert — Washington (CNN)By the start of John Bolton's second week as national security adviser, five top officials at the National Security Council had already resigned under pressure, been fired or decided to leave.
Vivian Wang / New York Times:
As Session Resumes, a Democratic Truce in Albany Seems Uneasy — ALBANY — If you had blinked, you would have missed it. — A staffer for the Senate Democrats walked up the aisle, handed a stack of papers to the senator presiding over the Senate Chamber, and walked back down. The papers were reviewed.
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Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg:
Facebook Photo-Scanning Suit Is a Multibillion-Dollar Threat — Class-action ruling is major win for users under Illinois law — Judge notes company's worry about exposure to large damages — Facebook Inc. may have to pay a real price for claims it invaded users' privacy: billions of dollars.
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Cohen crisis shows short-handed Trump legal team's scramble — When President Donald Trump's newest lawyer appeared in a Manhattan federal court on Friday, she had an apologetic message for the judge: I'm new around here. — “Now, I should say my firm was engaged Wednesday evening …
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