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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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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's make-it-go-away guy — Michael Cohen has spent his career making Donald Trump's problems disappear. Now he's the problem Trump can't possibly make vanish. — The big picture: Cohen, unlike Ivanka or the other kids, is the only person on earth intertwined in Trump's professional …
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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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Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
Stormy Daniels' Attorney Predicts Michael Cohen Will Turn On Trump — Michael Avenatti said the president's attorney could face “decades” in prison if he doesn't flip. — Michael Avenatti, attorney for porn star Stormy Daniels, predicted that Michael Cohen will turn on President Donald Trump within six months of being indicted.
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Associated Press:
What's in those seized records? Trump's biggest new worry
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CNN:
Judge OKs Cohen's request for review of documents seized in raid
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Emily Goodin / ABC News:
The Note: Trump world a nexus of spider web connections
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Transcript: James Comey's Full Interview With Steve Inskeep And Carrie Johnson — Nearly a year after President Trump fired James Comey, the former FBI director is out with a new memoir, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, And Leadership. … Steve Inskeep: You recount a number of instances …
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Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
So we're just going to ignore that an ex-Clinton staffer interviewed Comey on the Clinton email scandal?
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Colluders on the Loose — Comey, McCabe, Clapper, Brennan …
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
SCOTUS nixes part of law requiring deportation of immigrants convicted of some crimes — (CNN)The Supreme Court on Tuesday invalidated a provision of federal law that requires the mandatory deportation of immigrants who have been convicted of some “crimes of violence,” holding that the law is unconstitutionally vague.
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Andrew Chung / Reuters:
Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor breaks her shoulder
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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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NBC News:
Trump won as the anti-Clinton. Here's why it might fall flat in 2018. — First Read is your briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter — WASHINGTON — One of the keys to President Trump's victory in 2016 …
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Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
Sandy Hook Parents Hit Alex Jones With Defamation Lawsuits — Suits against the Infowars host keep piling up. — Alex Jones has spent years claiming the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School where a shooter killed 20 small children and six adults was faked.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Parents of children who died in Sandy Hook shooting sue Alex Jones for defamation
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Washington Post:
Pruitt upgraded to a larger, customized SUV with bullet-resistant seat covers … Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt upgraded his official car last year to a costlier, larger vehicle with bullet-resistant covers over bucket seats, according to federal records and interviews …
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Sam Meredith / CNBC:
North and South Korea reportedly set to announce official end to war — Ahead of a summit next week between North Korean premier Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-In, lawmakers from the neighboring states were thought to be negotiating the details of a joint statement that could outline an end to the confrontation.
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Erica Pandey / Axios:
Trump and Abe's scandal-stained summit
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Sara Ganim / CNN:
Ryan Zinke refers to himself as a geologist. That's a job he's never held. — Washington (CNN)Defending his decision to shrink the Bears Ears national monument to lawmakers last week, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke fell back one of his favorite credentials. — “I'm a geologist,” he said.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
On James Comey and what the FBI thought about Michael Flynn — In his ABC interview, fired FBI Director James Comey was asked about reports that he told Congress, in March 2017, that the FBI agents who interviewed Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn did not think Flynn had lied to them …
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Charles Lane / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan and James Comey made the same silly mistake
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Why President Trump can't get the best people … More than a year into his administration, President Trump still won't let go of primary-campaign grudges against foreign policy-minded Republicans who want to serve. And as qualified and patriotic Republicans watch how Trump treats those who do sign up …
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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
Bob Corker is free to speak his mind about Donald Trump, if he could only make it up … CHATTANOOGA — It took Bob Corker 21 seconds to begin answering the question. — If the election were held today, would you vote for Donald Trump? — The retiring Republican senator from Tennessee sat silently …
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Maya Salam / New York Times:
Harry Anderson, ‘Night Court’ Actor Who Bottled Magic On Screen and Off, Dies at 65 — Harry Anderson, an actor who starred as the kindhearted, zany Judge Harry Stone on the long-running NBC comedy “Night Court,” was found dead early Monday at his home in Asheville, N.C. He was 65.
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Stephen Gutowski / Washington Free Beacon:
Poll: Voters Say Gun Views More Important for Candidates Than Views on Trump as Gap Between Republicans and Democrats Tightens — A poll of released on Monday found voters have become more concerned with candidates' views on gun policy than on President Trump at the same time that the partisan gap has shrunk.
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Jessica Taylor / NPR:
NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll: Republicans Sour On Mueller, FBI
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Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Video shows police punching a Harvard student after he was found naked in the street … Police in Cambridge, Mass., are being criticized for the arrest of a black Harvard student in which the 21-year-old was pinned down and struck in the stomach repeatedly by an officer.
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Adam Ashton / Sacramento Bee:
Trump's tax cut not for everyone: 1 million Californians will owe $12 billion more next year — President Donald Trump's tax cuts will be anything but for about 1 million California taxpayers who will owe Uncle Sam more money a year from now. — They're the Californians who will lose …
Donald Trump / USA Today:
America's economy is back and roaring and its people are winning — Paychecks are climbing. Tax rates are going down. Businesses are investing in our great country. And most important, Americans are winning. — 33 — Tuesday is a day hardworking Americans may dread more than any other.
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Alec MacGillis / New York Times:
How Liberty University Built a Billion-Dollar Empire Online — With a hard sell to prospective students and huge amounts in taxpayer funding, Jerry Falwell Jr. transformed the evangelical institution into a behemoth. — It was the start of the 2017 Fall Family Weekend at Liberty University …
Bloomberg:
Apple Is Planning to Launch a News Subscription Service — Company integrating Texture purchase into Apple News offering — About 20 Texture staff were cut soon after Apple acquisition — Apple Inc. plans to integrate recently acquired magazine app Texture into Apple News and debut …
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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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GQ:
Kirsten Gillibrand, the Senator From the State of #MeToo — The race to replace Donald Trump is already under way. And if the rage being mustered against him is any clue, the most fearsome contender might be Kirsten Gillibrand—the outspoken New York senator who's suddenly become the face of a powerful political moment.
Eli Blumenthal / USA Today:
Black man videotapes Starbucks' refusal to let him use restroom — Starbucks' racial problems Monday weren't confined to Philadelphia. — As the coffee chain reeled Monday from the videotaped arrest two black men at a Philadelphia, a new video emerged Monday showing an African-American man …
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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 …
Sheila Burke / Associated Press:
Lawyers: Journalist was detained by ICE because of reporting — MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Lawyers for a journalist who was arrested in Tennessee and then placed in an immigration detention facility said Monday that the government was trying to suppress his reporting and violated his rights of freedom of speech and the press.
Ynetnews:
Israeli intelligence: Objectives of Western strike in Syria not achieved — Israeli officials say Assad's remaining chemical weapons stockpiles did not suffer a fatal hit in the strike, nor was the Syrian president deterred from using them again; 'only a partial damage was caused …
Damian Carrington / The Guardian:
Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles — The breakthrough, spurred by the discovery of plastic-eating bugs at a Japanese dump, could help solve the global plastic pollution crisis … Scientists have created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic drinks bottles - by accident.
Politico:
Macron flatters Parliament but keeps his distance — STRASBOURG — French President Emmanuel Macron mounted a charm offensive at the European Parliament on Tuesday but stood by his decision to remain apart from its political groups. — At the same time, Macron insisted that he supported …
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TMZ.com:
Colin Kaepernick Hits NFL Headquarters to Depose Roger Goodell, 'I'm Doing Great' — Colin Kaepernick just arrived at NFL headquarters in NYC flanked by his high-powered legal team ready to grill Roger Goodell like a cheeseburger ... and he had a message for his supporters.
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