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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
New Allegations Emerge Against Ronny Jackson as White House Digs In — WASHINGTON — Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, the White House physician nominated to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, provided “a large supply” of Percocet, a prescription opioid, to a White House military office staff member …
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Washington Post:
VA nominee considers withdrawing as new allegations emerge of drinking, wrecking government vehicle … White House physician Ronny L. Jackson has grown frustrated with the nomination process to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs and has told colleagues he may remove his name from consideration …
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Weekly Standard, Talking Points Memo, Politico, ABC News, Political Wire, Vox and ThinkProgress
Washington Post:
Ronny Jackson withdraws as nominee to lead Veterans Affairs after wave of misconduct allegations — White House physician Ronny L. Jackson has withdrawn himself from consideration to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs following numerous allegations of professional misconduct …
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Political Wire
CNN:
White House prepares for possible Jackson withdrawal — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump is beginning to wonder aloud whether his embattled Veterans Affairs nominee should step aside “before things get worse” and White House aides are now preparing for that possibility, White House officials told CNN.
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Politico, AOL and Talking Points Memo
Washington Post:
Scott Pruitt heads to Capitol Hill as White House probes signal his shaky status
Scott Pruitt heads to Capitol Hill as White House probes signal his shaky status
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The Daily Caller
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Ronny Jackson looks ready to withdraw
Ronny Jackson looks ready to withdraw
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New York Times, Washington Times, CNN and Task & Purpose
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Playbook: How long will Ronny Jackson last?
Playbook: How long will Ronny Jackson last?
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New York Times and Los Angeles Times
Washington Post:
Giuliani reopens negotiations about presidential interview with Mueller, but cautions special counsel that Trump remains resistant — Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump's new personal lawyer dealing with the ongoing probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election …
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New York Magazine, New York Times, CNN, Politico, Raw Story, The Week, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Political Wire and Washington Times
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Lawyers Seek to Determine Whether Mueller Has ‘Open Mind’ — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani met with special counsel's team this week to discuss interview with president — President Donald Trump's lawyers are seeking to determine whether special counsel Robert Mueller has an …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Mueller likely to find Trump offenses, Trump likely to fire him — Most voters think it is important to continue investigating whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia — but more believe President Trump will fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller before he's done.
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Washington Press and Political Wire
The Daily Beast:
Joy Reid's Lawyer: FBI Now Investigating Alleged ‘Hack’ — MSNBC weekend host Joy Reid's lawyer claimed Wednesday evening that the FBI has opened a probe into her claim that her old blog was hacked to make her appear homophobic. “We have received confirmation the FBI has opened an investigation …
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Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic:
The Evidence Is Not With Joy Reid
The Evidence Is Not With Joy Reid
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The Daily Caller, RedState, Breitbart, thenewcivilrightsmovement.com, Mediaite, AOL, Raw Story and Washington Post
Alex Griswold / Washington Free Beacon:
Joy Reid Blog Mocked ‘Chubbed-Out Shrew’ Rosie O'Donnell, Backed ‘Kick-Ass Funny’ Donald Trump
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Media Matters Says No Boycott for Joy Reid, Blasts ‘Right-Wing Chicanery’
Media Matters Says No Boycott for Joy Reid, Blasts ‘Right-Wing Chicanery’
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New York Daily News, BuzzFeed, Breitbart, Mediaite, IJR, Web Science … and New York Magazine
Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
Joy Reid's ‘Cyber Security Expert’ Bragged About Affiliations With Neo-Nazis
Joy Reid's ‘Cyber Security Expert’ Bragged About Affiliations With Neo-Nazis
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theGrio, Contemptor, Splinter, Daily Wire, Breitbart, Sean Hannity and National Review
New York Times:
Michael Cohen to Take Fifth Amendment in Stormy Daniels Lawsuit — Michael D. Cohen, President Trump's longtime personal lawyer, will invoke his Fifth Amendment right in a lawsuit filed against the president by Stephanie Clifford, the pornographic film star better known as Stormy Daniels.
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Splinter, NY State of Politics, Vox, TheBlaze, HuffPost, Mother Jones and Daily Kos
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Cohen to plead the Fifth in Stormy Daniels lawsuit
Cohen to plead the Fifth in Stormy Daniels lawsuit
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RedState and Political Wire
Scott Glover / CNN:
Michael Cohen asserts Fifth Amendment rights in Stormy Daniels case
Michael Cohen asserts Fifth Amendment rights in Stormy Daniels case
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VICE News
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Macron Says Trump Will Likely Kill The Iran Deal — US flip-flops on treaties are “insane,” says the French president. — BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief — French President Emmanuel Macron believes President Donald Trump will pull out of the Iran nuclear deal as part of “a strategy of increasing tension …
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CNN, Washington Press, Political Wire, Daily Wire, Washington Post, The Week, Politico and Just Security
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Wes Kosova / Bloomberg:
Macron Says He Thinks Trump Will Pull Out of Iran Nuclear Deal
Macron Says He Thinks Trump Will Pull Out of Iran Nuclear Deal
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The American Conservative
Kevin D. Williamson / Washington Post:
Kevin Williamson: The punishment I favor for abortion — Kevin D. Williamson is a Texas-based writer. — As a libertarian, I fully accept the motto that what a woman chooses to do with her own body is her business. As someone who can count, I believe that abortion involves two bodies.
Sarah Mimms / BuzzFeed:
The Center For American Progress Staff Was Shocked After Neera Tanden Named The Anonymous Harassment Victim In An All-Staff Meeting — The meeting comes after BuzzFeed News reported on allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation against those who reported at the progressive organization.
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Washington Free Beacon and ThinkProgress
Josh Margolin / ABC News:
President Trump will personally review documents in Cohen case — In a filing Wednesday afternoon, attorneys for President Donald Trump told the federal judge overseeing the investigation of his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, that Trump would, as necessary, personally review documents …
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Washington Post, Associated Press, Washington Times and Political Wire
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Washington Post:
Michael Cohen to invoke Fifth Amendment right in Stormy Daniels case
Michael Cohen to invoke Fifth Amendment right in Stormy Daniels case
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Washington Press, MSNBC, Common Dreams, CNBC, Politico, New York Magazine, CBS New York, ABC News, The Week, Mediaite, Bloomberg and TalkLeft
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Trump's lawyers say President will be available ‘as needed’ to review Cohen raid materials
Trump's lawyers say President will be available ‘as needed’ to review Cohen raid materials
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Raw Story
New York Times:
How Scott Pruitt Plans to Defend Himself on Capitol Hill: Spread the Blame — WASHINGTON — As Scott Pruitt, the embattled head of the Environmental Protection Agency, prepares to testify before Congress on Thursday amid a series of spending and ethics investigations, an internal E.P …
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The Daily Beast:
White House Aides Wouldn't All Mind if Pruitt Bombs Before Congress
White House Aides Wouldn't All Mind if Pruitt Bombs Before Congress
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ABC News, Daily Kos and Common Dreams
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Mulvaney could at least feel some shame
Mulvaney could at least feel some shame
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Hullabaloo and ABC News
Ian Mohr / Page Six:
Tina Brown wants no part of Charlie Rose's #MeToo redemption series — Disgraced CBS anchor Charlie Rose is being slated to star in a show where he'll interview other high-profile men who have also been toppled by #MeToo scandals. — The move was revealed by editor, writer and women's advocate Tina Brown …
Tracy Jan / Washington Post:
HUD Secretary Ben Carson to propose rent increases for low-income Americans receiving federal housing subsidies … U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Wednesday will propose to increase the amount low-income households are expected to pay for rent as well as require …
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NBC News:
Bannon turned Cambridge into ‘propaganda machine,’ whistleblower says — WASHINGTON — Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie told Democrats on Capitol Hill that former Trump campaign strategist Steve Bannon asked the embattled data firm to study voter suppression strategies …
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Splinter, Political Wire and NBC News
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National Review:
Let Alfie Evans Go to Rome — Alfie Evans, 23 months old, is hospitalized with a rare neurodegenerative disorder. Against his parents' wishes, his doctors at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool removed him from life support on Monday evening, maintaining that further treatment would be futile.
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Alfie Evans and Our Moral Crossroads
Alfie Evans and Our Moral Crossroads
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CNN, The American Conservative, The Local and IJR
The Daily Beast:
Top Trump Fundraiser Caught Working for Assad Ally … Brian Ballard, viewed by some as the lobbyist closest to President Donald Trump, is working for an ally of Syria's brutal dictator, Bashar al-Assad. — Ballard's firm, Ballard Partners, disclosed on March 15 that it has taken …
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Raw Story
Emily Saul / Page Six:
Bill Cosby's lawyer falls asleep during testimony — NORRISTOWN, Pa.-As rapt jurors listened to the judge overseeing Bill Cosby's sex assault retrial read back prior testimony, the entertainer's lead lawyer snoozed in his chair. — Tom Mesereau, mouth agape, drifted in and out of consciousness Wednesday …
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Why Does Trump Treat Immigrant Kids Cruelly? Because He Can — A lifetime ago, Anne Frank's family applied for visas to the United States to escape Hitler, but we rejected the Franks and other desperate Jewish refugees. We thought: This is Europe's problem, not ours, and we don't want to be overrun by “those people.”