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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Mueller Has Dozens of Inquiries for Trump in Broad Quest on Russia Ties and Obstruction — WASHINGTON — Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russia's election interference, has at least four dozen questions on an exhaustive array of subjects he wants to ask President Trump …
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What Mueller Wants to Ask Trump About Obstruction, and What It Means — The questions show the special counsel's focus on obstruction of justice and touch on some surprising other areas. — The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, recently provided President Trump's lawyers a list of questions he wants answered in an interview.
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Kelly thinks he's saving U.S. from disaster, calls Trump ‘idiot,’ say White House staffers — WASHINGTON — White House chief of staff John Kelly has eroded morale in the West Wing in recent months with comments to aides that include insulting the president's intelligence and casting himself …
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Exclusive: Pence's doctor alerted WH aides about Ronny Jackson concerns last fall — Washington (CNN)Vice President Mike Pence's physician privately raised alarms within the White House last fall that President Donald Trump's doctor may have violated federal privacy protections for a key patient …
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Caitlin Huey-Burns / Real Clear Politics:
Trump-Tester Dust-Up Could Heat Up MT Senate Race
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Ted Barrett / CNN:
Sen. Isakson distances himself from Trump's attack on Tester
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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Considering Kelly as Possible Candidate to Lead VA
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Masha Gessen / New Yorker:
How Michelle Wolf Blasted Open the Fictions of Journalism in the Age of Trump — On Saturday, the comedian Michelle Wolf, performing at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, delivered the most consequential monologue so far of the Donald Trump era.
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The rhetoric of our era has reached its vile peak … On a Saturday night in April, the rhetoric of our historical era reached a culminating, symbolic moment. — In Washington — at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner — comedian Michelle Wolf mocked the physical appearance …
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Economist:
The Wolf at the White House Correspondents' Dinner — In the age of Trump, calls for civility are calls for servility — FULL disclosure: I have never been to a White House Correspondents' Dinner; I will never go to a White House Correspondents' Dinner. The American political press already …
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Dave Chappelle says Michelle Wolf ‘nailed it’ at White House Correspondents Dinner
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Teddy Wayne / McSweeney's:
More Appropriate White House Correspondents' Association Dinner Jokes for 2019
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Excerpts: ‘Fresh Air’ Interview with Michelle Wolf
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Deadspin:
You Can't Bully These Motherfuckers
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Adam Conover / New York Times:
Michelle Wolf Did What Comedians Are Supposed to Do
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Dan Evon / Snopes.com:
Was Comedian Michelle Wolf Once Arrested for Bestiality?
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Piers Morgan / Daily Mail:
Michelle Wolf likes to carve up human flesh but by carving up Trump's women in such a grotesquely …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
White House correspondents think about changing dinner for Trump era
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Jim Acosta / CNN:
Cohen responds to message sent by National Enquirer cover — Washington (CNN)A National Enquirer cover story targeting Michael Cohen could be a strong sign President Donald Trump is upset with his personal lawyer and turning against the man known for years as his “fixer,” a source close to Trump said.
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Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
Michael Cohen Hit With New Taxi Taxes, Owes New York $282,000 — Michael Cohen, already under pressure from a federal criminal investigation into his business and financial dealings, has been hit this month with more than $185,000 in new state warrants for unpaid taxes on his taxicab companies.
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Michael Cohen Claimed He Talked With Trump the Day of the Stormy Daniels Deal … President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen was in communication with the then-presidential candidate the day Cohen wired hush money to Stormy Daniels, according to previously unreported tweets.
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump campaign has paid portions of Michael Cohen's legal fees: Sources
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Meet the Schlapps, Washington's Trump-Era ‘It Couple’ — WASHINGTON — Matt Schlapp, the pro-Trump chairman of the American Conservative Union, had a remarkable on-air clash not long ago with his old friend Michael Steele, an anti-Trump former chairman of the Republican National Committee.
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New York Times:
Israel Says Secret Files Detail Iran's Nuclear Subterfuge — JERUSALEM — Revealing a huge archive of stolen Iranian nuclear plans, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel accused Iran on Monday of lying for years about its efforts to build a nuclear weapon.
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Israel Exposes Iran's Nuclear Lies, and the Limits of U.S. Intelligence
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Netanyahu claims Iran lied about ending nuclear weapons program
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Ben Brimelow / Business Insider:
Benjamin Netanyahu gives bizarre presentation saying Iran is cheating on nuclear deal
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Tom DiChristopher / CNBC:
Netanyahu says files show Iran lied ‘big time’ about developing nuclear weapons
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Washington Post:
Trump-allied House conservatives draft articles of impeachment against Rosenstein as ‘last resort’ — Conservative House allies of President Trump have drafted articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, who oversees the ongoing special-counsel probe …
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Conservative House lawmakers draft articles of impeachment against Rosenstein
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Andrewramospix / WPIX 11 New York:
Cops called to UWS apartment for ‘burglary in progress’ but find black tenant, former White House staffer moving in — UPPER WEST SIDE, Manhattan — It was an unsolicited homecoming that left Bronx native Darren Martin unsettled. — After spending several years working on Capitol Hill …
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Kyra Phillips / ABC News:
EXCLUSIVE: EPA whistleblower says Pruitt ‘bald faced lied’ to Congress — A whistleblower from the Environmental Protection Agency says that Administrator Scott Pruitt was “bald-faced lying” when he told members of Congress that no EPA employees were retaliated against for raising concerns about his spending decisions.
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Matthew Barakat / Associated Press:
Documents show ties between university, conservative donors — FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Newly released documents show Virginia's largest public university granted the conservative Charles Koch Foundation a say in the hiring and firing of professors in exchange for millions of dollars in donations.
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
President Trump has made 3,001 false or misleading claims so far … In the 466 days since he took the oath of office, President Trump has made 3,001 false or misleading claims, according to The Fact Checker's database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement uttered by the president.
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Andrew Hanna / Politico:
Starbucks drops Jewish group from bias training — Bowing to pressure from African-American activists, Starbucks excluded the Anti-Defamation League from an upcoming daylong anti-bias training session. — The ADL, whose mission is to fight anti-Semitism, will play an advisory role …
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Liel Leibovitz / Tablet Magazine:
The ADL Kicked Out of Leading Starbucks' Diversity Training
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Postpones Steel Tariff Decision for EU, Other U.S. Allies — Decision postponed until June 1; countries were granted temporary exemptions — President Donald Trump decided to postpone decisions about imposing steel and aluminum tariffs on the European Union and other U.S. allies until June 1 …
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Sean Illing / Vox:
Why this political scientist thinks the Democrats have to fight dirty — “The Republicans are behaving like a party that believes it will never be held accountable.” — In September 2016, an anonymous conservative writer published an essay called “The Flight 93 Election.”
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