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Wall Street Journal:
Giuliani Says Trump Repaid Cohen for Stormy Daniels Payment  —  The ex-New York mayor, now a member of president's legal team, says there were no ‘campaign finance violations’ in payment to former adult film star  —  WASHINGTON—Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani said the president had repaid his longtime attorney …
Discussion: The Daily Beast, KTLA and The Week
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New York Times:
Giuliani Says Trump Repaid Cohen for Stormy Daniels Hush Money  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump reimbursed Michael D. Cohen, his longtime personal lawyer, for a $130,000 payment that Mr. Cohen has said he made to keep a pornographic film actress from going public before the 2016 election …
Washington Post:
Giuliani: Trump repaid lawyer Cohen for Stormy Daniels settlement  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York mayor and a recent addition to President Trump's legal team, said Wednesday night that Trump made a series of payments reimbursing his lawyer, Michael Cohen, for a $130,000 settlement …
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Giuliani: Trump fired Comey because he wouldn't tell Trump he wasn't target in Russia probe  —  Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) said Wednesday that President Trump  —  because Comey wouldn't tell Trump that he wasn't a target of the FBI investigation into Russia's election interference.
Discussion: Politico
Axios:
Giuliani says Trump personally repaid Cohen $130k for Daniels' silence  —  Rudy Giuliani, one of Trump's latest additions to his legal team, told Fox News' Sean Hannity that Trump personally reimbursed Michael Cohen the $130,000 he paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels promising her silence.
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Rudy Giuliani Says Trump Repaid Michael Cohen For The Stormy Daniels Hush Money  —  A month after President Donald Trump said he knew nothing about a $130,000 payment that Michael Cohen had facilitated to Stormy Daniels in 2016, Trump's new lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, said that Trump repaid Cohen after the election.
Annie Karni / Politico:
Trump's fixers revolt  —  Longtime associates whose job was to clean up messes are suddenly in the spotlight making things worse for the president.  —  Looking the part has always mattered to President Donald Trump.  —  The president's preference for people who look like they came from …
Associated Press:
Giuliani comments on Stormy payment raise legal questions  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Rudy Giuliani's revelation that President Donald Trump reimbursed his personal attorney for a $130,000 payment to a porn star to keep her quiet about an alleged affair is raising new legal questions …
New York Times:
Trump to Add Clinton Impeachment Lawyer Emmet Flood to Replace Ty Cobb
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“I've Been Approached by a Number of Networks”: Did Michael Avenatti Ask Phil Griffin for an MSNBC Show?
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Rudy Giuliani May Have Just Implicated President Trump In Serious Campaign Finance Violations
Allie Malloy / CNN:   Teacher of the Year hands Trump letters from her refugee students
Josh Hafner / USA Today:   Trump voters think he's lying about Stormy Daniels. And no, they don't really care.
Juliet Macur / New York Times:
Redskins Cheerleaders Describe Topless Photo Shoots and an Uneasy Night Out  —  When the Washington Redskins took their cheerleading squad to Costa Rica in 2013 for a calendar photo shoot, the first cause for concern among the cheerleaders came when Redskins officials collected …
Manu Raju / CNN:
Michael Caputo says 'it's clear' Mueller investigators focused on Russia collusion  —  (CNN)After being interviewed by special counsel investigators on Wednesday, former aide to Donald Trump's presidential campaign Michael Caputo told CNN that Robert Mueller's team is “focused on Russia collusion.”
Discussion: Power Line, POLITICUSUSA and IJR
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Daily Mail:
TRUMP AIDE MICHAEL CAPUTO'S SHOCKING STATEMENT TO THE SENATE INTEL COMMITTEE
Discussion: Front Page Magazine and CNN
Daily Mail:
‘God damn you to hell!’: …
Song Jung-a / Financial Times:
North Korea set to release US prisoners at summit  —  North Korea has released the three Americans detained in the country's labour camps in a display of goodwill ahead of the looming summit between its Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump, campaigners say.
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Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Thinking the Unthinkable: What If Trump Succeeds?
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's new quest: A Nobel may prove irresistible
Discussion: Associated Press and Mercury News
Tom Nichols / USA Today:   Hold the irrational exuberance on North Korea. Kim is already winning.
Wall Street Journal:
Cambridge Analytica Closing Operations Following Facebook Data Controversy  —  Company had lost multiple clients in recent months  —  Cambridge Analytica , a data firm that worked for President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, is shutting down following the disclosure of its misuse of Facebook data.
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The Guardian:
Cambridge Analytica closing after Facebook data harvesting scandal
Discussion: ThinkProgress
CA Commercial:
Cambridge Analytica and Scl Elections Commence Insolvency Proceedings and Release Results …
Washington Post:
Charlie Rose's misconduct was widespread at CBS and three managers were warned, investigation finds … Incidents of sexual misconduct by Charlie Rose were far more numerous than previously known, according to a new investigation by The Washington Post, which also found three occasions …
Discussion: Mediaite
Politico:
Corker-Blackburn drama risks must-win Senate seat for GOP  —  The GOP incumbent's kind words for former Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen have given centrist Republicans tacit permission to break ranks.  —  Republicans are increasingly unnerved by the rift between retiring Sen. Bob Corker and Marsha Blackburn …
New York Times:
Trump Assails Justice Dept., Siding With House Conservatives in Dispute  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump plunged on Wednesday into the simmering dispute between conservative House Republicans and the deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, siding with the lawmakers and attacking his own Justice Department.
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Reminder: GOP Target Rod Rosenstein Is A Lifelong Republican Trump Appointed
New York Times:
Kelly Finds Himself in a Familiar Place in the Trump White House: Eyeing the Exits  —  WASHINGTON — When President Trump learned this week that his chief of staff, John F. Kelly, reportedly called him “an idiot” on several occasions, he expressed little in the way of frustration or anger …
Leo Vidal / POLITICUSUSA:
New NBC Poll: 61% of Americans Think Trump Is Dishonest  —  FacebookTwitterSubscribeGooglePinterest PrintMailFlipboard  —  In the age of Trump shocking news no longer shocks people.  And today's NBC News/Survey Monkey poll is a case in point.  —  We should all be shocked by this poll …
New York Times:
Army Green Berets Secretly Help Saudis Combat Threat From Yemen Rebels  —  WASHINGTON — For years, the American military has sought to distance itself from a brutal civil war in Yemen, where Saudi-led forces are battling rebels who pose no direct threat to the United States.
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Eric Bolling returning to media with CRTV show  —  Former Fox News anchor Eric Bolling is returning to media after signing a deal with CRTV to host his own show titled “America.”  —  Bolling became a leader in the opioid crisis after his son Eric, 19, died of an accidental overdose last year …
Clint Smith / New Republic:
Wake Up, Mr. West!  —  This week, in an interview with TMZ, Kanye West claimed that slavery was a choice.  “When you hear about slavery for 400 years ... 400 years?  That sounds like a choice,” he said.  —  Much has already been written about West's recent exploits on and off Twitter.
Discussion: Vox, The Root and Slate
Lorraine Woellert / Politico:
5 tricks for surviving in Trump's Cabinet  —  While the president has ousted multiple top officials, some have managed to survive and even thrive after brushes with scandal.  —  In less than a year and a half in office, President Donald Trump has overseen an unprecedented level of Cabinet turnover …
Washington Post:
America is more diverse than ever — but still segregated  —  The United States is on track to be a majority-minority nation by 2044.  But census data show most of our neighbors are the same race.  —  Black  —  White  —  Hispanic  —  Asian/Pacific Islander  —  Native American Multi-race and other
Sean Rossman / USA Today:
E. coli outbreak tied to romaine lettuce kills 1 in California, expands to 25 states … The Centers for Disease Control is warning consumers about romaine lettuce grown in Yuma, Aris, saying it may cause illness due to E. coli bacteria.  Dozens of people from nearly 20 states have recently been sickened by the bacteria.
Jon Ward / Yahoo:
West Virginia Senate candidate distorts reality in campaign ad  —  WASHINGTON — A Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in West Virginia is running an ad showing his primary opponent shaking hands with Hillary Clinton — something that never happened.  The ad uses a manipulated version …
 
 
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Richard Spencer Was Supposed to Lead the Alt-Right to Victory. Now He's Begging for Money.
David French / National Review:
The Democrats' God Gap
Stephanie Ebbs / ABC News:
Lobbyist connected to Pruitt's Capitol Hill townhouse stay did contact EPA, despite denials
Discussion: Politico
NBC News:
Over 50 caravan migrants seeking asylum allowed into U.S., organizers say
Discussion: NBC News and Front Page Magazine
Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Pamela Anderson: Pal Julian Assange ‘hated because of the Clinton monopoly on the media’
Discussion: Mediaite and Hollywood Reporter
Reuters:
Trump has all but decided to withdraw from Iran nuclear deal: sources
Discussion: Political Wire
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Republican lawmakers must decide: Can Trump snub a subpoena?
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Boulder City Council calls for ‘full editorial independence’ at Daily Camera
YouTube:
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Joshua Holland / The Nation:
YES, DONALD TRUMP IS MAKING WHITE PEOPLE MORE HATEFUL
Discussion: Althouse
Quint Forgey / Politico:
U.S. returns smuggled Hobby Lobby artifacts to Iraq
Discussion: Axios and One America News Network
Mario Parker / Bloomberg:
China Seen Jolting Soybean Market by Shunning U.S. Supplies
Discussion: CNBC, Mother Jones and Axios
New York Daily News:
SEE IT: Melania Trump's parents arrive for hearing on U.S. citizenship in lower Manhattan
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Daily Kos
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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