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Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Ukraine, Seeking U.S. Missiles, Halted Cooperation With Mueller Investigation — KIEV, Ukraine — In the United States, Paul J. Manafort is facing prosecution on charges of money laundering and financial fraud stemming from his decade of work for a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine.
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Mueller raised possibility of presidential subpoena in meeting with Trump's legal team — In a tense meeting in early March with the special counsel, President Trump's lawyers insisted he had no obligation to talk with federal investigators probing Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Lawyers Said to Lack Security Clearance Amid Mueller Talks — Possibility of a grand jury subpoena raised by Mueller's team — President's lawyers have listed 40 questions Mueller may pose — Donald Trump's current team of lawyers lacks the security clearances needed …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Did Trump Bribe Ukraine to Stop Cooperating With Mueller? — Donald Trump's habitual dishonesty is a trait well understood by the entire mainstream news media, and even many members of the conservative media. But it is not fully understood. Trump manages to lie in ways that hardened cynics never anticipated.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Why Answering Mueller's Questions Could Be a Minefield for Trump — WASHINGTON — President Trump has insisted he is eager to make the case to the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, that he has done nothing wrong. But the questions that Mr. Mueller wants to ask show why the president's lawyers …
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Washington Post:
Under oath or not, Trump owes the country answers
Under oath or not, Trump owes the country answers
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Annie Karni / Politico:
The real reason Mueller hasn't called Ivanka Trump
The real reason Mueller hasn't called Ivanka Trump
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CNN:
Exclusive: Bornstein claims Trump dictated the glowing health letter — (CNN)When Dr. Harold Bornstein described in hyperbolic prose then-candidate Donald Trump's health in 2015, the language he used was eerily similar to the style preferred by his patient. — It turns out the patient himself wrote it, according to Bornstein.
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Lobbyist helped broker Scott Pruitt's $100,000 trip to Morocco — MARRAKESH, Morocco — A controversial trip to Morocco by Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt last December was partly arranged by a longtime friend and lobbyist, who accompanied Pruitt and his entourage …
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Two Top Aides to Scott Pruitt Quit the E.P.A. Unexpectedly — WASHINGTON — Two top aides to Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency chief who is facing an array of investigations related to his spending and management practices, have resigned amid widening scrutiny of their roles at the agency.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Majority of voters say Trump White House running chaotically
Poll: Majority of voters say Trump White House running chaotically
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Associated Press:
Boy Scouts to get new name after 108 years as girls join group — NEW YORK — For 108 years, the Boy Scouts of America's flagship program has been known simply as the Boy Scouts. With girls soon entering the ranks, the group says that iconic name will change.
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John Bacon / USA Today:
Boy Scouts are dropping the word ‘boy’ from the name of flagship program … The Boy Scouts of America doubled down Wednesday on its quest to become the scouting program of choice for boys and girls, announcing it will drop “Boy” from the name of its signature program.
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Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Playmate to Politico: How Pamela Anderson Became an International Woman of Mystery — The former ‘Baywatch’ star opens up about her relationship with Julian Assange ("We talk about the Bible"), attending Donald Trump's birthday party (for a $500 fee), her activism, ex Kid Rock …
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Facebook Has Begun To Rank News Organizations By Trust, Zuckerberg Says — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that the company has already begun to implement a system that ranks news organizations based on trustworthiness, and promotes or suppresses its content based on that metric.
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Liz Goodwin / BostonGlobe.com:
Nancy Pelosi says she intends to remain in leadership role — Nancy Pelosi wants you to know she's not going anywhere. — Despite grumblings from some Democrats and dismal approval ratings, the House minority leader aims to keep an iron grip on her leadership role, saying in an interview Tuesday …
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Sean Hannity:
NBC NIGHTMARE: Network ‘PRESSURED’ Female Employees to DEFEND Brokaw — Network executives at NBC reportedly pressured female staffers to sign a “women's letter” defending embattled reporter Tom Brokaw after multiple accusations of sexual harassment surfaced last week, reports the New York Post.
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Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
Women Said to Accuse Times Editor Who Resigned of Inappropriate Behavior
Women Said to Accuse Times Editor Who Resigned of Inappropriate Behavior
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Doug Sosnik / Washington Post:
President Trump is sowing the seeds of his own demise — Doug Sosnik, a Democratic political strategist, was a senior adviser to President Bill Clinton from 1994 to 2000. — How President Bill Clinton managed the threat of removal from office has become a model in effective crisis management.
Brian Kahn / Earther:
Pakistan May Have Just Set a World Heat Record — High temperatures are forecast to reach the mid-80s this week in New York, and I'm dreading it. But I have a plan to stay cool: just thinking of how much hotter it is in Pakistan, which is in the middle of a blistering heat wave.
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Mic:
Exclusive: Kim Kardashian West has talked to White House about pardoning nonviolent drug offender — Kim Kardashian West and President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner have spoken over the phone about a possible presidential pardon for Alice Marie Johnson …
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Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
White supremacist is guilty in Charlottesville parking garage beating of black man … CHARLOTTESVILLE — One of the white supremacists who viciously beat a black man inside a parking garage during last year's “Unite the Right” rally here was found guilty Tuesday night of malicious wounding.
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Paul Grondahl / Albany Times Union:
How a boy from Troy won the Pulitzer Prize — Devlin Barrett, Troy High and St. Gregory's grad, was part of Washington Post team honored with top journalism award — Devlin Barrett's path to the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting as part of a team of journalists at The Washington Post …
Marco Rubio / National Review:
Two Cheers for Corporate Tax Cuts — On the whole, the tax cut bill helps workers. It's just not massive tax cuts to multinational corporations that do it. — Overall, the Republican tax-cut bill has been good for Americans. That is why I voted for it.
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
The Republican Party Is Exposing Its Own Policy-Making Screw-Ups … Two major Republican figures have now undercut tax reform—the party's signature legislative achievement of the Trump era. — But the truth former health and human services secretary Tom Price and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) …
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Bill D'Agostino / NewsBusters:
One A Day: CNN Hosts Porn Star's Lawyer Michael Avenatti 59 Times in Less Than Two Months — CNN has exhibited a fetish for the Stormy Daniels story, particularly for her Trump-smacking lawyer, Michael Avenatti. In less than two months (from March 7 to April 30), Avenatti has been a guest …
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BBC:
Macron thanks Australian leader's ‘delicious wife’ — French President Emmanuel Macron committed a rather delicious faux pas on Wednesday that left his Australian audience scratching their heads. — Mr Macron has been in the country on a diplomatic trip, discussing weighty issues like climate change and defence.
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Listen to ‘The Daily’: The Taxi Driver's Plight — A New York City taxi driver, Nicanor Ochisor, took his own life in March. His family says he grew increasingly hopeless as ride-hailing services like Uber took over the industry. Mr. Ochisor's suicide is one of several in recent months …
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Senate candidate promised to vote against GOP more than 20% of the time. She rarely ever did. — As a Congressional candidate back in 2014, Martha McSally (R-AZ) explicitly promised that she would vote against her party more than 20 percent of the time in Congress. She has not even come close.
Clay Travis / Outkick the Coverage:
ESPN Loses 500,000 Subscribers In April — It's become a major trend, when tax season arrives, cable and satellite subscriber numbers tank according to Nielsen estimates. I don't know if that's because come spring tax season everyone looks at their yearly budgets and many people …
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Ashraf Khalil / Associated Press:
Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories roil DC city government — WASHINGTON (AP) — A spiraling controversy over anti-Semitic comments and conspiracy theories has roiled the Washington city government, seemingly getting worse with every public attempt to ease the tensions.
Washington Post:
In ‘kill list’ case, judge questions government's unilateral authority to kill U.S. citizens abroad … A federal judge Tuesday challenged a U.S. government claim of unilateral authority to kill American citizens abroad, speaking at a hearing for a lawsuit brought in Washington by two journalists …
William Cummings / USA Today:
Ex-Trump official Carl Higbie defends racist remarks that led to his resignation — Carl Higbie, the director of advocacy at the pro-Trump America First Policies, said the comments that led to his resignation from a Trump administration post in January were “statistical observations” that were …
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