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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, KTLA and The Week
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Fox & Friends Grills Giuliani on Stormy Daniels Payment: ‘Sounds Like the Story is Changing’ — Rudy Giuliani made huge waves last night with the bombshells he dropped over the President Trump-Stormy Daniels saga, and today, he joined Fox & Friends for an encore performance.
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Vox, NBC News, Political Wire, twitchy.com and Boing Boing
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Giuliani follows up disastrous Hannity appearance with equally damaging Fox & Friends spot — A day after contradicting Donald Trump's and longtime Trump general counsel Michael Cohen's claims that the president knew nothing about Cohen's payments to Stormy Daniels, Rudy Giuliani contradicted himself in a Fox & Friends interview.
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USA Today, Mediaite and twitchy.com
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Rudy Giuliani May Have Just Implicated President Trump In Serious Campaign Finance Violations — Donald Trump's new lawyer Rudy Giuliani took to Sean Hannity's Fox News program Wednesday night to defend the president from the ongoing Mueller investigation and to calm the waters for the Trump faithful.
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Hot Air, New York Times, Shakesville, Daily Kos, NBC News, Washington Times, Mother Jones and Political Wire
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:
What Giuliani Said About Cohen's Payment to Stormy Daniels
What Giuliani Said About Cohen's Payment to Stormy Daniels
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Raw Story, Media Matters for America, Daily Wire and MSNBC
Annie Karni / Politico:
Trump's fixers revolt
Fox News Insider:
Judge Nap: Giuliani's Claim That Trump Didn't Know About Stormy Daniels Payment Is ‘Unworthy of Belief’
Judge Nap: Giuliani's Claim That Trump Didn't Know About Stormy Daniels Payment Is ‘Unworthy of Belief’
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Mediaite
Fox News:
Giuliani calls for Comey to be prosecuted, end to Mueller probe ‘in the interest of justice’
Giuliani calls for Comey to be prosecuted, end to Mueller probe ‘in the interest of justice’
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twitchy.com, Washington Post, POLITICUSUSA, The Week, Joe.My.God., TheBlaze and Washington Times
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Giuliani: Trump fired Comey because he wouldn't tell Trump he wasn't target in Russia probe
Giuliani: Trump fired Comey because he wouldn't tell Trump he wasn't target in Russia probe
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Associated Press and Politico
Harry Siegel / The Daily Beast:
Rudy Giuliani Says Trump Paid Back Stormy Daniels' Hush Money, Rips ‘Pervert’ Comey
Rudy Giuliani Says Trump Paid Back Stormy Daniels' Hush Money, Rips ‘Pervert’ Comey
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New Republic, Wall Street Journal and The Daily Beast
Axios:
Giuliani says Trump personally repaid Cohen $130k for Daniels' silence
Giuliani says Trump personally repaid Cohen $130k for Daniels' silence
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Politico, RedState, Associated Press, New York Times, Washington Post and Breitbart
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Rudy Giuliani Says Trump Repaid Michael Cohen For The Stormy Daniels Hush Money
Rudy Giuliani Says Trump Repaid Michael Cohen For The Stormy Daniels Hush Money
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Washington Post, ThinkProgress, New York Magazine, VICE News, Bloomberg and Outside the Beltway
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Giuliani Appears to Veer Off Script. A Furor Follows.
Giuliani Appears to Veer Off Script. A Furor Follows.
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Axios, Washington Free Beacon and HuffPost
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“I've Been Approached by a Number of Networks”: Did Michael Avenatti Ask Phil Griffin for an MSNBC Show?
“I've Been Approached by a Number of Networks”: Did Michael Avenatti Ask Phil Griffin for an MSNBC Show?
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The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Giuliani says Trump reimbursed Cohen for Stormy Daniels payment
Giuliani says Trump reimbursed Cohen for Stormy Daniels payment
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Power Line, Mediaite, KTLA, The Daily Beast and Splinter
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Giuliani: Trump reimbursed Cohen for $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels
Giuliani: Trump reimbursed Cohen for $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels
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IJR and Simple Justice
Eric Lichtblau / TIME:
The FBI Is in Crisis and America Is Paying the Price — Former FBI Director James Comey leaves a Senate hearing on June 8, 2017, after testifying about Donald Trump Stephen Voss — In normal times, the televisions are humming at the FBI's 56 field offices nationwide, piping in the latest news as agents work their investigations.
Business Wire:
The New York Times Company Reports 2018 First-Quarter Results — NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)— The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) announced today first-quarter 2018 diluted earnings per share from continuing operations of $.13 compared with $.08 earnings per share in the same period of 2017.
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Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
New York Times Co. Reports Revenue Growth as Digital Subscriptions Rise — The New York Times Company added 139,000 digital-only subscribers in the first quarter of 2018, a 25.5 percent increase from the same period a year ago, helping to fuel total revenue growth and offset a decline in digital advertising.
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.
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The Week
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.”
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Power Line, Splinter, Daily Mail, POLITICUSUSA and IJR
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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 …
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CBS Los Angeles, TheBlaze, The Daily Caller, TVNewser, Eschaton, AOL and 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 …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's new quest: A Nobel may prove irresistible — The idea of winning a Nobel Peace Prize for progress with North Korea may prove irresistible to President Trump. — What we're hearing: While Trump has privately ridiculed President Obama for receiving a Nobel too soon …
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Song Jung-a / Financial Times:
North Korea set to release US prisoners at summit
North Korea set to release US prisoners at summit
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Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Thinking the Unthinkable: What If Trump Succeeds?
Thinking the Unthinkable: What If Trump Succeeds?
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One America News Network and Washington Post
Gordon Lubold / Wall Street Journal:
Laser from Chinese Base Aimed at U.S. Military Pilots In Africa's Skies, Pentagon Charges — Incidents in recent weeks increase tensions, threaten Flight safety, U.S. says — WASHINGTON—Chinese military personnel are targeting American flight crews in the skies over the east African nation …
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The Daily Caller and globaltimes.cn
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 …
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CBS Boston, Axios, Deadspin and Shareblue Media
Juliet Macur / New York Times:
Redskins Cheerleaders Say Topless Photo Shoot Was Observed by Male Sponsors — 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 …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
After Garland Defeat, New Group Hopes to Draw Democrats to Judicial Battlefield — WASHINGTON — Democrats learned the hard way in 2016 that the right is much more animated by judicial fights after Republicans' refusal to consider the Supreme Court nomination of Merrick B. Garland helped …
YouTube:
Inside Don Blankenship's Wild, Super-Trumpy West Virginia Senate campaign … Don Blankenship is now blaming Obama and the deep state for the blast that killed 29 miners at his West Virginia mine in April, 2010. In reality, the ex-con coal baron was sentenced to a year in prison for conspiring …
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Mother Jones
Zach Everson / Condé Nast Traveler:
Inside the World's Most Controversial Hotel — The hotel that was expected to take its place among the crown jewels of D.C.'s travel scene has become a magnet for protestors, a West Wing Annex, and—possibly—the center of a constitutional crisis. — Just inside the main entrance …
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 …
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 …
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NewsBusters, NBC News and Washington Post
Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
Summer Zervos, Trump Accuser, Subpoenas ‘The Apprentice’ Recordings — Summer Zervos, a former contestant on “The Apprentice” who accused President Trump of sexual assault, is seeking records to prove that he defamed her by calling her a liar. — A lawyer for Ms. Zervos …
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Talking Points Memo, VICE News, The Week, Washington Press, Raw Story, CNN, Mediaite and Political Wire
Reuters:
Iran will not renegotiate nuclear deal: foreign minister — ANKARA (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister said on Thursday that demands by U.S President Donald Trump to change Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers were unacceptable, as a deadline set by U.S. for Europeans to “fix” the deal loomed.
Discussion:
CNBC and The Daily Caller
Maxim Eristavi / Atlantic Council:
Russia Isn't Just Interfering in Elections Around the World. It's Doing Something Far Worse — Russian President Vladimir Putin will stop at nothing in his hunt for dissidents abroad. In his determination, he has found some powerful allies within Western democracies …
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Instapundit