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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 …
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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 …
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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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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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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 …
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.
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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 …
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.
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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.
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Fox News:
Giuliani calls for Comey to be prosecuted, end to Mueller probe ‘in the interest of justice’ — Attorney for President Trump, Rudy Giuliani, says on ‘Hannity’ that Mueller owes the Trump team a report saying Russian collusion means nothing. — Rudy Giuliani, a member of President Donald …
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Fox & Friends Grills Giuliani on Stormy Daniels Payment: ‘Sounds Like the Story is Changing’
Fox & Friends Grills Giuliani on Stormy Daniels Payment: ‘Sounds Like the Story is Changing’
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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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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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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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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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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?
Thinking the Unthinkable: What If Trump Succeeds?
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's new quest: A Nobel may prove irresistible
Trump's new quest: A Nobel may prove irresistible
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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 …
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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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Marco Rubio / Washington Post:
Targeting China's tools of aggression — Marco Rubio, a Republican, represents Florida in the U.S. Senate. — As U.S. Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and other officials head to Beijing this week for high-stakes trade talks with Chinese counterparts …
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Trump Trade Officials Will Present a Hard Line in China, but Internally They Are Divided
Trump Trade Officials Will Present a Hard Line in China, but Internally They Are Divided
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Mario Parker / Bloomberg:
China Seen Jolting Soybean Market by Shunning U.S. Supplies
China Seen Jolting Soybean Market by Shunning U.S. Supplies
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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 …
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.
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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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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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 …
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 …
Allie Malloy / CNN:
Teacher of the Year hands Trump letters from her refugee students — Trump presents teacher of the year award — (CNN)National Teacher of the Year award winner Mandy Manning came to the White House with one goal in mind: to elevate the profile of her refugee and immigrant students with President Donald Trump.
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New York Times:
Trump to Add Clinton Impeachment Lawyer Emmet Flood to Replace Ty Cobb
Trump to Add Clinton Impeachment Lawyer Emmet Flood to Replace Ty Cobb
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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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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 …
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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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 …
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.
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.