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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Trump Undercuts Giuliani About Payments to Stormy Daniels — WASHINGTON — President Trump undercut his attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, on Friday, and said the former New York mayor will eventually get the facts right regarding a payment to a pornographic actress who said she had an affair with Mr. Trump.
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Political Wire and TIME
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Wall Street Journal:
The Stormy Daniels Damage — Does Trump want Americans to believe him in a genuine crisis? — Most storms pass eventually. This week Donald Trump tried to ensure that Stormy Daniels doesn't rain down permanent distraction on his Presidency, though at the cost of further damage to his credibility.
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MSNBC, Shareblue Media, Hot Air, Raw Story, Mediaite, Public Pool, Political Wire and Washington Post
NBC News:
Rudy Giuliani insists Trump wasn't aware of Stormy Daniels reimbursement until recently — Giuliani said when he found out, the president responded “'Oh my goodness, I guess that's what it was for.'” — President Donald Trump only recently found out that he reimbursed his personal attorney …
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Townhall, Washington Post, Shareblue Media, ThinkProgress, Philly.com, NBC News, Balloon Juice, Splinter and Political Wire
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
MSNBC's Deutsch: Michael Cohen Told Me Giuliani 'Doesn't Know What He's Talking About'
Discussion:
Hot Air, CANNONFIRE and Bloomberg
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Rudy Giuliani tries to clean up his hubris-inspired mess
Discussion:
Faithwire, BuzzFeed and Washington Press
NBC News:
Democrats might have a better chance to flip the Senate than you think
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The Guardian, MSNBC and Daily Kos
John Santucci / ABC News:
Giuliani believes ‘50/50’ chance Mueller subpoenas President Trump
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Washington Post, Associated Press, Above the Law, Mediaite, Washington Press, Political Wire, ThinkProgress and CNN
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Trump says Giuliani will ‘get his facts straight’
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RedState, Washington Post, Washington Monthly and Breitbart
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The Media Is Killing the Democratic Party
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The Week, HuffPost and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump walks back Giuliani: 'He'll get his facts straight'
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Talking Points Memo, Joe.My.God. and New Century Times
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump: I'd “love” to be interviewed by Mueller
Discussion:
Politico and Associated Press
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Federal judge in Virginia grills special counsel on Manafort investigation … A federal judge in Virginia on Friday grilled lawyers from the office of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III about the motivations for bringing a bank and tax fraud case against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort.
Discussion:
The Daily Caller and Shakesville
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Jake Gibson / Fox News:
Federal judge accuses Mueller's team of ‘lying,’ trying to target Trump: 'C'mon man!' — Giuliani: Mueller investigation should be dismissed — A federal judge on Friday harshly rebuked Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team during a hearing for ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort …
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National Review, The Federalist, Sean Hannity, Daily Wire and neo-neocon
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge challenges Mueller's actions in Manafort case — A federal judge sharply challenged Special Counsel Robert Mueller's prosecution team Friday, questioning how its indictment of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on financial charges relates to Mueller's core mandate …
CNN:
Judge in Manafort case says Mueller's aim is to hurt Trump — (CNN)A federal judge expressed deep skepticism Friday in the bank fraud case brought by special counsel Robert Mueller's office against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, at one point saying he believes that Mueller's motivation …
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CNBC, The Rush Limbaugh Show, TheBlaze and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
U.S. judge questions special counsel's powers in Manafort case
Discussion:
Bloomberg and Instapundit
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Pence doctor resigns after Jackson debacle — Vice President Mike Pence's physician has resigned, the latest fallout from the collapse of Ronny Jackson's nomination for secretary of Veterans Affairs. — Dr. Jennifer Peña, who like Jackson is a military physician detailed to the White House …
Discussion:
National Review, Axios, Raw Story and Roll Call
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump's loyal outsiders elbow Kelly out
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Axios, The Daily Beast, Daily Kos and Washington Post
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump lives out his LBJ fantasy: no chief of staff
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Washington Post, ABC News, Politico and MSNBC
CNN:
Exclusive: Nunes demands Justice Department records. Then he doesn't read them. — (CNN)House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes was livid. — For months, he had been demanding a fully uncensored version of a highly sensitive document from the Justice Department explaining …
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Why the Justice Department Is Defiant — A House subpoena, another missed deadline. What is the department hiding? — The feud that has simmered for months between Congress and the Justice Department erupted this week into a cage match. That's because the House is homing in on the goods.
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
A Pruitt Aide's Attack on Zinke Angers the White House — As Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt faces a seemingly endless stream of scandal, his team is scrambling to divert the spotlight to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. And the White House isn't happy about it.
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Raw Story, Associated Press, Washington Post, MSNBC, CBS News, ABC News, Politico, Weekly Standard, Washington Press, Vox, Mother Jones, Daily Kos, Joe.My.God., Jezebel, Political Wire, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Week
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's Pursuit of an Oval Office Meeting with Vladimir Putin — Inside the mystery behind the President's surprise invitation to Russia's leader, and his team's struggle to figure out what to do about it. — Late on Monday evening, the Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, started making calls to European allies.
Discussion:
Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Report: Qatar Just Bought $6.5M Apartment in Trump Property — Qatar's mission to the United Nations bought an apartment valued at $6.5 million in New York's Trump World Tower on Jan. 17, one month after a judge ruled that President Donald Trump was not violating the Emoluments Clause …
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New York Times:
2018 Nobel Prize in Literature Postponed Amid Sexual Abuse Scandal — STOCKHOLM — The Swedish panel that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature said on Friday that it would take the extraordinary step of not naming a laureate this year — not because of a shortage of deserving writers …
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The Atlantic, Svenska Akademien, BBC, New Republic, Althouse, Jezebel, CNN, Washington Post and Politico, more at Mediagazer »
BuzzFeed:
Two More Women Speak Out About R. Kelly's Alleged Sexual Abuse — The new allegations range from underage sexual abuse in the 1990s to holding a “brainwashed” woman in a “cult” today. — As R. Kelly faces the most intense criticism of his career following a statement released on Monday …
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Washington Post:
Behind Erik Prince's China venture — The Blackwater founder has cut a lucrative security-training deal with Chinese insiders. But is it against U.S. interests? — Beijing's International Security Defense College, which boasts of becoming “the largest private security training school in China …
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Orders Pentagon to Consider Reducing U.S. Forces in South Korea — WASHINGTON — President Trump has ordered the Pentagon to prepare options for drawing down American troops in South Korea, just weeks before he holds a landmark meeting with North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un …
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Molly Redden / HuffPost:
He Was Accused Of Attempted Rape. He Became A Progressive Star Anyway. — For more than a decade, women alleged that Clay Johnson, a leader in political tech, physically and verbally abused them. — On April 28, 2008, Sarah Schacht received an email that terrified her.
Adam B. Schiff / New York Times:
Democrats: Don't Take the Bait on Impeachment — In 2010, as a member of the House Judiciary Committee, I led the effort to impeach a federal judge from New Orleans named Thomas Porteous Jr. He was accused of multiple acts of corruption, some of which preceded his appointment to the federal bench …
Discussion:
Washington Monthly and National Review
New York Times:
They Voted for Obama, Then Went for Trump. Can Democrats Win Them Back? — RITTMAN, Ohio — In the daily race that is her life, Sharla Baker does not think about politics very much. — She rises early, drives to the gas station to buy coffee, feeds her baby, dresses her two other children …
CBS Chicago:
Deputy Consul General Of Israel Allegedly Forced Out Of Uber Ride For Speaking Hebrew On Phone — CHICAGO (CBS) - The Deputy Consul General of Israel to the Midwest, Itay Milner, says he was ten minutes into his Uber ride on Lower Wacker Drive Thursday night when he was thrown out by the driver.
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Peter Doocy / Fox News:
GOP candidate's ad shows him ‘hunting terrorists’ in Iraq: ‘Faith in God, and a Hellfire missile’ — Candidates talk about bringing terrorists to justice all the time. — One Republican candidate is now providing video evidence that he's been there, done that.
Discussion:
IJR and The Daily Caller
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Fox's Cavuto to Trump: 'That's your stink. Mr. President, that's your swamp.' … Fox News host Neil Cavuto ripped into President Trump's trail of conflicting and false statements in a monologue on Thursday, targeting Trump for everything from the Stormy Daniels payment to his exaggerations …
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RedState, Lawfare, Fox News Insider, Hullabaloo, The Daily Beast and Politico
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