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Justin Fishel / ABC News:
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani won't rule out that president could take the Fifth Amendment in Russia probe — President Donald Trump's top personal attorney Rudy Giuliani said he can't rule out the possibility of the president taking the Fifth Amendment if he testifies in the Russia investigation.
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Reuters:
Giuliani suggests it's possible Michael Cohen paid off other women to stay silent about alleged affairs with Trump — President Donald Trump's new lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, didn't rule out the possibility that Michael Cohen paid other women during the 2016 campaign to stay quiet about alleged affairs with his client.
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Rudy Giuliani won't rule out Trump pleading the Fifth Amendment in another bewildering interview — In an interview Sunday, the former New York City mayor said that Michael Cohen's $130,000 payout to Stormy Daniels was a “nuisance” amount and the president might not cooperate with a subpoena from Robert Mueller.
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Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Stormy Daniels attorney: Giuliani interview an ‘unmitigated disaster’ — Adult film actress Stormy Daniels' attorney said on Sunday that Rudy Giuliani's appearance on ABC minutes before him was an “absolute unmitigated disaster” for President Donald Trump's legal counsel.
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Michael Cohen Wiretap Cold Open - SNL — With the FBI listening in, Michael Cohen (Ben Stiller) fields calls from Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin), Rudy Giuliani (Kate McKinnon), Melania Trump (Cecily St...
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
The Naked Truth About Trump
The Naked Truth About Trump
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Giuliani: It is possible Michael Cohen paid off other women for Trump
Giuliani: It is possible Michael Cohen paid off other women for Trump
Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
SNL brings in Ben Stiller, Scarlett Johansson, Stormy Daniels and more for star-studded cold open
SNL brings in Ben Stiller, Scarlett Johansson, Stormy Daniels and more for star-studded cold open
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Erica Pandey / Axios:
Rudy's return to the television circuit
Rudy's return to the television circuit
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Washington Post:
Gina Haspel, nominee to head CIA, sought to withdraw over questions about her role in agency interrogation program — Gina Haspel, President Trump's nominee to become the next CIA director, sought to withdraw her nomination Friday after some White House officials worried that her role …
Wall Street Journal:
Mueller Probe Might Have to Go Dark for Midterm Election — Though there is no legal deadline, Justice Department guidelines say prosecutors should avoid the appearance of trying to sway elections — WASHINGTON—The clock is ticking for special counsel Robert Mueller.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Stunning Developments on Trump/Private Black Ops Oppo Targeting Obama Staffers — We have a pretty stunning development about aides to Donald Trump apparently (though they deny it) hiring the same Israeli dirty ops/private intel firm that Harvey Weinstein used to cover up his history to mount …
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Boris Johnson / New York Times:
Don't Scuttle the Iran Nuclear Deal — By 1931 Winston Churchill had fought more election battles than any other member of the British Parliament. He ruefully calculated that “one day in 30” of his adult life had been consumed by “arduous and worrying” campaigning.
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Corey Kilgannon / New York Times:
96-Year-Old Secretary Quietly Amasses Fortune, Then Donates $8.2 Million — Even by the dizzying standards of New York City philanthropy, a recent $6.24 million donation to the Henry Street Settlement on the Lower East Side was a whopper — the largest single gift from an individual to the social service group in its 125-year history.
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
This Is The Toughest Gun Law In America — Reformers love what Massachusetts is doing. The NRA? Not so much. — NEWTON, Mass. A thirtysomething man sought to buy a rifle here last September, and if he had been living in almost any other part of the country, he could have done so easily.
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Eric Talmadge / Associated Press:
North Korea says US ruining mood of detente ahead of summit — PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — With just weeks to go before President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are expected to hold their first-ever summit, Pyongyang on Sunday criticized what it called “misleading” …
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Trump callously plays games with families of hostages: ‘Stay tuned!’
Trump callously plays games with families of hostages: ‘Stay tuned!’
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Garry Kasparov / New York Daily News:
Saving America from itself: Trump is a symptom, not the disease — American friends, you might not like to hear this coming from a Russian, but your Founding Fathers did not trust you at all. Don't feel bad, because that most remarkable constellation of 18th-century intellect and courage didn't trust anyone.
Greg B. Smith / New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Former NYC media player finds himself living in homeless shelter after life took ‘unfathomable’ downward spiral — Once upon a time in New York City, Sherman Jackson lived at the glittering heights of public life in a privileged place of bold-faced names and media stars.
Tony Saavedra / Orange County Register:
Video shows off-duty officer pulling gun on man mistakenly suspected of stealing Mentos — One minute, Jose Arreola was buying a pack of Mentos at an Orange County service station. — The next minute, he was at the business end of a gun drawn by an off-duty Buena Park police officer …
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Tara Siegel Bernard / New York Times:
Yes, It's Bad. Robocalls, and Their Scams, Are Surging. — It's not just you. — Those pesky robocalls — at best annoying disturbances and at worst costly financial scams — are getting worse. — In an age when cellphones have become extensions of our bodies, robocallers …
Leonard Pitts Jr / miamiherald:
I'm done trying to understand Trump supporters. Why don't they try to understand me? — This is for Rose. — She is a nice lady who wrote me a nice email in which she spoke about the need to try to understand Donald Trump's supporters. As Rose put it, “We need to not close ourselves off to how the other side thinks.”
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Benjamin Hart / New York Magazine:
John McCain Regrets His Palin Pick for the Wrong Reasons — When historians — or, really any of us — look back at President Trump's ascent to the presidency, they will identify many moments over the years, big and small, that could be identified as warning signs of the catastrophe to come.
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