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New Yorker:
Four Women Accuse New York's Attorney General of Physical Abuse — Eric Schneiderman has raised his profile as a voice against sexual misconduct. Now, after suing Harvey Weinstein, he faces a #MeToo reckoning of his own. — Eric Schneiderman, New York's attorney general …
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump grows frustrated with Giuliani as Stormy Daniels drama rages on — President Donald Trump has shaken up his legal team in the last three weeks — and he's still not happy. — The president has been griping to associates that Rudy Giuliani, his new personal attorney, has failed to shut down the Stormy Daniels hush money saga.
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
As headlines swirl, Trump grows frustrated with Giuliani — NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is growing increasingly irritated with lawyer Rudy Giuliani's frequently off-message media blitz, in which he has muddied the waters on hush money paid to porn actress Stormy Daniels and made claims …
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Lawyers Aim to Decide by May 17 Whether President Testifies in Mueller Probe — Legal team has long been divided on sit-down interview with special counsel — WASHINGTON—Lawyers advising President Donald Trump in the Russia investigation hope to decide whether he should testify by May 17 …
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James Downie / Washington Post:
Giuliani stumbles into another fiasco
Giuliani stumbles into another fiasco
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Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
State Dept.: Giuliani doesn't speak for US on foreign policy
State Dept.: Giuliani doesn't speak for US on foreign policy
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders says she's ‘not aware’ of other Trump hush agreements
Sarah Huckabee Sanders says she's ‘not aware’ of other Trump hush agreements
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Exclusive: Two West Virginia Internal Campaign Polls Show Blankenship Narrowly Edging GOP Rivals — Republicans are panicking as internal polls show Don Blankenship, a coal baron who spent time in jail for a mining disaster that killed 29 workers, surging into the lead in the West Virginia Senate GOP primary …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Trump Weighs In on West Virginia Senate Race in Sign of Republican Anxiety — WASHINGTON — President Trump intervened Monday in the West Virginia Republican Senate primary, pleading with voters a day before the election to oppose the former mine operator Don Blankenship …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Why Don Blankenship is more dangerous for the GOP than Todd Akin, Sharron Angle and Roy Moore
Why Don Blankenship is more dangerous for the GOP than Todd Akin, Sharron Angle and Roy Moore
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David Fontana / Washington Post:
Washington is now a cool city. That's terrible news for American democracy. — Sparky's Espresso Cafe was a few blocks from my apartment off 14th Street NW, but in the years after I moved to Washington in 2006, it felt to me like home. To get there from my apartment …
Max de Haldevang / Quartz:
Leaving the Iran deal would play right into Putin's hands, says a former US ambassador to Russia — Supporters of the Iran deal have no shortage of reasons for president Donald Trump to stick with it: The deal appears to be succeeding in its aim of forcing Iran to cut its nuclear stockpile.
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Sessions: Parents, children entering U.S. illegally will be separated — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration plans to take a tougher approach to families that enter the U.S. illegally by separating parents from their children, instead of keeping them in detention together.
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Alan Dershowitz / The Hill:
Federal judge rightly rebukes Mueller for questionable tactics — An experienced federal judge has confirmed what I have been arguing for months, namely, that the modus operandi of special counsel Robert Mueller — is to charge associates of Donald Trump with any crime he can find in order …
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New York Times:
‘Smoke and Mirrors’: Emails Detail Pruitt's Drive for Secrecy at the E.P.A. — WASHINGTON — The invitation-only breakfast at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington gathered 250 executives from the nation's largest electric utilities, assembled in a ballroom to meet with Scott Pruitt …
Washington Post:
Trump calls on Congress to pull back $15 billion in spending, including on Children's Health Insurance Program. — President Trump is sending a plan to Congress that calls for stripping back more than $15 billion in previously approved spending, with the hope that it will temper conservative angst over ballooning budget deficits.
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Trump approval steady amid rising outlook for the country — WASHINGTON (CNN)President Donald Trump's approval rating is holding steady in a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, but his numbers on handling several key issues are climbing, as almost 6 in 10 say things in the country are going well.
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump unveils her platform, tells kids to ‘Be Best’ — Melania Trump's popularity jumps in new poll — Washington (CNN)Melania Trump, nearly 16 months into her tenure as first lady, has at last revealed her formal platform: “Be Best.” The comprehensive program will focus on three main points …
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Melania Trump Rolls Out ‘Be Best,’ a Children's Agenda With a Focus on Social Media
Melania Trump Rolls Out ‘Be Best,’ a Children's Agenda With a Focus on Social Media
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump's popularity jumps in new CNN poll
Melania Trump's popularity jumps in new CNN poll
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Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
People think she's a Parkland ‘crisis actor.’ It's terrifying. — NEW YORK — The strangers mocked her on social media. They called her old boss, saying she should be arrested. Now she feared one was stalking her. — Emma Gonzalez became an Internet obsession after a gunman killed 17 people …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Hatch to McCain: Invite Trump to your funeral — Sen. John McCain should reconsider his wish that President Donald Trump not attend McCain's funeral, said Sen. Orrin Hatch, the most senior GOP senator. — McCain prefers instead that Vice President Mike Pence attend his funeral rather than Trump …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Mueller Has to Expose Trump's Crooked Business Empire — President Trump has made it perfectly plain that he views any scrutiny of his finances as a mortal threat. Trump “was especially disturbed after learning [Robert] Mueller would be able to access several years of his tax returns …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Time to end the crazy secrecy of the Trump-Russia investigation — On Jan. 24, 2017, then-national security adviser Michael Flynn was questioned by the FBI in his White House office. The session, focusing on Flynn's transition talks with the Russian ambassador, led to Flynn pleading guilty to a charge of lying to investigators.
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Outrageous Redactions to the Russia Report
Outrageous Redactions to the Russia Report
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
I'm Not Black, I'm Kanye — I could only have seen it there, on the waxed hardwood floor of my elementary-school auditorium, because I was young then, barely 7 years old, and cable had not yet come to the city, and if it had, my father would not have believed in it.
Page Six:
Elon Musk quietly dating musician Grimes — Elon Musk has been keeping everyone guessing about his love life, but sources exclusively revealed to Page Six that he has been quietly dating hip musician Grimes — who will walk the red carpet with him at Monday's Met Gala.
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Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Most Clinton Voters Now Say ‘People Like Them’ Were Better Off 50 Years Ago — It's a dramatic shift from 2016. — A year and a half after the 2016 election, voters who backed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton increasingly feel as though people like them are losing ground in America …
NRA BLOG:
Lt. Colonel Oliver North Poised to Become NRA President — “Most exciting news for NRA members since Charlton Heston Became President of Our Association,” Wayne LaPierre said. — DALLAS - Lt. Colonel Oliver North, USMC (Ret.) will become President of the National Rifle Association …
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Walter M. Shaub Jr / Washington Post:
Mar-a-Lago isn't the ‘Winter White House.’ It's just an embarrassing cash grab. … The “Southern White House” is a nearly perfect symbol of the Trump administration's ethical failings. President Trump has on a number of occasions tweeted or spoken the phrase “Southern White House” …
Tracy Jan / Washington Post:
HUD Secretary Ben Carson to be sued for suspending Obama-era fair-housing rule — Fair-housing advocates planned to file a lawsuit early Tuesday against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and HUD Secretary Ben Carson for suspending an Obama-era rule requiring communities …
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Jennifer Lothspeich / cbs8.com:
Music video for Childish Gambino's ‘This is America’ gets big reactions, views — WARNING: The video featured in this story contains graphic content. — (NEWS 8) — A day after pulling double-duty as both the host and musical guest on “Saturday Night Live,” actor-writer-comedian-musician Donald Glover …
CNN:
Ryan noncommittal on vote to hold Sessions in contempt — Nunes threatens to hold Sessions in contempt — (CNN)Conservatives in the House of Representatives are making a push to hold Attorney General Jeff Sessions in contempt of Congress for failing to hand over documents related …
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