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Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
Israeli Operatives Who Aided Harvey Weinstein Collected Information on Former Obama Administration Officials — In June, 2017, Ann Norris, a former State Department official, received an e-mail containing an unusual proposal. Norris is married to Ben Rhodes, a former foreign-policy adviser …
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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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CNN:
Giuliani: I'm ‘focused on the law more than the facts right now’ — (CNN)President Donald Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani said Sunday that he is still getting up to speed on the facts of the President's legal situation, but the payment to Stormy Daniels did not require him to have a full accounting of the details at hand.
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Washington Post:
Giuliani pleased with his media tour: 'Everybody's reacting to us now' … After days of media appearances intended to explain President Trump's legal settlement with an adult-film star that only raised fresh questions about the payment, his new attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani on Sunday …
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Reuters:
Giuliani suggests it's possible Michael Cohen paid off other women to stay silent about alleged affairs with Trump
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
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Rudy Giuliani won't rule out Trump pleading the Fifth Amendment in another bewildering interview
Rudy Giuliani won't rule out Trump pleading the Fifth Amendment in another bewildering interview
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Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Stormy Daniels attorney: Giuliani interview an ‘unmitigated disaster’
Stormy Daniels attorney: Giuliani interview an ‘unmitigated disaster’
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 5-6-18: President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and Stormy …
‘This Week’ Transcript 5-6-18: President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and Stormy …
Justin Fishel / ABC News:
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani won't rule out that president could take the Fifth Amendment in Russia probe
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani won't rule out that president could take the Fifth Amendment in Russia probe
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Washington Post:
Inside Melania Trump's complicated White House life: Separate schedules, different priorities … Donald and Melania Trump's remarkably separate daily routines begin with him getting up around 5:30 a.m., watching cable news shows and tweeting. — The first lady wakes in her own bedroom a bit later …
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump to announce formal platform Monday during Rose Garden ceremony
Melania Trump to announce formal platform Monday during Rose Garden ceremony
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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 …
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Liberal Media Can Have Ideological Diversity Without Conservatives — Donald Trump's election exposed the irrelevance of conservative intellectuals — and thereby, the incoherence of many a liberal publication's mission statement. — During the 2016 primaries, the right-wing intelligentsia mobilized in opposition to Trump.
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
George Conway, Spouse of Top Trump Counselor, Takes White House to Task on Twitter. — WASHINGTON — In legal circles, George T. Conway III is perhaps best known as the lawyer who argued a securities case before the Supreme Court and won with an 8-to- vote, or for his behind-the-scenes work …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside Scott Pruitt's “miserable” bunker — President Trump is unhappy about a report in The Atlantic which says a member of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's press team has been shopping negative stories about Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to multiple outlets.
Jacob Bernstein / New York Times:
The Man Who Bought New York — Money hasn't made Stephen Schwarzman universally beloved. Who cares? — Last May, a familiar routine took place on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. — Katy Perry ascended the red carpet at the annual Costume Institute gala looking like the bride …
Wall Street Journal:
House Democrats Plan to Release 3,000 Russian-Linked Facebook Ads — Lawmakers on House Intelligence Committee could release trove of ads as soon as this week — Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee are preparing to release 3,000 Russia-linked Facebook ads, according to people familiar …
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.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Republicans fear a Roy Moore redux in West Virginia — Republicans in D.C. are panicking over Tuesday's West Virginia Senate primary. — The problem: Don Blankenship, a coal baron who's spent time in prison, is running a demagogic campaign in which he's repeatedly invoked the Chinese heritage …
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Nicole Sganga / CBS News:
Don Blankenship won't rule out third party bid in West Virginia senate race
Don Blankenship won't rule out third party bid in West Virginia senate race
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Caitlin O'Kane / CBS News:
Boy regains consciousness after parents sign papers to donate his organs — A 13-year-old boy who suffered severe brain trauma in an accident regained consciousness after his parents signed paperwork to donate his organs. Trenton McKinley of Mobile, Alabama, suffered the injury two months ago …
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Andrew Kerr / The Daily Caller:
How Buzzfeed's ‘Data-Monster’ Leveraged User Data To Fuel Super PACs, Target Voters — BuzzFeed created dozens of native political ads for anti-Trump super PACs in 2016 that were “based off mounds and piles and troves of data and information” it had collected on its own users, according to former BuzzFeed vice president.
Joel Schectman / Reuters:
Republican House Armed Service chair warns Trump against leaving Iran deal — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican leader of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee said President Trump should not walk away from the Iran nuclear deal. — President Donald Trump is facing a May 12 deadline …
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Boris Johnson / New York Times:
Don't Scuttle the Iran Nuclear Deal
Don't Scuttle the Iran Nuclear Deal
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Christopher Carbone / Fox News:
Devin Nunes: AG Jeff Sessions should be held in contempt of Congress — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes is going to push Congress to hold Attorney General Jeff Sessions in contempt of Congress. — The Californian Republican's committee has been looking into allegations …
Luis Sanchez / The Hill:
Nikki Haley says she won't defend Trump's ‘communication style’ — U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley — said on Sunday that she won't defend President Trump — 's “communication style.” — “First of all, he has his communication style,” Haley told CBS's “Sunday Morning.”
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