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CNN:
Exclusive: Mueller's team questions Russian oligarch about payments to Cohen — (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigators have questioned a Russian oligarch about hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments his company's US affiliate made to President Donald Trump's personal attorney …
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New York Times:
Firm Tied to Russian Oligarch Made Payments to Michael Cohen — A shell company that Michael D. Cohen used to pay hush money to a pornographic film actress received payments totaling more than $1 million from an American company linked to a Russian oligarch and several corporations with business …
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Noah Shachtman / The Daily Beast:
Michael Cohen Took Cash From Russian Oligarch After Election — The Daily Beast can confirm that Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen received hundreds of thousands of dollars from a company controlled by Putin-aligned Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg.
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Paul Campos / New York Magazine:
Here's a Theory About That $1.6 Million Payout From a GOP Official to a Playboy Model — On May 2, Rudy Giuliani revealed that the Trump administration has been lying for months about the fact that Donald Trump reimbursed his personal attorney Michael Cohen for the $130,000 he fronted …
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NBC News:
Daniels' lawyer: Cohen got $500K from Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg — Michael Avenatti provided no documentation for his claims, which he posted on Twitter — Stormy Daniels' attorney claimed Tuesday that President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen received $500,000 …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
AT&T confirms it paid Trump lawyer Michael Cohen for ‘insights’ on administration — Telecommunications giant AT&T said it has paid President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen for “insights” on the Trump administration. — The disclosure came after a lawyer …
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Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Trump's Two Biggest Scandals Converge In a Single Tweet
Trump's Two Biggest Scandals Converge In a Single Tweet
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CNNMoney:
AT&T confirms it paid Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's company
AT&T confirms it paid Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's company
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Withdraws U.S. From ‘One-Sided’ Iran Nuclear Deal — WASHINGTON — President Trump declared on Tuesday that he was pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal, unraveling the signature foreign policy achievement of his predecessor, Barack Obama, and isolating the United States among its Western allies.
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Barack Obama:
There are few issues more important to the security of the United States than the potential spread of nuclear weapons, or the potential for even more destructive war in the Middle East. That's why the United States negotiated the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in the first place.
GOV.UK:
Joint statement from Prime Minister May, Chancellor Merkel and President Macron following President Trump's statement on Iran — Joint statement from Prime Minister Theresa May, Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Emmanuel Macron following President Trump's statement on Iran.
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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Trump was asked the most basic question about his Iran deal decision. He had no answer. — After publicly signing a memorandum to violate the Iran nuclear deal by reinstating the “highest levels” of U.S. sanctions against the country, President Trump was asked a very basic question …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
5 big consequences of Trump's Iran blunder
5 big consequences of Trump's Iran blunder
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Behind Trump's Termination of Iran Deal Is Risky Bet That U.S. Can ‘Break the Regime’
Behind Trump's Termination of Iran Deal Is Risky Bet That U.S. Can ‘Break the Regime’
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Thomas Erdbrink / New York Times:
Iranians Fear Deeper Crisis as Trump Ends Nuclear Deal
Iranians Fear Deeper Crisis as Trump Ends Nuclear Deal
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Jennifer Williams / Vox:
Read: Trump's Iran nuclear deal speech full text
Read: Trump's Iran nuclear deal speech full text
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Washington Post:
Risk to intelligence source who aided Russia investigation at center of latest showdown between Nunes and Justice Dept. — Last Wednesday, senior FBI and national intelligence officials relayed an urgent message to the White House: Information being sought by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes …
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Yonhap News Agency:
N. Korea to release 3 U.S. captives: Cheong Wa Dae official … North Korea is expected to release three U.S. citizens held in the communist state on Wednesday, an official from Seoul's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said, in an apparent goodwill gesture ahead of a historic meeting between …
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Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
Mike Pompeo travels to North Korea to lay ground for Trump's summit with Kim Jong Un
Mike Pompeo travels to North Korea to lay ground for Trump's summit with Kim Jong Un
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Halimah Abdullah / ABC News:
LIVE UPDATES: Big stakes in West Virginia, Indiana, Ohio bellwether primaries — The candidates who emerge victorious from a fierce faceoff Tuesday night in tough and pricey primary battles in Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia will provide critical clues into which party might …
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Aileen Chuang / Associated Press:
Vice president's brother wins GOP bid for his old House seat
Vice president's brother wins GOP bid for his old House seat
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Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
I went back to the man who hit me. Why? — It's been a quarter-century, and I can still hear clearly the sound of my voice that night. It wavered with a plaintive, childish note as I spoke into the phone: “He hit me.” That sound, which I had never before heard in my own voice, broke something.
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Kate Sheehy / New York Post:
Woman details nightmare date with ‘repulsive’ Schneiderman
Woman details nightmare date with ‘repulsive’ Schneiderman
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Eric Schneiderman's Reputation: From 'Wouldn't Get a Bawdy Joke' to Brute, Overnight
Eric Schneiderman's Reputation: From 'Wouldn't Get a Bawdy Joke' to Brute, Overnight
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Richard Cordray Just Won Ohio's Democratic Primary. His Party Thinks Trump Will Help Make Him Governor. — “People in Ohio know there's an opportunity here we have not had in a very long time.” — Reporting From — Richard Cordray, the Democrat who entered the Ohio governor's race with endorsements …
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
Ohio primary elections: live results for governor, Senate, and House races
Ohio primary elections: live results for governor, Senate, and House races
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Politico, The Week, ABC News and New York Magazine
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
9/11 Planner, Tortured by C.I.A., Asks to Tell Senators About Gina Haspel — WASHINGTON — President Trump's nomination of Gina Haspel to lead the C.I.A. has revived debate over the agency's post-Sept. 11 interrogation program and still-murky questions about her involvement.
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CBS News:
6 months before midterms, both parties face challenges - CBS News poll — Six months before Election Day, the 2018 midterms look like a contest that's up for grabs — both for control of Congress, and for which arguments will dominate the campaign. — More voters say they'd prefer …
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Eli Okun / Politico:
Comey casts doubt on judge who slammed Mueller probe
Comey casts doubt on judge who slammed Mueller probe
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New York Times:
Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web — An alliance of heretics is making an end run around the mainstream conversation. Should we be listening? — By Bari WeissPhotographs by Damon Winter — Here are some things that you will hear when you sit down to dinner with the vanguard …
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
MSNBC Under Fire After Host Hugh Hewitt Helped Broker Meeting With EPA Leader — “We'll get back to you,” an MSNBC spokesman told THR when asked about the host's role in brokering a meeting between EPA head Scott Pruitt and lawyers at his firm representing a California water district.
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Senate Intel: Russia waged ‘unprecedented’ cyber campaign on U.S. voting systems — The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday released the unclassified version of its investigation into Russian cyberattacks on digital U.S. voting systems ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
Kim Dacey / WBAL:
Deputy shoots groundhog blocking traffic in Carroll County — HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT — ELDERSBURG, Md. — A Carroll County sheriff's deputy shot a groundhog that was holding up traffic Monday morning. — The Sheriff's Office said the deputy was traveling …
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Kate Conger / Special Projects Desk:
Univision Is A Fucking Mess — Kate Conger, David Uberti, and Laura Wagner — This is the story of how corporate raiding, complacency, excess, and incompetence are gutting a media company that matters to tens of millions of people. It's not a novel story, and perhaps not even scandalous …
Katie Jane Fernelius / News, Indy Week:
A Duke University VP Walked Into the Campus Joe Van Gogh, Heard a Rap Song, Demanded That the Employees Be Fired — On Monday, two employees of Duke University's Joe Van Gogh location had their contracts terminated after vice president for student affairs Larry Moneta and executive director …
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Washington Post:
U.S. embassy cables warned against expelling 300,000 immigrants. Trump officials did it anyway. — In the past six months, the Trump administration has moved to expel more than 300,000 Central Americans and Haitians living and working legally in the United States, disregarding senior U.S. diplomats …