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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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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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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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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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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
5 big consequences of Trump's Iran blunder … Today, President Trump announced the United States would in effect be exiting the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and is prepared to reimpose sanctions. This opens up a divide between the U.S. and the other negotiating partners …
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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 …
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Trump Is Now Free to Fight for Iranian Freedom — The most urgent task after the nuclear deal is increasing the odds of success for the democratic uprising. — President Donald Trump finally made good on his promise Tuesday to get out of the Iran nuclear deal.
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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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Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
Trump announces US withdrawing from Iran nuclear deal
Trump announces US withdrawing from Iran nuclear deal
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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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Washington Post:
Iran to negotiate with Europeans, Russia and China about remaining in nuclear deal
Iran to negotiate with Europeans, Russia and China about remaining in 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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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Donald Trump Ends the Obama Mirage
Donald Trump Ends the Obama Mirage
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Associated Press:
Trump Withdraws From ‘One-Sided’ Iran Nuclear Deal In Blow To US Allies
Trump Withdraws From ‘One-Sided’ Iran Nuclear Deal In Blow To US Allies
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Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
How killing the nuclear deal could make it easier for Iran to pursue the bomb in secret
How killing the nuclear deal could make it easier for Iran to pursue the bomb in secret
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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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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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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Giuliani Says Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen ‘Has No Incriminating Information About The President’
Giuliani Says Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen ‘Has No Incriminating Information About The President’
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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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Carolyn Kormann / New Yorker:
The Hazard of Don Blankenship's Senate Campaign in West Virginia
The Hazard of Don Blankenship's Senate Campaign in West Virginia
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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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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.
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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 …
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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Kate Sheehy / New York Post:
Woman details nightmare date with ‘repulsive’ Schneiderman — She says their blind date started off like a dream, with him bearing flowers as he picked her up in a luxury car to take her to dinner at Bette Midler's trendy New Leaf restaurant in Fort Tryon Park.
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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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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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Mike Pompeo / US Department of State:
Remarks to the Traveling Press — Remarks — Secretary of State — On Plane ert Yokota Air Base, Japan — SECRETARY POMPEO: So the first time it was truly an intel effort, in that the South Koreans had made representations about things that North Korea was preparing to do that Kim Jong-un …
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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 …
Raphael Satter / Associated Press:
US military wives threatened by Russian hackers posing as IS — PARIS (AP) — Army wife Angela Ricketts was soaking in a bubble bath in her Colorado home, leafing through a memoir, when a message appeared on her iPhone from hackers threatening to slaughter her family. — “Dear Angela!” the Facebook message read.
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