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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 …
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.
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 …
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Trump's Two Biggest Scandals Converge In a Single Tweet  —  The attorney for adult-film performer Stormy Daniels made an explosive claim on Tuesday, merging the two biggest scandals of Donald Trump's presidency in a single tweet—and setting off a frenzy of fresh speculation about the Trump campaign's possible ties to Russia.
Discussion: HuffPost, Mediaite, Joe.My.God. and Vox
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Is This How Avenatti Found Out?  —  TPM Reader TH thinks he knows where Michael Avenatti got his amazingly specific details.  And it sounds right to me ...  I have no idea who leaked this or whether it was a leak per se.  But this is extraordinarily detailed information.  It all seems accurate.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Tonight's Staggering Revelations  —  Tonight we have what I'd say may be the most staggering revelations since the tangle of “Trump/Russia” investigations began almost two years ago.  This is not hyperbole.  —  Late this afternoon Stormy Daniels' attorney Michael Avenatti posted what he called a …
Discussion: Mediaite and The Mahablog
Bloomberg:   Michael Cohen Puts Up Family Apartment Against Bank Debts
Washington Post:   Trump's attorney Michael Cohen was hired by U.S. affiliate of Russian company
Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal:
AT&T Paid Trump Lawyer for ‘Insights’ on Administration
Discussion: The Week
Bloomberg:   Russian Oligarch Tied to Trump Lawyer Cohen in Stormy Bombshell
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.
Washington Post:
Why Trump torpedoed Obama's Iran deal
Discussion: Politico
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
5 big consequences of Trump's Iran blunder
Discussion: The White House
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
A Courageous Trump Call on a Lousy Iran Deal
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:   Trump was asked the most basic question about his Iran deal decision. He had no answer.
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Trump Is Now Free to Fight for Iranian Freedom
Discussion: The Federalist
Thomas Erdbrink / New York Times:
Iranians Fear Deeper Crisis as Trump Ends Nuclear Deal
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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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.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Emma Loop / BuzzFeed:   The Senate Intelligence Committee Just Released A Report On How To Avoid Election Hacking In 2018
New York Times:   Russia Tried to Undermine Confidence in Voting Systems, Senators Say
Fatima Boudchar / New York Times:   I Have a Few Questions for Gina Haspel
New York Times:
West Virginia Primary Election Results  —  A tight three-way primary race is underway in West Virginia for the Republican nomination for Senate.  —  Read more  —  President Trump on Monday intervened and pleaded with voters to oppose one of the candidates, Don Blankenship …
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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 …
Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Patrick Morrisey pulls off upset in West Virginia Senate primary, beats Blankenship and Jenkins
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story, Axios, Democracy21 and Mediaite
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:   New Files Shed Light on the Day Guards Smashed Scott Pruitt's Door
Media Matters for America:   The Washington Post's Hugh Hewitt problem
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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Mike Pompeo / US Department of State:
Remarks to the Traveling Press
Discussion: Washington Press
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
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
As Melania Trump Faces Plagiarism Claims, Her Staff Lashes Out at News Media  —  WASHINGTON — Melania Trump's rollout this week of her “Be Best” initiative focusing on children was intended to give the first lady an agenda all her own.  Instead, it revived accusations that Mrs. Trump's ideas were really coming from somewhere else.
Jim Morrill / The Charlotte Observer:
Challenger Mark Harris on verge of upsetting U.S. Rep. Pittenger of NC  —  Former Charlotte pastor Mark Harris was leading Rep. Robert Pittenger in Tuesday's primary in North Carolina's 9th District, threatening to make him the first incumbent in the country to lose this year.
Discussion: The Week and Washington Post
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 …
Discussion: Deadspin
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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Marwa Eltagouri / Washington Post:
Rachel Crooks, who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her, wins uncontested Ohio House primary
Discussion: CNN, Bustle and Raw Story
Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Is Cory Booker for real?
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Iran Hawks Are the New Iraq Hawks
Discussion: Bloomberg and Washington Post
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
NY Legislature Has Plan In Place To Consider Replacements For Eric Schneiderman
Washington Post:
Boeing, Airbus to lose $39 billion in contracts because of Trump sanctions on Iran
Daily Mail:
‘No other religion would be made fun of in this way’: Christian fury at Met Gala's 'blasphemous …
Discussion: New Republic and WND
 Earlier Items: 
Los Angeles Times:
George Deukmejian dead at 89, public safety and law-and-order dominated two-term governor's agenda
CBS News:
6 months before midterms, both parties face challenges - CBS News poll
Washington Post:
U.S. embassy cables warned against expelling 300,000 immigrants. Trump officials did it anyway.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
First Mueller convict reports to prison
Discussion: Washington Press
Adam Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
New Florida poll shows dead heat governors' races, Rick Scott edging Bill Nelson
CBS News:
Why many teens no longer even look for a summer job
 

 
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