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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. — Update: Three hours after the publication of this story, Schneiderman resigned from his position.
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New York Times:
Eric Schneiderman, New York Attorney General, Quits After Assault Claims — Eric T. Schneiderman, the New York State attorney general who rose to prominence as an antagonist of the Trump administration, abruptly resigned on Monday night hours after The New Yorker reported that four women had accused him of physically assaulting them.
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Washington Post:
New York's attorney general resigns after four women accuse him of physical abuse … New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigned Monday night, stepping down from office hours after he was accused of physically abusing four women in an article published by the New Yorker.
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Kate Sheehy / New York Post:
Ex: Schneiderman called me his ‘brown slave,’ would slap me until I called him ‘Master’ — State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman called his Sri Lankan girlfriend his “brown slave” and wanted her to refer to him as “Master,” the woman says. — Harvard-educated activist writer Tanya Selvaratnam told …
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Front Page Magazine, New York Times, The Week and National Review
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 …
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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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Mediaite
Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
“I'd Die for My Wife and My Kids. And This Is All Ruining Their Lives”: After Rudy's Meltdown, Michael Cohen Grapples with His New Reality — Besieged by the media and legal bills, and feeling abandoned by Washington, friends say Cohen is in a “dangerous place.”
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Los Angeles Times, The Week, The Root and Washington Post
Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
State Dept.: Giuliani doesn't speak for US on foreign policy — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration sought to distance itself Monday from Rudy Giuliani's dramatic public statements about Iran and North Korea, saying that President Donald Trump's new lawyer does not speak for the president on matters of foreign policy.
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New York Times:
White House Aides Are Urging President Trump to Fire Scott Pruitt, the E.P.A. Chief — WASHINGTON — Senior White House staff members are encouraging President Trump to fire Scott Pruitt, his embattled Environmental Protection Agency chief, according to two top administration officials.
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Politico:
Pruitt fast-tracked California cleanup after Hugh Hewitt brokered meeting — EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt placed a polluted California area on his personal priority list of Superfund sites targeted for “immediate and intense” action after conservative radio and television host Hugh Hewitt brokered …
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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CBS News:
Mueller rejects Trump request to answer questions in writing — Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who is now on President Trump's legal team, told CBS News correspondent Paula Reid Monday afternoon that special counsel Robert Mueller's office has rejected proposals to allow Mr. Trump …
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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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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
GOP primaries gauge the anti-establishment fervor Trump helped unleash
Axios:
Pro-Trump group targets Joe Manchin in push to confirm Gina Haspel
Pro-Trump group targets Joe Manchin in push to confirm Gina Haspel
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Real Clear Politics, Politico and WND
Hot Air:
Yikes: Two Internal Polls Show Don Blankenship Leading In WV On Eve Of Senate Primary
Yikes: Two Internal Polls Show Don Blankenship Leading In WV On Eve Of Senate Primary
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Daily Wire, Political Wire, votedonblankenship, ThinkProgress and NBC News
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Exclusive: Two West Virginia Internal Campaign Polls Show Blankenship Narrowly Edging GOP Rivals
Exclusive: Two West Virginia Internal Campaign Polls Show Blankenship Narrowly Edging GOP Rivals
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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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Grabien News:
Dems Trash Federal Judge for Questioning Scope of Mueller Power
Dems Trash Federal Judge for Questioning Scope of Mueller Power
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New York Times:
Unswayed by Allies, Trump Is Expected to Leave Iran Deal, Diplomats Say — WASHINGTON — President Trump is expected to announce on Tuesday that he is withdrawing the United States from the Iran nuclear deal, European diplomats said after concluding that they had failed to convince …
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Dave Lawler / Axios:
Closing arguments on the Iran deal
Closing arguments on the Iran deal
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Max de Haldevang / Quartz:
Leaving the Iran deal would play right into Putin's hands, says a former US ambassador to Russia
Leaving the Iran deal would play right into Putin's hands, says a former US ambassador to Russia
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NBC News, Mediaite and New York Magazine
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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Ted Barrett / CNN:
Hatch says it's ‘ridiculous’ for McCain to block Trump from funeral
Hatch says it's ‘ridiculous’ for McCain to block Trump from funeral
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Hot Air and The Daily Caller
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Why Did a Creepy Israeli Intel Firm Spy on Obama Alums? — On Saturday, the British newspaper The Observer published an article that, if true, should rocket into the top tier of Donald Trump scandals. Aides to the president, it said, “hired an Israeli private intelligence agency to orchestrate …
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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 …
Aaron E. Carroll / New York Times:
It's Time for a New Discussion of Marijuana's Risks — You may reasonably decide the benefits outweigh the harms, but you should know about those potential harms. — The benefits and harms of medical marijuana can be debated, but more states are legalizing pot, even for recreational use.
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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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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Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
Melania Trump Announces ‘BE BEST’ Campaign For Children — First Lady Melania Trump announced on Monday that she will charter a campaign called “BE BEST” that is dedicated to educating children on a variety of issues. — In remarks given at the White House, Mrs. Trump said she hopes …
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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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Shane Harris / Washington Post:
Undercover to under scrutiny: Gina Haspel, nominee to head CIA, to face Senate grilling — One summer night in the late 1980s, Gina Haspel, a young CIA field officer on her first overseas assignment, found herself standing outside a hotel in Addis Ababa talking to Jimmy Carter.
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Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Gina Haspel's Lose-Lose Proposition for Democrats
Gina Haspel's Lose-Lose Proposition for Democrats
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