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Ed Silverman / STAT:
Trump's lawyer pitched himself as a fixer to Novartis and got paid $1.2 million — T — he curious relationship between one of the world's biggest drug makers and President Trump's personal lawyer began early last year when Michael Cohen, a longtime fixer for the president …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Novartis paid Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen more than $1 million for work he was unable to do, company says — Drug giant Novartis paid President Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen more than $1 million for work that he actually ended up being “unable” to do, the company said Wednesday.
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Washington Post:
Treasury inspector general launches probe into possible leak of Michael Cohen's banking records — The Treasury Department's inspector general is investigating whether confidential banking information related to a company controlled by President Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen may have been leaked, a spokesman said.
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Talking Points Memo and Politico
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
The Porn Star's Lawyer Maps the Trump Money Trail — Michael Cohen's clients included a firm linked to a Russian oligarch and a South Korean aerospace company. — There may be any number of reasons why a management firm linked to a powerful Russian oligarch favored by the Kremlin paid …
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Law Firm That Partnered With Michael Cohen Says Shell Company Work Was A Side Hustle — The legal giant Squire Patton Boggs, which had a strategic partnership with Cohen, says it had nothing to do with his shell company. — WASHINGTON A major law firm that formed a strategic partnership …
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NBC News:
Stormy lawyer: Transactions suggest Cohen was ‘selling access’ to Trump — Stormy Daniels' attorney said Wednesday that financial transactions he uncovered suggest that Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen was “selling access to the president of the United States.”
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Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Michael Cohen Was Selling Access To Trump, Says Group That Paid Into His Shell Company — Corporations were looking to get closer to the new administration, and Trump's lawyer offered to help. — Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer convinced major corporations to pay into his shell company …
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Talking Points Memo, Joe.My.God., New York Magazine, STAT and Jezebel
Brian Bennett / TIME:
Trump Told His Lawyers He Knows Nothing About Michael Cohen's Business — President Trump told his lawyers on Tuesday night he didn't know about payments made to his personal attorney by a Russian oligarch and businesses lobbying the federal government. — After the payments were revealed …
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Avenatti Accuses The Wrong Michael Cohens Of Making ‘Fraudulent’ Payments — Michael Avenatti, porn star Stormy Daniels' lawyer, released a seven-page dossier on Tuesday containing a list of payments purportedly made to Michael Cohen, the lawyer for President Donald Trump.
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump lawyer Michael Cohen ‘appears to be selling access to the president,’ says porn star Stormy Daniels' attorney, Michael Avenatti — Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for porn star Stormy Daniels, said President Donald Trump's lawyer “appears to be selling access to the president.”
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
The Special Counsel's Office Has Been Looking Into Payments To Michael Cohen's Company Since Last Year
The Special Counsel's Office Has Been Looking Into Payments To Michael Cohen's Company Since Last Year
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Washington Monthly, Political Wire, Washington Post and Mother Jones
CNBC:
AT&T paid Trump lawyer Michael Cohen up to $600,000 for ‘understanding inner workings’ of the president: Source
New York Times:
Firm Tied to Russian Oligarch Made Payments to Michael Cohen
Firm Tied to Russian Oligarch Made Payments to Michael Cohen
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Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Mueller questioned Novartis payment to Trump lawyer Michael Cohen
Mueller questioned Novartis payment to Trump lawyer Michael Cohen
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Brian Flood / Fox News:
New York Times slams AWOL Pompeo, then learns he was rescuing Americans — As the New York Times was bashing Mike Pompeo for being missing in action while President Trump tore up the Iran nuclear deal, it turned out the secretary of state was busy rescuing three Americans who have been held captive in North Korea.
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Washington Post:
North Korea releases 3 American prisoners in apparent goodwill gesture ahead of a planned summit between Trump and Kim
North Korea releases 3 American prisoners in apparent goodwill gesture ahead of a planned summit between Trump and Kim
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
3 Americans Are Released From North Korea, Trump Says
3 Americans Are Released From North Korea, Trump Says
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Thomas Wright / Politico:
John Bolton and Mike Pompeo Are Headed for a Clash
John Bolton and Mike Pompeo Are Headed for a Clash
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Washington Post, One America News Network, The American Conservative and The Daily Beast
CNN:
CNN poll: Democrats' 2018 advantage is nearly gone — CNN Poll: Trump approval holding steady — Washington (CNN)The generic congressional ballot has continued to tighten, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, with the Democrats' edge over Republicans within the poll's margin of sampling error for the first time this cycle.
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American Greatness and Axios
Scott Bland / Politico:
Top takeaways from the first big primary of 2018 — Republicans can exhale now. — Convicted coal magnate Don Blankenship's surprise third-place finish in Tuesday's West Virginia GOP Senate primary sidestepped yet another debacle for the party after consecutive meltdowns in special elections in Alabama and Pennsylvania.
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Eroding GOP Resistance to Trump's Immigration Agenda
The Eroding GOP Resistance to Trump's Immigration Agenda
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Hullabaloo
Gender Watch 2018:
Women Won One-Third of U.S. House Nominations in IN, NC, OH, & WV, But Most in Districts Favoring Opponents
Women Won One-Third of U.S. House Nominations in IN, NC, OH, & WV, But Most in Districts Favoring Opponents
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Washington Post, ABC News, HuffPost and Vox
G. Elliott Morris / The Crosstab:
Democrats Scored a Big, Unexpected Win in the May 8 Primaries
Democrats Scored a Big, Unexpected Win in the May 8 Primaries
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Washington Post, Axios and Splinter
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Special Counsel Mueller's Team Questioned Blackwater Founder Erik Prince … Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team has spoken with Blackwater founder Erik Prince, two sources familiar with the matter tell The Daily Beast. It was not immediately clear what questions Mueller's team …
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Talking Points Memo and Washington Press
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
‘She Should Have Fought Back. Other People Did’: Inside Gina Haspel's Black Site … Ahead of her Senate reckoning, Gina Haspel's defenders in U.S. intelligence circles have adopted the fallback position that she'll be a check on Donald Trump as his CIA director.
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CNNMoney:
Trump's latest shot at the press corps: ‘Take away credentials?’ — How to keep up with all of Trump's lies — President Trump has mused privately during his nearly 16 months in office about revoking reporters' press credentials, according to multiple people familiar with his comments.
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Jill Filipovic / New York Times:
The Problem With ‘Feminist’ Men — It hurts the most when it's one of the “good” ones. The latest man to torpedo his own career is Eric Schneiderman, who resigned Monday evening from his position as New York State attorney general just hours after The New Yorker published a long piece detailing …
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Christine Simmons / New York Law Journal:
Schneiderman Hires Lawyer Known for Criminal Fraud, Assault Cases
Schneiderman Hires Lawyer Known for Criminal Fraud, Assault Cases
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New York Times, HuffPost and The Nation
Rick Noack / Washington Post:
Hours into his new job, Trump's ambassador to Germany offends his hosts … BERLIN — For the past year, German officials have been urging their U.S. counterparts to send a new ambassador to Berlin. But after finally receiving one, many may be having second thoughts.
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Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Is Krystal Ball's PAC a fresh approach or a get-rich scheme? — A new Democratic group — one with support from Democratic congressmen and three of the biggest names in the tech industry — is testing the boundary between a new approach to politics and a self-enriching scam.
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Washington Free Beacon
Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
Mormon Church breaks all ties with Boy Scouts, ending 100-year relationship … The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Tuesday it will sever all ties with the Boy Scouts of America, ending a century-old tradition deeply ingrained in the religious life of Mormon boys.
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Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
There is no Plan B on Iran — The Trump administration has no Plan B on Iran beyond “not Plan A.” — In American foreign policy circles, the worst insult one can lob at someone is to call them naive in their thinking. International relations is a cold, hard business …
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Associated Press:
Iran's top leader, lawmakers lash out at US on nuclear deal — TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's supreme leader chastised President Donald Trump on Wednesday over his decision to pull America out of the 2015 nuclear deal, while lawmakers lit a paper U.S. flag on fire inside parliament, shouting, “Death to America!”
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ResistanceHole:
Mr. Drumpf, Your Newest Nightmare Is A Website Called ResistanceHole — Hey, Drumpf (a.k.a. President Donald Trump), don't get too cozy in the White House, because there is a new website that wants to kill you. It's called ResistanceHole, and it's your new worst nightmare.
Emily Peck / HuffPost:
Town & Country Magazine Uninvited Monica Lewinsky From An Event Because Of Bill Clinton — Lewinsky seemingly referred to the situation in a tweet Wednesday. — Town & Country magazine disinvited Monica Lewinsky from its annual philanthropic summit on Wednesday because Bill Clinton was attending, HuffPost has learned.
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Erin Ailworth / Wall Street Journal:
California Takes Big Step to Require Solar on New Homes — State would be first in U.S. to mandate solar arrays on most residences, starting in 2020 — California took a major step Wednesday toward becoming the first U.S. state to require solar panels on nearly all new homes.
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Mulvaney Demotes Unit That Polices Student Loans in Consumer Bureau Reshuffle — Mick Mulvaney, the interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, will move the agency's student loan investigation division into the bureau's consumer information unit, a shift that career officials fear …
Britton O'Daly / Yale Daily News:
Black student reported to YPD for napping in dormitory common room — Yale Police officers on Monday evening interrogated a black graduate student, Lolade Siyonbola GRD '19, for more than 15 minutes, after a white graduate student reported Siyonbola to the police for sleeping in the HGS common room.
Mark Savage / BBC:
Dr Dre loses trademark battle with a gynaecologist called Dr Drai — Hip-hop star Dr Dre has lost a long-running trademark dispute against a gynaecologist with a similar name. — The case was first lodged in 2015, when Pennsylvania-based gynaecologist Draion M Burch tried to trademark the name Dr Drai.
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