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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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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 …
New York Times:
How Michael Cohen, Denied White House Job, Was Seen as Its Gatekeeper  —  After paying off a pornographic film actress and doing other tasks to help his boss win the presidency, Michael D. Cohen was surprised to find that the doors to the White House were mostly closed to him.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Lawyer Helped Recruit Corporate Client With Ties to Kushner Probe  —  U.S. Immigration Fund LLC, which supplied Chinese investors to Kushner Cos., is among clients Michael Cohen delivered to Squire Patton Boggs  —  President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen helped a law …
Justin Elliott / ProPublica:
Russian Oligarch-Linked Firm That Paid Michael Cohen Was Also Represented by Trump Lawyer Marc Kasowitz  —  The news on Tuesday that the same shell company that Michael Cohen, a longtime personal lawyer for Donald Trump, had used to pay $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels had also received …
NBC News:
Michael Cohen says Stormy Daniels' lawyer mixed him up with namesakes  —  Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, is calling into question part of a report released by Stormy Daniels' attorney about Cohen's alleged banking transactions.  —  In a court filing on Wednesday …
Discussion: Breitbart and Daily Wire
CNN:
US firm scrubs website, distancing itself from Russian oligarch  —  (CNN)A US investment firm thrust into the spotlight because of its payment to President Donald Trump's personal lawyer has scrubbed its website, distancing itself from a Russian investment company and its oligarch chairman.
Washington Post:
Treasury inspector general launches probe into possible leak of Michael Cohen's banking records
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Novartis paid Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen more than $1 million for work he was unable to do, company says
Brian Bennett / TIME:   Trump Told His Lawyers He Knows Nothing About Michael Cohen's Business
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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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
New York Times embarrasses itself in hit piece on Pompeo
Discussion: Fox News, The Gateway Pundit and CNBC
John Bolton / Washington Post:
The Iran deal was betrayed by its own abysmal record
Justin Doom / ABC News:
American prisoners freed by North Korea meet with Donald Trump
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Trump is no longer the worst person in government … Donald Trump, with his feral cunning, knew.  The oleaginous Mike Pence, with his talent for toadyism and appetite for obsequiousness, could, Trump knew, become America's most repulsive public figure.  And Pence, who has reached this pinnacle …
Discussion: Contemptor
mccain.senate.gov:
STATEMENT BY SASC CHAIRMAN JOHN McCAIN ON THE NOMINATION OF GINA HASPEL TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE CIA  —  Washington, D.C. ­- U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today on the nomination of Gina Haspel to be Director of the CIA:
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The Hill:
McCain urges Senate to reject Haspel's nomination
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Mattias / Leah Vukmir:
While 9/11 mastermind calls for obstruction of Haspel nomination, Baldwin stays silent
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
McCain: Senate Should Reject Gina Haspel Over Torture Involvement
Discussion: Townhall and Feeds
Judah Ari Gross / The Times of Israel:
After alleged Iranian barrage, Israel launches massive counterattack in Syria  —  IDF warns Syrian military not to interfere as it pummels Iranian targets in largest direct exchange between Jerusalem, Tehran  —  Some 20 rockets were fired at Israeli military bases by Iranian forces …
Discussion: The Times of Israel
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Wall Street Journal:
Israel Strikes Iranian Targets in Syria as Regional Tensions Mount
Discussion: VICE News
Loveday Morris / Washington Post:   Iranian forces fire rockets at Israeli military in first direct attack ever, Israel's army says
Oliver Holmes / The Guardian:
Israel retaliates after Iran ‘fires 20 rockets’ at army in occupied Golan Heights
Discussion: The Week
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:   At Putin's Parade, Netanyahu Seeks Understanding on Iran
Haaretz:
Iranian Force Launches Missiles at Golan; Syria Says Intercepted Rockets Launched by Israel
Discussion: RT and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
‘Defective at its core’: How Trump opted to scrap Iran deal  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — It was all there on paper in black and white, down to the precise number of centrifuges: the terms of a potential “fix” that President Donald Trump had demanded for the United States to stay in the Iran nuclear deal.
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Politico:
How Europe can save the Iran deal
Discussion: Breitbart
Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:   No, Iran Wasn't Going To Toss Its Nukes Thanks To The Iran Deal. Here's Why.
Phil Owen / The Wrap:
Colbert Goes Off on Trump Over Iran Nuclear Deal: ‘You Literally Just Backed Out of an American Promise’ (Video)
Discussion: twitchy.com
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
McCain Confirms He Gave Trump Dossier to Comey: ‘Duty Demanded I Do’ It … In his new book, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) confirms that he gave a controversial dossier about President Trump to former FBI chief James Comey.  —  “I agreed to receive a copy of what is now referred to as 'the dossier …
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Lauren Gambino / The Guardian:
John McCain warns that Republicans are on wrong side of immigration debate
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Don Jr. moving on from Vanessa with Fox host Kimberly Guilfoyle  —  Amid his divorce from his wife of 12 years, Donald Trump Jr. has started dating stunning Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle.  —  Multiple sources exclusively tell Page Six that Don Jr. and Guilfoyle, a co-host of “The Five …
CNNMoney:
Salem executives pressured radio hosts to cover Trump more positively, emails show  —  Executives at Salem Media Group, a conservative media company that syndicates some of the country's most recognized talk radio hosts and operates a batch of popular commentary websites …
Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair:
“People Get Subpoenas, Shit Gets Real”: What John Edwards Should Teach the Media About Covering Trump  —  If you were in Las Vegas and could win $1 million by placing a simple prop bet on whether Trump enjoyed some pee play with Russian hookers in Moscow in 2013, would you bet yes or no?
Washington Post:
Nunes sought all documents on person described as longtime intelligence source  —  A subpoena that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) issued to the Justice Department last week made a broad request for all documents about an individual who people close to the matter …
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Fox News:
Nunes, Gowdy invited to DOJ for classified briefing after document demands
Discussion: RedState and The Gateway Pundit
Eric Geller / Politico:
Bolton pushing to eliminate White House cyber job  —  The move could send the message ‘that the U.S. is taking the gas pedal off of cybersecurity,’ one former NSC official says.  —  President Donald Trump's national security team is weighing the elimination of the top White House cybersecurity job …
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Lauren Weber / HuffPost:
Head Of White House Global Health Security Leaves Amid Ebola Outbreak
Discussion: Splinter
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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Axios:
How Trump is reshaping the courts
Discussion: Politico
Antonio Regalado / MIT Technology Review:
A stealthy Harvard startup wants to reverse aging in dogs, and humans could be next
Leo Shane III / Military Times:
Trump seems confused about military pay, claims troops received no raises for a decade
Rebekah L. Sanders / USA Today:
Arizona Diamondbacks permitted to start looking for new stadium
Osita Nwanevu / Slate:
Kucinich 2020  —  Richard Cordray, the former chief …
Discussion: New York Times and Mother Jones
 Earlier Items: 
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Steve Bannon was target of bribery plot by top Qatari who invested in Ice Cube's …
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Republicans move to force DACA vote in defiance of Ryan
Discussion: CNN, ABC News and Axios
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Eager Democrats 2020 prep: DNC eyes convention cities, debates, rule changes
Discussion: CNN and Political Wire
Emily Peck / HuffPost:
Town & Country Magazine Uninvited Monica Lewinsky From An Event Because Of Bill Clinton
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Special Counsel Mueller's Team Questioned Blackwater Founder Erik Prince
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
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