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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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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.
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New York Magazine and Politico
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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CNN:
Inside Michael Cohen's aggressive pitch promising access to Trump — Analyst: This is the swampiest of swampy — (CNN)Michael Cohen served loyally as Donald Trump's right-hand man for more than a decade, taking care of anything and everything the New York real estate baron needed to get done.
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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 …
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Politico, Washington Post, Washington Press and New York Times
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 …
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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 …
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The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
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.
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Russia-linked company that hired Michael Cohen registered alt-right websites during election
Russia-linked company that hired Michael Cohen registered alt-right websites during election
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Crooked Media, ThinkProgress, Daily Kos and The Week
Washington Post:
Treasury inspector general launches probe into possible leak of Michael Cohen's banking records
Treasury inspector general launches probe into possible leak of Michael Cohen's banking records
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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
Novartis paid Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen more than $1 million for work he was unable to do, company says
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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 …
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Wall Street Journal:
Israel Strikes Iranian Targets in Syria as Regional Tensions Mount
Israel Strikes Iranian Targets in Syria as Regional Tensions Mount
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VICE News
Judah Ari Gross / The Times of Israel:
IDF: Iranian forces fire 20 rockets at Israel; Iron Dome intercepts some
IDF: Iranian forces fire 20 rockets at Israel; Iron Dome intercepts some
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The Gateway Pundit, RT and Louder With Crowder
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
Israel retaliates after Iran ‘fires 20 rockets’ at army in occupied Golan Heights
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Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
At Putin's Parade, Netanyahu Seeks Understanding on Iran
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
New York Times embarrasses itself in hit piece on Pompeo
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Fox News, The Gateway Pundit and NBC News
John Bolton / Washington Post:
The Iran deal was betrayed by its own abysmal record
The Iran deal was betrayed by its own abysmal record
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The American Conservative
CNN:
Trump officials prepare for Singapore summit with North Korea
Trump officials prepare for Singapore summit with North Korea
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The Guardian, The Right Scoop, The Week, HuffPost, Bustle and Yonhap News Agency
Justin Doom / ABC News:
American prisoners freed by North Korea meet with Donald Trump
American prisoners freed by North Korea meet with Donald Trump
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One America News Network, The Right Scoop and Front Page Magazine
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Can Trump's efforts at foreign policy breakthroughs erase damage of scandals at home?
Can Trump's efforts at foreign policy breakthroughs erase damage of scandals at home?
Frank Miles / Fox News:
Trump says he will meet freed Americans when they land in DC area early Thursday morning
Trump says he will meet freed Americans when they land in DC area early Thursday morning
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CBS News, RT, The Gateway Pundit and CNBC
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 …
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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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Mattias / Leah Vukmir:
While 9/11 mastermind calls for obstruction of Haspel nomination, Baldwin stays silent
While 9/11 mastermind calls for obstruction of Haspel nomination, Baldwin stays silent
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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 …
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Washington Press, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
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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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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Washington Press, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Times and Mediaite
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Lauren Gambino / The Guardian:
John McCain warns that Republicans are on wrong side of immigration debate
John McCain warns that Republicans are on wrong side of immigration debate
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Breitbart, Big League Politics and New York Times
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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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 …
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Philly.com, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Patterico's Pontifications, Mediaite and Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »
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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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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Politico and The American Conservative, more at Techmeme »
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Lauren Weber / HuffPost:
Head Of White House Global Health Security Leaves Amid Ebola Outbreak
Head Of White House Global Health Security Leaves Amid Ebola Outbreak
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