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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Lawyer for 2 Women Who Say They Were Schneiderman Victims Talked to Michael Cohen — A lawyer who said he was working on behalf of two women who claimed that the former New York attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, had “sexually victimized” them, asserted on Friday that he had discussed …
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John Santucci / ABC News:
EXCLUSIVE: Special counsel probing donations with foreign connections to Trump inauguration — Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has questioned several witnesses about millions of dollars in donations to President Donald Trump's inauguration committee last year, including questions …
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Bloomberg:
Trump Was Told of Schneiderman Women Years Ago, Lawyer Says — Lawyer asks judge seal Michael Cohen records to protect women — New York Post journalist said to take allegations to Trump — Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, was informed about allegations of sexual misconduct …
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Tim Mak / NPR:
FBI Warned Of Russian Intelligence Links To Oligarch In Cohen Payment Allegation — The FBI warned four years ago that a foundation controlled by the Russian oligarch who allegedly reimbursed Donald Trump's personal lawyer might have been acting on behalf of Russia's intelligence services.
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Reuters:
Exclusive: AT&T CEO says Cohen payments ‘big mistake,’ chief lobbyist retiring — (Reuters) - Hiring President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen, was a “big mistake,” AT&T Inc (T.N) Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson said in an employee memo, reviewed by Reuters, that went out Friday morning.
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Wall Street Journal:
New link at Wall Street Journal
New link at Wall Street Journal
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Brian Fung / Washington Post:
AT&T CEO: Hiring Trump lawyer Michael Cohen was ‘a big mistake’
AT&T CEO: Hiring Trump lawyer Michael Cohen was ‘a big mistake’
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Grant Stern / Washington Press:
Michael Cohen just got caught making the same mistake as General Flynn
Michael Cohen just got caught making the same mistake as General Flynn
Chris Megerian / Los Angeles Times:
Michael Cohen knew of some abuse allegations against former New York attorney general, court filing says
Michael Cohen knew of some abuse allegations against former New York attorney general, court filing says
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NPR:
Transcript: White House Chief Of Staff John Kelly's Interview With NPR — Editor's note: This post contains language some may find offensive. — NPR's Southwest correspondent John Burnett speaks with White House chief of staff John Kelly. Here's a partial transcript of their conversation, which has been edited for clarity.
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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Trump says he still has confidence in Pruitt
Trump says he still has confidence in Pruitt
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Richard Gonzales / NPR:
John Kelly: Despite ‘Times Of Great Frustration,’ No Regrets Taking White House Job
John Kelly: Despite ‘Times Of Great Frustration,’ No Regrets Taking White House Job
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Congressional Hispanic Caucus:
CHC Chair Reaction to WH Chief of Staff Comments Regarding Immigrants and Immigration
CHC Chair Reaction to WH Chief of Staff Comments Regarding Immigrants and Immigration
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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
White House chief of staff demonizes immigrants in racist rant
White House chief of staff demonizes immigrants in racist rant
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Giuliani: Trump special counsel interview decision delayed — NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump and his lawyers probably won't decide whether to sit down for an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller until after the president's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next month, according to the president's legal team.
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Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Black activist jailed for his Facebook posts speaks out about secret FBI surveillance — Now he is believed to be the first prosecuted under a secretive US effort to track so-called ‘black identity extremists’ — Rakem Balogun thought he was dreaming when armed agents in tactical gear stormed his apartment.
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Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
Maggie Haberman and the Toxic Swamp — On this week's episode of my podcast, I Have to Ask, I spoke to Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent for the New York Times and an analyst at CNN. She previously worked at the New York Post and Politico, has been at the Times since 2015 …
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Ben Howe / The Daily Beast:
Dear Conservative Media: Do Some More Damn Reporting … The American political left has something that their counterparts on the right do not. — It's not a particular point of view, or a thing that is particular to a point of view. It is more foundational than that.
Globe and Mail:
The Democrats' new star is an Obama with bite — As Gina Haspel, the first female nominee for director of the Central Intelligence Agency, found out Wednesday, it doesn't bode well to face Senator Kamala Harris at a congressional hearing. — Attorney-General Jeff Sessions was once …
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Olivia Solon / The Guardian:
They mock vegans and eat 4lb of steak a day: meet ‘carnivore dieters’ — For the last 18 months, Shawn Baker has eaten around 4lb of steak every day. — “I've got two rib-eye steaks waiting for me when I get off this call,” said the trained orthopaedic surgeon from Orange County, California.
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The Price of Getting Inside Trump's Head — Michael Cohen has profited from it, but we're all Trumpologists now. — On Easter Sunday, Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor, was holding forth in the green room at ABC News in New York before going on the air.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Lizard Wisdom — We're all educated by our peers, and, over the years, a good portion of Donald Trump's peers have been thugs. Operating in the New York construction world meant dealing with S&A Concrete, co-owned by “Fat Tony” Salerno of the Genovese crime family …
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Carol Morello / Washington Post:
My journey to North Korea with the secretary of state
My journey to North Korea with the secretary of state
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
How the Online Left Fuels the Right — I think I know what it feels like to be “red-pilled,” the alt-right's preferred metaphor for losing one's faith in received assumptions and turning toward ideas that once seemed dangerous. — For me, it happened over several visits to the West Bank.
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Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Meghan McCain asks how WH staffer who joked about her father's brain cancer still has a job — White House aide joked of a ‘dying’ McCain — Washington (CNN)Meghan McCain responded Friday to a White House staffer who joked about her father's brain cancer, saying her family was doing …
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Foreign Policy:
Top State Department Nuclear Expert Announces Resignation After Trump Iran Deal Exit — Officials warn of brain drain across government offices. — One of the State Department's top experts on nuclear proliferation resigned this week after President Donald Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal …
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
GOP has few takers for 2020 convention — Cities across the country are turning down the opportunity to host the 2020 Republican National Convention, where President Trump — is expected to be nominated for a second term. — The cities that have rejected hosting duties insist Trump …
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John R. Schindler / The New York Observer:
Why Did the US Ambassador to Germany Defend a Human Trafficker? — It's no secret that the Trump administration, in office for almost 16 months now, has a devilish time filling top positions. An unprecedented number of plum jobs in our nation's capital, including senior ones of the kind …
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Michael McFaul / Washington Post:
The smear that killed the ‘reset’ — Putin needed an American enemy. He picked me. — From the beginning of the Obama administration, we knew we wanted to reboot our relationship with Moscow. I coordinated Russia policy from the National Security Council, and Russia …
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Fox & Friends' Hegseth Trashes NY Times For Not Covering ISIS Capture Story First Reported by NY Times — Fox & Friends host Pete Hegseth had some fun mocking his favorite punching bag on Friday morning: The New York Times, which he proudly calls the “Failing New York Times,” a genius witticism he borrowed from Trump.
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Trump to Drop Call for Medicare to Negotiate Lower Drug Prices — WASHINGTON — President Trump will lay out on Friday a broad strategy to reduce prescription drug prices, but in a break from one of his most popular campaign promises, he will not call for Medicare to negotiate lower prices …
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Tim Mak / NPR:
Documents Reveal How Russian Official Courted Conservatives In U.S. Since 2009 — Kremlin-linked Russian politician Alexander Torshin traveled frequently between Moscow and various destinations in the United States to build relationships with figures on the American right starting as early as 2009 …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Blankenship wants to ‘make sure’ Morrisey doesn't win Senate bid — Ex-coal CEO Don Blankenship, who lost the GOP primary bid in West Virginia this week, is actively plotting how to undercut state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's Senate candidacy. — Greg Thomas, an adviser …
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Chris Ciaccia / Fox News:
Boston Dynamics' terrifying robots can now run, jump and climb — Hopefully these violent delights don't have violent ends. — Boston Dynamics, the company known for its “nightmare-inducing” backflipping robots, has unveiled two new videos that show them autonomously navigating through different terrains …
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