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Dana Bash / CNN:
Giuliani: Mueller's team told Trump's lawyers they can't indict a president — (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has informed President Donald Trump's attorneys that they have concluded that they cannot indict a sitting president, according to the President's lawyer.
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New York Times:
A Secret Mission, a Code Name and Anxiety: Inside the Early Days of the F.B.I.'s Trump Investigation — WASHINGTON — Within hours of opening an investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia in the summer of 2016, the F.B.I. dispatched a pair of agents to London on a mission …
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Mueller issues grand jury subpoenas to Trump adviser's social media consultant — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Mueller has issued two subpoenas to a social media expert who worked for longtime Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone during the 2016 presidential election campaign.
Fox News:
Mueller told Trump's legal team he will not indict the president, Giuliani tells Fox News
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
GOP lawmakers to Trump: Make DOJ release Mueller documents
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George Neumayr / The American Spectator:
John Brennan's ‘Exceptionally Sensitive’ Issue
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Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
Missing Files Motivated the Leak of Michael Cohen's Financial Records — A law-enforcement official released the documents after finding that additional suspicious transactions did not appear in a government database. — Last week, several news outlets obtained financial records showing …
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The Daily Beast:
‘Kremlin Used’ NRA to Help Trump in 2016, Says Senate Judiciary Committee — The Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday that the Russian government apparently used the National Rifle Association to help Donald Trump's presidential campaign in 2016. “The Committee has obtained a number …
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Russia favored Trump in 2016, Senate panel says, breaking with House GOP
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
7 big things we just learned from the Trump Tower meeting testimony
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Thousands of pages of Congressional testimony shed light on 2016 Trump Tower meeting
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Trump attorney fed statement to publicist for Russians about Trump Tower meeting
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Senate intelligence leaders: Russians schemed to help Trump
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United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary:
Materials from Inquiry into Circumstances Surrounding Trump Tower Meeting
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Washington Post:
Trumpâs personal attorney solicited $1 million from government of Qatar — Michael Cohen, President Trump's personal attorney, solicited a payment of at least $1 million from the government of Qatar in late 2016, in exchange for access to and advice about the then-incoming administration …
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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Qatari Investor: Michael Cohen Asked Me for a Million Dollars — In the blink of a Michael Avenatti tweet, Ahmed al-Rumaihi has suddenly found himself internet-famous. It began on Sunday evening, when the attorney for adult film star Stormy Daniels posted a screenshot of video footage …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: The far left is winning the Democratic civil war … THE BIG IDEA: Tuesday was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day for Democratic moderates. — The success of very liberal candidates in primaries across four states is causing a new bout of heartburn among party strategists …
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New York Times:
Trump Discloses Payment to Cohen in Financial Report — President Trump's financial disclosure, released on Wednesday, revealed for the first time that he paid more than $100,000 to his personal attorney, Michael D. Cohen, as reimbursement for payments to a “third-party.”
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Geoff Earle / Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: Trump DID reimburse Michael Cohen after ‘expenses were incurred’ …
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Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
In Rebuke of Trump, Tillerson Says Lies Are a Threat to Democracy — WASHINGTON — In what appeared to be a rebuke of President Trump, former Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson warned on Wednesday that American democracy is threatened by a “growing crisis in ethics and integrity.”
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Tillerson warns of ethical crisis among U.S. leaders in speech
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Tillerson warns military grads of ‘growing crisis in ethics and integrity’
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Peter Navarro explodes at Steven Mnuchin — A major rift has opened up between Trump's hardline trade adviser, Peter Navarro, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, according to five sources familiar with their encounters. — What we're hearing: On the Trump delegation's trip …
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Navarro to Be Excluded From China Talks, Officials Say — China's vice premier arrived in Washington Tuesday for talks — Trade adviser Peter Navarro took part in recent Beijing visit — White House trade adviser Peter Navarro has been excluded from talks Thursday …
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NewsBusters:
Porn Star Lawyer Interviewed 147 Times in 10 Weeks — In the past ten weeks, lawyer Michael Avenatti, who is representing porn star Stormy Daniels in her lawsuits against President Trump, has been interviewed a staggering 147 times on broadcast and cable news shows.
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Michael Avenatti being investigated by California State Bar
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TIME:
President Trump 'Doesn't Think He Needs' to Prepare Much for His Meeting With North Korea's Kim Jong Un — With just one month until a scheduled sit-down with North Korea's leader, President Donald Trump hasn't set aside much time to prepare for meeting with Kim Jong Un, a stark contrast to the approach of past presidents.
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Joshua Davidovich / Associated Press:
Sderot homes hit with heavy machine gun fire from Gaza, army says — No injuries after gunmen in Strip target military aircraft and hit homes in city with errant rounds; IDF shells Hamas post in Gaza — The Times of Israel is liveblogging Wednesday's events as they unfold.
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Aiden Pink / The Forward:
EXCLUSIVE: Democratic Rising Star In Swing District Gave $300K To Pro-BDS Groups — The foundation run by the newly minted Democratic candidate for Congress in one of the most heavily Jewish congressional districts in the country has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to organizations …
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Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
The #Resistance Had A Very Good Night — The Democratic Party woke …
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USA Today:
Who is drinking the most? The drunkest (and driest) cities in America — A new study reveals that alcohol may change the microbial makeup of our mouths. Tony Spitz has the details. Buzz60 — Though alcohol is enjoyed responsibly by millions of Americans every day …
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Angela Helm / The Root:
White Woman Calls Security on ‘Suspicious Man With a Baby’ at Park in Washington, DC — Well, it looks like the epidemic of well-meaning white folks (I guess) calling the police or security on black people as they go about their lives is par for the course in 2018 America.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Trump's Assault on Democracy Doesn't Bother the Radical Left — The rise of Donald Trump has galvanized what could be called a democracy movement in the United States. Drawing on the findings of political scientists who have studied democratic governments, and how they can collapse …
Kathleen A. Schultz / SaukValley.com:
Dixon High School shooting: Former student shot, wounded after bringing gun — DIXON - A 19-year-old former Dixon High student is in custody with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the shoulder after bringing a gun to the school this morning. — The man shot at school resource officer Mark Dallas …
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Daily Mail:
'World's oldest woman', 128, says she's been miserable every day of her life and her long life is a punishment from God — A Russian woman is claiming to be the oldest person in the world, but says her upcoming 129th birthday is nothing but ‘punishment’. — Koku Istambulova, from Chechnya …
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CNN:
Cambridge Analytica ran voter suppression campaigns, whistleblower claims — Washington (CNN)The whistleblower whose disclosures about Cambridge Analytica shook the tech world over questions about users' data privacy told Congress on Wednesday that the company engaged in efforts to discourage or suppress voting.
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Politico:
Pruitt taps outside attorney for help amid investigations — EPA administrator Scott Pruitt has tapped a white-collar defense lawyer to advise him as he grapples with a dozen federal investigations into his activity, according to two people familiar with the situation.
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