Top Items:
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 …
RELATED:
Yahoo:
Michael Cohen's efforts to build a Trump Tower in Moscow went on longer than he has previously acknowledged — WASHINGTON—Prosecutors and congressional investigators have obtained text messages and emails showing that President Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen …
Discussion:
The Daily Beast, The Week, Washington Press and Talking Points Memo
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 …
Discussion:
Vanity Fair, Washington Press, The Week, Just Security, The Intercept, Joe.My.God., Mediaite, New York Magazine, Daily Kos and Raw Story
Washington Post:
FBI agents said to be probing Michael Cohen's deal with Korean firm … A California man who says he served as a translator last year for Michael Cohen and a South Korean aerospace firm that paid Cohen's company $150,000 said Tuesday that FBI agents recently interviewed him.
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Washington Press, CNN, New York Magazine and Mediaite
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Playbook: Republicans in the middle of an immigration nightmare
Discussion:
Los Angeles Times, more at Mediagazer »
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.
Discussion:
Towleroad, POLITICUSUSA, Washington Press, Fox News, The Daily Caller, The Resurgent, Townhall, TheBlaze, The Gateway Pundit, Hullabaloo, Joe.My.God., Raw Story, The Week, Breitbart, National Review, thenewcivilrightsmovement.com, twitchy.com, The Last Refuge, Axios, Washington Times, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and Politico
RELATED:
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.
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 …
Discussion:
ABC News, RedState, Joe.My.God., POLITICUSUSA, FOX2now.com, Political Wire, Mediaite, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Gateway Pundit, Contemptor, The Guardian, Bustle, Daily Wire, Splinter, CNN, The Daily Caller, Mother Jones, CNBC, The Last Refuge, Consequence of Sound, Balloon Juice, Talking Points Memo and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Mueller's team of Dem donors under fire from Trump as probe hits one-year mark — The long and winding special counsel Russia investigation that President Trump has routinely decried as a “witch hunt” hit the one-year mark on Thursday - giving Trump's legal team an opening to renew criticism of the probe's focus and its investigators.
Discussion:
CNN, Axios, Jamie Dupree - AJC and 105.9 FM and AM 630
Nate Madden / Conservative Review:
Levin breaks down the FBI's secret ‘Crossfire Hurricane’ ‘cabal’ against Trump — On his radio show Wednesday night, LevinTV host Mark Levin discussed new revelations about a “secret cabal” of FBI agents that began surveillance of President Trump and his campaign over three months before the November 2016 election.
Discussion:
RedState, New York Times and Joe.My.God.
Washington Post:
Mueller's team told Trump's lawyers the special counsel cannot indict a sitting president, Giuliani says
Discussion:
CNN, Washington Press and The Daily Caller
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
10 Key Takeaways From The New York Times' Error-Ridden Defense Of FBI Spying On Trump Campaign
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
New York Times acknowledges it buried the lead in pre-election Russia-Trump story
Discussion:
Mediaite and New York Times, more at Mediagazer »
CNN:
DOJ Inspector General report on FBI handling of Clinton email probe entering final stages
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit
Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
CREW Files Criminal Complaint over Trump Financial Disclosures — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Washington—Following the release of President Trump's 2018 public financial disclosures, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) today filed a criminal complaint against the president …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo
RELATED:
Jessica Kwong / Newsweek:
TRUMP'S STORMY DANIELS PAYMENT REFERRED TO JUSTICE DEPARTMENT BY OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
Discussion:
POLITICUSUSA
USA Today:
Trump discloses his reimbursement to lawyer for settlement with porn star Stormy Daniels
Discussion:
The Root
Eder Campuzano / Oregonian:
Stormy Daniels will not perform with naked Trump statue in Oregon
Discussion:
Daily Wire and twitchy.com
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Calls Some Unauthorized Immigrants ‘Animals’ in Rant — WASHINGTON — President Trump lashed out at undocumented immigrants during a White House meeting on Wednesday, warning in front of news cameras that dangerous people were clamoring to breach the country's borders and branding such people “animals.”
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.
Discussion:
Raw Story, Axios and Mediaite, more at Techmeme »
RELATED:
Olivia Solon / The Guardian:
Cambridge Analytica whistleblower says Bannon wanted to suppress voters
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Dallas Morning News, Washington Press and The Daily Caller
Agence France-Presse:
Cambridge Analytica shared data with Russia: whistleblower
Discussion:
Political Wire
Emily Tillett / CBS News:
Christopher Wylie: Bannon wanted “weapons” to fight a “culture war” at Cambridge Analytica
Discussion:
HuffPost, Washington Monthly and New York Times
Heather Timmons / Quartz:
The White House is discussing replacements for homeland security chief Kirstjen Nielsen — The White House is discussing possible replacements for Department of Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, because Donald Trump is unhappy with how she is running the massive agency tasked …
Discussion:
Breitbart, The Week, Political Wire, Politico and Talking Points Memo
Politico:
Trump's North Korea Nobel buzz could die with John Bolton — Is Trump's biggest obstacle to a deal with North Korea his own national security adviser? — Donald Trump wants a deal with North Korea. His national security adviser thinks the North Koreans can't be dealt with.
Discussion:
Axios, Washington Post and One America News Network
RELATED:
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 …
Discussion:
Washington Free Beacon
RELATED:
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“Ronan Has a Story to Tell”: Curiosity and Agita Inside 30 Rock as Ronan Farrow Begins Work on Catch and Kill — NBC is jittery as Farrow prepares to tell his side of the story about what went down at the network while he was reporting on Harvey Weinstein. — Of all the headaches …
Discussion:
Vox
Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
In Rebuke of Trump, Tillerson Says Lies Are a Threat to Democracy — WASHINGTON — In a veiled rebuke of President Trump, former Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson warned on Wednesday that American democracy was threatened by a growing “crisis of ethics and integrity.”
Al Weaver / Washington Examiner:
Pennsylvania Republicans hit the panic button over Senate nominee Lou Barletta — Senior Republicans are sounding the alarm about Rep. Lou Barletta's, R-Pa., struggling Senate campaign in Pennsylvania, fretting that his lackadaisical, disorganized effort will hand a third term to incumbent Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa.
Rachel Stockman / Law & Crime:
Michael Avenatti Threatened to Sue Our Reporter After Unfavorable Coverage, Then Trolled Him on Twitter — As Michael Avenatti continues his hourly cable news appearances to further his so-called #basta movement, reporters for The Daily Caller gave us a little inside look …
Discussion:
Conservative News Today, Hollywood Reporter and Mediaite
Tom Cleary / Heavy.com:
Aaron Schlossberg: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know — A New York City lawyer has been accused of going on a bigoted rant against employees of a Manhattan restaurant because they were taking orders in Spanish and speaking in the language to each other. Aaron M. Schlossberg was identified …
Matti Friedman / New York Times:
Falling for Hamas's Split-Screen Fallacy — JERUSALEM — During my years in the international press here in Israel, long before the bloody events of this week, I came to respect Hamas for its keen ability to tell a story. — At the end of 2008 I was a desk editor, a local Israeli hire …
Discussion:
American Thinker
Peter Rowe / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Pop goes a tradition: county cracks down on free popcorn in hardware stores — San Diego County health inspectors stop a hardware store from offering free bags of freshly-popped popcorn. — Around San Diego County, a hot, salty, buttered controversy has popped up.
Tiffany Crawford / The Province:
Woman detained after feces flinging incident at Langley Tim Hortons — A woman could be facing charges after an irate confrontation at a Langley Tim Hortons Monday ended in feces being thrown at staff. — On Wednesday, surveillance video showing Tim Hortons staff being harassed was posted on Liveleak and YouTube.
Washington Post:
Blackouts, hyperinflation, hunger: Maduro faces reelection as Venezuela deteriorates … CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's autocratic president, Nicolás Maduro, is widely expected to win another term in elections Sunday. But he soon could face a far bigger test …
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
