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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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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.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
GOP lawmakers to Trump: Make DOJ release Mueller documents
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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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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.
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 …
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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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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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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 …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Michael Avenatti being investigated by California State Bar
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Porn Star Lawyer Interviewed 147 Times in 10 Weeks
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Geoff Earle / Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: Trump DID reimburse Michael Cohen after ‘expenses were incurred’ …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Is Stormy Daniels Getting Her Money's Worth From Attorney Michael Avenatti?
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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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Washington Post:
Thousands of pages of Congressional testimony shed light on 2016 Trump Tower meeting
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United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary:
Materials from Inquiry into Circumstances Surrounding Trump Tower Meeting
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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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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
‘Diplotainment at its pinnacle’: Critics fear Trump's style eclipses substance on North Korea
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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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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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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 …
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Gaza's Miseries Have Palestinian Authors
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Joshua Davidovich / Associated Press:
Sderot homes hit with heavy machine gun fire from Gaza, army says
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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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Katie Leslie / Dallas Morning News:
At data privacy hearing, Ted Cruz again avoids mention of his work with Cambridge Analytica
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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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Mahita Gajanan / TIME:
Officer ‘Saved Lives’ by Shooting Ex-Student Who Opened Fire at Illinois High School, Chief Says
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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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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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Washington Post:
The revolution is real, but itâs unclear whether Sanders will lead it — The revolution is real, but it's not clear Bernie is going to lead it. — Democrats across the board are embracing the policies of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) — Medicare for all, legal marijuana and free college …
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 …
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
New Jersey Emerges as a Liberal Bulwark Under Murphy — A recently adopted equal pay law has put New Jersey at the forefront of national efforts to narrow the gender wage gap. The state's new automatic voter registration law ranks among the most sweeping in the country …
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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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.”
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