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Washington Post:
‘Bigger than Watergate’: Trump joins push by allies to expose role of an FBI source … President Trump's allies are waging an increasingly aggressive campaign to undercut the Russia investigation by exposing the role of a top-secret FBI source. The effort reached new heights Thursday …
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Was Trump's Campaign ‘Set Up’?
Was Trump's Campaign ‘Set Up’?
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New York Magazine
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
It's right there in plain sight
It's right there in plain sight
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New York Times, Mediaite and The Daily Caller
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Trump: Justice Dept. put a ‘spy’ in campaign to ‘frame’ him
Trump: Justice Dept. put a ‘spy’ in campaign to ‘frame’ him
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Talking Points Memo, Breitbart and Roll Call
Houston Chronicle:
‘Multiple fatalities’ reported at Santa Fe High School shooting — SANTA FE, Texas - A shooting at Santa Fe High School this morning has left “multiple fatalities,” a law enforcement source confirmed. — The source said the gunman was a male, but could provide no further information.
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Fox News, RedState, Associated Press, Breitbart and Daily Caller News Foundation
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KHOU-TV:
WATCH LIVE: At least 8 killed in shooting at Santa Fe HS; Officials sweeping building — Law enforcement and ambulances surrounded the high school, about 30 miles southeast of Houston, after a person opened fire inside. The shooter is in custody, officials say.
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Raw Story, CBS Pittsburgh, IJR and Law & Crime
abc13.com:
LIVE COVERAGE: Confirmed injuries after Santa Fe High School shooting — A suspect is in custody following a shooting inside Santa Fe High School. According to law enforcement agencies, it appears the shooter is a student. There are confirmed injuries, but the number and extent are not yet known.
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CNN, CBS News, NPR, CBS New York, Bearing Arms and KTLA
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Scrapped Training Exercise With South Korea Involving B-52s — South Korea expressed concern in advance of U.S.-North Korea summit, officials say — A training exercise involving U.S. B-52 bombers and South Korean planes was scrapped earlier this week after the South Korean government …
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CNBC
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Maximum pressure on North Korea is gone, and it isn't coming back
Maximum pressure on North Korea is gone, and it isn't coming back
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Just Security, Military.com and New York Times
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘Unfair!’ Rudy Giuliani explodes when CNN's Cuomo plays clip of him saying presidents must obey subpoenas — Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani went on an angry tirade against Chris Cuomo on Friday after the CNN host played an old clip of him saying that presidents must comply with subpoenas to testify.
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Mediaite
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Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Giuliani says Mueller has agreed to narrow scope of potential Trump interview — Washington (CNN)Rudy Giuliani said Friday that special counsel Robert Mueller has agreed to narrow the scope of a potential interview with President Donald Trump from five topics to two.
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National Review, Political Wire, KTLA and The Daily Caller
Nathan Layne / Reuters:
Exclusive: Manafort's former son-in-law cuts plea deal, to cooperate with government: sources — NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former son-in-law of Paul Manafort, the one-time chairman of President Donald Trump's campaign, has cut a plea deal with the Justice Department that requires him to cooperate …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Is the Trump Tower meeting really proof of collusion?
Is the Trump Tower meeting really proof of collusion?
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HuffPost
Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Federal judge who ripped Mueller team obtains ‘scope memo’ detailing Russia probe
Federal judge who ripped Mueller team obtains ‘scope memo’ detailing Russia probe
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Front Page Magazine and Breitbart
New York Times:
Trump Administration to Tie Health Facilities' Funding to Abortion Restrictions — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration plans to announce on Friday a new policy barring Planned Parenthood and other reproductive health organizations from providing or mentioning abortions at any facility …
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Trump to Cut Planned Parenthood Funding, Administration Will Announce Friday
Trump to Cut Planned Parenthood Funding, Administration Will Announce Friday
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Townhall, IJR, The Resurgent, Washington Times, Susan B. Anthony List and The Gateway Pundit
miamiherald:
Man firing gun and ranting about Trump shot by police inside Trump National Doral resort — A gunman ranting about President Donald Trump walked into the lobby of Trump National Doral Miami resort early Friday morning, draped an American flag on the counter and began firing.
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Doug Phillips / Sun-Sentinel:
Doral resident shouting ‘anti-President Trump rhetoric,’ shot in police firefight at Trump National Resort
Doral resident shouting ‘anti-President Trump rhetoric,’ shot in police firefight at Trump National Resort
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National Review, Politico and Daily Wire
Joanna Chiu / Foreign Policy:
Sexpat Journalists Are Ruining Asia Coverage — Newsroom predators in foreign bureaus hurt their colleagues — and their stories. — Today, I'm known as a strong advocate in my social circles, promoting women's and minorities' voices in media. But when I first moved to China seven years ago …
David Smith / The Guardian:
Bill Gates: Trump twice asked me the difference between HIV and HPV — Microsoft co-founder tells foundation meeting it was ‘kind of scary’ how much Trump knew about what Gates' daughter looked like — Bill Gates, the billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist, has claimed Donald Trump twice asked …
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Mashable, KFOR-TV, Bustle, Sputnik International, Washington Press and AOL
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Doha Madani / HuffPost:
Bill Gates Says Trump Didn't Know The Difference Between HPV And HIV
Bill Gates Says Trump Didn't Know The Difference Between HPV And HIV
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Splinter
TMZ.com:
Jay-Z Convinced Meek Mill to Cancel White House Visit with Trump — Meek Mill bailed on a visit to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Friday after a late-night call from Jay-Z ... TMZ has learned. — TMZ broke the story ... Meek agreed to travel to the White House to discuss prison reform.
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The Root
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Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
Furor Over Trump's ‘Animals’ Remark Misses the Point — Give him a break on the use of one word. His real offense is blurring the lines on immigrants and crime. — One of the oddities of our political moment is how frequently we are asked to tease out the layers of meaning of remarks …
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The Federalist, Fox News Insider and Townhall
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New York Times:
Congressional Candidates, Not Mueller, Could Decide Trump's Future — For months, the political world has treated Robert S. Mueller III as the arbiter of President Trump's fate: Hopeful Democrats have theorized about the damage Mr. Mueller's investigation might inflict.
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Law & Crime
Nellie Bowles / New York Times:
Jordan Peterson, Custodian of the Patriarchy — He says there's a crisis in masculinity. Why won't women — all these wives and witches — just behave? — TORONTO — Jordan Peterson fills huge lecture halls and tells his audiences there's no shame in looking backward to a model of how the world should be arranged.
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The Daily Caller
BuzzFeed:
Here's What We Know About Aaron Schlossberg, The Racist New York Lawyer Who Berated People For Speaking In Spanish — Aaron M. Schlossberg, the Manhattan attorney who was caught in a viral racist rant against people speaking Spanish, has been caught on video and in photos being a bigot in at least four more instances over two years.
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HuffPost, New York Times, Bustle and Vox
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Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed:
Sources Say Cohen Financial Records Not Missing, Just Restricted — Three sources told BuzzFeed News that Treasury Department officials have taken the highly unusual step of restricting access to suspicious activity reports. — Records pertaining to the financial activities …
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Raw Story, The Hill, The Week, POGOBlog, Washington Post, Business Insider, Hot Air, Crooked Media, Political Wire, The Daily Caller, twitchy.com, Shareblue Media and RedState
Nancy Cook / Politico:
White House staff brace for personnel moves after leak — Changes are expected in the communications and press offices as soon as Friday amid the furor over leaked comments about terminally ill Arizona Sen. John McCain. — The leak of a White House press aide's flippant comments …
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Putin Three-Peat? Russian Duma Gets Proposal To Scrap Presidential Term Limit — A proposal submitted to the Russian parliament would scrap the constitutional limit of two consecutive presidential terms, enabling Vladimir Putin to remain in power past 2024.
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Ryan and McCarthy split on Dreamers — Paul Ryan and his longtime No. 2, Kevin McCarthy, have maintained a unified public front on immigration — but behind the scenes, the interests of the outgoing speaker and his potential successor are colliding over controversial Dreamers legislation.
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Axios, CNBC, Daily Kos, The Atlantic and Washington Post
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Did China Just Bribe Trump to Undermine National Security? — Did the president of the United States just betray the nation's security in return for a bribe from the Chinese government? — Don't say that this suggestion is ridiculous: Given everything we know about Donald Trump …
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Daily Kos
Craig Gilbert / USA Today:
Support for Donald Trump a constant theme in Republican ads for midterms — USA Today's Craig Gilbert looks at 2018 GOP primary campaign ads and finds a lot of love for President Trump USA TODAY — WASHINGTON — President Trump has appeared in nearly four out of every ten GOP ads for Congress this year.
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
An Arizona PAC Appears to Have Blatantly Ripped Off Donors. Now, the Feds Are Coming After It. … The Department of Justice on Thursday brought federal criminal charges against two Arizona men accused of using fake political groups to defraud thousands of unwitting donors out of millions of dollars.
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U.S. Department of Justice, HuffPost, Raw Story, The Daily Caller and Mother Jones
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Is Trump the Second Coming of Reagan? — Fox News's Bret Baier wants you to think he just might be. — Bret Baier, chief political anchor of Fox News, President Trump's favorite network, insists he isn't living in some alternate reality. He knows that our current President is louder …
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