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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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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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The Daily Beast, Talking Points Memo and Washington Press
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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Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
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.
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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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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 …
Washington Post:
Mueller's team told Trump's lawyers the special counsel cannot indict a sitting president, Giuliani says — Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's team told President Trump's lawyers recently that prosecutors do not believe they can charge a sitting president with a crime under Justice …
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CNN:
DOJ Inspector General report on FBI handling of Clinton email probe entering final stages
DOJ Inspector General report on FBI handling of Clinton email probe entering final stages
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
New York Times acknowledges it buried the lead in pre-election Russia-Trump story
New York Times acknowledges it buried the lead in pre-election Russia-Trump story
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New York Times and Joe.My.God.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
GOP lawmakers to Trump: Make DOJ release Mueller documents
GOP lawmakers to Trump: Make DOJ release Mueller documents
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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.
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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
President Trump 'Doesn't Think He Needs' to Prepare Much for His Meeting With North Korea's Kim Jong Un
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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 …
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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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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 …
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New York Times:
Trump Discloses Payment to Cohen in Financial Report
Trump Discloses Payment to Cohen in Financial Report
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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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Olivia Solon / The Guardian:
Cambridge Analytica whistleblower says Bannon wanted to suppress voters
Cambridge Analytica whistleblower says Bannon wanted to suppress voters
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Dallas Morning News, Washington Press and The Daily Caller
Emily Tillett / CBS News:
Christopher Wylie: Bannon wanted “weapons” to fight a “culture war” at Cambridge Analytica
Christopher Wylie: Bannon wanted “weapons” to fight a “culture war” at Cambridge Analytica
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HuffPost and New York Times
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 …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Michael Avenatti being investigated by California State Bar
Michael Avenatti being investigated by California State Bar
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The Daily Caller
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.”
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Tillerson warns of ethical crisis among U.S. leaders in speech
Tillerson warns of ethical crisis among U.S. leaders in speech
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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 …
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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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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Peter Navarro explodes at Steven Mnuchin
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 …
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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.
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
Gaza's Miseries Have Palestinian Authors
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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.
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
Russia favored Trump in 2016, Senate panel says, breaking with House GOP
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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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Mahita Gajanan / TIME:
Officer ‘Saved Lives’ by Shooting Ex-Student Who Opened Fire at Illinois High School, Chief Says — A potential school shooting in central Illinois ended when a school resource officer shot and wounded an armed former student who opened fire Wednesday morning.
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Kathleen A. Schultz / SaukValley.com:
Dixon High School shooting: Former student shot, wounded after bringing gun
Dixon High School shooting: Former student shot, wounded after bringing gun
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