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Trump Jr. and Other Aides Met With Gulf Emissary Offering Help to Win Election — WASHINGTON — Three months before the 2016 election, a small group gathered at Trump Tower to meet with Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest son. One was an Israeli specialist in social media manipulation.
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Wall Street Journal:
Mueller Probe Expands to Israeli Entrepreneur With U.A.E. Ties — Investigation has sought testimony regarding work of Joel Zamel, founder of several private consulting firms — WASHINGTON—Special counsel Robert Mueller's probe is looking more closely into Middle Eastern involvement …
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Daniel Friedman / Mother Jones:
Report Suggests Blackwater Founder Erik Prince May Have Lied to Congress
Report Suggests Blackwater Founder Erik Prince May Have Lied to Congress
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Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
The FBI Informant Who Monitored the Trump Campaign, Stefan Halper, Oversaw a CIA Spying Operation in the 1980 Presidential Election — An extremely strange episode that has engulfed official Washington over the last two weeks came to a truly bizarre conclusion on Friday night.
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Cambridge Professor Spied On Trump Campaign Advisers — A top-secret CIA and FBI source who spied on two Trump campaign advisers and initiated contact with a third was all but outed Friday night. — The New York Times and The Washington Post provided a detailed description of the source …
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New York Times:
F.B.I. Used Informant to Investigate Russia Ties to Campaign, Not to Spy, as Trump Claims — WASHINGTON — President Trump accused the F.B.I. on Friday, without evidence, of sending a spy to secretly infiltrate his 2016 campaign “for political purposes” even before the bureau had any inkling of the “phony Russia hoax.”
Washington Post:
Secret FBI source for Russia investigation met with three Trump advisers during campaign — A retired American professor in 2016 began working as a secret informant for the FBI as it investigated Russia's interference in the U.S. presidential campaign, and he contacted three Trump advisers …
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George Prayias / The Rush Limbaugh Show:
Clapper: Spy in Trump Campaign Was a Good Thing
Clapper: Spy in Trump Campaign Was a Good Thing
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Fake Facebook accounts and online lies multiply in hours after Santa Fe school shooting … In the first hours after the Texas school shooting that left at least 10 dead Friday, online hoaxers moved quickly to spread a viral lie, creating fake Facebook accounts with the suspected shooter's name …
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Christal Hayes / USA Today:
Texas school shooter used shotgun, pistol in deadly assault
Texas school shooter used shotgun, pistol in deadly assault
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CNN:
Something important was different about this shooting
Something important was different about this shooting
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
BBC throws royal shade at Trump after wedding crowd dwarfs inauguration — Well played, BBC. Well played. — As well-wishers gathered outside Windsor Castle Saturday morning to celebrate the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, BBC took a moment to throw some royal shade at Trump.
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Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Melania Trump returns to the White House after hospital treatment
Melania Trump returns to the White House after hospital treatment
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
White House Keeps Details of Melania Trump's Health Under Wraps
White House Keeps Details of Melania Trump's Health Under Wraps
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CBS News:
Royal wedding: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle marry at Windsor Castle — live updates — It's the most anticipated wedding of the year: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will tie the knot today at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. — Harry and his brother and Best Man Prince William greeted cheering fans …
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John Light / Talking Points Memo:
Aaron Schlossberg Is Our Duke Of The Week — Racist New York City attorney Aaron Schlossberg started the week threatening to call ICE on workers in a Midtown Manhattan sandwich shop because they were speaking Spanish. He ended the week hiding from throngs of reporters while protestors attended …
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Art Acevedo:
To all my Facebook friends. Today I spent the day dealing with another mass shooting of children and a responding police officer who is clinging to life. I'm not ashamed to admit I've shed tears of sadness, pain and anger. — I know some have strong feelings about gun rights …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
House GOP limping to Election Day as farm bill implodes — DRIVING THE DAY — WHAT THE WORLD IS TALKING ABOUT — “Prince Harry and Meghan Markle marry and delight Windsor crowds,” by The Telegraph's Danny Boyle: “Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been proclaimed husband and wife …
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
CA Rep. Devin Nunes launches desperate fundraising pitch — in Virginia — With no accomplishments to speak of, Devin Nunes is touting his role as a doormat for Trump and begging East Coast donors to save him from voters in his own district. — Since Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) …
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Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal:
Starbucks Creates Policy on Nonpaying Guests — Starbucks tells employees in a letter that everyone is “considered a customer” — Starbucks Corp. SBUX -0.07% said Saturday it is creating an official policy that allows all guests to use its cafes, including its restrooms, whether or not they make a purchase.
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Martin Belam / The Guardian:
Stars line up to attend royal wedding — Royal wedding watchers treated to a parade of A-list celebrities from both sides of the Atlantic — In a wedding that has broken royal tradition in many ways, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have also surprised with some of the choices for their guest list.
Libby Schaaf / Washington Post:
No, Mr. President, I am not obstructing justice — Libby Schaaf is the mayor of Oakland, Calif. — When President Trump was admonishing Attorney General Jeff Sessions to charge me with obstruction of justice Wednesday, I was at Harvard University sharing how we intend to give every child from Oakland …
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Alissa de Carbonnel / Reuters:
Europe reassures Iran of commitment to nuclear deal without U.S — TEHRAN (Reuters) - The European Union's energy chief sought to reassure Iran on Saturday that the bloc remained committed to salvaging a nuclear deal with Tehran despite U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to exit the accord and reimpose sanctions.
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