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New York Times:
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 — He told Congress he didn't meet with the Trump campaign. A new story says he did. … Blackwater founder Erik Prince appears to have a problem. The New York Times reported Saturday that Prince …
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Los Angeles Times:
Texas school shooter killed girl who turned down his advances and embarrassed him in class, mother says — As he heard the gunshots approaching down the hall Friday morning, Santa Fe High School student Abel San Miguel, 15, hid with a handful of classmates in the art class storage closet.
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CNN:
Something important was different about this shooting — Student who knows suspect: He's ‘really quiet’ — CNN analyst Juliette Kayyem is the author of the best-seller “Security Mom: My Life Protecting the Home and Homeland.” She is a professor at Harvard's Kennedy School …
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Washington Post:
Texas school had a shooting plan, armed officers and practice. And still 10 people died. … SANTA FE, TEX. — They, like so many others, thought they had taken the steps to avoid this. — The school district had an active-shooter plan, and two armed police officers walked the halls of the high school.
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Fake Facebook accounts and online lies multiply in hours after Santa Fe school shooting
Fake Facebook accounts and online lies multiply in hours after Santa Fe school shooting
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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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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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Lawfare:
'The Day that We Can't Protect Human Sources': The President and the House Intelligence Committee Burn an Informant — It wasn't that long ago that both the executive branch and the legislature in this country considered the protection of intelligence sources a matter of surpassing national importance.
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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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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 Daily News:
Al Sharpton says royal wedding shows white supremacy is ‘on its last breath’ — Al Sharpton said the royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who is biracial, is a sign that white supremacy is “on its last breath.” — Sharpton spoke of the nuptials during …
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Ellen Barry / New York Times:
As Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Wed, a New Era Dawns
As Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Wed, a New Era Dawns
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CBS News:
Royal wedding: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle marry at Windsor Castle — live updates
Royal wedding: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle marry at Windsor Castle — live updates
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Ellen Barry / New York Times:
'I'm American. I Hug.' Meghan Markle's Looming Impact on the British Monarchy
'I'm American. I Hug.' Meghan Markle's Looming Impact on the British Monarchy
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Josh Barro / Business Insider:
Why does Trump get away with corruption? Because Bill and Hillary Clinton normalized it — Scandals continue to pile up on the Trump administration — yet the president's approval ratings are on the rise. — One reason is that it's been embedded in political culture most prominently …
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Jennifer Wright / New York Post:
It's time for Bill Clinton to take a walk in the Chappaqua woods — It's 2018. One of the world's most powerful married men had a 22-year-old intern perform oral sex on him in his office. He's been accused of sexual assault by three other women. One claims, as is the case with so many of the men …
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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Lois Weiss / New York Post:
Brookfield buys partnership in Kushner-owned 666 Fifth Ave. in $120M deal — Brookfield will soon replace Vornado as a partner in Kushner Cos.' 666 Fifth Ave. and will take the lead on the recladding and redevelopment of the Midtown office tower — but the Qatari Investment Authority won't be involved.
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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New York Times:
The Last Days of Time Inc. — It was once an empire. Now it is being sold for parts. — Time Inc. began, in 1922, with a simple but revolutionary idea hatched by Henry R. Luce and Briton Hadden. The two men, graduates of Yale University, were rookie reporters at The Baltimore News …
Alexis Levinson / BuzzFeed:
Michael Grimm Is Out Of Prison And Trying To Win Back His Seat In Congress. Anthony Scaramucci Is Here To Help. — “When Michael does something, he does it with a splash.” — Reporting From Staten Island, NY — “I'm overblown here,” former Congressman Michael Grimm declared, surveying the scene.
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Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
After year of investigation, Trump can rightly claim some vindication — It was called “Crossfire Hurricane,” the FBI counterintelligence operation that targeted Trump figures as part of the investigation into possible campaign ties to Russia. It was a poignant choice of a Rolling Stones song …
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