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New York Times:
Trump Asked Sessions to Retain Control of Russia Inquiry After His Recusal — WASHINGTON — By the time Attorney General Jeff Sessions arrived at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort for dinner one Saturday evening in March 2017, he had been receiving the presidential silent treatment for two days.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
FBI was right to deploy informant, senior GOP lawmaker says — A senior House Republican who was part of a highly classified Justice Department briefing last week said on Tuesday that the FBI acted properly when it deployed an informant to gather information from advisers to President Donald Trump's campaign in 2016.
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Aileen Graef / CNN:
NYT: Mueller probing Trump's request that Sessions rescind his recusal from Russia investigation
NYT: Mueller probing Trump's request that Sessions rescind his recusal from Russia investigation
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Raw Story
Andrew Desiderio / The Daily Beast:
Trey Gowdy: FBI's Use of Informant for Trump Campaign Was Appropriate
Andrew M Harris / Bloomberg:
Manafort Loses Skirmish With Mueller Over Two Search Warrants
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Giuliani says Trump won't sit for Mueller interview unless all FBI source documents can be reviewed
Giuliani says Trump won't sit for Mueller interview unless all FBI source documents can be reviewed
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Mueller moves toward sentencing for California man in Russia probe
Mueller moves toward sentencing for California man in Russia probe
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Emily Heil / Washington Post:
ABC has canceled ‘Roseanne’ after its star, Roseanne Barr, went on a vitriolic and racist Twitter rampage. — This post has been updated. — ABC announced Tuesday that it has canceled “Roseanne” after the show's star, Roseanne Barr, went on a vitriolic Twitter rampage Monday.
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: Watch ABC kick off pitch to advertisers with jokes about Roseanne's offensive tweets — Two weeks ago, Roseanne's bigoted, conspiratorial tweets were a laugh riot. — On Tuesday, ABC canceled the sitcom Roseanne after the show's titular star tweeted that former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett reminder her of an ape.
Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
‘Roseanne’ Reruns Pulled From Paramount Network, TV Land, CMT and Laff — Viacom is pulling “Roseanne” reruns from its Paramount Network, TV Land and CMT channels, a person with knowledge of the decision told TheWrap on Tuesday. … Additionally, Laff, a digital network that programs reruns …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
How social media crushed Roseanne for her racist tweet — Roseanne Barr's reboot at ABC is gone, less than 12 hours after her racist tweet and notwithstanding ratings so strong that she picked up a congratulatory phone call from President Trump. — Why it matters: The show's cancellation came …
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Roseanne Barr Goes on Wild (And Racist) Tweetstorm About Clintons, George Soros, Chris Cillizza
Roseanne Barr Goes on Wild (And Racist) Tweetstorm About Clintons, George Soros, Chris Cillizza
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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
Trumpism Corrupts: Roseanne Edition
Trumpism Corrupts: Roseanne Edition
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New York Times, Hollywood Reporter, POLITICUSUSA and Hot Air
John Koblin / New York Times:
Roseanne Barr Incites Fury With Racist Tweet, and Her Show Is Canceled by ABC
Roseanne Barr Incites Fury With Racist Tweet, and Her Show Is Canceled by ABC
Rebecca Sun / Hollywood Reporter:
Roseanne Barr Dropped By ICM Partners After Racist Tweet
Roseanne Barr Dropped By ICM Partners After Racist Tweet
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Daniella Silva / NBC News:
Valerie Jarrett says ABC made the right call in canceling ‘Roseanne’ after racist comment
Valerie Jarrett says ABC made the right call in canceling ‘Roseanne’ after racist comment
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Joe Otterson / Variety:
‘Roseanne’ Canceled at ABC
‘Roseanne’ Canceled at ABC
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CNNMoney:
Wanda Sykes quits ‘Roseanne’ after Barr's Twitter rant
Wanda Sykes quits ‘Roseanne’ after Barr's Twitter rant
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Courtney Kube / NBC News:
CIA report says North Korea won't denuclearize, but might open a burger joint — WASHINGTON — A new U.S. intelligence assessment has concluded that North Korea does not intend to give up its nuclear weapons any time soon, three U.S. officials told NBC News — a finding that conflicts …
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Kansas City Star:
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens resigns, ending political career once aimed at presidency — Eric Greitens stormed into the governor's office in January 2017 vowing to clean up a state government he said was corrupt. — He resigned Tuesday — effective at 5 p.m. Friday …
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Jason Hancock / Kansas City Star:
Judge orders Greitens' secretive nonprofit to turn over documents to House committee
Judge orders Greitens' secretive nonprofit to turn over documents to House committee
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
JEFFERSON CITY • Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens on Tuesday announced he is stepping …
JEFFERSON CITY • Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens on Tuesday announced he is stepping …
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Elizabeth Zwirz / Fox News:
Missouri Gov. Greitens expected to resign today amid sexual misconduct scandal, sources say
Missouri Gov. Greitens expected to resign today amid sexual misconduct scandal, sources say
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The Intellectualist, Townhall, Raw Story and Daily Wire
Joe Schneider / Bloomberg:
Cohen Prosecutors to Get Seized Phone Data by Wednesday — U.S. prosecutors in Manhattan will get a vast array of data seized from three phones belonging to President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen by Wednesday, according to a filing from a retired judge reviewing materials taken by the FBI.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
‘Special master’ in Cohen raid bills $47K for first week's work
‘Special master’ in Cohen raid bills $47K for first week's work
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Kara Scannell / CNN:
‘Taxi King’ gets better plea deal after raid on Trump's lawyer
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump bragged about classified Syria skirmish at fundraiser — The White House has tried to avoid discussing a February skirmish between U.S. troops and Russian mercenaries in Syria, but that didn't stop President Donald Trump from bragging about the Pentagon's performance at a recent closed-door fundraiser.
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Trump's new midterm strategy: Outrage
Trump's new midterm strategy: Outrage
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New York Times, Toronto Star and Salon
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Grassley: Fusion GPS Founder Gave ‘Extremely Misleading’ Testimony About Trump Work — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is accusing Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson of giving “extremely misleading” statements, if not telling “outright lies,” during Senate testimony in 2017.
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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Fight Over Trump Jr.'s Testimony Simmers in the Senate
Ben Detrick / The Ringer:
The Curious Case of Bryan Colangelo and the Secret Twitter Account — A collection of Twitter accounts that has criticized Joel Embiid and Markelle Fultz, disclosed sensitive information, and outlined team strategy shares eye-opening similarities. What does that have to do with the Philadelphia 76ers' decision-maker?
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Porn Leads To School Shootings, GOP Congresswoman Says — “I think that is a big part” of the spike in such attacks, Rep. Diane Black asserts. — WASHINGTON Does anyone know what kind of porn Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) is watching? — Whatever it is, the 67-year-old Black …
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Meduza.io:
Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko is shot and killed in Kiev — Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko was reportedly shot and killed in Kiev on Tuesday, May 29. According to fellow journalist Ayder Muzhdabaev, he was shot in the back while at home. A source told the website Obozrevatel.com …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's Plan for Political Survival: Blame Obama for Everything … President Donald Trump spent his long Memorial Day weekend sequestered mostly in the White House. But instead of holiday tweeting about the “haters and losers”—of which, he once said, “sadly, there are many” …
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David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Obama Says 'I Didn't Have Scandals.' So What Are All These?
HuffPost:
We Built A Twitter Ratio Bot That Tracks All Your Terrible Tweets — No bad tweet left behind. — Whatever Twitter was originally intended to be, it certainly wasn't this. Nazis roam free, celebrities melt down daily, entire news cycles run their course in a matter of minutes …
Washington Post:
Harvard study estimates thousands died in Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Maria — CAGUAS, PUERTO RICO — At least 4,645 people died as a result of Hurricane Maria and its devastation across Puerto Rico last year, according to a new Harvard study released Tuesday, an estimate that far exceeds …
Associated Press:
AP sources: US to impose limits on some Chinese visas — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration plans to shorten the length of validity for some visas issued to Chinese citizens, the State Department said Tuesday, as President Donald Trump works to counter alleged theft of U.S. intellectual property by Beijing.
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Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Mike Pompeo to Huddle With Anti-Semite's Envoy … Viktor Orban won reelection as Hungary's prime minister last month through a blood-and-soil campaign that married antisemitism with Islamophobia. Donald Trump's secretary of state is about to reverse years of U.S. policy and receive Orban's chief diplomat at Foggy Bottom.
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Renee DiResta / Wired:
How the Tech Giants Created What Darpa Couldn't — “EVERY PURCHASE YOU make with a credit card, every magazine subscription you buy and medical prescription you fill, every Web site you visit and e-mail you send or receive, every academic grade you receive, every bank deposit you make …