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Peter Baker / New York Times:
How Trump's Election Shook Obama: ‘What if We Were Wrong?’ — WASHINGTON — Riding in a motorcade in Lima, Peru, shortly after the 2016 election, President Barack Obama was struggling to understand Donald J. Trump's victory. — “What if we were wrong?” he asked aides riding with him in the armored presidential limousine.
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Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
Keeping Up with the Kushners: With Jared Back on Top, Kim Kardashian Heads to the White House — Months of talks between Jared Kushner and Kim Kardashian is set to culminate in a meeting with President Trump, in which the reality-TV star will ask him to pardon a 62-year-old great-grandmother serving …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Aides Brutally Turn on Each Other in War on Leaks … Not long after news broke that White House communications aide Kelly Sadler had made a flippant comment about Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) impending death from brain cancer, President Donald Trump gathered a small group of staffers in the Oval Office.
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Ivanka Trump Abruptly Leaves Call After Question About China Trademarks — Ivanka Trump abruptly left a conference call on Tuesday about a coming fitness event after receiving questions about her company's trademarks in China and her father's exercise regimen.
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German Lopez / Vox:
The Trump-Kim Kardashian meeting, explained — Kardashian is lobbying Trump to pardon a 62-year-old great-grandmother convicted of drug trafficking. — President Donald Trump is reportedly meeting with Kim Kardashian West on Wednesday, according to Emily Jane Fox at Vanity Fair.
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump's weight-loss regimen: fish and half a bun
Trump's weight-loss regimen: fish and half a bun
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Tom Winter / NBC News:
Prosecutors in Michael Cohen case piecing together shredded documents from raid — Federal prosecutors sorting through materials seized from Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, said Wednesday they needed more time to piece together the contents of a shredder taken in an FBI raid.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Judge sets endpoint for review of seized Cohen files, rebukes Avenatti's ‘publicity tour’
Judge sets endpoint for review of seized Cohen files, rebukes Avenatti's ‘publicity tour’
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Wall Street Journal:
Michael Avenatti Withdraws Bid To Appear Before Judge in Cohen Probe
Michael Avenatti Withdraws Bid To Appear Before Judge in Cohen Probe
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Greg Price / Newsweek:
AVENATTI MUST END ‘PUBLICITY TOUR’ TO TAKE PART IN MICHAEL COHEN'S FEDERAL CASE, JUDGE SAYS
AVENATTI MUST END ‘PUBLICITY TOUR’ TO TAKE PART IN MICHAEL COHEN'S FEDERAL CASE, JUDGE SAYS
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Avenatti withdraws motion to represent Stormy Daniels in Cohen case
Avenatti withdraws motion to represent Stormy Daniels in Cohen case
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Former Trump Aide Michael Caputo Wants to Give Roseanne Reboot a New Home … Less than 24 hours after the “Roseanne” reboot was canceled, former Trump campaign aide Michael Caputo began plotting ways to get her back on air. — Caputo is the chief marketing officer of an online streaming …
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Roxane Gay / New York Times:
‘Roseanne’ Is Gone, but the Culture That Gave Her a Show Isn't — On Twitter on Tuesday, Roseanne Barr wrote that if “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby =vj.” The message referred to President Barack Obama's former senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, and in it Ms. Barr traded …
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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
Ben Sherwood Apologizes to 'Roseanne's' Now-Unemployed Staff in ABC Company Memo
Ben Sherwood Apologizes to 'Roseanne's' Now-Unemployed Staff in ABC Company Memo
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Reuters:
Roseanne Barr blames sleep aid Ambien for racist tweet
Roseanne Barr blames sleep aid Ambien for racist tweet
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Conservatives see double-standard on Roseanne, cite Olbermann, Joy Reid
Conservatives see double-standard on Roseanne, cite Olbermann, Joy Reid
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Michael Crowley / Politico:
The White House Official Trump Says Doesn't Exist — Meet Matthew Pottinger, the former journalist who became the president's top Asia hand. — Matthew Pottinger must have been surprised to learn that he doesn't exist. As the top official for Asia on President Donald Trump's National Security Council …
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Adam Rawnsley / The Daily Beast:
Satellite Images Show North Korea Scrubbed Nuclear Test Site Before Unilaterally Destroying It
Satellite Images Show North Korea Scrubbed Nuclear Test Site Before Unilaterally Destroying It
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Associated Press:
Pentagon salutes US-India ties with command name change
Pentagon salutes US-India ties with command name change
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Tara Palmeri / ABC News:
Top US diplomat for Asia on ropes ahead of North Korea summit
Top US diplomat for Asia on ropes ahead of North Korea summit
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Victor Skinner / The American Mirror:
Elizabeth Warren praises communist China ‘long-term whole-of-government’ strategy
Elizabeth Warren praises communist China ‘long-term whole-of-government’ strategy
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BuzzFeed:
Joy Reid Promoted An Infamous 9/11 Conspiracy Documentary On Her Old Blog — The MSNBC host, who has recently come under fire for claiming her blog was hacked, encouraged her readers to watch “Loose Change.” — MSNBC host Joy Reid encouraged readers of her now-defunct blog to watch …
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BBC:
Arkady Babchenko: ‘Murdered’ Russian journalist is alive — Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, widely reported to have been assassinated in Kiev on Tuesday, has turned up alive at a press conference. — In an extraordinary development, the high-profile critic of the Kremlin appeared live on Ukrainian TV.
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Arkady Babchenko / The Moscow Times:
‘Slain’ Russian Journalist Arkady Babchenko Rises From the Grave
‘Slain’ Russian Journalist Arkady Babchenko Rises From the Grave
Stagiaire-Europe / Reporters Without Borders:
Nothing justifies faking journalist's murder in Kiev, RSF says
Nothing justifies faking journalist's murder in Kiev, RSF says
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Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
On Fox News of all places, Trump's ‘spy’ claim is debunked by Trey Gowdy and even Judge Napolitano — President Trump has made it clear he likes what he hears on Fox News. The network often covers the president favorably, bringing on conservative commentators that push the president's agenda and …
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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Giuliani Says He Might Have Recused Himself From Russia Probe Too — The president's lawyer said he understands Trump's frustration but Sessions' recusal is defensible. — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said that he can fully understand why Attorney General …
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Bolton Installs Anti-Muslim Wingnut As NSC Chief of Staff — When Donald Trump first took office, his national security adviser was a man who believed that the Florida Democratic Party was working to impose Sharia law on the Sunshine State — and that America's southern border was lined …
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Curt Mills / The National Interest:
Who is Fred Fleitz? — The ex-CIA analyst is the former point man …
Who is Fred Fleitz? — The ex-CIA analyst is the former point man …
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John DiStaso / WMUR:
Exhaustive investigation reveals little evidence of possible voter fraud in NH — Secretary of state office, attorney general's office present data to state Ballot Law Commission — HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT — CONCORD, N.H. — An exhaustive review by state election officials …
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New York Times:
Big Banks to Get Reprieve from Volcker Rule — Big banks are getting a big reprieve from a post-crisis rule aimed at curbing risky behavior on Wall Street. — Federal bank regulators on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping plan to soften the Volcker Rule, opening the door for banks to resume …
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Senate Intelligence Committee Now Wants to Grill Roger Stone … The Senate intelligence committee has asked to interview Roger Stone, Donald Trump's longtime political adviser and self-described dirty trickster. — Stone's lawyer, Grant Smith, told The Daily Beast that the committee …
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CBS Denver:
Child's Lemonade Stand Shut Down For Lack Of Permit — By Shaun Boyd — DENVER (CBS4) - Denver police shut down a lemonade stand put on by a group of brothers over a permitting issue. — When Jennifer Knowles helped her sons set up their first lemonade stand over the weekend …
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Meghan Lopez / TheDenverChannel.com:
Person calls police on Denver boys' Memorial Day lemonade stand
Person calls police on Denver boys' Memorial Day lemonade stand
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Being Jeff Sessions — Think of the job that you dreamed you could have when you grew up. Think of going through your whole life — and in an extraordinary twist of fate and luck and with a smart move — and, finally, that job will be the capstone to your career.
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Annie Karni / Politico:
White House silence on Melania stokes conspiracy theories — The first lady hasn't been seen in public since her release from the hospital after a routine procedure. — She's left the White House and moved back to New York City. — She's cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The Polls Are All Right — With the 2018 midterm elections approaching, we've updated FiveThirtyEight's pollster ratings for the first time since the 2016 presidential primaries. Based on how the media portrayed the polls after President Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton later that year …
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New York Times:
For ‘Columbiners,’ School Shootings Have a Deadly Allure — SANTA FE, Tex. — The exact reasons why a teenage gunman shot his fellow students and teachers here at Santa Fe High School remain a mystery. His model for carrying it out is more clear. — The 17-year-old junior wore …
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Adolfo Flores / BuzzFeed:
A Transgender Woman Who Was Part Of The Migrant Caravan Has Died In ICE Custody — “I didn't want to come to Mexico; I wanted to stay in Honduras but I couldn't.” — A transgender woman who was part of the caravan of Central American migrants that arrived at the US border earlier …
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Cgilman / ClickHole:
More Bad Press For Elon: The Car Elon Musk Launched Into Orbit Has Fallen Back Down To Earth And Crushed Malala Yousafzai — After going on a petulant Twitter tirade against the media that was applauded by anti-Semites and after facing months of scrutiny on his failing businesses …
William Mauldin / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Plans to Hit EU With Steel, Aluminum Tariffs — The move, which has been threatened for months, is almost certain to draw a response from the EU — WASHINGTON—The Trump administration, unable to win concessions from European Union counterparts ahead of a Friday deadline …
Charles Davis / The Daily Beast:
What Happened to Jill Stein's Recount Millions? … Shortly after the 2016 election, Jill Stein raised more than $7 million from shell-shocked liberals eager to pursue a swing-state recount. Nearly two years later, the U.S. Green Party's last candidate for president is still spending that money.