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Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Mueller Accuses Paul Manafort of Attempted Witness Tampering — Federal prosecutors on Monday accused President Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, of attempting to tamper with witnesses in his federal tax and lobbying case. — In court documents, prosecutors working for the special counsel …
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Eric Beech / Reuters:
Manafort attempted to tamper with potential witnesses: U.S. special counsel — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, who has been indicted by U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller, attempted to tamper with potential witnesses, Mueller said in a court filing on Monday.
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller accuses Manafort of witness tampering — Special counsel Robert Mueller's office on Monday accused Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman, of tampering with witnesses ahead of his upcoming trial on charges involving illegal lobbying work.
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
Prosecutors From Mueller's Team Accuse Paul Manafort Of Trying To Tamper With Potential Witnesses
Prosecutors From Mueller's Team Accuse Paul Manafort Of Trying To Tamper With Potential Witnesses
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Robert Mueller just accused Paul Manafort of attempted witness tampering
Robert Mueller just accused Paul Manafort of attempted witness tampering
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New Republic
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Trump Team Pushed False Story Line About Meeting With Kremlin-Tied Lawyer, Memo Shows — WASHINGTON — For nearly a year, the denials from President Trump's lawyers and spokeswoman were unequivocal. No, the president did not dictate a misleading statement released in his son's name.
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Trump's legal team readies for fraught showdown with Mueller, even as president declares broad powers — Despite President Trump's declarations that he has expansive powers that could blunt the special-counsel investigation, his legal team is preparing for the possibility of a presidential interview …
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The Hill, Jamie Dupree - AJC, National Review, New York Times, Political Wire, Washington Press, infowars.com and CBS Dallas
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Mueller has waited long enough. It's subpoena time.
Mueller has waited long enough. It's subpoena time.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Secret memo to Mueller actually reveals weakness of Trump's position
Secret memo to Mueller actually reveals weakness of Trump's position
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Richard Primus / Politico:
Trump's Travel Ban Is in Trouble at the Supreme Court — Justice Kennedy's ruling in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case suggests the court's next big decision might go badly for the president. — In a much-anticipated decision Monday morning, the Supreme Court ruled - by a vote of 7 to 2 …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court throws out lower court decision that allowed immigrant teenager to obtain abortion
Supreme Court throws out lower court decision that allowed immigrant teenager to obtain abortion
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Nina Totenberg / NPR:
In Narrow Opinion, Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Baker Over Same-Sex Couple
In Narrow Opinion, Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Baker Over Same-Sex Couple
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Amy Howe / SCOTUSblog:
Opinion analysis: Court rules (narrowly) for baker in same-sex-wedding-cake case [Updated]
Opinion analysis: Court rules (narrowly) for baker in same-sex-wedding-cake case [Updated]
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Power Line and Outside the Beltway
David French / National Review:
In Masterpiece Cakeshop, Justice Kennedy Strikes a Blow for the Dignity of the Faithful
In Masterpiece Cakeshop, Justice Kennedy Strikes a Blow for the Dignity of the Faithful
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Sides With Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple
Supreme Court Sides With Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple
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Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Howard Schultz to Step Down as Starbucks Executive Chairman — SEATTLE — Howard Schultz, the outspoken executive chairman of Starbucks, will leave the company at the end of the month, bringing to an end the tenure of a socially conscious entrepreneur who turned a local Seattle coffee chain …
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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Howard Schultz, architect of modern Starbucks, to step down as executive chair and from the board — Howard Schultz is stepping down from his role as executive chairman of Starbucks, effective June 26. — Myron E. Ullman, former chairman and CEO of J.C. Penney was named chair …
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CNN:
Bolton sidelined as Trump readies for North Korea — Pompeo: Kim Jong Un's ex-spy to deliver letter — Washington (CNN)As President Donald Trump huddled in the Oval Office on Friday with Kim Jong Un's right-hand man, he was accompanied by only one other US official: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Why Melania Trump's vanishing act matters — WASHINGTON — First lady Melania Trump has all but vanished. — She hasn't been seen with President Donald Trump at a public event since May 10, four days before she underwent surgery for a kidney problem. She won't be at her husband's side …
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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
H.R. McMaster Is Shopping A Book Around
Philly.com:
Trump cancels Eagles' White House celebration on eve of visit after fewer than 10 players planned to attend — President Trump on Monday abruptly rescinded an invitation to host the Eagles at the White House, citing the “smaller delegation” that was planning to attend and again stoking …
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Deana Gamble / Mayor Kenney's Statement …:
Mayor Kenney's Statement on Eagles Cancelled White House Visit
Mayor Kenney's Statement on Eagles Cancelled White House Visit
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump Told Kim Kardashian She and Kanye West Are Helping Him With Black Voters
Trump Told Kim Kardashian She and Kanye West Are Helping Him With Black Voters
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The likely next speaker of the House is a mindless sycophant — On the evidence of House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's CNN interview over the weekend, the likely next speaker of the House is a mindless sycophant and a threat to the constitutional order. — Confronted with a simple …
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Washington Post:
Pruitt had aide do numerous personal tasks, including a hunt for a used Trump hotel mattress — In mid-September, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator's director of scheduling and advance, Millan Hupp, reached out to the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., with an unusual request.
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Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Pruitt wanted to buy ‘old mattress’ from Trump International Hotel — Two senior House Oversight Democrats are demanding Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) subpoena Scott Pruitt for documents after one of his closest aides told congressional investigators the EPA administrator had her book …
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Ken Klippenstein / The Daily Beast:
Inside the Mysterious Intelligence Firm Now in Mueller's Sights … In the fall of 2016, Donald Trump Jr. and other key aides to the future president reportedly met in Trump Tower with Joel Zamel, the founder of a company called Wikistrat. — Wikistrat bills itself as a “crowdsourced” …
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Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Special master in Michael Cohen case finds few privileged items in initial review of files — A court appointed watchdog in the case of President Donald Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, released an initial report Monday which found that relatively few documents in an initial tranche seized …
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Courier-Journal:
Crowd cheers when valedictorian quotes Trump. Then reveals it was Obama — Ben Bowling graduation speech Courtesy of Ben Bowling — Bell County high school student and valedictorian Ben Bowling wanted to share some words of wisdom with his graduating class, but there was a twist that no one saw coming.
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Papadopoulos' Wife: Trump Aide Was ‘Absolutely Not’ Involved In Russian Collusion — George Papadopoulos' wife, Simona Mangiante, said her husband was not involved in collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government and that he pleaded guilty in the special counsel's investigation …
David Shepardson / Reuters:
U.S. appeals ruling that Trump could not block Twitter followers — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday that it would appeal a federal judge's ruling that President Donald Trump may not legally block Twitter users from his account on the social media platform based …
Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
VA GOP Senate Front-Runner Praised White Nationalist and Named Apparent Neo-Nazi ‘Volunteer of the Week’ — Corey Stewart, the GOP front-runner in Virginia's Senate race, called white nationalist Paul Nehlen “one of my personal heroes” on-camera and praised an apparent neo-Nazi his campaign's official “volunteer of the week.”
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Kassy Dillon / Daily Wire:
WATCH: VA Senate Candidate Corey Stewart Calls Anti-Semite Paul Nehlen ‘Hero’
WATCH: VA Senate Candidate Corey Stewart Calls Anti-Semite Paul Nehlen ‘Hero’
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Daily Mail:
Sailor pardoned by Trump is SUING Obama and Comey for going easy on Hillary Clinton but sending him to prison after he photographed classified area of nuclear sub — Kristian Saucier spent 1 year in federal prison for taking souvenir photos of a classified area aboard the nuclear sub where he worked as a U.S. Navy sailor
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Former Defense Intelligence Officer Arrested for Attempted Espionage — Ron Rockwell Hansen, 58, a resident of Syracuse, Utah, and a former Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) officer, was arrested Saturday afternoon on federal charges including the attempted transmission of national defense information to the People's Republic of China.
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“This Was Lachlan's Revenge”: As a Murdoch Son Moves to Consolidate His Power, Rupert Says “I'm Still Here” — Rupert thwarted the revenge firing of an old Lachlan adversary—and it's not the new Fox News's only problem. “The pro-Trump thing isn't working,” says an insider.
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Media Matters for America
Coleman Hughes / Quillette:
The High Price of Stale Grievances — In the fall of 2016, I was hired to play in Rihanna's back-up band at the MTV Video Music Awards. To my pleasant surprise, several of my friends had also gotten the call. We felt that this would be the gig of a lifetime: beautiful music, primetime TV …
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
4 states could expand Medicaid this year. That's a big deal. — 2018 is shaping up to be a watershed year for Obamacare's Medicaid expansion. — Virginia's legislature signed onto the expansion of coverage for low-income Americans last week. Three additional states are looking at doing …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
What GOP cowering has gotten us: Talk of self-pardon and absolute power — Republican congressional leadership has repeatedly refused to stand up to President Trump — be it over threats to fire the special counsel, smears of the FBI or other attempts to delegitimize the investigation into Russian interference in our election.
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
Final California Primary Preview: High Stakes for House Democrats — Democrats' route to the House majority runs through California more than any other state. Nationally, they need to win 23 GOP seats to win the chamber, and in California alone, there are seven Republican incumbents sitting in seats Hillary Clinton carried in 2016.
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
No, Conservatives, Rod Blagojevich Is Not a Sympathetic Figure … If you're looking to get a presidential pardon, the new strategy seems to be to go on Fox News, suck up to the president, and attack his enemies (President Obama, the Justice Department, etc).
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Marisa Kendall / Mercury News:
Nearly half of Bay Area residents say they want to leave — Want to find more housing coverage and connect with our journalists? — Forty-six percent of Bay Area residents surveyed said they are likely to move out of the region in the next few years — up from 40 percent last year and 34 percent in 2016 …
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