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New York Times:
Tabloid Company, Aiding Trump Campaign, May Have Crossed Line Into Politics — Federal authorities examining the work President Trump's former lawyer did to squelch embarrassing stories before the 2016 election have come to believe that an important ally in that effort …
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CNN:
Trump attorneys waive privilege on secret recording about ex-Playmate payment — (CNN)President Donald Trump's lawyers have waived attorney-client privilege regarding a secretly recorded conversation he had in September 2016 with his former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen in which they discussed payments …
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Althouse, NPR, Vox, Fox News Insider and Washington Post
CNN:
Trump says ‘inconceivable’ that Cohen recorded conversation about ex-Playmate payment
Trump says ‘inconceivable’ that Cohen recorded conversation about ex-Playmate payment
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New York Times, Talking Points Memo and theGrio
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
FBI seizes records from Trump lawyer Michael Cohen
FBI seizes records from Trump lawyer Michael Cohen
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CANNONFIRE, The Daily Beast, Politico and Reuters
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Trump calls Cohen's taping of phone call ‘inconceivable,’ possibly illegal
Trump calls Cohen's taping of phone call ‘inconceivable,’ possibly illegal
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Shareblue Media, USA Today, POLITICUSUSA and Sarah Palin
Washington Post:
Trump's Putin fallout: Inside the White House's tumultuous week of walk backs — Executive time began early on Thursday, just after sunrise. — Feeling exasperated and feisty as he awoke in the White House residence, President Trump fired off his grievances on Twitter about how the media had been covering his Helsinki summit.
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Associated Press:
Inside Trump's isolation after Putin summit, walkbacks — BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — Facing condemnation from allies and foes alike on Capitol Hill, President Donald Trump was outnumbered even in the Oval Office. Top aides gathered to convince the president to issue a rare walk-back of the comments …
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Booman Tribune and New York Magazine
New York Times:
Trump Doubles Down on Russia. The Spies Shake Their Heads in Disbelief. — WASHINGTON — When President Trump directed aides to ask President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to the White House this fall, the invitation was his latest attempt to use personal diplomacy in the pursuit of better relations with the Kremlin.
Alexander Gabuev / Foreign Policy:
The Kremlin Is Celebrating Helsinki. For Now.
The Kremlin Is Celebrating Helsinki. For Now.
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New York Times, Sarah Palin and Breitbart
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Russia continues to shape narrative of Helsinki summit
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
Ecuador Will Imminently Withdraw Asylum for Julian Assange and Hand Him Over to the UK. What Comes Next? — Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno traveled to London on Friday for the ostensible purpose of speaking at the 2018 Global Disabilities Summit (Moreno has been confined to a wheelchair since being shot in a 1998 robbery attempt).
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Mother Jones and RT
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
There Is a Revolution on the Left. Democrats Are Bracing. — DETROIT — For Rachel Conner, the 2018 election season has been a moment of revelation. — A 27-year-old social worker, Ms. Conner voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 primaries, spurning the more liberal Bernie Sanders, whom many of her peers backed.
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Enjoli Francis / ABC News:
Gunman in parking space shooting not charged because of ‘Stand Your Ground’ law — A man who was captured on surveillance video fatally shooting another man in Clearwater, Florida, during a parking-spot spat as his young son watched nearby will not be arrested or charged by police, according to Pinellas County Sheriff.
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ThinkProgress, WFTS, The Week, Tampa Bay Times and New York Post
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Michael Cohen privately questions Trump's fitness to be president — Friends of Michael Cohen have noticed that since Trump's Helsinki press conference with Vladimir Putin he's been more openly questioning Trump's fitness to be president. “It's one thing for him [Cohen] …
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Mediaite, Political Wire and CNBC
Elana Schor / Politico:
Kavanaugh inches closer to confirmation hearing with new filing — Trump's nominee turned over biographical information, previously delivered speeches, published writings, interviews, past court filings and other related documents. — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh formally returned …
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Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Nazis and anti-Semites slip through GOP primaries, causing headaches for party — Arthur Jones is an avowed member of the American Nazi Party, a Holocaust denier and a sympathizer of the Ku Klux Klan. — He also is the Republican candidate challenging Democratic Rep. Dan Lipinski …
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Vladimir Soldatkin / Reuters:
Lavrov tells Pompeo: free Russian woman accused in U.S. of espionage — MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's foreign minister told his U.S. counterpart on Saturday that a woman arrested in the United States on accusations she was a Russian agent had been detained on “fabricated charges” and should be released.
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Inside Bannon's Plan to Hijack Europe for the Far-Right … LONDON—Steve Bannon plans to go toe-to-toe with George Soros and spark a right-wing revolution in Europe. — Trump's former White House chief advisor told The Daily Beast that he is setting up a foundation in Europe called …
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Al Jazeera English, Joe.My.God., Althouse and Politico
Michael Gordon / The Charlotte Observer:
A mother and her son turned up for a domestic-violence case. Then ICE arrested them. — A Charlotte woman and her 16-year-old son, who are both involved in a domestic-violence dispute, were arrested in the Mecklenburg courthouse by federal immigration agents after they turned up for a hearing, their attorneys said.
Max Jaeger / New York Post:
Sheriff who backed Roy Moore allegedly had sex with teen girl — The Alabama sheriff who threw his support behind accused jailbait-chaser Roy Moore's failed Senate bid is now under investigation for allegedly having sex with an underage girl. — SEE ALSO
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ThinkProgress and WHNT-TV
Mitchell Armentrout / Chicago Sun-Times:
Mark Janus quits state job for conservative think tank gig after landmark ruling — Less than a month after he won a Supreme Court case to preserve his First Amendment rights as a state worker not to pay union fees, Mark Janus has announced he's quitting his job for a position with the conservative …
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Got $250? You Can Go to Sean Spicer's Book Party — WASHINGTON — Typically, an author's colleagues have a house party to launch a book, or gather in a local pub. — Not Sean Spicer, who served six months as President Trump's embattled press secretary and is now the author …
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
DC commissioners fight to revoke Trump Hotel liquor license
DC commissioners fight to revoke Trump Hotel liquor license
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Conservative News Today and JONATHAN TURLEY
Wall Street Journal:
The Trade Casualties Mount — Peter Navarro says the harm is a ‘rounding error.’ He's out of touch. — President Trump is escalating his trade rhetoric, threatening China and Europe with more tariffs on more goods if they don't agree to his terms. Mr. Trump says winning these trade wars is …
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POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Emilie Eaton / San Antonio Express-News:
Six times, a SAPD lieutenant has been fired. Will he get his job back again? — A San Antonio police lieutenant with a long history of disciplinary problems — including four firings and 11 suspensions — is in trouble again, accused of making a homophobic remark about Police Chief William McManus.