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William K. Rashbaum / New York Times:
Trump's Former Fixer, Michael Cohen, Reaches a Plea Agreement Over Payments to Women — Michael Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors investigating payments he made to women for Mr. Trump, a person familiar with the matter said.
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Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen discussing plea deal with prosecutors — The deal could come as early as today, say sources familiar with the matter. — Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal attorney, is discussing a possible guilty plea with federal prosecutors in Manhattan …
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Kara Scannell / CNN:
Michael Cohen surrenders to FBI, plea deal expected soon — (CNN)Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, has surrendered to the FBI ahead of a 4 p.m. court proceeding, where the government is expected to disclose a plea deal, according to a law enforcement source.
Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
Michael Cohen, President Trump's former longtime personal attorney, tentatively reaches a plea deal: Sources — ABC News has learned that Michael Cohen has entered into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York.
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Wall Street Journal:
Michael Cohen to Plead Guilty to Criminal Charges — Trump's longtime ‘fixer’ reaches plea deal with federal prosecutors — Michael Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges Tuesday afternoon in Manhattan federal court, according to people familiar …
Politico:
Michael Cohen strikes plea deal with prosecutors — Cohen is expected to appear at 4 p.m. in federal court in Manhattan Tuesday afternoon to formally offer his guilty plea to a federal judge. — Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's combative former personal lawyer …
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Trump's longtime lawyer Michael Cohen has surrendered to FBI as he prepares to plead guilty in federal investigation
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New York Times:
New Russian Hacking Targeted Republican Groups, Microsoft Says — BOSTON — The Russian military intelligence unit that sought to influence the 2016 election appears to have a new target: conservative American think tanks that have broken with President Trump and are seeking continued sanctions …
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Luke Harding / The Guardian:
Author of Trump-Russia dossier wins libel case in US court — Suit against Christopher Steele by three Russian oligarchs thrown out by judge — The former MI6 officer Christopher Steele has won a legal battle in the United States against three Russian oligarchs who sued him over allegations …
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Rand Paul, Russian Stooge — What does the kooky libertarian see in the authoritarian Putin regime? — Senator Rand Paul has been making the rounds in recent days touting deeper U.S. engagement with Vladimir Putin's Russia. It's often the case when Senator Paul talks about foreign policy …
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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
E.P.A.'s New Coal Pollution Rules Will Lead to More Deaths, Agency's Numbers Show — Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up for our Climate Fwd: newsletter. — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday made public the details of its new pollution rules governing coal-burning power plants …
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Joe Romm / ThinkProgress:
EPA admits Trump would sacrifice thousands of U.S. lives to save a few coal plants
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Kate Mishkin / Charleston Gazette-Mail:
Experts: Coal's decline imminent, with or without Trump's regulatory changes
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“They're Squeezing Don Jr. Right Now”: As the Mueller Siege Tightens, Trump's Twitter Rage Crests — White House counsel Don McGahn's interviews with Mueller have rattled Trump to his core. “Total meltdown,” one outside adviser said of his mood, while a Republican ally described him as “extremely frustrated.”
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump worries that Mueller interview could be a ‘perjury trap’ — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was worried that any statements under oath he provides to Special Counsel Robert Mueller could be used to bring perjury charges against him as part …
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Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users on a scale from zero to one — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook has begun to assign its users a reputation score, predicting their trustworthiness on a scale from zero to one. — The previously unreported ratings system, which Facebook has developed …
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Collins: Kavanaugh sees Roe v. Wade as ‘settled law’ — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh believes that the high court's landmark case Roe v. Wade is settled law, Sen. Susan Collins said Tuesday. — Democrats have argued that Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court …
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
How voting for Kavanaugh could hurt Susan Collins' re-election bid
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Poll: Voters less likely to support Collins if she votes to confirm Kavanaugh
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Steven L. Hall / Washington Post:
CIA officers learn to keep quiet. Why are so many of us speaking out about Trump? — And why is the White House so eager to retaliate for it? — Former head of Russian operations for the CIA — Here's what is really going on when President Trump rescinds the security clearances …
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Katherine Lam / Fox News:
Mollie Tibbetts, missing Iowa student, found dead, her father says — Two sources tell Fox News that the body of the missing Iowa student has been found; Matt Finn reports. — The body of missing college student Mollie Tibbetts was found Tuesday, her father and two sources told Fox News …
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Amanda Macias / CNBC:
Russia is preparing to search for a nuclear-powered missile that was lost at sea months ago after a failed test — Moscow is preparing to recover a nuclear-powered missile lost at sea, according to sources with direct knowledge of a U.S. intelligence report.
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren's new reform bill would ban members of Congress from owning individual stocks — Sen. Elizabeth Warren proposes a new bill that would ban members of Congress and the White House staff from owning individual stocks. — As an apparent alternative, the legislation would create …
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Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Microsoft says it has found a Russian operation targeting U.S. political institutions — SAN FRANCISCO — A group affiliated with the Russian government created phony versions of six websites — including some related to public policy and to the U.S. Senate — with the apparent goal of hacking …
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Brad Smith / Microsoft on the Issues:
We are taking new steps against broadening threats to democracy
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The Guardian:
Arctic's strongest sea ice breaks up for first time on record — Usually frozen waters open up twice this year in phenomenon scientists described as scary — The oldest and thickest sea ice in the Arctic has started to break up, opening waters north of Greenland that are normally frozen, even in summer.
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Kelly Conaboy / The Cut:
Do Men Enter Bathtubs on Hands and Knees So Their Balls Hit the Water Last? — The bathroom is a mysterious place. What goes on inside varies for everyone, or maybe it doesn't; we simply do not know. The question has prompted some discussion in the past, and I suspect it will continue …
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New York Times:
Facebook Fueled Anti-Refugee Attacks in Germany, New Research Suggests — ALTENA, Germany — When you ask locals why Dirk Denkhaus, a young firefighter trainee who had been considered neither dangerous nor political, broke into the attic of a refugee group house and tried to set it on fire, they will list the familiar issues.
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Amid Threats of Violence, White House Reporter April Ryan Fights for the Press — The CNN contributor says she recently hired a bodyguard on her own dime. — Few reporters have lived the Trump administration's war against the press more vividly than April Ryan, a 21-year veteran …
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Kelly Marie Tran / New York Times:
I Won't Be Marginalized by Online Harassment — Editor's note: The actress deleted her Instagram posts this summer in response to online harassment. Here she speaks out for the first time. — It wasn't their words, it's that I started to believe them. — Their words seemed to confirm …
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Ryan Cooper / The Week:
Fact checkers have a Medicare-for-all problem — Medicare-for-all: Would it save American society money? That question has been tying fact checkers in knots over the past several weeks. — One recent working paper put out by the libertarian Mercatus Center unwittingly answered in the affirmative …
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Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Christopher Steele's Victory in a D.C. Court — The author of the explosive dossier outlining the president's alleged ties to Russia won an important legal victory on Monday, when a judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought against his firm by the co-founders of Russia's largest private bank.
Tara Palmeri / ABC News:
Nazi death camp guard arrested by ICE, deported to Germany: Authorities — A man who authorities believe is the last known Nazi collaborator living in the U.S. has been arrested and deported to Germany. — At the order of President Donald Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents …
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