Top Items:
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.
Discussion:
Vox, Mother Jones, Just Security, Fox News, Talking Points Memo, CNBC, Mediaite, Lawfare, ABC News, New Republic, Axios, Observer, Althouse, Contemptor, The Week, HuffPost, Daily Kos, NY State of Politics, Common Dreams, Sara A. Carter, MSNBC, Taylor Marsh, Law & Crime, Boing Boing, Joe.My.God., VICE News, twitchy.com, 100PercentFedUp.com, Splinter, Mashable and Patterico's Pontifications
RELATED:
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Manafort convicted of 8 counts, judge will declare mistrial in 10 others — A jury has found former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort guilty after a three-week trial on tax and bank fraud charges — a major if not complete victory for special counsel Robert S. Mueller III as he continues to investigate the president's associates.
Discussion:
Power Line, Fox News, The Atlantic, RedState, Contemptor, New York Times, The Gateway Pundit, Fox News Insider, Reuters, Bloomberg, The Mahablog, Shakesville and Jezebel
NBC News:
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 …
Discussion:
New Republic, Politico, BuzzFeed News, AOL, MSNBC, The Gateway Pundit, KFOR-TV, Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Bloomberg:
Cohen Says He Violated Law at Behest of Candidate: Plea Update — President Donald Trump's longtime lawyer and fixer Michael D. Cohen is in federal court pleading guilty to federal charges stemming from hush payments to women who claimed to have had affairs with the president.
Discussion:
Lawfare, BloombergQuint, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, TheBlaze, Splinter, Political Wire and Jezebel
Pierre Thomas / ABC News:
Manafort found guilty on 8 counts in tax fraud trial — After nearly four days of deliberation, a jury found former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort guilty on eight counts of financial crimes, marking the first major prosecution won by special counsel Robert Mueller in his investigation …
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Paul Manafort Convicted in Fraud Trial — ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, was convicted on Tuesday in his financial fraud trial, bringing a dramatic end to a politically charged case that riveted the capital. — The verdict was a victory …
Discussion:
National Review, Washington Monthly, New Republic, Outside the Beltway and Bloomberg
Paula Reid / CBS News:
Ex-Trump attorney Michael Cohen pleads guilty to campaign finance violations — Former longtime Trump attorney Michael Cohen pleaded guilty Tuesday to eight counts — including two campaign finance violations involving payments to silence women he believed could be detrimental to the 2016 presidential campaign.
Discussion:
Power Line, Vox, CBS Miami, CBS Chicago, CBS Los Angeles and Mediaite
Bre Payton / The Federalist:
Federal Jury Fails To Convict Paul Manafort On Majority Of Counts, Finds Him Guilty On 8 Counts Of Fraud — A federal jury found former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort guilty this afternoon on eight of 18 counts in the first trial brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
Discussion:
Politico, Mother Jones and twitchy.com
Josh Meyer / Politico:
Cohen says he paid hush money at candidate Trump's direction — NEW YORK — Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's combative former personal lawyer, on Tuesday implicated the president in hush money payments he said were designed to sway the election, as part of a plea deal he struck with federal prosecutors on fraud charges.
Discussion:
Washington Post, ABC News, Law & Crime, The Atlantic, Reuters, Breitbart and Axios
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Trump's longtime lawyer Michael Cohen has surrendered to FBI as he prepares to plead guilty in federal investigation
Trump's longtime lawyer Michael Cohen has surrendered to FBI as he prepares to plead guilty in federal investigation
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, The Guardian, CNN and Outside the Beltway
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Michael Cohen's Guilty Plea Directly Implicates Donald Trump in a Felony
Michael Cohen's Guilty Plea Directly Implicates Donald Trump in a Felony
Discussion:
Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and ThinkProgress
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Michael Cohen surrenders to FBI, plea deal expected soon
Michael Cohen surrenders to FBI, plea deal expected soon
Discussion:
Vanity Fair, Mother Jones, ThinkProgress, BuzzFeed News, Daily Kos, ABC News, twitchy.com, Talking Points Memo, WGNO, KFOR-TV, Hit & Run, The Daily Beast, Law & Crime, Townhall, Joe.My.God., Gothamist, Vox, The Week, KTLA, The Guardian and Mediaite
Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
Michael Cohen, President Trump's former longtime personal attorney, tentatively reaches a plea deal: Sources
Michael Cohen, President Trump's former longtime personal attorney, tentatively reaches a plea deal: Sources
CNN:
Michael Cohen surrenders to the FBI
Michael Cohen surrenders to the FBI
Discussion:
ABC News, Politico, The Week, Hill Reporter, IJR, Law & Crime, Hot Air, Daily Wire, Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
Associated Press:
After Cohen's guilty plea, Trump attacks Manafort conviction
After Cohen's guilty plea, Trump attacks Manafort conviction
Discussion:
ABC News, Politico and Washington Post
CNBC:
Former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort found guilty of bank and tax fraud
Former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort found guilty of bank and tax fraud
Discussion:
ThinkProgress, Reuters, The Western Journal, The Daily Banter, Joe.My.God. and IJR
CNN:
Rep. Duncan Hunter and his wife indicted in use of campaign funds for personal expenses — (CNN)Rep. Duncan Hunter and his wife, Margaret, were indicted Tuesday on charges related to the misuse of $250,000 worth of campaign funds for personal expenses and the filing of false campaign finance records.
Discussion:
Political Wire, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Daily Kos, Raw Story, Hill Reporter, Joe.My.God., The Week and twitchy.com
RELATED:
Rachael Bade / Politico:
GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter and wife indicted on charges of misusing campaign funds — A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted California GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter and his wife on charges of improperly using hundreds of thousands of campaign funds to pay for personal expenses, including family vacations and dental work.
Kelly Thornton / U.S. Department of Justice:
Rep. Duncan D. Hunter and Wife Indicted for Converting Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars …
Rep. Duncan D. Hunter and Wife Indicted for Converting Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars …
Discussion:
Axios
Facebook:
Taking Down More Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior — Today we removed multiple Pages, groups and accounts for coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and Instagram. Some of this activity originated in Iran, and some originated in Russia. These were distinct campaigns and we have not identified …
Discussion:
CNNMoney, ABC News, Bloomberg, Axios, NPR, One America News Network, The Verge and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:
New York Times:
Facebook Identifies New Political Influence Operation Ahead of Midterm Elections — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook said it had identified a new political influence campaign on its platform that appeared intended to disrupt the midterm elections, with the social network finding and taking …
Discussion:
Political Wire and twitchy.com
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Investigators: Suspect in Mollie Tibbetts death is in custody, subject to immigration detainer — More than a month after Mollie Tibbetts went out for a jog and disappeared — and days after investigators searching for the missing Iowa college student said they were focusing their efforts …
Discussion:
Townhall, Associated Press, The Gateway Pundit, NewsWars, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Des Moines Register, twitchy.com, MSNBC, LifeZette and Louder With Crowder
RELATED:
Katherine Lam / Fox News:
Mollie Tibbetts, missing Iowa student, found dead, her father says
Mollie Tibbetts, missing Iowa student, found dead, her father says
Discussion:
RedState, Fox News Insider, Associated Press, 100PercentFedUp.com, WGNO, FOX59, KTLA, Geller Report, The Daily Caller, IJR, LifeZette and Daily Wire
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump adviser Larry Kudlow hosted publisher of white nationalists at his home — The publisher of a website that serves as a platform for white nationalism was a guest last weekend at the home of President Trump's top economic adviser, Larry Kudlow. — Peter Brimelow attended the gathering …
Discussion:
CNN, Talking Points Memo, Right Wing Watch, Political Wire, HuffPost, Boing Boing, Joe.My.God., Roll Call and Mediaite
RELATED:
Darren J. Beattie / American Greatness:
Read the Paper CNN Says Is ‘White Supremacist’
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 …
Discussion:
BuzzFeed News, New Republic, Raw Story, Vox and Politico
RELATED:
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.”
Discussion:
Hill Reporter, Mediaite and Raw Story
RELATED:
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 …
Discussion:
Motherboard, The Sun, Louder With Crowder, The Daily Caller, Engadget, Vox, The Week, The Verge, Gizmodo, NewsBusters, Patterico's Pontifications and NewsWars, more at Mediagazer »
Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Elizabeth Warren Unveils Radical Anti-Corruption Platform — Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday unveiled a sweeping set of reforms that would radically restrict and publicly expose corporate lobbying in Washington. — In a major speech at the National Press Club, she laid out the parameters of what she is calling the “Anti-Corruption Act.”
RELATED:
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.
Discussion:
The Verge and Task & Purpose
MapLight:
Top Republican on Tax Subcommittee Received Yacht Loan From Foreign Bank Lobbying on 2017 Tax Bill — As Republicans were finalizing tax cut legislation in late 2017, a foreign-owned bank seeking to shape the bill gave a seven-figure yacht loan to a top GOP lawmaker on the committee writing the measure …
Discussion:
Florida Politics
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 …
Discussion:
ThinkProgress, The White House, US EPA, Charleston Gazette-Mail, The Western Journal, Media Matters for America, New Republic, nrdc.org, Politico, KTLA, Reuters, Daily Kos, HuffPost, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Vox, Common Dreams, The Daily Caller, The Verge, IJR, MSNBC, Gizmodo, The Outline, The Daily Beast, Mother Jones, Bloomberg, Washington Times, Shakesville, Shareblue Media, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times, Jezebel and Axios
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 …
Discussion:
Hit & Run