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Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Michael Cohen paid a mysterious tech company $50,000 ‘in connection with’ Trump's campaign — President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, made a previously unreported payment of $50,000 to a tech company in connection with Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
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New York Times:
‘How Did We End Up Here?’ Trump Wonders as the White House Soldiers On — In the hours after two of President Trump's former advisers delivered his administration potentially grave legal setbacks, the mood inside the White House was grim, a return to a trench-warfare mentality borne out of muscle memory.
David Klepper / Associated Press:
New York state subpoenas Cohen in Trump Foundation probe — ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Investigators in New York state have issued a subpoena to Michael Cohen as part of their criminal probe into the Trump Foundation. — A spokesman for Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's tax department confirmed …
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John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
10 Things I Hate About What's Just Happened — After “the information” regarding Michael Cohen's guilty pleas stated flatly that Cohen had been directed to violate campaign finance law by Donald Trump, you can put the Russia probe aside for a moment and consider the many possible meanings of what Cohen has done:
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Lanny Davis: Michael Cohen Never Went To Prague As Steele Dossier Claims — Michael Cohen's lawyer dropped a bombshell on Wednesday, saying that Cohen has not been to Prague — The Steele dossier alleges that Cohen traveled to Prague during the campaign to collude with Russians
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Politico:
‘It is what it is’: Republicans shrug off Trump's legal meltdown — GOP senators are tuning out the legal crisis enveloping the White House and are instead focusing on legislating. — Twenty-four hours after one of the most damaging days for Donald Trump's presidency …
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Shannon Pettypiece / Bloomberg:
Trump Didn't Consult McGahn About Hush-Money Payments, Source Says — President Donald Trump didn't consult his campaign finance lawyer Don McGahn about hush-money payments that were made days before the election and are now the center of a criminal case, a person familiar with the matter said.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
In Fox interview, Trump seems to confess a campaign finance violation while trying to deny it — He doesn't get what the illegal part was. — A brief segment of a Fox & Friends interview released this afternoon by Fox News features President Donald Trump repeatedly emphasizing …
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NBC News:
The party of ‘Lock her up!’ faces a choice: Defend Trump or investigate? — First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — WASHINGTON — For a candidate whose supporters cried, “Lock her up! …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
‘How do you spin a fact?’: White House grapples with response to Cohen, Manafort convictions — President Trump was in a foul mood on Tuesday as he boarded the short flight to his rally in West Virginia and incensed by the wall-to-wall news coverage of his former associates who were convicted …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump says hush money ‘not a campaign violation’
The Latest: Trump says hush money ‘not a campaign violation’
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Not just misleading. Not merely false. A lie.
Not just misleading. Not merely false. A lie.
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John Harwood / CNBC:
GOP congressman says it's ‘too soon’ …
Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
MSNBC Trounces Fox News in Ratings on Manafort-Cohen Day, Knocking Hannity to Third
Lanny Davis / gofundme.com:
Michael Cohen Truth Fund
Michael Cohen Truth Fund
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Michael Burke / The Hill:
Cohen's lawyer on Trump Tower meeting: Cohen was ‘present at a discussion with’ Trump and Trump Jr.
Cohen's lawyer on Trump Tower meeting: Cohen was ‘present at a discussion with’ Trump and Trump Jr.
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
Trump is an illegitimate president whose election is tainted by fraud
Trump is an illegitimate president whose election is tainted by fraud
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Garrett M. Graff / Wired:
Six Big Questions After the Cohen and Manafort Bombshells
Six Big Questions After the Cohen and Manafort Bombshells
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Denies Directing Cohen to Break Campaign-Finance Laws
Trump Denies Directing Cohen to Break Campaign-Finance Laws
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
This is the moment all of Trump's anti-media rhetoric has been working toward
This is the moment all of Trump's anti-media rhetoric has been working toward
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
In Trump's right-wing media universe, it was a day like any other
In Trump's right-wing media universe, it was a day like any other
Axios:
GOP fears Cohen set road to impeachment
GOP fears Cohen set road to impeachment
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Kenneth Lovett / New York Daily News:
Cuomo tax department subpoenas Michael Cohen as part of probe into Trump foundation …
Mark Penn / The Hill:
Cohen's plea deal is prosecutor's attempt to set up Trump
Cohen's plea deal is prosecutor's attempt to set up Trump
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Jason Clayworth / Des Moines Register:
Mollie Tibbetts' accused killer is in Iowa legally, his lawyer says, calling Trump ‘sad and sorry’ for weighing in — A court document filed Wednesday morning states that the man accused of killing Mollie Tibbetts was working legally in Iowa. — Cristhian Bahena Rivera was charged Tuesday …
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Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
Mollie Tibbetts's suspected killer, in the U.S. illegally, told investigators about her final moments
Mollie Tibbetts's suspected killer, in the U.S. illegally, told investigators about her final moments
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Jalyn Souchek / KWWL-TV:
Aunt of Mollie Tibbetts makes statement
Aunt of Mollie Tibbetts makes statement
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Des Moines Register:
Cristhian Rivera, charged in Mollie Tibbetts' death, worked at a farm owned by a prominent Iowa Republican family
Cristhian Rivera, charged in Mollie Tibbetts' death, worked at a farm owned by a prominent Iowa Republican family
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Poll: Democrat O'Rourke trails Ted Cruz by just four percentage points in Texas — O'Rourke has 45 percent support among registered voters compared with Cruz's 49 percent; Abbott leads governors' contest by 19 — WASHINGTON — As Texas Democrats attempt to win a major statewide contest …
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Democrats maintain lead in race for House — Democrats are in a strong position for the midterms, according to the latest Fox News poll. — Several findings point to the potential for a blue map in November: — President Trump's job rating remains underwater.
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Political Wire and POLITICUSUSA
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Trump trails several Democratic prospects in 2020 match-up — The 2020 presidential election is still more than 800 days away, but a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll shows President Donald Trump with paltry levels of support when matched up with nearly a dozen would-be Democratic opponents.
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Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Kimberly Guilfoyle was once half of a liberal power couple. Now she's basically a Trump. — In the summer of 2004, the new mayor and first lady of San Francisco were photographed for an eight-page spread in Harper's Bazaar. Gavin Newsom wore a thousand-dollar tuxedo …
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Jermaine Ong / KGTV-TV:
San Diego Congressman Duncan Hunter addresses federal indictment in 10News interview — SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) told 10News that he's innocent of accusations of campaign funding misuse one day after he and his wife Margaret were indicted by a federal grand jury.
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The San Diego Union-Tribune / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Rep. Duncan Hunter, do the honorable thing. Resign.
Rep. Duncan Hunter, do the honorable thing. Resign.
TMZ.com:
Asia Argento and 17-Year-Old Boy in Bed in Sexual Encounter — Asia Argento says she did not have sex with then 17-year-old Jimmy Bennett, but a photo and various text messages between Argento and a friend tell a very different story ... she flat-out says she had sex with him.
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Shirley Halperin / Variety:
Steven Tyler Demands Trump Stop Playing Aerosmith Songs at Rallies — Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler is demanding President Donald Trump stop using the band's songs at rallies, like the one held at the Charleston Civic Center in West Virginia on Tuesday (August 21).
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Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Georgia County Can't Support Claim It Must Close Polling Places Over Access Issues — Officials in majority-black Randolph County lack the data to back a proposal to shutter most voting spots. — Officials in a majority-black Georgia county accused of trying to close almost all polling places …
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
DNC calls FBI after detecting attempt to hack its voter database — (CNN)The Democratic National Committee contacted the FBI on Tuesday after it detected what it believes was the beginning of a sophisticated attempt to hack into its voter database, a Democratic source tells CNN.
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Alex Stamos / Lawfare:
It's Too Late to Protect the 2018 Elections. But Here's How the U.S. Can Prepare for 2020. — In the swirl of news this week, it would be easy to miss recent announcements from two of America's largest and most influential technology companies that have implications for our democracy as a whole.
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Libby Watson / Splinter:
American Healthcare Spending Is Fucking Mental — American healthcare is a sick joke from almost any angle: how it neglects the disabled, and how the people who need it most are least likely to have it. It is morally unforgivable, but it's also bewildering that anyone thinks this works …
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Kinling Lo / Politico:
‘Thanks Mr Trump’: Chinese state media mocks the president — This story is being published by POLITICO as part of a content partnership with the South China Morning Post. It originally appeared on scmp.com on Aug. 17, 2018. — China's biggest state broadcaster has produced a short …
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