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11:50 PM ET, August 22, 2018

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Wall Street Journal:
Why Michael Cohen Agreed to Plead Guilty—And Implicate the President  —  Prosecutors had reams of evidence and a long list of counts, which also could have included the lawyer's wife  —  Michael Cohen had many reasons to play ball last weekend when his legal team sat down to talk to federal prosecutors.
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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.
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.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Not just misleading.  Not merely false.  A lie.  —  The first denial that Donald Trump knew about hush-money payments to silence women came four days before he was elected president, when his spokeswoman Hope Hicks said, without hedging, “we have no knowledge of any of this.”
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
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 …
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:
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 …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Tries to Deny His Crime With Cohen, Confesses by Mistake
Discussion: BuzzFeed News, Deadline and TheBlaze
Michael Burke / The Hill:
Cohen's lawyer on Trump Tower meeting: Cohen was ‘present at a discussion with’ Trump and Trump Jr.
Shannon Pettypiece / Bloomberg:
Trump Didn't Consult McGahn About Hush-Money Payments, Source Says
Discussion: Political Wire
John Harwood / CNBC:   GOP congressman says it's ‘too soon’ …
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
After fast turn against Trump, Michael Cohen threatens to leverage secrets against the president
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
‘How do you spin a fact?’: White House grapples with response to Cohen, Manafort convictions
Kenneth Lovett / New York Daily News:   Cuomo tax department subpoenas Michael Cohen as part of probe into Trump foundation …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
This is the moment all of Trump's anti-media rhetoric has been working toward
Fox News:
Manafort juror reveals lone holdout prevented Mueller team from convicting on all counts  —  NORTHERN VIRGINIA - Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team was one holdout juror away from convicting Paul Manafort on all 18 counts of bank and tax fraud, juror Paula Duncan told Fox News in an exclusive interview Wednesday.
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Manafort juror: One juror prevented jury from convicting Manafort on all 18 counts  —  A juror who sat on former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort  —  's case said on Fox News Wednesday night that only one juror prevented a ruling on all 18 counts against Manafort
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
The nightmare is just beginning for Paul Manafort  —  Analysis: The next trial for Trump's former campaign chair will have more evidence, a longer possible sentence, and a less sympathetic judge.  —  WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort woke up Wednesday in a jail cell, just as he has each morning since …
Eric Beech / Reuters:
Trump says he's considering pardon for Manafort: Fox News reporter
Discussion: Political Wire
Caleb Howe / Mediaite:   MSNBC Trounces Fox News in Ratings on Manafort-Cohen Day, Knocking Hannity to Third
Tamar Auber / Mediaite:
Trump Considering Pardon For Paul Manafort, Fox News' Ainsley Earhardt Says
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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Taylor Telford / Washington Post:
‘Stop being a ... snake’: Distant cousin of Mollie Tibbetts tells partisans not to politicize her death
Discussion: The Root
Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
Mollie Tibbetts's suspected killer, in the U.S. illegally, told investigators about her final moments
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.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire
Aaron C. Davis / Washington Post:
Trump called this White House defender ‘wonderful.’ He was fired from his previous job for alleged sexual harassment.  —  A conservative commentator who was lauded by President Trump this week as “wonderful” and who has argued that past sexual indiscretions should have no bearing on Trump's presidency …
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Betsy DeVos Is Said to Weigh Letting School Districts Use Federal Funds to Buy Guns  —  WASHINGTON — Betsy DeVos, the education secretary, is considering whether to allow states to use federal funding intended to increase academic and enrichment opportunities in the country's poorest schools …
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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New York Times:   Democratic Party Says It Thwarted Attempted Hack of Voter Database
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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Merrie Monteagudo / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Hunter timeline: Son of a congressman serves in military, gets elected
Discussion: NPR and Talking Points Memo
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 …
Discussion: East Bay Times
Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
Cardinal Donald Wuerl's name will be removed from Pa. high school amid allegations of sex abuse coverup  —  Catholic officials in Pittsburgh on Wednesday announced that a city high school would remove the words “Cardinal Wuerl” from its name amid criticism that the prominent cleric mishandled …
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Hugh Hewitt / Washington Post:
The con man in the cardinal's cap
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
As Bad News Piles Up, Republicans Hardly Flinch  —  WASHINGTON — For those wondering if the latest disclosures from the Trump legal file are finally weighty enough to cause top congressional Republicans to break from the president, the answer is no.  —  Twenty-four hours after President Trump …
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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Bradley Smith / Washington Post:
Those payments to mistresses were unseemly. That doesn't mean they were illegal.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
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Andrew Desiderio / The Daily Beast:
Congress Still Has No Idea What President Trump Said to Vladimir Putin
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John Ziegler / Mediaite:
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