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Wall Street Journal:
David Pecker Granted Immunity in Cohen Case — Federal prosecutors granted immunity to David Pecker, CEO of the company that publishes the National Enquirer and a longtime friend of President Trump, in the Michael Cohen investigation.
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Jeff Horwitz / Associated Press:
AP: National Enquirer's safe held damaging Trump stories — NEW YORK (AP) — The National Enquirer kept a safe containing documents on hush money payments and other damaging stories it killed as part of its cozy relationship with Donald Trump leading up to 2016 presidential election …
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Holy Shit, I Thought Pecker Would Be the Last One to Turn”: Trump's National Enquirer Allies Are the Latest to Defect — David Pecker and Dylan Howard corroborated Michael Cohen's account implicating the president in a federal crime. And Cohen's lawyer Lanny Davis says there are more revelations to come.
New York Times:
David Pecker, American Media Chief, Is Said to Have Immunity in Trump Inquiry — The tabloid executive David J. Pecker has been granted immunity by federal prosecutors investigating payments during the 2016 campaign to two women who said they had affairs with Donald J. Trump …
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed News:
David Pecker Was Granted Immunity. Prosecutors Say He Knows About Three Key Moments In Trump's Campaign. — American Media CEO David Pecker — who prosecutors said has information about President Donald Trump's campaign's efforts to silence women who claimed they had affairs with Trump …
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Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:
This Conspiracy Theory Should Worry Trump — When two or more people join together to break the law, as Michael Cohen says he and the president did, the penalties can be harsh. — Mr. Katyal was an acting solicitor general in the Obama administration. — President Trump needs a new defense.
Alexandra Hutzler / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Just Admitted to a Federal Crime in ‘Fox & Friends’ Interview, Obama Ethics Chief Says
Donald Trump Just Admitted to a Federal Crime in ‘Fox & Friends’ Interview, Obama Ethics Chief Says
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CNBC:
National Enquirer boss and longtime Trump friend David Pecker gets federal immunity in Michael Cohen case
National Enquirer boss and longtime Trump friend David Pecker gets federal immunity in Michael Cohen case
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Michael Cohen told Congress he doesn't know if Trump knew about Russia meeting
Exclusive: Michael Cohen told Congress he doesn't know if Trump knew about Russia meeting
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Cohen's admission doesn't mean Trump is guilty, legal experts say
Cohen's admission doesn't mean Trump is guilty, legal experts say
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Washington Post:
Trump sought his lawyers' advice weeks ago on possibility of pardoning Manafort but they counseled against it, Giuliani says — President Trump sought his lawyers' advice several weeks ago on the possibility of pardoning Manafort, Trump attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani said Thursday.
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Sky News:
Rudy Giuliani: Impeaching Trump would mean 'people's revolt' — Donald Trump's lawyer has said “the American people would revolt” if the president was impeached. — In an interview with Sky News Rudy Giuliani claimed there was “no reason” for an impeachment and called Mr Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen “a liar”.
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Salena Zito / New York Post:
Why Trump's supporters won't care about Cohen and Manafort's convictions — ZANESVILLE, OH — Last week, a woman in her mid-40s who lives in a tidy suburban enclave just outside of Columbus, Ohio, summed up her continued support for President Donald Trump despite his morals …
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Trump sought his lawyers' advice weeks ago on possibility of pardoning Manafort, Giuliani says — President Trump asked his lawyers for their advice on the possibility of pardoning his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort several weeks ago, his lawyer said Thursday.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Let's play softball: Read all 18 questions Fox News asked Trump
Let's play softball: Read all 18 questions Fox News asked Trump
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump declares ‘market would crash’ if Democrats impeached him
Trump declares ‘market would crash’ if Democrats impeached him
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Rudy Giuliani ominously threatens that ‘the American people would revolt’ if Trump gets impeached
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The American Obsession With Donald Trump's Mood
The American Obsession With Donald Trump's Mood
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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Key Republicans Give Trump a Path to Fire Sessions After the Election — Sessions defends his performance in advancing Trump's agenda — A new attorney general could take control of the Mueller probe — Two key Republican senators signaled to President Donald Trump …
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Politico:
Senate wall of support for Sessions splinters — As the president renewed his attacks on his attorney general, two Senate Republicans indicated they'd be open to replacing him — sparking a quick smackdown from GOP leaders. — Top Senate Republicans sent dueling signals on Thursday …
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Trump and Sessions feud over the direction of the Justice Department
Trump and Sessions feud over the direction of the Justice Department
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump Tells Sessions He Favors Death Penalty for Fentanyl Dealers
Trump Tells Sessions He Favors Death Penalty for Fentanyl Dealers
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New Republic
CNN:
Sessions hits back at Trump: DOJ won't be ‘improperly influenced’
Sessions hits back at Trump: DOJ won't be ‘improperly influenced’
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Washington Free Beacon
Tucker Higgins / CNBC:
Jeff Sessions fires back at Trump: DOJ won't ‘be improperly influenced’ by politics
Jeff Sessions fires back at Trump: DOJ won't ‘be improperly influenced’ by politics
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New Yorker:
The Conspiracy Memo Aimed at Obama Aides that Circulated in the Trump White House — The 2017 document, titled the “Echo Chamber,” accused former Obama officials of undermining the incoming Administration. — In early 2017, some of Donald Trump's advisers concluded that they faced …
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Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo:
White House blocks bill that would protect elections — WASHINGTON — A bill that would have significantly bolstered the nation's defenses against electoral interference has been held up in the — Senate at the behest of the White House, which opposed the proposed legislation, according to congressional sources.
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Reuters:
Inside the progressive movement roiling the Democratic Party — Frustrated by a string of defeats at the polls, a progressive wing of the Democratic Party pushes a populist platform across the country. Amid wins and losses, the movement aims to reshape a party in flux.
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Megan Keller / The Hill:
Seventy percent of Americans support ‘Medicare for all’ in new poll
Seventy percent of Americans support ‘Medicare for all’ in new poll
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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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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Manafort juror Paula Duncan: Manafort is guilty, but Mueller probe is a witch hunt
Manafort juror Paula Duncan: Manafort is guilty, but Mueller probe is a witch hunt
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CBS News:
Reality Winner, who pleaded guilty to leaking secret U.S. report, gets 63-month sentence — AUGUSTA, Ga. — A former government contractor who pleaded guilty to mailing a classified U.S. report to a news organization was sentenced to more than five years Thursday as part of a deal with prosecutors …
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Trevor Timm / The Intercept:
The Government's Argument that Reality Winner Harmed National Security Doesn't Hold Up. Here's Why.
The Government's Argument that Reality Winner Harmed National Security Doesn't Hold Up. Here's Why.
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Poll: Pennsylvanians give low marks to Trump and tariffs — Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and Democratic Sen. Bob Casey both hold double-digit leads over lesser-known opponents in new NBC News/Marist poll. — WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania, a state that helped put President Donald Trump in the White House …
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Michael Burke / The Hill:
Newt Gingrich suggests slain Iowa student could help GOP in midterms — Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) reportedly said the death of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts could be politically advantageous to Republicans heading into the November midterm elections.
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Mark Niesse / politics.myajc:
BREAKING: Elections consultant fired over proposal to close Georgia precincts — The elections consultant who proposed closing most voting locations in a majority African-American rural Georgia county has been fired ahead of a vote Friday on consolidating precincts.
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New York Times:
Trump Cites False Claims of Widespread Attacks on White Farmers in South Africa — CAPE TOWN, South Africa — President Trump waded into South Africa's proposal to seize land from white farmers, saying in a post on Twitter late Wednesday that he had asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to …
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Trump tweets the word ‘Africa’ for first time as president — in defense of whites in South Africa
Trump tweets the word ‘Africa’ for first time as president — in defense of whites in South Africa
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Ben White / Politico:
No, impeachment will not crash the stock market — NEW YORK— The longest bull market run in American history could get killed off by a financial collapse in Turkey, a policy mistake by the Federal Reserve or a plain old economic recession. — It will probably not be slain by an impeachment of President Donald Trump.
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Laura Olson / Morning Call:
Pat Toomey's campaign email accounts targeted by foreign hackers — Signs for Sen. Pat Toomey's re-election campaign, shown in a 2016 file photo. (MATT SMITH / SPECIAL TO THE MORNING CALL) — Privacy Policy — The latest public official to be targeted by foreign hackers? Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Wants to Ban Flipping Because He Is Almost Literally a Mob Boss — Last November, a person close to the Trump administration speaking to the Washington Post invoked a chilling metaphor. “This investigation is a classic Gambino-style roll-up,” the source said.
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RealClearInvestigations:
Despite Comey Assurances, Vast Bulk of Weiner Laptop Emails Were Never Examined — When then-FBI Director James Comey announced he was closing the Hillary Clinton email investigation for a second time just days before the 2016 election, he certified to Congress that his agency had …
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