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Wall Street Journal:
Allen Weisselberg, Longtime Trump Organization CFO, Is Granted Immunity in Cohen Probe — Weisselberg earlier this year was subpoenaed to testify before grand jury — Allen Weisselberg, President Trump's longtime financial gatekeeper, was granted immunity by federal prosecutors …
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William K. Rashbaum / New York Times:
Manhattan D.A. Eyes Criminal Charges Against Trump Organization — The Manhattan district attorney's office is considering pursuing criminal charges against the Trump Organization and two senior company officials in connection with Michael D. Cohen's hush money payment to an adult film actress …
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Tom Winter / NBC News:
Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg given immunity by prosecutors to testify — Prosecutors say Weisselberg told another executive to designate a reimbursement to Cohen for the Stormy Daniels hush-money payment as “legal expenses.” — The longtime chief financial officer of the Trump Organization …
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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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CNBC, POLITICUSUSA, Daily Kos, Jezebel and Axios
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg, who allegedly helped arrange hush-money reimbursement to Cohen, granted immunity — Allen Weisselberg, the chief financial officer for the Trump Organization, was one of the executives who helped arrange $420,000 in payments …
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Talking Points Memo, Hill Reporter, Law & Crime and Raw Story
New York Times:
Kremlin Sources Go Quiet, Leaving C.I.A. in the Dark About Putin's Plans for Midterms — WASHINGTON — In 2016, American intelligence agencies delivered urgent and explicit warnings about Russia's intentions to try to tip the American presidential election — and a detailed assessment …
Aris Folley / The Hill:
Spiro Agnew lawyer: Trump should resign to keep Mueller from prosecuting his family — Martin London, a lawyer who represented former Vice President Spiro Agnew, said that President Trump — should resign from office to keep federal prosecutors from prosecuting his family.
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Martin London / TIME:
I Was a Lawyer for Spiro Agnew. President Trump Should Consider Resigning — London is a retired partner for the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and the author of The Client Decides; he was a principal lawyer for Vice President Spiro Agnew.
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Just Security and Mediaite
Lia Eustachewich / New York Post:
Cohen told Congress he doesn't know if Donald knew about Trump Tower meeting — Michael Cohen told Congress that he had no idea whether President Trump knew ahead of time about the 2016 Trump Tower meeting that included Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer, a report said Thursday.
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Wall Street Journal:
Michael Cohen Guilty Plea Reveals Link to Qatari Royal Family — Trump's former lawyer received a $100,000 brokerage fee for a Florida real-estate deal in which he represented a company owned by Sheikh Abdul Aziz — A $100,000 real-estate brokerage fee that was part of former Trump attorney …
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Raw Story and The Marshall Project
New York Times:
John McCain Will No Longer Be Treated for Brain Cancer, Family Says — WASHINGTON — Senator John McCain of Arizona, who has been battling brain cancer for more than a year, will no longer be treated for his condition, his family announced on Friday, a sign that the Republican war hero is most likely entering his final days.
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Jed Shugerman / Slate:
A Lone Holdout Juror Actually Made It More Likely That Paul Manafort Will Go to Jail Even if Trump Pardons Him — On Thursday, the Washington Post reported that President Donald Trump had recently discussed with his lawyers the prospect of issuing a pardon for Paul Manafort.
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Françoise Mouly / New Yorker:
Barry Blitt's “Closing In” — The artist Barry Blitt, a contributor since 1994, has drawn more than a hundred covers for the magazine—and, since 2015, more than fifteen featuring President Trump. His latest ("Sending sketches because I couldn't help myself," the accompanying note said) takes inspiration from a “Sopranos” scene.
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Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Paul Manafort and Trump's Pardon Pattern
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New Republic, Raw Story and Axios
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Second Fox News reporter leaves amid objections to network — In the Trump era, hard reporting is being crowded out by opinionated panels, current and former staffers say. — Another on-air reporter is leaving Fox News over frustrations with the direction and tone of the network …
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The Western Journal, Hot Air, TVNewser, The Right Scoop, Hill Reporter, Raw Story, Conservative News Today, Mediaite and AOL, more at Mediagazer »
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
With a Vocabulary From ‘Goodfellas,’ Trump Evokes His Native New York — WASHINGTON — For much of the 1980s and 1990s, “the Dapper Don” and “the Donald” vied for supremacy on the front pages of New York's tabloids. The don, John J. Gotti, died in a federal prison in 2002 …
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James Gagliano / Washington Examiner:
Trump is acting like a mob boss — I know because I lived with one
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BloombergQuint, The Atlantic and New York Magazine
Kate Sullivan / CNN:
Indicted Rep. Duncan Hunter: My wife handled my finances — (CNN)Rep. Duncan D. Hunter seemed to shift any blame onto his wife, Margaret, on Thursday for alleged campaign fund abuses, saying she was the one handling his finances. — “She was also the campaign manager …
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
When Justice Is Partial — Mueller is determined to sniff out any wrongdoing he can find—on one side. — U.S. Attorney Robert Khuzami took a few moments in his Tuesday statement about Michael Cohen's plea deal to sing neutrality's praise: “His day of reckoning serves as a reminder …
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Trump's fantasy legal system
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Michael Wilson / New York Times:
Former Head of C.D.C. Arrested on Sex Abuse Charge — Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, who ran the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for eight years under President Obama, was arrested in Brooklyn on Friday and charged with sex abuse after an incident in October 2017, the police said.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Tax-Cut Con Goes On — Why Social Security and Medicare are on the ballot. — What will happen if the blue wave in the midterm elections falls short? Clearly, at this point it still might: Democrats will surely receive more votes than Republicans, but thanks to gerrymandering …
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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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The Federalist, National Review, New Republic, Talking Points Memo, Politico, Contemptor, The Week, Mediaite, Raw Story and Balloon Juice
CNN:
Elections board takes less than a minute to reject proposal to close 7 of 9 polling places in majority-black county — Critics had said the plan to consolidate polling places in Randolph County, Georgia, was a brazen attempt to suppress the black vote in Georgia's governor race …
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New York Times:
They're Running for Office. That's News to Them. — This much is certain: Helen Gambichler is running for office. — She is the Queens Democratic Party bosses' nominee for a spot on a little-known body called the Democratic County Committee. — County committee members are the very blades …
Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Thousands of Amazon workers receive food stamps. Now Bernie Sanders wants Amazon to pay up. — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will soon introduce legislation that would require large employers like Amazon, Walmart and McDonald's to fully cover the cost of food stamps, public housing …
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The Daily Beast and Cafe Hayek
Jill Filipovic / New York Times:
Stormy Daniels, Feminist Hero — For once we're listening to a woman who refuses to wear either a scarlet letter or a superwoman's cape. — Ms. Filipovic is the author of “The H Spot: The feminist Pursuit of Happiness.” — Let's take a moment for Stormy Daniels.
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Iowa TPUSA Apologizes to Candace Owens and Charlie Kirk for ‘Misunderstanding’ Over Canceled Event — UPDATE: It appears that the Iowa chapter of TPUSA is now claiming that there was some ‘misunderstanding’ and that Kirk and Owens never reached out to hold an event in Iowa City as previously reported.
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Kevin Collier / BuzzFeed News:
Tech Companies Are Gathering For A Secret Meeting To Prepare A 2018 Election Strategy — Representatives from a host of the biggest US tech companies, including Facebook and Twitter, have scheduled a private meeting for Friday to share their tactics in preparation for the 2018 midterm elections.
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Maureen Callahan / New York Post:
Tesla insiders say 'it's a s-t show' under beleaguered Elon Musk — As Elon Musk continues to struggle — with Tesla under investigation by the SEC following his tweet that it might go private after “funding secured,” among several other self-inflicted wounds — employees tell The Post that the company is in turmoil.
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Maggie Astor / New York Times:
For Female Candidates, Harassment and Threats Come Every Day — The abuse already common in many women's everyday lives can be amplified in political campaigns, especially if the candidate is also a member of a minority group. — Four days before the 2016 congressional primary …
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