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The Trump Organization Planned To Give Vladimir Putin The $50 Million Penthouse In Trump Tower Moscow — President Donald Trump's company planned to give a $50 million penthouse at Trump Tower Moscow to Russian President Vladimir Putin as the company negotiated the luxury real estate development during …
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Trump Was Totally Caught Off Guard by the Cohen Plea”: Inside Trumpworld, Some Fear Mueller Has Laid a Perjury Trap — Rudy Giuliani is frustrated at Mueller's tactics. The White House is in a defensive crouch. “It's an untethered situation,” a person close to the president said.
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Washington Post:
‘Individual 1’: Trump emerges as a central subject of Mueller probe — In two major developments this week, President Trump has been labeled in the parlance of criminal investigations as a major subject of interest, complete with an opaque legal code name: “Individual 1.”
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:
Mueller eyes Ivanka and Don Jr.'s work on Trump Tower Moscow — WASHINGTON - Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into President Donald Trump's efforts to build a skyscraper in Moscow has led him to ask questions about the role two of the president's children played in attempting …
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Conservatives, Prepare Yourself Now for What Mueller May Find — How we react in the aftermath of the special counsel's findings will determine the future of the Republican Party and, possibly, the country. — Matt Lewis — Things are speeding up in Robert Mueller's universe.
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Garrett M. Graff / Axios:
The new clues we have about where the Mueller investigation is going — Garrett M. Graff — author of a book focused on Mueller, and one of the investigation's best narrators — writes for Axios that we now have a host of new clues to Mueller coming attractions.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump talked up Russia during now-revealed secret Moscow project talks — Thanks to a new plea agreement that Michael Cohen has reached with the special counsel, we now know that Donald Trump and his company were pursuing a real estate deal in Russia up until June 2016 …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Trump Is Compromised by Russia — Michael Cohen's latest plea is proof. — One of the chief questions in the Trump-Russia scandal has been whether Vladimir Putin has leverage over the president of the United States, and, if so, what that leverage looks like.
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Trump's inner circle has always been a cesspool — President Trump recently tweeted: “Did you ever see an investigation more in search of a crime?” — It is usually a bad idea to raise a rhetorical question when the answer is both obvious and unfavorable.
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Politico:
‘The perfect witness’: Dems want Cohen to testify on the Hill
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David French / National Review:
Trump's Unacceptable Campaign Conduct and Two Other Takeaways from the Cohen Plea
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Emma Loop / BuzzFeed News:
House Intelligence Committee Will Investigate Trump Company's Plan To Give Putin A $50 Million Penthouse
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Gabby Orr / Politico:
Mueller stalks Trump abroad — again
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New York Times:
How a Lawyer, a Felon and a Russian General Chased a Moscow Trump Tower Deal
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New York Times:
Trump's Recall of Moscow Deal Matches Cohen's, President's Lawyers Say
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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
The Legal Perils That Michael Cohen's Guilty Plea Poses for Donald Trump
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
In Argentina, Trump keeps Mueller on his mind
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Ken White / The Atlantic:
Three Remarkable Things About Michael Cohen's Plea
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump Gave Russia Leverage Over His Presidency
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Wall Street Journal:
Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty to Lying to Congress About Effort to Build Moscow Tower
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Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
Manafort lawyers fed confidential Mueller probe info to Trump's legal team, Giuliani says, raising criminal concerns
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Cohen Lied. Here's Why It Matters.
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New York Times:
Sheryl Sandberg Is Said to Have Asked Facebook Staff to Research George Soros — Sheryl Sandberg asked Facebook's communications staff to research George Soros's financial interests in the wake of his high-profile attacks on tech companies, according to three people with knowledge of her request …
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Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News:
Sheryl Sandberg Requested Research On Billionaire George Soros
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
U.S. agency apologizes to George Soros after broadcast called him ‘multimillionaire Jew’
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The State:
Scott to oppose Farr nomination to federal bench in NC, ending chances of confirmation — Sen. Tim Scott said Thursday he will oppose the nomination of Thomas Farr to the federal bench, assuring the controversial pick will not be confirmed. — The South Carolina Republican was the deciding vote …
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Senate Republicans unload on Flake
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Marriott News Center:
Marriott Announces Starwood Guest Reservation Database Security Incident — Marriott has taken measures to investigate and address a data security incident involving the Starwood guest reservation database. On November 19, 2018, the investigation determined that there was unauthorized access …
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Wall Street Journal:
Marriott Says Up to 500 Million Affected by Starwood Breach — Information in the breach includes names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, passport numbers, and travel details — Marriott International Inc. said it has found a data breach in its Starwood guest reservation system …
Washington Post:
Trump scores political win with signing of new North American trade pact at G-20, but deal still faces a hurdle in Congress — BUENOS AIRES — President Trump celebrated a major political win Friday, joining the leaders of the Mexican and Canadian governments in signing a new North American trade deal …
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Megan Cassella / Politico:
NAFTA 2.0 is signed — but it's far from finished
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Washington Post:
Certification in limbo in N.C. House race as fraud investigation continues — Mounting evidence of voter fraud in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District could indefinitely delay the certification of a winner, as state election officials investigate whether hundreds of absentee ballots were illegally cast or destroyed.
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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
On the Trump-Mood Beat — But Why? — “Let's start with the state of Donald Trump,” Fox News's Chris Wallace said at the outset of the president's latest on-camera interview, on Nov. 17, in the manner of a support-group facilitator pausing for a little check-in before an unpacking of recent events.
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Ryan casts doubt on ‘bizarre’ California election results — Weeks after House Republicans lost their majority, Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Thursday cast serious doubts about the “bizarre” election system in California, where it appears that seven GOP-held seats will flip to Democratic control.
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan isn't saying there was voter fraud in California. But . . .
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Google Employees Debated Burying Conservative Media In Search — Google employees debated whether to bury The Daily Caller and other conservative media outlets in the company's search function as a response to President Donald Trump's election — “Let's make sure …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP governors call out Trump after midterm drubbing — SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Republican governors are warning President Donald Trump that he and the GOP need to make a sharp course correction after their midterm shellacking to avoid losing again in 2020. — While the president has hailed …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
House Democrats to unveil political reform legislation as ‘H.R. 1’ — House Democratic leaders are set to publicly unveil on Friday the outline of a broad political overhaul bill that will include provisions for public financing of elections, voting rights reforms and new ethics strictures for federal officials.
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