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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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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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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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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 …
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.”
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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Emma Loop / BuzzFeed News:
House Intelligence Committee Will Investigate Trump Company's Plan To Give Putin A $50 Million Penthouse — A plan by Donald Trump's company to give Russian President Vladimir Putin a $50 million penthouse will be in the crosshairs of the House Intelligence Committee when Democrats take control …
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Politico:
‘The perfect witness’: Dems want Cohen to testify on the Hill
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump talked up Russia during now-revealed secret Moscow project talks
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Trump Is Compromised by Russia
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Gabby Orr / Politico:
Mueller stalks Trump abroad — again
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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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New York Times:
How a Lawyer, a Felon and a Russian General Chased a Moscow Trump Tower Deal
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
In Argentina, Trump has Mueller on his mind
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Washington Post and Axios
Michael Hirsh / Foreign Policy:
Why the G-20 Leaders Are Gloating Behind Trump's Back
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Ken White / The Atlantic:
Three Remarkable Things About Michael Cohen's Plea
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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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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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New York Times:
Louisiana School Made Headlines for Sending Black Kids to Elite Colleges. Here's the Reality. — T.M. Landry, a school in small-town Louisiana, has garnered national attention for vaulting its underprivileged black students to elite colleges. But the school cut corners and doctored college applications.
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Althouse
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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San Francisco Chronicle:
California's late votes broke big for Democrats. Here's why GOP was surprised
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan isn't saying there was voter fraud in California. But . . .
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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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Jim Morrill / The Charlotte Observer:
‘Tangled web’ in Bladen County has questions swirling about votes in the 9th District
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New York Times:
Robert Mueller and His Prosecutors: Who They Are and What They've Done — Ahmad — Zelinsky — Andres — Zebley — Atkinson — Weissmann — Dreeben — Mueller — Goldstein — Rhee — Jed — Quarles III — Meisler — Prelogar — Ahmad — Zelinsky — Andres
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Acting attorney general Whitaker was notified in advance of Cohen plea
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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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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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Reuters:
Kremlin says Putin and Trump will have impromptu meeting at G20: RIA — MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will have a brief impromptu meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Argentina just as he will with other leaders at the G20 summit, RIA news agency cited Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Friday.
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Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
No talk of ‘the Resistance’ or opinions about impeachment at work, federal employees are warned — In a move that some ethics advocates say could be an opening to limit dissent, the federal government has issued new guidance for the political activity of federal government workers …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Federal Employees Are Warned Not to Discuss Trump ‘Resistance’ at Work
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Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: FBI Raids Home Of Whistleblower On Clinton Foundation, Lawyer Says — The FBI raided the home of a whistleblower who was in possession of documents regarding the Clinton Foundation and Uranium One, according to the whistleblower's lawyer, Michael Socarras.
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The Gateway Pundit
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
The China hawk who captured Trump's ‘very, very large brain’ — A day before President Donald Trump departed for the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, several top officials gathered in the Oval Office to strategize about Trump's highly anticipated meeting there with China's president.
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Washington Post
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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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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