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NBC News:
Russian spokesman says there were contacts on Trump Tower, but they ‘disappeared’ — The guilty plea by former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen raised new questions about the pursuit of a Trump Tower in Moscow. — BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A spokesman for Russia's government said Saturday …
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POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story, Reuters and Mediaite
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Cohen cooperation is proof of Russian ‘leverage’ over Trump, incoming House Judiciary chairman says — “The time that he can get away with lying to the American people all the time and evading accountability is coming to an end,” Rep. Nadler said. — WASHINGTON — New York Democrat Jerry Nadler …
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Contemptor
David R. Lurie / Slate:
How Devin Nunes Helped Robert Mueller — Michael Cohen's guilty plea to a single felony count of lying to Senate and House committees will not appreciably add to his criminal liability. As Ken White observed, the panoply of serious felonies to which Cohen previously pleaded guilty carry …
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Mediaite, CNN, Raw Story and Patterico's Pontifications
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Robert Mueller's Plan — Special Counsel Mueller is building a report, not a case. — Right after Special Counsel Robert Mueller racked up yet another guilty plea to a false-statements charge on Thursday, a friend asked me, “Doesn't this destroy Michael Cohen's credibility as a witness?”
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Crooked Timber
Kris Schneider / ABC News:
Top House Intel committee Democrat says Trump and his business was ‘compromised’ — The leading Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said Sunday on “This Week” that there is now a witness in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, President Donald Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen …
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Washington Post and Political Wire
Thomas Boswell / Washington Post:
George H.W. Bush had a love of sports and an affinity for at least one sportswriter — One day nearly 30 years ago, I got a call at home from the sports department of The Washington Post. — “You said not to give your home phone number to anybody,” a young news aide said. “But can I give it to the president?”
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Roey Hadar / ABC News:
Friends, colleagues remember former President George H.W. Bush — Former Secretary of State James Baker says his longtime friendship with George Herbert Walker Bush is what he cherished most about the former president. — Baker, who saw Bush frequently in his last days and was with the former president …
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Politico, FiveThirtyEight and The Gateway Pundit
Dana Perino / Fox News:
Knowing George Bush and his family has been one of the greatest honors of my life
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Mediaite
Carlos Lozada / Washington Post:
The memoir I wish George H.W. Bush had written
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Advocate
Rachel Siegel / Washington Post:
For George H.W. Bush, Pearl Harbor changed everything, and World War II made him a hero
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American Greatness, TIME, KRON, The Daily Caller, Task & Purpose, IJR, CNN and Washington Free Beacon
Peter Baker / New York Times:
‘Where Are We Going?’: George Bush's Final Days
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Despite bitter family rivalry, Bush wanted Trump at his funeral
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Breitbart, IJR, WGN-TV and Associated Press
Haaretz:
Police: Charge Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu With Bribery in Telecom Case — Police conclude investigation into third graft case involving the prime minister, recommend also indicting media mogul, wife — The police and Israel Securities Authority on Sunday recommended indicting Prime …
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Ruth Eglash / Washington Post:
Israeli police recommend charging Netanyahu in third corruption case — JERUSALEM — Israeli police on Sunday recommended indicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of bribery and corruption in a third case — this time on suspicion that the leader eased business regulations …
Politico:
Trump assents to shutdown delay — ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — President Donald Trump and congressional leaders are getting ready to punt on a major shutdown fight over Trump's border wall for at least a week. — The president said he would back a two-week delay of a government shutdown battle …
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Congress, White House on the brink of another government shutdown
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Politico
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Congress considers measure to postpone shutdown deadline until after Bush services
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@thebudgetguy, CNN, The Week and Political Wire
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Curtains for the Clintons — TORONTO — The snow is falling lightly. — My thoughts are racing darkly. — I'm feeling something foreign, something I've never felt before. It takes me a moment to identify it. — I'm feeling sorry for the Clintons.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
'He's going through a pretty rough time': Avenatti crashes and burns — Michael Avenatti's cable TV bookings have dwindled. He was uninvited from one prominent Democratic event and skipped out on another. Now his highest-profile client is bringing new allegations against him.
New York Times:
He's Built an Empire, With Detained Migrant Children as the Bricks — The founder of Southwest Key made millions off of housing migrant children. His nonprofit has stockpiled taxpayer dollars and possibly engaged in self-dealing with top executives. — Juan Sanchez grew up along …
Osita Nwanevu / New Yorker:
With H.R. 1, Democrats Announce a New Program for Electoral Reform — When the new Congress convenes in January, the very first item on its to-do list will be H.R. 1, a package of good-government and election reforms unveiled Friday by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and a group of legislators led by John Sarbanes, of Maryland.
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Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
Democrats Have Their Package Of Reform Bills In Hand. Here's How It All Came Together.
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Splinter
Washington Post:
Trump pulls punches at global summit, making nice with foes and avoiding feuds — BUENOS AIRES — President Trump managed to spend two days in the company of world leaders he has long antagonized without any visible eruptions. — There were no feuds, at least none publicly detected …
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One America News Network, Breitbart, Raw Story, Politico and Associated Press
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CBS News:
U.S. Navy admiral Scott Stearney found dead in apparent suicide — Vice Adm. Scott Stearney, who oversaw U.S. naval forces in the Middle East, was found dead Saturday in his residence in Bahrain, officials said. Defense officials told CBS News they are calling it an “apparent suicide.”
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Ryan Browne / CNN:
Top US naval commander in Middle East found dead
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Military.com, Navy Times and RT
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
These swing elections may not really be wave elections — BEAVER FALLS, Pa. — Mike Mikus speculates there are a fairly decent number of voters around here who have voted over the past 20 years in turn for Ron Klink, Melissa Hart, Jason Altmire, Mark Critz, Keith Rothfus, and Conor Lamb.
Philly.com:
Marc Lamont Hill: I'm sorry my word choices caused harm | Opinion — Over the past week, I have been embroiled in a controversy regarding my speech at the United Nations regarding the plight of Palestinian people. My remarks have sparked heavy controversy, around the nation and right here in Philadelphia.
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Front Page Magazine
Hot Air:
Temple University Chairman Rips Marc Lamont Hill Amid Calls To Fire Him: Hate Speech Isn't Free Speech — He's wrong, and as a “prominent lawyer” he surely knows it. What's his game here? — Whatever the answer, it makes me laugh to see a dopey left-wing canard like “hate speech” …
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