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Bloomberg:
National Enquirer's AMI Scrutinized Over Bezos Story, Sources Say — Federal prosecutors are reviewing the National Enquirer's handling of its story about Jeff Bezos' extramarital affair to determine if the company violated an earlier cooperation deal with prosecutors, according …
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Jeff Bezos:
No thank you, Mr. Pecker — Something unusual happened to me yesterday. Actually, for me it wasn't just unusual—it was a first. I was made an offer I couldn't refuse. Or at least that's what the top people at the National Enquirer thought. I'm glad they thought that, because it emboldened them to put it all in writing.
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Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
Ronan Farrow says he also received ‘blackmail’ threat over reporting on the National Enquirer and Trump — Ronan Farrow said Thursday that he and “at least one other prominent journalist” who had reported on the National Enquirer and President Trump received blackmail threats …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Prosecutors probing tabloid's Bezos story — NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' allegations against the National Enquirer's publisher (all times local): — Federal prosecutors in New York are probing whether the National Enquirer's parent company violated …
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Jeff Bezos Takes on the National Enquirer and Trump
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
National Enquirer publisher says it will investigate Bezos' allegations
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Washington Post:
Facing opposition, Amazon reconsiders NY headquarters site, two officials say — Amazon.com is reconsidering its plan to bring 25,000 jobs to a new campus in New York City following a wave of opposition from local politicians, according to two people familiar with the company's thinking.
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ABC News:
Ivanka Trump has ‘zero concern’ about special counsel investigation — Trump said she has no concerns about Robert Mueller's investigation. — 1h ago — Congressional negotiators closing in on border security deal — “Pretty close, but we're not closed,” the top negotiator said. — 1h ago
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ABC News:
Ivanka Trump says she and Kushner got no special treatment for security clearances
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Whitaker says he never interfered in Mueller probe
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Trump, Inc.:
New Evidence Emerges of Possible Wrongdoing by Trump Inaugural Committee — Federal prosecutors in New York are circling Donald Trump's inaugural committee as part of a wide-ranging investigation into possible money laundering, illegal contributions and cash-for-access schemes.
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Barbara McQuade / The Daily Beast:
New Trump Probe Looks a Lot Like a RICO Investigation — The crimes reportedly under investigation—money laundering, fraud, conspiracy—could amount to a criminal enterprise. That's how my team of prosecutors put away Detroit's mayor. — Referring to a cooperator as a “rat,” President Trump sometimes sounds like a mob boss.
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Washington Post:
‘My whole town practically lived there’: From Costa Rica to New Jersey, a pipeline of illegal workers for Trump goes back years — SANTA TERESA DE CAJON, COSTA RICA — At his home on the misty slope of Costa Rica's tallest mountain, Dario Angulo keeps a set of photographs from the years …
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CNN:
First on CNN: Kellyanne Conway describes for the first time alleged October 2018 assault — Washington (CNN)Kellyanne Conway says that she was grabbed and shaken by a woman while out with her teenage daughter in a Maryland restaurant late last year. — In an interview with CNN …
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Kellyanne Conway says she was ‘assaulted’ in Maryland restaurant
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Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Democrats Are Boosting Trump's Re-election Prospects — Their top 2020 presidential hopefuls are embracing socialist-minded economic policy, from a Green New Deal to single-payer health insurance. It's playing right into the president's hands. — ADD TO BRIEFCASE — See more stories about...
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Axios:
Trump's lifeline: Democrats' socialism surge
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CNN:
White House refuses to meet Congress' deadline on Khashoggi killing — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump is refusing to meet a legal requirement to send Congress a report due Friday that requires the White House to determine whether Saudi Arabia's crown prince is personally responsible …
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Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
White House report tries to shift Trump health care rhetoric
BuzzFeed:
Days After Its Disastrous British Launch, Turning Point Has Already Lost One Of Its Star Recruits — “There was a sense of people realising, ‘Who are these cranks?’” — They were here to start a culture war, and Charlie Kirk was looking forward to the backlash.
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New York Times:
Vanessa Tyson Draws Support for Assault Allegation Against Justin Fairfax — Last fall, after Vanessa C. Tyson began a prestigious fellowship at Stanford, she told a gathering of colleagues in a behavioral sciences program that she had been sexually assaulted years earlier …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Blocks Louisiana Abortion Law — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a Louisiana law that its opponents say could have left the state with only one doctor in a single clinic authorized to provide abortions. — The vote was 5 to 4, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. joining …
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Brett Kavanaugh Just Declared War on Roe v. Wade
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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Rosenstein did not want to write memo justifying Comey firing - new book — Deputy attorney general privately complained about Trump's order, according to Comey's former deputy Andrew McCabe — The deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein, privately complained that he was ordered …
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
The Socialist That Could — Meet Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the secret Republican weapon for 2020.
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
AOC's Green New Deal Resolution Is Utopian — and Pragmatic
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Brad Heath / USA Today:
Trump is first modern president to hire his customers - including as US ambassadors — WASHINGTON - When President Donald Trump needed an ambassador to represent the United States in Romania, he enlisted a real estate lawyer who was a member of one of his private golf clubs.
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Melissa Nann Burke / Detroit News:
Political giant John Dingell dies at 92 — Michigan Democrat John Dingell, the longest-serving member ever of Congress who helped write most of the nation's major environmental and energy laws, died Thursday, his wife said. He was 92. — The Dearborn statesman was a champion …
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ABC News:
Trump campaign paid legal fees to firm representing Jared Kushner — The president's son-in-law's estimated net worth is more than $300 million. — 16m ago — 31m ago — Play
Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Arabia Sought Vice's Help to Build a Media Empire — Saudi Arabia is seeking to build an international media empire to combat the kingdom's rivals and remake its image in the West, and sought a partnership with Vice Media as part of the project, according to people familiar with the efforts.
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Maggie Severns / Politico:
Inside Ralph Northam's plot for survival — RICHMOND, Va. — Ralph Northam might just hang on to his job. — Left for dead a week ago after his disastrous handling of his history with blackface, the Democratic Virginia governor is quietly plotting a survival strategy.
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Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept:
Rising Star Matt Gaetz Represents Everything That's Wrong With Trump's Republican Party — Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images — Joaquin Oliver, nicknamed ‘Guac,’ was only 17 years old when he was gunned down at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Florida …
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New York Times:
Trump Gives Ground on his Wall as Border Deal Comes into View — WASHINGTON — Faced with limited options and a looming deadline to prevent another government shutdown, President Trump is moving toward accepting a border-security deal that would fall well short of his once-firm demand …
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New York Times:
Republicans Got Us Into This Mess, and They Have to Get Us Out of It — The idea sounds crazy — until suddenly it doesn't. — Mr. Rauch is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and Mr. Wehner is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Bloomberg to announce 2020 decision by end of month — ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Friday that he'll decide by the end of the month whether to seek the presidency. — The 76-year-old businessman, one of the richest men in the world …
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