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Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
House Intel Will Call Trump Org Moneyman Allen Weisselberg To Testify — The intelligence committee has indicated for months it intends to follow Trump's money. Allen Weisselberg keeps the Trump Organization's receipts. — The House intelligence community intends to call …
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Martin Gould / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Crazy, Dumb, Paranoid, Liar’ - these things have been said about my boss...NONE of it is true!' Inside Michael Cohen's ‘$750,000’ book deal and how he pitched the proposal praising Trump just weeks before the FBI raided his office — Michael Cohen has turned on Trump now …
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Associated Press:
Fordham confirms that Trump team threatened the school if his grades became public — Fordham University is confirming it received a letter from Donald Trump's then-lawyer threatening legal action if Trump's academic records became public. — Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen has testified …
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Chalkbeat
Axios:
House Democrats plan to turn their Trump investigations into a ongoing public spectacle — Even before Robert Mueller has delivered his final communiqué, Democrats have activated a new phase in the Trump-Russia wars that ultimately could prove more damaging to the president than the special counsel's investigation.
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Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA and New York Times
Alex Wagner / The Atlantic:
Michael Cohen's Made-for-TV Mea Culpa
Michael Cohen's Made-for-TV Mea Culpa
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Talking Points Memo and Shareblue Media
New York Times:
Michael Cohen's Testimony Opens New Phase of Political Turbulence for Trump
Michael Cohen's Testimony Opens New Phase of Political Turbulence for Trump
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Above the Law and Outside the Beltway
John Solomon / The Hill:
Michael Cohen's perjury problem: Witnesses refute testimony about not wanting White House job
Michael Cohen's perjury problem: Witnesses refute testimony about not wanting White House job
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KBZK, NB Blog and Boston Globe
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Donald Trump Went to Vietnam, and Michael Cohen Made It Hell
Associated Press:
Democrats eye new inquiries, witnesses after Cohen testimony
Democrats eye new inquiries, witnesses after Cohen testimony
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Contemptor, Axios, USA Today, CityNews Toronto and Associated Press
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Trump's One Summit Win Was Over the Media
Trump's One Summit Win Was Over the Media
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Just Security, NPR, One America News Network, The Guardian and The White House
New York Times:
Trump Ordered Officials to Give Jared Kushner a Security Clearance — WASHINGTON — President Trump ordered his chief of staff to grant his son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, a top-secret security clearance last year, overruling concerns flagged by intelligence officials …
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Eric Talmadge / Associated Press:
Officials say Trump overstated Kim's demand on sanctions — HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — President Donald Trump said he walked away from his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un because Kim demanded the U.S. lift all of its sanctions, a claim that North Korea's delegation called …
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Samantha Vinograd / The Daily Beast:
Hanoi Summit Failed Because Trump Refuses to Prep
Hanoi Summit Failed Because Trump Refuses to Prep
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Trump got played by Kim Jong Un — again
Trump got played by Kim Jong Un — again
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Forbes, One America News Network, Vox and Breitbart
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Forget Hanoi. Trump has already done irreparable damage to America's reputation.
Forget Hanoi. Trump has already done irreparable damage to America's reputation.
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Esquire
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The GOP performance at the Cohen hearing was a study in moral corruption
The GOP performance at the Cohen hearing was a study in moral corruption
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Raw Story, FDD, The Nation, ABC News, Breitbart and The Mahablog
HuffPost:
Behind Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Masterful Interrogation Of Michael Cohen — The questions that won the New York congresswoman praise were the combined product of committee staff expertise, collaboration and oratory skills. — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) went viral again yesterday.
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
House Democrats explode in recriminations as liberals lash out at moderates — House Democrats exploded in recriminations Thursday over moderates bucking the party, with liberal Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez threatening to put those voting with Republicans “on a list” for a primary challenge.
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Daily Wire, Pirate's Cove and Axios
Alex Shephard / New Republic:
The Sensible Politics of Soaking the Rich
The Sensible Politics of Soaking the Rich
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The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and IJR
YouTube:
Our Moment — This is our moment, our climate, our mission. Together, we can defeat climate change. That's why I'm running for president. Join #OurClimateMoment today http...
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Washington Post:
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee joins 2020 Democratic presidential field — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday became the latest Democrat to launch a 2020 presidential bid, asserting in a video that he is the only candidate who will make combating climate change the nation's top priority.
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POLITICUSUSA
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Ilhan Omar Accuses Israel Hawks of ‘Allegiance to a Foreign Country’ — Earlier this month, Representative Ilhan Omar tweeted, “It's all about the Benjamins, baby!” in response to a report about AIPAC, a pro-Israel organization. Omar's tweet echoed a longstanding anti-Semitic trope …
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John F. Harris / Politico:
What's So Funny About Amy Klobuchar's Bad Temper? — Amy Klobuchar, by some accounts, is a tyrannical boss, prone to paroxysms of anger and frustration that have her hurling insults and even physical objects toward staff — a management style that has left a trail of shaken and humiliated former employees.
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Washington Examiner
Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
A family couldn't pay the bills, so the city took their dog and sold it on eBay — The family could not pay its debts, so their German town council went looking for assets to seize. — Officials, armed with a search warrant, found a laptop, a coffee machine and the wheelchair of one family member …
Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:
Ilhan Omar says she does not recognize Venezuelan interim president, defying Dem leadership, Western governments — Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is under fire for previously attending a travel delegation sponsored by ‘Witness for Peace’ — Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar said she does …
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The Intercept
Page Six:
Brian Williams may score top time slot after late-night rating success … Brian Williams could come back from TV news exile, Page Six is told. — The anchor was booted from the “NBC Nightly News” in 2015 after it was revealed that he'd embellished some stories with fictional details …
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The Daily Beast
Washington Post:
GOP opposition to emergency declaration grows as Trump warns lawmakers — GOP opposition to President Trump's emergency declaration at the border grewin the Senate Thursday, even as Trump warned that fellow Republicans who vote to overturn it are putting themselves “at great jeopardy” politically.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republicans pressure Trump to back down on border emergency
Republicans pressure Trump to back down on border emergency
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TheBlaze, Talking Points Memo and Axios
Bloomberg Law:
Labor Dept. Official Represented Steel Co. in Court While on Job — A Labor Department official continued to represent a business in a private lawsuit against a worker union after joining the Trump administration, raising concerns about whether he used the power of his office for leverage, Bloomberg Law has learned.
Michael Brice-Saddler / Washington Post:
An 11-year-old pleaded for an abortion after she was raped. She was forced to give birth. — An 11-year-old rape victim gave birth in Argentina on Tuesday after she was apparently denied an abortion by authorities, infuriating women's rights advocates in the country who have fought to legalize the procedure.
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The Guardian