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William K. Rashbaum / New York Times:
New York Charges Manafort With 16 Crimes. If He's Convicted, Trump Can't Pardon Him. — [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] — Paul J. Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, has been charged in New York with mortgage fraud …
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Bailey Stonecipher / Manhattan District …:
District Attorney Vance Announces Indictment of Paul Manafort — Manhattan Grand Jury Charges Manafort with Residential Mortgage Fraud, Other New York State Crimes, Amid D.A. Investigation Commenced in March 2017 — Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. today announced the indictment …
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
The Wacky Tale of Paul Manafort, Anne Hathaway's Fraudster Ex-Boyfriend, and a Vatican Land Scam — Manafort and his then-partner talked about their plans to do business with the Italian who lured in investors with phony claims about sweetheart deals on the church's real estate. — Betsy Woodruff
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Allison Pecorin / ABC News:
Paul Manafort's sentence in DC case means he faces 81 months total behind bars
Paul Manafort's sentence in DC case means he faces 81 months total behind bars
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Tom Winter / NBC News:
Paul Manafort indicted by Manhattan prosecutors in mortgage fraud scheme
Paul Manafort indicted by Manhattan prosecutors in mortgage fraud scheme
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller says Flynn's cooperation ‘complete’
Mueller says Flynn's cooperation ‘complete’
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Ashley Turner / CNBC:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she has ‘zero’ sympathy for parents caught in college admissions scam — Sen. Elizabeth Warren told MSNBC that she has “zero” sympathy for the dozens of parents charged in what the Justice Department says is the biggest college admissions scandal it's ever prosecuted.
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Tyler Cowen / Bloomberg:
The College Admissions Scandal Is About More Than Just Bribery — Most U.S. institutions of higher education don't even try to live up to their egalitarian ideals. — America's latest academic scandal has something for anyone who resents or is offended by elitist universities and wealthy celebrities, which is almost everyone.
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Celebrity College-Admissions Scheme and Today's Expectations of Students
The Celebrity College-Admissions Scheme and Today's Expectations of Students
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New York Times:
Canada Bans Boeing 737 Max Flights, Citing New Satellite Data — Canada's transport minister grounded all Boeing 737 Max jets, saying that newly available satellite-tracking data suggests similarities between the deadly crash involving one of the jets in Ethiopia on Sunday and another accident last October.
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Cary Aspinwall / Dallas Morning News:
Boeing 737 Max 8 pilots complained to feds for months about suspected safety flaw
Boeing 737 Max 8 pilots complained to feds for months about suspected safety flaw
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Kathryn A. Wolfe / Politico:
Pilots complained at least 5 times about Boeing 737 MAX problems, records show
Pilots complained at least 5 times about Boeing 737 MAX problems, records show
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Dan Bilefsky / New York Times:
Three Generations of a Canadian Family Died in Ethiopian Plane Crash
Three Generations of a Canadian Family Died in Ethiopian Plane Crash
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Adam K. Raymond / New York Magazine:
Jared Kushner Shows There's a Shady-Yet-Legal Way to Get Rich Kids Into College — Today's news of a massive college admissions scam that has ensnared at least 40 people, including actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, has a lot of people asking the same question …
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Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
Alleged perils of crossing White House power couple, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, detailed in new book
Alleged perils of crossing White House power couple, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, detailed in new book
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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Jared Kushner challenged on conflicts of interest by Trump aides, book claims
Jared Kushner challenged on conflicts of interest by Trump aides, book claims
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Sanders aide apologizes for questioning American Jews' ‘dual allegiance’ to Israel — A spokeswoman for Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign apologized Tuesday after questioning whether the “American-Jewish community has a dual allegiance to the state of Israel” — a comment condemned …
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Bernie Sanders staffer's dual loyalty smear shows liberal anti-Semitism goes well beyond Ilhan Omar — A spokesperson for Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was forced to apologize on Tuesday for spreading the idea that Jews had dual-loyalty, thus demonstrating that liberal anti-Semitism is not confined …
New York Times:
Inside the Shadowy, Totally Legal World of High-Priced College Consultants — For prices up to $1.5 million, parents can buy a five-year, full-service package of college admissions consulting from a company in New York City called Ivy Coach. — The service begins as early as eighth grade …
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
All College Admissions Are a Pay-to-Play Scandal
All College Admissions Are a Pay-to-Play Scandal
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Lisa Page transcripts reveal details of anti-Trump ‘insurance policy,’ concerns over full-blown probe — House Judiciary Committee Republicans on Tuesday released hundreds of pages of transcripts from last year's closed-door interview with ex-FBI attorney Lisa Page, revealing new details …
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Gregg Re / Fox News:
Lisa Page admitted Obama DOJ ordered stand-down on Clinton email prosecution, GOP rep says
Lisa Page admitted Obama DOJ ordered stand-down on Clinton email prosecution, GOP rep says
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Vladimir Isachenkov / Associated Press:
Russia mocks US collusion probe ahead of Mueller's report
Russia mocks US collusion probe ahead of Mueller's report
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Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:
Georgetown Rich Kid ‘Gloated’ After Allegedly Cheating SATs — Isabelle Henriquez is one of the only students accused of willingly participating in the fraud—and now her degree may be in jeopardy. — Scott Bixby — According to her LinkedIn page, Isabelle Henriquez is “a rapid learner” …
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Tim Arango / New York Times:
California Death Penalty Suspended; 737 Inmates Get Stay of Execution — LOS ANGELES — Gov. Gavin Newsom will announce a moratorium on capital punishment on Wednesday, granting a temporary reprieve for the 737 inmates who wait on the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere.
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Sophia Bollag / Sacramento Bee:
Gov. Gavin Newsom to stop death penalty in California, giving reprieves to 737 death row inmates
Gov. Gavin Newsom to stop death penalty in California, giving reprieves to 737 death row inmates
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United States Senator Mike Lee:
Sen. Lee Introduces ARTICLE ONE Act to Reclaim Congressional Power — WASHINGTON - Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the ARTICLE ONE Act today, a bill that would take back significant legislative powers given to the executive branch by the National Emergencies Act of 1976.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Majority still opposes Trump emergency declaration
Poll: Majority still opposes Trump emergency declaration
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Washington Post:
THE FENTANYL FAILURE — Despite mounting deaths and warnings, the Obama administration did not take extraordinary measures to confront an extraordinary crisis, experts say. — SCROLL DOWN — In May 2016, a group of national health experts issued an urgent plea in a private letter …
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Media Matters President Wrote Blog Posts About ‘Japs,’ ‘Jewry’ And ‘Trannies’ — Media Matters President Angelo Carusone is currently leading a boycott campaign against Fox News host Tucker Carlson, a co-founder of The Daily Caller News Foundation, in an attempt to get him fired.
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David French / National Review:
The Astonishing Hypocrisy of Media Matters
The Astonishing Hypocrisy of Media Matters
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The Daily Caller
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Senate GOP confirms Kavanaugh's replacement, Trump's 36th pick for powerful appeals courts — Senate Republicans on Wednesday confirmed the 36th circuit court judge under President Trump — a rapid clip of confirmations that may slow in the coming months simply because the GOP will have filled …
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Senate confirms controversial Trump judicial pick to replace Kavanaugh
Axios:
Exclusive: Excerpt from “Kushner Inc” details Comey firing — Here's a sneak peek for Axios readers at “Kushner, Inc.,” by investigative reporter Vicky Ward, out next Tuesday from St. Martin's Press:
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CNN:
Exclusive: Lawyer said Michael Cohen could ‘sleep well tonight’ after speaking to Rudy Giuliani — Washington (CNN)An attorney who said he was speaking with President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani reassured Michael Cohen in an April 2018 email that Cohen could “sleep well tonight” …
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The Bulwark Podcast:
Why I Left Fox News — On today's Bulwark Podcast, Bernard Goldberg joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss his career in journalism, cable news, the “strange new respect” phenomenon, and why he left Fox News. — Special Guest: Bernard Goldberg.
Wall Street Journal:
DOJ Probes Whether Fugitive Financier Supplied Donation to Trump Re-Election Effort — The Justice Department is investigating whether $100,000 donated to a Trump-related political fundraising committee came from a fugitive Malaysian businessman alleged to be at the center of a global financial scandal.
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
No Hate Left Behind — Lethal partisanship is taking us into dangerous territory. — Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality. — A recent survey asked Republicans and Democrats whether they agreed with the statement that members …
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