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New York Times:
Michael Cohen's Emails Were Sought by Special Counsel in July 2017, Documents Show — Federal authorities began investigating the email accounts of Michael D. Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, as early as July 2017, only months after Mr. Trump took office, according to documents unsealed on Tuesday.
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Associated Press:
Records show FBI was probing Michael Cohen long before raid — NEW YORK (AP) — The FBI was investigating President Donald Trump's former personal attorney and fixer for nearly a year before agents raided his home and office, documents released Tuesday show.
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Daily Wire and POLITICUSUSA
Adam Klasfeld / courthousenews.com:
FBI Suspected Cohen as Foreign Agent Nearly a Year Before Raids
FBI Suspected Cohen as Foreign Agent Nearly a Year Before Raids
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Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Feds Got Past Data On Where Cohen's Cell Phones Were In Run Up To Election
Feds Got Past Data On Where Cohen's Cell Phones Were In Run Up To Election
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emptywheel
Justin Miller / The Daily Beast:
Mueller Went After Cohen Soon After He Took Over Russia Probe
Mueller Went After Cohen Soon After He Took Over Russia Probe
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Politico
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The ridiculousness of Devin Nunes suing ‘Devin Nunes’ cow' — and what it really signals — There is a Twitter account called “Devin Nunes' cow” that has tweeted nasty things about Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.). Evidently, the account is not actually run by a cow belonging to Nunes.
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Gregg Re / Fox News:
Nunes sues Twitter, some users, seeks over $250M alleging anti-conservative ‘shadow bans,’ smears — California GOP Rep. Devin Nunes filed a major lawsuit seeking $250 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages against Twitter and a handful of its users on Monday …
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Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
‘Devin Nunes’ Cow' reacts to lawsuit: 'I'm not quitting my day job' — The user behind the “Devin Nunes' Cow” Twitter account won't be so easily cowed by Rep. Devin Nunes' lawsuit. — The California Republican is suing Twitter and a handful of users for defamation and “shadow banning,” …
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The Daily Beast:
Rep. Devin Nunes Files $250M Defamation Lawsuit Against Twitter, Two Anonymous Twitter Accounts
Rep. Devin Nunes Files $250M Defamation Lawsuit Against Twitter, Two Anonymous Twitter Accounts
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Daniel Victor / New York Times:
Devin Nunes Sues Twitter for Allowing Accounts to Insult Him
Devin Nunes Sues Twitter for Allowing Accounts to Insult Him
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Devin Nunes Files Bonkers $250 Million Lawsuit Over Mean Tweets
Devin Nunes Files Bonkers $250 Million Lawsuit Over Mean Tweets
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RedState and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump accuses social media giants of bias towards ‘radical left Democrats’
Trump accuses social media giants of bias towards ‘radical left Democrats’
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Washington Post and Contemptor
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
The Politics of Beto and Amy O'Rourke's Marriage — Beto O'Rourke plonked down on his living room sofa beside his wife, Amy, and promptly removed his shoes and socks. It was a late February morning, weeks before announcing his candidacy for president, and Beto had just returned from his favorite hike in the nearby Franklin Mountains.
Wall Street Journal:
How the National Enquirer Got Bezos' Texts: It Paid $200,000 to His Lover's Brother — Michael Sanchez sold the billionaire's secrets to American Media, the Enquirer's publisher, said people familiar with the matter — Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos and his allies have publicly speculated …
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump officials prepared to stonewall Democratic oversight demands — House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler wrote to the White House last month demanding information about President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency to fund the construction of a southern border wall.
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Variety:
New-Model Murdochs: Fox Corporation to Emerge Tuesday — UPDATED: 21st Century Fox said Tuesday it has completed the distribution of shares to birth the Fox Corporation. “21CF and FOX are now each a standalone, publicly traded company,” 21st Century Fox said in a statement issued at 8:30 a.m. ET.
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan joins board of Fox Corporation — New York (CNN Business)Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is joining the board of the newly slimmed-down Fox Corporation, the parent company of Fox News. — Ryan and three other board of directors were appointed on Tuesday.
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Mother Jones and Big League Politics
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court says government can detain immigrants with past criminal records even years after their release from custody — (CNN)The Supreme Court held on Tuesday that the government can detain — without a bond hearing — immigrants with past criminal records, even if years have passed since they were released from criminal custody.
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Axios and Shakesville
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Ted Hesson / Politico:
Supreme Court rules for Trump on detaining immigrants
Supreme Court rules for Trump on detaining immigrants
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Washington Post
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Rosenstein Extending Stay At DOJ Indefinitely — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is extending his stay at the Department of Justice for at least “a little longer,” according to Tuesday NBC reporting. — Slated to leave in mid-March, Rosenstein has reportedly spoken …
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David Enrich / New York Times:
A Mar-a-Lago Weekend and an Act of God: Trump's History With Deutsche Bank — As President Trump delivered his inaugural address in 2017, a slight woman with feathered gray hair sat listening, bundled in a hooded white parka in a fenced-off V.I.P. section. Her name was Rosemary T. Vrablic.
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Andrew Yang, Upstart Democratic Presidential Candidate, Comes Out Against Circumcision — A candidate known for putting out position statements on virtually every policy adds a rather intimate one to the list. — Outsider presidential hopeful Andrew Yang's latest idea is both literally …
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Axios and Power Line
Vladimir Isachenkov / Associated Press:
Kazakhstan's president steps down after 30 years — MOSCOW (AP) — Nursultan Nazarbayev, the only leader that independent Kazakhstan has ever known, abruptly announced his resignation Tuesday after three decades in power, raising uncertainty over the country's future course.
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Richard Gonzales / NPR:
New Zealand PM Ardern Urges Her Nation To Make Gunman ‘Nameless’ — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, in her first speech to her nation's Parliament after last week's terrorist attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, said the gunman should be denied the publicity he was seeking.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Trump's campaign secret weapon: Facebook — Data: Adapted from a Bully Pulpit interactive chart; Chart: Axios Visuals — While Democrats' campaign launches have sucked up national attention, President Trump's re-election campaign has quietly spent nearly twice as much as the entire …
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Democrats don't want to restore norms, they want to destroy different ones than Trump — Over the past two years, we've heard a lot about actions that President Trump has taken to destroy norms — and I've joined in the criticism at times myself. But Democrats running to replace him in 2020 …
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MSNBC, Fox News Insider and Conservative News Today
Andrea Drusch / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
This is Sen. Cornyn's attack plan if Joaquin Castro challenges him for Senate — Texas Sen. John Cornyn is readying fire for a potential race against Rep. Joaquin Castro, according to a game plan laid out to the Star-Telegram by Cornyn's campaign Monday. — Though Cornyn already faces …
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CNN:
White House expects to see Mueller findings before they go to Congress — Washington (CNN)White House lawyers expect to have an opportunity to review whatever version of Robert Mueller's report Attorney General Bill Barr submits to Congress before it reaches lawmakers and the public …
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