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New York Times:
Trump Walks Out on Pelosi and Schumer After 3 Minutes — WASHINGTON — President Trump abruptly blew up a scheduled meeting with Democratic congressional leaders on Wednesday, lashing out at Speaker Nancy Pelosi for accusing him of a cover-up and declaring that he could not work with them until they stopped investigating him.
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
As impeachment talk escalates, Pelosi says Trump is engaged in a ‘cover-up’ — The House speaker's comments come as calls by Democrats to open an impeachment inquiry grow louder. — WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Wednesday that President Donald Trump is engaged …
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Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Pelosi's Strategy Is Working, and Trump Is One Step Closer to Being F*cked
Pelosi's Strategy Is Working, and Trump Is One Step Closer to Being F*cked
John Parkinson / ABC News:
After Pelosi says he's ‘engaged in a cover-up,’ Trump says angrily 'I don't do cover-ups'
After Pelosi says he's ‘engaged in a cover-up,’ Trump says angrily 'I don't do cover-ups'
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Scoop: Don Jr. to pen book ... Inside Pelosi's impeachment battle plan
POLITICO Playbook: Scoop: Don Jr. to pen book ... Inside Pelosi's impeachment battle plan
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Washington Post:
Trump abruptly ends infrastructure meeting with Democrats after Pelosi says he is ‘engaged in a coverup’
Trump abruptly ends infrastructure meeting with Democrats after Pelosi says he is ‘engaged in a coverup’
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
As Trump Sics Velociraptors on House, Pelosi Warns Impeachment Would Be a Distraction
As Trump Sics Velociraptors on House, Pelosi Warns Impeachment Would Be a Distraction
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Pelosi says Trump ‘engaged in a cover-up’ as she urges against impeachment
Pelosi says Trump ‘engaged in a cover-up’ as she urges against impeachment
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Angry Trump slams Democrats' investigations after cutting infrastructure meeting short
Angry Trump slams Democrats' investigations after cutting infrastructure meeting short
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U.S. Department of Justice:
U.S. Attorney Announces Indictment Of Michael Avenatti For Aggravated Identity Theft, Engaging In A Scheme To Defraud A Former Client — Avenatti Separately Indicted on Previously-Announced Charges Relating to a Scheme to Extort the Athletic Apparel Company Nike, Inc.
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Associated Press:
Michael Avenatti charged with defrauding Stormy Daniels — NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti, the attorney who rocketed to fame through his representation of porn star Stormy Daniels in her battles with President Donald Trump, was charged Wednesday with ripping her off.
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Kaitlyn Folmer / ABC News:
Feds bring new charges against lawyer Michael Avenatti for misappropriating nearly $300,000 from former client Stormy Daniels — Federal prosecutors in New York charged Michael Avenatti with additional financial crimes Wednesday, including allegedly forging the signature of his former client Stormy Daniels …
Erica Orden / CNN:
Michael Avenatti charged with stealing $300,000 from former client Stormy Daniels
Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
“I Flew Too Close to the Sun. No Question. Icarus”: Inside the Epic Fall of Michael Avenatti
“I Flew Too Close to the Sun. No Question. Icarus”: Inside the Epic Fall of Michael Avenatti
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Tucker Higgins / CNBC:
Harriet Tubman $20 bill no longer coming in 2020: Mnuchin says redesign postponed — KEY POINTS — The redesign of the $20 bill featuring Harriet Tubman will no longer be unveiled in 2020, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday. — The unveiling had been timed to coincide …
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
New York Passes Bill Giving Congress a Way to Get Trump's State Tax Returns — Tax officials would be authorized to hand over his state returns to any one of three congressional committees, opening a new front in a heated battle. — ALBANY — Even before he was elected president …
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Washington Post:
Confidential draft IRS memo says tax returns must be given to Congress unless president invokes executive privilege
Confidential draft IRS memo says tax returns must be given to Congress unless president invokes executive privilege
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Ellie Cambridge / The Sun:
Nigel Farage ‘trapped on Brexit bus due to people armed with milkshakes’ — NIGEL Farage was reportedly trapped on his Brexit Party bus today over fears people gathered around it were carrying milkshakes. — It comes days after the party leader was covered in a caramel milkshake while campaigning in Newcastle.
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kentlive:
Nigel Farage is stuck on his Brexit bus because people have turned up with milkshake — He was trapped by three young men in balaclavas who ‘were holding milkshakes’ — A seemingly-positive tour of Kent turned a bit sour this afternoon (May 22) when Nigel Farage got trapped on a bus.
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HuffPost:
Trump's Golf Costs: $102 Million And Counting, With Taxpayers Picking Up The Tab — Trump promised never to golf. Instead, he's spent more than twice as many days golfing as Obama at the same point, costing taxpayers over three times as much. — Donald Trump's golf habit has already cost taxpayers …
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Matthew S. Schwartz / NPR:
Nevada Poised To Become 15th State To Ditch Electoral College — President Hillary Clinton? — That would have been the result of the 2016 presidential election — if the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact were in effect. — With a state Senate vote Tuesday …
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Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Nevada Senate passes bill that would give Electoral College votes to winner of national popular vote
Nevada Senate passes bill that would give Electoral College votes to winner of national popular vote
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Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Nevada passes National Popular Vote bill in bid to upend Electoral College
Nevada passes National Popular Vote bill in bid to upend Electoral College
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Jonathan Dienst / NBC New York:
Hamas-Obsessed NJ Man Spoke of NYC Terror Attacks, Sent Money to Militants and Polled Instagram Audience ‘Should I Bomb Trump Tower?,’ Court Documents Say — The 20-year-old suspect has been identified as Jonathan Xie, of Basking Ridge — New Jersey Man Arrested on Terror Charges
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Justin Miller / The Daily Beast:
Michael Cohen Called CEO Tied to Russian Oligarch Hundreds of Times, According to FBI — Newly unsealed search warrants confirm that Trump's lawyer and a sanctioned Russian billionaire met in the months after the election. — Justin Miller — Michael Cohen exchanged hundreds of phone calls …
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CNN:
Schiff cancels ‘enforcement’ meeting after Justice Department offers to share Mueller documents — Barr makes Dems an offer to stave off ‘enforcement action’ — Washington (CNN)House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff is scrapping a Wednesday morning meeting intended to take an …
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Justice Department and House intelligence panel strike deal for Mueller materials
Justice Department and House intelligence panel strike deal for Mueller materials
Jordyn Hermani / Politico:
Schiff on Barr: He's Rudy Giuliani without ‘all the good looks and general likability’
Schiff on Barr: He's Rudy Giuliani without ‘all the good looks and general likability’
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Political Wire
Jack Ewing / New York Times:
Deutsche Bank Says Software to Detect Money Laundering Had a Bug — Deutsche Bank acknowledged on Wednesday that it had used faulty software to screen customer transactions for suspicious activity, another blow to the lender's reputation as top executives prepare to face restive shareholders at its annual meeting.
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Virginian-Pilot:
EVMS probe could not determine whether Northam was in racist photo, but school knew about it for years — A photo from Gov. Ralph Northam's medical school yearbook shows two people, one in blackface and one in a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood. A half-page from the 1984 Eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook …
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John Verhovek / ABC News:
Virginia medical school could not ‘conclusively determine’ whether Northam depicted in racist photo
Virginia medical school could not ‘conclusively determine’ whether Northam depicted in racist photo
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David S. Cloud / Los Angeles Times:
Senior military officers rebel against Trump plan to pardon troops accused of war crimes … Current and former military officers urged the White House not to pardon service members and security contractors implicated in war crimes, warning that forgiving their offenses would send a dangerous signal …
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
‘Terrible Idea’: Senators Slam Trump Plan To Pardon Vets Accused Of War Crimes
‘Terrible Idea’: Senators Slam Trump Plan To Pardon Vets Accused Of War Crimes
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Amanda Fitzsimons / New York Times:
How ‘The View’ Became the Most Important Political TV Show in America — Not long ago, politicians didn't take the daytime talk show seriously. Now it's an essential campaign stop for Democrats and Republicans alike. — On a weekday in March, less than two months before his three-year sentence …
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Washington Post:
Internal memo orders military to restrict information it shares with Congress — Acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan has mandated new restrictions on the way the Pentagon shares information with Congress about military operations around the world, a move that is straining ties with key Republican and Democratic lawmakers.
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Edvard Pettersson / Bloomberg:
So Far, $1.57 Billion for Wall Yields 1.7 Miles of Fence — Judge gets update in attorneys general suit over appropriation — Border protection report project additional construction — U.S. Customs and Border Protection has put up just 1.7 miles of fencing with the $1.57 billion …
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Winnie Hu / New York Times:
Rats Are Taking Over New York City — Gentrifying neighborhoods are a key reason behind the vermin outbreak, which extends beyond New York — Philadelphia, Chicago and Los Angeles are also confronting issues. — So many rats regularly lurk on a sidewalk in Brooklyn that it is the humans who avoid the rats, not the other way around.