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New York Times:
Who Is Sayfullo Saipov?  From Truck Driver to Uber Driver to Terror Suspect  —  Sayfullo Saipov's arrival in the United States in 2010 began unceremoniously in Ohio.  —  “My dad introduced him as, 'He's new to the United States, and he's going to stay with us,' ” said Bekhzod Abdusamatov, 22.
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CBS News:
NYC terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov brags about attack from hospital bed  —  NEW YORK — The suspect in Tuesday's terrorist attack in lower Manhattan bragged to police about the deadly attack from his hospital bed, saying he would have continued mowing down bikers and pedestrians had he not crashed.
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Feds interviewed suspected NYC truck attacker in 2015 about possible terror ties  —  The suspected New York City attacker, Sayfullo Saipov, was interviewed in 2015 by federal agents in the Department of Homeland Security Investigations Unit about possible ties to suspected terrorists …
New York Times:
Police Officer Ryan Nash Ended New York Rampage With 9 Bullets
Discussion: IJR
CNN:
New York terror suspect planned attack for weeks, police say
Nicole Darrah / Fox News:
NYC terror attack leaves 8 dead, several injured; suspect's notes pledged ISIS loyalty
Los Angeles Times:
Six women accuse filmmaker Brett Ratner of sexual harassment or misconduct  —  Natasha Henstridge was watching a movie on Brett Ratner's couch when she fell asleep.  She was a 19-year-old fashion model; he was an up-and-coming music video director in his early 20s.
CNN:
Trump didn't dismiss idea when foreign policy adviser suggested setting up Putin meeting  —  Washington (CNN)Candidate Donald Trump did not dismiss the idea of arranging a meeting with Russia's president when it was suggested in a meeting with his campaign foreign policy advisers last year, according to a person in the room.
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New Republic:
Jeet Heer  —  Looks like Jeff Sessions perjured himself.  —  Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the election has entangled the attorney general.  In his sworn testimony during his confirmation hearing in January, Sessions was asked by Senator Al Franken …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mashable
Dan Merica / CNN:   Trump labels US justice system ‘laughing stock’
Washington Post:
Trump and allies gin up a new culprit for New York terrorist attack: Chuck Schumer  —  President Trump and some of his allies on the extreme right have found a new culprit in Tuesday's deadly terrorist attack in Manhattan: Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.).
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abc7ny.com:
Bike path rampage: What we know about the suspect
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Seeks to End Visa Program He Blamed for Allowing New York Attacker in the U.S.
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“You Can't Go Any Lower”: Inside the West Wing, Trump Is Apoplectic as Allies Fear Impeachment  —  After Monday's indictments, the president blamed Jared Kushner in a call to Steve Bannon, while others are urging him to take off the gloves with Robert Mueller.
Norman Eisen / USA Today:
Trump's inevitable Manafort-indictment tweet-storm is working against him  —  The president is rightly freaking out, and so Tuesday he hit a new low by attacking a witness cooperating with the government in a federal investigation.  —  CONNECT  —  President Trump's reckless tweeting …
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Shane Harris / Wall Street Journal:
Disclosure of Papadopoulos's Email Hunt Sheds Light on Quest for Clinton ‘Dirt’
The Hill:   How young Trump aide became key player in Russia probe
Tara Palmeri / ABC News:
‘The Cut Cut Cut Act’: Trump, Hill leaders differ on tax reform bill name  —  President Donald Trump has told senior congressional leadership that he wants to name the forthcoming tax reform bill the “The Cut Cut Cut Act,” a senior administration official tells ABC News.
Anna Graham Hunter / Hollywood Reporter:
Dustin Hoffman Sexually Harassed Me When I Was 17 (Guest Column)  —  The author, who slapped away the star's butt grabs and laughed off his vulgar language on the set of 1985 TV film ‘Death of a Salesman,’ still feels conflicted: “I loved the attention.  Until I didn't.”
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
Five Books to Make You Less Stupid About the Civil War  —  On Monday, the retired four-star general and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly asserted that “the lack of an ability to compromise lead to the Civil War.”  This was an incredibly stupid thing to say.
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CNNMoney:
Top NPR editor resigns amid allegations of harassment  —  NPR's senior vice president of news Michael Oreskes resigned on Wednesday amid allegations of sexual harassment and improper behavior in his past.  —  “I am deeply sorry to the people I hurt.  My behavior was wrong and inexcusable …
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WDIV-TV:
Man, woman caught having sex on flight to Detroit after meeting on plane  —  Officials say 48-year-old woman, 28-year-old man were strangers before flight  —  DETROIT - The dangerous quest to join what's known as the “Mile High Club” has landed two more people in hot water.
Wall Street Journal:
GOP Tax Plan Won't Cut Rate for Highest Earners  —  Proposal also drops the corporate tax rate to 20%, and it delays a planned repeal of the estate tax  —  WASHINGTON—The House Republican tax plan will preserve a top individual tax rate of 39.6%, according to people familiar with the matter …
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ESPN:
Papa John's says anthem protests are hurting deal with NFL  —  Executives from Papa John's, the official pizza company of the NFL, expressed disappointment on a conference call Wednesday about the league's ongoing player protests during the national anthem.  —  “The NFL has hurt us,” company founder and CEO John Schnatter said.
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Bloomberg:
Papa John's Blames the NFL for Hurting Pizza Sales
Discussion: IJR and USA Today
Carol Rosenberg / miamiherald:
Gitmo judge sends Marine general lawyer to 21 days confinement for disobeying orders  —  GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, CUBA  —  The USS Cole case judge Wednesday found the Marine general in charge of war court defense teams guilty of contempt for refusing to follow the judge's and sentenced …
Discussion: Just Security and The Week
Tim Alberta / Politico:
The Education of Betsy DeVos  —  KANSAS CITY, Missouri—It is strange, if a bit unsettling, to see U.S. Marshals constantly hovering near the U.S. secretary of education, a 59-year-old evangelical Christian grandmother whose hobbies are bike riding, yoga and visiting grade schools.
Discussion: Washington Times and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Five old friends from Argentina reunited in New York.  They died together in a terrorist attack.  —  photo provided by the Trevisan family shows from left to right: Hernan Ferruchi, Alejandro Pagnucco, Ariel Erlij, Ivan Brajckovic, Juan Pablo Trevisan, Hernan Mendoza, Diego Angelini and Ariel Benvenuto.
Discussion: AOL
Matthew Chapman / Shareblue Media:
Virginia GOP nominee claims to be victim in violent arrest of reporter covering his campaign  —  On Saturday, Shareblue Media reporter Mike Stark was violently tackled by six police officers, forced to the ground, and arrested while filming Virginia GOP gubernatorial nominee Ed Gillespie's vehicle at the annual Annandale parade.
FDD's Long War Journal:
Analysis: CIA releases massive trove of Osama bin Laden's files  —  The CIA is releasing hundreds of thousands of documents, images, and computer files recovered during the May 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.  The newly-available material provides invaluable insights …
David Larter / Defense News:
Navy crews at fault in fatal collisions, investigations find … WASHINGTON — Two accidents that claimed the lives of 17 sailors and wounded dozens more resulted from complete breakdowns in standard Navy procedures and poor decision making by officers and sailors on the bridge of the two warships …
Valerie Volcovici / Reuters:
Awaiting Trump's coal comeback, miners reject retraining  —  Your browser doesn't support HTML5 video  —  (Reuters) - When Mike Sylvester entered a career training center earlier this year in southwestern Pennsylvania, he found more than one hundred federally funded courses covering everything from computer programming to nursing.
Discussion: Daily Kos
 
 
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New York Times:
Constitutional Convention: Thanks, but No Thanks
Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg:
Trump's Lawyers Say Calling Women Liars Over Sexual Harassment Was Politics
Discussion: Raw Story
John Ziegler / Mediaite:
In Their Reaction to Mueller Investigation, Fox News Has Officially ‘Jumped the Shark’
Daniella Diaz / CNN:
A month after Las Vegas shooting, there's still no bump stock regulation
Discussion: Splinter
CNN:
Top Trump environmental pick said goal of UN ‘climate crusade’ is ‘all-powerful’ government
Washington Times:
Prominent ex-NYT reporter comes out as longtime Planned Parenthood donor
CBS News:
Most back tax cut for middle class, tax increase on wealthy and corporations
Discussion: New York Magazine
Eric Levitz / New York Times:
America Is Not a ‘Center-Right Nation’
 Earlier Items: 
Carolyn Durand / ABC News:
Prince Harry and Michelle Obama surprise students at Chicago public school
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Politico Hides Fusion GPS Employment Of Key Source
Discussion: The Daily Caller, TheBlaze and The Week
Elizabeth Warren / Politico:
The Supreme Court Has An Ethics Problem
Discussion: Shakesville and Raw Story
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Negative ads are helping Ed Gillespie win over Trump supporters in the Virginia governor's race
Pamela Manson / Salt Lake Tribune:
Utah nurse reaches $500,000 settlement in dispute over her arrest for blocking cop from drawing blood from patient
Discussion: NPR, AOL, The Root and Splinter
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
The real John Kelly slowly revealing himself at White House
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Manafort has 3 passports, traveled to China with phone registered under fake name
Discussion: The Hill
 

 
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