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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump sought release of classified Russia memo, putting him at odds with Justice Department … On Wednesday, as Republicans were clamoring to make public a secret document that they think will undercut the investigation into Russian meddling, President Trump made clear his desire: release the memo.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Justice Department withholds majority of FBI texts — The Justice Department has given Congress less than 15 percent of the texts between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page - and that is all Congress is likely to get, at least until department experts finish an effort to recover …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Counsel Quietly Trying to Corral Trump While Pushing G.O.P.'s Agenda
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
RNC finance chair Steve Wynn resigns after sexual harassment allegations — Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn on Saturday stepped down as Republican National Committee finance chairman, according to three senior Republicans briefed on the decision. — The decision followed a Friday report …
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Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Scandal-ridden GOP donor spoke at Mar-a-Lago last week
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New York Times:
The Follower Factory — Everyone wants to be popular online. — Some even pay for it. — Inside social media's black market. — Celebrities, athletes, pundits and politicians are buying millions of fake followers. — While the world's social media platforms look the other way.
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:
Russian bots retweeted Trump nearly 500,000 times in final weeks of 2016 campaign — Russian-linked automated Twitter accounts, or bots, retweeted Donald Trump almost half a million times in the final weeks before the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, Twitter told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Twitter: Russian bots retweeted Trump nearly 500,000 times in last months of election — Russian bots on Twitter retweeted President Trump — hundreds of thousands of times during the last months of his presidential campaign, Twitter told Congress. — The company revealed to lawmakers …
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Jordan Bhatt / International Business Times:
Donald Trump tells Theresa May he won't visit the UK unless she bans protests — Trump sets no-protest condition for visit to UK. — Donald Trump is refusing to visit the UK unless Theresa May can ensure that he is not met with protests. — Bloomberg revealed that Trump complained …
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Krystie Lee Yandoli / BuzzFeed:
Exclusive: Three More Women Are Accusing Jeremy Piven Of Sexual Misconduct — Three more women shared their stories about the Entourage actor with BuzzFeed News, bringing the total number of public accusations of sexual misconduct against him to eight. Piven has denied all the allegations …
Courier-Journal:
Reporter rushes to Kentucky school shooting - and learns the alleged gunman is her son … BENTON, Ky. — It was a journalist's worst nightmare. — The editor of the Marshall County Daily Online raced to the county's high school Tuesday morning after reports that shots had been fired.
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Susannah Bryan / Sun-Sentinel:
Mayor sought illegal funds for political allies, records allege — Sun Sentinel — Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper, who was removed from office Friday after being snared in an FBI sting, solicited illegal campaign contributions not only for herself but for two political allies, court documents say.
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump Hits Alps, but Melania Is Frosty in Florida — WASHINGTON — Melania has learned a few things from the master. — The first lady will never be as brilliant at trolling as her husband. He is an idiot-savant who plays in the roiling ocean of Twitter as naturally as a blubbery-necked sea lion.
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Necessity of Stephen Miller — After 12 years of failed attempts at immigration reform, the current round of negotiations are turning on a strangely personalized question: When a deal is being made, should Stephen Miller be at the table? — Miller is the White House's point man for immigration policy …
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Rep. Devin Nunes' hometown paper nails him for being “Trump's stooge” — The Fresno Bee, a daily newspaper in Fresno, CA, issued a savage takedown of GOP Rep. Devin Nunes on Friday, blasting the congressman for being “Trump's stooge” and “doing the dirty work” of the White House.
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Associated Press:
Court rules Kushner firm can't keep business partners secret — NEW YORK — A federal judge ruled Friday that the family company once run by Jared Kushner isn't allowed to keep secret the identity of its business partners in several Maryland properties. The decision means the company tied …
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Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Koch network to spend about another $20 million promoting GOP tax law — INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — After spending $20 million to push the tax-code overhaul through Congress, the influential Koch network plans to spend up to another $20 million to educate the public about the benefits of the new law, network officials announced Saturday.
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CNN:
Exclusive: Data shows Trump's DC hotel was pricier and emptier than peers in 2017 — Washington (CNN)Just a few months before President Donald Trump moved into the White House, his presence was already firmly established in downtown Washington, just a few blocks from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue …
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