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New York Times:
John Dowd Resigns as Trump's Lead Lawyer in Special Counsel Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — The president's lead lawyer for the special counsel investigation, John Dowd, resigned on Thursday, according to two people briefed on the matter, days after the president called for an end to the inquiry.
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Now I'm F—ing Doing It My Way”: Jubilant and Self-Liberated, the President Prepares for War with Mueller  —  With John Dowd out, John Kelly and Ty Cobb marginalized, Joseph diGenova on board, and Marc Kasowitz possibly returning, the next battle comes into focus.
Discussion: RedState, Mediaite and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump attorney John Dowd resigns amid shake-up in president's legal team … John Dowd, a personal attorney to President Trump, resigned his position Thursday amid a shake-up in the president's legal team as Trump has sought more firepower to deal with the special counsel's Russia investigation.
The Daily Beast:
Trump's Lead Lawyer, John Dowd, Resigns as Mueller Closes In
The Guardian:
Facebook gave data about 57bn friendships to academic  —  Volume of data suggests trusted partnership with Aleksandr Kogan, says analyst … Before Facebook suspended Aleksandr Kogan from its platform for the data harvesting “scam” at the centre of the unfolding Cambridge Analytica scandal …
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Mueller examining Cambridge Analytica, Trump campaign ties
Discussion: Political Wire
Danielle Wiener-Bronner / CNNMoney:
Mark Zuckerberg has regrets: 'I'm really sorry that this happened'
CNNMoney:
Mark Zuckerberg in his own words: The CNN interview
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
‘Trump blew it’: The president missed his best chance yet to get funding for his border wall … President Trump has long promoted and promised a “big, beautiful wall” along the southern border — a pledge he made at the start of his presidential campaign that helped fuel his unlikely rise to the White House.
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Matt Egan / CNNMoney:
Dow plunges 724 points as trade war fears rock Wall Street  —  U.S. trade moves could spark Chinese retaliation  —  Trade war fears rocked Wall Street on Thursday after President Trump launched a crackdown on China.  —  The Dow plummeted 724 points, or 2.9%, underlining mounting concerns among investors …
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump hits China with tariffs, heightening concerns of global trade war  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump launched the next salvo in his widening war on Chinese trade abuses, this time taking aim at China's unfair seizure of US intellectual property.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Rex Tillerson takes an apparent parting shot at Trump … Rex Tillerson is officially done as secretary of state, but he got in what appeared to be one final dig at President Trump before heading out the door.  —  At the every end of his farewell speech to the State Department on Thursday …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Tillerson urges ‘kindness’ in a ‘mean-spirited town’ during farewell remarks
Discussion: ABC News and RedState
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
“This can be a very mean-spirited town,” Tillerson says in farewell speech that doesn't mention Trump
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Judge orders Gov. Scott Walker to hold special elections for open legislative seats in Eric Holder suit  —  MADISON - Dealing a setback to Gov. Scott Walker and other Republicans, a judge ruled Thursday the governor must call special elections to fill two vacant seats in the Legislature.
CBS News:
60 Minutes interview with Stormy Daniels to be broadcast Sunday  —  The adult-film star and director describes the affair she says she had with Donald Trump in her first television interview about the alleged relationship  —  The 60 Minutes interview with Stormy Daniels …
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Wall Street Journal:
Charges Have Been Dropped Against Most Turkish Officers in D.C. Clash  —  Case had caused a rift between the U.S. and Turkey  —  WASHINGTON—Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against 11 of 15 members of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's security team who were accused in connection …
Tim Mak / NPR:
John Bolton's Curious Appearance In A Russian Gun Rights Video  —  Former U.N. ambassador John Bolton recorded a video used by the Russian gun rights group The Right to Bear Arms in 2013 to encourage the Russian government to loosen gun laws.  —  The episode, which has not been previously reported …
Vivian Yee / New York Times:
He Gambles.  He Tips Staff.  He Eats Alone.  All the While, He's Stocking His Vegas Suite With Guns.  —  Sometimes we see him as other hotel guests would have seen him: as the tall gambler intent on the video poker machine across the casino floor, or as the customer standing in line in front …
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Jeff Zucker Hits “Propaganda Machine” Fox News: “It Is Really State-Run TV”  —  The CNN chief said the network does a “disservice to the country.”  —  CNN President Jeff Zucker lashed out at competitor Fox News at an industry conference on Thursday afternoon, saying that Fox News “is really state-run TV.
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:   CNN Chief: Fox News Harms America, Is Worse Than Russian Propaganda
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Joe Biden Could Beat Trump in a Fight—and an Election … Joe Biden is as close as it gets to the real deal for Democrats.  I thought of this when, in a speech at the University of Miami this week, Biden said of Donald Trump: “A guy who ended up becoming our national leader said …
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Geoffrey Skelley / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Exit Stage Left or Right: Midterm Retirements and Open Seats in the House From 1974 to 2018  —  Republicans already have many abandoned districts to defend this November.  Are there more to come?  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — By multiple measures — such as retirements, “pure” …
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Deja Vu All Over Again.  Health Care Takes Center Stage in 2018 Campaigns  —  There's always something of a disconnect between what Washington, DC is obsessed about and what the rest of the country is worried about.  In DC, of course, the story is Robert Mueller, Russia and White House chaos.
Discussion: Pew Research Center
Wall Street Journal:
China to Target Trump's Base in Tariff Response  —  Beijing prepares to deliver pain to President Trump's support base, including with tariffs targeting agricultural exports  —  China is preparing to hit back at trade offensives from Washington with tariffs aimed at President Donald Trump's support base …
Nancy A.Youssef / Wall Street Journal:
CIA Fills In Some Blanks on Gina Haspel's Secret Life  —  A career as a clandestine officer has left little digital or paper trails on the CIA director nominee, so the agency is filling in some blanks: daughter of an airman, Kentucky native, Johnny Cash fan  —  As President Donald Trump's nominee …
Discussion: Axios
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Radical Proposal That Moderate Democrats Should Be Running On  —  Last week, a self-styled moderate Democrat won a congressional race in the heart of Trump Country — and the last-surviving “Blue Dogs” promptly declared their vindication.  For the Democrats' right flank, Politico wrote …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Rachael Bade / Politico:
House leaders' biggest 2018 fear: The lazy Republican  —  On paper, Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) appears to be a shoo-in for reelection.  He's served nine terms in what's been a GOP stronghold for decades, hasn't had a serious challenger in years and sits on one of the most powerful committees in Congress.
The Weather Channel:
Palm Trees May Be Headed North as Global Temperatures Rise, Study Says  — A recent study suggests palm trees could be moving north as the climate changes.  — Parts of the region are nearing winter climates that could allow the trees to survive.  —  Palm trees may be headed north …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House panel finds no Trump-Russia collusion, recommends leak crackdown  —  House Intelligence Committee Republicans voted Thursday to end their investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, declaring that a string of contacts between Donald Trump's associates …
Charlotte Alter / TIME:
The School Shooting Generation Has Had Enough  —  It's lunchtime on a Tuesday, and the kids are piling into a pizzeria booth in Coral Springs, Fla., to plot a revolution.  “The adults know that we're cleaning up their mess,” says Cameron Kasky, an 11th-grader at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School …
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Overlooked No More: Ruth Wakefield, Who Invented the Chocolate Chip Cookie  —  Legend has it that Wakefield was trying a variation on a butterscotch dessert when she decided to let the chocolate chips fall where they may. … Around the time Ruth Wakefield began making a chocolate chip cookie in the 1930s …
CNN:
More anti-Muslim, conspiratorial tweets emerge from Trump's pick for top UN migration job  —  (CNN)Ken Isaacs, the Trump administration pick to head the international organization that coordinates assistance to migrants worldwide, once wrote on Twitter that Austria and Switzerland …
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
Citigroup Sets Restrictions on Gun Sales by Business Partners  —  Citigroup is setting restrictions on the sale of firearms by its business customers, making it the first Wall Street bank to take a stance in the divisive nationwide gun control debate.  —  The new policy, announced Thursday …
 
 
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Bianca Padró Ocasio / Orlando Sentinel:
Orlando man who police say wanted to commit mass shooting barred from having weapons under new law
Discussion: RedState and Hit & Run
Geoff Pender / The Clarion Ledger:
Republican Andy Taggart eyeing challenge to Cindy Hyde-Smith for Cochran's Senate seat
Discussion: Washington Post
Robert Frank / CNBC:
US added 700,000 new millionaires in 2017
Discussion: Breitbart
Matt Phillips / New York Times:
Stock Markets Tumble Amid Heightening Tensions Over Trade
Emily Guskin / Washington Post:
Two-thirds of Americans say Trump is a bad role model for children.  That's still better than Bill Clinton.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
USA Today:
Russians are hacking our electric grid. Where's the urgency on this escalating threat?
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Lawyers Sharing Space With Anti-'Deep-State' Group
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Tom Precious / The Buffalo News:
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Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. miners' union to endorse two more Democrats in coal country
Discussion: Axios
Samantha Pearson / Wall Street Journal:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed:
This Public Relations Firm Has Been Secretly Placing Articles In Conservative Publications
Chloe Melas / CNN:
Frank Avruch, who played Bozo the Clown, dies at 89
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Police shot at a man 20 times in his back yard, thinking he had a gun. It was a cellphone.