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Trump Sought to Fire Mueller in December — In early December, President Trump, furious over news reports about a new round of subpoenas from the office of the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, told advisers in no uncertain terms that Mr. Mueller's investigation had to be shut down.
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Trump considering firing Rosenstein to check Mueller — (CNN)President Donald Trump is considering firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, multiple people familiar with the discussions tell CNN, a move that has gained urgency following the raid of the office of the President's personal lawyer.
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Don Lemon / CNN:
Michael Cohen to CNN: FBI was ‘professional, courteous, respectful’ in raids, counter to Trump's depiction — New York (CNN)In his first comments since the FBI raid on his home and office, Michael Cohen said the FBI agents “were extremely professional, courteous and respectful.”
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New York Times:
Raid on Trump's Lawyer Sought Records of Payments to Women — WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. agents who raided the office of President Trump's personal lawyer on Monday were looking for records about payments to two women who claim they had affairs with Mr. Trump, and information related …
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“He's Sitting There Bitching and Moaning”: Inside Trumpworld, Allies Fear the Boss Could Go Postal and Fire Mueller — Trump's friends say the president is “dry tinder” awaiting a match. Meanwhile, his latest hires are already creating new management nightmares for John Kelly.
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Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
US Attorney, Trump appointee, recused from Michael Cohen investigation — ABC News has learned that Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, is recused from the Michael Cohen investigation. — Two sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News Berman …
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Ken White / New York Times:
Why the F.B.I. Raid Is Perilous for Michael Cohen — and Trump — After a year of almost weekly revelations about Robert Mueller's investigation of Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, even indictments and guilty pleas of campaign officials have grown familiar. It's not that the special counsel …
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Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
Are Reporters Goading Trump Into Firing Mueller When They Scream at Him Constantly About Firing Mueller? — In July 2017 New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Michael Schmidt asked Donald Trump a leading question about whether an investigation of his personal finances …
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
President Trump has never been in more trouble than right now … As you've heard, federal agents raided the office and home of Michael Cohen, President Trump's personal lawyer. Yet despite how rare an action it is to pierce attorney-client privilege this way, the big-picture story here seems inevitable …
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Alan M. Dershowitz / The Hill:
Targeting Trump's lawyer should worry us all — There is much speculation as to the significance of the search of the offices and hotel room of President Trump — 's lawyer, Michael Cohen. To obtain a search warrant, prosecutors must demonstrate to a judge that they have probable cause …
New York Times:
At the White House, Trump Takes Selfies and Seethes Over Mueller — WASHINGTON — Outside the White House, President Trump grinned for selfies with Alabama's Crimson Tide, telling the college football champions that they had beaten their rivals so brutally, “you flat-out made them quit” …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Inside the West Wing with Trump enraged
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Michael Rothfeld / Wall Street Journal:
Feds Seek Stormy Daniels Documents Tied to Trump Organization
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump: ‘Many people have said’ I should fire Mueller
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CNN:
FBI raid targeted records of payments to porn star, ex-Playmate
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
The Cohen Raid — This is one of the rare moments in the Trump Wars …
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Federal probe into Trump's lawyer seeks records about two women who alleged affairs with the president
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer: It's time to vote on legislation protecting Mueller
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
White House puts Mueller on notice after raid
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Will Bunch / Philly.com:
What's a guy gotta do to get impeached in Trump's out-of-control America? | Will Bunch
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New York Times:
Facebook Fallout Deals Blow to Mercers' Political Clout — Last month, a friend of the wealthy conservative donor Rebekah Mercer arrived at Facebook's Silicon Valley headquarters. His task: Find out what — if anything — could repair relations between Facebook, the world's biggest social media company …
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Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
Rebekah Mercer Asked Facebook For An Independent Investigation Into Cambridge Analytica
Alvin Chang / Vox:
The Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal, explained with a simple diagram
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Christopher Williams / Telegraph:
European Commission raids Murdoch's Fox offices in London — The British offices of the Murdoch entertainment empire 21st Century Fox have been raided by investigators from the European Commission, The Daily Telegraph can reveal. — It is understood that competition watchdogs gained access …
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E.P.A. Assesses Threats on Twitter to Justify Pruitt's Spending — WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency has been examining posts on Twitter and other social media about Scott Pruitt, the agency's administrator, to justify his extraordinary and costly security measures …
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Emily Holden / Politico:
Exclusive: EPA removes staffer who OK'd report on Pruitt's security
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Andrew Perez / HuffPost:
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Has Met With Dozens Of Campaign Donors
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Courtney Kube / NBC News:
Russia has figured out how to jam U.S. drones in Syria, officials say — WASHINGTON — The Russian military has been jamming some U.S. military drones operating in the skies over Syria, seriously affecting American military operations, according to four U.S. officials.
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The Latest: John Bolton urged Trump to cancel trip abroad
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Michael Casagrande / al.com:
How Nick Saban addressed White House trip, what Alabama players think
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Erin Banco / New Jersey Online:
The Trump Russia probe is expanding, as Mueller looks into new meetings in Seychelles: exclusive — Special counsel Robert Mueller's team is examining a series of previously unreported meetings that took place in 2017 in the Seychelles, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean …
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Avi Selk / Washington Post:
Facebook told two women their pro-Trump videos were ‘unsafe’ … Two sisters famous for praising President Trump say Facebook has deemed their videos dangerous. — Lynette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson are better known as “Diamond and Silk” to their hundreds of thousands of fans — one of whom is Trump.
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Sam Reilly / ABC News:
Tennessee college student defends her gun-toting ‘graduation’ photo — Amid a youth-driven gun control debate that has swarmed social media, a college senior in Tennessee is defending the provocative photo she posted of her packing a handgun with the caption, “I don't take normal graduation photos ...”
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. to halt legal-advice program for immigrants in detention … The U.S. immigration courts will temporarily halt a program that offers legal assistance to detained foreign nationals facing deportation while it audits the program's cost-effectiveness, a federal official said Tuesday.
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Ben Collins / NBC News:
Russia-linked account pushed fake Hillary Clinton sex video — A pornographic video that falsely claimed to show Hillary Clinton engaged in a sex act has been traced back to an account that Reddit acknowledged on Tuesday is linked to Russia's Internet Research Agency.
Harvard University:
Institute of Politics Spring 2018 Youth Poll — Spring 2018 marks the 35th National Youth Poll conducted by the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School examining the political opinions and civic engagement of young Americans ages 18 to 29. Since its conception …
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Millennial poll: Historic youth wave coming in 2018, Dems outnumber GOP 2-1
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Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
T.J. Miller Arrested for Allegedly Calling in a Fake Bomb Threat — The former ‘Silicon Valley’ star was released on a $100,000 bond. — Todd Joseph “T.J.” Miller was taken into custody Monday night at LaGuardia Airport, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed.
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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Sinclair TV chairman to Trump: ‘We are here to deliver your message’ — The rightwing broadcaster met Trump at the White House to pitch a potentially lucrative new product to officials … The chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group met Donald Trump at the White House during a visit to pitch …
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