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Associated Press:
$30,000 rumor?  Tabloid paid for, spiked, salacious Trump tip  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Eight months before the company that owns the National Enquirer paid $150,000 to a former Playboy Playmate who claimed she'd had an affair with Donald Trump, the tabloid's parent made a $30,000 payment …
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Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
The National Enquirer, a Trump Rumor, and Another Secret Payment to Buy Silence  —  Late in 2015, a former Trump Tower doorman named Dino Sajudin met with a reporter from American Media, Inc., the publisher of the National Enquirer, at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania.
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Prez Love Child Shocker!  Ex-Trump Worker Peddling Rumor Donald Has Illegitimate Child  —  Fake news or an Oval Office bombshell?  You be the judge.  —  PRESIDENT Donald Trump fathered a secret love child with a Trump Organization employee — a gorgeous 29-year-old medical graduate who is currently living in California!
New York Times:
Investigators Focus on Another Trump Ally: The National Enquirer
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Bannon pitches White House on plan to cripple Mueller probe and protect Trump … Stephen K. Bannon, who was ousted as White House chief strategist last summer but has remained in touch with some members of President Trump's circle, is pitching a plan to West Wing aides and congressional allies …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Justice Dept. turns over document that launched Russia probe  —  A day after Rep. Devin Nunes, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, threatened the impeachment of FBI Director Christopher Wray and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the Justice Department on Wednesday turned …
Bloomberg:
Trump Discussed Firing Rosenstein But Denies Bid to Oust Mueller
Discussion: CNN, Axios, Political Wire and Roll Call
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate panel moves to take up bill protecting Mueller
New York Times:
Ryan Found Himself on the Margins as the G.O.P. Moved Right  —  WASHINGTON — Paul D. Ryan took the helm of the House two and a half years ago, not because he wanted it, but because he was seen as the only lawmaker who could keep Republicans from devouring themselves.
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan implodes his party — ahead of schedule
Discussion: Salon and Balloon Juice
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
House Speaker Paul Ryan was the biggest fraud in American politics
Axios:
Ryan may be forced to leave speakership by summer
Discussion: Political Wire and Politico
Paul Ryan / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:   ‘I feel content that I have done my part; I am ready to move on’
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Paul Ryan Personifies the Devil's Bargain the GOP Struck With Trump
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Fanatic, Fraud, Factotum: The Rise and Fall of Paul Ryan
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
1 in 8 House seats will have no incumbent on Election Day
Discussion: Fortune, Politico, Power Line and Daily Kos
Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
Exclusive: Inside the GOP plan to discredit Comey  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's allies are preparing an extensive campaign to fight back against James Comey's publicity tour, trying to undermine the credibility of the former FBI director by reviving the blistering Democratic criticism …
Discussion: Raw Story
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Allies and House Republicans to Paul Ryan: Get Out Now … House Speaker Paul Ryan's retirement announcement Wednesday morning set off a round of heartburn within the White House and among its allies over the damage that may be done in what's left of his term.
Washington Post:
Trump chooses impulse over strategy as crises mount … In a White House known for chaos, the process of developing the U.S. response to the Syrian government's alleged latest gas attack was proceeding with uncharacteristic deliberation, including several national security briefings for President Trump.
Discussion: The Week
Kaitlyn Burton / Politico:
Trump's push to redo $1.3T spending bill he signed sparks GOP revolt
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Raid on Trump's Lawyer Sought Records on ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape  —  The F.B.I. agents who raided the office and hotel of President Trump's lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, were seeking details on his relationship with the Trump campaign and his efforts to suppress negative information about Mr. Trump …
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Woman testifies that Greitens groped and hit her; governor blasts ‘lies’ and ‘tabloid trash’
Kansas City Star:
Missouri legislators call on Gov. Greitens to resign in wake of bombshell report
Discussion: Vox and Bustle
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Jacqueline Alemany / CBS News:
Here are some of the threats made against EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt  —  CBS News has obtained an August 2017 report prepared by the Environmental Protection Agency's office of inspector general that contains a list of 13 threats made against EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and his family.
Cristina Maza / Newsweek:
RUSSIA PREPARES FOR WAR WITH U.S., INSTRUCTING CITIZENS TO BUY WATER AND GAS MASKS  —  Claiming that some Americans are preparing for a coming war with Moscow, Russian state-owned television explained to the country's residents how to stock their bunkers with water and basic foodstuffs in case a war breaks out.
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Pompeo failed to disclose Chinese business connection  —  WASHINGTON  —  CIA Director Mike Pompeo failed to disclose last year that he owned a Kansas business that imported oilfield equipment from a company owned by the Chinese government.  —  That omission, on the questionnaire Pompeo …
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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Mike Pompeo Could Go Down If Senate Democrats Decide to Fight
Discussion: Common Dreams, CNN and Axios
Tim Mak / NPR:
NRA, In New Document, Acknowledges More Than 20 Russian-Linked Contributors  —  The National Rifle Association has accepted contributions from about 23 Russians, or Americans living in Russia, since 2015, the gun rights group acknowledged to Congress.  —  The NRA said in a letter to Sen. Ron Wyden …
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:   NRA finally admits taking money from 23 Russian-linked sources
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.:
California Responds to Federal Request for National Guard Personnel  —  SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today responded to the federal government's request for additional California National Guard personnel with the following letter.  The accompanying agreement …
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KQCA-TV:
California's governor agrees to deploy 400 National Guard troops at Trump's request
Discussion: NPR and TheBlaze
Cindy Adams / Page Six:
Women are lining up to date Rudy Giuliani  —  The about-to-be-consciously uncoupled Rudy Giuliani is coming off to Upper East Side sex kittens like catnip.  They're purring at him.  Sidling — if not actually front-ling — in his direction.  —  It seems power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
Brian X. Chen / New York Times:
I Downloaded the Information That Facebook Has on Me.  Yikes.  —  When I downloaded a copy of my Facebook data last week, I didn't expect to see much.  My profile is sparse, I rarely post anything on the site, and I seldom click on ads.  (I'm what some call a Facebook “lurker.")
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:   Facebook Crossed The Creepy Line And Can't Go Back
Christina Capatides / CBS News:
Single mom of five goes viral with inspiring law school graduation photo  —  Ieshia Champs has wanted to be a lawyer since she was 7 years old.  In her teenage years, however, the odds began stacking up against her and it appeared that her dream might be permanently out of reach.
Erick Erickson / TheResurgent.com:
A Congressman's Profanity Laced Tirade in a Safeway Grocery Store  —  One of the President's congressional defenders has privately decided he hates Trump and wants to unload.  —  “If we're going to lose because of him, we might as well impeach the motherf**ker,” said the congressman …
 
 
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Matthew Smith / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
Angelina Jolie and Bill Gates are the world's most admired people in 2018
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Members of Congress can't possibly regulate Facebook. They don't understand it.
Discussion: twitchy.com and Instapundit
Patrick Barkham / The Guardian:
Green-haired turtle that breathes through its genitals added to endangered list
Discussion: Earther and Mashable
Matt Stevens / New York Times:
Man Accused of Raping Michigan Teenager Is Now Charged With Killing Her
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Washington Lies In a Parallel Universe
Brett T. / twitchy.com:
Women pose for open carry pics in solidarity with college student who had gun in her graduation photo
Niv Elis / The Hill:
Corker: Tax cuts could be 'one of the worst votes I've made'
Discussion: Splinter and Daily Kos
Associated Press:
Trump signs law weakening shield for online services