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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
New Allegations Emerge Against Ronny Jackson as White House Digs In — WASHINGTON — Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, the White House physician nominated to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, provided “a large supply” of Percocet, a prescription opioid, to a White House military office staff member …
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VA nominee Ronny Jackson faces explosive new allegations of drinking, wrecking government vehicle — White House physician Ronny L. Jackson, President Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, wrecked a government vehicle after getting drunk at a Secret Service going away party …
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Washington Post:
Giuliani reopens negotiations about presidential interview with Mueller, but cautions special counsel that Trump remains resistant — Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump's new personal lawyer dealing with the ongoing probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election …
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Lawyers Seek to Determine Whether Mueller Has ‘Open Mind’ — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani met with special counsel's team this week to discuss interview with president — President Donald Trump's lawyers are seeking to determine whether special counsel Robert Mueller has an …
New York Times:
Robert Mueller's Last Resort — It's a nightmare scenario, but it's not hard to imagine: President Trump, growing tired of the Russia investigation as it closes in on him, fires Robert S. Mueller III and moves to dismantle the Office of Special Counsel. — This would be a serious assault on the rule of law in the United States.
Tracy Jan / Washington Post:
HUD Secretary Ben Carson to propose rent increases for low-income Americans receiving federal housing subsidies … U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Wednesday will propose to increase the amount low-income households are expected to pay for rent as well as require …
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
HUD Secretary Ben Carson wants to triple rent on poor people
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New York Times:
Inside the Confidential N.F.L. Meeting to Discuss National Anthem Protests — N.F.L. owners, players and league executives, about 30 in all, convened urgently at the league's headquarters on Park Avenue in October, nearly a month after President Trump began deriding the league and its players over protests during the national anthem.
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Macron Says Trump Will Likely Kill The Iran Deal — US flip-flops on treaties are “insane,” says the French president. — BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief — French President Emmanuel Macron believes President Donald Trump will pull out of the Iran nuclear deal as part of “a strategy of increasing tension …
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Josh Margolin / ABC News:
President Trump will personally review documents in Cohen case — In a filing Wednesday afternoon, attorneys for President Donald Trump told the federal judge overseeing the investigation of his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, that Trump would, as necessary, personally review documents …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Another Special Election, Another Really Bad Sign For The GOP — One might describe Arizona's 8th Congressional District as ... nondescript. Covering portions of Phoenix's northern and western suburbs, including the Arizona Cardinals' home stadium, the district isn't all that geographically …
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New York Times:
Don Blankenship, West Virginia Candidate, Lives Near Las Vegas and Mulled Chinese Citizenship — KEYSER, W.Va. — Don Blankenship is running for the United States Senate as a proud West Virginian with Appalachian roots, but his primary residence is a $2.4 million villa with palm trees and an infinity pool near Las Vegas.
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CNN:
Exclusive: Expelled spies included Russians suspected of tracking compatriots who resettled in US — Trump expels 60 Russian diplomats over UK attack — Washington (CNN)Among the dozens of Russian diplomats the US expelled last month were suspected spies who US law enforcement …
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New York Times:
Key Justices Seem Skeptical of Challenge to Trump's Travel Ban — WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices asked tough questions of both sides on Wednesday in weighing President Trump's authority to impose a travel ban, which restricts entry into the United States from several predominantly Muslim nations …
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Trump Travel Ban Looks Poised for Victory at U.S. Supreme Court
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Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Media Matters Says No Boycott for Joy Reid, Blasts ‘Right-Wing Chicanery’ — “There's no corrective action they seek here. Just revenge,” Angelo Carusone tells TheWrap — Media Matters for America will not launch any advertiser boycott against Joy Reid.
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Stephen Chen / South China Morning Post:
North Korea's nuclear test site has collapsed ... and that may be why Kim Jong-un suspended tests — The mountain's collapse after a fifth blast last fall has led to the creation of a massive ‘chimney’ that could leak radioactive fallout into the air, researchers have found
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Jeremy Page / Wall Street Journal:
North Korea's Nuclear Test Site Is Largely Unusable, Chinese Scientists Say
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New York Times:
How Scott Pruitt Plans to Defend Himself on Capitol Hill: Spread the Blame — WASHINGTON — As Scott Pruitt, the embattled head of the Environmental Protection Agency, prepares to testify before Congress on Thursday amid a series of spending and ethics investigations, an internal E.P …
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Ronan Farrow: Hillary Clinton Tried to Cancel Interview Because I Was Reporting on Weinstein Story — Ronan Farrow appeared on Good Morning America Wednesday to talk about his new book, and made a revelation about an interview he was slated to have with Hillary Clinton.
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Bruce Schlesman / Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch: New Clinton Emails Reveal Classified Docs, Clinton Foundation Connections
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Los Angeles Times:
Suspect in Golden State killer case is arrested after decades of searching — Authorities have arrested a man suspected of being one of California's most prolific serial killers and rapists — the Golden State killer. — According to law enforcement sources who were unauthorized …
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Ariel Zilber / Daily Mail:
The officers pulled over a car whose Nevada registration had expired. The car was driven by a male friend of her daughter, who was a passenger in the back seat — The daughter had called her mother after the vehicle was pulled over as they were driving along Route 9W in Bergen County on March 31.
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
NBC Bet $69 Million on Megyn Kelly—Then Viewers Vanished — The former Fox News star was supposed to bring a bigger audience for ‘Today,’ but ratings declines and high costs have dragged down a critical franchise — Megyn Kelly was supposed to bring star power to NBC News and a bigger …
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Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Kirsten Gillibrand Unveils A Public Option For Banking — The idea would provide a low-cost alternative to payday loans — and it might just save the Postal Service, too. — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is introducing legislation Wednesday that would require every U.S. post office …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
US falls to 45th on press freedom index, Trump labeled ‘media-bashing enthusiast’ — Reporters Without Borders has dropped the United States to No. 45 in its annual ranking of press freedom for 180 countries around the world. — In the report released Wednesday, the United States received a …
Merseyside Police:
We've issued the following statement following reports of social media posts being made in relation to Alder Hey Hospital and the ongoing situation with Alfie Evans: — Chief Inspector Chris Gibson said: “Merseyside Police has been made aware of a number of social media posts …
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Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:
In Trump's first year, FISA court denied record number of surveillance orders — More surveillance orders were denied during President Donald Trump's first year in office than in the court's history. — In its first year, the Trump administration kept one little-known courtroom in the capital busy.
National Journal:
Democrats Learning the Limits of Base-First Politics — A tale of two Senate races: Despite Beto O'Rourke's historic money haul, Democrats aren't optimistic he can win in Texas, but in Tennessee, a centrist former governor is putting a surprising race in play.
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Julia Marsh / New York Post:
Judge: Bars are allowed to throw out Trump supporters — SEE ALSO — Cheers, Trump haters. — A Manhattan judge ruled Wednesday that there's nothing “outrageous” about throwing the president's supporters out of bars — because the law doesn't protect against political discrimination.
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Louisiana GOP pushes back on anti-bestiality bill over fears it could undo sodomy ban — Some Louisiana state Republicans are pushing back against a measure in the Baton Rouge Legislature to toughen bestiality laws over fears it could lead to the repeal of the state's unconstitutional ban on sodomy.
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Reason:
Chicago Is Trying to Pay Down Its Debt by Impounding Innocent People's Cars … On June 21, 2016, Chicago police pulled Spencer Byrd over for a broken turn signal. Byrd says his signal wasn't broken, but that detail would soon be the least of his worries. Ever since, Byrd has been trapped …
Danielle McLean / ThinkProgress:
Unearthed photo reveals ‘New Yorker’ Steve Mnuchin enjoys solar eclipses after all — When the public first learned about Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's trip aboard a (pricey) military jet to tour Fort Knox last August, it didn't take an astrologer to note the interesting timing of the visit …
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Ashley Feinberg / HuffPost:
Turning Point USA Keeps Accidentally Hiring Racists — “I love making racist jokes,” tweeted the woman who replaced the person who wrote, “I HATE BLACK PEOPLE.” — Turning Point USA, a nonprofit founded in 2012 by then-19-year-old Charlie Kirk, has exploded in the Trump era.
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