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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Mueller Has Dozens of Inquiries for Trump in Broad Quest on Russia Ties and Obstruction — WASHINGTON — Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russia's election interference, has at least four dozen questions on an exhaustive array of subjects he wants to ask President Trump …
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New York Times:
What Mueller Wants to Ask Trump About Obstruction, and What It Means — The questions show the special counsel's focus on obstruction of justice and touch on some surprising other areas. — The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, recently provided President Trump's lawyers a list of questions he wants answered in an interview.
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NBC News:
Kelly thinks he's saving U.S. from disaster, calls Trump ‘idiot,’ say White House staffers — WASHINGTON — White House chief of staff John Kelly has eroded morale in the West Wing in recent months with comments to aides that include insulting the president's intelligence and casting himself …
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Exclusive: Pence's doctor alerted WH aides about Ronny Jackson concerns last fall — Washington (CNN)Vice President Mike Pence's physician privately raised alarms within the White House last fall that President Donald Trump's doctor may have violated federal privacy protections for a key patient …
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Caitlin Huey-Burns / Real Clear Politics:
Trump-Tester Dust-Up Could Heat Up MT Senate Race
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Ted Barrett / CNN:
Sen. Isakson distances himself from Trump's attack on Tester
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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Considering Kelly as Possible Candidate to Lead VA
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Masha Gessen / New Yorker:
How Michelle Wolf Blasted Open the Fictions of Journalism in the Age of Trump — On Saturday, the comedian Michelle Wolf, performing at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, delivered the most consequential monologue so far of the Donald Trump era.
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The rhetoric of our era has reached its vile peak … On a Saturday night in April, the rhetoric of our historical era reached a culminating, symbolic moment. — In Washington — at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner — comedian Michelle Wolf mocked the physical appearance …
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Economist:
The Wolf at the White House Correspondents' Dinner — In the age of Trump, calls for civility are calls for servility — FULL disclosure: I have never been to a White House Correspondents' Dinner; I will never go to a White House Correspondents' Dinner. The American political press already …
Online NewsHour:
Dave Chappelle says Michelle Wolf ‘nailed it’ at White House Correspondents Dinner
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NPR:
Excerpts: ‘Fresh Air’ Interview with Michelle Wolf
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Deadspin:
You Can't Bully These Motherfuckers
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Adam Conover / New York Times:
Michelle Wolf Did What Comedians Are Supposed to Do
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USA Today, Washington Examiner and HuffPost
Dan Evon / Snopes.com:
Was Comedian Michelle Wolf Once Arrested for Bestiality?
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
White House correspondents think about changing dinner for Trump era
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Benny Johnson / The Daily Caller:
I Watched How Sarah Sanders Privately Reacted After Being Attacked - This Is Her Real Character
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Piers Morgan / Daily Mail:
Michelle Wolf likes to carve up human flesh but by carving up Trump's women in such a grotesquely …
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Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
Shut up about Michelle Wolf if you've been silent on Trump's offenses
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Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
Michael Cohen Hit With New Taxi Taxes, Owes New York $282,000 — Michael Cohen, already under pressure from a federal criminal investigation into his business and financial dealings, has been hit this month with more than $185,000 in new state warrants for unpaid taxes on his taxicab companies.
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Jim Acosta / CNN:
Cohen responds to message sent by National Enquirer cover — Washington (CNN)A National Enquirer cover story targeting Michael Cohen could be a strong sign President Donald Trump is upset with his personal lawyer and turning against the man known for years as his “fixer,” a source close to Trump said.
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Political Wire, Raw Story, HuffPost, Hot Air and POLITICUSUSA
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Michael Cohen Claimed He Talked With Trump the Day of the Stormy Daniels Deal … President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen was in communication with the then-presidential candidate the day Cohen wired hush money to Stormy Daniels, according to previously unreported tweets.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Has Michael Cohen Already Flipped on Donald Trump? — Multiple reports have indicated that President Trump and his allies fear that Michael Cohen may cooperate with federal investigators. But nothing has indicated this quite as directly as the latest cover of the National Enquirer.
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump campaign has paid portions of Michael Cohen's legal fees: Sources
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Meet the Schlapps, Washington's Trump-Era ‘It Couple’ — WASHINGTON — Matt Schlapp, the pro-Trump chairman of the American Conservative Union, had a remarkable on-air clash not long ago with his old friend Michael Steele, an anti-Trump former chairman of the Republican National Committee.
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New York Times:
Israel Says Secret Files Detail Iran's Nuclear Subterfuge — JERUSALEM — Revealing a huge archive of stolen Iranian nuclear plans, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel accused Iran on Monday of lying for years about its efforts to build a nuclear weapon.
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Israel Exposes Iran's Nuclear Lies, and the Limits of U.S. Intelligence
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
U.S. Confirms Authenticity of Secret Iran Nuclear Docs, Officials See Game Over for Deal
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Ben Brimelow / Business Insider:
Benjamin Netanyahu gives bizarre presentation saying Iran is cheating on nuclear deal
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The Times of Israel, CNN, Telegraph and Task & Purpose
Washington Post:
Trump-allied House conservatives draft articles of impeachment against Rosenstein as ‘last resort’ — Conservative House allies of President Trump have drafted articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, who oversees the ongoing special-counsel probe …
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Conservative House lawmakers draft articles of impeachment against Rosenstein
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Andrewramospix / WPIX 11 New York:
Cops called to UWS apartment for ‘burglary in progress’ but find black tenant, former White House staffer moving in — UPPER WEST SIDE, Manhattan — It was an unsolicited homecoming that left Bronx native Darren Martin unsettled. — After spending several years working on Capitol Hill …
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Matthew Barakat / Associated Press:
Documents show ties between university, conservative donors — FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Newly released documents show Virginia's largest public university granted the conservative Charles Koch Foundation a say in the hiring and firing of professors in exchange for millions of dollars in donations.
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Andrew Hanna / Politico:
Starbucks drops Jewish group from bias training — Bowing to pressure from African-American activists, Starbucks excluded the Anti-Defamation League from an upcoming daylong anti-bias training session. — The ADL, whose mission is to fight anti-Semitism, will play an advisory role …
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Liel Leibovitz / Tablet Magazine:
The ADL Kicked Out of Leading Starbucks' Diversity Training
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Kyra Phillips / ABC News:
EXCLUSIVE: EPA whistleblower says Pruitt ‘bald faced lied’ to Congress — A whistleblower from the Environmental Protection Agency says that Administrator Scott Pruitt was “bald-faced lying” when he told members of Congress that no EPA employees were retaliated against for raising concerns about his spending decisions.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Postpones Steel Tariff Decision for EU, Other U.S. Allies — Decision postponed until June 1; countries were granted temporary exemptions — President Donald Trump decided to postpone decisions about imposing steel and aluminum tariffs on the European Union and other U.S. allies until June 1 …
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Sky News:
Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, says South Korea's President — Donald Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to unify Korea, the South Korean President has reportedly suggested. — Moon Jae-in's comment came after a historic summit on Friday in which he met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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Gordon G. Chang / The Daily Beast:
Kim Makes Stunning Nuclear Concessions to ‘Crazy Guy’ Trump
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