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Anna R. Schecter / NBC News:
Trump doc says Trump bodyguard, lawyer ‘raided’ his office, took medical files — In February 2017, a top White House aide who was Trump's longtime personal bodyguard, along with the top lawyer at the Trump Organization and a third man, showed up at the office of Trump's New York doctor without notice …
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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 …
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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Ted Barrett / CNN:
Sen. Isakson distances himself from Trump's attack on Tester
Sen. Isakson distances himself from Trump's attack on Tester
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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:
The Questions Mueller Wants to Ask Trump About Obstruction, and What They Mean — 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 …
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Mueller's former assistant says grammatical errors prove leaked questions came from Trump — Michael Zeldin, a CNN legal analyst and former assistant to Robert Mueller — , said Tuesday he believes President Trump — leaked the list of nearly 50 questions the special counsel allegedly wants to ask Trump.
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Robert Mueller's former assistant explains how grammar errors prove ‘leaked questions’ came from Trump
Robert Mueller's former assistant explains how grammar errors prove ‘leaked questions’ came from Trump
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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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Donald Judd / CNN:
Ex-Planned Parenthood leader: Wolf was ‘doing her job’ when she made abortion jokes
Ex-Planned Parenthood leader: Wolf was ‘doing her job’ when she made abortion jokes
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Teddy Wayne / McSweeney's:
More Appropriate White House Correspondents' Association Dinner Jokes for 2019
More Appropriate White House Correspondents' Association Dinner Jokes for 2019
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Kevin Naff / Washington Blade:
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The rhetoric of our era has reached its vile peak
The rhetoric of our era has reached its vile peak
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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.
Variety:
NBC News Urged Its Anchors to Report on Supportive Tom Brokaw Letter (EXCLUSIVE) — On Monday, NBC News staffers received a memo with guidance from the network's standards and practices on how to handle reporting a sensitive story about sexual harassment allegations against Tom Brokaw.
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
NBC staffers felt pressured to sign letter defending Brokaw — Female staffers at NBC News are complaining they felt under huge pressure to sign the “women's letter” defending Tom Brokaw against sexual harassment allegations. — After former colleague Linda Vester claimed he …
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Haaretz:
U.S. Officials: Israeli F-15s Struck Syrian Base Storing Iranian Anti-aircraft Missiles — More details soon... Zen Subscribe now — Israeli F-15 fighter jets struck a military base near Hama on Sunday after Iran had transferred a shipment of anti-aircraft missiles there, three U.S. officials told NBC News.
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Courtney Kube / NBC News:
Israel seems to be preparing for war with Iran, U.S. officials say
Israel seems to be preparing for war with Iran, U.S. officials say
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Ben Brimelow / Business Insider:
Benjamin Netanyahu gives bizarre presentation saying Iran is cheating on nuclear deal — Netanyahu said Israeli intelligence had obtained about 100,000 “secret” files outlining what he described as a covert Iranian nuclear weapons program. — Standing in front of a massive screen …
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JTA / Jerusalem Post:
Pompeo: U.S. has known about Iran nuclear files for ‘a while’
Pompeo: U.S. has known about Iran nuclear files for ‘a while’
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New York Times:
Israel Says Secret Files Detail Iran's Nuclear Subterfuge
Israel Says Secret Files Detail Iran's Nuclear Subterfuge
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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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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Michael Cohen Claimed He Talked With Trump the Day of the Stormy Daniels Deal
Michael Cohen Claimed He Talked With Trump the Day of the Stormy Daniels Deal
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Alberto Nardelli / BuzzFeed:
The Professor At The Center Of The Trump-Russia Probe Was In Moscow Just Weeks Before Court Documents Were Unsealed — Joseph Mifsud's trip to Moscow coincided with an official visit by the king of Saudi Arabia. — Reporting From — London — Joseph Mifsud, the enigmatic Maltese professor …
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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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
House panel expected to interview EPA chief Scott Pruitt's former head of security in conduct probe
House panel expected to interview EPA chief Scott Pruitt's former head of security in conduct probe
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Newsonomics: Alden Global Capital is making so much money wrecking local journalism it might not want to stop anytime soon — Digital First Media's financials — revealed here — show how the company has ridden its deep cuts to nearly $160 million in profits and the highest margins in the business.
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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Is This Artichoke Kosher? Rome Defends a Classic Jewish Dish — LADISPOLI, Italy — As women wearing artichoke body paint caressed artichoke sculptures shaped like an owl, a snowman and a cobra at this seaside town's 68th annual Festival of the Artichoke, Ada Di Porto stood inside a tent …
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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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
'I feel like I'm losing my mind sometimes': Trying to figure out what matters in today's news cycle … Benjamin Wittes, a legal commentator with a large Twitter following, was on an airplane last month when the FBI raided the office of President Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
President Trump has made 3,001 false or misleading claims so far … In the 466 days since he took the oath of office, President Trump has made 3,001 false or misleading claims, according to The Fact Checker's database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement uttered by the president.
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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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Dr. Adam Feldman / Empirical SCOTUS:
Out of Steam or Out of Time — For those following the Supreme Court, the notion that the Court is moving slowly this term has already been reiterated multiple times. The first clear notion of the Court's historically slow pace came with the timing of the Court's second signed decision …
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Crimes are no longer a disqualification for Republican candidates — Former New York congressman Michael Grimm is a felon who has admitted to hiring undocumented workers, hiding $900,000 from tax authorities and making false statements under oath. To hear him tell it …
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Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
There's Nothing to Stop the 2018 Elections From Being Hacked — Russia's successful interference in the 2016 election—when Moscow hacked both Democrats and Republicans—has spurred fears of a recurrence in 2018. But although congressional Democrats are pledging not to use stolen …
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
Remembering a past many Americans would rather forget … Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter. — A prominent congressman blames a lack of jobs for Americans on millions of immigrants. A far-right hate group accuses leftists and minorities of trying to suppress its freedom of speech.
Stephen Gutowski / Washington Free Beacon:
Media Misled on NRA Annual Meeting Gun Policy — A number of major media outlets misled their readers on Monday by inaccurately reporting on the gun-carry policy for the upcoming National Rifle Association convention. — Despite reports from outlets like CBS News, the Associated Press …
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