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Wall Street Journal:
Mueller Asked Ford for Records After It Rejected Michael Cohen Consulting Overture  —  Trump's personal lawyer touted his proximity to the president  —  WASHINGTON)— Michael Cohen, who has served as President Donald Trump's personal attorney, made an overture to provide consulting services …
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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Giuliani Says Cohen Never Spoke With Trump About His Big-Dollar Clients  —  The president's new lead lawyer sees this as proof Trump is draining the swamp.  —  WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen was paid millions of dollars in consulting fees by corporate clients …
Axios:
The public case against Trump  —  One thing is true of all major political scandals: What we know in the moment is but a tiny, obscured, partial view of the full story later revealed by investigators.  —  Why it matters: That's what makes the Trump-Russia drama all the more remarkable.
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Week 51: Avenatti Strips Cohen to His Bare Essentials  —  The porn star's lawyer plays TV prosecutor with the bank records of Trump's attorney and a Russian oligarch's name emerges.  —  Every political scandal ultimately turns into a money scandal.  The article of impeachment brought …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Post
MJ Lee / CNN:
Head of Demeter Direct tells CNN he worked for Cohen in Korea Aerospace deal  —  (CNN)Mark Ko, the head of a company called Demeter Direct, told CNN on Friday that he served as a middle person between Trump aide Michael Cohen and Korea Aerospace Industries.  —  “With regards to your inquiry …
Allan Smith / Business Insider:
'I don't get involved with pimps': Rudy Giuliani escalates battle with Stormy Daniels' lawyer
Peter Baker / New York Times:
White House Refuses to Apologize for Aide's Joke About McCain  —  WASHINGTON — The White House declined on Friday to renounce or apologize for an aide whose joke at a meeting that Senator John McCain was irrelevant because he would soon die went viral, outraging relatives, friends and admirers of the ailing lawmaker.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
John McCain is the single greatest political leader of our time … At long last, have they left no sense of decency?  —  White House official Kelly Sadler, during a meeting Thursday, had this to say about Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for opposing President Trump's CIA nominee over her failure …
Discussion: Althouse and Raw Story
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:   The Trump White House crossed a new threshold for political debasement this week
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Senate chairman: Comey ‘led us to believe’ Flynn wouldn't be charged  —  Earlier this month, the House Intelligence Committee revealed that then-FBI director James Comey told lawmakers in March 2017 that bureau agents who questioned then-national security adviser Michael Flynn saw no signs that Flynn was lying.
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New York Times:
Suspicions, Demands and Threats: Devin Nunes vs. the Justice Dept.  —  WASHINGTON — Since Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee declared that they had found no evidence of coordination between Russia's election interference and the Trump campaign, its chairman has decisively turned …
Discussion: Raw Story
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Did the FBI Have a Spy in the Trump Campaign?  —  The Steele-dossier author told Fusion GPS's Glenn Simpson about a ‘human source.’  —  Something tells me Glenn Simpson did not make a mistake.  Something tells me the co-founder of Fusion GPS was dead-on accurate when he testified …
Tom Eblen / Lexington Herald-Leader:
‘Tricked by the devil.’ They backed Trump.  Now, his foreign labor cuts may ruin them.  —  Eddie Devine voted for President Donald Trump because he thought he would be good for American business.  Now, he says, the Trump administration's restrictions on seasonal foreign labor may put him out of business.
Discussion: Raw Story
USA Today:
We read every one of the 3,517 Facebook ads bought by Russians.  Their dominant strategy: Sowing racial discord  —  The Russian company charged with orchestrating a wide-ranging effort to meddle in the 2016 presidential election overwhelmingly focused its barrage of social media advertising …
Discussion: Joe.My.God., Axios and Big Think
Gail Collins / New York Times:
Sex, Trump and Cecile  —  Cecile Richards just finished her Planned Parenthood farewell tour.  Lots to reminisce about.  But let's start with her famous meeting with Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner.  —  It was after the election, and Javanka wanted to share their great idea for bridging …
CNN:
US stealth fighters intercept Russian bombers off the coast of Alaska  —  Washington (CNN)Two Russian TU-95 “Bear” bombers were intercepted by US F-22 stealth fighters in international airspace off the coast of Alaska on Friday, according to North American Aerospace Defense Command.
Discussion: The Week and KTLA
David Fleshler / Sun-Sentinel:
School district shuts down information after Stoneman Douglas shooting  —  In the aftermath of the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, the Broward school district has tried to keep information from the public and put out untrue and misleading statements, frustrating parents who say this is the time for transparency.
Discussion: IJR
Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:
Without Nuclear Deal, U.S. Expects Resurgence in Iranian Cyberattacks  —  Inside the Pentagon's cyberwarfare unit, analysts have been closely monitoring internet traffic out of Iran.  Six thousand miles away, Israel's elite cyber intelligence Unit 8200 has been running war games in anticipation …
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Foreign Policy:   Top State Department Nuclear Expert Announces Resignation After Trump Iran Deal Exit
Los Angeles Times:
Gov. Jerry Brown offers part of a historic budget bonanza to help ease California's homelessness crisis … Even in the wake of previous tax windfalls, Gov. Jerry Brown's announcement on Friday was breathtaking: The state has collected an unexpected $9 billion in tax revenue in recent months …
Discussion: Axios and KTLA
Spiegel Online:
Time for Europe to Join the Resistance  —  U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal marks the temporary suspension of the trans-Atlantic alliance.  What now?  —  Trump's renown is rooted in American hero myths.  Trump says that women like Carla Bruni lust after him …
Monica Lewinsky / Vanity Fair:
What We All Can Learn from My Disinvitation Debacle  —  What seemed like a social gaffe actually said a lot about our attitudes toward power—and who deserves it.  —  On Wednesday morning, President Bill Clinton delivered the opening remarks at the fifth annual Town & Country Philanthropy Summit …
Discussion: Bustle and The Guardian
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Democratic House candidate in Pennsylvania deletes tweets blasting progressives, praising Trump  —  (CNN)A Democrat running for a US House seat in Pennsylvania offered praise for then-President-elect Donald Trump, called on Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to resign and said progressives …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
What happened with Ronan Farrow and NBC?  Some answers may be coming  —  How ‘catch and kill’ is used to bury news stories  —  Ronan Farrow was working for NBC News when he began investigating Harvey Weinstein.  But his bombshell reporting ended up at The New Yorker instead.  What happened?
Evan Mandery / Politico:
‘What Happened to Alan Dershowitz?’  —  How a liberal Harvard professor became Trump's most distinguished defender on TV, freaked out his friends and got the legal world up in arms.  —  NEW YORK — If you wanted to feel the full force of the intellectual whirlpool that is American politics in 2018 …
Discussion: Power Line and Outside the Beltway
Josh Delk / The Hill:
Iran's supreme leader trolls Trump with photo of himself reading ‘Fire and Fury’  —  Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday trolled President Trump  —  by sharing a photo of himself reading the controversial tell-all book on the president's administration …
CNN:
Rudy Giuliani showed up in court.  His client wasn't the President.  —  (CNN)One day after Rudy Giuliani announced he was leaving his law firm to offer his “sole concentration” to President Donald Trump, Giuliani appeared in a Broward County, Florida, courtroom Friday to represent a woman accused in an insurance fraud case.
Discussion: Law & Crime and Joe.My.God.
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Erin Cunningham / Washington Post:
His nuclear deal and economy are crumbling, but don't write off Iran's president yet  —  ISTANBUL — The Iranian president's signature achievement, a landmark nuclear deal with world powers, is starting to unravel, and his economy is in distress even before renewed U.S. sanctions begin to bite …
Discussion: New Century Times
Dylan Scott / Vox:
The 6 most interesting parts of Trump's mostly disappointing drug price plan  —  Trump's big speech on drug prices actually focused on costs to consumers — a very different issue.  —  “We're gonna see those prices go down.  It'll be a beautiful thing to watch,” President Donald Trump said in the Rose Garden on Friday.
Discussion: The Atlantic, Breitbart and HuffPost
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Young Activists, Fed Up With Alleged Abuses, Challenge Pakistan's Military
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Kelly's agonizing relationship with the press
Luis Martinez / ABC News:
SEAL Team leaders investigated for alleged sexual misconduct
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CNN:
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Discussion: Law & Crime
Emma Roller / Splinter:
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Alex Pareene / Splinter:
If Good Reporting Was In Any Way Useful to Conservatives, They'd Already Be Doing It
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Arthur Allen / Politico:
Kushner-backed health care project gets ‘devastating’ review
Discussion: Raw Story
Yascha Mounk / Slate:
The Red and the Brown  —  On Aug. 23, 1939, the foreign ministers …
Associated Press:
Pompeo: US hopes to have NKorea as ‘close partner’ not enemy
Discussion: WTOP and Breitbart