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Nathan Layne / Reuters:
Exclusive: Manafort's former son-in-law cuts plea deal, to cooperate with government: sources  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former son-in-law of Paul Manafort, the one-time chairman of President Donald Trump's campaign, has cut a plea deal with the Justice Department that requires him to cooperate …
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Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Giuliani says Mueller has agreed to narrow scope of potential Trump interview  —  Washington (CNN)Rudy Giuliani said Friday that special counsel Robert Mueller has agreed to narrow the scope of a potential interview with President Donald Trump from five topics to two.
Erin Banco / New Jersey Online:
As Mueller probes Seychelles meetings, details emerge on Russian plane: exclusive  —  A Russian plane linked to the country's government flew into the Seychelles the day prior to a 2017 meeting now under review by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, according to the airport flight data obtained by NJ Advance Media.
Discussion: Political Wire
Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Federal judge who ripped Mueller team obtains ‘scope memo’ detailing Russia probe
Discussion: Front Page Magazine, Breitbart and CNN
Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
Mueller's office files unredacted memo outlining scope of Russia probe: filing
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Alison Frankel / Reuters:
Experts bash Giuliani claim that Mueller can't subpoena Trump
Discussion: Washington Times
Washington Post:
‘Bigger than Watergate’: Trump joins push by allies to expose role of an FBI source … President Trump's allies are waging an increasingly aggressive campaign to undercut the Russia investigation by exposing the role of a top-secret FBI source.  The effort reached new heights Thursday …
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Was Trump's Campaign ‘Set Up’?  —  At some point, the Russia investigation became political.  How early was it?  —  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes appeared on “Fox & Friends” Tuesday, where he provided a potentially explosive hint at what's driving his demand …
New York Times:
Trump Administration to Tie Health Facilities' Funding to Abortion Restrictions  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration plans to announce on Friday a new policy barring Planned Parenthood and other reproductive health organizations from providing or mentioning abortions at any facility …
Discussion: RedState, The Week, Althouse and Axios
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Trump to Cut Planned Parenthood Funding, Administration Will Announce Friday  —  The executive action is based on a 1988 Reagan regulation, but can't eliminate most of Planned Parenthood's federal funding.  —  On Friday, the Trump administration will announce a proposed rule to cut taxpayer funding …
New York Times:
Responding to Leaks, White House Limits Number of Staff in Daily Meeting  —  WASHINGTON — The White House communications office has canceled a large daily morning meeting in response to the leak of a joke about Senator John McCain being close to death that a staff member made at one of those meetings …
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New York Times:
Show Starring Avenatti and Scaramucci Is Being Pitched to Television Executives
Associated Press:
White House threatens firings after McCain remark gets out
Discussion: Politico
NBC 6 South Florida:
Person Shot After Confrontation With Police at Trump National Resort in Miami-Dade  —  Police said Friday there are “no known victims at this point”  —  Man Shot After Police Confrontation at Trump Doral  —  A man was shot and rushed to the hospital after a confrontation with police inside …
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Douglas Hanks / miamiherald:   Nation's largest mall wins Miami-Dade approval as county backs American Dream Miami
BuzzFeed:
Here's What We Know About Aaron Schlossberg, The Racist New York Lawyer Who Berated People For Speaking In Spanish  —  Aaron M. Schlossberg, the Manhattan attorney who was caught in a viral racist rant against people speaking Spanish, has been caught on video and in photos being a bigot in at least four more instances over two years.
Discussion: HuffPost, New York Times, Bustle and Vox
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David Smith / The Guardian:
Bill Gates: Trump twice asked me the difference between HIV and HPV  —  Microsoft co-founder tells foundation meeting it was ‘kind of scary’ how much Trump knew about what Gates' daughter looked like  —  Bill Gates, the billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist, has claimed Donald Trump twice asked …
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Doha Madani / HuffPost:
Bill Gates Says Trump Didn't Know The Difference Between HPV And HIV
Discussion: Splinter
New York Times:
Congressional Candidates, Not Mueller, Could Decide Trump's Future  —  For months, the political world has treated Robert S. Mueller III as the arbiter of President Trump's fate: Hopeful Democrats have theorized about the damage Mr. Mueller's investigation might inflict.
Discussion: Law & Crime
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Kathryn Blackhurst / LifeZette:   ‘Animals’ Not Strong Enough Term for Brutal MS-13 Gangbangers
Jim Dalrymple II / BuzzFeed:
The Las Vegas Shooter Went On An Anti-Government Rant Weeks Before His Deadly Attack  —  Witnesses say Stephen Paddock went on an anti-government rant while trying to buy firearm paraphernalia weeks before killing 58 people on the Las Vegas Strip.  —  Just weeks before Stephen Paddock killed 58 people …
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Maximum pressure on North Korea is gone, and it isn't coming back … The Trump administration says that if the upcoming summit between the United States and North Korea fails or doesn't happen at all, the United States and its allies can go right back to the “maximum pressure” …
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Is Trump the Second Coming of Reagan?  —  Fox News's Bret Baier wants you to think he just might be.  —  Bret Baier, chief political anchor of Fox News, President Trump's favorite network, insists he isn't living in some alternate reality.  He knows that our current President is louder …
Discussion: Contemptor
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Did China Just Bribe Trump to Undermine National Security?  —  Did the president of the United States just betray the nation's security in return for a bribe from the Chinese government?  —  Don't say that this suggestion is ridiculous: Given everything we know about Donald Trump …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Charles V. Bagli / New York Times:
Kushners Near Deal With Qatar-Linked Company for Troubled Tower  —  The company controlled by the family of the White House adviser Jared Kushner is close to receiving a bailout of its financially troubled flagship building by a company with ties to the government of Qatar, according to executives briefed on the deal.
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Ryan and McCarthy split on Dreamers  —  Paul Ryan and his longtime No. 2, Kevin McCarthy, have maintained a unified public front on immigration — but behind the scenes, the interests of the outgoing speaker and his potential successor are colliding over controversial Dreamers legislation.
Discussion: The Atlantic and Washington Post
Wall Street Journal:
‘Pressure Cooker’: Discontent Rises in Venezuela Military as Economy Dives  —  As President Nicolás Maduro runs for re-election, the armed forces grapple with shortages of food, evaporating salaries and desertions  —  CARACAS, Venezuela—The coup plot by disgruntled Venezuelan military officers …
BuzzFeed:
The Definitive Story Of How Trump's Team Worked The Trump Moscow Deal During The Campaign  —  On the day of the third Republican presidential debate, Trump personally signed the letter of intent.  —  All through the hot summer campaign of 2016, as Donald Trump and his aides dismissed talk …
David Abel / BostonGlobe.com:
On Nantucket, wealthy residents oppose housing for seasonal employees  —  NANTUCKET — Beside the ninth hole of the Miacomet Golf Course, there's a large paved lot with a sprawling mechanic's garage and equipment depot, big tanks of diesel fuel, industrial-sized trash bins, and scores of lawn mowers and other vehicles.
Joanna Chiu / Foreign Policy:
Sexpat Journalists Are Ruining Asia Coverage  —  Newsroom predators in foreign bureaus hurt their colleagues — and their stories.  —  Today, I'm known as a strong advocate in my social circles, promoting women's and minorities' voices in media.  But when I first moved to China seven years ago …
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
An Arizona PAC Appears to Have Blatantly Ripped Off Donors.  Now, the Feds Are Coming After It. … The Department of Justice on Thursday brought federal criminal charges against two Arizona men accused of using fake political groups to defraud thousands of unwitting donors out of millions of dollars.
Steven Brill / TIME:
How Baby Boomers Broke America  —  Brill, the author of Tailspin, is the founder of Court TV and the American Lawyer  —  ONE  —  Lately, most Americans, regardless of their political leanings, have been asking themselves some version of the same question: How did we get here?
Justin Doom / ABC News:
Facebook-linked Cambridge Analytica files for bankruptcy in U.S.  —  Cambridge Analytica, the data firm accused of violating U.S. election laws and misusing the Facebook data of tens of millions of users, has followed through on its plan to file for bankruptcy in the U.S.
 
 
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The Trump era is a renaissance of half-witted intolerance
Politico:
When Trump attacks, Democrats shut their mouths and pray
Discussion: Political Wire and Breitbart
New York Times:
Anti-American Cleric's Power Grows, Upending Pentagon's Plans for Iraq
Daniel Nass / The Trace:
Parkland Generated Dramatically More News Coverage Than Most Mass Shootings
William Grimes / New York Times:
Richard Pipes, Historian of Russia and Reagan Aide, Dies at 94
CBS Los Angeles:
Singer Teairra Mari Files Revenge Porn Suit In LA Against Rapper 50 Cent
Discussion: Daily Wire
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Tami Luhby / CNNMoney:
Almost half of US families can't afford basics like rent and food
Discussion: Truthdig
Rick Hampson / USA Today:
In the second Gilded Age, the mansions get bigger, and the homeless get closer
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Donald Trump Can't Stop Discovery in ‘Apprentice’ Alum's Defamation Lawsuit
Tom Coleman / The Daily Beast:
It's Not a Liberal Fantasy to Ask if Trump Committed Treason
Discussion: Raw Story
Josh Delk / The Hill:
China buys record amount of Russian soybeans after canceling US orders over Trump threats
Discussion: Bloomberg, Daily Kos and Raw Story
 

 
From Mediagazer:

The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount CEO Bob Bakish steps down; Brian Robbins, Chris McCarthy, and George Cheeks will run Paramount on an interim basis as an “Office of the CEO”

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
The Financial Times signs a deal with OpenAI to train AI models on the publisher's archived content and to let ChatGPT reply with short summaries of FT articles

Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Shari Redstone agreed to take less than $2B for her Paramount stake as part of Skydance's “best and final” offer, lower than what was initially offered

 
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