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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
No, the White House didn't intentionally edit a question to Putin out of a video  —  MSNBC's Rachel Maddow led her show Tuesday night with an explosive allegation: The administration of President Trump had intentionally buried a question asked of Russian President Vladimir Putin during last week's news conference in Helsinki.
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Vernon Silver / Bloomberg:
Putin's Soccer Ball for Trump Had Transmitter Chip, Logo Indicates  — World Cup feature opens fan experience, isn't a spy device  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin's gift of a soccer ball to U.S. President Donald Trump last week set off a chorus of warnings — some of them only half in jest …
Louis Nelson / Politico:
White House delays Trump-Putin meeting, blames Mueller probe  —  President Donald Trump will not host Russian President Vladimir Putin in Washington until 2019, White House national security adviser John Bolton said Wednesday, because it is Trump's preference not to do so until “the Russia witch hunt is over.”
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Soccer ball Putin gave Trump contains transmitter chip — but for Adidas: report
Discussion: Chicks On The Right
Rachel Maddow / MSNBC:
Trump White House cuts Putin support for Trump out of transcript
Discussion: Daily Kos
Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Trump secures concessions from Europeans to avoid trade war: DJ, citing EU official  — President Donald Trump on Wednesday secured concessions from Europe, averting a trade war, the Dow Jones News Wire reported, citing a European Union official.  — The Dow Jones Industrial Average …
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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump pushes 25 percent auto tariff as top advisers scramble to stop him  —  Several of President Trump's senior economic advisers believe he plans to impose a 25 percent tariff on close to $200 billion in foreign-made automobiles later this year, three people briefed on discussions said.
EU Press Room:
Joint U.S.-EU Statement following President Juncker's visit to the White House  —  We met today in Washington, D.C. to launch a new phase in the relationship between the United States and the European Union - a phase of close friendship, of strong trade relations in which both of us will win …
Discussion: Hot Air
Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
Ahead of EU Meeting, Trump Rails at Domestic Critics
Doug Palmer / Politico:
Trump hopes for ‘fair trade deal’ with EU
Dave Lawler / Axios:   Trump and EU call trade war truce
Wall Street Journal:
National Enquirer's Years-Long Dealings With Trump Lawyer Fall Under Federal Scrutiny  —  Michael Cohen and tabloid publisher traded favors over many years; the Omarosa mediation  —  Michael Cohen and the publisher of the National Enquirer forged an alliance over the years, looking out for the interests of Donald Trump and each other.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Former Lawyer Michael Cohen Formed Delaware Company to Purchase Former Playboy Model's Story  —  Attorney created shell firm in September 2016 to buy rights to Karen McDougal's story of having affair with Trump; rights weren't ultimately purchased  —  President Donald Trump's former …
CNN:
Exclusive: CNN obtains secret Trump-Cohen tape  —  (CNN)Presidential candidate Donald Trump is heard on tape discussing with his attorney Michael Cohen how they would buy the rights to a Playboy model's story about an alleged affair Trump had with her years earlier, according to the audio recording …
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:   Trump's payments to stop stories about women sound like the John Edwards case
Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: Lanny Davis says “there's more to come” on Trump-Cohen tape
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
All the President's Hush Money
Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:   WSJ: Investigators In Cohen Probe Looking At Omarosa Dispute With AMI
VICE News:
Twitter is “shadow banning” prominent Republicans like the RNC chair and Trump Jr.'s spokesman  —  Twitter is limiting the visibility of prominent Republicans in search results — a technique known as “shadow banning” — in what it says is a side effect of its attempts to improve the quality of discourse on the platform.
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump will watch ‘any channel she wants,’ spokeswoman says  —  (CNN)First lady Melania Trump will watch “any channel she wants,” according to her spokeswoman in an apparent rebuke to the report President Donald Trump was upset to find her Air Force One television tuned into CNN.
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Wants to Delay Putin Meeting Until ‘After the Russia Witch Hunt’  —  WASHINGTON — The White House said on Wednesday that President Trump wants to delay a planned follow-up meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia until after the investigation of the special counsel …
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Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Pompeo: Russia should end annexation of Crimea
Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
America's Most and Least Popular Governors  —  Gov. Phil Scott's (R-Vermont) approval falls far amid re-election run  —  The popularity of Republican governors in solidly blue Northeastern states has been a thematic mainstay of Morning Consult's quarterly Governor Approval Rankings since their launch in 2016.
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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:   America's Most and Least Popular Senators
Washington Post:
Federal judge allows emoluments case against Trump to proceed  —  A federal judge on Wednesday rejected President Trump's latest effort to stop a lawsuit that alleges Trump is violating the Constitution by continuing to do business with foreign governments.  —  The ruling, from U.S. District …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Ga. lawmaker who used racial slurs in TV show resigns  —  The Georgia lawmaker who exposed himself and yelled racial slurs during an episode of Sacha Baron Cohen's Showtime series is resigning his seat in the state Legislature, according to House Speaker David Ralston's office.
Lissandra Villa / BuzzFeed News:
A Top Democrat Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Would Need To Wait Her Turn For Leadership  —  South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn sent a warning shot on Wednesday toward a likely incoming freshman who beat one of Clyburn's fellow members of House leadership in a primary, suggesting she may have a long wait …
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Walter Shapiro / Roll Call:
No, Dems Aren't Disarrayed, Riven, Imploding, Eating Their Young or Battling for the Soul of the Party
Taffy Brodesser-Akner / New York Times:
The Big Business of Being Gwyneth Paltrow  —  Inside the growth of Goop — the most controversial brand in the wellness industry.  —  On a Monday morning in November, students at Harvard Business School convened in their classroom to find Gwyneth Paltrow.  She was sitting at one of their desks …
Discussion: BloombergQuint and New Republic
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Ted Cruz proposes five debates with Beto O'Rourke in U.S. Senate race  —  In a letter to O'Rourke, Cruz's campaign proposed debates to be held on five Friday evenings, each focused on a different set of topics. … U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has challenged Democratic opponent Beto O'Rourke …
Discussion: Houston Public Media
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The Art of Failing Upward  —  On Tuesday evening, denizens of Donald Trump's Washington, D.C., gathered at a tavern on the capital's southwest waterfront to toast one of the most widely ridiculed White House press secretaries in history.  —  The official occasion for the night's festivities …
Discussion: YouTube, Roll Call and Washington Post
Vera Bergengruen / BuzzFeed News:
These Emails Show What Happens When The White House Keeps The Pentagon Out Of The Loop  —  “The Pentagon was caught off guard” stories have become a staple of news coverage of the Trump administration.  —  It's no secret that time and time again, officials in the Defense Department …
Fayette Advocate:
Whistleblower provides emails that show Stormy Daniels' arrest was pre-planned  —  In an exclusive investigation, the Advocate has obtained emails from a whistleblower from inside the Columbus Police Department that outline the arrest of Stormy Daniels earlier this month may have been pre-planned days before she ever arrived in town.
Chris D'Angelo / HuffPost:
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's Spokeswoman Once Argued Muslims Can't Be President  —  Faith Vander Voort published the Islamophobic post while working as an intern for GOP Rep. Steve King, who has a long history of pushing white supremacist views.  —  A top spokeswoman for Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke …
NBC Southern California:
Pickax-Wielding Vandal Smashes President Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame Star to Pieces  —  Witnesses say a man pulled a pickax from a guitar case and destroyed the star near tourist hot-spot Hollywood and Highland  —  President Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame …
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Meet the Eastern European Mystery Donors Behind the Trump-Allied Super PAC … A mysterious company that made a huge contribution to a pro-Trump political group this year is run by two Soviet-born businessmen, one of whom was feted at a donor retreat at Mar-a-Lago in March.
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Without the Russians, Trump wouldn't have won  —  President Trump is willing, under duress, to briefly and begrudgingly admit that Russian “meddling” took place in 2016 before reverting to calling it a “big hoax.”  But he always maintains that the plot against America had no impact …
Casey Newton / The Verge:
YouTube issues a new strike against Alex Jones' channel over hate speech and child endangerment  —  The video site removed four of Jones' videos on Tuesday  —  Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' YouTube channel received a strike on Tuesday for violating the site's community guidelines, The Verge has learned.
 
 
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Lee Siegel / New York Times:
Whatever Happened to Moral Rigor?
Discussion: American Greatness
Kalena Bruce / Washington Post:
China needs to be punished for stealing patented U.S. technology. This is not the right approach.
David Dayen / The Intercept:
2020 Democrats Band Together to Call for Puerto Rico Debt Cancellation
Discussion: Sludge
Katherine Timpf / National Review:
Santa Barbara Authorizes Jail Time for Handing Out Straws
Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
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This Former British Spy Exposed the Russian Hackers
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Kemp Victory Puts Contest Into the Lean Republican Column
Mike Allen / Axios:
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Washington Post:
Before her arrest as an alleged Russian agent, Maria Butina's proud defense of her homeland drew notice …
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
David Crouch / The Guardian:
Swedish student's plane protest stops man's deportation ‘to hell’