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Jeff Horwitz / Associated Press:
AP: National Enquirer's safe held damaging Trump stories  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The National Enquirer kept a safe containing documents on hush money payments and other damaging stories it killed as part of its cozy relationship with Donald Trump leading up to 2016 presidential election …
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Wall Street Journal:
David Pecker Granted Immunity in Cohen Case  —  Federal prosecutors granted immunity to David Pecker, CEO of the company that publishes the National Enquirer and a longtime friend of President Trump, in the Michael Cohen investigation.
Associated Press:
A president who demands loyalty finds it fleeting in DC  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Et tu, Michael Cohen?  —  Loyalty has long been a core value for President Donald Trump.  But he's learning the hard way that in politics, it doesn't always last.  —  Cohen, the president's former personal attorney …
New York Times:
David Pecker, American Media Chief, Is Said to Have Immunity in Trump Inquiry
Denis Slattery / New York Daily News:   Federal prosecutors have granted immunity to National Enquirer head David Pecker in Cohen investigation
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Holy Shit, I Thought Pecker Would Be the Last One to Turn”: Trump's National Enquirer Allies Are the Latest to Defect
William K. Rashbaum / New York Times:
Manhattan D.A. Eyes Criminal Charges Against Trump Organization  —  The Manhattan district attorney's office is considering pursuing criminal charges against the Trump Organization and two senior company officials in connection with Michael D. Cohen's hush money payment to an adult film actress …
Jed Shugerman / Slate:
A Lone Holdout Juror Actually Made It More Likely That Paul Manafort Will Go to Jail Even if Trump Pardons Him  —  On Thursday, the Washington Post reported that President Donald Trump had recently discussed with his lawyers the prospect of issuing a pardon for Paul Manafort.
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Washington Post:
Trump sought his lawyers' advice weeks ago on possibility of pardoning Manafort but they counseled against it, Giuliani says  —  President Trump sought his lawyers' advice several weeks ago on the possibility of pardoning Manafort, Trump attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani said Thursday.
Sky News:
Rudy Giuliani: Impeaching Trump would mean 'people's revolt'
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Trump's Lawyers Urged Him to Postpone Even Considering Pardons in Russia Inquiry
Discussion: Mother Jones and Mediaite
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Trump recently sought his lawyers' advice on possibility of pardoning Manafort, Giuliani says
New Yorker:
The Conspiracy Memo Aimed at Obama Aides that Circulated in the Trump White House  —  The 2017 document, titled the “Echo Chamber,” accused former Obama officials of undermining the incoming Administration.  —  In early 2017, some of Donald Trump's advisers concluded that they faced …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republicans: Sessions gone after midterms  —  Republicans on Capitol Hill who have long protected Attorney General Jeff Sessions from the wrath of his own boss increasingly think his time is up.  —  Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee said Thursday evening that he believes “moves are being made” to oust Sessions after the midterm elections.
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Axios:
Trump's fantasy legal system
Pete Kasperowicz / Washington Examiner:
Ben Sasse threatens to vote against any new AG if Trump fires Jeff Sessions
Discussion: Townhall
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Key Republicans Give Trump a Path to Fire Sessions After the Election
Calvin Lawrence Jr / ABC News:
Trump responds to Jeff Sessions push-back: Look at 'corruption on the 'other side"
Discussion: Breitbart and Political Wire
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Critics fear Trump's attacks are doing lasting damage to the justice system
Discussion: ABC News and New York Times
Kevin Collier / BuzzFeed News:
Tech Companies Are Gathering For A Secret Meeting To Prepare A 2018 Election Strategy  —  Representatives from a host of the biggest US tech companies, including Facebook and Twitter, have scheduled a private meeting for Friday to share their tactics in preparation for the 2018 midterm elections.
Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:
This Conspiracy Theory Should Worry Trump  —  When two or more people join together to break the law, as Michael Cohen says he and the president did, the penalties can be harsh.  —  Mr. Katyal was an acting solicitor general in the Obama administration.  —  President Trump needs a new defense.
Discussion: Raw Story and CNN
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo:
White House blocks bill that would protect elections  —  WASHINGTON — A bill that would have significantly bolstered the nation's defenses against electoral interference has been held up in the  —  Senate at the behest of the White House, which opposed the proposed legislation, according to congressional sources.
Chris Riotta / The Independent:
How Russian bots used Mollie Tibbetts' death to distract from Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort  —  A network of Russian-linked Twitter accounts are sharing thousands of divisive tweets about Mollie Tibbetts' death  —  A network of Russian-linked Twitter accounts have been disseminating divisive content …
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Tom Nichols / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh's confirmation must wait  —  Tom Nichols is a professor at the Naval War College and a former Republican aide in the U.S. Senate.  —  There is no way Republicans will halt their march toward Brett M. Kavanaugh's confirmation as an associate justice of the Supreme Court.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Voters split 45-46 percent on confirming Kavanaugh to supreme court
Discussion: SCOTUSblog and Washington Times
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:   House and Senate Republicans are all complicit
Jessica Glenza / The Guardian:
Russian trolls ‘spreading discord’ over vaccine safety online  —  Study discovered several accounts, now known to belong to the same Russian trolls who interfered in the US election, tweeting about vaccines  —  Bots and Russian trolls spread misinformation about vaccines on Twitter …
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Kate Sullivan / CNN:
Indicted Rep. Duncan Hunter: My wife handled my finances  —  (CNN)Rep. Duncan D. Hunter seemed to shift any blame onto his wife, Margaret, on Thursday for alleged campaign fund abuses, saying she was the one handling his finances.  —  “She was also the campaign manager …
Armin Rosen / Tablet Magazine:
Who Is Julia Salazar?  Brooklyn State Senate Candidate's Complex Personal History and Views  —  It's impossible to walk around New York state Sen. Martin Dilan's north Brooklyn district without seeing his 27-year-old opponent peering out from the storefronts on Knickerbocker Avenue …
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Mike Pompeo faces a moment of truth on North Korea  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is making a bold and risky push to reinvigorate a diplomatic effort with North Korea that is struggling to make progress amid increasingly belligerent rhetoric from Pyongyang.
Curt Anderson / Associated Press:
Florida candidate says alien abduction doesn't define her  —  MIAMI (AP) — U.S. House candidate Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera has a long list of accomplishments to bolster her campaign in Florida.  But she is perhaps best known for claiming that she was abducted by space aliens as a child.
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Second Fox News reporter leaves amid objections to network  —  In the Trump era, hard reporting is being crowded out by opinionated panels, current and former staffers say.  —  Another on-air reporter is leaving Fox News over frustrations with the direction and tone of the network …
Discussion: TVNewser and Raw Story
William Saletan / Slate:
We Already Know Trump Is Betraying His Country  —  Investigation or no, the evidence has always been right in front of us.  Here it is.  —  On Tuesday, President Trump brushed aside questions about the conviction of his former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, and a guilty plea by Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen.
Sarah Ruiz-Grossman / HuffPost:
Over 500 Migrant Kids Are Still Separated From Parents Weeks After Court Deadline  —  Of the children still not reunited, 23 were under age 5, and more than 300 had parents who had likely been deported.  —  The Trump administration has still not reunited over 500 migrant children …
Discussion: Political Wire
Mark Niesse / politics.myajc:
BREAKING: Elections consultant fired over proposal to close Georgia precincts  —  The elections consultant who proposed closing most voting locations in a majority African-American rural Georgia county has been fired ahead of a vote Friday on consolidating precincts.
Salena Zito / New York Post:
Facebook censored my column — and I still can't find out why  —  At 7:55 a.m. Thursday morning, I posted a story I had written for The New York Post on both Facebook and Twitter.  It was a reported piece on how people who voted for President Trump were feeling after both former Trump campaign …
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
‘Dangerous and poisoned’: Critics blast Trump for endorsing white nationalist conspiracy theory on South Africa  —  President Trump's promotion of a white nationalist conspiracy theory involving South Africa prompted fierce backlash there Thursday and fresh criticism in the United States …
 
 
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New York Times:
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Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Thousands of federal defendants offer to help the government each year.  Trump says that ‘almost ought to be outlawed.’
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Does Hillary Clinton have a security clearance? Those who know won't say
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Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Senate passes giant spending package in hopes of averting shutdown
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Poll: Pennsylvanians give low marks to Trump and tariffs
Discussion: CNBC and Political Wire