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Michael Cohen reportedly got Us Weekly to drop story about alleged Trump Jr. affair
The Week - 16 Apr 2018 05:12
After learning in 2013 that Us Weekly was preparing to run a story about Donald Trump Jr. having an affair with Celebrity Apprentice contestant Aubrey O'Day, President Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, was able to ...
Trump asks to go through evidence seized during Cohen raid first
NY Daily News - 16 Apr 2018 04:47
Lawyers on behalf of Trump asked a Manhattan judge to let the President go through the seized documents first, instead of prosecutors.
Our small Internet business will end if the Supreme Court makes us collect state sales taxes
USA Today - 16 Apr 2018 01:31
We started selling collectible cards online to pay for adopting a child. Our business won't survive if the Supreme Court makes us collect state sales taxes.
So far this year, more than 20 percent of Trump campaign spending has gone to legal fees
The Week - 16 Apr 2018 03:32
Since Jan. 1, President Trump's 2020 re-election campaign has spent $835,000 in legal fees, about 22 percent of its total spending, reports filed with the Federal Election Commission show. At least eight firms have been ...
Independent New York Prosecutors Pose Potential Risk for Trump
The New York Times - 16 Apr 2018 03:04
The office of the United States attorney for the Southern District, which is overseeing the Michael Cohen investigation, is known for nonpartisanship.
Without mentioning Mueller, Trump lawyers urge Supreme Court to bolster his power to fire executive officials
Chicago Tribune - 16 Apr 2018 02:23Macron backs off claim that he convinced Trump to keep troops in Syria
New York Post - 16 Apr 2018 15:57
French President Emmanuel Macron backed off his assertion that the United States had changed its policy on Syria after the White House rejected his claim that he had persuaded President Trump to keep troops in the war-to...
Trump blasts Comey again as he heads to Florida amid fallout from Syria strike, China trade
USA Today - 16 Apr 2018 15:54Israel destroys Hamas' 'longest and deepest' border tunnel yet
Fox News - 16 Apr 2018 15:49
A massive tunnel built by the Hamas terror group in northern Gaza -- the "longest and deepest" one ever found -- has been destroyed after the Israeli military infiltrated the territory, officials said.
These farmers are using human 'poo cakes' to grow farm crops
USA Today - 16 Apr 2018 15:23
Scottish Water is using human waste as fertilizer. Buzz60's Sean Dowling has more.
Airstrikes cripple Taliban drug labs, costing group $42 million
USA Today - 16 Apr 2018 15:21
A coalition air campaign aimed at crippling Taliban funding has destroyed 73 drug labs and cost the organization $42 million in lost revenue during the first six months of the operation.
7 Polish female bison heading to Spain to help herd grow
Miami Herald - 16 Apr 2018 15:17
A bison reserve in eastern Poland says seven young female animals are traveling to Spain to help boost a bison herd there. Michal Krzysiak, head of the Bialowieza National Park, …
A 150-Foot Asteroid Flew Alarmingly Close to Earth Just Hours After Being Spotted
Time - 16 Apr 2018 15:14
It came closer to Earth than the moon
Michael Cohen, Trump's Lawyer, to Appear at Manhattan Court Hearing
The New York Times - 16 Apr 2018 14:55
Prosecutors and Mr. Cohen's lawyer continue to argue over materials seized in the raids that federal agents conducted last week on Mr. Cohen's office, home and hotel room.
7 inmates dead, 17 injured in South Carolina prison riot
USA Today - 16 Apr 2018 14:52
Seven inmates are dead and 17 injured after fighting at the Lee Correctional Institution, a maximum security prison in Bishopville, S.C., a spokesman said.
The Hunt for Mexico's Heirloom Beans
The New Yorker - 16 Apr 2018 11:00
Rare varieties discovered by Rancho Gordo's Steve Sando have turned the humble legume into a gourmet food.
James Comey says he doesn't want to see Trump impeached
The Week - 16 Apr 2018 05:28
Former FBI Director James Comey told ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos that President Trump is "morally unfit" to be president, primarily because he lies "constantly about matters big and small." But when Stephanopou...
China, Japan resume economic talks after 8-year hiatus
Miami Herald - 16 Apr 2018 05:24
China and Japan resumed high-level economic talks Monday after a hiatus of nearly eight years in a sign of improving ties in their often-frosty relationship. Led by their foreign ministers, …
Xi Jinping sends warning to Taiwan, United States with live fire drills
CNN - 16 Apr 2018 05:23
Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent a clear message of Beijing's disapproval over growing ties between the United States and Taiwan by ordering live fire drills in the Taiwan Strait.
Comey says it's possible Russians compromised Trump
New York Post - 16 Apr 2018 05:02
Former FBI Director James Comey says he thinks it’s possible that President Donald Trump might be compromised by the Russians. In an interview with ABC News that aired Sunday night, the fired FBI chief says he could no...
5 political bombshells from James Comey's exclusive interview with ABC News
ABC News - 16 Apr 2018 05:00
Comey weighed in on some of the most hot-button figures of the moment during an exclusive interview with ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos.
Cynthia Nixon praises Cuomo for legalizing gay marriage
NY Daily News - 16 Apr 2018 05:00
She conceded that "I think he spent political capital on it, and I think he was very savvy about the way he did it."