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Russian company playing hardball with Mueller’s team  CNN Lawyer for Russian Firm Hits Back at Mueller’s Probe  Wall Street Journal Lawyers spar at hearing on Russian troll farm case  Politico Mueller’s investigation isn’t going to ‘wrap up’ soon — and Trump is still in peril  Los Angeles Times Russian firm tied to Putin ally, […]

Trump ramps up rhetoric on undocumented immigrants: ‘These aren’t people. These are animals.’  USA TODAY ‘They Aren’t People.’ President Trump Calls Deported Gang Members ‘Animals’  TIME Trump says some unauthorized immigrants ‘aren’t people’ but ‘animals’ who will be rapidly kicked out of the US  Business Insider What does the future hold for Trump […]

Fairfield child torture case renews concerns on home schooling oversight  SFGate DA: Children in California home were strangled, waterboarded  Yahoo News Prosecutors: 10 “tortured” children were waterboarded, shot with crossbow  CBS News Full coverage

Trump, North Korea, NBA: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing  New York Times FBI Named Trump-Russia Investigation After Rolling Stones Lyrics  Pitchfork FBI Investigation Into Trump-Russia Collusion Named for “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” Lyric  SPIN New York Times acknowledges it buried the lead in pre-election Russia-Trump story  Washington Post Full coverage

‘Diplotainment at its pinnacle’: Critics fear Trump’s style eclipses substance on North Korea  Washington Post North Korea is dismantling its nuclear site, but is it abandoning its arsenal or hiding evidence?  Reuters Meet Kim Jong Un, the Korean GOAT  The Hill Is Trump’s Summit with North Korea About to Fall Apart?  RollingStone.com Full coverage

Trump Discloses Cohen Payment, Raising Questions About Previous Omission  New York Times Giuliani says he revealed Trump’s Stormy Daniels repayment to beat upcoming financial disclosure  CNN Has This Man Asked You for $1 Million? You’re Not Alone  Vanity Fair Novartis announces changes to the Executive Committee | Novartis  Novartis Missing Files Motivated the Leak […]

Senate approves bipartisan resolution to restore FCC net neutrality rules  Washington Post Senate passes measure repealing changes to net neutrality rules  CNN Senate Approves Overturning FCC’s Net Neutrality Repeal  NPR The Senate net neutrality vote is just Democratic campaign bluster. And that’s OK  Los Angeles Times Full coverage

Christopher Wylie: Bannon wanted “weapons” to fight a “culture war” at Cambridge Analytica  CBS News Ex-Trump aide Bannon promoted ‘culture war’: Cambridge Analytica whistleblower  Reuters Facebook’s Zuckerberg to Meet European Officials Next Week  Wall Street Journal Letter from Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, 14 May 2018 ( PDF 17.39 MB) – Parliament UK  Parliament UK Justice […]

‘Things could have gone much worse’: Ex-student shot by officer during gunfire exchange at Dixon High School  Chicago Tribune Illinois police officer shoots former student who opened fire in Dixon High School  New York Daily News ‘It could have been a lot worse’: Officer confronts armed 19-year-old at Illinois high school  Washington Post […]

Trump Jr. told investigators he can’t recall if he discussed Russian meeting with his father  USA TODAY Jared Kushner Was ‘Agitated, Infuriated’ At Meeting With Russians Focused On Adoptions  HuffPost Senate testimony on Trump Tower meeting with Russians details ties with campaign  Yahoo News Trump Tower transcripts give Mueller more fodder  CNN Documents Show […]