Thursday, November 29, 2018

Evening Edition: Michael Cohen pleads guilty in Mueller probe to lying to Congress

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Michael Cohen pleads guilty in Mueller probe to lying to Congress
Prosecutors laid out a litany of lies that Cohen, a former personal attorney to President Trump, admitted telling about a Moscow real estate project that Trump pursued while he ran for office.
The Fix | Analysis
4 key takeaways from Cohen's new plea deal
We don't yet know why President Trump's former fixer pleaded to that crime now — or even why special counsel Robert S. Mueller III would want his plea now. But the document offers some clues.
 
Acting attorney general Whitaker was told of plea in advance, setting up potential tensions with Trump
Matthew Whitaker, who is Mueller's nominal supervisor, has been publicly critical of the special counsel investigation in the past.
 
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'All The Best People'
How Manafort and Stone helped create the swamp Trump said he'd drain
Long before Donald Trump won the presidency, Paul Manafort and Roger Stone were rethinking what it means to be a lobbyist and exploring loopholes that would eventually disrupt how Washington works.
Deal to pass farm bill scraps House GOP plan for new food stamp work requirements
Lawmakers have struck a final farm-bill deal that scraps a plan — backed by House Republicans and President Trump — that would have added new work requirements for older food stamp recipients and for parents with children 6 and older.
 
Democrats reject new GOP plan to pay for Trump's wall
The Republican approach would have spread $5 billion over two years. The Democrats' move escalates the chances of a partial government shutdown next week.
 
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Trump cancels planned meeting with Putin at upcoming G-20 summit in Argentina
President Trump said he was calling off the talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin following Russia's seizure of Ukrainian ships and crew members this week.
 
New Trump administration insurance guidelines would undermine rules of the Affordable Care Act
According to new advice issued by Trump administration health officials, states would be free to redefine the use of ACA subsidies — the first assistance the government has ever offered consumers to help them better afford monthly insurance premiums.
 
 
In a first, NASA is outsourcing its next moon lander to a private company
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has said that leveraging commercial capabilities would allow for more frequent and affordable access to the lunar surface.
 
New tick species capable of transmitting deadly disease is spreading in the U.S.
The Asian longhorned tick, the first invasive tick to arrive in the United States in about 80 years, has been found found on pets, livestock, wildlife and people.
 
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