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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Man accused of making threats against Jewish community centers arrested in St. Louis — A man accused of making at least eight threats against Jewish Community Centers was arrested by the FBI in St. Louis, Missouri, this morning. — The suspect, 31-year-old Juan Thompson …
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Man Arrested For JCC Bomb Threats Was Liberal Journalist Fired For Fabrication — Juan Thompson, the St. Louis native arrested for making bomb threats against Jewish centers, used to write at left-wing website The Intercept before being fired for fabrication. — Here's Mediaite's report on his firing a year ago.
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Former journalist arrested, charged with threats against Jewish facilities — Authorities investigating recent bomb threats against Jewish institutions across the country arrested a former journalist on Friday morning and said he was behind at least some of the threats as part of a campaign to harass a woman.
Justice News:
Cyberstalking Charge Brought In Manhattan Federal Court Against Missouri Man For A Pattern …
Cyberstalking Charge Brought In Manhattan Federal Court Against Missouri Man For A Pattern …
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The Intercept:
Statement on the Arrest of Former Intercept Reporter Juan Thompson
Statement on the Arrest of Former Intercept Reporter Juan Thompson
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Robert Mackey / The Intercept:
Trump Can't Accept That His Allies Are Targeting Jews — So He Blames His Opponents
Trump Can't Accept That His Allies Are Targeting Jews — So He Blames His Opponents
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Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
Suspect Who Phoned 8 Bomb Threats To Jewish Community Centers Arrested...And He's A Left-Wing Fake News Reporter
Suspect Who Phoned 8 Bomb Threats To Jewish Community Centers Arrested...And He's A Left-Wing Fake News Reporter
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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
St. Louis Man Charged With Making Bomb Threats Against Jewish Sites
St. Louis Man Charged With Making Bomb Threats Against Jewish Sites
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The Hill:
Trump tweets photo of Schumer with Putin: ‘Hypocrite!’ — President Trump on Friday attacked Democratic calls for a probe into his contacts with Russia, tweeting a past photo of Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer — (N.Y.) with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Kaitlan Collins / The Daily Caller:
Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak Appeared As Obama White House Visitor At Least 22 Times — Attorney General Jeff Sessions came under fire this week for meeting with him — Attorney General Jeff Sessions Just Made A Major Announcement About His Future — POLITICS | KAITLAN COLLINS
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Michael Crowley / Politico:
Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak is Washington's most dangerous diplomat
Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak is Washington's most dangerous diplomat
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Flashback: Chuck Schumer Meets with Putin in New York City
Flashback: Chuck Schumer Meets with Putin in New York City
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Wall Street Journal:
Jeff Sessions Used Political Funds for Republican Convention Expenses — Records show attorney general used campaign account for travel expenses to Cleveland, where he met Russian envoy — The Trump administration says Attorney General Jeff Sessions was acting as a then-U.S. senator …
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Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Another Trump adviser has significantly changed his story about the GOP's dramatic shift on Ukraine — The Trump campaign's national-security policy representative for the Republican National Convention, J.D. Gordon, told CNN on Thursday that he pushed to alter an amendment to the GOP's draft policy …
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Paul Demko / Politico:
New details in GOP Obamacare replacement leaked — Latest plan still includes a tax credit that conservatives panned as a new entitlement. — House Republicans aren't backing down from their Obamacare repeal plan that sparked backlash from the party's conservative wing.
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Amy Krouse Rosenthal / New York Times:
You May Want to Marry My Husband — I have been trying to write this for a while, but the morphine and lack of juicy cheeseburgers (what has it been now, five weeks without real food?) have drained my energy and interfered with whatever prose prowess remains.
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Tony Cook / Indianapolis Star:
Pence used personal email for state business — and was hacked — Vice President Mike Pence routinely used a private email account to conduct public business as governor of Indiana, at times discussing sensitive matters and homeland security issues. — Emails released to IndyStar in response …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
1 big thing: When the smoke is the fire — Attorney General Jeff Sessions, accompanied by Chief of Staff Jody Hunt, at yesterday's presser / AP's Susan Walsh — Good morning, Day 43 of the Trump presidency — a week from halftime of the 100 days. — I was chatting with a smart Republican …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump aides' bid to plug leaks creates unease among some civil servants — President Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin used his first senior staff meeting last month to tell his new aides he would not tolerate leaks to the news media, sources familiar with the matter said.
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Under Trump, an Already Depleted I.R.S. Could Face Deep Cuts
Under Trump, an Already Depleted I.R.S. Could Face Deep Cuts
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Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
Did the Obama Administration Try Stacking the Deck Against Trump at the Justice Department? — Amid Thursday's over-hyped brouhaha about Jeff Sessions meeting with the Russian ambassador, a curious detail emerged. In Sessions's recusal memo, it was explained who at the Justice Department …
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
How Uber Used Secret Greyball Tool to Deceive Authorities Worldwide — SAN FRANCISCO — Uber has for years engaged in a worldwide program to deceive authorities in markets where its low-cost ride-hailing service was being resisted by law enforcement, or in some instances, had been outright banned.
Joy-Ann Reid / The Daily Beast:
Why Does Everybody Seem to Hate Omarosa Manigault? — When the unnerving sight of Kellyanne Conway digging her bent knees and shoe heels into the fabric of one of the yellow sofas inside the Oval Office disturbed the fabric of the internet, the images sidelined what was supposed …
Washington Post:
Garfield's a boy ... right? How a cartoon cat's gender identity launched a Wikipedia war. — Garfield is lazy; Garfield is a cat; Garfield likes lasagna. — Is there really much more to say about Garfield? The character is not complicated. Since the comic debuted in 1978 …
Fox News:
San Francisco's withdrawal from national terror intelligence network hikes risks, officials say — San Francisco has taken its defiance of the feds to a new level, ending its cooperation with the FBI in an anti-terror initiative begun after 9/11 - a move crtitics say could get innocent people killed.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Wilbur Ross: We're ‘up to our eyeballs’ finding regulations to nix — Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Friday that he and others on the economic team of President Donald Trump “are up to our eyeballs” in their search for government regulations to be undone.
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Felicia Gans / BostonGlobe.com:
Hillary Clinton speaks at Wellesley College in a private, closed-to-the-press program — Hillary Clinton appeared at a private event at Wellesley College Thursday night, speaking to students at her alma mater about the presidential election and her time at the college.
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Donald Woolley / The Hill:
Why so many evangelicals support Trump — If you still can't understand how the thrice-married, foulmouthed President Trump convinced so many Christian evangelicals to vote for him, you should consider the role civil religion played in turning him into a secular deity.
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Raf Sanchez / Telegraph:
The Walled Off Hotel: Banksy opens dystopian tourist attraction in Bethlehem — The Presidential Suite boasts “the worst view of any hotel in the world”. The piano lounge is decorated with mounted CCTV cameras. And the doorman in the top hat at the front stands just feet from one of the Middle East's most-reviled structures.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Goodbye Spin, Hello Raw Dishonesty — The latest big buzz is about Jeff Sessions, the attorney general. It turns out that he lied during his confirmation hearings, denying that he had met with Russian officials during the 2016 campaign. In fact, he met twice with the Russian ambassador …
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Kyle Scott Clauss / Boston Magazine:
Curt Schilling Backs Shiva Ayyadurai to Challenge Elizabeth Warren in 2018 — Schilling offered his support for the MIT alum on Twitter. — Curt Schilling's interest in a 2018 run for Senate appears to be waning, after the former Red Sox pitcher threw his weight behind Shiva Ayyadurai's bid to unseat Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
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New York Post:
Fire erupts inside Trump International Hotel — A fire broke out in an apartment under construction at the Trump International Hotel and Tower early Friday on Columbus Circle, according to reports. — The blaze started at around 4:12 a.m. on the 47th floor of the 52-story building at 1 Central Park West.
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