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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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Doyle Murphy / Riverfront Times:
Before Bomb Threats, Juan Thompson Unraveled — and Terrorized an RFT Reporter — In the days before Juan Thompson's arrest this morning for his part in a string of bomb threats to Jewish Community Centers across the U.S., the St. Louis native seemed a little extra crazy, which is saying something.
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Man Arrested For JCC Bomb Threats Was Liberal Journalist Fired For Fabrication
Man Arrested For JCC Bomb Threats Was Liberal Journalist Fired For Fabrication
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Former journalist arrested, charged with threats against Jewish facilities
Former journalist arrested, charged with threats against Jewish facilities
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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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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Tara Golshan / Vox:
The first arrest made in connection to JCC bomb threats was about settling a personal score
The first arrest made in connection to JCC bomb threats was about settling a personal score
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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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.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Photo contradicts Pelosi's statement about not meeting Kislyak — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Friday that she's never met with the current Russian ambassador, Sergey Kislyak. — “Not with this Russian ambassador, no,” Pelosi told POLITICO's Jake Sherman …
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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 …
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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James Dyer / Empire:
Schwarzenegger Fires The Apprentice — Fans of Celebrity Apprentice are about to lose the show's biggest asset as Arnold Schwarzenegger will not be returning to host another season of the show. “I learned a lot, I had a great time, it was a really great opportunity,” Schwarzenegger said, speaking exclusively to Empire.
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
White House pushing back against Mattis appointment — Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis wants to tap the former U.S. ambassador to Egypt, Anne Patterson, as his undersecretary of defense for policy, but the Pentagon chief is running into resistance from White House officials, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.
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Kaitlan Collins / The Daily Caller:
Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak Appeared As Obama White House Visitor At Least 22 Times
Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak Appeared As Obama White House Visitor At Least 22 Times
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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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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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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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Hans A. von Spakovsky / Fox News:
Get real, Democrats, there is no good reason for Sessions to resign
Get real, Democrats, there is no good reason for Sessions to resign
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Sessions could face legal ordeal over testimony
Sessions could face legal ordeal over testimony
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Paul Demko / Politico:
New details in GOP Obamacare replacement leaked — House Republicans aren't backing down from their Obamacare repeal plan that sparked backlash from the party's conservative wing. — The latest version of the House's Obamacare repeal bill — which has yet to be publicly released …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
GOP's bold prediction: Obamacare repeal will pass this month
GOP's bold prediction: Obamacare repeal will pass this month
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Lev Facher / STAT:
Two months ago, this doctor was delivering babies. Now he's at the nexus of the Obamacare fight — ASHINGTON — Dr. Roger Marshall was delivering babies in December. By January, he found himself across a breakfast table from Tom Price, offering emotional support to the Georgia congressman …
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Bryce Covert / New York Times:
Paul Ryan's Misguided Sense of Freedom
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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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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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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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 …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
In leaked document, the case for Trump's ‘Muslim ban’ takes another huge hit — THE MORNING PLUM: — We keep hearing that President Trump will roll out the new version of his travel ban any day now. The White House delayed it earlier this week, because Trump advisers reportedly thought …
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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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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 …
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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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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Dana Hull / Bloomberg:
At Tesla, Departures Mount at a Critical Time — Mission creep, Musk's drive said to exhaust former executives — CFO's exit is latest ahead of the run-up to Model 3's arrival — Tesla Inc. is losing key personnel as it races to bring the Model 3 — its most critical electric sedan yet — to market later this year.
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Julia Edwards Ainsley / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump administration considering separating women, children at U.S.-Mexico border — Women and children crossing together illegally into the United States could be separated by U.S. authorities under a proposal being considered by the Department of Homeland Security, according to three government officials.
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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