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Christy Riggins / Zpolitics:
Exclusive: Weekend poll shows Gray may take the lead in CD-6 — With less than 24 hours until Election Day, a new zpolitics and Clout Research poll shows that Republicans may have a new front runner in the race to replace Tom Price. — According to the report, Democrat Jon Ossoff remains …
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Political Wire and The Daily Caller
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Charles Bethea / New Yorker:
In Georgia, Jon Ossoff Tries to Vanquish Seventeen Candidates at Once
In Georgia, Jon Ossoff Tries to Vanquish Seventeen Candidates at Once
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Hullabaloo, New York Times, CNBC, Politicus USA, Mediaite, New York Magazine, Political Insider blog and Vox
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Trump robocall attacks Dem in Georgia special election
Trump robocall attacks Dem in Georgia special election
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Talking Points Memo, Politicus USA, MSNBC and Political Insider blog
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Trump: Presidents Obama, Clinton were ‘outplayed’ by North Korea — President Trump said his predecessors Presidents Bill Clinton — were “outplayed” by North Korea and that he won't be broadcasting his plans to deal with the isolated and increasingly aggressive country.
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Politico
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Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml …:
US Deploys Two More Aircraft Carriers Toward Korean Peninsula: Yonhap
US Deploys Two More Aircraft Carriers Toward Korean Peninsula: Yonhap
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The Gateway Pundit
Financial Times:
US admits Trump tax reforms will be hit by healthcare setback — Treasury secretary Mnuchin rejects currency war fears, plans new Syria sanctions — Read next … The US Treasury secretary has conceded that the administration's timetable for ambitious tax reforms is set to slip following setbacks …
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New York Times, New York Magazine, The Hill, Morning Consult, Talking Points Memo, TheStreet, Politico, Business Insider and Axios
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Trump's Unreleased Taxes Threaten Yet Another Campaign Promise
Trump's Unreleased Taxes Threaten Yet Another Campaign Promise
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NBC News and Morning Consult
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Cotton booed for defending Trump on tax returns
Cotton booed for defending Trump on tax returns
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Politicus USA, CNNMoney, IJR, Business Insider, USA Today, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Infowars, Balloon Juice, WQAD-TV and RedState
Matthew Reade / The Claremont Independent:
Students Demand Administrators ‘Take Action’ Against Conservative Journalists — In an open letter to outgoing Pomona College President David Oxtoby, a group of students from the Claremont Colleges assail the president for affirming Pomona's commitment to free speech and demand that all five colleges …
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Breitbart, Power Line, Hit & Run and Heat Street
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Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Pomona College Students Say There's No Such Thing as Truth, ‘Truth’ Is a Tool of White Supremacy
Pomona College Students Say There's No Such Thing as Truth, ‘Truth’ Is a Tool of White Supremacy
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Instapundit and National Review
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump to overhaul visa program for high-skilled workers — President Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday that aims to overhaul the H1-B visa program used by tech companies to bring high-skilled workers to the U.S. — Trump will travel to a manufacturing plant in Kenosha, Wis. …
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ABC News and The Gateway Pundit
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Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Trump calls Erdogan to congratulate him on contested referendum, Turkey says — President Trump called to congratulate Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday after a referendum greatly expanding his powers, according to Turkish officials, despite a more circumspect State Department response …
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Foreign Policy, Hot Air, National Review, Wall Street Journal, Power Line, CNN and Business Insider
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BBC:
Turkey referendum: Trump congratulates Erdogan
Turkey referendum: Trump congratulates Erdogan
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RedState, DailySabah, Washington Post, The Guardian, Hit & Run, ThinkProgress and The Atlantic
Isobel Finkel / Bloomberg:
Erdogan Says He Doesn't Care What Europe Thinks About Turkey's Vote
Erdogan Says He Doesn't Care What Europe Thinks About Turkey's Vote
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Politico, Balloon Juice, BBC, Shareblue and Associated Press
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
Silicon Valley CEO Pleads ‘No Contest’ to Abusing His Wife—and Is Offered a Deal for Less Than 30 Days in Jail — At Apple, Neha Rastogi worked on everything from Siri to FaceTime to Maps, sometimes seated beside Steve Jobs himself. — She is clearly brilliant and dedicated as well as passionate …
Elana Schor / Politico:
Cotton blitzed by constituents at rowdy town hall — Sen. Tom Cotton came under fire at a raucous town hall Monday, as constituents pelted the Arkansas Republican on topics ranging from Donald Trump's tax returns and possible ties to Russia to the GOP push to repeal Obamacare.
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Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Vulnerable GOP senator: ‘No problems’ with Planned Parenthood funding
Vulnerable GOP senator: ‘No problems’ with Planned Parenthood funding
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USA Today, Politico, Mother Jones and The Daily Caller
Bloomberg:
Apple Readies iPhone Overhaul for Smartphone's 10th Anniversary — Apple is testing a revamped iPhone with an all-screen front, curved glass and a stainless steel frame alongside upgrades to the current models. — Ten years after Steve Jobs held up the original iPhone to a gushing San Francisco crowd …
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The Verge, more at Techmeme »
BBC:
Theresa May to seek snap election for 8 June — UK Prime Minister Theresa May has announced plans to call a snap general election on 8 June. — She said Britain needed certainty, stability and strong leadership following the EU referendum. — Explaining the decision, Mrs May said …
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National Review, The National Interest, Business Insider and The Daily Caller
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Ted Cruz concerned Democrats will trigger government shutdown — With Congress about to consider a must-pass spending bill to avoid a government shutdown, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz said Monday that he was concerned Senate Democrats would “engage in across-the-board obstruction.”
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Axios
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
In the fight of his career, O'Reilly's side swings back on harassment charge — All at once, Bill O'Reilly is fighting for his TV life. The future of O'Reilly's long career at Fox News may hinge on a sexual-harassment accusation raised by a woman named Wendy Walsh, who has alleged …
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Refinery29, more at Mediagazer »
Reuters:
‘I will protect you!’ Le Pen tells voters ahead of presidential election — Far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Monday sought to mobilise her supporters six days ahead of France's most unpredictable presidential election in decades by pledging to suspend all immigration and shield voters from “savage globalisation.”
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The Daily Caller
Rachel Stockman / LawNewz:
BREAKING: Glenn Beck Countersues Tomi Lahren, Claims She Mistreated Staff, Offended Blaze Audience — Glenn Beck, and his conservative network, The Blaze, have filed a counter claim against firebrand conservative news personality Tomi Lahren after she sued the organization for wrongful termination.
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Daily Wire, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Business Insider, The Gateway Pundit, IJR, Red Alert Politics, Raw Story and Heat Street, more at Mediagazer »
Austin Wright / Politico:
Benghazi-obsessed Trump MIA on key security post — President Donald Trump has yet to nominate the State Department official who oversees diplomatic security abroad — despite having made the 2012 Benghazi attacks a centerpiece of his campaign against Hillary Clinton.
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Raw Story
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Steve Ballmer Serves Up a Fascinating Data Trove — Guess what Steven A. Ballmer has been up to for the last several years. (No, not just cheering for the basketball team he owns, the Los Angeles Clippers.) It's a novel project, and he plans to take the wrapping off it Tuesday.
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The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Shaun King / New York Daily News:
KING: Conservatives don't hate a golfing President, but they hated an uppity negro golfing President — No President in American history has ever golfed more per week than Donald Trump. In his first 12 weeks in office Trump took a staggering 18 golf course trips. That's unheard of.
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No More Mister Nice Blog, RedState and The Guardian
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
The $1 million upside for an RNC digital guru — The Republican Party's top digital strategist in 2016 got a nearly $1 million payout from a firm he co-founded that collected online contributions to the party and its nominee, Donald Trump — despite earlier claims that the strategist had severed his ties to the company.
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Political Wire
Chris Perez / New York Post:
Diabolical parents blasted for cruel pranks that make their kids cry — A Maryland mom and dad are being blasted online for pulling a cruel prank on their son — which included cursing the young boy out and convincing him he had done something terribly wrong.
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Heat Street