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Jason Easley / Politicus USA:
Trump Pal Sean Hannity Accused Of Sexual Harassment As Fox News Scandal Grows — A former Fox News contributor has accused Sean Hannity of sexual harassment after he invited her back to his hotel room and then never booked her for his show again after she declined.
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Kate Feldman / New York Daily News:
Former Fox News contributor Debbie Schlussel claims host Sean Hannity invited her back to his hotel room
Former Fox News contributor Debbie Schlussel claims host Sean Hannity invited her back to his hotel room
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Lois Beckett / The Guardian:
‘Roger Ailes did sexually harass me,’ says former Fox journalist Alisyn Camerota
‘Roger Ailes did sexually harass me,’ says former Fox journalist Alisyn Camerota
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The Week
Mike Opelka / TheBlaze:
“LET ME BE CLEAR”: Sean Hannity's stern response to sexual harassment allegation
“LET ME BE CLEAR”: Sean Hannity's stern response to sexual harassment allegation
Discussion:
John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Gateway Pundit
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Marine Le Pen Is In A Much Deeper Hole Than Trump Ever Was — Emmanuel Macron, a centrist candidate, and Marine Le Pen, of the far-right-wing National Front, will advance to a runoff in the French presidential election after finishing in the top two positions in a first-round vote on Sunday.
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Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Senate Trump-Russia Probe Has No Full-Time Staff, No Key Witnesses — There are just seven part-time staffers working on the Senate inquiry. None of them are trained investigators. And they haven't interviewed a single player in Trump's orbit. — The Senate Intelligence Committee's probe …
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump reschedules dinner with Supreme Court justices — President Trump planned to have dinner with the justices of the Supreme Court on Thursday evening, but the White House said Sunday evening the event will take place on a future date because of scheduling conflicts.
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Talking Points Memo and Julie Silverbrook's Blog
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David Ferguson / Raw Story:
Trump announces WH dinner for Supreme Court justices — then hours later postpones it indefinitely — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — The White House on Sunday announced that it would host a dinner on Thursday for the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, then …
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Trump eyeing second Supreme Court seat
Trump eyeing second Supreme Court seat
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USA Today, SCOTUSblog and SARAH PALIN
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
‘Everyone tunes in’: Inside Trump's obsession with cable TV — During a small working lunch at the White House last month, the question of job security in President Trump's tumultuous White House came up, and one of the attendees wondered whether press secretary Sean Spicer might be the first to go.
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Bloomberg:
Xi Urges Restraint on North Korea in Phone Call With Trump — Trump speaks by phone with Chinese president and Japan's Abe — Japan is participating in exercises with U.S. aircraft carrier — Chinese President Xi Jinping called for restraint on North Korea in a phone call with Donald Trump …
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Politico
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Fox News:
North Korea threatens to strike US aircraft carrier to show 'military's force'
North Korea threatens to strike US aircraft carrier to show 'military's force'
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Reuters, The Gateway Pundit, SARAH PALIN and The Last Tradition
David B. Larter / Associated Press:
Carried away: The inside story of how the Carl Vinson's canceled port visit sparked a global crisis
Carried away: The inside story of how the Carl Vinson's canceled port visit sparked a global crisis
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The Week
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Interview: Full Transcript — The AP has now released the full transcript of its Friday interview with President Trump and it is completely amazing. — Full transcript after the jump ... A transcript of an Oval Office interview Friday with President Donald Trump by AP White House Correspondent Julie Pace.
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Tresa Baldas / Detroit Free Press:
Genital mutilation victims break their silence: ‘This is demonic’ — CDC says at least 500,000 females in U.S. have undergone genital mutilation, or are at risk of having it done. — CONNECT — It was the summer of 1990. — Mariya Taher was 7 years old, vacationing in India with her family …
Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
Trump Saved Carrier Jobs. These Workers Weren't as Lucky. — HUNTINGTON, Ind. — These are the Indiana workers whose jobs President Trump didn't save. — After assembling circuit boards for Carrier furnaces at a factory here for 21 years, Jim Sholle, 56, walked out of the plant for the final time last month.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump plans pre-100th day executive order spree — President Trump is going on an executive order frenzy in the final week of his first 100 days. — By Friday, Trump will have signed at least 32 executive orders — the most signed in the first 100 days of a new administration since World War II.
Ulrich Baer / New York Times:
What ‘Snowflakes’ Get Right About Free Speech — At one of the premieres of his landmark Holocaust documentary, “Shoah” (1985), the filmmaker Claude Lanzmann was challenged by a member of the audience, a woman who identified herself as a Holocaust survivor.
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Why Paul Wolfowitz Is Optimistic About Trump — Iraq might descend into “chaotic violence”—or worse. The broader Middle East could “go to hell” all over again. — If the United States doesn't step up under President Donald Trump, Paul Wolfowitz warns in a new interview for The Global POLITICO …
Tim Ross / Bloomberg:
May Hires Jim Messina for U.K. Conservative Election Team — President Obama's former campaign chief starts work for Tories — Messina returns to U.K. after success on 2015 Cameron campaign — U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May has hired President Obama's former deputy chief of staff Jim Messina …
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Political Wire
BBC:
Italy migrant crisis: Charities ‘colluding’ with smugglers — An Italian prosecutor says he has evidence some of the charities saving migrants in the Mediterranean Sea are colluding with people-smugglers. — Carmelo Zuccaro told La Stampa (in Italian) phone calls were being made from Libya to rescue vessels.
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Vox Popoli
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Brooklyn Moves to Protect Immigrants From Deportation Over Petty Crimes — The Brooklyn district attorney's office, promising to seek “equal and fair justice” for the borough's vulnerable foreign-born residents, has created a policy that tailors prosecutions to avoid, when possible …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and New York Magazine
Donald Trump / ABC News:
ANALYSIS: How Trump accomplished so little yet so much in first 100 days — Amid the chaos and disruption that have defined President Trump's first 100 days, a giant contradiction breaks through. — Few modern presidents have accomplished so little in the opening months of their time in office.
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The Hill, AOL, SARAH PALIN and Mediaite