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Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Supreme Court strikes down North Carolina maps for Congress — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that racial considerations pervaded the way North Carolina lawmakers drew congressional maps after the 2010 Census in order to maximize Republicans' advantage.
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Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
Breaking and Analysis: Supreme Court on 5-3 Vote Affirms NC Racial Gerrymandering Case, with Thomas in Majority and Roberts in Dissent — The Supreme Court has issued this 5-3 opinion in Cooper v. Harris. Justice Kagan wrote the opinion for the Court, with Justice Thomas making the fifth vote for affirmance.
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Mother Jones and The Daily Caller
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Supreme Court Rejects North Carolina Congressional Districts — Race played too big a role in Republican-drawn map, court says — Thomas joins liberal justices in majority of divided ruling — A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled that North Carolina Republicans relied too heavily on race …
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Washington Post and Politico
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Trump's bizarre and un-American visit to Saudi Arabia — Before he moves on to Israel and then to Europe, before we are consumed by the next scandal and forget, here is a list, for the record, of just a few of the ways in which President Trump's trip to Saudi Arabia was bizarre, unseemly, unethical and un-American.
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Bloomberg:
Trump's Direct Saudi-to-Israel Flight Breaks Symbolic Barrier
Trump's Direct Saudi-to-Israel Flight Breaks Symbolic Barrier
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Washington Free Beacon, Sputnik International, Axios, Donald J. Trump and New York Times
Jackie Wattles / CNNMoney:
Tillerson holds briefing in Saudi Arabia without US press
Tillerson holds briefing in Saudi Arabia without US press
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Ross Gushes About Lack of Protesters, “Bad Placards” in Saudi
Ross Gushes About Lack of Protesters, “Bad Placards” in Saudi
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Mother Jones
Simon Maloy / The Week:
The Trump White House is collapsing — Donald Trump certainly seems like he's having a lovely time on his first international trip as president. He touched down in Saudi Arabia over the weekend and was given an over-the-top reception by his hosts. The Saudis presented him with a medal …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The case for impeaching Trump — and fast
The case for impeaching Trump — and fast
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Blood in the Water — Donald Trump has left the country …
Blood in the Water — Donald Trump has left the country …
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Daily Kos
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
White House Moves to Block Ethics Inquiry Into Ex-Lobbyists on Payroll — The Trump administration, in a significant escalation of its clash with the government's top ethics watchdog, has moved to block an effort to disclose the names of former lobbyists who have been granted waivers to work in the White House or federal agencies.
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RT, Talking Points Memo, Common Dreams, Daily Kos, The Week and Raw Story
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House to seek 90-day delay in Obamacare subsidy suit — The Trump administration Monday plans to ask a federal court for another 90-day delay in a lawsuit over Obamacare insurance subsidies, according to two administration sources, leaving the future of the health care marketplaces in limbo through late August.
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Trump administration, House GOP, in talks to maintain Obamacare subsidies
Trump administration, House GOP, in talks to maintain Obamacare subsidies
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The Daily Caller
Kayla Tausche / CNBC:
White House to pay insurers while Obamacare case kept on ice: Sources
White House to pay insurers while Obamacare case kept on ice: Sources
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Axios, Washington Post and ACASignups.net
Hollywood Reporter:
Billy Bush Breaks His Silence on Trump, the ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape, NBC and a Comeback Plan (Exclusive) — Seven months after the infamous “grab them by the pussy” recording got Bush fired (and nearly toppled Trump's White House run), the former ‘Today’ host goes public with what happened on that bus …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Billy Bush on notorious Trump tape: It wasn't ‘locker room talk’
Billy Bush on notorious Trump tape: It wasn't ‘locker room talk’
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Althouse, The Daily Caller, AOL and Political Wire
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump becomes first US president to visit Western Wall — President Trump on Monday became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem, the holiest site where Jews are allowed to pray. — Trump approached the wall, rested his hand on it in a moment of silent reflection …
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Alex Pappas / Washington Examiner:
Tillerson says Trump's views on Islam ‘continue to evolve’
Tillerson says Trump's views on Islam ‘continue to evolve’
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RedState
Carrie Wells / Baltimore Sun:
Police, FBI investigating University of Maryland killing as possible hate crime — A black Bowie State University student who was set to graduate this week may have been killed over the weekend in a random, racially-motivated attack by a white University of Maryland, College Park student, officials said Sunday.
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Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
John Podesta Unloads on Trump — Donald Trump is “unfit for office,” a president whose actions are often “absolutely crazy” and whose White House has “a complete disregard for the truth.” His firing of James Comey as the FBI director was overseeing an investigation of Russian interference …
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Donald Trump Has Done An Amazing Job At His Most Important Job
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Report: Girl in Weiner sexting case lied to damage Clinton — The teenage girl who had exchanged sexually explicit text messages with former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) lied about her age and political motivations to harm Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton
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WhoWhatWhy and CANNONFIRE
Haaretz:
Trump tells Netanyahu he ‘never mentioned’ Israel in intel leak to Russians — Trump arrives in Israel on first-ever direct flight from Saudi Arabia Trump: Growing realization among Arab neighbors that they have common cause with Israel on Iran Netanyahu: I hope an Israeli PM can one day fly from Tel Aviv to Riyadh
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Washington Post:
Poll: Democrats have edge over Republican front-runner in Va. governor's race — RICHMOND — Widespread opposition to President Trump and his policies has heightened the challenge for Republicans hoping to retake the Virginia governor's mansion this year, with GOP front-runner Ed Gillespie trailing …
Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Donald Trump to America: Please impeach me — This president is all but shouting ‘get me out of here.’ We should help. — Donald Trump is doing an excellent impression of a president who desperately wishes to be impeached. Congress should grant that wish, or figure out an even quicker …
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Sputnik International
Dave Mosher / Business Insider:
Scientists have found a way to photograph people in 3D through walls using Wi-Fi — Wi-Fi can pass through walls. — This fact is easy to take for granted, yet it's the reason we can surf the web using a wireless router located in another room. — But not all of that microwave radiation makes it to …
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Infowars
Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
A millionaire, a hotel maid and an arrest after the inauguration for sex abuse — He was a millionaire, in Washington to toast President Trump's inauguration. — She was a maid, tasked with cleaning rooms that cost more in a few days than her monthly rent.
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Raw Story
Mark Zuckerberg:
My personal challenge this year is to visit every state I haven't spent time in before to learn about people's hopes and challenges, and how they're thinking about their work and communities. — After my early trips, people asked me what I was learning but I wanted to be careful not to generalize because every state is so different.
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CNNMoney, Axios, Political Wire and The Daily Caller
Page Six:
ScarJo hooks up with ‘SNL’ ‘Weekend Update’ host Colin Jost … Scarlett Johansson's appearance on “Saturday Night Live” was such a hit, she ended up making out with “Weekend Update” co-host Colin Jost at the afterparty, multiple sources exclusively confirmed to Page Six.
Kareem Fahim / Washington Post:
Turkey condemns U.S. over ‘aggressive’ acts against its bodyguards during Erdogan's visit to D.C. — ISTANBUL — Turkey's foreign ministry on Monday lodged a formal protest with the U.S. ambassador to Ankara over what it said were “lapses of security” during a violent confrontation between protesters …
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