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David Weigel / Washington Post:
The life and death of the Seth Rich conspiracy theory — When Seth Rich's Gmail account received an alert this week from Mega.com, attempting to start a new account on a website created by the New Zealand-based Internet businessman and convicted hacker Kim Dotcom, his family knew that something was off.
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Salon and Daily Wire
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Mary Rich / Washington Post:
We're Seth Rich's parents. Stop politicizing our son's murder. — The writers are the parents of Seth Rich, who was killed in the District in 2016. — Imagine living in a nightmare that you can never wake up from. Imagine having to face every single day knowing that your son was murdered.
Fox News:
Statement on coverage of Seth Rich murder investigation — On May 16, a story was posted on the Fox News website on the investigation into the 2016 murder of DNC Staffer Seth Rich. The article was not initially subjected to the high degree of editorial scrutiny we require for all our reporting.
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John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
The Shame of Defaming Seth Rich
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Showbiz411 and Hot Air
Bloomberg:
Pope Lends Weight to G-7 Push to Bind Trump to Climate Deal — G-7 leaders await Trump decision on emission cuts this weekend — Francis has called for urgent action to protect environment — Pope Francis joined an international chorus urging Donald Trump to meet U.S. commitments …
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The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump tells Pope Francis: 'I won't forget what you said' — Vatican City (CNN)After a highly anticipated meeting, Pope Francis appears to have left his mark on President Donald Trump. — “Thank you. I won't forget what you said,” Trump told Pope Francis, before leaving the Pope's private study after a half-hour private meeting.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Pope Francis gave Trump 2015 encyclical on climate change
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Religion News Service and Fusion
Telegraph:
Outrage as Milo Yiannopoulos criticises Ariana Grande for being ‘pro-Islam’ after Manchester attack — Milo Yiannopoulos, the ultra-conservative British media personality in the US, has prompted outrage on social media after he criticised singer Ariana Grande for being “pro-Islam” …
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Heat Street, Media Matters for America and The Daily Beast
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Mark Steyn / Steyn Online:
“Dangerous Woman” Meets Dangerous Man
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The Intercept:
TRUMP CALLED RODRIGO DUTERTE TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON HIS MURDEROUS DRUG WAR: “YOU ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB” — Photo Illustration: The Intercept/Getty Images — In a phone call from the White House late last month, U.S. President Donald Trump heaped praise on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte …
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump calls Kim Jong Un a ‘madman with nuclear weapons,’ according to transcript of Duterte call
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Michael Grunwald / Politico:
Trump's Budget Scam — I have a plan to dunk a basketball. First, I'll grow a foot taller. Next, I'll recapture the athleticism of my youth, so I can jump a lot higher. I didn't say I had a serious plan—just a plan. — Today, the Trump administration released a plan to balance …
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Jen Christensen / CNN:
Trump's budget cuts children's health insurance program
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The Guardian:
US leak of Manchester attacker's name strikes new blow to intelligence sharing — Naming of Salman Abedi by ‘US officials’ hours before it was announced by UK authorities is latest in series of leaks that may damage credibility with allies … American officials have been criticised …
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Political Wire, IJR, Geller Report, Business Insider, TheBlaze and The Atlantic
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Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:
Katy Perry on Manchester Bombing: ‘No Barriers, No Borders, We All Just Need to Co-Exist’ — Pop megastar Katy Perry made an impassioned plea for people to “co-exist” and said that “barriers” or “borders” could detract from that goal in an interview following the terrorist bombing …
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Republicans: Montana special election ‘closer than it should be’ — GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Republican Greg Gianforte's closing motivational speech to voters ahead of Thursday's special House election in Montana is the same thing GOP strategists are whispering in private: “This race is closer than it should be.”
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Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
The single county to watch in Montana's special election
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Political Wire and Associated Press
David M. Schwartz / Newsday:
In upset, Democrat Pellegrino wins 9th District Assembly seat — Democrat Christine Pellegrino, left, won the race against Conservative Tom Gargiulo in a special election Tuesday, May 23, 2017, in the 9th Assembly District. She will fill the seat that opened when Assemb.
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NY State of Politics
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
New GOP fear: nine months of failure — Republican leaders are coming to the bleak conclusion they will end summer and begin the fall with ZERO significant legislative accomplishments. Privately, they realize it's political malpractice to blow at least the the first nine of months of all Republican rule …
Mario Parker / Bloomberg:
Icahn Guides Trump's Policy and Scores $60 Million — Billionaire's CVR Energy saves from plunge in energy credits — His crusade to excuse refiners from rules pays off in quarter — Government work has paid off handsomely for billionaire Carl Icahn. — CVR Energy Inc. …
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Raw Story
Circa:
The FISA court opinion — Circa has reported that there was a three-fold increase in NSA data searches about Americans and a rise in the unmasking of U.S. person's identities in intelligence reports after Obama loosened the privacy rules in 2011. — Officials like former National Security …
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The Gateway Pundit and The Last Tradition
Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
Melania and Ivanka Trump show the world what feminine power looks like — By now you're exhausted by all the head-swiveling news — the terrorist slaughter in Manchester; the president's trip to Everywhere; and investigation upon investigation of the possible collusion with Russia, obstruction of justice and liars by the dozen.
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Vanity Fair and The Week
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Annie Karni / Politico:
How Trump's aides pulled off Middle East tour
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Politicus USA and The Week
Ted Johnson / Variety:
FCC Will Not Take Action Over Stephen Colbert's Trump Remarks — The FCC will not take any action in response to complaints over a May 1 broadcast of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” in which the host quipped during his opening monologue that “the only thing [Trump's] mouth is good for is being Vladimir Putin's c— holster.”
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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
One thing that won't change with GOP health bill: Medicaid coverage losses — There's a lot of uncertainty about how the Congressional Budget Office will estimate the costs of the GOP health care bill the House passed earlier this month. But one thing that's almost certain …
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ABC News
Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
Exclusive: Sources Say Chris Christie Says He Gave Jared Kushner Legal Advice About Trump — The two, whose spokespeople deny this claim, used to be adversaries. But the New Jersey governor knows something about being investigated, and the president's son-in-law knows how Christie investigates.
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AOL, Business Insider and Raw Story
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump, Clinton campaign aides launch their own bids — Campaign aides and state chairs from the 2016 presidential race are stepping out from behind the scenes for their own runs for office, looking to build on the momentum from their former presidential hopefuls' bids.
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