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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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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.
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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John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
The Shame of Defaming Seth Rich — The conspiracy theorizing has to stop. — Seth Rich was 27 when he was killed on a dark street in a sketchy neighborhood in the nation's capital last July. He has become world-famous in the past month because his corpse is being used as a proxy in the war over the reputation of Donald J. Trump.
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump calls Kim Jong Un a ‘madman with nuclear weapons,’ according to transcript of Duterte call — President Trump labeled North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un a “madman with nuclear weapons” during a private phone conversation with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte last month …
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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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New York Times:
Trump Praises Duterte for Philippine Drug Crackdown in Call Transcript
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Politico
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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Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:
Katy Perry on Manchester Bombing: ‘No Barriers, No Borders, We All Just Need to Co-Exist’
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Mark Steyn / Steyn Online:
“Dangerous Woman” Meets Dangerous Man
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Elake / The Sun:
FACE OF PURE EVIL Brit-born Manchester bomber Salman Abedi, 22, is pictured for the first time …
Mitch Prothero / BuzzFeed:
US Officials Keep Talking About The Manchester Attack And It's Freaking Out European Allies
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Washington Post:
Manchester bombing suspect identified; Islamic State claims responsibility
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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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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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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.
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump says he had ‘fantastic meeting’ with pope — The Latest on President Donald Trump's first trip abroad (all times local): — President Donald Trump says he had “a fantastic meeting” with Pope Francis earlier Wednesday. — The president offered brief remarks as he sat …
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Washington Post and ABC News
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 …
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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Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
The single county to watch in Montana's special election — If you're only watching one county in Thursday's special election for Montana's lone U.S. House seat, it should be Lake County. — Wrapping around the base of Flathead Lake in rural northwest Montana, the county includes …
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Political Wire and Associated Press
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
No, Impeachment Doesn't Work That Way — Despite the fact that most Democratic leaders insist that talk of impeaching President Trump is premature, some liberal corners won't stop talking about it. — On May 17, Rep. Al Green of Texas called for the impeachment of the president in a floor speech.
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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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Billy House / Bloomberg:
Fate of Republican Health Bill Teeters on New Financial Analysis — Congressional Budget Office to release analysis Wednesday — Bill could miss required targets, forcing House to redo vote — House Republicans are waiting anxiously for a new financial estimate Wednesday …
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New York Times and Talking Points Memo
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. …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump retains outside lawyer Marc Kasowitz to help with Russia investigations — President Trump has retained the services of a trusted lawyer, Marc E. Kasowitz, to help him navigate the investigations into his campaign and Russian interference in last year's election, according to people familiar with the decision.
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Michael Del Moro / ABC News:
Trump expected to retain attorney for Russia inquiry
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Politico, The Week and The Last Tradition
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, Raw Story and CNN
Diane Ravitch / New Republic:
Don't Like Betsy DeVos? Blame the Democrats. — The Democratic Party paved the way for the education secretary's efforts to privatize our public schools. — Of all the corrupt, unqualified, and extremist characters Donald Trump has tapped to lead his administration …
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Media Matters for America:
These are Sean Hannity's advertisers — Here are Hannity's primary advertisers: — Alfa Romeo — Allstate — Angie's List — AstraZeneca — Bayer — Blink Health — Boehringer Ingelheim — Booking.com — Capital One — Casper — Consumer Cellular — DirecTV
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Olivia Solon / The Guardian:
Study finds mushrooms are the safest recreational drug — People taking mushrooms in 2016 needed medical treatment less than for MDMA, LSD and cocaine, while one of the riskiest drugs was synthetic cannabis — Mushrooms are the safest of all the drugs people take recreationally, according to this year's Global Drug Survey.
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Daily Mail
Christopher Roach / American Greatness:
Tales of a Coup: What Trump Can Learn from Gorbachev — The president was widely seen as incompetent, naïve, hostile to the professional experts in the bureaucracy, if not an outright traitor, paid off by the nation's ancient enemies. The traditional political establishment …
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