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Greg Gianforte: Fox News team witnesses GOP House candidate ‘body slam’ reporter — The race to fill Montana's sole seat in the U.S. House of Representatives took a violent turn Wednesday, and a crew from the Fox News Channel, including myself, witnessed it firsthand.
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The Guardian:
Republican candidate charged with assault after ‘body-slamming’ Guardian reporter — Audio of Greg Gianforte attacking Ben Jacobs corroborated by Fox News journalists in the room, who described candidate ‘slamming him to the ground’ — The Republican candidate for Montana's congressional seat …
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The Billings / Associated Press:
Gazette opinion: We're pulling our endorsement of Greg Gianforte — In this March 6, 2017, file photo, Greg Gianforte, right, receives congratulations from a supporter in Helena. Montana voters are heading to the polls Thursday to decide a nationally watched congressional election amid uncertainty …
Missoulian:
Missoulian rescinds Gianforte endorsement — Greg Gianforte should not represent Montana in the U.S. House of Representatives. — The Republican candidate for Congress not only lost the endorsement of this newspaper Wednesday night when, according to witnesses, he put his hands around …
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Felix Biederman / Washington Post:
Face it: The body-slammed reporter did just what you would have done — Most Americans couldn't fight their way out of a wet paper bag. — Yesterday, tech multimillionaire and GOP candidate for Montana's at-large congressional seat Greg Gianforte allegedly hurled the Guardian's Ben C. Jacobs …
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Jason Jarrett / Gallatin Media Center:
Update on Assault Investigation — (Bozeman, Mont.) From Sheriff Brian Gootkin; — At 5:08 pm this evening our Deputies responded to Discovery Drive for a reported assault. The text of the initial report to the 911 center follows: … Earlier this evening I conducted a press conference …
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Edmund Kozak / LifeZette:
Montana Assault Witness Changes Story, Says No Neck Grab
Montana Assault Witness Changes Story, Says No Neck Grab
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Justin Mitchell / Reuters:
Republican candidate charged with assault, roiling Trump's Montana test
Republican candidate charged with assault, roiling Trump's Montana test
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Helena Independent Record:
AN IR VIEW: Independent Record withdraws endorsement of Gianforte
AN IR VIEW: Independent Record withdraws endorsement of Gianforte
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Reporter: Only true thing in Gianforte's assault statement is my name and employer
Reporter: Only true thing in Gianforte's assault statement is my name and employer
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Fights, Lies, and Audiotape
Fights, Lies, and Audiotape
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Montana Republican Greg Gianforte, Charged With Assault, Awaits Fate in Vote
Montana Republican Greg Gianforte, Charged With Assault, Awaits Fate in Vote
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
‘The fish rots from the head’: Morning Joe blames ‘brutish’ Trump for Gianforte's assault on reporter
‘The fish rots from the head’: Morning Joe blames ‘brutish’ Trump for Gianforte's assault on reporter
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Appeals Court Will Not Reinstate Trump's Revised Travel Ban — WASHINGTON — The federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., on Thursday refused to reinstate President Trump's revised travel ban, saying it discriminated on the basis of religion. The decision was a fresh setback …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Appeals court keeps block on revised Trump travel ban — A federal appeals court has upheld an injunction blocking a key part of President Donald Trump's revised travel ban executive order. — In a 10-3 vote that broke essentially along party lines, judges of the Richmond-based 4th Circuit Court …
BBC:
Manchester attack: Police ‘not sharing information with US’ — Police investigating the Manchester Arena bomb attack have stopped sharing information with the US after leaks to the media, the BBC understands. — UK officials were outraged when photos appearing to show debris from the attack appeared in the New York Times.
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New York Times:
Trump Condemns ‘Alleged Leaks,’ After Complaints From Britain
Trump Condemns ‘Alleged Leaks,’ After Complaints From Britain
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Robert Mendick / Telegraph:
Security services missed five opportunities to stop the Manchester bomber
Security services missed five opportunities to stop the Manchester bomber
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump chastises fellow NATO members, demands they meet payment obligations — BRUSSELS — President Trump, speaking at a ceremony here Thursday to dedicate a memorial to NATO's resolve in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, publicly chastised his fellow alliance leaders …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's “street fighters” — West Wing officials are prepping for a years-long war with investigators and the bureaucracy, with plans to beef up legal, surrogate, communications and rapid-response teams as part of a “new normal” for President Trump — besieged.
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
White House tries to avoid ‘paralysis’ amid investigation
White House tries to avoid ‘paralysis’ amid investigation
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Rob Tornoe / Philly.com:
Fox News host Sean Hannity takes a vacation after losing more advertisers — Sean Hannity is taking a couple days off amid a growing advertiser boycott after pushing a conspiracy theory involving a slain Democratic National Committee staffer. — So far, seven advertisers have pulled …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News Says Sean Hannity Will Return to Show
Fox News Says Sean Hannity Will Return to Show
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Daniel Bice / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Sheriff Clarke directed staff to hassle plane passenger after brief exchange — Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. was sued earlier this year in the wake of a brief exchange with Riverwest resident Dan Black aboard an American Airlines flight from Dallas to Milwaukee. The sheriff has now given his version of what happened.
Wall Street Journal:
How Alleged Russian Hacker Teamed Up With Florida GOP Operative — Political consultant Aaron Nevins asked for and received documents from hacker ‘Guccifer 2.0’ and posted some on his blog, after which the hacker called the blog to the attention of Trump adviser Roger Stone.
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The Daily Beast:
Reince Priebus Sweating Secret Comey Memos, White House Sources Say … President Donald Trump isn't the only one in the White House who could be caught in a compromising position by James Comey's secret memos. The president's chief of staff is worried he could be soon in the crosshairs, as well.
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Alexandra Desanctis / National Review:
‘I Might . . . Pull Off a Leg or Two’ — Center for Medical Progress video (via YouTube) — A shocking new undercover video exposes the grisly reality of ripping apart fetuses. — A shocking new video has just been released by the Center for Medical Progress, the undercover investigative group …
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Washington Post:
‘Anyone . . . with a pulse’: How a Russia-friendly adviser found his way into the Trump campaign — As Donald Trump surged in the Republican primary polls in the early months of 2016, his outsider campaign faced growing pressure to show that the former reality-TV star …
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The Week
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's iPhone has one app: Twitter — Top White House officials tell me the key to forcing a more disciplined President Trump (like the one onstage overseas) is limiting his screen time. In Trump's case, it's curtailing his time watching TV and banging out tweets on his iPhone.
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Jessica Haynes / MLive.com:
Ann Arbor restaurant says ICE agents ate breakfast, then detained 3 workers — ANN ARBOR, MI - The owner of Ann Arbor's Sava's Restaurant said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials took at least three of her employees into custody the morning of Wednesday, May 24.
James Titcomb / Telegraph:
Hackers are hiding computer viruses in film subtitles, security experts warn — Hackers can hide computer viruses in online video subtitles and use them to take control of computers, security experts have warned. — The attacks are embedded within the subtitle files that accompany …
George Kelly / East Bay Times:
Berkeley: College professor arrested as assault suspect — BERKELEY — A former Diablo Valley College professor was in custody Wednesday evening after his arrest Wednesday afternoon in Oakland, according to county records. — Eric Clanton, 28, was being held on $200,000 bail after he was booked …
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Abbe R. Gluck / New York Times:
How the G.O.P. Sabotaged Obamacare — Obamacare is not “collapsing under its own weight,” as Republicans are so fond of saying. It was sabotaged from the day it was enacted. And now the Republican Party should be held accountable not only for any potential replacement of the law, but also for having tried to starve it to death.
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Associated Press:
Merkel, Obama to attend podium discussion at Berlin event — Barack Obama received a rock-star welcome in Berlin as he appeared at a public debate Thursday with Chancellor Angela Merkel, whom he praised as one of his “favorite partners” during his presidency.
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