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The Intercept:
Top-Secret NSA Report Details Russian Hacking Effort Days Before 2016 Election — Russian military intelligence executed a cyberattack on at least one U.S. voting software supplier and sent spear-phishing emails to more than 100 local election officials just days before last November's presidential election …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Federal Government Contractor in Georgia Charged With Removing and Mailing Classified Materials to a News Outlet — A criminal complaint was filed in the Southern District of Georgia today charging Reality Leigh Winner, 25, a federal contractor from Augusta, Georgia, with removing classified material …
CNN:
Contractor charged with leaking classified NSA info on Russian hacking — (CNN)The Justice Department announced charges Monday against a federal contractor with Top Secret security clearance, after she allegedly leaked classified information to an online media outlet.
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The Atlantic, The Week, Mashable, Raw Story and Politicus USA
The Daily Beast:
Mom Shocked at Daughter's Arrest for Leaking Secrets … Reality Winner, a 25-year-old National Security Agency contractor, is the first casualty in the Trump administration's promised war on leakers. Winner was arrested over the weekend for allegedly leaking top secret information to a news organization …
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Boing Boing, Mediaite and IJR
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
NSA Leaker Is A Bernie Supporter Who ‘Resists’ Trump
NSA Leaker Is A Bernie Supporter Who ‘Resists’ Trump
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TheBlaze
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
A Federal Government Contractor Has Been Charged With Leaking To The Intercept
A Federal Government Contractor Has Been Charged With Leaking To The Intercept
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Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and Balloon Juice
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Why Would Russia Stop at ‘Influence’ When They Could Hack Directly?
Why Would Russia Stop at ‘Influence’ When They Could Hack Directly?
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Daily Mail and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Conway's husband rips Trump for ‘travel ban’ tweets — The husband of top White House aide Kellyanne Conway on Monday appeared to criticize President Trump for his series of tweets about his executive order on travel. — “These tweets may make some ppl feel better, but they certainly …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump's tweets prompt backlash from GOP lawyers — Prominent Republican attorneys are staging what amounts to an unprecedented public intervention against President Donald Trump, warning that his tweeting habit was doing serious harm to his bid to preserve his travel ban policy at the Supreme Court …
New York Times:
Trump Grows Discontented With Attorney General Jeff Sessions — WASHINGTON — Few Republicans were quicker to embrace President Trump's campaign last year than Jeff Sessions, and his reward was one of the most prestigious jobs in America. But more than four months into his presidency …
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The Hill, Washington Post and ABC News
Jblackman / Lawfare:
All The President's Tweets
All The President's Tweets
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Washington Post, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Balkinization, BuzzFeed, Take Care Blog and ImmigrationProf Blog
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
OPINION: Trump's ‘travel ban’ tweets torpedo his Supreme Court arguments
OPINION: Trump's ‘travel ban’ tweets torpedo his Supreme Court arguments
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Shareblue, CNN, Washington Post and Just Security
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Trump National Security Team Blindsided by NATO Speech — When President Donald Trump addressed NATO leaders during his debut overseas trip little more than a week ago, he surprised and disappointed European allies who hoped—and expected—he would use his speech to explicitly reaffirm America's commitment …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Will Not Block Comey From Testifying, White House Says
Trump Will Not Block Comey From Testifying, White House Says
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Politico, The Atlantic, Boing Boing, Outside the Beltway, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, DCist and TheBlaze
NBC News:
Tweeting and Fuming, Trump Spirals Further Into Crisis
Tweeting and Fuming, Trump Spirals Further Into Crisis
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Washington Post, Axios, Deadline, New York Times, Talking Points Memo, CBS New York, CNBC, Vox, Daily Kos, ABC News, Politico and AOL
Dan Merica / CNN:
White House: Trump won't stop Comey from testifying
White House: Trump won't stop Comey from testifying
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Breitbart, Hot Air, Daily Wire and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
CNN:
Sources: Acting US ambassador to China quit over Trump climate decision — Trump has said often climate change isn't real — Washington (CNN)Acting US ambassador to China David Rank resigned from his post in Beijing over President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement …
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Talking Points Memo
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Acting US ambassador to China resigns over Trump's Paris decision: report
Acting US ambassador to China resigns over Trump's Paris decision: report
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Power Line and The Gateway Pundit
Washington Post:
Post-ABC poll: Nearly 6 in 10 oppose Trump scrapping Paris agreement — Most Americans oppose President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, with a majority saying the move will damage the United States' global leadership, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Citizens' Climate Lobby, Hot Air, NBC News, Politicus USA, Axios, Politico, The Week and Washington Free Beacon
The Sun:
THE JIHADI NEXT DOOR London Bridge attacker in Arsenal shirt was ex-Tube worker ‘family man’ called Abz, 27 who appeared on Channel 4 documentary — The maniac was gunned down along with two other terror thugs by armed cops on Saturday in Borough Market — REVEALED
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Power Line, Telegraph, ABC News, The Daily Caller, RTÉ, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Daily Mail, Business Insider, Daily Wire, IJR, Hot Air and TheBlaze
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Mynewsdesk:
Updates: Two men shot dead by police following terrorist attack named
Updates: Two men shot dead by police following terrorist attack named
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The Atlantic, NPR, FDD's Long War Journal, New York Times, The Daily Caller, CBS New York, Mediaite, New York Magazine, Fox News Insider, IJR, Business Insider and Telegraph
Saphora Smith / NBC News:
London Bridge Attack: American Hit in Head by Police Bullet, Witness Says
London Bridge Attack: American Hit in Head by Police Bullet, Witness Says
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Hit & Run, NBC News, IJR, The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
GOP Leaders to Present Senate Republicans With Proposals to Shape Health-Care Bill — GOP leaders are expected to present Senate Republicans options for the major policy decisions shaping their health-care bill during a closed-door lunch Tuesday, Senate aides say.
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The Daily Caller and Business Insider
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Ron Fonger / MLive.com:
Official resigns after using n-word to describe Flint residents — UPDATE: Activist says more recordings on the way of official who used racial slur — FLINT, MI — The sales manager of the Genesee County Land Bank has resigned his position after water activists recorded him saying Flint's problems …
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Washington Times, Truth Against the Machine, The Week, Raw Story, IJR, AOL and The Daily Caller
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Hotel Received $270,000 From Lobbying Campaign Tied to Saudis — President Trump's Washington hotel received catering, lodging and parking payments linked to Saudi Arabia as part of the Gulf kingdom's fight against a law that lets Americans sue foreign countries over terrorist attacks.
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The Daily Caller, Political Wire and Raw Story
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Breitbart writer out after inflammatory tweets following London attack — London terror attacks: How they unfolded — Katie McHugh, the Breitbart writer who tweeted a number of incendiary remarks in the immediate aftermath of the London terror attack, is no longer with the right-wing news site …
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New York Times, Mediaite, Vox, Hullabaloo, The Daily Caller, IJR, ThinkProgress and Talking Points Memo, more at Mediagazer »
David Dayen / The Fiscal Times:
Trump's Air Traffic Control Plan: Airlines Win, Passengers Lose — Happy Infrastructure Week! I know, you're still getting over the last Infrastructure Week three weeks ago. But the Trump administration has usurped the label, spotlighting its commitment to a bipartisan priority: rebuilding the nation's critical needs.
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Bloomberg, CNBC, New York Magazine, The Hill and The Verge
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Jeffrey Cook / ABC News:
What privatizing air traffic control could mean, as Trump outlines proposal
What privatizing air traffic control could mean, as Trump outlines proposal
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ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES and Associated Press
Erika Solomon / Financial Times:
The $1bn hostage deal that enraged Qatar's Gulf rivals — Doha reportedly paid al-Qaeda affiliate and Iran to win release of royal hunting party — Read next … Qatar paid up to $1bn to release members of the Gulf state's royal family who were kidnapped in Iraq while on a hunting trip …
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The Atlantic, AOL and Business Insider
New York Times:
Trump Organization to Go Budget Friendly With ‘American Idea’ Hotel Chain — On the campaign trail, President Trump's children rolled through dozens of small towns across the country, reveling in the adoration of the crowds. But they were less enamored of the budget-friendly hotels along the way …
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Boing Boing
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
What Trump Really Fears — As the blast radius of the Russia investigation continues to expand, Donald Trump is facing an unnerving new reality: The fate of his presidency may now hinge on the motley, freewheeling crew of lieutenants and loyalists who have long populated his entourage.
Todd Van Luling / HuffPost:
Senator Al Franken Cancels Bill Maher Appearance Amid Controversy — “Senator Franken believes that what Bill Maher said was inappropriate and offensive,” a spokesperson said. — A spokesperson for Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) confirmed to HuffPost that the senator is canceling his appearance …
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Breitbart, Mediaite, Raw Story and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »
Maria Lisignoli / KCCI-TV:
Cellphone video captures nasty brawl unfolding at McDonald's — HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT — A bystander at a McDonald's restaurant drive-thru on Des Moines' northeast side captured a nasty brawl on video depicting a woman apparently assaulting an employee.
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The Daily Caller and KFOR-TV
Katia Porzecanski / Bloomberg:
Ray Dalio Is Changing His Mind About Donald Trump — ‘I worry about him harming his presidency,’ Dalio says — Views contrast with Dalio's initial bullish take on Trump — Billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio, who was initially bullish on Donald Trump's ability to stimulate the economy …
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CNBC and bradford-delong.com
Bloomberg:
May Condemns Trump's Attack on London Mayor Khan — U.S. president mocked London mayor's call for calm on Twitter — Khan 'doing a good job; it's wrong to say anything else:' May — Prime Minister Theresa May said she thought Donald Trump was “wrong” to attack London Mayor Sadiq Khan …