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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, Raw Story, Politicus USA and Mashable
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
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 …
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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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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
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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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 …
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
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Cancel Trump state visit, says Sadiq Khan, after London attack tweets
Cancel Trump state visit, says Sadiq Khan, after London attack tweets
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Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit, New York Times, Gizmodo and Portland Mercury
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
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
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 and AOL
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
Joe Concha / The Hill:
NBC's Megyn Kelly 3rd in total viewers, 2nd in demo in Sunday debut — NBC's Megyn Kelly got off to the modest start in the ratings race with her Sunday night news magazine debut, finishing third in total viewers behind ABC's NBA Finals pregame special and a rerun of “60 Minutes” on CBS.
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Baltimore Sun, The Root, Business Insider and Washington Free Beacon
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Verne Gay / Newsday:
Megyn Kelly off to rough start with NBC show's premiere
Megyn Kelly off to rough start with NBC show's premiere
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Forbes, Vanity Fair, CNNMoney, Los Angeles Times, NPR and The Week
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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Mother Jones:
Republican Congressman on Suspected Islamic Radicals: “Kill Them All” — In response to the London terror attack, Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) had an extreme proposal: kill anyone suspected of being an Islamic radical. — On his campaign Faceboook page, Higgins, a former police officer, posted this message:
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ThinkProgress and Talking Points Memo
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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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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
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
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
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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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