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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 …
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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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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CNN:
Contractor charged with leaking classified NSA info on Russian hacking
Contractor charged with leaking classified NSA info on Russian hacking
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Intelligence Contractor Is Charged in First Leak Case Under Trump
Intelligence Contractor Is Charged in First Leak Case Under Trump
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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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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
London mayor calls for cancellation of Trump visit to UK — London Mayor Sadiq Khan is calling on the British government to cancel a state visit from President Trump after Trump criticized his response to this weekend's terror attacks in London. — “I don't think we should roll …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
As Trump lashes out, Republicans grow uneasy — President Trump, after days of lashing out angrily at the London mayor and federal courts in the wake of the London Bridge terrorist attack, faces a convergence of challenges this week that threatens to exacerbate the fury that has gripped him …
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Political Wire, Daily Kos and Hot Air
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Hillary Clinton defends London mayor after Trump tweets
Hillary Clinton defends London mayor after Trump tweets
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Politico, ABC News, Politicus USA and TheBlaze
Cathy Newman / Channel 4 News:
Sadiq Khan: 'We shouldn't roll out carpet to Trump'
Sadiq Khan: 'We shouldn't roll out carpet to Trump'
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The Gateway Pundit, The Slot and The Resurgent
Toluse Olorunnipa / Bloomberg:
In Trump's White House, Everything's Coming in ‘Two Weeks’ — The president has a penchant for making and missing deadlines — Tax and infrastructure plans are taking longer than promised — President Donald Trump has a plan. It'll be ready in two weeks.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
It's Comey time, and Trump's war room has no soldiers — With CNN's clock already counting down to fired FBI Director Jim Comey's testimony on Thursday morning, where's the White House war room? Remember the scandal-containment unit that was supposed to quarantine the rest of the White House …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Trump's legislative director acknowledges Russia is overwhelming his agenda
Trump's legislative director acknowledges Russia is overwhelming his agenda
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Wall Street Journal:
The Buck Stops Everywhere Else — Trump undermines his own travel ban and Justice Department.
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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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Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Senior diplomat in Beijing embassy resigns over Trump's climate change decision
Senior diplomat in Beijing embassy resigns over Trump's climate change decision
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Axios, The Daily Caller and Refinery29
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Some U.S. Diplomats Stage Quiet Revolt Amid Tensions With Trump
Some U.S. Diplomats Stage Quiet Revolt Amid Tensions With Trump
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Bloomberg:
Obamacare Repeal's Latest Obstacle Involves Native Americans — Democrats trying to force a second House vote on health bill — Senate GOP hopes to pass its bill with simple majority vote — Democrats say House Republicans may have to vote again on their Obamacare repeal bill before sending …
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Stuff.co.nz:
Bird-flipping welcome for US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in New Zealand — US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at Premier House on a bleak Wellington day. — The weather was awful and the mood of the locals wasn't much better when US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Wellington.
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Lawfare:
The $110 Billion Arms Deal to Saudi Arabia is Fake News — Editor's note: This post originally appeared on Markaz. — Last month, President Trump visited Saudi Arabia and his administration announced that he had concluded a $110 billion arms deal with the kingdom. Only problem is that there is no deal.
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The Atlantic
Kimberly Dozier / The Daily Beast:
White House Looked At Dropping Russia Sanctions—Even After Firing Michael Flynn … The White House explored unilaterally easing sanctions on Russia's oil industry as recently as late March, arguing that decreased Russian oil production could harm the American economy, according to former U.S. officials.
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Raw Story
William McGurn / Wall Street Journal:
Why Elites Hate — The liberal contempt for middle America is baked into the idea of identity politics.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Lawless Presidency — Democracy isn't possible without the rule of law — the idea that consistent principles, rather than a ruler's whims, govern society. — You can read Aristotle, Montesquieu, John Locke or the Declaration of Independence on this point. You can also look at decades of American history.
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The Atlantic
Aaron Davis / East Bay Times:
Argument over politics and sports led to fatal stabbing — OAKLEY — Police say an argument about sports and politics led to a fatal stabbing in Oakley on Saturday. — Phillip Wade, 38, of Antioch was arrested for allegedly stabbing 57-year-old Anthony Johnson of Pittsburg multiple times …
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Raw Story
ITV:
Theresa May defends temporary exclusion orders and her record on security — Theresa May has said measures to prevent Britons from returning to the UK after taking part in terrorism abroad are an important police power - but acknowledged they have only been used once.
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Mashable
USA Today:
President Trump's foreign misadventures — Tweetstorms and other erratic behavior are no joke: Our view — President Trump appears to like Saudi Arabia, a nation he lavished with praise during last month's visit. And he's clearly got a thing for Russia. — But Germany, the United Kingdom and other vital allies?
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Nevada's legislature just passed a radical plan to let anybody sign up for Medicaid — Nevada, with little fanfare or notice, is inching toward a massive health insurance expansion — one that would give the state's 2.8 million residents access to a public health insurance option.
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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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
From Watergate to Enron, Mueller's team brings storied prosecution pedigrees — Special counsel Robert Mueller is assembling a prosecution team with decades of experience going after everything from Watergate to the Mafia to Enron as he digs in for a lengthy probe into possible collusion between Russia …
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