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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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Mediaite, Boing Boing and IJR
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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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
NSA Leaker Is A Bernie Supporter Who ‘Resists’ Trump
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Blazing Cat Fur, The Gateway Pundit and TheBlaze
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Intelligence Contractor Is Charged in First Leak Case Under Trump
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CBS New York, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Raw Story and Business Insider
NBC News:
Feds Arrest NSA Contractor in Leak of Top Secret Russia Document
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The Resurgent, more at Mediagazer »
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Why Would Russia Stop at ‘Influence’ When They Could Hack Directly?
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Mashable
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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Jblackman / Lawfare:
All The President's Tweets
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Conway's husband rips Trump for ‘travel ban’ tweets
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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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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Hillary Clinton defends London mayor after Trump tweets
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Politicus USA and TheBlaze
Cathy Newman / Channel 4 News:
Sadiq Khan: 'We shouldn't roll out carpet to Trump'
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The Gateway Pundit, The Slot and The Resurgent
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Cancel Donald Trump state visit, says Sadiq Khan, after London attack tweets
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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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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Some U.S. Diplomats Stage Quiet Revolt Amid Tensions With Trump
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Acting US ambassador to China resigns over Trump's Paris decision: report
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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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Axios, Business Insider and The Daily Caller
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William McGurn / Wall Street Journal:
Why Elites Hate — The liberal contempt for middle America is baked into the idea of identity politics.
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
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, Raw Story and Political Wire
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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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
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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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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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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Jeffrey Cook / ABC News:
What privatizing air traffic control could mean, as Trump outlines proposal — What is wrong with the current air traffic control system? — Under the current system, air traffic control is operated by the Federal Aviation Administration, the civil aviation arm of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES and Associated Press
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David Dayen / The Fiscal Times:
Trump's Air Traffic Control Plan: Airlines Win, Passengers Lose
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Associated Press:
White House aide says Russia probe ‘detracts’ from agenda — The White House director of legislative affairs acknowledged Monday that the ongoing investigations into possible links between Russia and President Donald Trump's campaign have undoubtedly detracted from the administration's agenda.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Will Not Block Comey From Testifying, White House Says
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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
In the Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, the Koch Brothers' Campaign Becomes Overt — If there was any lingering doubt that a tiny clique of fossil-fuel barons has captured America's energy and environmental policies, it was dispelled last week, when the Trump Administration withdrew from the Paris climate accord.
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