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Kerry Picket / The Daily Caller:
Grassley: Schumer Knew Trump Was Not Under Investigation When He Publicly Claimed Otherwise [VIDEO] — Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley called out Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Thursday for lying when the New York Democrat claimed that President Donald Trump was under investigation and Schumer knew otherwise.
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Power Line and The Gateway Pundit
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Schumer: ‘Unseemly’ to confirm Gorsuch amid FBI probe of Trump campaign — While Judge Neil Gorsuch answered questions during his confirmation hearings, the Senate's top Democrat on Tuesday questioned whether he should be confirmed at all amid an FBI investigation into President Trump's campaign.
AP Story / Associated Press:
Big cases, retirement rumors as Supreme Court nears finish … WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court enters its final week of work before a long summer hiatus with action expected on the Trump administration's travel ban and a decision due in a separation of church and state case that arises from a Missouri church playground.
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The Gateway Pundit
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Anthony Kennedy retirement watch at a fever pitch
Anthony Kennedy retirement watch at a fever pitch
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The Week and Political Wire
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Kennedy considering retiring from Supreme Court: reports
Kennedy considering retiring from Supreme Court: reports
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SARAH PALIN and RedState
United States Senator Mike Lee:
The Missing Ingredient in BCRA: Humility — No, the Senate healthcare bill released yesterday does not repeal Obamacare. It doesn't even significantly reform American healthcare. — It cuts taxes. It bails out insurance companies. It props up Obamacare through the next election.
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RedState, CNN and Weekly Standard
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
In Health Care Attacks, Democrats Risk Inciting Further Violence — Democrats have settled on a grisly theme in their attacks on the Republicans' new legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare: death. — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) tweeted on Thursday: “I've read the Republican ‘health care’ bill.
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Michael Hechtman / New York Post:
100-year-old crime boss beats the odds, is released from prison — John “Sonny” Franzese in 1966 (left) and 2010 (right). … Geriatric gangster John “Sonny” Franzese — the oldest guest of the federal prison system — is a free man at the age of 100. — The Colombo family underboss …
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The Daily Caller
CNN:
Editor's Note — On June 22, 2017, CNN.com published a story connecting Anthony Scaramucci with investigations into the Russian Direct Investment Fund. — That story did not meet CNN's editorial standards and has been retracted. Links to the story have been disabled. CNN apologizes to Mr. Scaramucci.
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New York Times:
Why Grenfell Tower Burned: Regulators Put Cost Before Safety — LONDON — The doorbell woke Yassin Adam just before 1 a.m. A neighbor was frantically alerting others on the fourth floor of Grenfell Tower about a fire in his apartment. “My fridge blew up,” the man shouted.
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Gizmodo
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Jeff Brady / NPR:
Some U.S. States Relax Restrictions On Cladding Suspected In Grenfell Tower Fire
Some U.S. States Relax Restrictions On Cladding Suspected In Grenfell Tower Fire
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The Atlantic
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Senate GOP expected to add new penalties for the uninsured into their health bill — Senate Republicans are expected to revise their health bill early next week, adding in a provision that could lock Americans out of the individual market for six months if they fail to maintain continuous insurance coverage.
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Politicus USA and VTDigger
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CBS News:
Bernie and Jane Sanders, under FBI investigation for bank fraud, hire lawyers — Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and his wife, Jane Sanders have hired prominent defense attorneys amid an FBI investigation into a loan Jane Sanders obtained to expand Burlington College while she was its president, CBS News confirms.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Scared Monkeys, The Last Refuge, The Gateway Pundit, RedState, The Last Tradition and IJR
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
An epidemic of lawlessness — Yesterday's Washington Post carried the Russia story of the day. Post reporters Greg Miller, Ellen Nakashima and Adam Entous purport to deliver the goods on “Obama's secret struggle to punish Russia for Putin's election assault.”
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Washington Monthly, National Review, Washington Examiner and neo-neocon
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Eugene Scott / CNN:
Trump: Obama ‘did nothing’ about Russia election meddling
Trump: Obama ‘did nothing’ about Russia election meddling
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RedState, Washington Post, Hullabaloo, Mediaite, TheBlaze, NBC News, NPR, IJR, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, The Week and Bipartisan Report
Tracy Wilkinson / Los Angeles Times:
Number of refugees admitted to U.S. drops by almost half
Number of refugees admitted to U.S. drops by almost half
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Conservative News Today, IJR, Fox News, The Guardian, SARAH PALIN and The Last Tradition
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Beyond opposing Trump, Democrats keep searching for a message — The loss in last week's special congressional election in Georgia produced predictable hand-wringing and finger-pointing inside the Democratic Party. It also raised anew a question that has troubled the party through a period in which they have lost ground political.
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IJR
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems push leaders to talk less about Russia
Dems push leaders to talk less about Russia
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TheBlaze, Power Line, The Last Tradition and Scared Monkeys
Oliver Milman / The Guardian:
Actor who played assassin of Trump-like Caesar tells of cast ‘exhaustion and fear’ — Corey Stoll, who took role of Marcus Brutus in New York production of Julius Caesar targeted by rightwing protesters, ‘exhaled and sobbed’ after final show … Corey Stoll, the actor who played …
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The Gateway Pundit
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Corey Stoll / Vulture:
What It Was Like to Star in the Trump-Themed Julius Caesar
What It Was Like to Star in the Trump-Themed Julius Caesar
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Althouse
Scott Schwebke / Orange County Register:
Man believed dead is alive - family buries wrong person after mix-up — “Your son is alive.” — Frank J. Kerrigan, 82, couldn't believe what he was hearing. It was May 23, at night, and he clutched the phone at his home in Wildomar. — On the line was Bill Shinker, a long-time family friend.
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Associated Press, CBS Baltimore and The Guardian
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Koch network ramps up political spending while trying to push Trump team — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The leadership of the Koch brothers' network is brushing off its occasionally chilly attitude toward President Donald Trump, trying to nudge the administration in its direction …
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ABC News
John Shinal / CNBC:
Mark Zuckerberg's snub of White House could backfire as Europe goes after US Internet giants — Mark Zuckerberg went to Chicago this week to say that Facebook's new mission was to “bring people closer together” and “strengthen the social fabric.” — Zuckerberg skipped a White House meeting …