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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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The Gateway Pundit and Power Line
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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
Big cases, retirement rumors as Supreme Court nears finish
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The Gateway Pundit and RedState
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 Hill, Political Wire and The Week
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Senate health-care bill faces serious resistance from GOP moderates — A small group of moderate Republican senators, worried that their leaders' health-care bill could damage the nation's social safety net, may pose at least as significant an obstacle to the measure's passage as their colleagues on the right.
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The Week, Balkinization and New York Times
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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
John Hayward / Breitbart:
Islamic State Poster Shows Car Crushing Skulls: ‘Run Over Them Without Mercy’ — A pro-Islamic State media operation called the Nashir News Agency published a poster calling for more vehicular jihad in the last few days of the Ramadan holiday season, depicting an SUV driving across a mountain …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Business Insider:
Evidence is mounting that Russia took 4 clear paths to meddle in the US election — It was September 2015 when the FBI first noticed that Russian hackers had infiltrated a computer system belonging to the Democratic National Committee. — It was the first sign that Moscow was attempting to meddle in the presidential election.
Jordan Rau / New York Times:
Medicaid Cuts May Force Retirees Out of Nursing Homes — ORANGE, Va. — Alice Jacobs, 90, once owned a factory and horses. She has raised four children and buried two husbands. — But years in an assisted living center drained her savings, and now she relies on Medicaid to pay for her care …
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Fusion
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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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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Gizmodo and The Atlantic
William D. Cohan / Vanity Fair:
The Untold Story of How Gary Cohn Fell for Donald Trump — As Goldman Sachs's long-suffering No 2., Cohn approached his board about his future. He didn't get the answer he wanted. And then Jared Kushner swooped in. This is how Goldman Sachs took over the White House.
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Axios
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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CANNONFIRE, Althouse and Mediaite
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
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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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.
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 and Liberal Values
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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