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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Cruella de Trump — WASHINGTON — So, with this latest toad jumping from our president's mouth, is Donald Trump acting like a sexist pig or simply a pig? — I proffer, a pig. — I have no doubt that he would attack a man's appearance in the same breathtakingly below-the-belt …
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Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
When Dad's the president — a look inside Ivanka Trump's complicated world — Ivanka Trump's office: clean, white, quiet. A zone of punctual start times and promptly-offered water bottles, and a conference table at which she conducts meetings. A short, winding walk away from her father's Oval Office downstairs.
Penny Starr / Breitbart:
Mika in NYT Interview: Dina Powell Is in White House Because of Me
Mika in NYT Interview: Dina Powell Is in White House Because of Me
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Mark Krikorian / National Review:
Kate, We Hardly Knew Ye — Today is Kate Steinle Day, the second anniversary of a woman's murder by a repeatedly deported illegal-alien felon nestled in the warm embrace of San Francisco's sanctuary policies. But she wasn't the first American to be killed by sanctuary-city ordinances, not even in San Francisco.
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump: Media working to convince GOP I should get off Twitter — President Trump continued to rip the news media on Saturday, saying the “fake and fraudulent news media” is trying to convince Republicans that he should not use social media. — The FAKE & FRAUDULENT NEWS MEDIA is working hard …
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Lewandowski: Trump is the ‘Hemingway of Twitter’
Lewandowski: Trump is the ‘Hemingway of Twitter’
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D.A. / The Dustin Inman Society Blog:
The Dustin Inman Society has confirmed that at least one of the individuals recently arrested for a May, 2017 rape of a Gwinnett County mother is under an ICE hold — The Dustin Inman Society has confirmed that at least one of the individuals recently arrested for a May, 2017 attack on a Gwinnett County mother is under an ICE hold.
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John Binder / Breitbart:
Illegal Alien Allegedly Tazes, Scalds, Rapes Mom in Front of Children — An illegal alien is one of three teenagers who are accused of scalding a Georgia woman with hot water and raping her in her home near her children. — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials confirmed …
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Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Trump says states are ‘trying to hide’ things from his voter fraud commission. Here's what they actually say. — More than two dozen states have refused to fully comply with a sweeping and unprecedented White House request to turn over voter registration data, including sensitive information …
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Patricia McCarthy / American Thinker:
Joe and Mika, wallowing in the mud … The ever-execrable Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezenski are basking in the glory of mud of their own making; they think they are heroes of a kind because Trump tweeted something crass about them. Indeed he did. But it was well-deserved.
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Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
GOP's latest worry: White House turmoil dividing Trump, Pence staffs — WASHINGTON — Republicans are growing concerned that the staffs of Donald Trump and Mike Pence are starting to feud, the latest trouble to hit a White House that has spent months battling crisis after crisis.
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Tom Liddy / ABC News:
25 shot, 3 others injured at Little Rock nightclub; no apparent connection to terror — At least 25 people were shot in a nightclub in Little Rock, Arkansas, early Saturday morning and three others suffered unrelated injuries, police said. — One of the injured was initially listed in critical condition …
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Associated Press:
Trump vows to support and defend religious freedom in US — President Donald Trump vowed to support and defend religious liberty, telling a gathering of evangelical Christians that the threat of terrorism is “one of the most grave and dire threats to religious freedom in the world today.”
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Adam Shaw / Breitbart:
Report: Bernie Sanders' Wife Tried to Have Disabled Residents Kicked Out of Group Home — The wife of Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-VT) reportedly attempted to evict disabled group home residents living on land where she was seeking to expand the Vermont college of which she was president.
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Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
For Millions, Life Without Medicaid Services Is No Option — TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Frances Isbell has spinal muscular atrophy, a genetic disorder that has left her unable to walk or even roll over in bed. But Ms. Isbell has a personal care assistant through Medicaid, and the help allowed …
CBS News:
Science division of White House office left empty as last staffers depart — WASHINGTON — The science division of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) was unstaffed as of Friday as the three remaining employees departed this week, sources tell CBS News.
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Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:
Phones for Dead People: GAO Report Uncovers Massive Fraud in ‘Obamaphone’ Program — A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reveals that the infamous “Obamaphone” program, meant to provide low-income Americans phone and internet service, is riddled with waste, fraud, and abuse.
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Motoko Rich / New York Times:
Crematory Is Booked? Japan Offers Corpse Hotels as New Way of Dealing With Death — OSAKA, Japan — The minimalist rooms at the Hotel Relation here in Japan's third-largest city are furnished with plain twin beds. Flat-screen televisions adorn the walls. Plastic-wrapped cups and toothbrushes are provided in the bathrooms.
Adam Wisnieski / City Limits:
Next 100 Days: In the Era of Trump, NYS is Out of Step and In the Crosshairs — During President Trump's first 100 days, the national conversation turned on big ideas: whether it was right to bar refugees, whether Obamacare was worth keeping, and more. Over the past several weeks …
Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
Trump Administration Targets Parents in New Immigration Crackdown — The Trump administration has begun a new tactic to crack down on illegal immigration, this time arresting undocumented parents suspected of having paid to have their children ushered into the country by smugglers.
Julie Turkewitz / New York Times:
‘I Want This to Get Over’: After Congressional Shooting, Complex Grief for a Gunman's Widow — BELLEVILLE, Ill. — He flung dishes at his wife, roared at the television, erupted during an outing at a local brewery. Suzanne Hodgkinson became so concerned with her husband's growing anger that she wrote to his doctor asking for help.
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Oli Coleman / Page Six:
CNN screws up — again … Let's call this one “'F***!' news.” — We're told CNN flew into a panic on Friday after it accidentally aired a fake National Enquirer cover during Jake Tapper's broadcast. — Tapper did a segment on his “The Lead” show about Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski's claim …
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Eugene Scott / CNN:
GOP senators to McConnell: Cancel August recess — GOP delays health care vote amid opposition — (CNN)A group of Republican senators are requesting August recess be canceled or shortened to give the party more time to make progress on its legislative agenda.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump proves to be an unreliable ally to Republicans in the health-care fight
Trump proves to be an unreliable ally to Republicans in the health-care fight
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Peter Holley / Washington Post:
No, NASA is not hiding kidnapped children on Mars — The situation for human beings on Mars is dire, and not just because the red planet's atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide and the average temperature is -81 degrees. — There's also the issue of the child-trafficking ring operating …
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Washington Post:
Overwhelmed by immigrants, Italy threatens to bar the door to rescue ships — BRUSSELS - More than 12,000 immigrants have been rescued in the blue seas of the Mediterranean in the past four days, a spike that has some overwhelmed Italian policymakers threatening to partly bar their ports to rescue ships.
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