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New York Times:
Russian Dirt on Clinton? ‘I Love It,’ Donald Trump Jr. Said — The June 3, 2016, email sent to Donald Trump Jr. could hardly have been more explicit: One of his father's former Russian business partners had been contacted by a senior Russian government official and was offering to provide …
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Russian Government Sought to Aid Trump's Candidacy, According to Email — WASHINGTON — Before arranging a meeting with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer he believed would offer him compromising information about Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Jr. was informed in an email that the material …
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NBC News:
Russian Lawyer Who Met With Trump Jr.: I Didn't Have Clinton Info They Wanted — MOSCOW — The Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. during the presidential campaign denied in an exclusive interview with NBC News that she had any connection to the Kremlin and insists she met …
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Trust Nothing, Defend Nothing — I don't write or even tweet about the Russia investigation much. I think the most I've written is that I think it probably won't pan out and if it does, it'll be Paul Manafort or Roger Stone or some other expendable type who'll end up getting to know the underside of a bus.
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
We are past the point of innocent explanations on Trump and Russia — Imagine if the Clintons had done what the Trumps did on Russia. — Imagine the names were different. — Imagine Chelsea Clinton had taken Bill Clinton and campaign chair John Podesta to a meeting set …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
3 days, 3 Don Jr. shocks to West Wing — Top West Wing aides acknowledge that the three consecutive days of baffling, brutal disclosures about Donald Trump Jr.'s Russia meeting during the campaign is a story that will stick, with potentially momentous political and legal consequences.
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Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Donald Trump Jr.'s lawyer is a Juilliard-trained trombonist who plays in a symphony and defends mobsters
Donald Trump Jr.'s lawyer is a Juilliard-trained trombonist who plays in a symphony and defends mobsters
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Weekly Standard:
The Trump Administration Has Forfeited the Right to be Trusted on Russia
The Trump Administration Has Forfeited the Right to be Trusted on Russia
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump's fishy behavior on Russia is bigger than possible email collusion
Donald Trump's fishy behavior on Russia is bigger than possible email collusion
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Amanda Taub / New York Times:
When the Kremlin Says ‘Adoptions,’ It Means ‘Sanctions’
When the Kremlin Says ‘Adoptions,’ It Means ‘Sanctions’
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Krishnadev Calamur / The Atlantic:
Russia Threatens to Expel 30 U.S. Diplomats
Russia Threatens to Expel 30 U.S. Diplomats
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David Brooks / New York Times:
How We Are Ruining America — Over the past generation, members of the college-educated class have become amazingly good at making sure their children retain their privileged status. They have also become devastatingly good at making sure the children of other classes have limited chances to join their ranks.
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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
This Town Melts Down — A veteran political reporter takes stock of how Washington has — and hasn't — changed in the time of Trump. — Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, was running late and “tied up in the Oval,” an assistant explained. It was late on a Thursday afternoon in June …
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Fox & Friends Addresses False Comey Memo Report: ‘We Were Mistaken’ — Fox & Friends reported yesterday that former FBI Director James Comey had leaked classified information in a memo he had written to memorialize a meeting with President Trump, which he then passed on to a friend to leak to the press.
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Terry Jones / Investor's Business Daily:
Mystery Solved: Now We Know Why Comey Did Nothing About Hillary — Russia Scandal: No wonder former FBI Director James Comey refused to press charges last summer against Hillary Clinton for her egregious security breaches: It turns out, he may have been guilty of the same thing.
CNN:
An avalanche of hate: How a Montana mom became the target of a neo-Nazi troll storm — Whitefish, Montana (CNN)Once the calls began, they did not stop. Swiping to decline a call just led to the phone ringing again. Blocked number after blocked number filled up the voice mail.
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Therese Apel / The Clarion Ledger:
Officials: 16 dead in military plane crash in Leflore County — A military plane has crashed in a soybean field in Leflore County, killing at least 16 and leaving a debris field five miles in radius, officials said. — Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Director Lee Smithson …
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Karma Allen / ABC News:
16 service members killed in military plane crash in Mississippi
16 service members killed in military plane crash in Mississippi
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Pew Research Center:
Online Harassment 2017 — Roughly four-in-ten Americans have personally experienced online harassment, and 62% consider it a major problem. Many want technology firms to do more, but they are divided on how to balance free speech and safety issues online — To borrow an expression …
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Monica Anderson / Pew Research Center:
Key takeaways on how Americans view - and experience - online harassment
Key takeaways on how Americans view - and experience - online harassment
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Reuters:
Syrian Observatory says it has ‘confirmed information’ that Islamic State chief is dead — The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters on Tuesday that it had “confirmed information” that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed. — The report came just days …
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Jack Moore / Newsweek:
ISIS LEADER ABU BAKR AL-BAGHDADI DEAD: SYRIAN MONITOR
ISIS LEADER ABU BAKR AL-BAGHDADI DEAD: SYRIAN MONITOR
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New York Times:
Trump Aides Recruited Businessmen to Devise Options for Afghanistan — WASHINGTON — President Trump's advisers recruited two businessmen who profited from military contracting to devise alternatives to the Pentagon's plan to send thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan …
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Mika Brzezinski lands mega 3-book deal — MORE FROM: … Fresh off her spat with President Donald Trump, Mika Brzezinski has landed new a three-book deal with Weinstein Books, which published her 2011 book “Knowing Your Value.” — The “Morning Joe” anchor has signed a deal with Harvey …
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David Nather / Axios:
What's next if the Senate health bill fails — We know — the Republican health care effort has been declared dead many times, so this is not a prediction. There's still a lot of motion, and we could see a revised Senate bill on Thursday and a vote next week.
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
GOP Researcher Who Sought Clinton Emails Had Alt-Right Help — The saga of Peter Smith's quest to obtain 33,000 emails deleted by Hillary Clinton—an effort now at the center of intrigue swirling around the Donald Trump campaign's ties to Russia—keeps getting weirder.
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Joshua Jongsma / NorthJersey.com:
‘Mike from Montclair’ challenges Christie on WFAN; governor calls him a Communist — A well-known WFAN caller exchanged verbal barbs with Gov. Chris Christie during the governor's test run as a sports talk-radio host on Monday. — Mike Goldstein, also known as “Mike from Montclair,” …
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Robert Wright / Financial Times:
Trump set to postpone UK visit — Read next … Donald Trump's state visit to the UK looks set to be postponed until next year, amid reports that the president wants to avoid a visit that could be marred by protests over his being offered the honour. — A Downing St spokesman repeated …
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Cyra Master / The Hill:
Trump adds two to election integrity commission — plans to appoint two more members to his Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, the White House announced Monday evening. — Christian Adams of Virginiaand Alan Lamar King of Alabama will join the15-member commission …
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The Guardian:
Blogger discredits claim Amelia Earhart was taken prisoner by Japan — Justin McCurry in Tokyo and Jamiles Lartey in New York — Claims made in a US documentary that the pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart crash-landed on the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean and was taken prisoner …
Mike Levine / ABC News:
Trump administration considering government-wide ban on popular Russian software — The Trump administration is on the verge of deciding whether to block all federal agencies from using products developed by a popular Russian cyber-security firm, which is under increasing scrutiny for alleged ties …
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