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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 …
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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Weekly Standard:
The Trump Administration Has Forfeited the Right to be Trusted on Russia — Whether the media has unfairly targeted the president and his advisers over their dealings with Russian officials is now beside the point. — In June, the Senate passed a bill codifying U.S. sanctions on Russia.
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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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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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The Greenwood Commonwealth:
Authorities: Sixteen believed dead from military plane crash west of Itta Bena — Sheriff says mid-air crash ruled out — Authorities say the expected death toll has risen to 16 from today's crash of a Marine Corps plane in a soybean field on the western edge of Leflore County.
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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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Therese Apel / The Clarion Ledger:
Officials: 16 dead in military plane crash in Leflore County
Officials: 16 dead in military plane crash in Leflore County
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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.
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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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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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Eryn Dion / Northwest Florida Daily News:
Amazing human chain formed to rescue drowning family in PCB — “I honestly thought I was going to lose my family that day,” Roberta Ursrey said. “It was like, 'Oh God, this is how I'm going.' ” — PANAMA CITY BEACH — It was supposed to just be a quick trip to the beach …
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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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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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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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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 …
Douglas Hanks / miamiherald:
Pitbull joins Jeb Bush and company in pursuit of Miami Marlins — Jeb Bush is getting some help from Pitbull in a bid to buy the Miami Marlins. — A spokesman for Armando Christian Peréz, best known as the Miami-based rapper Pitbull, confirmed Tuesday that the celebrity is joining …
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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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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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