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Justin Elliott / ProPublica:
Trump Lawyer Marc Kasowitz Threatens Stranger in Emails: ‘Watch Your Back , Bitch’ — After hearing Rachel Maddow discuss our recent story about Kasowitz, a man emailed the attorney urging him to resign. Kasowitz responded with threats and profanity. — Marc Kasowitz, President Trump's …
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Sources: Trump lawyers knew of Russia emails back in June — President Trump's legal team was informed more than three weeks ago about the email chain showing that his son Donald Jr. met with a Kremlin-connected lawyer last June, two sources familiar with the handling of the matter told Yahoo News.
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Kushner pushed for more aggressive defense of Trump Jr. meeting — Jared Kushner has been pressing other White House aides to more vigorously defend the meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Kremlin-linked lawyer that Kushner also attended, but has faced resistance from some of Trump's top press aides …
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Jenna McLaughlin / Foreign Policy:
DOJ Settled Massive Russian Fraud Case Involving Lawyer Who Met With Trump Jr. — Lawmakers are concerned Justice's abrupt settlement ‘may be connected’ to Russian overtures to Trump campaign. — Democratic congressmen on the House Judiciary Committee want to know why Attorney General …
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Eric Boehlert / Shareblue:
Newly released security document confirms Jeff Sessions “successfully misled the FBI” — Forced by court order to release his security clearance form, the document confirms Attorney General Jeff Sessions omitted all mention of his previous contacts with Russians.
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Washington Post:
Trump's legal team faces tensions — and a client who often takes his own counsel — The challenge for President Trump's attorneys has become, at its core, managing the unmanageable — their client. — He won't follow instructions. After one meeting in which they urged Trump to steer clear …
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BuzzFeed:
How A False Conspiracy Theory About The Russian Lawyer Who Met With Don Jr. Spread To Trump
How A False Conspiracy Theory About The Russian Lawyer Who Met With Don Jr. Spread To Trump
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Alex Ward / Vox:
Top Democrat on Senate Intelligence Committee fears Trump will pardon anyone who colluded
Top Democrat on Senate Intelligence Committee fears Trump will pardon anyone who colluded
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Politico, CNN, The Daily Caller and Sputnik International
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Co-founder of firm behind Trump-Russia dossier will not testify before Senate next week
Co-founder of firm behind Trump-Russia dossier will not testify before Senate next week
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and twitchy.com
Rusty Surette / KBTX-TV:
Rep. Flores says President Trump's children should be removed from White House
Rep. Flores says President Trump's children should be removed from White House
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
All Roads Now Lead to Kushner
All Roads Now Lead to Kushner
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
What Did Republicans Know About the Russia Scandal? America Deserves an Answer.
What Did Republicans Know About the Russia Scandal? America Deserves an Answer.
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Raw Story, Hullabaloo, Salon and Talking Points Memo
Bloomberg:
GOP Health Bill Steers Cash to the Home State of a Reluctant Senator — Alaska would benefit disproportionately from funding formula — Senator Lisa Murkowski has been a holdout on Republican bill — Call it the Polar Payoff. — Changes made to the Republican legislation …
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Senate Republicans exempt own health coverage from part of latest proposal — Senate Republicans included a provision that exempts members of Congress and their staff from part of their latest health care plan. — This exemption could have the effect of ensuring that members of Congress …
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Politicus USA and Daily Kos
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Gov. Brian Sandoval: ‘Great concern’ over new Senate GOP health care bill
Gov. Brian Sandoval: ‘Great concern’ over new Senate GOP health care bill
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Politicus USA and The Nevada Independent
Dana Bash / CNN:
First on CNN: Graham, Cassidy unveil details of alternative health care plan
First on CNN: Graham, Cassidy unveil details of alternative health care plan
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
The new Senate health bill is terrible for anyone who is sick, has been sick, or will be sick
The new Senate health bill is terrible for anyone who is sick, has been sick, or will be sick
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Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
The Health 202: Doctors make last-ditch effort to sink GOP health-care bill
The Health 202: Doctors make last-ditch effort to sink GOP health-care bill
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Chicago Tribune:
Peter W. Smith, GOP operative who sought Clinton's emails from Russian hackers, committed suicide, records show — In late June 2017, the Wall Street Journal published a story about a longtime Republican political operative from the Chicago area. His name was Peter Smith and the story focused …
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Bloomberg:
Here's the White House's Transcript of What Trump Told Reporters Off the Record — Trump spoke to reporters on his way to Paris to meet Macron — White House later released excerpts of president's remarks — President Donald Trump spoke to reporters off the record Wednesday aboard Air Force …
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Los Angeles Times:
No need for a full border wall, Trump says
No need for a full border wall, Trump says
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Washington Monthly, Mother Jones and Refinery29
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump's off-the-record on-the-record toggle vexes reporters
Trump's off-the-record on-the-record toggle vexes reporters
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Daily Kos
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Trump explains why he wants to be able to ‘see through’ his border wall
Trump explains why he wants to be able to ‘see through’ his border wall
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Mediaite, The Daily Caller and Washington Times
Jeff Sessions / The Federalist:
Here's The Speech Jeff Sessions Delivered To Christian First Amendment Lawyers — Thank you for that introduction. And thank you for the important work that you do every day to uphold and protect the right to religious liberty in this country. This is especially needed today.
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David French / National Review:
Media Beware: The Southern Poverty Law Center Has Become a Dangerous Joke
Media Beware: The Southern Poverty Law Center Has Become a Dangerous Joke
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Mary Emily O'Hara / NBC News:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Criticized for Speaking to ‘Hate Group’
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Criticized for Speaking to ‘Hate Group’
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
Leaked Documents Suggest Secretive Billionaire Trump Donors Are Milo's Patrons — Photo illustration by BuzzFeed News; Getty Images — Secretive hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer and his family launched themselves into the top rank of American power through a series …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Two Former Employees of House Member Indicted On Federal Charges in Cyberstalking Case — WASHINGTON - Two former staff employees of a member of the U.S. House of Representatives have been indicted following an investigation into the circulation of private, nude images and videos of the member …
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Two former staffers charged in cyberstalking of U.S. House member, husband
Two former staffers charged in cyberstalking of U.S. House member, husband
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The Root
Christina Wilkie / Center for Public Integrity:
Steve Bannon misreports $2 million debt in financial disclosure — Top Trump adviser to amend filing after Center for Public Integrity questions — White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon failed to properly disclose more than $2 million in mortgage debt on his required financial disclosure form …
Kid Rock:
Once again the press is wrong. — Once again the press is wrong. First of all, I've got 15 days from my announcement to file paperwork with the FEC! Second, I'm not signed to Warner Bros!!! - which simple fact-checking would have revealed. I have recently worked out a unique deal with BMG …
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Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
Beto O'Rourke raises more than Ted Cruz in second quarter — U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso, posted a strong first fundraising quarter as a Senate candidate. — Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz's fundraising numbers.
Amanda Petrusich / New Yorker:
Kid Rock's Senate Run Is a Terrifying New Normal — Kid Rock—the goofy sobriquet of Robert James Ritchie, the forty-seven-year-old rapping rock star from Detroit—has been an inscrutable presence on the American political scene for several years now, and on Wednesday afternoon he appeared …