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U.S. Secret Service rejects suggestion it vetted Trump son's meeting — 4 MIN READ — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service on Sunday denied a suggestion from President Donald Trump's personal lawyer that it had vetted a meeting between the president's son and Russian nationals during the 2016 campaign.
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Team Trump Excuses for the Don Jr. Meeting Go from Bad to Worse … In the week since the Donald Trump Jr. Russia-email scandal broke, the excuses from the White House, the president's legal team, and top Trump associates have gone from bad to worse. — On Sunday, Jay Sekulow …
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Fox News host defends Trump Jr.: I'd meet with the Devil for opposition research … Fox News host Jeanine Pirro defended Donald Trump — Jr.'s meeting with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 election who promised him damaging information on then-Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Did Donald Trump's lawyer accidentally make a huge confession about the meeting with the Russian lawyer?
Did Donald Trump's lawyer accidentally make a huge confession about the meeting with the Russian lawyer?
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Business Insider and IJR
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Secret Service: Trump Jr. not under protection during meeting with Russian lawyer
Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
Rep. Schiff: Democrat Collusion With Ukraine ‘Problematic’ [VIDEO]
Rep. Schiff: Democrat Collusion With Ukraine ‘Problematic’ [VIDEO]
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Gateway Pundit
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Secret Service responds to Trump lawyer: Russian lawyer meeting not screened
Secret Service responds to Trump lawyer: Russian lawyer meeting not screened
Fox News Insider:
FIERY Judge Jeanine: Any Politician Would Take ‘First Trolley to Hell’ if the Devil Offered Opposition Research
FIERY Judge Jeanine: Any Politician Would Take ‘First Trolley to Hell’ if the Devil Offered Opposition Research
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Lawyer Blames Secret Service For Not Preemptively Stopping Jr.'s Meeting
Trump Lawyer Blames Secret Service For Not Preemptively Stopping Jr.'s Meeting
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IJR, Hullabaloo and Shareblue
Washington Post:
Trump approval declines since spring
Trump approval declines since spring
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Daily Wire, The Last Refuge, AOL, Business Insider, The Gateway Pundit, Outside the Beltway, New York Times and Axios
Kevin Dolak / ABC News:
Trump campaign paid Donald Trump Jr.'s lawyer weeks before Russian meeting was revealed
Trump campaign paid Donald Trump Jr.'s lawyer weeks before Russian meeting was revealed
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Alicia Cohn / The Hill:
Trump lawyer: Secret Service wouldn't have let Trump Jr. take ‘nefarious’ meeting
Trump lawyer: Secret Service wouldn't have let Trump Jr. take ‘nefarious’ meeting
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ABC News and The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
McCain's Surgery May Be More Serious Than Thought, Experts Say — The condition for which Senator John McCain had surgery on Friday may be more serious than initial descriptions have implied, and it may delay his return to Washington by at least a week or two, medical experts said on Sunday.
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Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Trump is killing the Republican Party — I did not leave the Republican Party. The Republican Party left its senses. The political movement that once stood athwart history resisting bloated government and military adventurism has been reduced to an amalgam of talk-radio resentments.
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Mediaite
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
UAE orchestrated hacking of Qatari government sites, sparking regional upheaval, according to U.S. intelligence officials — The United Arab Emirates orchestrated the hacking of Qatari government news and social media sites in order to post incendiary false quotes attributed to Qatar's emir …
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Declan Walsh / New York Times:
Qatar Opens Its Doors to All, to the Dismay of Some
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How ‘Neoliberalism’ Became the Left's Favorite Insult of Liberals — A generation ago, “neoliberalism” was the chosen label of a handful of moderately liberal opinion journalists, centered around Charles Peters, then-editor of the Washington Monthly. Some neoliberals started calling traditional liberals “paleoliberals.”
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Tom Price Says Insurers Should ‘Dust Off How They Did Business Before Obamacare’ — Worked before, right? — Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price suggested Sunday that the nation's health insurance system ought to operate as it did before the Affordable Care Act was passed.
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New York Magazine
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Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Obamacare repeal bills could put coverage out of reach for millions of sick Americans
Obamacare repeal bills could put coverage out of reach for millions of sick Americans
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RedState
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
By a 2-to-1 margin, Americans prefer Obamacare to Republican replacements
By a 2-to-1 margin, Americans prefer Obamacare to Republican replacements
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Politico, Washington Monthly, The Guardian, Washington Free Beacon and Denver Post
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Carville: It would be ‘very, very difficult’ for Dems to retake Senate in 2018 — Democratic operative James Carville is expressing doubt that his party will take back the Senate in 2018, saying Saturday that it would be “very, very difficult,” to do so. — “I think right now most Democrats …
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Pam Key / Breitbart:
Carville: ‘No One’ Is in Charge of the Democratic Party
Carville: ‘No One’ Is in Charge of the Democratic Party
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The Gateway Pundit
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump hasn't forgiven Sessions for Russia recusal — Attorney General Jeff Sessions' administration allies were hoping President Trump could, as he himself might say, see his way clear to letting it go. But that's not happening. — Trump's initial fury about Sessions' recusal …
Cyra Master / The Hill:
Break-in reported at GOP Senator's office — DON'T MISS A BRIEF. SIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY EMAIL.
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The Seattle Times:
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray sexually abused foster son, child-welfare investigator found in 1984 — Records previously thought destroyed provide the clearest picture yet of the investigation of claims Ed Murray sexually abused his foster son. — An Oregon child-welfare investigator concluded …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Health care on a scalpel's edge — Don Jr.'s Russia scandal may have one little upside for the White House: Two sources close to the health care negotiations told me they're pleased it has distracted the “resistance” movement and moved much of the media spotlight away from McConnell & co.'s negotiations.
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
McCain's Surgery Will Delay Senate Votes on Health Care Bill
McCain's Surgery Will Delay Senate Votes on Health Care Bill
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CNN, Common Dreams and Business Insider
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Nearly 150,000 attempts to hack SC voter registration system on Election Day: report — Hackers tried to infiltrate South Carolina's voter registration system nearly 150,000 times on Election Day 2016, according to a South Carolina State Election Commission report that was reported on by The Wall Street Journal.
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Alexa Corse / Wall Street Journal:
South Carolina May Prove a Microcosm of U.S. Election Hacking Efforts
South Carolina May Prove a Microcosm of U.S. Election Hacking Efforts
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Hullabaloo and New York Times
Tre'vell Anderson / Los Angeles Times:
George A. Romero, ‘Night of the Living Dead’ creator, dies at 77 — Legendary horror movie director George A. Romero, pictured here in 2008, died Sunday. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) — Legendary filmmaker George A. Romero, father of the modern movie zombie and creator of the groundbreaking …
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
6 months in, a record low for Trump, with troubles from Russia to health care (POLL) — Americans give President Donald Trump the lowest six-month approval rating of any president in polls dating back 70 years, punctuated by questions about his competence on the world stage, his effectiveness …
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Trump's Approval Stands at 50 Percent in the Counties That Fueled His Win
Trump's Approval Stands at 50 Percent in the Counties That Fueled His Win
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Political Wire
Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Head Of Trump Voter Fraud Probe Wanted To Change Law To Make Registering More Difficult — Kris Kobach sought to make it acceptable to impose a proof-of-citizenship requirement, according to newly public emails. — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R), the official leading President …