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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Trump climbs into firetruck at ‘Made in America’ event … President Trump climbed into a firetruck as he toured a showcase displaying American-made products at the White House on Monday. — Trump was looking at large U.S.-made products including machinery and vehicles when he made his way into the firetruck.
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Spicer insists Trump Jr. meeting was only about adoption
Spicer insists Trump Jr. meeting was only about adoption
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Ryan Hutchins / Politico:
Christie on Trump Jr. meeting: 'None of it's positive'
Christie on Trump Jr. meeting: 'None of it's positive'
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New York Times:
Outgoing Ethics Chief: U.S. Is ‘Close to a Laughingstock’ — WASHINGTON — Actions by President Trump and his administration have created a historic ethics crisis, the departing head of the Office of Government Ethics said. He called for major changes in federal law to expand the power …
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Los Angeles Times:
An overdose, a young companion, drug-fueled parties: The secret life of USC med school dean — In USC's lecture halls, labs and executive offices, Dr. Carmen A. Puliafito was a towering figure. The dean of the Keck School of Medicine was a renowned eye surgeon whose skill in the operating room …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
White House squeezes Jeff Flake — The White House has met with at least three actual or prospective primary challengers to Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake in recent weeks, a reflection of Donald Trump's strained relations with the senator and the latest sign of the president's willingness …
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Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute — Trump Rating Holds Steady Despite Campaign's 2016 Russia Meeting — 4-in-10 support impeachment, higher than for Nixon at start of Watergate — West Long Branch, NJ - Donald Trump's approval rating has held fairly steady since …
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John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Americans Feel Good About the Economy, Not So Good About Trump
Americans Feel Good About the Economy, Not So Good About Trump
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Joe Biden / Washington Post:
Americans decided health care is for all. The GOP wants to roll that back. — Their plan would once again make it a privilege for the wealthy. — As vice president, I met with Americans all across our country. What they told me over and over is that the Affordable Care Act gave them peace of mind …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
How the White House and Republicans underestimated Obamacare repeal
How the White House and Republicans underestimated Obamacare repeal
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Matt Fuller / HuffPost:
The Senate Health Care Bill Is Still Not Dead
The Senate Health Care Bill Is Still Not Dead
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Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Vice chair of Trump's voter fraud commission wants to change federal law to add new requirements for voting, email shows — The day after Donald Trump was elected president, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, now the vice-chair of Donald Trump's commission on voter fraud …
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Allison Kite / Topeka Capital-Journal:
Kris Kobach under investigation by Kansas Supreme Court disciplinary office — A disciplinary office operated by the Kansas Supreme Court has opened an investigation into Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach after receiving a complaint. — Keri Strahler, 47, of Topeka …
Jon Ralston / The Nevada Independent:
Note to Heller: Don't take away my health care or you die — A note taped to Sen. Dean Heller's Senate office was from someone asserting that he would lose his health care if the key senator voted for the repeal bill and that he would die if that happened and would take Heller with him, a law enforcement source said.
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Jim DeRogatis / BuzzFeed:
R. Kelly Is Holding Women Against Their Will In A “Cult,” Parents Told Police — As the R&B legend tours the country this summer, parents have told police that R. Kelly is running an abusive “cult” that's tearing families apart. Three former members of Kelly's inner circle told BuzzFeed News similar stories.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
What campaign wouldn't seek motherlode of Clinton emails? — The public learned on March 10, 2015 that Hillary Clinton had more than 60,000 emails on her private email system, and that she had turned over “about half” of them to the State Department and destroyed the rest, which she said were …
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Peter Hessler / New Yorker:
How Trump Is Transforming Rural America — In Colorado, the President's tone has started rubbing off on residents. — When Karen Kulp was a child, she believed that the United States of America as she knew it was going to end on June 6, 1966. Her parents were from the South …
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
‘Modern Day Presidential’ really isn't working for Trump — (CNN)Just after 10 a.m. ET Monday, Donald Trump typed out his first tweet of the day: “Most politicians would have gone to a meeting like the one Don jr attended in order to get info on an opponent. That's politics!” — A few things:
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Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
CREW to get Mar-a-Lago visitor records — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Washington, D.C.—As part of ongoing litigation brought by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), the National Security Archive (NSA) and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University …
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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Six Months In, Trump Is Historically Unpopular — On Thursday, President Trump will officially have been in office for six months, and his term so far has included a few victories (the nomination and confirmation of Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court), plenty of frustrations …
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Samuel Oakford / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Air War Has Already Killed More Than 2,000 Civilians … Civilian casualties from the U.S.-led war against the so-called Islamic State are on pace to double under President Donald Trump, according to an Airwars investigation for The Daily Beast. — Airwars researchers estimate …
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Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Trump's D.C. Hotel Sells Clothes Made in China, Vietnam, Peru During ‘Made In America’ Week … President Donald Trump has declared this week Made in America week, a celebration of United States-based manufacturing and domestic economic consumption. — At the newest jewel in the Trump business empire …
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New York Times:
The Top Jobs in Trump's Administration Are Mostly Vacant: Who's to Blame? — President Trump has filled far fewer top jobs in cabinet or cabinet-level agencies than President Barack Obama had at this point in his presidency. — The status of top jobs — 25 weeks into each administration:
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Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump the foul-mouthed germophobe fired Chris Christie because New Jersey governor arranged for Obama to call his phone NOT The Donald's on election night — A new book reveals how Trump fell out with his then transition boss Chris Christie over whose cellphone to use on election night
Jennifer Emily / Dallas Morning News:
Fired cop who killed 15-year-old Jordan Edwards indicted for murder — The fired Balch Springs cop who shot and killed 15-year-old Jordan Edwards was indicted Monday on a murder charge by a Dallas County grand jury. — Roy Oliver fired his rifle April 29 into a car of teenagers leaving a party.
Lawrence Ware / New York Times:
Why I'm Leaving the Southern Baptist Convention — OKLAHOMA CITY — The first time I was called a nigger to my face was by a fellow camper at a Southern Baptist Convention retreat near Oklahoma City. I was 13, and it was 1995. Devastated, I complained to a counselor who suggested I pray for the ability to turn the other cheek.
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Josh Barro / Business Insider:
Liberals can win again if they stop being so annoying and fix their ‘hamburger problem’ — I've been haunted by a claim my KCRW colleague Rich Lowry made on our radio show a few weeks ago: that Democrats keep coming up short in elections because they won't give any ground on “cultural issues” …
Reuters:
Grandmas, grandpas from travel ban states now welcome -U.S. cable — 4 MIN READ — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Grandparents of U.S. citizens from six Muslim-majority countries are now eligible to receive U.S. visas, according to a State Department memo seen by Reuters that reflects …
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Julia Belluz / Vox:
If John McCain were uninsured, his surgery could have cost $76,000 — That's more than the average annual American household income. — The fate of the GOP's health reform plan right now hinges on Sen. John McCain's recovery from a blood clot surgery. It's also the perfect reminder …
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