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Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
GOP Lawmaker Got Direction From Moscow, Took It Back to D.C. … Members of the team of Russians who secured a June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner also attempted to stage a show trial of anti-Putin campaigner Bill Browder on Capitol Hill.
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Gabriel Schoenfeld / USA Today:
Donald Trump Jr. and the whiff of treason: Morally, he's in deep. — Treason is not just a legal term. It encompasses disloyalty to the country and betrayal of its basic principles and interests. — “This is moving into perjury, false statements and even into potentially treason,” …
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Washington Post
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Bombshell report: Kremlin directed GOP congressman to stage pro-Putin ‘show trial’ on the House floor — A bombshell report claims that Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), who has long been described as “Putin's favorite congressman,” was given explicit instructions by the Kremlin for how to attack sanctions against Russia last year.
People.com:
Inside Trump Family's Turmoil Amid Russia Scandal: Don Jr. Is ‘Miserable’ and Wants ‘These Four Years to Be Over’ — Donald Trump taught his children to fight dirty and win, no matter the cost. Subscribe now for a look at how the ruthless family culture has shaped Don Jr., his siblings, and the Presidency - only in PEOPLE.
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Vox, CBS Chicago, Raw Story, The Slot, AOL, CBS Los Angeles, The Week and Political Wire
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Maria Tsvetkova / Reuters:
Russian lawyer who met Trump Jr. says ready to testify to Congress
Russian lawyer who met Trump Jr. says ready to testify to Congress
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Politico, The Daily Caller and Washington Free Beacon
Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
Lewandowski: The President Is Going To Close The Deal On O'care Repeal Today — President Donald Trump's former campaign manager thinks the President will probably “close the deal today” on an Obamacare repeal bill because Trump is “a great dealmaker.” — Appearing on “Fox and Friends” …
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The Gateway Pundit, First Draft, The Week and New York Times
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Sofi Sinozich / ABC News:
A midterm preference for Democrats, but without anti-Trump motivation (POLL) — A majority of Americans prefer to see the next Congress controlled by the Democrats to counter President Donald Trump rather than the Republicans to support him — but without the level of anti-Trump motivation the opposition party may be banking on.
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The Week
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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Poll: Voters Cool on Trump-Russia Meeting, but Resist Impeachment Calls
Poll: Voters Cool on Trump-Russia Meeting, but Resist Impeachment Calls
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The Daily Caller and Business Insider
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
This poll should be a warning sign for Democrats
This poll should be a warning sign for Democrats
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The Last Tradition
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
ANOTHER pivot: tax reform and infrastructure, but Trump needs to BEWARE …
ANOTHER pivot: tax reform and infrastructure, but Trump needs to BEWARE …
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Talking Points Memo
The Hill:
Trump: Voter fraud panel will find ‘full truth’ — President Trump warned of the dangers of voter fraud Wednesday, as he kicked off the first meeting of his voter fraud commission that has so far been mired in controversy. — Speaking to his Commission on Election Integrity …
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump stokes voter fraud fears as commission convenes
Trump stokes voter fraud fears as commission convenes
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ABC News, Axios and Associated Press
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Supporters Have His Back, Poll Finds
Trump's Supporters Have His Back, Poll Finds
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The Daily Caller and The Week
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Trump can't make a health care deal because he doesn't understand health care — Trump is uninformed, underprepared, and unclear — and this is is the result. — The blame in the Senate's health care omnishambles is attaching to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and understandably so …
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Mother Jones, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Gazette, New York Times, Mediaite, Washington Times and Joe.My.God.
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
USPS broke law in allowing workers to boost Clinton campaign, watchdog says — The United States Postal Service violated federal law by letting employees do union-funded work for Hillary Clinton's campaign and other Democratic candidates while on leave from the agency, according to an Office …
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TheBlaze, Washington Free Beacon, Conservative News Today, The Gateway Pundit and IJR
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New Jersey Online:
Criticize Trump at your peril, Republican candidates. Just ask Kim Guadagno. — Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno. — NJ Advance Media for NJ.com — TRENTON — Already trailing badly in the polls, Republican New Jersey governor candidate Kim Guadagno has been hit with another devastating 1-2 punch …
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Political Wire and Shareblue
Daily Mail:
Charlie Gard is given legal permanent residence in US by Congress so ‘he can fly to the States for world class treatment’ — Charlie Gard is being given legal and permanent residence in the US by Congress in order to allow him to fly to America for treatment.
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CNN, The Stream, TheBlaze and Daily Wire
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Rep: Charlie Gard granted permanent residence status
Rep: Charlie Gard granted permanent residence status
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RedState and myfox8.com
Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
Al Gore Calls For Single-Payer Health Care — The former vice president blamed the “morass” surrounding Obamacare passage in 2009 for tanking a cap-and-trade bill that would have curbed pollution. — NEW YORK Al Gore called for single-payer health care on Tuesday, one day after a revolt …
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Fusion, Washington Free Beacon, Common Dreams, HBR.org and The Atlantic
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John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
Democrats Will Soon Regret That Republicans Failed To Repeal ObamaCare
Democrats Will Soon Regret That Republicans Failed To Repeal ObamaCare
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Mike Hayes / BuzzFeed:
This Shocking Video Appears To Show Baltimore Police Planting Drugs At A Crime Scene — The defendant charged in the case involving the drugs shown in the video was scheduled to go to trial this week. The case has been dropped. — Shocking footage from a Baltimore police officer's body …
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Baltimore Sun, The Daily Caller and Fusion
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
HHS analysis finds Cruz amendment lowers premiums, boosts enrollment — Sen. Ted Cruz plans to unveil to Senators at a White House meeting on Wednesday an analysis from the Department of Health and Human Services showing his healthcare Consumer Freedom amendment would lower costs …
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Axios and ACASignups.net
The Intercept:
U.S. Lawmakers Seek to Criminally Outlaw Support for Boycott Campaign Against Israel — The criminalization of political speech and activism against Israel has become one of the gravest threats to free speech in the west. In France, activists have been arrested and prosecuted for wearing t-shirts advocating a boycott of Israel.
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ACLU, The Week, The American Conservative and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court allows Trump travel ban enforcement, but says it must allow broader exemptions for relatives — The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Trump administration to enforce its refugee ban for now, but said it must allow broader exemptions to the president's travel ban for family members, including grandparents.
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ThinkProgress, Politico, RedState and ImmigrationProf Blog
Laurie Roberts / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Senate candidate under attack for being Muslim — Laurie Roberts: Responses to Deedra Abboud's Facebook posts have ranged from disturbing to just plain scary. — CONNECT — She's the other challenger to Sen. Jeff Flake. — A native of Little Rock, Ark. A Phoenix attorney and civil rights activist.
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
What Congressional Republicans Really Think About Trump and Russia — With each new revelation in the ongoing Trump-Russia saga, the same question inevitably gets asked: Will this be the moment Republicans in Congress finally turn on the president? — The answer, so far, has been an emphatic …
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Raw Story
James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Watching ‘Fox & Friends,’ Trump Sees a Two-Way Mirror — The producers of children's television know the key to holding a distractible audience's attention: interactivity. — Dora the Explorer asks kids to repeat after her ("Swiper, no swiping!"). Mister Rogers broke the fourth wall to welcome them to his neighborhood.
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New York Magazine and Washington Free Beacon
Jeet Heer / New Republic:
The Dirtbag Left and the Problem of Dominance Politics — Trump insulted his way to the White House. Now, Chapo Trap House is trying to insult Democrats into moving left—a strategy that's doomed to fail. — On a recent episode of the popular podcast Chapo Trap House …