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Bloomberg:
Mueller Expands Probe to Trump Business Transactions — Special counsel examines dealings of Kushner, Manafort, Trump — Trump has warned Mueller against going beyond Russia in probe — The U.S. special counsel investigating possible ties between the Donald Trump campaign and Russia …
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New York Times:
In Interview, Trump Expresses Anger at Sessions and Comey, and Warns Mueller — WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Wednesday that he never would have appointed Attorney General Jeff Sessions had he known Mr. Sessions would recuse himself from overseeing the Russia investigation that has dogged …
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New York Times:
Excerpts From The Times's Interview With Trump — President Trump spoke on Wednesday with three New York Times reporters — Peter Baker, Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman — in an exclusive interview in the Oval Office. Also in attendance was Hope Hicks, a White House spokeswoman.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump: L'état, C'est Moi — In his bizarre New York Times interview, Donald Trump expresses his characteristic assortment of fever-dream assertions. The president believes Hillary Clinton “was totally opposed to any sanctions for Russia,” that a properly amortized health-insurance plan …
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump goes off-script and fumes about Sessions and Russia probe
Trump goes off-script and fumes about Sessions and Russia probe
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Sessions: No plans to resign after Trump criticism
Sessions: No plans to resign after Trump criticism
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Trump's bombshell interview drops on his 6-month mark
The Note: Trump's bombshell interview drops on his 6-month mark
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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Trump says he wouldn't have picked Sessions if he knew he'd recuse himself
Trump says he wouldn't have picked Sessions if he knew he'd recuse himself
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Trump warns Mueller against investigating his family's finances beyond Russia probe
Trump warns Mueller against investigating his family's finances beyond Russia probe
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Bwittes / Lawfare:
The President vs. Federal Law Enforcement: Trump Attacks Everyone
The President vs. Federal Law Enforcement: Trump Attacks Everyone
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New York Times:
Inspiring Little Fear in Senators, Trump Struggles to Sell Health Bill — WASHINGTON — President Trump thought he could sell balky Republican senators like Ron Johnson of Wisconsin on the Senate health care bill through pleasantries, cajoling and, ultimately, some Oval Office muscle.
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Republicans lament an agenda in ‘quicksand’ — Sen. David Perdue persuaded Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell last week to scrap two weeks of August recess to advance President Donald Trump's agenda. But since then, the GOP's Obamacare repeal effort has almost entirely collapsed …
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Which is politically worse for Republicans — failing to pass this health bill or actually passing it?
Which is politically worse for Republicans — failing to pass this health bill or actually passing it?
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Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Team Trump Used Obamacare Money to Run PR Effort Against It … The Trump administration has spent taxpayer money meant to encourage enrollment in the Affordable Care Act on a public relations campaign aimed at methodically strangling it. — The effort, which involves a multi-pronged social media push …
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Bill Scher / Politico:
How Democrats Won the Healthcare War
How Democrats Won the Healthcare War
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Patt Morrison / Los Angeles Times:
Column Bill Nye on the terrifying ascendancy of American ‘dingbatitude’ — From the Emmy-winning “science guy on” the PBS children's television program to the lab-coat crusader who “saves the world” on Netflix, Bill Nye is a longtime science-is-entertaining educator, a onetime mechanical engineer and a perpetual science lover.
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Mandy Mayfield / Washington Examiner:
Bill Nye: Older people need to ‘die’ out before climate science can advance
Bill Nye: Older people need to ‘die’ out before climate science can advance
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New York Times:
Big German Bank, Key to Trump's Finances, Faces New Scrutiny — During the presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump pointed to his relationship with Deutsche Bank to counter reports that big banks were skeptical of doing business with him. — After a string of bankruptcies in his casino …
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CBO's Publications:
H.R. 1628, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017: An Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute — CBO and JCT estimate that enacting this legislation would reduce federal deficits by $420 billion over the coming decade and increase the number of people who are uninsured by 22 million in 2026 relative to the number under current law.
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U.S. Department of Justice:
AlphaBay, the Largest Online ‘Dark Market,’ Shut Down — ‘Dark Net’ Site Was Major Source of Fentanyl and Heroin, Linked to Overdose Deaths, and Used By Hundreds of Thousands of People to Buy and Sell Illegal Goods and Services Anonymously over the Internet
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CorpComm AG / Newsroom:
Massive blow to criminal Dark Web activities after globally coordinated operation
Massive blow to criminal Dark Web activities after globally coordinated operation
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Samantha Swindler / Oregonian:
IQ costs Oregon parents their kids, but is that fair? (Column) — Gallery: Redmond couple fights for custody of their children — The nursery in Amy Fabbrini and Eric Ziegler's home is filled with unread children's books and unworn baby clothes. A Winnie the Pooh blanket lies untouched inside …
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
Manafort Was in Debt to Pro-Russia Interests, Cyprus Records Show — Financial records filed last year in the secretive tax haven of Cyprus, where Paul J. Manafort kept bank accounts during his years working in Ukraine and investing with a Russian oligarch, indicate that he had been in debt …
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Ira Madison III / The Daily Beast:
The ‘Game of Thrones’ Creators' Next Show Sounds Stupid as Hell … The takes are already rolling in on Confederate, a forthcoming HBO series from the showrunners of Game of Thrones, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss — but all you really need to know is that this show sounds stupid as hell.
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Hbo Pr / Medium:
HBO ANNOUNCES CONFEDERATE, A NEW DRAMA SERIES CREATED BY DAVID BENIOFF AND D.B. WEISS
HBO ANNOUNCES CONFEDERATE, A NEW DRAMA SERIES CREATED BY DAVID BENIOFF AND D.B. WEISS
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
One in eight people who voted for Trump having second thoughts - Reuters/Ipsos poll — 6 MIN READ — NEW YORK (Reuters) - About one in eight people who voted for President Donald Trump said they are not sure they would do so again after witnessing Trump's tumultuous first six months in office …
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Steve Phillips / New York Times:
The Democratic Party's Billion-Dollar Mistake — The Democratic Party is at risk of repeating the billion-dollar blunder that helped create its devastating losses of 2016. With its obsessive focus on wooing voters who supported Donald Trump, it is neglecting the cornerstone of its coalition …
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
We Must Elect Senator Kid Rock — The news that Southern-fried rock/rapper Kid Rock will be running for some timeserving Dem hack's Senate seat in Michigan should make every normal American smile and spill a 40 to his homies. The future Senator Rock deserves your eager support for two critical reasons …
Bill Lukitsch / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Henrico McDonald's takes ‘appropriate action’ after employee refused to serve uniformed police officer … An on-duty officer with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries says he was denied service at a McDonald's restaurant in Henrico County because of his profession …
Eve Peyser / vice:
Everyone Hates Neoliberals, So We Talked to Some — If I've learned anything from having my eyes glued to politics Twitter and the punditry it inevitably spawns for 12 hours a day, it's that I am ruining my life and desperately need help. But more to the point, I've also learned that in leftist circles …
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Trump kills 16 regulations for every new one, crushing 2-for-1 goal — President Trump's administration, on orders to kill two regulations for every new one, ripped up the playbook during its first six months, eliminating 16 old rules for every new one, according to top officials.
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Politico and Washington Free Beacon
Peta Thornycroft / Telegraph:
Exclusive: Cecil the Lion's son Xanda killed by trophy hunter — Cecil the lion: Son Xanda killed by trophy hunters — One of Cecil the Lion's cubs has been shot dead by a big game trophy hunter in Zimbabwe, just two years after his father was killed in similar circumstances.
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Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR:
Fact Check: Trump's Confusing Remarks To Senate Republicans On Health Care — President Trump did not do much to sell the Senate health care bill before its failure. But he gave the sale a shot Wednesday in the White House before cameras and a captive audience of nearly all the Republican senators.
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Susan Scutti / CNN:
Sen. John McCain has brain cancer, aggressive tumor surgically removed — Lab results from a surgery on Friday confirmed the presence of glioblastoma associated with the blood clot — (CNN)Sen. John McCain, 80, has been diagnosed with a primary glioblastoma, a type of brain tumor …
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