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Trump's lawyers seek to undercut Mueller's Russia investigation — Some of President Trump's lawyers are exploring ways to limit or undercut special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's Russia investigation, building a case against what they allege are his conflicts of interest and discussing …
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Dana Bash / CNN:
Exclusive: Mueller asks WH staff to preserve all documents relating to June 2016 meeting — WaPo, NYT: Trump legal team trying to undercut Mueller — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller has asked the White House to preserve all documents relating to the June 2016 meeting …
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
We're on the Brink of an Authoritarian Crisis — If Trump fires Robert Mueller or pardons himself, Republicans won't do a thing about it—and our democracy will be changed forever. — There were many reasons to be alarmed by the transcript of President Donald Trump's Wednesday interview …
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New York Times:
Trump Aides, Seeking Leverage, Investigate Mueller's Investigators — WASHINGTON — President Trump's lawyers and aides are scouring the professional and political backgrounds of investigators hired by the special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, looking for conflicts of interest they could use …
CBS News:
Marc Kasowitz and Mark Corallo depart Trump's legal team — There's been a shakeup in President Trump's legal team. — Marc Kasowitz is out as Mr. Trump's personal attorney, CBS News chief White House correspondent Major Garrett reports. And Kasowitz's spokesman, Mark Corallo, has resigned, Garrett says.
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Spokesman for Trump's legal team resigns just two months after starting
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary — WASHINGTON — Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, resigned on Friday morning, telling President Trump he vehemently disagreed with the appointment of the New York financier Anthony Scaramucci as communications director.
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Steve Bannon's disappearing act — Steve Bannon has largely disappeared from the White House's most sensitive policy debates — a dramatic about-face for an operative once characterized as the most powerful man in Washington. — Bannon, chastened by internal rivalries …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump expected to make Scaramucci communications director — President Trump is expected to announce that Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci will be White House communications director, according to two sources familiar with the planning. — Trump has left the role open since Mike Dubke resigned …
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Inside Steve Bannon's apocalyptic ideology: “Like [Karl] Rove on an acid trip”
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NBC News:
Anthony Scaramucci Expected to Be Named White House Communications Director
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Jake Tapper / CNNMoney:
Sean Hannity will no longer receive Buckley Award after controversy — Bernstein: ‘We are in a cold civil war’ — Fox News Channel star anchor Sean Hannity will no longer receive the conservative Media Research Center's William F. Buckley Award for Media Excellence at its September 21 gala …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Moscow lawyer who met Trump Jr. had Russian spy agency as client — 5 MIN READ — MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian lawyer who met Donald Trump Jr. after his father won the Republican nomination for the 2016 U.S. presidential election counted Russia's FSB security service among …
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NBC News:
Russia's Lavrov Says Trump May Have Met Putin More Times — MOSCOW — President Donald Trump may have held more meetings with Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit earlier this month, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday — but he shrugged off the importance of the encounters.
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Former CBO Directors:
Letter from Former CBO Directors on the Importance of CBO's Role in the Legislative Process — Dear Mr. Speaker, Madam Leader, Mr. Majority Leader, and Mr. Minority Leader: — The undersigned represent every former Director of the Congressional Budget Office .
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New York Times:
These Americans Hated the Health Law. Until the Idea of Repeal Sank In. — DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — Five years ago, the Affordable Care Act had yet to begin its expansion of health insurance to millions of Americans, but Jeff Brahin was already stewing about it. — “It's going to cost a fortune,” he said in an interview at the time.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump can usually make it about a third of the way through an interview without mentioning Hillary Clinton — President Trump was 20 words into his recent interview with the New York Times when he raised a topic that he seemingly can't resist: Hillary Clinton.
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Fox News turns to Hillary Clinton amid negative news for Trump
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Our Self-Interested Senators — An open health-care debate finally would bring some actual accountability. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at this point has busted pretty much every move in his effort to rally 50 votes for an Obama Care replacement. He's listened. He's negotiated.
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Under fire for opposing health bill, Mike Lee hits back
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Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Senate Republicans race toward vote to roll back Obamacare with key details still missing
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Josef Adalian / Vulture:
The Producers of HBO's Confederate Respond to the Backlash and Explain Why They Wanted to Tell This Story — Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are no strangers to controversy, be it serious (questions about the show's handling of sexual violence) or trivial (Ed Sheeran cameos).
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Did Kellyanne Conway Just Hold Up a Fox & Friends Interview With a Phone Call From Trump? — Much has been said about just how friendly Fox & Friends is to the Trump administration, but this might set a new water mark of accommodation. — White House advisor Kellyanne Conway was all set …
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Florida Today:
Teens filmed, mocked drowning man, Cocoa police say — COCOA - Police and prosecutors say little can be done legally after the revelation that a group of teens filmed the dying moments of a 32-year-old disabled man last week, with the teens mocking, cursing and laughing while the man drowned in a fenced-off pond.
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CNN:
Exclusive: Jared Kushner's White House connection still being used to lure Chinese investors — Jared Kushner's status as a top aide to President Donald Trump was used to lure Chinese investors to his family's New Jersey development, even after his family's company apologized for mentioning …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump 101: How to speak his language — One of the more elusive skills in this White House is the ability to communicate effectively with President Trump. It's no secret he likes things short, simple, graphical. — Someone who was doing it all wrong (although better lately) …
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Washington Examiner:
Ben Carson's quiet life in a chaotic Cabinet — Surrounded by dated wood paneling and stacks of newspapers, Ben Carson lives out most of his days at the Department of Housing and Urban Development quietly. — His 10th-floor office in a nondescript government building in Southwest Washington …
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