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Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
Read Anthony Scaramucci's old tweets. You'll understand why he deleted them. — New White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci hasn't always shared the political views of the administration he now serves. — In previous tweets, the Wall Street financier called Hillary Clinton …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
The Mooch and the Mogul — WASHINGTON — President Trump has finally found a courtier who can give him the buttery, boundless respect he craves. — A wealthy mini-me Manhattan bro with wolfy smile and slick coif who will say anything and flip any position.
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Annie Karni / Politico:
The untouchable Hope Hicks — Hope Hicks was celebrating a family wedding at a Bermuda golf club the weekend after Donald Trump was elected president when she overheard members of another party expressing dismay about his victory. — The young press secretary was off duty …
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New York Times:
Sean Spicer, We'll Always Have ‘Facts’ — Oh, Sean Spicer, our four-Pinocchio press secretary, is this the end? We know we are not supposed to “just yell out questions,” but rather “raise our hands like big boys and girls,” but is it really, truly over? — It seems like yesterday …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump is building a Cabinet ready for political, legal war
Trump is building a Cabinet ready for political, legal war
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Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE - Anthony Scaramucci: Breitbart ‘Captured the Spirit’ of America
EXCLUSIVE - Anthony Scaramucci: Breitbart ‘Captured the Spirit’ of America
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The Last Refuge
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Can the President Be Indicted? A Long-Hidden Legal Memo Says Yes — WASHINGTON — A newfound memo from Kenneth W. Starr's independent counsel investigation into President Bill Clinton sheds fresh light on a constitutional puzzle that is taking on mounting significance amid the Trump-Russia inquiry …
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New York Times:
Congress Reaches Deal on Russia Sanctions, Creating Tough Choice for Trump — WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders have reached an agreement on sweeping sanctions legislation to punish Russia for its election-meddling and aggression toward its neighbors, they said Saturday …
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Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
McCain's primary rival urges him to step aside after diagnosis — and suggests she could replace him — A day after news came out about Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) brain cancer diagnosis, his one-time political opponent urged the ailing senator to think about his political future sooner rather than later …
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Josh Delk / The Hill:
McCain's primary challenger asks him to step aside after diagnosis — A former political opponent of Sen. John McCain — (R-Ariz.) urged him to step down from his office one day after he was diagnosed with brain cancer. — Kelli Ward — who lost to McCain last year in Arizona's Republican primary …
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Noor Sabai / Raw Story:
'This is the last call we'll have': Trump's new lawyer sends cryptic message to Rachel Maddow — The White House is breaking the glass and sounding the alarm over the Russia investigation, according to MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. — Maddow began her segment with a bombshell observation …
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Charles Bethea / New Yorker:
What the Layoffs Look Like at the Carrier Plant Trump Said He'd Save — On February 10, 2016, the Carrier Corporation, an H.V.A.C. company founded in 1915, announced that it would be closing plants in Indianapolis and Huntington, Indiana, and moving to Monterrey, Mexico.
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Sam Webb / The Sun:
NO GROPING Swimming pool bosses put up signs banning migrants from female changing rooms and telling them not to grope women in Austrian market town — The signs were posted in a swimming pool in the Austrian town of Perchtoldsdorf — A SWIMMING pool has stuck up signs targeted …
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NBC4 Washington:
News4 Anchor Jim Vance Dies at 75 — Vance told viewers earlier this year that he was undergoing treatment for cancer — For 48 years at NBC4, Jim Vance's smooth voice and calm presence made viewers feel that, no matter how bad the news was, it would be OK. — Vance died July 22 at age 75 after a brief battle with cancer.
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Washingtonian
Dave Quinn / People.com:
Home Alone and Sopranos Star John Heard Has Died — John Heard — the actor known for his role in several iconic '80s and '90s movies including Big, Beaches, and Home Alone — died Friday in Palo Alto, California, the Santa Clara County medical examiner's office confirms to PEOPLE. He was 71.
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TMZ.com:
John Heard Dead at 71
John Heard Dead at 71
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John Binder / Breitbart:
Americans Protest ‘Very Fake News’ CNN Outside of Atlanta Headquarters — ATLANTA, Georgia — More than 150 protesters charged the CNN headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia to share their disgust with the network's peddling of “fake news” against President Trump's administration.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Says He Has ‘Complete Power’ to Pardon — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Saturday asserted the “complete power to pardon” relatives, aides and possibly even himself in response to investigations into Russia's meddling in last year's election even as he came to the defense …
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Laurence H. Tribe / Washington Post:
No, Trump can't pardon himself. The Constitution tells us so.
No, Trump can't pardon himself. The Constitution tells us so.
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump: Everyone agrees the president has ‘complete power to pardon’
Trump: Everyone agrees the president has ‘complete power to pardon’
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Associated Press:
Kushner discloses additional $10M in assets — FILE - In this March 17, 2017, file photo Ivanka Trump, the daughter of President Donald Trump, and her husband Jared Kushner, senior adviser to President Donald Trump, attend a joint news conference with the president and German Chancellor Angela Merkel …
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