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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Anthony Scaramucci On Hot Mic: I Called On CNN To Send A Message To Jeff Zucker — “I have to call on CNN and send a message to Zucker that we are back in business,” Scaramucci said on a hot mic Sunday in between morning show appearances. — Anthony Scaramucci is already working to smooth …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump wishes Reince would take the hint — A much-discussed question at the top of the White House: just what magnitude of indignity would it take for Chief of Staff Reince Priebus to resign? — President Trump knew that appointing Anthony Scaramucci as communications director would humiliate Reince, who fought hard against it.
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Fox News:
Scaramucci vows to take ‘drastic action’ to stop White House leaks — Anthony Scaramucci, the new White House communications director, said Sunday that stopping damaging West Wing leaks is a top priority and that he will take “drastic action” to achieve that goal.
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The Last Tradition
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Anthony Scaramucci, New Communications Chief, Woos Trump on TV — Anthony Scaramucci was almost finished with one of his three Sunday television talk show appearances when he started speaking directly to one particular viewer at home. — “If I said some things about him when I was working …
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CBS News:
Transcript: Anthony Scaramucci on “Face the Nation,” July 23, 2017
Transcript: Anthony Scaramucci on “Face the Nation,” July 23, 2017
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American Prospect
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Scaramucci makes liar out of Trump lawyer: I talked pardons ‘in the Oval Office with the president last week’
Scaramucci makes liar out of Trump lawyer: I talked pardons ‘in the Oval Office with the president last week’
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Scaramucci promises ‘dramatic action’ to stop White House leaks
Scaramucci promises ‘dramatic action’ to stop White House leaks
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Washington Post, Politico, Daily Kos and The Week
CNN:
READ: Jared Kushner's statement on Russia to congressional committees — Bolding below included as submitted in statement — STATEMENT OF JARED C. KUSHNER TO CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES — I am voluntarily providing this statement, submitting documents, and sitting for interviews in order …
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CNN:
Kushner: No additional contacts with Russians — (CNN)Jared Kushner, the President's son-in-law and senior adviser, said in a statement Monday to the Senate and House intelligence committees that he had no additional contacts with individuals who were or may have been Russian government representatives …
Associated Press:
The Latest: Kushner denies any improper contacts with Russia — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the Russia investigations (all times local): — The son-in-law of President Donald Trump says a June 2016 meeting with a Russian-American lawyer was such a “waste of time” …
Annie Karni / Politico:
Kushner defends himself ahead of Senate intel meeting: ‘I did not collude’
Kushner defends himself ahead of Senate intel meeting: ‘I did not collude’
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New York Times:
‘I Did Not Collude,’ Kushner Says in Prepared Remarks to Senators
‘I Did Not Collude,’ Kushner Says in Prepared Remarks to Senators
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Mediaite and Political Wire
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Kushner to face intel committee on Monday behind closed doors
Kushner to face intel committee on Monday behind closed doors
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The Daily Beast:
Schumer Rips Hillary: Don't Blame Comey or Russia, ‘Blame Yourself’ — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ripped his former colleague, Hillary Clinton, over her election loss to President Donald Trump and her subsequent efforts to explain why she lost. “When you lose to somebody …
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Republicans are in full control of government — but losing control of their party — Six months after seizing complete control of the federal government, the Republican Party stands divided as ever — plunged into a messy war among its factions that has escalated in recent weeks to crisis levels.
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Joe and Mika (and Donald): A Beltway Love Story — Joe, Mika, and their star-crossed relationship with the president. — It was Joe Scarborough's 53rd birthday, April 9, 2016, and his youngest child, an 8-year-old boy named Jack, was trying to tell him something. “Dad, look at the birthday cake,” he said.
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Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
The Man McMaster Couldn't Fire — Just 24 days into his tenure as Donald Trump's national-security adviser, Michael Flynn was forced to resign, having reportedly misled Vice President Mike Pence about his contacts with Russian officials. When Flynn departed, the men and women he'd appointed …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
For Trump and Putin, Sanctions Are a Setback Both Sought to Avoid — WASHINGTON — Throughout 2016, both Donald J. Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin complained that American-led sanctions against Russia were the biggest irritant in the plummeting relations between the two superpowers.
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Greg P. / twitchy.com:
IT'S HAPPENING! New poll has Kid Rock up by 4 over Debbie Stabenow — He's going to win: — New MI-Sen poll: Kid Rock 30%, Debbie Stabenow 26%, undecided 44%http://politicalwire.com/ ... — Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire) July 23, 2017 — The poll was conducted by Delphi Analytica from July 14-18 of 668 Michigan residents:
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Trump's DOJ gears up for crackdown on marijuana — The Trump administration is readying for a crackdown on marijuana users under Attorney General Jeff Sessions — President Trump's Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety, led by Sessions, is expected to release a report next week …
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NewsMax.com, Fusion, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Reality-Based Community
New York Post:
Homeless booted from subways so de Blasio could have ‘clean’ ride — Mayor de Blasio ventured into the city's decrepit subway system on Sunday — but didn't have to face the foul-smelling and often crazy vagrants that ordinary New Yorkers are forced to contend with every day.
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Washington Free Beacon and The Last Tradition