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Jake Tapper / CNN:
White House officials tricked by email prankster — (CNN)A self-described “email prankster” in the UK fooled a number of White House officials into thinking he was other officials, including an episode where he convinced the White House official tasked with cyber security that he was Jared Kushner …
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Associated Press:
Kelly flexes muscle his first day on the job at White House — https://apnews.com/290dfd4f9e364a29ba0e 4d7f6e7ad9aa — Link copied! — WASHINGTON (AP) — Raised voices could be heard through the thick door to the Oval Office as John Kelly — then secretary of Homeland Security — offered some tough talk to President Donald Trump.
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's New Chief John Kelly Reaches Out to Top Dems to Save White House's Agenda … Fresh off a stinging health-care defeat and with internal chaos embroiling the Trump administration, White House aides are signaling newfound openness to working with congressional Democrats—or, at least …
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Neal Rothschild / Axios:
Pro-Trump media is getting harder to ignore — Before the tweet left President Trump's fingers, alt-right digital media personality Mike Cernovich had already reported to his 323,000 followers that Reince Priebus was being replaced as chief of staff:
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John Podesta / Washington Post:
The best advice I could have given to John Kelly: Don't do it! — John Podesta, the chair of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, served as counselor to President Barack Obama and chief of staff to President Bill Clinton. — As a former White House chief of staff …
New York Times:
Trump Removes Anthony Scaramucci From Communications Director Role
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Mike Allen / Axios:
5 tests for new WH Chief of Staff John Kelly
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Blain Rethmeier / Washington Examiner:
Take it from this former colleague: John Kelly will bring order to the White House chaos
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Kellyanne Conway May Be The Next Communications Director
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Anthony Scaramucci's Ouster May Show That John Kelly Has the Rare Ability to Rein In Trump
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
The Mooch's Wild, 11-Day Ride Through Trump's White House
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NBC News:
What Really Happened to Anthony Scaramucci
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Majority of voters believe White House is in chaos
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Behind Fox News' Baseless Seth Rich Story: The Untold Tale — The Fox News Channel and a wealthy supporter of President Trump worked in concert under the watchful eye of the White House to concoct a story about the murder of a young Democratic National Committee aide, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
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Washington Post:
Trump dictated son's misleading statement on meeting with Russian lawyer … On the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Germany last month, President Trump's advisers discussed how to respond to a new revelation that Trump's oldest son had met with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign …
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Ashley Feinberg / Wired:
Kushner On Middle East Peace: “What Do We Offer That's Unique? I Don't Know.” — ON MONDAY, WHITE House senior advisor Jared Kushner spoke to a group of congressional interns as part of an ongoing, off-the-record summer lecture series. During the question-and-answer portion of the event …
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Jenna McLaughlin / Foreign Policy:
Kushner to Interns: Trump Team Too Disorganized to Collude With Russia — In off-the-record remarks, the president's son-in-law offers a unique defense. — Donald Trump's election team could not have colluded with Russia because they were barely talking to each other, according to Jared Kushner …
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Jeff Flake / Politico:
My Party Is in Denial About Donald Trump — Who could blame the people who felt abandoned and ignored by the major parties for reaching in despair for a candidate who offered oversimplified answers to infinitely complex questions and managed to entertain them in the process?
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Jennifer Senior / New York Times:
Republican Senator Jeff Flake Rails Against Trump, but to What End?
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The Daily Beast:
Corey Lewandowski Has Been Fired From The One America News Network … Corey Lewandowski has been fired. Again. — Three sources with knowledge of the situation tell The Daily Beast that the former Trump campaign manager and current informal adviser to the president has been let go from …
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CNN:
US detects ‘highly unusual’ North Korean submarine activity — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — An ejection test examines a missile's “cold-launch system,” which uses high pressure steam to propel a missile out of the launch canister — Washington (CNN)The US military has detected …
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
State Department considers scrubbing democracy promotion from its mission — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has ordered his department to redefine its mission and issue a new statement of purpose to the world. The draft statements under review right now are similar to the old mission statement …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama's Inner Circle Is Urging Deval Patrick to Run — BOSTON—Barack Obama is nudging him to run. His inner circle is actively encouraging it. Obamaworld's clear and away 2020 favorite is sitting right here, on the 38th floor of the John Hancock Building, in a nicely decorated office at Bain Capital.
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Fox News:
Wasserman Schultz under pressure to testify on ex-IT aide; complaint filed — Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is coming under mounting pressure to explain why she kept an IT aide on the payroll for months after a criminal investigation was revealed, facing calls from Republicans …
David Morgan / Reuters:
Senate Democrats offer Republicans help on tax reform - with conditions — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats offered to work with Republicans on a bipartisan tax reform package on Tuesday but only if it does not cut taxes for the wealthy, add to the federal deficit or allow Republicans to enact legislation on their own.
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Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
White House aide hopes to see tax reform done by November
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
The Military Coup Against Donald Trump of 2018, Part 2 — The New York contingent of plotters gathered in the Times building so they could use the company's considerable communications resources to monitor the coup. In Washington, the plotters were spread out - the State Department …
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
J.K. Rowling apologizes for falsely accusing Trump of ignoring boy in wheelchair — It took three days, but J.K. Rowling says she's sorry. — The “Harry Potter” author apologized on Monday for a series of tweets that falsely accused President Donald Trump of refusing to shake the hand …
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Piers Morgan / Daily Mail:
PIERS MORGAN: JK Rowling's disabled boy slur against Trump and her refusal to withdraw it proves …
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