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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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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Former Fox News Executive Said to Be Considered for White House Job — Bill Shine, a former co-president of Fox News and top lieutenant to the network's founder, Roger Ailes, has spoken with White House officials about taking a position on President Trump's communications team, according to several people briefed on the discussions.
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Lawsuit: Fox News concocted Seth Rich story with oversight from White House — This is why the Seth Rich conspiracy won't disappear — The White House worked with Fox News and a wealthy Republican donor to push a story about the murder of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich …
TMZ.com:
Anthony Scaramucci Mum On Goodbyes to Trump, Send-off Message for Gen. Kelly — Anthony Scaramucci is not done with D.C. yet — the morning after he bolted from the White House, he was cruising out of the Trump Hotel ... and talking about his future. — This is the first time the Mooch …
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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.
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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CNNMoney:
Scaramucci says he will pay taxes on sale of investment company
Scaramucci says he will pay taxes on sale of investment company
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's New Chief John Kelly Reaches Out to Top Dems to Save White House's Agenda
Trump's New Chief John Kelly Reaches Out to Top Dems to Save White House's Agenda
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Scaramucci ‘working on being the best person I can be’
Scaramucci ‘working on being the best person I can be’
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Full transcript: Trump's Wall Street Journal interview — President Donald Trump called his son-in-law a “good boy” while thanking Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Gerard Baker for a positive editorial about Kushner and said the leader of the Boy Scouts told him his jamboree speech was “the greatest speech ever made to them.”
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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 …
Alan Shipnuck / amp.timeinc.net:
First Golfer: Donald Trump's relationship with golf has never been more complicated — [This article appears in the Aug. 7, 2017, edition of Sports Illustrated.] — With special reporting by Michael Bamberger, Ben Baskin and Pete Madden. — Playing golf with the 45th President …
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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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Reuters:
North Korea can hit most of United States: U.S. officials
North Korea can hit most of United States: U.S. officials
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Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Senate Confirms Christopher Wray as New F.B.I. Director — WASHINGTON — The Senate overwhelmingly confirmed Christopher A. Wray as the next F.B.I. director on Tuesday to steer the United States' premier law enforcement agency through a politically fraught period as it investigates whether …
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
GOP House member calls on Mueller to resign
GOP House member calls on Mueller to resign
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Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
An anti-immigrant group mistook empty bus seats for women wearing burqas — Last week, a photograph that appeared to show six women wearing burqas on a bus sparked a heated debate in a private Facebook group for Norwegians critical of immigration. — For many members of the group …
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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Debt-ceiling talks between White House, Senate break up with no progress — Talks between the White House and the Senate's top Republican and Democrat broke up Tuesday with no progress on raising the country's debt ceiling, an impasse that threatens a financial crisis if left unresolved.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
McConnell To Trump: Changing Senate Rules Won't Fix Health Care Stalemate
McConnell To Trump: Changing Senate Rules Won't Fix Health Care Stalemate
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Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Acting DEA Chief Rebuts Trump's Remarks on Police Use of Force — Rosenberg memo to agency staff says to disregard suggestion that suspects should be roughed up — WASHINGTON—The nation's top narcotics officer repudiated President Donald Trump's remarks about police use of force …
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘Black America’: Amazon Alt-History Drama From Will Packer & Aaron McGruder Envisions Post-Reparations America — EXCLUSIVE: A century and a half after slavery was abolished in the U.S., the wounds left by one of the darkest periods in American history are far from healed …
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Bari Weiss / New York Times:
When Progressives Embrace Hate — A mere half-year ago, before collusion and Comey, before Mika's face and Muslim bans and the Mooch, there was a shining moment where millions of Americans flooded the streets in cities across the country to register their rage that an unapologetic misogynist had just been made leader of the free world.
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James Mulvaney / Washington Post:
President Trump's reference to ‘paddy wagon’ insults Irish Americans like me — The use of the derogatory phrase “paddy wagon” wasn't the worst thing President Trump said last week. But it shouldn't get lost amid the litany of objectionable utterances. — In a speech on Long Island Friday …
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Andrew Joyce / Mic:
Democratic rising star Kamala Harris has a “Bernieland” problem — Freshman Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) has recently become the subject of much speculation about a potential 2020 presidential run. Several major news outlets have run feature-length profiles of Harris …
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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. Obama world'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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Colin Mixson / Brooklyn Paper: Full:
Not a shot! Anti-vax movement prompts Brooklynites to withhold inoculations from their pets — See this story at BrooklynPaper.com. — Brooklyn Paper — Call it an outbreak of stupidity. — Brooklynites are refusing to vaccinate their pets against virulent and potentially deadly illnesses …
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Coast Guard ‘will not break faith’ with transgender members, leader says — Coast Guard officials reached out personally to their transgender service members to express support after President Trump's announcement of a new policy barring transgender people in the military, according to Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft.
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