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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Defends McMaster as Conservatives Seek His Dismissal — President Trump defended Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, his embattled national security adviser, on Friday in the face of a full-bore campaign by the nationalist wing of his political coalition accusing him of undermining the president's agenda and calling for his dismissal.
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CNN:
H.R. McMaster faces attacks from conservatives — Washington (CNN)Even as a new general atop the White House staff works to enforce order among President Donald Trump's warring factions, another general across the building is weathering attacks from the right-wing media after his disputes over policy became public.
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The National Interest and The Gateway Pundit
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
John Kelly's big challenge: Controlling the tweeter in chief — President Donald Trump's White House and Defense Department lawyers had warned him against the transgender military ban for days. They were concerned about the ramifications of the policy, how military officials would respond …
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Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
The War Against H.R. McMaster — Long-simmering tensions within the White House burst into public view this week after the firings of three National Security Council officials, resulting in National-Security Adviser H.R. McMaster becoming Public Enemy No. 1 of the pro-Trump online brigades.
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The Gateway Pundit, Washington Free Beacon, ThinkProgress, Vox and Infowars
Wall Street Journal:
Kelly's Rules for Trump's West Wing: Stop Bickering, Get in Early, Make an Appointment — New Chief of Staff John Kelly moves quickly to bring order and discipline to a West Wing riven by conflict — White House Chief of Staff John Kelly with Donald Trump's son-in-law and Senior Advisor Jared Kushner at the White House on Thursday.
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump defends McMaster in wake of criticism on the right — President Trump is defending his national security adviser H.R. McMaster in the wake of criticism from those in the nationalist wing of his political coalition. — “General McMaster and I are working very well together,” …
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Haaretz and Media Matters for America
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Fox News Host Sent Unsolicited Lewd Text Messages To Colleagues, Sources Say — Eric Bolling, a co-host of “The Specialists,” said through an attorney that he “does not believe he sent any such communications.” — Eric Bolling, a longtime Fox News host, sent an unsolicited photo …
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New York Times:
Mueller Seeks White House Documents on Flynn — Investigators working for the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, recently asked the White House for documents related to former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn, and have questioned witnesses about whether he was secretly paid …
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Mmejido / WABC-AM | Cumulus:
Alan Dershowitz Tells Rita Cosby New Mueller D.C. Grand Jury Racially and Ethnically Stacked Against Trump — Legal scholar Alan Dershowitz exclusively tells WABC Radio Host Rita Cosby that the new D.C. grand jury impaneled by Special Counsel Robert Mueller is bad news for President Trump …
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Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
Special counsel Robert Mueller using multiple grand juries in Russia inquiry
Special counsel Robert Mueller using multiple grand juries in Russia inquiry
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CNN:
Exclusive: FBI tracked ‘fake news’ believed to be from Russia on Election Day — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)The FBI monitored social media on Election Day last year in an effort to track a suspected Russian disinformation campaign utilizing “fake news,” CNN has learned.
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Ruth May / Dallas Morning News:
Tangled web connects Russian oligarch money to GOP campaigns — Party loyalty is often cited as the reason that GOP leaders have not been more outspoken in their criticism of President Donald Trump and his refusal to condemn Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election.
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The Washington Journal
Chris Stirewalt / Fox News:
Would you even care if he was guilty? — **Want FOX News Halftime Report in your inbox every day? Sign up here. Continue Reading Below … WOULD YOU EVEN CARE IF HE WAS GUILTY? — The stock market is up, unemployment is down and the economy seems to be picking up some steam.
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New York Times:
Martin Shkreli Is Found Guilty of Fraud — Martin Shkreli, accused of defrauding his hedge fund investors and a pharmaceutical company, was convicted on three of eight counts on Friday, after a five-week trial in the Federal District Court in Brooklyn. — He faces as much as 20 years in prison.
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Greg P. / twitchy.com:
Keep deleting, morons: Everyone who thinks Dana Loesch said ‘fist’ owes her an apology — A bunch of blue-checkmarked journalists are busy deleting tweets right now after wrongly accusing NRA spox Dana Loesch of saying she and the NRA were going to “fist” the New York Times over the paper's horrible coverage of guns in the past.
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Mike Vilensky / Wall Street Journal:
Cuomo May Face a Primary Hurdle in 2018 — An actress, an upstate mayor and a former state senator are three potential democratic contenders — New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a rally in support of the Affordable Care Act and against the Senate replacement bill in July.
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John Bowden / The Hill:
‘Sex and the City’ star considers primary challenge to NY Gov. Cuomo: report
‘Sex and the City’ star considers primary challenge to NY Gov. Cuomo: report
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The Daily Caller and Joe.My.God.
Abigail Tracy / Vanity Fair:
As Mueller Closes In, Republicans Turn Away from Trump — Even G.O.P. senators are moving to prevent the president from impeding the F.B.I. investigation. — Hours after news broke that special counsel Robert Mueller had impaneled a grand jury in the Justice Department's investigation …
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Jordan Sekulow / American Center for Law and Justice:
DOJ Document Dump to ACLJ on Clinton Lynch Meeting: Comey FBI Lied, Media Collusion, Spin, and Illegality — We have just obtained hundreds of pages in our ongoing investigation and federal lawsuit on former Attorney General Loretta Lynch's tarmac meeting with former President Bill Clinton …
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Sarah D / Los Angeles Times:
Why Dana Rohrabacher's name keeps coming up in the Russia investigation — Rep. Dana Rohrabacher has long believed that the United States needs to build a friendlier relationship with Russia, and he's never tried to hide it. — He's been a frequent defender of Moscow on cable news for years …
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Natalya Veselnitskaya / The Moscow Times:
Russian Lawyer Tells State TV She Met Trump Jr. to Ask for ‘Help’
Russian Lawyer Tells State TV She Met Trump Jr. to Ask for ‘Help’
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Trump may host visiting leaders at his N.J. golf club during upcoming U.N. gathering — President Trump is planning to host foreign leaders at his New Jersey golf club when he attends the annual U.N. General Assembly session next month, breaking decades of precedent for U.S. presidents …
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Allie Volpe / Rolling Stone:
Why Professional Cuddling Is Booming Under Trump — In the wake of Donald Trump's election, people struggled to figure out how to cope - and some found the answer was as simple as human touch — On a Saturday night in Venice, California, light spills from an open door on an otherwise dark street.
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Washington Post:
Uber's search for a female CEO has been narrowed down to 3 men … SAN FRANCISCO — A company trying to recover from allegations of rampant sexism might reasonably think that hiring a female chief executive would help it restore credibility with customers and — perhaps more importantly …
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NPR, VICE News, Wall Street Journal, Mashable and The Verge
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Paul Ryan: Intel leaks ‘the problem of the leaker, not the journalist’ — (R-Wis.) defended journalists Friday, saying that while intelligence leaks compromise national security, it's “the problem of the leaker, not the journalist.” — “Leaks are concerning because leaks …
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The Moderate Voice, The Gateway Pundit, RedState, Liberty Blitzkrieg and The Washington Journal
Virginian-Pilot:
Republican donor from Virginia Beach sues GOP, accusing the party of fraud over failed Obamacare repeal — A retired attorney in Virginia Beach is so incensed that Republicans couldn't repeal the Affordable Care Act he's suing to get political donations back, accusing the GOP of fraud and racketeering.
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Karen Ocamb / Los Angeles Blade:
Trump's Trans Military Ban Now Policy — President Donald Trump may be on a 17- day vacation but his White House has been scrambling to hand him a “win” by the time he returns. Trump's tweets last week announcing a ban on transgender individuals serving openly in the U.S. military was turned into a …
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The New Civil Rights Movement
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
There's no such thing as a Trump Democrat — Do you believe in mermaids, unicorns and fairies? — If so, you may have taken interest in a new mythical creature that appeared during the 2016 election: the Trump Democrat. — It has become an article of faith that an unusually large number …
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