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New York Times:
Leak Investigations Triple Under Trump, Sessions Says — Washington — Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Friday that the Justice Department was now pursuing three times as many leak investigations as the previous administration, a significant devotion of law enforcement resources …
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Sessions: DOJ reviewing policies on media subpoenas — The Justice Department is considering making changes to its policies on subpoenaing news organizations as part of its crackdown on government leaks, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Friday. — At a news conference …
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Geneva Sands / ABC News:
Sessions vows review of ‘media subpoenas’ amid ramped-up leak investigations
Sessions vows review of ‘media subpoenas’ amid ramped-up leak investigations
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ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post and TheBlaze
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Reality closing in on Trump with grand jury investigation
The Note: Reality closing in on Trump with grand jury investigation
New York Times:
John Kelly Quickly Moves to Impose Military Discipline on White House — WASHINGTON — In his six months as Homeland Security secretary, John F. Kelly often described the White House as one of the most dysfunctional organizations he had ever seen, complained to colleagues and allies about its meddling …
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The Daily Caller:
National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster is thwarting President Donald Trump's foreign policy prescriptions, two former senior NSC officials told The Daily Caller News Foundation. — “Everything the president wants to do, McMaster opposes,” a former senior official said in a wide-ranging interview.
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Business Insider, BuzzFeed and ThinkProgress
Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
The Real Reason McMaster Let Susan Rice Keep Her Security Clearance — White House Watch: It wasn't the Deep State. Plus, Mueller starts a grand jury and Kelly reassures Sessions. — One story going around among conservatives online Thursday was the production of a letter …
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Political Wire, Pacific Standard, Breitbart, NBC News, Front Page Magazine, American Thinker and The Gateway Pundit
Heidi M. Przybyla / USA Today:
Poll: Americans in battleground districts would strongly oppose Trump firing special counsel Robert Mueller — WASHINGTON - Americans in 99 congressional battleground districts - primarily represented by Republicans - would disapprove by a two-to-one margin if President Trump fires Russia special counsel Robert Mueller.
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Gingrich says Mueller represents ‘deep state’ at worst
Gingrich says Mueller represents ‘deep state’ at worst
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RedState, The Gateway Pundit and USA Politics Today
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Keep the Trump Leaks Coming — The president is too incompetent to serve, and Congress must be pressured into removing him. — Both in content and in context, the official transcripts of Donald Trump's January phone calls with Australian Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull …
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Anthony Man / Sun-Sentinel:
Exclusive: Wasserman Schultz talks about arrested aide Imran Awan — “I believe that I did the right thing, and I would do it again,” Wasserman Schultz said in an interview with the Sun Sentinel about her decision to keep Imran Awan employed as information technology aide for six months …
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Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
Wasserman Schultz Says Laptop She Sought To Keep From Police Was Awan's, Not Hers
Wasserman Schultz Says Laptop She Sought To Keep From Police Was Awan's, Not Hers
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and IJR
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
The Scandal That Matters — Democratic IT staff who had access …
David Herzig / Washington Post:
This Trump real estate deal looks awfully like criminal tax fraud — Two tax lawyers break down the president's sale of two condos to his son. … President Trump clearly doesn't want to release his income tax returns to the public. Members of the public and commentators …
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Mediaite
Alexander Nazaryan / Newsweek:
TRUMP, AMERICA'S BOY KING: GOLF AND TELEVISION WON'T MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN — Now that he's president, Trump frequently departs the White House and spends the weekend golfing at either his South Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago, or his country club in the New Jersey suburb of Bedminster.
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Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
U.S. Added 209,000 Jobs in July, Beating Expectations — The Labor Department released new hiring and unemployment figures on Friday morning. This is the latest official snapshot of the state of the American economy. — The Numbers — • 209,000 jobs were added in July, somewhat above Wall Street economists' expectations.
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
US created 209,000 jobs in July, vs 183,000 jobs expected
US created 209,000 jobs in July, vs 183,000 jobs expected
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Obamacare Rage in Retrospect — I guess it ain't over until the portly golfer sings, but it does look as if Obamacare will survive. In the end, Mitch McConnell couldn't find the votes he needed; many thanks are due to Senators Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and John McCain …
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Ali Watkins / Politico:
Hunt for Trump dossier author inflames Russia probe — Two Republican House Intelligence Committee staffers traveled to London earlier this summer to track down the former British intelligence operative who compiled a controversial dossier on President Donald Trump and Russia, according to three people familiar with the matter.
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CANNONFIRE
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
West Virginia's governor is switching parties. And Democrats just hit a new low. — In November, Republicans solidified and/or expanded their majorities at all levels of governance, and it looked like things couldn't get worse for Democrats. Except, it just did.
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice isn't the only Democrat Trump won over
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice isn't the only Democrat Trump won over
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Washington Free Beacon and TheBlaze
Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
CNN insiders rip Jim Acosta's antics as ‘auditions’ for his own show — Jim Acosta is suddenly one of CNN's most controversial figures even among some of his CNN colleagues, who say his public battles with the Trump administration are going too far. — One of Acosta's colleagues …
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The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon and IJR
Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Flynn details tie to data firm, transition pay — https://www.apnews.com/a250d1088af44a3b 8b55275dc97de608 — Link copied! — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, is revealing a brief advisory role with a firm related …
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Economist:
How to avoid nuclear war with North Korea — There are no good options to curb Kim Jong Un. But blundering into war would be the worst — IT IS odd that North Korea causes so much trouble. It is not exactly a superpower. Its economy is only a fiftieth as big as that of its democratic capitalist cousin, South Korea.
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The Week
Franco Ordoñez / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Diplomats laughing at Trump over leaked Mexico transcript — When Jorge Guajardo, one of Mexico's most senior and seasoned foreign policy hands, got out of bed Thursday morning, a couple of interesting messages were waiting on his cell phone. — One was a link shared by a U.S. diplomat …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate blocks Trump from making recess appointments over break — The Senate blocked President Trump from being able to make recess appointments on Thursday as lawmakers leave Washington for their summer break. — Sen. Lisa Murkowski — (R-Alaska), doing wrap up for the entire Senate …
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mypalmbeachpost:
EXCLUSIVE: Boynton girl, 8, dead after dare to drink boiling water — A Boynton Beach girl has died months after she was injured drinking boiling water out of a straw on a dare, state authorities said. — The 8-year-old told her mother's “paramour” late Sunday she couldn't breathe …
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Julie Bykowicz / Associated Press:
COMPLAINT: TRUMP STRATEGIST MAY HAVE IMPROPER PR ARRANGEMENT — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Campaign Legal Center is complaining in a letter to the White House that a top adviser to President Donald Trump may be illegally accepting outside professional services.
Jing Cao / Bloomberg:
Blue Apron Plans to Cut 24% of Staff Barely a Month After IPO — Blue Apron Holdings Inc. is cutting almost a quarter of its staff barely a month after its initial public offering as the meal kit delivery company struggles to become a profitable business. — The company is cutting 1,270 jobs …
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Mashable
Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Sen. John McCain aims to revive immigration reform when he returns to Congress — A week after his dramatic call for bipartisanship on Capitol Hill, Sen. John McCain says he wants to revive a long-standing attempt to reform the nation's immigration system when he returns to Washington.