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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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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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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
John Kelly's big challenge: Controlling the tweeter in chief
John Kelly's big challenge: Controlling the tweeter in chief
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Joe.My.God.
Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Ivanka and Jared, move back to New York
Ivanka and Jared, move back to New York
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The Washington Journal, Mediaite and Althouse
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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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli found guilty of 3 of 8 charges, including securities fraud — A federal jury found notorious “Pharma bro” Martin Shkreli guilty of multiple criminal charges Friday. — Shkreli, 34, was convicted of some of the eight criminal counts that he had faced …
Renae Merle / Washington Post:
Martin Shkreli is found guilty of three of eight securities fraud charges
Martin Shkreli is found guilty of three of eight securities fraud charges
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Hit & Run, Raw Story, Boing Boing, STAT and New York Magazine
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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RedState, The Gateway Pundit, The Washington Journal and Liberty Blitzkrieg
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New York Times:
Leak Investigations Triple Under Trump, Sessions Says
Leak Investigations Triple Under Trump, Sessions Says
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USA Today, Hit & Run and New York Magazine
Matt Ferner / HuffPost:
Legal-Weed States Tell Jeff Sessions Their Programs Are Working. He Might Crack Down Anyway.
Legal-Weed States Tell Jeff Sessions Their Programs Are Working. He Might Crack Down Anyway.
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Hit & Run, Washington Post and The Cannabist
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
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Politico, Vox and Washington Post
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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CANNONFIRE, Raw Story and The Daily Caller
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Fox's Jarrett calls grand juries ‘undemocratic farce’ one day after calling for one for Clinton
Fox's Jarrett calls grand juries ‘undemocratic farce’ one day after calling for one for Clinton
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Media Matters for America
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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RedState, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and Boing Boing
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
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
National security adviser attempts to reconcile Trump's competing impulses on Afghanistan — In meeting after meeting with his national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, this spring and summer, President Trump angrily hammered home two questions: — He wanted to know why the U.S. military …
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The Atlantic, Raw Story, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and Pacific Standard
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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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CNN, Weekly Standard and The Daily Caller
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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AOL and Washington Free Beacon
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John Bowden / The Hill:
‘Sex and the City’ star considers primary challenge to NY Gov. Cuomo: report — Actress Cynthia Nixon is being floated as a possible primary challenger to Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) in 2018. — The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the “Sex and the City” star is considering a run against Cuomo …
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The Daily Caller and Joe.My.God.
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
Natalya Veselnitskaya / The Moscow Times:
Russian Lawyer Tells State TV She Met Trump Jr. to Ask for ‘Help’ — The Russian lawyer who reportedly met with Donald Trump Jr. to offer him compromising material on Hillary Clinton, told state television she wanted to “ask him for help.” — “It was a private meeting,” …
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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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Washington Monthly, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit and Axios
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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IJR
Bloomberg:
Apple Plans to Release a Cellular-Capable Watch to Break iPhone Ties — Intel is said to supply modem that works with cell networks — Apple plans to begin selling new smartwatch by end of year — Apple Inc. is planning to release a version of its smartwatch later this year …
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Zerlina Maxwell / Shareblue:
Kamala Harris is one of the most progressive (and attacked) leaders in America — Please let's not do this again. Do not preemptively attack a rising bonafide star in the Democratic Party who happens to be an imperfect human being who shares a gender with Hillary Rodham Clinton. — No politician is perfect.
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Liberal Values, twitchy.com and Mediaite
John Harwood / CNBC:
Amid Washington dysfunction, lack of accomplishments, Trumps clings to his shrinking support — As political and legal troubles mount, President Donald Trump holds ever tighter onto a base of support that grows ever smaller. — Trump has placed cultivation of intensity within his base …
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Murder conviction in Blackwater case thrown out, other sentences overturned — A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out the first-degree murder conviction of a former Blackwater Worldwide security guard sentenced to life in prison in the killings of 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians in a Baghdad traffic circle in 2007.
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New York Times and Axios
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
The Lost Cause Rides Again — HBO's prospective series Confederate will offer an alternative history of post-Civil War America. It will ask the question, according to co-creator David Benioff, “What would the world have looked like ... if the South had won?”
BostonGlobe.com:
Forget scenic traditions — Trump vacations in the land of spray tans — WASHINGTON — There's been an unspoken norm among presidents that their vacations are glamorous, or at the very least, scenic. — In election years, they tend to bow more to the masses. But most other years are set aside for mixing with elites.
Jeff Guo / Vox:
In the key 2018 battlegrounds, Trump's support is as high as ever — Why Democrats can't really crow about the president's declining approval numbers. — Ever since Inauguration Day, the public's faith in the president has been eroding. According to the latest Gallup surveys …
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Mother Jones
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.
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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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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New York Magazine
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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Joe.My.God. and CANNONFIRE
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Other presidents paused to meet the press before going on vacation — not Trump — Acosta's full exchange with Stephen Miller — President Trump has let almost six months pass without holding a solo press conference. Now he's heading off on a two-week vacation with no immediate plans to meet the press.