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Barcelona terror attack: Van crashes into pedestrians in city center — BARCELONA, Spain — Police in the northern Spanish city of Barcelona say a white van has jumped the sidewalk in the city's historic Las Ramblas district, killing at least 13 people and injuring more than 50.
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
ISIS claims responsibility for deadly Barcelona attack
ISIS claims responsibility for deadly Barcelona attack
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Reuters:
Van mows down crowd in Barcelona, 13 reported killed
Van mows down crowd in Barcelona, 13 reported killed
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Washington Post:
Van swerves into crowds in Barcelona's popular Las Ramblas district; 13 reported dead and more than 50 injured
Van swerves into crowds in Barcelona's popular Las Ramblas district; 13 reported dead and more than 50 injured
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David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
CNN: There Will Be Questions About Whether Barcelona Attack Was ‘Copycat’ of Charlottesville
CNN: There Will Be Questions About Whether Barcelona Attack Was ‘Copycat’ of Charlottesville
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CNN:
Barcelona terror attack: Live updates
Barcelona terror attack: Live updates
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Nicola Slawson / The Guardian:
Barcelona attack: van driver still on the run, police say - latest updates
Barcelona attack: van driver still on the run, police say - latest updates
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Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
Steve Bannon Detonates His Trump Survival Plan, Worrying Allies — “He's saying, 'I'm going to force you to fire me in a public way or we're going to follow the agenda we were elected for,'” an ally said. — Allies who spend too long in Donald Trump's doghouse usually get sent away for good.
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Jason Brad Berry / Shareblue:
Steve Bannon's porn and meth house: “You have no idea what kind of evil stuff went on” — When award-winning underwater cinematographer Lawrence Curtis moved into the lush Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, he had no idea the house he was renting would become a national story.
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Steve Bannon says controversial interview with liberal magazine was GOOD for the White House …
EXCLUSIVE: Steve Bannon says controversial interview with liberal magazine was GOOD for the White House …
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Steve Bannon's Fantasy, Donald Trump's Reality
Steve Bannon's Fantasy, Donald Trump's Reality
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Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Corker: Trump hasn't demonstrated the stability or competence to be successful — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)Sen. Bob Corker slammed President Donald Trump's handling of the racially motivated protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, charging that the President “has not demonstrated he understands the character of this nation.”
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Michael Collins / USA Today:
Republican Sen. Bob Corker: Trump has not shown ‘competence’ needed to lead
Republican Sen. Bob Corker: Trump has not shown ‘competence’ needed to lead
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Dave Flessner / timesfreepress.com:
Corker urges ‘radical changes’ in Trump White House [video]
Corker urges ‘radical changes’ in Trump White House [video]
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Arnie Seipel / NPR:
GOP Senator: Trump Lacking ‘Stability,’ ‘Competence’ To Succeed
GOP Senator: Trump Lacking ‘Stability,’ ‘Competence’ To Succeed
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Julius Krein / New York Times:
I Voted for Trump. And I Sorely Regret It. — When Donald Trump first announced his presidential campaign, I, like most people, thought it would be a short-lived publicity stunt. A month later, though, I happened to catch one of his political rallies on C-Span. I was riveted.
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Mark Niquette / Bloomberg:
Trump Abandons Plan for Council on Infrastructure — President nixes council after ending two other business groups — Executives had started to quit after Virginia controversy — President Donald Trump will not move forward with a planned Advisory Council on Infrastructure, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday.
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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Third White House panel scrapped amid Trump-Charlottesville controversy
Third White House panel scrapped amid Trump-Charlottesville controversy
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Jenna McLaughlin / Foreign Policy:
WikiLeaks Turned Down Leaks on Russian Government During U.S. Presidential Campaign — The leak organization ignored damaging information on the Kremlin to focus on Hillary Clinton and election-related hacks. — In the summer of 2016, as WikiLeaks was publishing documents …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The huge problem with Trump comparing Robert E. Lee to George Washington — We celebrate the good things the founders did. Confederates didn't do anything good. — In fresh tweets Thursday morning, Donald Trump, a life-long New Yorker with no personal or familial connection whatsoever …
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Joanne Kaufman / New York Times:
Bubble Tea Purveyors Continue to Grow Along With Drink's Popularity — Editors' note: An earlier version of this article prompted criticism by readers and we have since revised the article in response. We have discussed the concerns in further detail here.
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Partisan divide over Trump's response to Charlottesville: CBS News poll — Nearly two-thirds of Americans consider the attack that led to loss of life in Charlottesville an act of “domestic terrorism,” a view that spans partisan lines. But President Trump's response to Charlottesville finds more division.
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Longtime Trump business partner ‘told family he knows he and POTUS are going to prison’: report — Felix Sater, one of Donald Trump's shadiest former business partners, is reportedly preparing for prison time — and he says the president will be joining him behind bars.
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Paul Wood / Spectator:
Forget Charlottesville - Russia is still the true Trump scandal
Forget Charlottesville - Russia is still the true Trump scandal
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Slate:
An open letter from the great-great-grandsons of Stonewall Jackson. — Dear Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and members of the Monument Avenue Commission, — We are native Richmonders and also the great-great-grandsons of Stonewall Jackson. As two of the closest living relatives to Stonewall …
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New York Times:
How Do Trump's Black Friends Feel? It's Complicated — WASHINGTON — Kara Young, a biracial model who dated Donald J. Trump for two years before he married another model named Melania Knauss, remembers clearly bringing up her race with the real estate tycoon early in their relationship.
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Kevin McDermott / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
McCaskill, others call for state senator to resign after post hoping for Trump's assassination — U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and the chairman of the Missouri Democratic Party both called Thursday for the resignation of Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, for posting a Facebook comment stating: “I hope Trump is assassinated!”
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Fox News:
Wasserman Schultz' ex-IT aide indicted on 4 counts — Imran Awan, a former IT aide for Democratic Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, was indicted Thursday on four counts including bank fraud and making false statements. — The indictment also includes his wife Hina Alvi.
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Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
Democrats Are Preparing To Run Against Mike Pence In 2020 — A Democratic group has resources and staff dedicated to targeting Pence. The initial research they've pitched to reporters confirms their strategy is to tie him to Trump as much as possible. — Reporting From Washington, DC
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Shawna Thomas / Vice News:
Sen. Scott says Trump's “moral authority is compromised” — For more of this interview with Sen. Scott, watch VICE News Tonight on HBO at 7:30 ET. — CHARLESTON, South Carolina — President Donald Trump has put his fellow Republican politicians in an awkward position after his Tuesday news conference …
Washington Times:
Abraham Lincoln monument torched in Chicago: ‘An absolute disgraceful act’ — Abraham Lincoln has joined George Washington on the list of those targeted by Chicagoans in a national debate over Civil War-era monuments. — Alderman Raymond Lopez took to Facebook Wednesday night to decry …
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K-Sue Park / New York Times:
The A.C.L.U. Needs to Rethink Free Speech — The American Civil Liberties Union has a long history of defending the First Amendment rights of groups on both the far left and the far right. This commitment led the organization to successfully sue the city of Charlottesville, Va. …
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Heidi M. Przybyla / USA Today:
Mitch McConnell's secret fury over Charlottesville response highlights GOP's Trump dilemma — WASHINGTON - There was a reason why it took Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell an entire night to respond to President Trump's chaotic news conference equating counter protesters with the Nazis they came to resist.
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Dakin Andone / CNN:
The Southern Poverty Law Center's list of hate groups — Design: Will Mullery, CNN — Dots represent the hate groups operating out of each state, according to the SPLC — (CNN)917. — That's the number of hate groups operating in the US, according to data from the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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