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Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
Exclusive: Secret Service out of money to pay agents because of Trump's frequent travel, large family — WASHINGTON — The Secret Service can no longer afford to pay hundreds of agents it needs to carry out an expanded protective mission - in large part due to the sheer size of President Trump's family …
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Looks At The Sun During Solar Eclipse Despite Shouted Warning — President Donald Trump's administration on Monday took a moment in the afternoon to observe the first total solar eclipse to pass over the United States from one coast to the other since 1918.
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
‘20 seconds of burning’: Friends partly blinded after watching solar eclipse warn of dangers — It was a clear day when Louis Tomososki's science teacher mentioned that a partial solar eclipse would be visible from their hometown of Portland, Ore., that afternoon.
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Yes, Donald Trump really did look into the sky during the solar eclipse — (CNN)There's literally only one rule with eclipses: Don't look at the sun during them. — Which brings me to the President of the United States: — And, again: … And, because three times is a charm:
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Ford Springer / The Daily Caller:
It's High Time Barron Trump Starts Dressing Like He's In the White House — I've been on the Barron Trump train from the start, but it's about time the president's son starts dressing the part. — Barron is the youngest son of Donald Trump and the only child the president shares with Melania Trump.
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Only 28% approve of Trump's response to Charlottesville (POLL) — President Donald Trump moves out of his difficult Charlottesville week and into his national address on Afghanistan policy tonight with a poor but stable job performance rating and still-weaker grades for his handling …
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Washington Post:
Poll shows clear disapproval of how Trump responded to Charlottesville violence … Twice as many Americans disapprove than approve of President Trump's response to the deadly Charlottesville protests led by white supremacists that ignited widespread political backlash against the White House …
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Survey: 9 percent call neo-Nazi views acceptable
Survey: 9 percent call neo-Nazi views acceptable
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell: ‘Most news is not fake’ — (R-Ky.) defended the media on Monday, just hours after President Trump lashed out at “fake news” on Twitter. — “My view is that most news is not fake, but I do try to look at a variety of sources,” McConnell said at a Louisville Chamber of Commerce event …
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Negassi Tesfamichael / Politico:
McConnell undercuts Trump's claim: ‘Most news is not fake’ — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday undercut one of President Donald Trump's most-repeated claims, telling a group at the Louisville Chamber of Commerce that “most news is not fake.”
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Houston Chronicle:
Houston man charged with trying to plant bomb at Confederate statue in Hermann Park — Museum District area evacuated as agents search home — A Houston man has been charged with trying to plant explosives at the statue of Confederate officer Richard Dowling in Hermann Park, federal officials said Monday.
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Texas man charged with trying to bomb a Confederate statue in Houston
Texas man charged with trying to bomb a Confederate statue in Houston
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Matthew Watkins / The Texas Tribune:
UT-Austin removes Confederate statues in the middle of the night
UT-Austin removes Confederate statues in the middle of the night
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Facebook:
Let There Be No Confusion — I was struck by the tone Heather Heyer's parents took at her memorial service. Here they are suddenly grieving and saying goodbye to their daughter, taken by an act of domestic terrorism. And instead of turning to anger, they call for healing and forgiveness.
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Alison R. Parker / Shareblue:
Paul Ryan issues 434 words on Charlottesville, and none of them are “Donald Trump”
Paul Ryan issues 434 words on Charlottesville, and none of them are “Donald Trump”
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CNN:
Trump nominee Sam Clovis: ‘As far as we know’ homosexuality's a choice, ‘logical’ LGBT protections could lead to legalization of pedophilia — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)Sam Clovis, Donald Trump's pick to be chief scientist for the Department of Agriculture, has argued that homosexuality …
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Keith Ellison Reveals Nancy Pelosi's Real Views On Single-Payer [VIDEO] — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is more supportive of pursuing a single-payer health care system than she's willing to publicly admit, deputy Democratic National Committee chair and Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
That Russian Guy Who Attended The Trump Tower Meeting Is Almost Definitely a Spy — A month and a half ago, the New York Times obtained emails in which Donald Trump Jr. set up a meeting in Trump Tower with Russian officials who were promising him sensitive information, on his father's opponent, that would help the Trump campaign.
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
All the Light Trump Was Not Supposed to See. But He Peeked. — Of course he looked. — Monday's solar eclipse — life-giving, eye-threatening, ostensibly apolitical — summoned the nation's First Viewer to the Truman Balcony of the White House around 2:38 p.m. — The executive metaphor came quickly.
Bryan Clark / Idaho Statesman:
East Idaho rep. says it's ‘plausible’ Obama staged Charlottesville riots — Idaho Falls Rep. Bryan Zollinger took to Facebook on Friday, re-posting a conspiracy theory suggesting that last weekend's events in Charlottesville, Va., could have been an inside job orchestrated to smear President Donald Trump.
Pacific Fleet Headlines:
USS John S. McCain collides with merchant ship near Strait of Malacca — SOUTH CHINA SEA - The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) has arrived at Changi Naval Base following a collision with the merchant vessel Alnic MC while underway east of the Strait of Malacca and Singapore on Aug. 21.
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Matt Stevens / New York Times:
Christopher Cantwell, White Nationalist in Vice Video, Braces for Charges — By at least one measure, Christopher Cantwell, a self-described white nationalist, said he believed his decision to be interviewed in a Vice News report had “worked out magnificently.”
Josie Cox / The Independent:
Breitbart News: Nearly 2,600 advertisers have pulled advertising from the far-right website — On Friday, Steve Bannon, known for his nationalist views, returned to head up the site after leaving the White House — More than 2,500 advertisers have reportedly stopped advertising …
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Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
White House aides can't stop talking about President Trump like he's a toddler — The Trump-as-toddler Twitter thread, explained and curated — It started, as all 2017 stories about American politics start, with a garden-variety snarky tweet: … The point of the tweet was to push …
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Arizona Republic:
Phoenix Trump rally … Gov. Doug Ducey will greet President Donald Trump on the tarmac after Air Force One touches down Tuesday afternoon for his first presidential visit to the Grand Canyon state. — But the Republican governor, who like many in the GOP has diplomatically sidestepped Trump …
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New York Times:
Van Driver in Barcelona Attack Is Killed by Police — SUBIRATS, Spain — The fugitive believed to have driven the van in last week's terrorist attacks in Spain was shot dead by the police on Monday in a village outside Barcelona after a Europeanwide dragnet, the police announced.
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The Daily Beast:
Jeffrey Lord, Fired Pro-Trump CNN Figure, In Talks With Breitbart … It's been nearly two weeks since Jeffrey Lord, the former Reagan administration official and pro-Trump political commentator, was sacked from his contributor job at CNN. — The abrupt firing, officially due to Lord tweeting …
Darren Sands / BuzzFeed:
White House Going Ahead With HBCU Conference After Charlottesville — A White House official said that a Trump administration-backed conference for historically black colleges and universities will go ahead as planned next month. — In recent days, a Democratic lawmaker and prominent nonprofit donor …
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Fern Shen / Baltimore Brew:
Columbus statue in Baltimore vandalized — Columbus statue in Baltimore vandalized — Aimed at explorer's role in “genocide and exploitation,” vandals say, action follows city's removal of Confederate monuments — Above: Inscription on one of Baltimore's memorials to explorer Christoper Columbus …
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Ohio judge shot in ‘ambush’ outside courthouse, attacker killed — An Ohio judge was shot Monday morning outside his courthouse in an ambush attack that ended when the judge and a probation officer returned fire, killing the attacker, authorities said. — Police said a man apparently waiting …
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