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Exclusive: Top Trump aide's email draws new scrutiny in Russia inquiry — Washington (CNN)Congressional investigators have unearthed an email from a top Trump aide that referenced a previously unreported effort to arrange a meeting last year between Trump campaign officials …
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Trump clashed with multiple GOP senators over Russia — President Donald Trump privately vented his frustration over Russia-related matters with at least two other Republican senators this month, according to people familiar with the conversations — in addition to the president's public admonishments …
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Ted Barrett / CNN:
Ryan warns Trump not to shut down government over border security funding — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)Speaker Paul Ryan Wednesday rejected a threat by President Donald Trump to shut down the government to force Congress to approve funding for a border wall with Mexico.
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Shutdown threat grows as Trump digs in on wall
Shutdown threat grows as Trump digs in on wall
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
As Trump ranted and rambled in Phoenix, his crowd slowly thinned — PHOENIX — Just before President Trump strolled onto the rally stage on Tuesday evening, four speakers took turns carefully denouncing hate, calling for unity and ever so subtly assuring the audience that the president is not racist.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why Ben Carson's appearance in Phoenix was likely a violation of federal law — Right before Ben Carson took the stage at President Trump's rally in Phoenix on Tuesday night, the announcer introduced him. — “The secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development …
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Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
The strange story of that ‘Blacks for Trump’ guy standing behind POTUS at his Phoenix rally — At a number of political rallies over the year, a character calling himself “Michael the Black Man” has appeared in the crowd directly behind Donald Trump, impossible to miss and possibly planted.
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
'I don't know how it got this bad': Trump supporters and protesters meet in Phoenix
'I don't know how it got this bad': Trump supporters and protesters meet in Phoenix
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Wall Street Journal Editor Admonishes Reporters Over Trump Coverage — Gerard Baker, the editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal, has faced unease and frustration in his newsroom over his stewardship of the newspaper's coverage of President Trump, which some journalists there say has lacked toughness and verve.
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump's 57 most outrageous quotes from his Arizona speech — (CNN)President Donald Trump went to Arizona on Tuesday night and delivered what has now become a trademark speech: Full of invective, victimhood and fact-free retellings of recent historical events.
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Maya Kosoff / Vanity Fair:
Trump Goes Off-Script in Hour-Long Public Meltdown — Trump explained that the biggest victim in the Charlottesville violence last weekend was, in fact, himself. — After walking on stage at the Phoenix Convention Center to “God Bless the U.S.A.” for what was, effectively, a 2020 campaign rally …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump Holds Steady After Charlottesville; Supporters Think Whites, Christians Face Discrimination — PPP's newest national poll finds that Donald Trump's approval rating is pretty steady in the wake of the Charlottesville attack, probably because his supporters think that whites and Christians …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Trump hits new low after Charlottesville
Poll: Trump hits new low after Charlottesville
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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
White House has paperwork ready for Joe Arpaio pardon — (CNN) The White House has prepared the paperwork for President Trump to pardon former sheriff Joe Arpaio when he makes the final decision to do so, CNN has learned. — An administration official said the White House …
Dana Liebelson / HuffPost:
State Department Science Envoy Quits With Not-So-Secret Message For Trump: ‘IMPEACH’ — The acrostic was included in a letter of resignation. — WASHINGTON A science envoy for the Department of State sent a resignation letter to President Donald Trump on Wednesday with a not-so-subtle secret message: “IMPEACH.”
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump's ambassador to Israel: Charlottesville response 'wasn't fine'
Trump's ambassador to Israel: Charlottesville response 'wasn't fine'
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
State Dept. science envoy resigns with letter that spells out ‘Impeach’
State Dept. science envoy resigns with letter that spells out ‘Impeach’
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MSNBC:
Exclusive: Hillary Clinton in her own words — Hillary Clinton reflects on the 2016 campaign in her new book ‘What Happened.’ Morning Joe has an exclusive first look. ... more Duration: {{video.duration.momentjs}}
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
12 Days That Stunned a Nation: How Hillary Clinton Lost
12 Days That Stunned a Nation: How Hillary Clinton Lost
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
“It was incredibly uncomfortable. He was literally breathing down my neck. My skin crawled.”
“It was incredibly uncomfortable. He was literally breathing down my neck. My skin crawled.”
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BBC:
Rescued piglets served up as sausages to firefighters — A litter of piglets whose bacon was saved from a barn fire has been served up as dinner to the firefighters who rescued them. — The 18 piglets and two sows survived the fire in Wiltshire in February, which saw 60 tonnes of hay catch fire.
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Steven Morris / The Guardian:
Firefighters eat sausages made of piglets they saved from blaze
Firefighters eat sausages made of piglets they saved from blaze
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The Guardian: We expect Rep. Gianforte ‘to be a man of his word’ — Civility prevailed at the June 12 sentencing hearing for Greg Gianforte. Just weeks earlier, Gianforte, heading toward a successful bid for Montana's sole congressional seat, body-slammed Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs instead …
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
The Insidious Libertarian-to-Alt-Right Pipeline … Libertarianism has an alt-right problem. Many prominent leaders of the alt-right have, at some point, identified as libertarian. I am curious as to... why? — Milo Yiannopoulos has billed himself (and has been billed by others) as libertarian.
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Jim Malewitz / The Texas Tribune:
Federal judge tosses new Texas voter ID law; state plans to appeal — A federal judge has tossed out a new law softening Texas' strict voter identification requirements. Texas' attorney general says he will appeal the ruling. — Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout.
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CREW:
August 23, 2017: U.S. Department of Treasury - Mnuchin — CREW requests: — copies of all records concerning authorization for and the costs of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's use of a government plane to travel to Lexington, Kentucky on Monday, August 21, accompanied by his wife Louise Linton.
Melissa Byrne / Washington Post:
I was detained for protesting Trump. Here's what the Secret Service asked me. — Like many events that end up with a person in handcuffs, my story begins in a bar. I was in Atlanta earlier this month for Netroots Nation, the annual meeting of progressive organizers and writers …
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James Freeman / Wall Street Journal:
CNN's Big Secret — BREAKING: Host reveals that journalists don't like Trump. — Now it can be told. A CNN host named Brian Stelter confided to his audience this week about conversations occurring off-camera and off the record across the media landscape. According to Mr. Stelter:
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Katie Zavadski / The Daily Beast:
ISIS Uses American Boy to Threaten Trump in New Video … ISIS for the first time apparently used an American child in a propaganda video, a boy living in the so-called Islamic State. — “My message to Trump, the puppet of the Jews: Allah promised us victory, promised you defeat,” …
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Eric Boehlert / Shareblue:
Trump snubbed missing US sailors during Arizona speech, referenced himself nearly 250 times — During his televised pity party Tuesday night in Phoenix, where Donald Trump spent huge chunks of time complaining about press coverage, Trump made no mention of the 10 U.S. sailors who remain missing …
Mike Rowe:
Off The Wall — Chuck Atkins says... “One of the tenants of white nationalism is that college educated people are academic elitests. Comment? No? I'm not surprised. You never take a political stand because you don't want to alienate anybody. Its bad for business. I get it.
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Gina Cherelus / Reuters:
Charlottesville shrouds divisive Confederate statues in black cloth — (Reuters) - To applause from spectators, workers in Charlottesville, Virginia, covered two statues of Confederate generals with black tarpaulins on Wednesday in honor of the woman who was killed during a rally …
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FOX6Now.com:
16-year-old MPS student arrested after punching teacher several times in the head — MILWAUKEE — A teacher at South Division High School punched by a student. The whole thing was captured on camera. — The video shows a student punching a teacher several times in the head.