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Trump Associate Boasted That Moscow Deal ‘Will Get Donald Elected’ — WASHINGTON — A business associate of President Trump promised in 2015 to engineer a real estate deal with the aid of the president of Russia, Vladimir V. Putin, that he said would help Mr. Trump win the presidency.
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Top Trump Organization executive asked Putin aide for help on business deal — (© Stephanie Keith / Reuters/REUTERS) … A top executive from Donald Trump's real estate company emailed Vladimir Putin's personal spokesman during the U.S. presidential campaign last year to ask …
Brian Ross / ABC News:
Trump knew of Moscow tower proposal during campaign, lawyer says — Four months into his campaign for president of the United States, Donald Trump signed a “letter of intent” to pursue a Trump Tower-style building development in Moscow, according to a statement from the then-Trump Organization Chief Counsel Michael Cohen.
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Trump's business sought deal on a Trump Tower in Moscow while he ran for president
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David Voreacos / Bloomberg:
Lawyer Says He Discussed Moscow Tower Plan With Trump Three Times
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Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Trump associate boasts Russia deal ‘will get Donald elected’: report
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Steven Nelson / Washington Examiner:
Joe Arpaio may challenge Jeff Flake for Arizona Senate seat: Exclusive — After receiving President Trump's first pardon, Joe Arpaio's plans have gone from possible prison to book-writing, speeches and potentially another run for office in Arizona, with Sen. Jeff Flake's seat one opportunity he is eyeing.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump is dragging us toward a full-blown crisis. Here's what has to happen now. — Watch more! — Joe Arpaio's illegal-immigration crackdown made him a polarizing figure and an early ally of President Trump. (Meg Kelly/The Washington Post) — THE MORNING PLUM:
Wall Street Journal:
The Arpaio Pardon — Liberal hypocrisy doesn't justify conservative disdain for the rule of law. — Candidate Donald Trump promised to abide by the rule of law that took a beating under the Obama Administration, and that theme may have helped him win the election.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fascism, American Style — As sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz., Joe Arpaio engaged in blatant racial discrimination. His officers systematically targeted Latinos, often arresting them on spurious charges and at least sometimes beating them up when they questioned those charges.
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Andrew Cohen / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Joe Arpaio's pardon defended by a ‘whataboutism’ that doesn't hold up
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Republicans Completely Own Trump's Arpaio Pardon
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Arpaio considering run against Flake
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Kyle Swenson / Washington Post:
Black-clad antifa attack peaceful right wing demonstrators in Berkeley — Their faces hidden behind black bandannas and hoodies, about a 100 anarchists and antifa — “anti-fascist” — barreled into a protest Sunday afternoon in Berkeley's Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park.
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CNN:
Tillerson aide: Constitution, not Trump, ‘speaks for the country’ — Tillerson: President Trump speaks for himself — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Tillerson's remark appears to be the latest sign of a gap between the secretary of state and Trump — Washington (CNN)Rather than walk …
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Tegna / KHOU-TV:
Family of 6 believed to have drowned inside van while trying to escape Harvey floods … HOUSTON - A family of six is believed to have died after drowning in a white van Sunday afternoon while trying to escape the floods of Hurricane Harvey, relatives tell KHOU 11 News.
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LIVE BLOG: Check the capacity of shelters before arriving
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Eliott C. McLaughlin / CNN:
Harvey: 'We just don't know when it's going to end,' lawmaker says
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Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Exiles on Pennsylvania Avenue: How Jared and Ivanka Were Repelled by Washington's Elite — “What is off-putting about them,” one political veteran told me, “is they do not grasp their essential irrelevance. They think they are special.” — I. AIR FORCE ONE
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Alfredo Corchado / Dallas Morning News:
Mexico offers to help Harvey-soaked Texas — Updated at 10:30 p.m. with additional information. — The Mexican government expressed its solidarity Sunday with the United States following the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey and offered assistance to Texas.
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Cruz Defends Vote Against Sandy Aid: ‘Political, Unnecessary Pork Spending’ — Amid devastating flooding in Texas, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Monday defended his vote against disaster aid after Hurricane Sandy ravaged the East Coast in 2012, calling that aid package “filled with unrelated pork.”
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Joshua Stewart / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Rep. Duncan Hunter gives President Trump a profane compliment — Rep. Duncan Hunter in his Rayburn office in January. (Tom Williams / CQ Roll Call) — Rep. Duncan Hunter, one of Donald Trump's first allies in Congress, described the president in profane terms to a group of Republicans on Friday …
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Exclusive: How a request about Russians made its way from West Virginia to Trump's team — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)A West Virginia man who was a former contractor in Iraq proposed setting up a meeting with Russians and the Trump campaign last year to discuss their …
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Connor Sheets / al.com:
New Confederate memorial unveiled in Alabama — Gallery: New Confederate memorial unveiled — More than 200 people attended an unveiling ceremony for a new Confederate monument Sunday afternoon in Alabama's Crenshaw County. — The modest stone marker commemorates the “unknown Confederate soldiers” …
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Bloomberg:
Amazon Cuts Prices at Whole Foods by Up to 43% on First Day — Internet giant bought upscale grocery chain for $13.7 billion — Some prices unchanged but favorites like avocados are cheaper — Amazon.com Inc. spent its first day as the owner of a brick-and-mortar grocery chain cutting prices at Whole Foods Market.
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Morgan Clendaniel / Fast Company:
Michael Moore Says Trump Is On Track To Win Again In 2020 — Moore's new Broadway show, The Terms of My Surrender, is his attempt to change that. — BY CHRISTINE CHAMPAGNE5 MINUTE READ — Three weeks into the run of his anti-Trump Broadway show, The Terms of My Surrender …
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abc13.com:
Witness: Explosion rocks building in downtown Houston … <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc13.com/video/embed/ ?pid=2350907" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> — We're following breaking news in downtown Houston, where an explosion has rocked a building on Fannin Street.
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