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New York Times:
Mueller Has Early Draft of Trump Letter Giving Reasons for Firing Comey — WASHINGTON — The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has obtained a letter that President Trump and a top political aide drafted in the days before Mr. Trump fired the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey …
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CNN:
Comey drafted Clinton exoneration before finishing investigation, GOP senators say
Comey drafted Clinton exoneration before finishing investigation, GOP senators say
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Pamela Manson / Salt Lake Tribune:
Video shows Utah nurse screaming, being dragged into police car after refusing to let officer take blood from unconscious victim — A nurse says she was assaulted and illegally arrested by a Salt Lake City police detective for following a hospital policy that does not allow blood draws from unconscious patients.
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Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
‘This is crazy,’ sobs Utah hospital nurse as cop roughs her up, arrests her for doing her job — By all accounts, the head nurse at the University of Utah Hospital's burn unit was professional and restrained when she told a Salt Lake City police detective he wasn't allowed to draw blood from a badly injured patient.
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Pat Reavy / Deseret News:
'Stop! I've done nothing wrong': Nurse shares police video of ‘crazy’ arrest by S.L. officer — SALT LAKE CITY — Alex Wubbels said she couldn't believe what was happening. — “This is crazy. This is crazy. Why is he so angry?” she is heard on body camera video, nearly in tears …
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Stand With Dreamers:
Leaders of American Industry on DACA — Entrepreneurs and business leaders from across the country are releasing an open letter encouraging President Trump to preserve the DACA program and calling on Congress to pass the bipartisan DREAM Act or similar legislation that provides …
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CNN:
Ryan asks Trump to hold off on scrapping DACA — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)House Speaker Paul Ryan on Friday gave a major boost to legislative efforts to preserve protections for young undocumented immigrants — and urged President Donald Trump to not tear up the program.
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Philip Wegmann / Washington Examiner:
Roy Moore, leading candidate in Alabama Senate race, doesn't know what DACA is
Roy Moore, leading candidate in Alabama Senate race, doesn't know what DACA is
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Political Wire
John McCain / Washington Post:
It's time Congress returns to regular order — (FILES) This file photo taken on March 23, 2017 shows a view of the US Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington,DC. The top ‘AAA’ long-term debt rating of the United States will be in danger if lawmakers do not raise borrowing limits in a timely fashion …
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New York Times:
Software Glitch or Russian Hackers? Election Problems Draw Little Scrutiny — The calls started flooding in from hundreds of irate North Carolina voters just after 7 a.m. on Election Day last November. — Dozens were told they were ineligible to vote and were turned away at the polls …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Hurricane Harvey Shifts Political Winds in Washington — WASHINGTON — In swamping large swaths of Texas and Louisiana, Hurricane Harvey also forged a new reality for President Trump and the Republicans governing Washington. — Gone are the confrontational talk of a government shutdown and the brinkmanship over the debt limit.
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Josh Delk / The Hill:
Trump requesting initial $6B in aid for Harvey
Trump requesting initial $6B in aid for Harvey
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
N.C. senator tosses Trump a conservative life raft for Dreamers — WASHINGTON — Conservative lawmakers led by Thom Tillis are crafting a bill they call the conservative Dream Act that would provide a path to permanent residency to people brought here illegally as children …
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Washington Post:
Paul Ryan, other GOP congressional leaders urge Trump not to terminate DACA
Paul Ryan, other GOP congressional leaders urge Trump not to terminate DACA
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Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Ryan says Trump shouldn't end DACA
Ryan says Trump shouldn't end DACA
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Josh Meyer / Politico:
FBI, Homeland Security warn of more ‘antifa’ attacks — Federal authorities have been warning state and local officials since early 2016 that leftist extremists known as “antifa” had become increasingly confrontational and dangerous, so much so that the Department of Homeland Security formally classified …
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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump pulls back threat to shut down government over border wall — for now — The White House has signaled to congressional Republicans that it will not shut down the government in October if money isn't appropriated to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, potentially clearing a path …
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Treasury inspector general to review Mnuchin's flight to Fort Knox — The U.S. Treasury's Office of Inspector General is reviewing the flight taken by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his wife, Louise Linton, last week to Louisville and Fort Knox, Ky., following criticism of their use …
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Colin Wilhelm / Politico:
Cohn, Mnuchin appear to differ on tax reform progress
Cohn, Mnuchin appear to differ on tax reform progress
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Daily Mail:
L'Oreal's first transgender model is SACKED by the cosmetics giant after claiming ‘ALL white people’ are racist in extraordinary Facebook rant — But days after she was announced as L'Oreal's first transgender model, Munroe Bergdorf launched an extraordinary rant declaring all white people racist
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Richard Hartley-Parkinson / Metro.co.uk:
L'Oréal sacks Munroe Bergdorf over ‘all whites are racist’ Facebook post
L'Oréal sacks Munroe Bergdorf over ‘all whites are racist’ Facebook post
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Michael Grunwald / Politico:
Mick the Knife — Mick Mulvaney, President Donald Trump's budget director, walked into the Oval Office in early May on a longshot mission. The slash-government conservative wanted to persuade the president to break one of his most popular campaign promises.
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue:
Leader of Trump's voter suppression scheme exposed as a paid columnist for Breitbart — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the head of Donald Trump's so-called commission on “Election Integrity,” has a new gig as a paid columnist for the inflammatory right-wing pro-Trump website Breitbart.
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Jeff Sessions' DOJ To Put Woman Who Laughed At Jeff Sessions On Trial Yet Again — Desiree Fairooz's brief chuckle during the attorney general's confirmation hearing in January has turned into a nine-month ordeal, and it's not over yet. — WASHINGTON Jeff Sessions' Justice Department plans …
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ThinkProgress
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Former aides to GOP lawmaker describe toxic work environment — https://apnews.com/e072b685bc0e4fec97cd 2e455a3fbae9 — Link copied! — INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Staffers in tears. Pay cuts for small mistakes. Aides who walked out of the office — and never came back.
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Leah Barkoukis / Townhall.com:
Obama Is Now the Most Costly Former President — After his pension, an office space, and other perks, former President Obama is costing taxpayers the most to support out of all the ex-presidents. — Next year, the American people will be footing his bill to the tune of $1,153,000, according to a Congressional Research Service memo.
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Marianne Schaefer Trench / The Daily Beast:
When I Filmed Sheriff Joe Arpaio, He Was Cooperative and Horrifying … In 2001, I made a documentary film for German TV about the man who called himself “The Toughest Sheriff in America.” Ten years after I witnessed Joe Arpaio in action, a judge ordered him to stop detaining people based solely on racial profiling.
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Jackson Landers / The Daily Beast:
‘Crying Nazi’ Christopher Cantwell's Lawyer Says He's Just Kidding About Killing Jews … CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia — Christopher Cantwell's lawyer says his client's comments disparaging blacks and Jews is just a comedic act of a “shock jock,” comparing him to the Jewish comedian Jackie Mason.
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Raw Story
Richard Florida / New York Times:
The Urban Revival Is Over — TORONTO — For all the concern about the gentrification, rising housing prices and the growing gap between the rich and poor in our leading cities, an even bigger threat lies on the horizon: The urban revival that swept across America over the past decade or two may be in danger.
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Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Candid? Yes. Presidential? Not so much. Voters describe Trump — President Donald Trump says what he thinks — a majority agrees on that. Maybe that's part of the reason most don't call him presidential. — The latest Fox News Poll asks voters how well several words and phrases apply to the president.
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Mueller Enlists the IRS for His Trump-Russia Investigation … Special counsel Bob Mueller has teamed up with the IRS. According to sources familiar with his investigation into alleged Russian election interference, his probe has enlisted the help of agents from the IRS' Criminal Investigations unit.
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Libby Watson / Splinter:
Now CNN Can Read Its Reporters' DMs — Anyone who works in the media, particularly Gizmodo Media Group, will tell you that the messaging application Slack is the best thing about working in this precarious industry. It's great! A wonderful way to share news and tweets …