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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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Washington Post:
Mueller examining Trump's draft letter firing FBI Director Comey … Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III is reviewing a letter drafted by President Trump and a top aide in the days before the firing of FBI Director James B. Comey laying out in detail why the president wanted to get rid …
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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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CNN:
Longtime Trump aide Keith Schiller tells people he intends to leave White House — Meet the man who delivered the Comey letter — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's longtime aide and current director of Oval Office operations Keith Schiller has told people …
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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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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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
N.C. senator tosses Trump a conservative life raft for Dreamers
N.C. senator tosses Trump a conservative life raft for Dreamers
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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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Washington Post and Political Wire
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
'Stop! I've done nothing wrong': Nurse shares police video of ‘crazy’ arrest by S.L. officer
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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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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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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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Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
BOMBSHELL: FBI, DHS Warned About Antifa In Early 2016. Obama Said Nothing.
BOMBSHELL: FBI, DHS Warned About Antifa In Early 2016. Obama Said Nothing.
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IJR, Infowars and The Daily Caller
Beth Kowitt / Fortune:
The Maker of the Infamous $400 Juicer Is Shutting Down — Juicero has run out of juice. — The San Francisco-based maker of counter-top cold-press juicers said today that it is shutting down operations and suspending the sale of its presses and produce packs immediately.
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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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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
‘Send prayers’: Texas Republican turns down donated blankets, beds, manpower from Canada
‘Send prayers’: Texas Republican turns down donated blankets, beds, manpower from Canada
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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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Associated Press:
Smoke seen pouring from Russian consulate in San Francisco — https://www.apnews.com/9549026d1ed946e9 8d5119c785f2a388 — Link copied! — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Acrid, black smoke was seen pouring from a chimney at the Russian consulate in San Francisco Friday, a day after the Trump administration ordered …
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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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Kaitlyn Frey / People.com:
L'Oréal Drops Transgender Model the Same Week She's Announced, After She Says ‘All White People’ Are Racist
L'Oréal Drops Transgender Model the Same Week She's Announced, After She Says ‘All White People’ Are Racist
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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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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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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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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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Matthew Chapman / Shareblue:
“Hung from a tall tree”: Second Republican calls for lynching critics of white supremacy — Missouri state Rep. Warren Love said on Facebook that he hoped Confederate statue vandals are lynched. — Missouri state Rep. Warren Love — Ever since the deadly neo-Nazi riot in Charlottesville …
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The Root and News Blog, Riverfront Times
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
A National Guard vehicle vanished near Houston. Soldiers used Snapchat to find it. — KATY, Tex. — A soldier commanding a vanished Humvee was not answering calls. No one in the unit had his driver's phone number, worsening the situation of an Army vehicle and two soldiers missing somewhere …
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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Common Cause:
Kid Rock has been running for Senate all summer long, violating federal law — Nonpartisan watchdog group Common Cause files complaint with the FEC and Department of Justice — Known as “American Bad Ass” to legions of fans, music star Kid Rock is living up to the nickname in his fledgling campaign …
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The Daily Caller
john pavlovitz:
Dear Joel Osteen, — Over the past few days you've faced an unrelenting wave of Internet shaming, and you've experienced the wrath of millions of people who watched the week unfold and determined they were witnessing in you and your megachurch's response to the hurricane …
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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