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Trump Humiliated Jeff Sessions After Mueller Appointment — WASHINGTON — Shortly after learning in May that a special counsel had been appointed to investigate links between his campaign associates and Russia, President Trump berated Attorney General Jeff Sessions in an Oval Office meeting …
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Harvard Kennedy School:
Statement from Dean Elmendorf regarding the invitation to Chelsea Manning to be a Visiting Fellow — HOME - NEWS - STATEMENT FROM DEAN ELMENDORF REGARDING THE INVITATION TO CHELSEA MANNING TO BE A VISITING FELLOW — Statement from Douglas W. Elmendorf, Dean of Harvard Kennedy School …
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Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Chelsea Manning's Fellowship Withdrawn by Harvard After Criticism — Facing harsh criticism, a Harvard dean said early Friday morning that he was revoking his invitation to Chelsea Manning, a former United States soldier convicted of leaking classified information, to be a visiting fellow at the university.
Andrew Degrandpre / Washington Post:
Harvard dean rescinds Chelsea Manning's visiting fellow invitation, calling it a ‘mistake’
Harvard dean rescinds Chelsea Manning's visiting fellow invitation, calling it a ‘mistake’
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Inside Trump's dalliance with Democrats — After months of hammering Republicans over their failure to repeal Obamacare, President Donald Trump huddled this week with moderate House Democrats and Republicans who were trying to sell him on a fix to the health care law.
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
GOP feels betrayed by Trump's dealmaking with Dems — Donald Trump's latest fling with Democrats has plunged the Republican Party into a state of confusion and outrage that far surpasses the frustration with his debt ceiling deal with the minority last week.
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Chris Buskirk / American Greatness:
Amnesty Deal Would Be a Huge Win for Trump Foes
Amnesty Deal Would Be a Huge Win for Trump Foes
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Neil Munro / Breitbart:
Paul Ryan Rejects Trump-Schumer Deal, Promises More Border Security
Paul Ryan Rejects Trump-Schumer Deal, Promises More Border Security
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Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
Democrats Dare to Trust Trump on DACA
Democrats Dare to Trust Trump on DACA
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ProPublica:
Facebook Enabled Advertisers to Reach ‘Jew Haters’ — Want to market Nazi memorabilia, or recruit marchers for a far-right rally? Facebook's self-service ad-buying platform had the right audience for you. — Until this week, when we asked Facebook about it, the world's largest social …
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Resurrects His Claim That Both Sides Share Blame in Charlottesville Violence — WASHINGTON — President Trump thrust himself back into the racial storms of Charlottesville on Thursday, repeating his charge that those resisting the neo-Nazis and white supremacists were as much to blame …
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Emma Loop / BuzzFeed:
President Trump Doubled Down On Blaming Both Sides For Violence In Charlottesville — Again
President Trump Doubled Down On Blaming Both Sides For Violence In Charlottesville — Again
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
California legislature passes bill requiring presidential candidates to release tax returns — The California State Assembly on Thursday passed a bill that would require all presidential candidates to release their tax returns prior to being placed on the state's ballot.
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Politicus USA
Peter Suderman / Hit & Run:
Medicaid for All Would ‘Bankrupt the Nation,’ Warns Bernie Sanders—In 1987 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced new legislation yesterday to expand Medicare to everyone in the United States. The bill, which came with 15 Democratic co-sponsors, envisions universal coverage …
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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Democrats Follow Bernie Sanders Off a Cliff
Democrats Follow Bernie Sanders Off a Cliff
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Diana Stancy Correll / Washington Examiner:
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher: Charlottesville protests a ‘setup’ — Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., said leftists convinced Civil War re-enactors to protest the removal of a civil war statue and pretend to be white nationalists in Charlottesville, Va., last month.
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Joe Garofoli / San Francisco Chronicle:
The pro-Russia, pro-weed, pro-Assange GOP congressman who will be tough to beat
The pro-Russia, pro-weed, pro-Assange GOP congressman who will be tough to beat
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Politicus USA and Mother Jones
Russell Goldman / New York Times:
North Korea Launches Another Missile, Escalating Crisis — HONG KONG — North Korea fired a missile off its east coast on Friday, the South Korean military said. — It was the 15th such test this year and the first since North Korea detonated its most powerful nuclear bomb to date.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Daily Caller reporter renounces racist, misogynistic writings — Back in 2010, some blogger wanted to vent about something. “Small towns like the one I'm from in Texas have a fat girl problem. The scent of cheap perfume, sweat, grease ... forms a troposphere-like force field surrounding …
BBC:
Fanged creature found on Texas beach after Hurricane Harvey — A mysterious fanged sea creature that washed up on a beach in Texas following Hurricane Harvey has been identified. — Preeti Desai found the decaying fish on a beach in Texas City, and asked Twitter for help.
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Nicola Slawson / The Guardian:
FT journalist presumed dead after being ‘dragged into water by crocodile’ — Man, named as Paul McClean, had been taking surfing lessons in Sri Lanka, when witnesses say he was pulled into the lagoon after washing his hands … A British tourist is missing after witnesses saw him being dragged …
WDIV-TV:
Farmington Hills teacher accused of assaulting 6th-grader who sat during Pledge of Allegiance — Student at East Middle School in Farmington Hills doesn't stand for Pledge — FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. - Many NFL players have expressed their beliefs by kneeling for the national anthem before games …
Lindsay Gibbs / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: ESPN tried to kick Jemele Hill off the air and replace her with another black host — At 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday evening, just three hours after the White House encouraged ESPN to fire her, Jemele Hill sat next to her co-host Michael Smith on the set of their daily SportsCenter show and …
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Democrats cling to the impossible: Winning the Senate in 2018 — Senate Democrats are three seats shy of a majority and almost entirely on defense in the 2018 elections, making it all but impossible for them to retake the chamber next year. — But Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer …
Michael Kruse / Politico:
The Loneliest President — “ISOLATED?” read the subject line. — “Friend,” Donald Trump wrote recently to supporters in a fundraising email. “The fake news keeps saying, ‘President Trump is isolated.’ ... They say I'm isolated by lobbyists, corporations, grandstanding politicians, and Hollywood.
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Julie Jordan / People.com:
Fergie and Josh Duhamel Separate After 8 Years of Marriage: ‘We Are and Will Always Be United’ — After eight years of marriage, Fergie and Josh Duhamel are going their separate ways, they confirm to PEOPLE exclusively. — “With absolute love and respect we decided to separate as a couple earlier …
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BBC:
Parsons Green: London Underground blast is terror incident — An “improvised explosive device” was detonated on a Tube train in south-west London during Friday's rush hour, Scotland Yard has confirmed. — Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said hundreds of detectives, working with MI5 …
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Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
Sucking the Joy Out of Everything — Remember when people used to let things go? When people would just get along, not hunt for secret meanings behind actions and ways to be offended for the sake of being offended? Thanks to the progressive left that day is done. — These guys suck the joy out of everything.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's new world — Over the past week or so, we've heard all kinds of theories from administration officials and President Trump's friends on the outside about why he's cutting deals with “Chuck and Nancy” and softening on his core issue of immigration. — The points we keep hearing: