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Trump offered a grieving military father $25,000 in a call, but didn't follow through — President Trump, in a personal phone call to a grieving military father, offered him $25,000 and said he would direct his staff to establish an online fundraiser for the family, but neither happened, the father said.
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Trump disputes account of his call with soldier's widow. But congresswoman who heard exchange says it was ‘horrible.’ — President Trump in a tweet Wednesday denied that he had told the widow of a soldier killed in an ambush in Africa this month that her husband “must have known what he signed up for.”
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
White House staff drafted Niger sympathy statement for Trump that was never released — Staffers at the National Security Council drafted and circulated a statement of condolence for President Donald Trump to make almost immediately after a deadly ambush of U.S. soldiers in Niger earlier this month.
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CNN:
Sources: Kelly didn't know Trump would publicize that Obama didn't call when his son died — Trump: Ask Kelly if Obama called about son — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Trump waited nearly two weeks to call the families of four soldiers killed in Niger earlier this month
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Associated Press:
Trump and the new politics of honoring war dead — https://apnews.com/d3bf716591bd49d4a8a8 6f229efe900f — Link copied! — WASHINGTON (AP) — After her Army son died in an armored vehicle rollover in Syria in May, Sheila Murphy says, she got no call or letter from President Donald Trump …
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Father of fallen soldier wants to join Twitter to call Trump a ‘damn liar’
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump just said his comment to a war widow was ‘fabricated.’ In an interview, the witness pushes back.
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Kevin Collier / BuzzFeed:
Twitter Was Warned Repeatedly About This Fake Account Run By A Russian Troll Farm And Refused To Take It Down — The account was one of hundreds created by Russia's Internet Research Agency and drew 136,000 followers by tweeting divisive messages in the name of the Tennessee Republican Party.
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Campaign Staffers Pushed Russian Propaganda Days Before the Election … Some of the Trump campaign's most prominent names and supporters, including Trump's campaign manager, digital director and son, pushed tweets from professional trolls paid by the Russian government in the heat of the 2016 election campaign.
Casey Michel / ThinkProgress:
Trump personally thanked fake Twitter account linked to Russia
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
A Judge Just Ordered The Trump Administration To Allow An Undocumented Teen To Get An Abortion — A federal judge ordered federal officials to allow the teen to travel to an abortion provider “promptly and without delay.” The 17-year-old Jane Doe at the center of the case is approximately 15 weeks pregnant.
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Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Judge orders Trump administration to allow abortion for undocumented teen — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the U.S. government to allow an undocumented teenager in its custody to have an abortion, after saying she was “astounded” the Trump administration was trying to prevent the procedure.
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Renuka Rayasam / Politico:
Judge: Trump administration must allow undocumented teen to have abortion
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Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Trump strategist quits Gillespie campaign for Va. governor, sources say — RICHMOND — The man who rallied Southwest Virginia to vote for Donald Trump last year quit Republican Ed Gillespie's gubernatorial campaign this week, offended by a personal snub and exasperated by the campaign's …
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Democrat Northam has seven-point edge over Republican Gillespie in Virginia gubernatorial race — Virginia voters give Ralph Northam better personal ratings and prefer him on the issues — and that puts the Democrat ahead of Republican Ed Gillespie in the governor's race.
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: 46 percent think media make up stories about Trump — Nearly half of voters, 46 percent, believe the news media fabricate news stories about President Donald Trump and his administration, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. — Just 37 percent of voters think the media …
Anna Palmer / Politico:
Frail and disoriented, Cochran says he's not retiring — Mississippi GOP Sen. Thad Cochran insists that he is not retiring from Congress, despite widespread speculation about the veteran lawmaker's health and political future. — The 79-year-old Cochran appeared frail and at times disoriented during …
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Nash Jenkins / TIME:
Senate Candidate Roy Moore Says NFL Protesters Are Breaking the Law — Senate candidate Roy Moore believes that professional athletes who take a knee during the national anthem are breaking the law. — In an interview with TIME magazine, the Alabama Republican argued that NFL players …
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USA Today:
Real death toll in Puerto Rico is probably 450 — much higher than official count — Three weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, we've seen images of the destruction and heard stories about the lack of electricity and basic supplies like food and water in some areas.
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John D. Sutter / CNN:
About 1 million Americans without running water. 3 million without power. …
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Paul Ryan comes out against Alexander-Murray health care bill — House Speaker Paul Ryan's press secretary, Doug Andres, told Axios Wednesday that despite the bipartisan push behind the Alexander-Murray health bill , “The speaker does not see anything that changes his view that the Senate …
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Christopher Jacobs / The Federalist:
The Alexander-Murray Health ‘Deal’ Sends Tax Dollars To Abortion Coverage
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump appears to back further away from bipartisan health-care push
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Fenit Nirappil / Washington Post:
Black candidate omitted from Democratic campaign fliers in Virginia — In this Sept 4, 2017 photo, Democratic candidate for Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, right, talks during a Democratic breakfast, with Attorney General Mark Herring, sitting from left, gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam …
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Linda Bloodworth Thomason / Hollywood Reporter:
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason: Lessons from Witnessing Four Decades of Harassment in Hollywood (Guest Column) — The creator of ‘Designing Women’ and Clinton confidant details horrific stories of sexual impropriety and abuse of power ("The No. 1 casting criterion for an actress is that she be 'hot and f …
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Bloomberg:
Facebook and Google Helped Anti-Refugee Campaign in Swing States — The big tech companies worked closely with Secure America Now to target an audience the group felt could be swayed by the message. — In the final weeks of the 2016 election campaign, voters in swing states including Nevada …
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ESPN:
NFL ratings continue fall, latest Nielsen numbers show — Through the first six weeks of the NFL season, total viewership of games is down 7.5 percent, compared with the first six weeks of 2016. — An average of 15 million people watched games for the first six weeks this year …
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CBS News:
Rick Perry calls fallen soldiers phone call controversy “asinine” — For more of the interview with Energy Secretary Rick Perry, watch CBSN or listen to “The Takeout” podcast Friday. — Energy Secretary Rick Perry thinks the controversy begun by President Trump over the treatment …
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Carrie Levine / Center for Public Integrity:
Republican lawmakers' posh hideaway bankrolled by secret corporate cash — Bank records: Comcast, Microsoft, Koch helped fund GOP convention ‘cloakroom’ — Donald Trump declared last year in his populist presidential nomination acceptance speech that he's “not able to look the other way” …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Eagerness to Go on TV Has Warped the Liberal Media, Glenn Greenwald Tells TV Host — Glenn Greenwald has been dismissing reports of Russian interference in the election on behalf of Donald Trump since the story first appeared, and the massive accumulation of evidence has not dissuaded …
Tom Dreisbach / NPR:
A Trump Golf Course Said It Gave Millions To Charity. Here's What The Numbers Say — Throughout his presidential campaign and since, President Trump has made bold assertions about his charitable giving. But as the Washington Post has thoroughly documented, those boasts of philanthropy don't always stand up to scrutiny.
Baltimore Sun:
5 shot, 3 dead in Maryland business park, gunman on the run, Harford sheriff says — Three people have died and two are injured in a shooting at an Edgewood area business park, the Harford County sheriff said Wednesday. (Courtesy video) — Shooting in Emmorton business park in Edgewood area.
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Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
Roy Moore's Foundation Received A $1,000 Donation From A Nazi Group In 2005 — The Foundation to Defend the First Amendment was founded by avowed white supremacist Willis Carto. — WASHINGTON In 2005, the foundation run by Judge Roy Moore, now the Republican nominee for a Senate seat in Alabama …
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The Hill:
FBI informant blocked from telling Congress about Russia nuclear corruption case, lawyer says — An American businessman who worked for years undercover as an FBI confidential witness was blocked by the Obama Justice Department from telling Congress about conversations and transactions …
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Laura Donnelly / Telegraph:
NHS provokes fury with indefinite surgery ban for smokers and obese — The NHS will ban patients from surgery indefinitely unless they lose weight or quit smoking, under controversial plans drawn up in Hertfordshire. — The restrictions - thought to be the most extreme yet to be introduced …
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