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Washington Post:
Trump and allies gin up a new culprit for New York terrorist attack: Chuck Schumer — President Trump and some of his allies on the extreme right have found a new culprit in Tuesday's deadly terrorist attack in Manhattan: Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.).
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New York Times:
Manhattan Terror Attack Kills 8 and Injures 11 — A driver plowed a pickup truck down a crowded bike path along the Hudson River in Manhattan on Tuesday, killing eight people and injuring 11 before being shot by a police officer in what officials are calling the deadliest terrorist attack on New York City since Sept. 11, 2001.
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Bike path rampage: What we know about the suspect … <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc7ny.com/video/embed/ ?pid=2590096" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> — Jim Hoffer reports on the investigation into the deadly terror attack in Lower Manhattan
New York Times:
From Truck Driver to Uber Driver to Terror Attack Suspect — Sayfullo Saipov's arrival in the United States in 2010 began unceremoniously in Ohio. — “My dad introduced him as 'he's new to the United States and he's going to stay with us,'” said Bekhzod Abdusamatov, 22 …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Blames New York Terrorist Attack on Schumer and Immigration Policies
Trump Blames New York Terrorist Attack on Schumer and Immigration Policies
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NBC News:
New York City Terrorist Attack: Note About ISIS Found in Truck, Sources Say
New York City Terrorist Attack: Note About ISIS Found in Truck, Sources Say
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Talking Points Memo, WFLA-TV, Associated Press and The Week
Washington Post:
New York truck attacker who killed 8 was a lone wolf who ‘radicalized domestically,’ governor says
New York truck attacker who killed 8 was a lone wolf who ‘radicalized domestically,’ governor says
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CNN and The Daily Caller
Brian Ross / ABC News:
Sayfullo Saipov identified as suspect in New York City vehicle attack: Officials
Sayfullo Saipov identified as suspect in New York City vehicle attack: Officials
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Business Insider, AOL and The Week
CNN:
Truck attack in Manhattan being investigated as terrorism, sources say
Truck attack in Manhattan being investigated as terrorism, sources say
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Bloomberg:
Papadopoulos Claimed Trump Campaign Approved Russia Meeting — Former Trump adviser George Papadopoulos made a significant claim in an email: Top Trump campaign officials agreed to a pre-election meeting with representatives of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Bloomberg News reports.
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Talking Points Memo, RedState, Politicus USA and New York Times
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CNN:
Trump didn't dismiss idea when foreign policy adviser suggested setting up Putin meeting — Washington (CNN)Candidate Donald Trump did not dismiss the idea of arranging a meeting with Russia's president when it was suggested in a meeting with his campaign foreign policy advisers last year, according to a person in the room.
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Raw Story and emptywheel
Diana Stancy Correll / Washington Examiner:
FBI affidavit: George Papadopoulos said Trump campaign OK'd meeting with Russians
FBI affidavit: George Papadopoulos said Trump campaign OK'd meeting with Russians
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Washington Post and Raw Story
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
DNC chair: Rot went all the way to the top in Trump campaign
DNC chair: Rot went all the way to the top in Trump campaign
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Norman Eisen / USA Today:
Trump's inevitable Manafort-indictment tweet-storm is working against him — The president is rightly freaking out, and so Tuesday he hit a new low by attacking a witness cooperating with the government in a federal investigation. — CONNECT — President Trump's reckless tweeting …
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New York Times, The Week and Business Insider
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Shane Harris / Wall Street Journal:
Disclosure of Papadopoulos's Email Hunt Sheds Light on Quest for Clinton ‘Dirt’ — Former Trump campaign adviser was apparently among the first people to get a hint that Russians sought to steal emails — Former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos was discussing the possibility …
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NBC News:
Top Trump Campaign Aide Clovis Spoke to Mueller Team, Grand Jury — WASHINGTON — Sam Clovis, the former top Trump campaign official who supervised a man now cooperating with the FBI's Russia investigation, was questioned last week by special counsel Robert Mueller's team and testified …
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New York Times:
Trump Foreign Policy Advisers Were Brought On to Solve a Political Problem. Now They Are One. — WASHINGTON — One lasted only 24 days as President Trump's national security adviser, done in by his lack of candor about conversations he had with the Russian ambassador.
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
For ‘low level volunteer,’ Papadopoulos sought high profile as Trump adviser
For ‘low level volunteer,’ Papadopoulos sought high profile as Trump adviser
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New York Magazine, Raw Story, Politico, New York Times and Talking Points Memo
Los Angeles Times:
Six women accuse filmmaker Brett Ratner of sexual harassment or misconduct — Natasha Henstridge was watching a movie on Brett Ratner's couch when she fell asleep. She was a 19-year-old fashion model; he was an up-and-coming music video director in his early 20s.
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Wall Street Journal:
GOP Tax Plan Won't Cut Rate for Highest Earners — Proposal also drops the corporate tax rate to 20%, and it delays a planned repeal of the estate tax — WASHINGTON—The House Republican tax plan will preserve a top individual tax rate of 39.6%, according to people familiar with the matter …
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NBC News:
Not on Same Page, House GOP Stalls Release of Tax Bill
Not on Same Page, House GOP Stalls Release of Tax Bill
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CNBC, The Hill, IJR and Democrats.com
Aaron Lorenzo / Politico:
House GOP struggles to unite on tax bill
House GOP struggles to unite on tax bill
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Weekly Standard, New York Magazine, Axios, The Week, ABC News and IJR
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
The real John Kelly slowly revealing himself at White House — WASHINGTON (AP) — In his three months on the job, John Kelly has been credited with bringing order to a chaotic West Wing, but don't call him a moderate. President Donald Trump's chief of staff was the enforcer …
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John Sides / Washington Post:
Lots of Americans don't think slavery caused the Civil War
Lots of Americans don't think slavery caused the Civil War
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New York Magazine and Right Wing Watch
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Negative ads are helping Ed Gillespie win over Trump supporters in the Virginia governor's race — THE BIG IDEA: The dirty little secret about attack ads is that they usually work. That's why campaigns run them, even though voters constantly complain about how much they hate negativity.
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Mueller schedules interview with Hope Hicks — The White House communications director is due to speak with prosecutors in the Russia probe after Trump returns from his Asia trip. — President Donald Trump's longtime aide and current communications director, Hope Hicks …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
White House signals Trump will stay out of Mueller's way
White House signals Trump will stay out of Mueller's way
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Washington Post, No More Mister Nice Blog and Mother Jones
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Manafort has 3 passports, traveled to China with phone registered under fake name — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Manafort traveled to Mexico, China and Ecuador with a phone and email account registered under a fake name this year — Washington (CNN)How rich are Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, and where did they travel?
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Special counsel: Manafort's stated wealth fluctuated wildly; he keeps 3 passports
Special counsel: Manafort's stated wealth fluctuated wildly; he keeps 3 passports
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Raw Story
New York Post:
Hero cop stopped terror suspect's NYC killing spree — SEE ALSO — NYPD Officer Ryan Nash was out on a routine call — to locate an emotionally disturbed person — when suddenly he came face to face with a terrorist committing the worst massacre in New York City in years.
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Business Insider and The Daily Caller
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Euan McKirdy / CNN:
NYPD officer who shot, apprehended truck suspect identified
NYPD officer who shot, apprehended truck suspect identified
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
‘I want to quit’: Fox News employees say their network's Russia coverage was ‘an embarrassment’ — Some employees at Fox News were left embarrassed and humiliated by their network's coverage of the latest revelations in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election meddling …
Elizabeth Warren / Politico:
The Supreme Court Has An Ethics Problem — A few days before the Supreme Court returned from its summer break, Justice Neil Gorsuch, the court's newest member, attended a luncheon at the Trump International Hotel, where he was to give the keynote address. The location of the speech attracted …
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Raw Story
Tim Alberta / Politico:
The Education of Betsy DeVos — KANSAS CITY, Missouri—It is strange, if a bit unsettling, to see U.S. Marshals constantly hovering near the U.S. secretary of education, a 59-year-old evangelical Christian grandmother whose hobbies are bike riding, yoga and visiting grade schools.
New York Times:
Manafort's Spending Fails to Impress in Wealthy Enclaves — WASHINGTON — Look closely enough, and the document charging Paul Manafort with money laundering, tax evasion and foreign lobbying reads less like a 12-count federal indictment and more like the ultimate spendthrift whodunit.