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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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CBS News:
NYC terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov brags about attack from hospital bed — NEW YORK — The suspect in Tuesday's terrorist attack in lower Manhattan bragged to police about the deadly attack from his hospital bed, saying he would have continued mowing down bikers and pedestrians had he not crashed.
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New York Times:
Who Is Sayfullo Saipov? From Truck Driver to Uber Driver to Terror 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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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Feds interviewed suspected NYC truck attacker in 2015 about possible terror ties — The suspected New York City attacker, Sayfullo Saipov, was interviewed in 2015 by federal agents in the Department of Homeland Security Investigations Unit about possible ties to suspected terrorists …
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New York Post:
Hero cop stopped terror suspect's NYC killing spree
Hero cop stopped terror suspect's NYC killing spree
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Seeks to End Visa Program He Blamed for Allowing New York Attacker in the U.S.
Trump Seeks to End Visa Program He Blamed for Allowing New York Attacker in the U.S.
Mark Crudele / ABC News:
NYC suspect apparently plotted for weeks, attacked in name of ISIS: Officials
NYC suspect apparently plotted for weeks, attacked in name of ISIS: Officials
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CNN:
New York terror suspect planned attack for weeks, police say
New York terror suspect planned attack for weeks, police say
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Trump suggests Guantanamo prison for NYC suspect as he vows to end visa program
Trump suggests Guantanamo prison for NYC suspect as he vows to end visa program
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Associated Press:
Trump faults Schumer, ‘diversity’ immigration in NYC attack
Trump faults Schumer, ‘diversity’ immigration in NYC attack
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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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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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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 …
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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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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Tara Palmeri / ABC News:
‘The Cut Cut Cut Act’: Trump, Hill leaders differ on tax reform bill name — President Donald Trump has told senior congressional leadership that he wants to name the forthcoming tax reform bill the “The Cut Cut Cut Act,” a senior administration official tells ABC News.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
Five Books to Make You Less Stupid About the Civil War — On Monday, the retired four-star general and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly asserted that “the lack of an ability to compromise lead to the Civil War.” This was an incredibly stupid thing to say.
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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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CNNMoney:
Top NPR editor resigns amid allegations of harassment — NPR's senior vice president of news Michael Oreskes resigned on Wednesday amid allegations of sexual harassment and improper behavior in his past. — “I am deeply sorry to the people I hurt. My behavior was wrong and inexcusable …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR's Head Of News Placed On Leave After Past Harassment Allegations Surface
NPR's Head Of News Placed On Leave After Past Harassment Allegations Surface
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WDIV-TV:
Man, woman caught having sex on flight to Detroit after meeting on plane — Officials say 48-year-old woman, 28-year-old man were strangers before flight — DETROIT - The dangerous quest to join what's known as the “Mile High Club” has landed two more people in hot water.
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Washington Post:
Five old friends from Argentina reunited in New York. They died together in a terrorist attack. — photo provided by the Trevisan family shows from left to right: Hernan Ferruchi, Alejandro Pagnucco, Ariel Erlij, Ivan Brajckovic, Juan Pablo Trevisan, Hernan Mendoza, Diego Angelini and Ariel Benvenuto.
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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.
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Anna Graham Hunter / Hollywood Reporter:
Dustin Hoffman Sexually Harassed Me When I Was 17 (Guest Column) — The author, who slapped away the star's butt grabs and laughed off his vulgar language on the set of 1985 TV film ‘Death of a Salesman,’ still feels conflicted: “I loved the attention. Until I didn't.”
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Matthew Chapman / Shareblue Media:
Virginia GOP nominee claims to be victim in violent arrest of reporter covering his campaign — Shareblue Media reporter Mike Stark was violently arrested for filming Republican nominee for governor Ed Gillespie at a distance of 20 yards. Gillespie claims he was “too close.”
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CBS News:
Most back tax cut for middle class, tax increase on wealthy and corporations — Most Americans would like to see a tax cut for the middle class and small businesses, but a majority want to see tax increases for large corporations (56 percent) and for the wealthy (58 percent).
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Eric Levitz / New York Times:
America Is Not a ‘Center-Right Nation’ — The Democratic Party has learned to stop worrying and love “big government” liberalism. The party's top presidential prospects are advertising their ardor for socialized medicine, free public college, universal child care and paid family leave.
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Politico Hides Fusion GPS Employment Of Key Source — On Monday, Politico ran a story criticizing the Wall Street Journal for failing to adopt the political groupthink that pervades most of the media elite. — It's not enough that the vast majority of mainstream media operate as the communications arm of the Democratic Party.
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CNN:
Top Trump environmental pick said goal of UN ‘climate crusade’ is ‘all-powerful’ government — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)President Donald Trump's nominee to be the White House senior adviser for environmental policy has said publicly in the past that the goal of the United Nations …