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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Donna Brazile: I considered replacing Clinton with Biden as 2016 Democratic nominee — Former Democratic National Committee head Donna Brazile writes in a new book that she seriously contemplated replacing Hillary Clinton as the party's 2016 presidential nominee with then-Vice President Biden …
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Associated Press:
Inside story: How Russians hacked the Democrats' emails — WASHINGTON (AP) — It was just before noon in Moscow on March 10, 2016, when the first volley of malicious messages hit the Hillary Clinton campaign. — The first 29 phishing emails were almost all misfires.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Memo Reveals Details of Hillary Clinton-DNC Deal
Memo Reveals Details of Hillary Clinton-DNC Deal
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Both Bush Presidents Worry Trump Is Blowing Up the G.O.P. — WASHINGTON — President Trump is not a favorite in the extended Bush household. Former President George Bush considers him a “blowhard,” only interested in feeding his own ego. Former President George W. Bush, his son …
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CNN:
George H.W. Bush labels Trump a ‘blowhard’ in new book — (CNN)Former President George H.W. Bush has a blunt assessment of Donald Trump: “He's a blowhard.” And his son, former President George W. Bush, has harsh words for his Republican successor as well: “This guy doesn't know what it means to be president.”
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
White House strikes back at Bushes over weak legacy — The White House fired back at former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush on Saturday, attacking their legacies after both Bushes expressed their displeasure with President Trump in a new book.
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
George H.W. Bush on Trump: He's a ‘blowhard’
George H.W. Bush on Trump: He's a ‘blowhard’
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New York Times:
Trump Campaign Adviser Met With Russian Officials in 2016 — WASHINGTON — Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to the Trump presidential campaign, met Russian government officials during a July 2016 trip he took to Moscow, according to testimony he gave on Thursday to the House Intelligence Committee.
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump's year of anger, disruption and scandal — It was after midnight on Nov. 9, 2016, and Donald Trump was sitting at the kitchen table of his Trump Tower penthouse. — His win in the presidential race was so unexpected that his chief speechwriter, Stephen Miller, had only begun writing …
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
House committee to question former Trump bodyguard over Russia dossier: report
House committee to question former Trump bodyguard over Russia dossier: report
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Mueller braces for challenges to his authority — Robert Mueller is on an early winning streak. — Stacked with some of the country's premier prosecutors, the special counsel has beaten back a pair of preliminary attempts to block his subpoena power and limit who he can question as a potential witness.
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Gregory Wallace / CNN:
CIA memo: Oswald link ‘totally unfounded’ — Panel slams JFK assassination records dump — (CNN)The CIA concluded in the weeks after President John F. Kennedy's assassination that allegations that Lee Harvey Oswald worked for the agency were “totally unfounded.”
Washington Post:
Ed Gillespie wages war on his own principles — AS VIRGINIA'S gubernatorial campaign intensified just after Labor Day, we published an editorial criticizing Ed Gillespie, the Republican candidate once known as a fixture of the GOP establishment, for flirting with the electorate's …
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
McConnell: No need to pass bills to protect Mueller — The Senate majority leader also expressed skepticism of legislation requiring social media companies to disclose the buyers of political ads. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Saturday that special counsel Robert Mueller …
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Brad Plumer / New York Times:
A Climate Science Report That Changes Minds? Don't Bet on It — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration published a report Friday on climate change from its own scientists that left no doubt about its grim reality and its causes. — So now what? — With every new authoritative scientific study …
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CNN:
Trump opened the floodgates. Now Democratic women are running for office in record-breaking numbers — Virginia Beach, Virginia (CNN)Kimberly Anne Tucker wanted to be part of a movement. To fight against the Donald Trump presidency that she saw as full of hateful rhetoric, much of it misogynistic.
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Adam B. Vary / BuzzFeed:
A Pattern Of Abuse: How Kevin Spacey Used The Closet To Silence His Victims — Three new accusers shed light on the Oscar winner's history of abuse. “Being closeted has ... enabled him to use this privacy claim as a shield,” one of the men told BuzzFeed News.
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Courtney Crowder / Des Moines Register:
Mother says justice was served in Kedarie Johnson murder trial — KEOKUK, Ia. — It took a jury just 90 minutes Friday to return a guilty verdict in the murder of Burlington High School junior Kedarie Johnson, a gender-fluid teenager whose case attracted national attention.
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Daily Caller EIC Defends Milo Column By Comparing Him to ‘Putin and a Hamas Terrorist’ — Earlier this week, The Daily Caller decided to publish an op-ed from disgraced former Breitbart tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos. The column was related to the recent sexual harassment and assault revelations …
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Hazel Cills / Jezebel:
Former ‘Male Feminist’ Columnist Faces Multiple Allegations of Assault — On October 6, Helen Donahue, who previously worked as a social media editor for Vice and also wrote for the website, posted photos of bruises on her upper body, neck, and face to Twitter. “sux men in media hate women …
Merrit Kennedy / NPR:
ICC Prosecutor Calls For Afghanistan War Crimes Investigation — The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is calling for an investigation into possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan. — The scope of such an investigation isn't clear, but it has the potential to involve U.S. troops.
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