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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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Gregg Jarrett / Fox News:
Hillary Clinton's scheme in ‘rigging’ the nomination may have been criminal — Hillary Clinton has spent a year crying about how the presidency was stolen from her. Turns out, she stole the Democratic nomination from Bernie Sanders. — The stunning revelation from former Democratic …
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Rand Paul assaulted at Kentucky home: police — Kentucky State Police have arrested a man accused of assaulting Sen. Rand Paul — (R-Ky.) at his home in Bowling Green, the senator's office confirmed on Saturday. — “Senator Paul was blindsided and the victim of an assault,” Kelsey Cooper …
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Don Sergent / Daily News:
BG man charged with assaulting Paul at senator's home — A Bowling Green man was arrested Friday and charged with fourth-degree assault following an incident at the Bowling Green home of U.S. Sen. Rand Paul. — Rene Boucher, 59, is in the Warren County Regional Jail in lieu of a $5,000 bond …
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Kelly Dean / WBKO-TV:
Senator Rand Paul assaulted at Bowling Green home — BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) — On Friday, the Kentucky State Police responded to Rand Paul's residence in Bowling Green at 3:21 p.m. — When they arrived, troopers say they discovered that Rene Boucher, 59, of Bowling Green …
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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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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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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:
George H.W. Bush on Trump: He's a ‘blowhard’
George H.W. Bush on Trump: He's a ‘blowhard’
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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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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 …
New York Times:
Poised for West Coast Dominance, Democrats Eye Grand Agenda — SAMMAMISH, Wash. — It is the stuff of liberal fantasies: a vast, defiant territory, sweeping along the country's Pacific coastline, governed by Democrats and resisting President Trump at every turn.
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.”
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Jeff Ostrowski / Palm Beach Post:
As employers use more foreign workers, Trump wins 70 visas for Mar-a-Lago — Like other Palm Beach County employers who staff their clubs with foreign workers, President Donald Trump is boosting the number of employees he's bringing from overseas this winter.
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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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