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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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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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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 …
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Police arrest neighbor after Rand Paul is assaulted at Kentucky home — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is recovering after being assaulted at his Kentucky home on Friday, joining a growing list of lawmakers who have been injured or threatened with violence this year.
Fox News:
Sen. Rand Paul assaulted at Kentucky home, reportedly by neighbor
Sen. Rand Paul assaulted at Kentucky home, reportedly by neighbor
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Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Police: Rand Paul assaulted in Bowling Green
Police: Rand Paul assaulted in Bowling Green
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New York Times and Talking Points Memo
Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Sen. Rand Paul Allegedly Assaulted at His Kentucky Home, Suspect Arrested
Sen. Rand Paul Allegedly Assaulted at His Kentucky Home, Suspect Arrested
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Power Line, UPI and Instapundit
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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Gregg Jarrett / Fox News:
Hillary Clinton's scheme in ‘rigging’ the nomination may have been criminal
Hillary Clinton's scheme in ‘rigging’ the nomination may have been criminal
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Saudi Arabia Arrests 11 Princes, Including Billionaire Waleed bin Talal — LONDON — Saudi Arabia announced the arrest on Saturday night of the prominent billionaire investor Prince al-Waleed bin Talal, plus at least 10 other princes, four ministers and tens of former ministers.
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Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Princes, Former Ministers Arrested in Apparent Power Consolidation — Saudi leadership in recent months has clamped down on any traces of dissent — Saudi authorities carried out a new wave of arrests targeting royals and former cabinet ministers, people familiar with the matter said …
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Josh Delk / The Hill:
Daily Caller fires opinion editor over Milo controversy — The Daily Caller has fired its opinion editor amid controversy over the site's publishing of a column by right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, the editor-in-chief confirmed to a CNN reporter Saturday.
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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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The Hill, CNNMoney and ThinkProgress
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
George H.W. Bush labels Trump a ‘blowhard’ in new book
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Both Bush Presidents Worry Trump Is Blowing Up the G.O.P.
Both Bush Presidents Worry Trump Is Blowing Up the G.O.P.
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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 …
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
Some middle-class Americans would pay higher taxes under GOP bill, despite Trump's promise — President Trump promised to cut taxes for the middle class, but some would end up paying more under the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” according to a report released Friday night by Congress's Joint Committee on Taxation …
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Tax Foundation, Politicus USA and NBC News
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.
Associated Press:
AP finds hackers hijacked at least 195 Trump web addresses — Four years ago, well before the furor over allegations Moscow meddled in the 2016 election that put Donald Trump in the White House, at least 195 web addresses belonging to Trump, his family or his business empire were hijacked …
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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The Hill, The Last Tradition, Politicus USA and Axios
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Ky Gov calls for any elected official accused of sexual harassment to resign — Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin called on Saturday for elected officials and state employees who have settled sexual harassment claims to resign, saying such behavior falls below the moral standard expected of them.
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Courier-Journal and Raw Story