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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Robert Mueller May Indict Paul Manafort Again … From its inception, two things about special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation were clear: first, the White House's biggest concern was that Mueller would follow the money; and second, Mueller is following the money.
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Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
A swastika was mowed into a field. Was it part of a chain of events that led to murder? — Neighbors said the display of hate in a Lorton, Va., community was as large as it was shocking: a swastika roughly 40 feet across mowed into the grass of a community field.
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The Root and The Stranger …
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Tied Virginia Race That Was Headed for Name-Drawing Gets Another Twist — RICHMOND — A race that would tip control of Virginia's House of Delegates, whose constant and nearly comic pendulums between candidates has attracted national attention, took one more twist on Tuesday when a drawing to break a tie was unexpectedly postponed.
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Pro-Trump singer files assault claim against Lewandowski over butt-slap incident — The woman accusing President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, of unwanted touching at a Trump International Hotel party last month has filed a sexual assault report …
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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Singer files sex assault complaint against former Trump aide
Singer files sex assault complaint against former Trump aide
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CNBC and The Daily Caller
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Pro-Trump singer files sexual assault report against Lewandowski
Pro-Trump singer files sexual assault report against Lewandowski
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RedState
Associated Press:
13 Days in July: The Trump White House's crucible — WASHINGTON (AP) — They were the 13 days that transformed the White House. — Even for an administration that spent most of 2017 throwing off headlines at a dizzying pace, events in the second half of July unfolded at breakneck speed.
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Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
FBI says Russia dossier's collusion charges unsubstantiated — The FBI is declining to repudiate the Russia dossier on which it partially relied to start an investigation into the Trump campaign, but it concedes the document's major core charges of election collusion remain unsubstantiated.
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Law & Crime, JustOneMinute, Talking Points Memo, bizpacreview.com, Raw Story and IJR
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Sattkisson / Sharyl Attkisson:
Investigating the Investigators at DOJ and FBI
Investigating the Investigators at DOJ and FBI
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New York Magazine, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, ThinkProgress, Business Insider, AOL, IJR and The Gateway Pundit
Reuters:
U.S. lawmakers question businessman at 2016 Trump Tower meeting: sources — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Georgian-American businessman who met then-Miss Universe pageant owner Donald Trump in 2013, has been questioned by congressional investigators about whether he helped organize …
BuzzFeed:
The Man Who Gave White Nationalism A New Life — Fifty years ago, France lost a war while trying keep millions of Muslims French citizens. One French writer launched a movement to rethink “identity” in its aftermath, and helped reinvent nationalism for the 21st century. — Reporting From
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Raw Story
Winnie Hu / New York Times:
Your Uber Car Creates Congestion. Should You Pay a Fee to Ride? — The sputtering traffic in Manhattan has long been blamed on cars and delivery trucks pouring onto the streets from the rest of the city and beyond. — Since at least the 1970s, New York City officials have proposed various toll systems …
Nicholas Burns / USA Today:
America is on the brink of a historic break with Europe, thanks to Trump — Foreign service officers like me saw ourselves as guardians of this vital alliance. But Trump isn't interested in leading it or writing its next chapter. — The Trump administration's newly unveiled national …
Joe Tacopino / New York Post:
Michael Flynn's brother to Trump: It's ‘about time you pardoned’ him — Mike Flynn's younger brother told President Trump it's “about time” he pardoned “General Flynn” — in a tweet he sent to the president and deleted minutes later. — Joseph Flynn, the brother of Trump's ex-national security adviser …
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Russia is going to attack our next election. The Trump administration may not even try to stop it. — The Russians are coming for our elections — to disrupt them, to discredit them, and even to affect their outcome. They'll be coming in 2018, and in 2020.
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Raw Story, Washington Monthly and Booman Tribune
Andrés Miguel Rondón / Washington Post:
To beat President Trump, you have to learn to think like his supporters — Scandals will never defeat a populist. — Almost a year later, Donald Trump is still president. Powerful men in entertainment, media and even politics have seen their public lives implode under scandal almost instantly for months now, but Trump holds on.
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Washington Monthly and The Daily Banter
Julia Craven / HuffPost:
Why Black People Own Guns — HuffPost spoke with 11 black gun owners to figure out what gun ownership means in a country determined to keep its black populace unarmed. — As much as America loves her guns, she has never liked the idea of seeing them in black hands.
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IJR
Bloomberg:
Analysts Cut iPhone X Shipment Forecasts, Citing Lukewarm Demand — High price and few innovations dimming buyer interest, JL says — Asian Apple supplier shares fell on iPhone X order cut reports — Apple Inc. looks like it's having a not-so Merry Christmas.
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NBC News, Daily Mail and Deadline
Lauren Linder / WCDC-TV:
Troy PD investigating quadruple homicide — TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) - Four people were found dead in the basement of a Troy apartment building Tuesday afternoon. — Troy Police Capt. Dan DeWolf said police were called to 158 2nd Ave. around 12:50 p.m. after the property manager reported finding …
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Cities Sue Over Pentagon's Failure to Report Crimes to Gun Database — Three major cities have filed a lawsuit against the Defense Department for its failure to report many criminal convictions in the military justice system to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and its national gun background-check database.
Discussion:
Daily Kos, Splinter and The Daily Caller
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