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Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
Kelly furious over leak of warning to Trump to not congratulate Putin — WaPo: Trump warned not to congratulate Putin — Washington (CNN)White House chief of staff John Kelly is furious about the quick leak of a warning to President Donald Trump to not congratulate his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin …
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Trump's national security advisers warned him not to congratulate Putin. He did it anyway. … President Trump did not follow specific warnings from his national security advisers when he congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday on his reelection, including a section …
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New York Times:
White House Job Requirement: Signing a Nondisclosure Agreement — As a real estate executive and reality TV star, Donald J. Trump tightly controlled his image by insisting that everyone around him sign nondisclosure agreements threatening steep monetary penalties if they revealed anything about him or his company.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A GOP senator's remarkable admission about Trump and Mueller … THE MORNING PLUM: — President Trump just uncorked a new round of Twitter attacks this morning on special counsel Robert S. Mueller III and on the English language, quoting one of his staunchest legal allies as follows …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
A stunning leak rattles Trump and his aides — One of the most startling leaks — and stunning revelations — of this whole administration has left President Trump and his senior staff furious and rattled. The Washington Post reports in its lead story: “Trump did not follow specific warnings …
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Hannity rips Mueller's career: ‘Anything but impeccable’ — Conservative talk show host Sean Hannity ripped special counsel Robert Mueller — late Tuesday, saying his career has been “anything but impeccable.” — “Everybody says, 'He's the greatest guy in the whole wide world. Just trust us!'
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
White House opposed Republican picked to replace Cochran — White House officials this week told Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant that President Donald Trump did not plan to campaign for or endorse Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith if she was appointed to the state's open Senate seat, saying they were worried that the former Democrat would lose.
NBC News:
Trump, master of the political insult, declines to chide Putin
Trump, master of the political insult, declines to chide Putin
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Tony Plohetski / Austin American-Statesman:
Austin bombing suspect, 24-year-old man, dies as police close in, chief says — 5:50 a.m. update: The suspect in a string of bombings in Austin is dead, interim Austin Police Chief Brian Manley confirmed early Wednesday. — The name of the suspect, described only as a 24-year-old white man …
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NBC News:
Austin bomb suspect Mark Anthony Conditt blows himself up as SWAT team approaches — The suspect in a spate of bombings that terrorized residents of Austin, Texas, died early Wednesday after detonating an explosive inside his vehicle as a SWAT team tried to apprehend him on the side of a highway, officials said.
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Austin American-Statesman:
Authorities: Bombing suspect was Pflugerville resident Mark A. Conditt — The suspected Austin serial bomber who apparently killed himself early Wednesday as authorities closed in on him was Pflugerville resident Mark A. Conditt, local and federal law enforcement sources told the American-Statesman and KVUE.
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CNN:
Austin bomber kills himself with explosive device
Austin bomber kills himself with explosive device
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KVUE-TV:
LIVE: Austin bombing suspect dead; other devices may be out there, police say
LIVE: Austin bombing suspect dead; other devices may be out there, police say
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The Daily Beast:
Mark Anthony Conditt Reportedly Identified as Austin Bomber, Blew Himself Up After Police Chase
Mark Anthony Conditt Reportedly Identified as Austin Bomber, Blew Himself Up After Police Chase
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Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Suspect in Austin Bombings Blew Himself Up, Police Say
Suspect in Austin Bombings Blew Himself Up, Police Say
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Liam Stack / New York Times:
Denounced by His Party as a Nazi, Arthur Jones Wins Illinois G.O.P. Congressional Primary — Arthur Jones, a Holocaust denier described as a Nazi by the Illinois Republican Party, won the Republican primary on Tuesday in the state's Third Congressional District, a heavily Democratic district …
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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
What The Dan Lipinski-Marie Newman Democratic Primary in Illinois Means — A race that was watched as a bellwether of the future of the Democratic Party, the contest between Rep. Daniel Lipinski and Marie Newman for the Democratic nomination to represent Illinois' 3rd Congressional District …
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Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
Newman concedes in Democratic Illinois congressional primary
Newman concedes in Democratic Illinois congressional primary
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Trump Hacked the Media Right Before Our Eyes — Let's get one thing straight: I am not a fan of Facebook. I'm confident that social media is a cancer on our private lives and a source of derangement in our politics. I take it for granted that the tech barons are acquiring the power to tilt elections …
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Cambridge Analytica Looked to Pounce on Russian Hacks, Email Shows … Cambridge Analytica hoped to capitalize on Russian hacking of Hillary Clinton and her ally, an email written by one of its employees indicates. — Emily Cornell, the employee, sent the email on July 29, 2016.
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Bannon oversaw Cambridge Analytica's collection of Facebook data, according to former employee
Bannon oversaw Cambridge Analytica's collection of Facebook data, according to former employee
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Zuckerberg finally plans to speak
Scoop: Zuckerberg finally plans to speak
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Tennessean.com:
New poll finds Bredesen with narrow lead over Blackburn in US Senate race — Former Gov. Phil Bredesen has a slight edge over U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn in a new poll on the U.S. Senate race from a Democratic-leaning firm. — The poll, conducted by North Carolina-based Public Policy Polling …
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Karen McDougal is the woman with the best chance of bringing down Trump — There has been extensive media coverage of Stormy Daniels, the adult film star who says she had an affair with Donald Trump in 2006. Daniels' new attorney, Michael Avenatti, has been a fixture on TV.
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Alvin Chang / Vox:
Fox News really doesn't want to say “Trump” and “porn star” on air
Fox News really doesn't want to say “Trump” and “porn star” on air
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Aubree Eliza Weaver / Politico:
Ex-Playboy model's lawyer says her coming forward has nothing to do with politics
Ex-Playboy model's lawyer says her coming forward has nothing to do with politics
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Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Breitbart's readership plunges — Breitbart, the alt-right news site whose executive chairman Steve Bannon was pushed out in January after feuding with President Donald Trump, has lost about half its readership according to comScore, raising questions about its future.
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Valerie Strauss / Washington Post:
A University of Wisconsin campus pushes plan to drop 13 majors — including English, history and philosophy … (Note: An earlier version dropped part of the university's full statement because of coding errors and said the school faced a $4.5 million deficit over two days rather than two years.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
University of Wisconsin campus proposes elimination of majors such as English, history
University of Wisconsin campus proposes elimination of majors such as English, history
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Karma Allen / ABC News:
Biden says he would have ‘beat the hell out’ of Trump in high school for disrespecting women — Former Vice President Joe Biden took fresh jabs at President Donald Trump on Tuesday while speaking at an anti-sexual assault rally, telling students at the University of Miami that he probably would have …
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Sanah Faroke / WSVN-TV:
Joe Biden speaks on sexual assault at UM for It's On Us campaign
Joe Biden speaks on sexual assault at UM for It's On Us campaign
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David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Welcome to Zucktown. Where Everything Is Just Zucky. — In Menlo Park, Calif., Facebook is building a real community and testing the proposition: Do people love tech companies so much they will live inside them? — MENLO PARK, Calif. — John Tenanes, Facebook's vice president for real estate …
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Liam Stack / New York Times:
Children's Book About Mike Pence's Gay Bunny Jumps to No. 1 — This is the story of a little gay bunny. — A little gay bunny who belongs to Vice President Mike Pence. — A little fictional gay bunny whose book is beating the memoir of James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, on the Amazon best-seller list.
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Ben Penn / bnanews.bna.com:
Mulvaney, Acosta Override Regulatory Office to Hide Tips Rule Data — Sources: DOL released rule to permit restaurant tip sharing over objections of regulatory chief Neomi Rao — Labor Department leadership convinced OMB Director Mick Mulvaney to overrule the White House regulatory affairs chief …
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Hadas Gold / CNN:
Democrat: Whistleblowers say White House trying to oust broadcast board CEO — (CNN)The top Democrat of the House Foreign Affairs Committee says whistleblowers have come forward to allege a plot to remove the current CEO of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the agency which controls US-funded media abroad …
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New York Times:
Minneapolis Officer Charged With Murder in Australian Woman's Death — MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Australian woman last summer, an incident that led to protests and the ouster of the city's police chief, was jailed Tuesday on charges of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: ‘We might need to build a wall between California and Arizona’ — (R-Ariz.) proposed building a border wall between California and Arizona to protect the state. — “As we look in Arizona, we often look into the dangers of the southern border,” McSally said during …
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