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New York Times:
Job Changes for E.P.A. Officials Who Questioned Scott Pruitt — WASHINGTON — At least five officials at the Environmental Protection Agency, four of them high-ranking, were reassigned or demoted, or requested new jobs in the past year after they raised concerns about the spending and management …
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Julianna Goldman / CBS News:
Scott Pruitt asked to use sirens in D.C. traffic and was told no for non-emergency — Several weeks after taking the helm of the Environmental Protection Agency, Administrator Scott Pruitt was running late and stuck in Washington, D.C., traffic. Sources tell CBS News that he wanted to use …
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Politico, Salon, HuffPost, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post and Mother Jones
CNN:
Trump floated replacing Sessions with Pruitt this week despite scandals — (CNN)President Donald Trump floated replacing Attorney General Jeff Sessions with Scott Pruitt as recently as this week, even as the scandal-ridden head of the Environmental Protection Agency has faced a growing list …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Pruitt Test — The President needs to show some loyalty to his leading reformer. — Donald Trump demands loyalty up the chain of command, but loyalty down has been another matter. The latest test of loyalty down will be whether Mr. Trump stands behind Scott Pruitt …
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Mother Jones
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Pruitt fell behind on payments for his $50-a-night condo rental
Pruitt fell behind on payments for his $50-a-night condo rental
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New York Times, The Week and Mediaite
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Trade Sheet Says Pruitt's Fall Was Fall Out From Rob Porter Abuse Scandal
Trade Sheet Says Pruitt's Fall Was Fall Out From Rob Porter Abuse Scandal
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Political Wire, RedState and CBS News
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
For Trump and his generals, ‘victory’ has different meanings … President Trump's pronouncement that he would be pulling troops out of Syria “very soon” has laid bare a major source of tension between the president and his generals. — Trump has made winning on the battlefields of Iraq …
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New York Magazine
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Associated Press:
Trump wants out of Syria, but don't say ‘timeline’ — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has spoken: He wants U.S. troops and civilians out of Syria by the fall. But don't call it a “timeline.” — Wary of charges of hypocrisy for publicly telegraphing military strategy …
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CNN and New York Magazine
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Mueller probe tracking down Trump business partners, with Cohen a focus of queries — WASHINGTON — Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigators this week questioned an associate of the Trump Organization who was involved in overseas deals with President Donald Trump's company in recent years.
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump says he didn't know his attorney paid $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels
Trump says he didn't know his attorney paid $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels
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The Daily Beast, VICE News, ABC News, Politico and Political Wire
Katherine Mangu-Ward / Hit & Run:
By Firing Kevin Williamson,The Atlantic Shows It Can't Handle Real Ideological Diversity — Kevin Williamson has been fired from The Atlantic. Since leaving National Review in March, the conservative writer has managed to produce just one column at his new perch, in which he declared the death of the libertarian moment.
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Ashley Feinberg / HuffPost:
Atlantic Fires Kevin Williamson After Suddenly Realizing He Believes The Things He Says
Atlantic Fires Kevin Williamson After Suddenly Realizing He Believes The Things He Says
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The Hill, The Daily Caller, The Daily Beast, Media Matters for America, Washington Post, The Concourse, Washington Free Beacon, The Wrap, Vox, The Federalist, Hullabaloo, TheBlaze, Daily Wire, NewsBusters, Splinter, Talking Points Memo, Politico, CNNMoney, American Greatness and thecut, more at Mediagazer »
Warren Henry / The Federalist:
Ta-Nehisi Coates And Jessica Valenti Prove The Atlantic's Hypocrisy On Kevin Williamson
Ta-Nehisi Coates And Jessica Valenti Prove The Atlantic's Hypocrisy On Kevin Williamson
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
A Response to Kevin Williamson
A Response to Kevin Williamson
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twitchy.com, American Greatness and The American Conservative
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Mueller moved to seize bank accounts in Manafort probe — Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office moved to seize bank accounts at three different financial institutions last year just one day before former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was indicted, prosecutors disclosed in a court filing Thursday.
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Raw Story
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Daily Mail:
Saudi crown prince says Jared Kushner handed him U.S. intelligence — Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman bragged of receiving classified US intelligence from Jared Kushner and using it as part of a purge of ‘corrupt’ princes and businessmen, DailyMail.com can disclose.
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CNN:
Lewandowski to Democrats: I'm not answering your ‘f—ing’ questions — EDITOR'S NOTE: This story contains language some people may find offensive. — (CNN)Corey Lewandowski had a blunt message for Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee: He wasn't going to answer their “fucking” questions.
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Splinter, Raw Story, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Axios:
Trump fires next shot in China trade war — President Trump tonight says he's directed the U.S. Trade Representative to consider an additional $100 billion in tariffs on China, and that the administration may take other actions to “protect our farmers and agricultural interests.”
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Bloomberg, One America News Network and The Guardian
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New York Times:
Trump Doubles Down on Potential Trade War With China
Trump Doubles Down on Potential Trade War With China
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The Guardian, The Week, Vox and NPR
Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Why China Is Confident It Can Beat Trump in a Trade War
Why China Is Confident It Can Beat Trump in a Trade War
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New York Magazine, Washington Press and The Guardian
Jackie Wattles / CNNMoney:
Trump threatens to slap $100 billion in additional tariffs on China
Trump threatens to slap $100 billion in additional tariffs on China
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Daily Caller News Foundation, KTLA, Reuters, FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV and TheBlaze
Luke O'Brien / HuffPost:
Trump's Most Influential White Nationalist Troll Is A Middlebury Grad Who Lives In Manhattan — Twitter troll “Ricky Vaughn” had a bigger influence on the 2016 election than NBC News and the Drudge Report. Here's who he really is. — Who is Ricky Vaughn?
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Weekly Standard, Splinter, VTDigger, Seven Days, Hullabaloo and Mother Jones
Ken Sweet / Associated Press:
Mulvaney gives big pay bumps to his hires at consumer agency — NEW YORK (AP) — Mick Mulvaney, President Donald Trump's appointee to oversee the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has given big pay raises to the deputies he has hired to help him run the bureau, according to salary records obtained by The Associated Press.
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New York Times and ThinkProgress
Christina Farr / CNBC:
Facebook sent a doctor on a secret mission to ask hospitals to share patient data — Facebook was in talks with top hospitals and other medical groups as recently as last month about a proposal to share data about the social networks of their most vulnerable patients.
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The Daily Beast:
Britain Pinpoints Secretive Russian Facility That Made Deadly Nerve Agent — Britain has identified the secretive Russian facility where it believes the deadly Novichok nerve agent, used in the attempted murders of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, was made.
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The Times & The Sunday Times and AOL
Kevin Collier / BuzzFeed:
These Messages Show Julian Assange Talked About Seeking Hacked Files From Guccifer 2.0 — DMs tie Assange to a Russia-linked hacker — and raise new questions about his Seth Rich conspiracy theory. — Twitter DMs obtained by BuzzFeed News show that in the summer of 2016 …
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The Gateway Pundit
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump's must-see TV: Judge Jeanine's show and her positive take on the president … President Trump and Chief of Staff John F. Kelly do not regularly give on-the-record interviews. But both men recently sat down with Jeanine Pirro, the fiery Fox News host whom Trump loves …
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Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Daily Beast Sues Department of Justice Over Nunes Memo — The Daily Beast has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice for multiple alleged violations of the nation's privacy laws. — Filed on behalf of the media outlet by attorneys with the James Madison Project …
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Raw Story and Daily Caller News Foundation
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S.F. City Attorney's / City Attorney …:
Herrera sues Sessions to restore civil rights protections for the poor, people of color and people with disabilities
Herrera sues Sessions to restore civil rights protections for the poor, people of color and people with disabilities
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Breitbart
Associated Press:
Number of women running for US House seats sets record — CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) — The number of women running for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives set a record Thursday, the vast majority of them Democrats motivated by angst over President Donald Trump and policies of the Republican-controlled Congress.
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Mother Jones, Jezebel, thecut, RedState, CBS San Francisco, The Week, Axios and Political Wire
Washington Post:
Conor McGregor reportedly arrested, expected to be charged with assault after ravaging UFC event … Conor McGregor responded to UFC President Dana White's decision to strip him of his lightweight belt in typically understated fashion: by tweeting an unprintable insult, crashing a pre-fight press event …
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Fox News, TMZ.com, Bloody Elbow, TheBlaze, KTLA, Sputnik International, WPIX 11 New York, USA Today and twitchy.com
Ramona Giwargis / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Woman says Las Vegas GOP campaign adviser made her his sex slave — GOP consultant Benjamin Sparks (Photo obtained by Las Vegas Review-Journal) — GOP consultant Benjamin Sparks is pictured in this undated photo obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Sparks is accused of sexually enslaving and battering his ex fiancee.
Henry / Crooked Timber:
Who has any use for conservative intellectuals? — The firing of Kevin Williamson has led, predictably, to outrage from other conservatives, and in particular from anti-Trumpers like Bill Kristol and Erick Erickson. I can't help thinking that much of their outrage is rooted in fear.
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bradford-delong.com
BuzzFeed:
Trump Says An Unprecedented Number Of Rapes Are Occurring During The Caravan. Our Reporter Is There And Says That's False. — The president was reviving remarks he made at his campaign debut about Mexicans being rapists. — Reporting From — Traveling with the caravan in Mexico
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Washington Post, NBC News, thecut and Outside the Beltway