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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
A Grotesque Spectacle in Jerusalem — On Monday, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and other leading lights of the Trumpist right gathered in Israel to celebrate the relocation of the American Embassy to Jerusalem, a gesture widely seen as a slap in the face to Palestinians who envision East Jerusalem as their future capital.
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Declan Walsh / New York Times:
Waves of Gazans vs. Israeli Tear Gas and Bullets: Deadliest Mayhem in Years
Waves of Gazans vs. Israeli Tear Gas and Bullets: Deadliest Mayhem in Years
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Nothing says ‘peace’ like 58 dead Palestinians
Nothing says ‘peace’ like 58 dead Palestinians
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Vox, TIME and Associated Press
Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Pastor Who Said Jews Are Going to Hell Led Prayer at Jerusalem Embassy Opening
Pastor Who Said Jews Are Going to Hell Led Prayer at Jerusalem Embassy Opening
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Reuters, The Times of Israel, Politico, CNSNews and Washington Post
Robert Mackey / The Intercept:
Ivanka Trump Opens U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem During Israeli Massacre of Palestinians in Gaza
Ivanka Trump Opens U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem During Israeli Massacre of Palestinians in Gaza
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+972 Magazine, IfNotNow and Common Dreams
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Jerusalem Embassy Is a Victory for Trump, and a Complication for Middle East Peace
Jerusalem Embassy Is a Victory for Trump, and a Complication for Middle East Peace
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Washington Monthly, New York Post and Mediaite
Ahmed Abu Ratima / New York Times:
I Helped Start the Gaza Protests. I Don't Regret It.
I Helped Start the Gaza Protests. I Don't Regret It.
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Contemptor, Bustle, Outside the Beltway and The Federalist
New York Daily News:
Dozens of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces at Gaza border, thousands injured in protests …
Dozens of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces at Gaza border, thousands injured in protests …
David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
Killings in Gaza, New Embassy in Jerusalem, and Peace as Distant as Ever
Kansas City Star:
Case against Greitens is dropped, for now. Legislative leaders say nothing's changed — ST. LOUIS — In a stunning development, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner on Monday dropped her prosecution of Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens in the face of the defense team's plan to call her as a witness.
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump supporters suffer unintended consequences of his policies … THE BIG IDEA: President Trump sometimes seems impervious to the second and third order consequences of his decisions. — Several recent developments have highlighted the unintended — though often foreseeable …
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Hit & Run
Jason Hancock / Kansas City Star:
Greitens admits using secret texting app with staff but says he didn't violate laws
New York Times:
Gov. Eric Greitens's Charge Is Dropped, for Now, in Missouri
Gov. Eric Greitens's Charge Is Dropped, for Now, in Missouri
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Breitbart, Joe.My.God., Fox News, New York Magazine, Daily Caller News Foundation and Associated Press
Robert Patrick / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Circuit attorney drops charge against Greitens after judge rules she can be called as witness
Circuit attorney drops charge against Greitens after judge rules she can be called as witness
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The Week, The Daily Beast and CNN
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Trump Orders Help For Chinese Phone-Maker After China Approves Money For Trump Project — Trump will profit from Indonesian resort project that will get $500 million in Chinese loans in a deal sealed days before before his tweet ordering help for ZTE. — WASHINGTON - A mere 72 hours …
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John Solomon / The Hill:
Mueller may have a conflict — and it leads directly to a Russian oligarch — has withstood relentless political attacks, many distorting his record of distinguished government service. — But there's one episode even Mueller's former law enforcement comrades — and independent ethicists …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
One year down, and it's still Mueller time — The FBI began its Trump-Russia investigation in July 2016. Special counsel Robert Mueller picked up the probe in May 2017. This summer the investigation will enter its third year. — And we still don't know what's going on.
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The Strzok-Page Texts and the Origins of the Trump-Russia Investigation
The Strzok-Page Texts and the Origins of the Trump-Russia Investigation
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Front Page Magazine, Townhall and The Rush Limbaugh Show
Robert Maguire / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
$1 million mystery gift to inauguration traced to conservative legal activists — WASHINGTON — One of the largest contributions to President Donald Trump's inaugural committee in 2016 appears to have been orchestrated by a set of powerful conservative legal activists who have since …
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Splinter
Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
The Russians Try to Call Mueller's Bluff, File Request to View Secret Grand Jury Info — Attorneys for an alleged component of Russian trolling efforts during the 2016 presidential election are demanding that special counsel Robert Mueller be forced to reveal the grand jury instructions used …
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Mother Jones, RedState and Raw Story
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Politico:
Ukrainian politician behind controversial peace proposal to appear in Mueller probe
Ukrainian politician behind controversial peace proposal to appear in Mueller probe
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Committee to Investigate …, The Daily Beast, Washington Press, Joe.My.God., Talking Points Memo and Law & Crime
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Russian company indicted by Mueller slams case as a ‘make-believe crime’
Russian company indicted by Mueller slams case as a ‘make-believe crime’
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Conservative News Today, The Daily Caller and Washington Times
Philip Wegmann / Washington Examiner:
Blake Farenthold secured $2.14M in federal pork for this port; they just gave him a $160K job — Disgraced former Rep. Blake Farenthold of Texas still has friends to catch him when he falls. — One month after resigning from Congress to avoid an ethics investigation into sexual harassment allegations …
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Axios:
Scoop: Inside Trump's 2020 startup — As President Trump's campaign aides quietly launch his reelection campaign, they're eyeing two states as possible pickups for 2020: Minnesota, where Trump came close in 2016 without even trying; and Colorado, where his hands-off approach to marijuana enforcement is a possible selling point.
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Political Wire
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Politico:
Senate GOP chides Trump over McCain treatment — ‘Just out of common decency they should apologize,’ one Republican said of the White House ahead of a Trump lunch with GOP senators. — Senate Republicans are openly seething over the White House's treatment of John McCain …
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Talking Points Memo, The Week and Mediaite
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Why Trump's White House never says sorry
Why Trump's White House never says sorry
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Karen Deyoung / Washington Post:
Allies fume over Trump's withdrawal from Iran deal but have few options to respond — America's three closest friends in Europe — Britain, France and Germany — are near-bursting with anger and exasperation at the United States. In a frenzy of meetings and phone calls among them over the past week …
Washington Post:
Michael Avenatti is using Trump tactics to battle Trump, a strategy that comes with risks — Ten weeks ago, Michael Avenatti was a California lawyer known for his successes in class-action lawsuits. Then he sued President Trump on behalf of adult-film actress Stormy Daniels and …
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USA Today and The Gateway Pundit
Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump undergoes kidney surgery at Walter Reed medical center — (CNN)First lady Melania Trump underwent kidney surgery Monday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center near Washington, DC, according to a statement from her office. — Trump had been experiencing an issue …
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Erin Dooley / ABC News:
Exclusive: Former for-profit college executive shaped Education Department policy that could benefit former employers: Documents — A senior U.S. Department of Education official hired straight out of the for-profit college sector helped dismantle regulations designed to protect student defrauded …
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Washington Post, Shareblue Media and Vox
David Beard / Poynter:
Morning Mediawire: The paper that portrayed rejoicing in Israel — Las Vegas paper puts ‘elated’ editorial by owner's wife on page one on deadly day in Israel — After Sheldon Adelson's secret purchase of the Las Vegas Review-Journal was exposed in December 2015, the billionaire GOP mega-donor promised …
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Las Vegas Review-Journal
Nick Haramis / New York Times:
Welcome to the Age of the Twink — There's a scene in “Call Me by Your Name” that I can't get out of my head. (No, not that one.) It happens near the beginning of Luca Guadagnino's gay odyssey, when Armie Hammer's character, Oliver, sweaty from volleyball, pauses to steal a drink from Elio, played by Timothée Chalamet.
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Althouse and The Daily Beast
Austin Frakt / New York Times:
Medical Mystery: Something Happened to U.S. Health Spending After 1980 — The spending began soaring beyond that of other advanced nations, but without the same benefits in life expectancy. — The United States devotes a lot more of its economic resources to health care than any other nation …
Luis Sanchez / The Hill:
Mueller team urges federal judge to reject request for hearing on leaks: report — is reportedly pressing a federal judge to turn down a request from former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort — to hold a hearing about leaks surrounding the investigation into Russia's 2016 election meddling.
Salena Zito / Townhall:
‘The Great Revolt’ — America's political experts got it wrong in 2016, not because they took too few polls but because they made the false assumption that American elections are immune to societal change. — The experts are, in large part, still getting things wrong …