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Associated Press:
The Latest: EPA bars AP, CNN from summit on contaminants — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on a hearing with EPA chief Scott Pruitt on a widespread contaminant in drinking water (all times local): — The Environmental Protection Agency is barring The Associated Press …
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Miranda Green / The Hill:
Media push back against EPA limiting reporters at chemical summit — A number of media outlets are pushing back at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for limiting the reporters allowed to cover part of its chemical summit on Tuesday — including one reporter who says she was forcibly removed from the event.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Jimmy Carter: Trump Has a Shot At a Nobel Prize — President Jimmy Carter believes that under Trump, democracy is threatened and moral leadership is lacking. But if Korea goes well, he says there could be a Nobel Prize in Trump's future. … LYNCHBURG, Va. — Jimmy Carter thinks Donald Trump …
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Axios:
3 factors behind Trump's cave on his China trade war
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New York Times:
Chances of China Trade Win Undercut by Trump Team Infighting
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Associated Press:
Can the ‘dealmaker’ president deliver on North Korea?
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Says June Summit Meeting With North Korea Might Be Delayed
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Heather Timmons / Quartz:
An actual sinkhole has opened on the White House lawn. It's growing — Construction on the US White House began in 1792. It has been almost continuously occupied by US presidents since 1800, barring a few years after the British set it on fire in 1814. — But that doesn't mean …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
‘Too inconvenient’: Trump goes rogue on phone security
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Is Doing Same Thing He Demanded Clinton Be Locked Up For
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Post, Mediaite and Politico
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Trump's Email . . . Er, Cellphone, Scandal
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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Mystery in Mueller probe: Where's the hacking indictment? — In the year since the start of special counsel Robert Mueller — 's investigation, one thing has been notably absent: a public indictment of any Russians for the hacking of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
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Politico:
DHS chief reignites debate over Russian election meddling findings
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Donald Trump Wants You to Hate Robert Mueller, Too
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Amber Ferguson / Washington Post:
Proud mom orders ‘Summa Cum Laude’ cake online. Publix censors it: Summa ... Laude. — Saturday was Jacob Koscinski's big day. His whole family, many from out of town, saw the Charleston, S.C., student graduate from his Christian-based home-school program with a 4.89 grade-point average and the coveted honor of summa cum laude.
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Annie Linskey / BostonGlobe.com:
Trump's tweets include grammatical errors. And some are on purpose — WASHINGTON — The hallmark of President Trump's Twitter feed is that it sounds like him — grammatical miscues and all. — But it's not always Trump tapping out a Tweet, even when it sounds like his voice.
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Get to know Elliott Broidy, the next major Trump scandal figure — Like any good drama, the Trump omni-scandal, a story of corruption and greed that crosses years and continents, has a collection of colorful supporting players. It can be hard to keep up with them all …
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
U.S. Moves to Shutter All Iranian Nuclear Enrichment Sites in Major Reversal of Obama Policy — Pompeo call to kill Iran's nuclear program gaining traction — The Trump administration, in a major reversal of Obama administration policy, is seeking to shutter every Iranian nuclear enrichment site …
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Jason Rezaian / Washington Post:
Mike Pompeo gives a silly speech on Iran
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Suzanne Maloney / Brookings:
The Trump administration's Plan B on Iran is no plan at all
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CNBC, The American Conservative, The Daily Signal and Vox
Wall Street Journal:
U.S., China Agree on Outline to Settle ZTE Controversy — Deal would lift the sales ban on ZTE and require the Chinese telecom giant to make significant changes to its management and board — Lingling Wei in Beijing and Bob Davis in — The U.S. and China have agreed on the broad outline …
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Feds Seized a Fortune From #Resistance Icons Accused of Boosting Online ‘Ponzi Schemes’ … In late 2016, federal agents showed up at the Fort Myers, Florida, homes of brothers Brian and Edward Krassenstein, seizing computers and financial records, and hauling off with “at least 20 to 30 bundles of stuff.”
Bloomberg:
Mueller Asked About Money Flows to Israeli Social-Media Firm, Source Says — PSY Group's work included fake personas, firm's documents show — Founder is reported to have met with Donald Trump Jr. in 2016 — Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team has asked about flows of money …
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Reuters poll shows Republicans leading generic ballot for first time — Republicans hold a slim lead over Democrats in a generic ballot among registered voters, a new Reuters poll found, marking the first time the survey showed the GOP ahead in this election cycle.
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Costas Paris / Wall Street Journal:
Father of Accused Texas Shooter Believes Bullying Was Behind Rampage — Antonios Pagourtzis says 17-year-old son was a ‘good boy’ who had been ‘mistreated at school’ — The father of the 17-year-old charged with killing 10 people at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas, said Monday that his son was a …
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Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Law firm of Stormy Daniels' attorney hit with $10-million judgment — The law firm of Stormy Daniels' attorney Michael Avenatti was hit with a $10-million judgment Tuesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court after he broke his promise to pay $2 million to a former colleague.
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National Review
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Huma email horror returns to haunt FBI brass, in IG report on Clinton case — Ever since she lost the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton has repeatedly blamed her defeat on the FBI's decision to reopen the probe into her email use after messages were found on the laptop of confidante Huma Abedin's estranged husband.
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The Gateway Pundit
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
House Ratings Changes: GOP Fortunes Improve in Four Districts — After a rough start to year, House Republicans are suddenly feeling less pessimistic about their fall prospects. At the “macro” level, robust economic data and positive developments on the Korean peninsula …
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Axios, The Rush Limbaugh Show, Daily Wire and The Week
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
The Hard Truth at Newspapers Across America: Hedge Funds Are in Charge — From Miami to Denver, financial firms are playing a bigger role at local papers struggling to adapt in digital age — A group of journalists protesting outside the offices of a New York City hedge fund recently shined …
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
BREAKING: E-mails Show FBI Brass Discussed Dossier Briefing Details With CNN — New e-mails show former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe was surprisingly knowledgeable about CNN's understanding of and deliberation about a dossier briefing given to Donald Trump days before CNN ever reported on the matter.
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Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
Coveted exemptions from Trump's travel ban remain elusive for citizens of Muslim-majority countries — President Trump's travel ban prevented Mohammed Al-Awadhi's Yemeni wife from joining him in Arkansas, but he was certain she would qualify for a waiver: She has a serious heart condition …
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Harley-Davidson took its tax cut, closed a factory, and rewarded shareholders — The motorcycle maker in January told Kansas City workers it would close a plant there. Days later, it announced a nearly $700 million stock buyback plan. — In September 2017, House Speaker Paul Ryan traveled …
Emily Badger / New York Times:
Rural and Urban Americans, Equally Convinced the Rest of the Country Dislikes Them — Country and city voters have been increasingly polarized in recent presidential elections, yet a new survey finds many points of similarity. — For all the ways Americans are divided today along urban and rural lines …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP senators expect McConnell to scrap or scale back August break — Time to reschedule those vacation plans: The Senate's traditional August recess is likely to be trimmed or possibly scrapped entirely, according to four Republican senators. — Senate Republicans expect …
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Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept:
Donald Trump's Words Are a Green Light to Dictators and Torturers Around the World — Donald Trump's words are no laughing matter. They get people in faraway countries tortured, raped, and killed. — Consider the case of Bahrain, home not just to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet …
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