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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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Erica Pandey / Axios:
Guards “forcibly” prevent AP reporter from attending EPA summit
Guards “forcibly” prevent AP reporter from attending EPA summit
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Politico
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
‘Too inconvenient’: Trump goes rogue on phone security — The president has kept features at risk for hacking and resisted efforts by staff to inspect the phones he uses for tweeting. — President Donald Trump uses a White House cell phone that isn't equipped with sophisticated security features designed …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Is Doing Same Thing He Demanded Clinton Be Locked Up For — While serving as secretary of State, Hillary Clinton disregarded an instruction from the Foreign Affairs Manual directing her to use State Department equipment for day-to-day operations. Clinton almost certainly …
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
White House pushes back on report that Trump's cell phones not secure
White House pushes back on report that Trump's cell phones not secure
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Samuel Gibbs / The Guardian:
Donald Trump shuns iPhone security because it's ‘inconvenient’, reports say
Donald Trump shuns iPhone security because it's ‘inconvenient’, reports say
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Shakesville
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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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Donald Trump Wants You to Hate Robert Mueller, Too — The president takes on the Justice Department. — Back in 2011, Donald Trump published “Midas Touch,” one of his many how-to books offering secrets for financial success. This is where Trump, a lifelong performance artist …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Mark Penn, Ex-Clinton Aide, Dismisses Mueller Inquiry, and the Clintons Along With It
Mark Penn, Ex-Clinton Aide, Dismisses Mueller Inquiry, and the Clintons Along With It
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Axios, Fox News Insider, Washington Times, Raw Story, infowars.com and Scared Monkeys
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Team's Mueller Strategy: Limit the Investigation and Attack the Investigators
Trump Team's Mueller Strategy: Limit the Investigation and Attack the Investigators
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ThinkProgress, infowars.com, Splinter and CNBC
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Meet Mueller's new spokesman: Rudy Giuliani
Meet Mueller's new spokesman: Rudy Giuliani
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Splinter, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Just Security, New Republic and Washington Press
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
When did Trump-Russia probe begin? Investigators focus on mystery months
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
The constitutional crisis is here — By Eugene Robinson Opinion writer …
The constitutional crisis is here — By Eugene Robinson Opinion writer …
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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.”
Associated Press:
The princes, the president and the fortune seekers — WASHINGTON (AP) — After a year spent carefully cultivating two princes from the Arabian Peninsula, Elliott Broidy, a top fundraiser for President Donald Trump, thought he was finally close to nailing more than $1 billion in business.
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Jamal Khashoggi / Washington Post:
Saudi Arabia's reformers now face a terrible choice
Saudi Arabia's reformers now face a terrible choice
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Associated Press:
Can the ‘dealmaker’ president deliver on North Korea? — Weeks before his planned North Korea summit, President Donald Trump is staring down a dealmaker's worst nightmare: overpromising and under-delivering. — As the Singapore meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un draws near …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Jimmy Carter: Trump Has a Shot At a Nobel Prize
Jimmy Carter: Trump Has a Shot At a Nobel Prize
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Townhall, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Agence France-Presse:
Commemorative Coin Struck for Trump-Kim Summit
Commemorative Coin Struck for Trump-Kim Summit
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BBC and Shakesville
New York Times:
Chances of China Trade Win Undercut by Trump Team Infighting — WASHINGTON — By the time American negotiators wrapped up high-level talks with a visiting Chinese delegation last week, President Trump's ambitions for a multibillion-dollar trade agreement had, for the time being …
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Axios:
Exclusive: Peter Navarro pushed Stefan Halper for Trump job — President Trump's top trade adviser, Peter Navarro, recommended appointing Stefan Halper, an academic and suspected FBI informant on the Trump campaign, to a senior role in the Trump administration, Axios has learned.
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Former Trump Adviser Makes Claim About A Second Informant
Former Trump Adviser Makes Claim About A Second Informant
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Washington Post:
Who is Stefan A. Halper, the FBI source who assisted the Russia investigation?
Who is Stefan A. Halper, the FBI source who assisted the Russia investigation?
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Jason Rezaian / Washington Post:
Mike Pompeo gives a silly speech on Iran — Mike Pompeo used his first speech as secretary of state Monday to send a message directly to the Iranian leadership and its people: “Do what we want, or else!” — Speaking at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington think tank …
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Suzanne Maloney / Brookings:
The Trump administration's Plan B on Iran is no plan at all
The Trump administration's Plan B on Iran is no plan at all
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The American Conservative, The Daily Signal, Hit & Run and Vox
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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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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RedState, Fox News, Daily Wire, The Gateway Pundit, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and CANNONFIRE
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The Banana States of America — By one key measure, it is now official: This is the most authoritarian Congress in history. — The House Rules Committee, meeting in its ornate chamber on the third floor of the Capitol on Monday night, sent two bills to the House floor under “closed” …
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Rebecca Drago / DCCC:
New DCCC Data - GOP Tax Bill Support Dropping Fast
New DCCC Data - GOP Tax Bill Support Dropping Fast
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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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Yaniv Kubovich / Haaretz:
Israel Launched World's First Air Strike Using F-35 Stealth Fighters, Air Force Chief Says — Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin says Iranians fired 32 rockets, more than 100 surface-to-air missiles launched from Syria at Israeli jets during the flare-up earlier this month
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Anna Ahronheim / Jerusalem Post:
IAF commander: Israel first to use F-35 jet in combat
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 …
Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
Top South Carolina candidate refuses to quit congressional race after abuse discovery — Archie Parnell, a Democratic congressional hopeful who earned national attention after nearly winning in deep red South Carolina last year, is resisting pleas to withdraw after his campaign staff discovered …
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 …
Joe Jervis / Joe.My.God.:
Tony Perkins: School Shootings Happen Because Liberal Society Has Created A “Moral Vacuum” By Expelling God — Via press release from hate group leader Tony Perkins: — As the first bodies of those eight students and two teachers are laid to rest, America returns to the question burned on everyone's mind: why?
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No More Mister Nice Blog
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 …
Casey Nolen / KSDK-TV:
'I didn't want this:' Woman at center of Greitens case tells her story — It's a story she said she never wanted to tell. But when her ex-husband came forward with a secret recording of her admitting to the affair to him, she said she felt she had no choice but to cooperate.
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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 …