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Congressional Candidate In Virginia Admits He's A Pedophile — Nathan Larson also ran online forums for pedophiles and misogynists. — Nathan Larson, a 37-year-old accountant from Charlottesville, Virginia, is running for Congress as an independent candidate in his native state.
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Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Television Academy Blocks Media From Tonight's Honors Ceremony Featuring Samantha Bee — In the wake of the Samantha Bee controversy whereby she called Ivanka Trump a “feckless c**t”, the Television Academy has put the kibosh on any press tonight attending its 11th Annual Television Academy Honors ceremony …
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Chelsea Clinton resurfaces Trump meeting with Ted Nugent, who once called Hillary C-word
Chelsea Clinton resurfaces Trump meeting with Ted Nugent, who once called Hillary C-word
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Michael Schneider / IndieWire:
Samantha Bee Addresses Controversy: ‘We Spent the Day Wrestling With the Repercussions of One Bad Word’
Samantha Bee Addresses Controversy: ‘We Spent the Day Wrestling With the Repercussions of One Bad Word’
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
‘Feckless c—’: Samantha Bee apologizes for misogyny that delighted her audience
‘Feckless c—’: Samantha Bee apologizes for misogyny that delighted her audience
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ThinkProgress, Townhall and ABC News
New York Times:
Dinesh D'Souza? Really? — The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher. It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section. — The handful of pardons that President Trump has granted so far may appear to be scattershot …
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Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Your defenses of Dinesh D'Souza are garbage
Your defenses of Dinesh D'Souza are garbage
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
A Worthy Pardon for Dinesh D'Souza
A Worthy Pardon for Dinesh D'Souza
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Betsy's Page, Washington Press and Spectator USA
Mark Osler / CNN:
With his pardons, Trump is turning tool of mercy into sword of retribution
With his pardons, Trump is turning tool of mercy into sword of retribution
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The Week, Fox News, VICE News, NPR and Common Dreams
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER / Associated Press:
US gains 223K jobs; unemployment at 18-year low of 3.8 pct. — Just now — WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers extended a streak of solid hiring in May, adding 223,000 jobs and helping lower the unemployment rate to an 18-year low of 3.8 percent. — The Labor Department …
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Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNNMoney:
Unemployment rate matches lowest point in half a century
Unemployment rate matches lowest point in half a century
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Nonfarm payrolls increase by 223,000 in May, vs 188,000 estimate
Nonfarm payrolls increase by 223,000 in May, vs 188,000 estimate
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Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
U.S. Added 223,000 Jobs in May; Unemployment Rate at 3.8%
U.S. Added 223,000 Jobs in May; Unemployment Rate at 3.8%
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Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Stormy Daniels's Lawyer Sought Help From Democrats in Fight With Trump — WASHINGTON — Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for Stephanie Clifford, the pornographic film actress who says she had a sexual encounter with President Trump, has sought help for his legal battle against Mr. Trump from leading Democratic operatives.
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Tim Mak / NPR:
LISTEN: How Michael Cohen Protects Trump By Making Legal Threats — Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen is facing legal peril, including an FBI raid of his home and office — and involvement in a civil lawsuit with porn star Stormy Daniels. — But in the past, it was Cohen who has sought …
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NBC News:
Jared Kushner close friend Rick Gerson now under scrutiny from Mueller — WASHINGTON — A close friend of Jared Kushner has come under scrutiny by Special Counsel Robert Mueller for his proximity to some key meetings between Trump associates and foreign officials, according to five people familiar with the matter.
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Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
John Brennan / Washington Post:
I will speak out until integrity returns to the White House — John Brennan served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency from March 2013 to January 2017. — My first visit to the Oval Office came in October 1990, when I was a 35-year-old CIA officer.
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Trump's trade policy is stuck in the '80s — the 1680s — President Trump often seems as though he's stuck in the '80s. But maybe the better comparison is to the 1680s, not the Reagan era. — Consider his announcement Thursday of new tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from the European Union, Canada and Mexico.
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Nicholas Nehamas / miamiherald:
Paramedics wanted to enter Parkland school where kids were dying. BSO said no. — During the chaos of the Parkland school shooting, paramedics from Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department were desperate to go inside the building where students were wounded and dying.
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Billionaire Koch brothers' network launches digital ad blitz supporting Democrat Heidi Heitkamp as midterms near — Americans for Prosperity is unleashing a digital advertising campaign on Friday thanking North Dakota Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp for cosponsoring the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protect Act.
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump breaks protocol, sends markets a clear signal on jobs report before numbers are released — President Trump on Friday broke with decades of protocol and commented publicly about the highly anticipated jobs report data 69 minutes before they were released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
Signs of sophisticated cellphone spying found near White House, U.S. officials say — A federal study found signs that surveillance devices for intercepting cellphone calls and texts were operating near the White House and other sensitive locations in the Washington area last year.
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Political Wire
People.com:
Santa Fe Victim's Mom Challenged President Trump in Private Meeting for Calling Shooter ‘Wacky’ — The mother of a teenage girl killed earlier this month in a massacre at Santa Fe High School in Texas tells PEOPLE she challenged President Donald Trump's views on gun violence during …
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JONATHAN LEMIRE / Associated Press:
Trump meets with families affected by Texas shooting
Trump meets with families affected by Texas shooting
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Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:
John Bolton's Deputy Draws Ire of Jewish, Muslim Groups — Trump supporters defend appointment of Fred Fleitz to National Security Council post — WASHINGTON—Jewish and Muslim groups are objecting to the appointment of a former Central Intelligence Agency analyst to a top White House post …
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
A Radical Pick for the National Security Council
A Radical Pick for the National Security Council
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Media Matters for America
Jennifer A. Hillman / New York Times:
Trump's ‘National Security’ Tariffs Hurt National Security
Trump's ‘National Security’ Tariffs Hurt National Security
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The Daily Caller, Outside the Beltway and Home Page Rotator
Michael Kruse / Politico:
‘He Pretty Much Gave In to Whatever They Asked For’ — Trump says he's a master negotiator. Those who've actually dealt with him beg to differ. — In 1985, Tony Schwartz, a writer for New York magazine, was sitting in Donald Trump's office in Trump Tower interviewing him for a story.
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
The Curious Case of Mr. Downer — His story about the Papadopoulos meeting calls the FBI's into question. — To hear the Federal Bureau of Investigation tell it, its decision to launch a counterintelligence probe into a major-party presidential campaign comes down to a foreign tip …
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Power Line
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Trump Ran as a Renegade. Now He's Trying to Keep Them at Bay. — IUKA, Miss. — When Chris McDaniel first ran for Senate four years ago, his campaign became a cause for disaffected and restless Republicans across the country. Activists waving “Don't Tread on Me” flags flooded Mississippi.
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trudeau says NAFTA talks broke down after Pence made ultimatum — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said months of intense negotiations between his country, the United States and Mexico imploded Tuesday when Vice President Pence demanded that any deal expire automatically in five years.
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
Trump has officially put more tariffs on U.S. allies than on China
Trump has officially put more tariffs on U.S. allies than on China
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Politico, NTK Network, MSNBC, The Week, NBC News, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Vox
Brian Contreras / Stanford Daily:
Leaked emails show Hoover academic conspiring with College Republicans to conduct ‘opposition research’ on student — Emails between the Hoover Institution's Niall Ferguson and well-known Republican student activists John Rice-Cameron '20 and Max Minshull '20 reveal coordination on …
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Jess McIntosh / ELLE:
I Went on a Date With Eric Schneiderman. It Took Me Years to Process What Happened That Night. — Let's start at the beginning. — I'm 23, and the story I tell is called “The Time I Went Out with the (Relatively) Hot Older State Senator.” I deploy it as a nerdy leg-up on the social ladder among friends.
Luke O'Brien / HuffPost:
Trump's Loudest Anti-Muslim Twitter Troll Is A Shady Vegan Married To An (Ousted) WWE Exec — @AmyMek anonymously spread hate online for years. She can't hide anymore. — She was supposed to be a Russian bot. That seemed like the best explanation for @AmyMek. No normal person could be so prolific and prejudiced.
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The Gateway Pundit and Conservative News Today
Max Seddon / Financial Times:
Londongrad oligarchs are being forced back to Russia's embrace — As the west's relations with Moscow plumb ever lower depths, the UK is abuzz with calls to do something about its oligarch problem. “We are going after the money,” Boris Johnson, foreign secretary, vowed after former double agent Sergei Skripal was poisoned.
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Prosecutors interview Comey as they investigate whether McCabe should be charged — Investigators from the D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office recently interviewed former FBI director James B. Comey as part of a probe into whether his deputy, Andrew McCabe, broke the law by lying to federal agents …