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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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David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Antidote to Trump Is Decency — Start with what you already know: It's hypocritical in the extreme for President Trump to denounce entertainers for using language demeaning to women. When he complains that Samantha Bee has spoken insultingly of his favorite daughter …
Erin Gloria Ryan / The Daily Beast:
The Tiff Over Samantha Bee Has Made C*nts of Us All
The Tiff Over Samantha Bee Has Made C*nts of Us All
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Peggy Drexler / CNN:
Samantha Bee's message was right even if her word wasn't
Samantha Bee's message was right even if her word wasn't
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Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Television Academy Blocks Media From Tonight's Honors Ceremony Featuring Samantha Bee
Television Academy Blocks Media From Tonight's Honors Ceremony Featuring Samantha Bee
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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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Washington Post:
EPA's Pruitt spent $1,560 on 12 customized fountain pens from Washington jewelry store — The account manager at the Tiny Jewel Box, which calls itself Washington's “premier destination for fine jewelry and watches,” had promised to expedite the order of a dozen customized silver fountain pens …
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HuffPost:
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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John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump's tariffs on US allies will shrink the savings Americans gained from tax cuts — The U.S. says it will impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from allies such as Canada, Mexico and the European Union. — While the White House acknowledges that these measures will lead to higher prices …
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Scott Gilmore / Macleans.ca:
Trade sanctions against America won't work. Sanctioning Trump himself might.
Trade sanctions against America won't work. Sanctioning Trump himself might.
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trudeau says NAFTA talks broke down after Pence made ultimatum
Trudeau says NAFTA talks broke down after Pence made ultimatum
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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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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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Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg:
Trump Prepares Lifeline for Money-Losing Coal Plants
Trump Prepares Lifeline for Money-Losing Coal Plants
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Jeet Heer / New Republic:
Niall Ferguson wanted opposition research on a student.
Niall Ferguson wanted opposition research on a student.
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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.
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Bridget Bowman / Roll Call:
Democratic Poll: Mike Levin Ahead in California's 49th District — A Democratic poll shows a tight contest with attorney Mike Levin narrowly ahead of Republican Diane Harkey in the crowded race for California's 49th District. — The 49th District is one of three races in Southern California …
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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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Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
The Outrage Over Trump's Market-Shaking Tweet
The Outrage Over Trump's Market-Shaking Tweet
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The black unemployment rate has never been closer to the white unemployment rate
The black unemployment rate has never been closer to the white unemployment rate
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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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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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Naomi Fry / New Yorker:
Kim Kardashian Meeting Donald Trump in the Oval Office Is a Nightmare We Can't Wake Up From … The image appears before us like something out of a bad dream. He is seated behind the Resolute desk, his Chiclet teeth exposed in a rictus of extreme jollity. She is standing slightly behind him, considerably more sombre.
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Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
Here's the Email Russian Hackers Used to Try to Break Into State Voting Systems — Just days before the 2016 presidential election, hackers identified by the National Security Agency as working for Russia attempted to breach American voting systems. Among their specific targets were the computers …
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The Real Deal New York:
Kushner, unfiltered — In an extensive interview, the Kushner Companies boss gets candid about 666 Fifth, federal investigations, tenant-harassment allegations and his son in the White House — Charlie Kushner has a few things he wants to get off his chest.
Wall Street Journal:
Kim's Letter to Trump Expresses Interest in Nuclear Summit — North Korean official aims to hand-deliver the letter to Trump on Friday — WASHINGTON—One of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's top lieutenants is expected to hand-deliver a letter to President Donald Trump in the White House …
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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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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.
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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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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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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.
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The World As It Wasn't — Column: Barack Obama's revealing reaction to Donald Trump's victory — Maybe you can help me out. I'm puzzling over a line in a New York Times story on The World As It Is, the forthcoming memoir from Barack Obama's deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes.
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Neil Irwin / New York Times:
We Ran Out of Words to Describe How Good the Jobs Numbers Are — The economy is in a sweet spot, with steady growth and broad improvement in the labor market. — The real question in analyzing the May jobs numbers released Friday is whether there are enough synonyms for “good” in an online thesaurus to describe them adequately.
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Robert Samuels / Washington Post:
How it feels to be called a monkey — About US is a new initiative by The Washington Post to cover issues of identity in the United States. Sign up for the newsletter. — The first time I was called a monkey was in high school. I was groggily emerging from a nap in the auditorium during …
The Daily Beast:
Maria Bartiromo's Strange Trip From ‘Money Honey’ to One of Trump's Top Boosters … “President Obama politicized all of his agencies: the DOJ, the FBI, the IRS, the CIA—they were all involved in trying to take down Donald Trump.” — That was what Fox News and Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo …
John Solomon / The Hill:
London ‘bridges’ falling down: Curious origins of FBI's Trump-Russia probe — The bridge to the Russia investigation wasn't erected in Moscow during the summer of the 2016 election. — It originated earlier, 1,700 miles away in London, where foreign figures contacted Trump campaign advisers …
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Seth A. Richardson / Plain Dealer:
New poll shows Sherrod Brown leading Senate race, Mike DeWine on top in governor's — CLEVELAND, Ohio - A new poll released Friday shows U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, up big in his race against GOP U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci while Republican Attorney General Mike DeWine leads Democratic …