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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Seizes Times Reporter's Email and Phone Records in Leak Investigation — WASHINGTON — Federal law enforcement officials secretly seized years' worth of a New York Times reporter's phone and email records this year in an investigation of classified information leaks.
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Former U.S. Senate Employee Indicted on False Statements Charges — Longtime Director of Security for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Accused of Lying to FBI About Repeated Contacts with Reporters — WASHINGTON - A former staff employee of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence …
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Wall Street Journal:
Senate Intelligence Committee Staffer Under Scrutiny in Leak Investigation — Federal prosecutors expected to unseal charges against staffer in coming days — A veteran Senate staffer is under investigation as part of a probe related to unauthorized disclosure of classified information …
CNN:
Justice Department investigating ex-Senate Intel staffer over allegations classified information was disclosed — (CNN)The Justice Department has opened an investigation into a former Senate Intelligence Committee staffer who allegedly disclosed classified information, prompting the Senate panel …
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NBC News:
Top Senate staffer arrested in leak probe, after NY Times reporter's records are seized
Top Senate staffer arrested in leak probe, after NY Times reporter's records are seized
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Washington Post, The Guardian, TheBlaze, infowars.com and Daily Wire, more at Mediagazer »
Fox News:
Justice Department looking into possible leaks from former Senate Intel aide
Justice Department looking into possible leaks from former Senate Intel aide
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Mediaite
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
DOJ investigating ex-Senate Intel staffer for leaking information
The Daily Beast:
Scott Pruitt Made Public Servants Fetch His Protein Bars and Greek Yogurt … If you've worked for Scott Pruitt, there's a not-insignificant chance that you have fetched him his favorite junk—and health!—food while on the job. — According to four sources familiar with the work environment …
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Washington Post:
Pruitt enlisted security detail in picking up dry cleaning, moisturizing lotion — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt asked members of his 24/7 security detail to run errands for him on occasion, including picking up his dry cleaning and taking him in search …
Des Moines Register:
Sent back to Mexico's violence, Des Moines student dies within weeks — Editor's note: This column has been updated from the original online version with a statement from ICE. — Manuel Antonio Cano Pacheco should have graduated high school in Des Moines last month.
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Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Iowa student killed after being deported to Mexico
Iowa student killed after being deported to Mexico
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Washington Press
New York Times:
With Mueller Closing In, Manafort's Allies Abandon Him — WASHINGTON — The special counsel's accusation this week that Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, tried to tamper with potential witnesses originated with two veteran journalists who turned on Mr. Manafort …
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Raw Story
Sam Baker / Axios:
Trump's Justice Department says the ACA is unconstitutional — The Justice Department will not defend the Affordable Care Act in court, and says it believes the law's individual mandate — the provision the Supreme Court upheld in 2012 — has become unconstitutional.
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Politico
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Nicholas Bagley / The Incidental Economist:
Texas Fold 'Em — In an unexpected move, the Justice Department filed a brief this evening urging a Texas court to invalidate the Affordable Care Act's crucial insurance reforms—including the prohibition on refusing to cover people with preexisting conditions.
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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Trump administration won't defend ACA in case brought by GOP states
Trump administration won't defend ACA in case brought by GOP states
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Washington Press and Mother Jones
Christopher Massie / CNN:
Giuliani says people in the porn business are not credible. Trump has appeared in three softcore porn videos. — Trump pours champagne on limo in 2000 adult video — (CNN)When Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that Stormy Daniels has no credibility because she is is a porn star …
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CNN:
Melania Trump's spokeswoman's response to Rudy Giuliani is lit
Melania Trump's spokeswoman's response to Rudy Giuliani is lit
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CNN:
Stormy Daniels' ex-attorney rips former client and her new lawyer in countersuit that includes Cohen
Stormy Daniels' ex-attorney rips former client and her new lawyer in countersuit that includes Cohen
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HuffPost
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Spokeswoman: Melania Trump hasn't ‘discussed her thoughts’ with Giuliani
Spokeswoman: Melania Trump hasn't ‘discussed her thoughts’ with Giuliani
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HuffPost, Palmer Report, Washington Press, The Daily Caller and TheBlaze
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Trump to depart G-7 summit early — President Donald Trump will leave the G-7 summit before its conclusion, the White House announced on Thursday night, following a day of back-and-forth with fellow world leaders that foreshadowed confrontations during the meeting of the world's largest advanced economies.
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Under Trump, “America First” Really Is Turning Out to Be America Alone
Under Trump, “America First” Really Is Turning Out to Be America Alone
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Politico
HuffPost:
What Will House Republicans Do If Trump Pardons Himself? We Asked Them. — After Trump said he could pardon himself, HuffPost asked every GOP House member if they'd support impeachment if he did so. — WASHINGTON Four days before Richard Nixon resigned in 1974, the Justice Department told …
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Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Trump is hurtling toward a Nixonian ending
Trump is hurtling toward a Nixonian ending
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Raw Story, TIME and The Atlantic
Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN's Anthony Bourdain dead at 61 — New York (CNN)Anthony Bourdain, a gifted storyteller and writer who took CNN viewers around the world, has died. He was 61. — CNN confirmed Bourdain's death on Friday and said the cause of death was suicide. — “It is with extraordinary sadness …
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Democrats gain in congressional vote test — With five months until Election Day, Democrats hold the enthusiasm advantage — and that puts them ahead of Republicans in the congressional vote as well. — A Fox News poll released Thursday finds 48 percent of voters favor …
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NBC News and Outside the Beltway
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Romney: Trump will be reelected in 2020 — DEER VALLEY, UTAH — Republican Senate candidate Mitt Romney bluntly predicted here on Thursday evening that President Donald Trump would win reelection in 2020. — Addressing a group of major GOP donors, Romney — who bitterly collided …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. immigration authorities sending 1,600 detainees to federal prisons — WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. authorities are transferring into federal prisons about 1,600 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees, officials told Reuters on Thursday …
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Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Senate Investigators May Have Found a Missing Piece in the Russia Probe — An ex-congressman has attracted scrutiny from the Senate Judiciary Committee, as it continues to investigate whether President Donald Trump's campaign conspired with Moscow to sway the 2016 presidential election.
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
One Koch Brother Forces The Other Out Of The Family Business — An arch-conservative political machine will be down one billionaire but have more clout than ever. — The retirement of David Koch from Koch Industries will make it easier to see more clearly what has been true from the start …
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New Republic
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Daniel Schulman / Mother Jones:
Morris eased the pickup truck
New York Times:
White House Analysis Finds Tariffs Will Hurt Growth, as Officials Insist Otherwise — WASHINGTON — A White House economic analysis of President Trump's trade agenda has concluded that Mr. Trump's tariffs will hurt economic growth in the United States, according to several people familiar with the research.
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Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
'It's Horrendous': The Heartache of a Migrant Boy Taken From His Father — When he landed in Michigan in late May, all the weary little boy carried was a trash bag stuffed with dirty clothes from his dayslong trek across Mexico, and two small pieces of paper — one a stick-figure drawing …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's bedtime story: “The Book” — It's not true President Trump doesn't read. It's just exceptionally hard to get him to do it. — So the workarounds by savvy aides have become legendary in the West Wing. Many of them revolve around the briefing binder that goes …
Alex Nichols / The Outline:
Dennis Miller's new podcast is an incoherent marvel — The content of ‘The Dennis Miller Option’ exists in a strange purgatory between right-wing provocation and confused-grandpa doddering. — Culture — The content of ‘The Dennis Miller Option’ exists in a strange purgatory between …
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
New Book: Trump Team, Not Deep State, Revealed Flynn's Talks With Russians … The Trump transition team told Barack Obama's White House about Mike Flynn's fateful conversations with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak, according to a senior Obama aide's new memoir.
Alex Spence / BuzzFeed:
Let Trump Handle Brexit: An Explosive Leaked Recording Reveals Boris Johnson's Private Views About Britain's Foreign Policy — “I am increasingly admiring of Donald Trump. I have become more and more convinced that there is method in his madness.” — Theresa May will use the G7 summit …
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USA Today:
Cozy land deals meant big money for Trump family and friends — The purchase of three properties by President Trump's son-in-law on the banks of a toxic Brooklyn canal triggered a series of unusual real estate deals and a windfall profit from transactions financed by a bank tied to the Trump family.
Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:
MSNBC's Joy Reid threatened colleague with violence, was homophobic during her radio days, ex-bosses say — MSNBC star Joy Reid physically threatened a senior colleague, accused a Republican politician of being gay on air and often referred to her hateful blog during a short-lived stint …
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Politico:
Theresa May staggers over the line with Brexit plan — LONDON — She got there in the end — and just about held the line. — After a tortuous 24 hours of back and forth with her Brexit secretary, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May emerged Thursday lunchtime with an Irish “backstop” …
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