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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump sounds off on FBI report: “Doesn't get any lower than that!” — President Trump is sounding off on the Justice Department's inspector general report, released Thursday, about the FBI's conduct in the lead up to the 2016 presidential election. — FBI Agent Peter Strzok …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Report's Real Message: Trump Is Lying — The new report from the Justice Department's watchdog covers a lot of ground. It runs more than 500 pages and evaluates investigations that touch both President Trump and Hillary Clinton. As a result, some of the initial news coverage …
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Josh Campbell / CNN:
The FBI got swamped by a 500-year flood — Josh Campbell is a CNN Law Enforcement Analyst, providing insight on crime, justice, and national security issues. He previously served as a Supervisory Special Agent with the FBI. Follow him on Twitter @joshscampbell. The opinions expressed here are his own.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump allies seize on DOJ report as they seek to undercut Mueller probe
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Report Gives Trump an Opening, but Undercuts His Narrative
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Eric Felten / Weekly Standard:
Meet the Other Amorous FBI Staffers Who Texted About the Clinton Email Investigation
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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Trump Calls Justice Dept. Report ‘Total Disaster’ for Fired F.B.I. Director
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Lawfare:
Nine Takeaways From the Inspector General's Report on the Clinton Email Investigation
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
IG refers five FBI employees for investigation, as more anti-Trump messages revealed
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James Comey / New York Times:
This Report Says I Was Wrong. But That's Good for the F.B.I.
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
‘Viva Le Resistance’: Mueller Team Attorney Sent Anti-Trump Texts
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Washington Post:
'Why can't we just do it?': Trump nearly upended summit with abrupt changes — Some of the most intense drama surrounding President Trump's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un came not across the negotiating table, but in the days and hours leading up to Tuesday's historic meeting …
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“There's No Stopping Him”: Trump Insists on a Putin Summit — After Singapore, the President is pressing ahead with the meeting that he's always wanted. — Fresh off his closely watched Singapore summit with the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong Un, President Trump is pushing his team …
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Trump's tariffs are already backfiring — Before steel and aluminum tariffs alienated our allies, before President Trump suggested car imports threatened our “national security,” before that 1,000-plus-item list of Chinese goods targeted for new tariffs, there were washing machines.
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Trump says he wants “my people” to sit at attention for him like people do for Kim Jong Un — President Trump declared in a spur-of-the-moment interview with “Fox and Friends” Friday morning that he wants people to sit at attention for him like they do for North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
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Associated Press:
Tough US tariffs on China could begin as early as Friday
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McCain: Trump halting Korean military exercises a ‘bad negotiating tactic’
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Washington Post:
In defense of separating immigrant families, Sessions cites same Bible passage used to defend slavery — Attorney General Jeff Sessions used a Bible verse on Thursday to defend his department's policy of prosecuting everyone who crosses the border from Mexico, suggesting that God supports …
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New York Times:
For Pruitt Aides, the Boss's Personal Life Was Part of the Job — WASHINGTON — Senior staff members at the Environmental Protection Agency frequently felt pressured by Scott Pruitt, the administrator, to help in personal matters and obtain special favors for his family …
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Politico:
Shrinking map boosts Democrats in battle for the Senate — Republicans are still favored to keep their majority, but several Democratic incumbents in red states look likely to survive. — The Senate battleground map has shrunk dramatically in recent weeks — a net plus for Democrats …
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Mitch McConnell: 'Why can't the Mueller investigation finally wrap up?'
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Top White House communications aide has history of rhetoric strongly critical of Trump — Mercedes Schlapp, the White House's director of strategic communications, posted a number of tweets in 2015 strongly critical of Donald Trump and his agenda, assailing the then-presidential candidate …
Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
Trump's America does not care — Robert Kagan is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He writes a monthly foreign affairs column for The Post. He is the author of the forthcoming book “The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World.” — Since the end of the Cold War …
Washington Post:
Pence turns VP's office into gateway for lobbyists to influence the Trump administration — Vice President Pence has transformed his office into a new entry point for lobbyists seeking to influence the Trump administration across federal agencies, according to federal records and interviews.
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The Daily Beast:
Defense Contractors Cashing In On Immigrant Kids' Detention … Separating refugee and immigrant children from their parents isn't just an emotionally wrenching policy. It's an enterprise that is benefitting intelligence and defense contractors. — Those contractors—including …
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Alex Wagner / The Atlantic:
Extinguishing the Beacon of America — In early May, I travelled to McAllen, Texas, to speak with U.S. Border Patrol about the current immigration crisis. It was a humid, overcast morning and Chris Cabrera, the agency's spokesperson, stood on the banks of the Rio Grande as he explained …
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Wall Street Journal:
'What's He Doing Here?': Inside Trump's Turbulent Relationship With Michael Cohen — At the Trump Organization, the future president appreciated lawyer's loyalty but doubted his professional abilities and judgment; a big pay cut — Donald Trump summoned senior aides to his 26th floor office …
Jesse Drucker / New York Times:
How the I.R.S. Could Punish Trump and His Foundation — The New York attorney general sued President Trump and his foundation on Thursday. But his bigger problem might be with the Internal Revenue Service. — The lawsuit accused Mr. Trump and three of his children of using …
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New York Times:
There's an Epidemic of Discrimination Against Pregnant Women at Work … American companies have spent years trying to become more welcoming to women. They have rolled out generous parental leave policies, designed cushy lactation rooms and plowed millions of dollars into programs aimed at retaining mothers.
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Grimm lobs grenade into GOP primary with Trump pardon claim — Incumbent GOP Rep. Dan Donovan calls the ex-convict trying to retake his seat ‘a confessed liar.’ — During a debate on Monday, former Rep. Michael Grimm leveled a stunning charge against his primary opponent and successor in office …
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Lili Loofbourow / Slate:
We Are in a Linguistic Emergency When It Comes to Trump — In the wake of the horrors currently being done to children in America's name, here's one thing we can do: Recognize we're in a linguistic emergency. We have a president whose single-minded praise for macho might is wearing …
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Wall Street Journal:
Prosecutors Investigating Michael Cohen for Possible Illegal Lobbying — Manhattan prosecutors have contacted AT&T, Novartis over dealings with Donald Trump's lawyer — Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are investigating whether Michael Cohen, the longtime personal lawyer for Donald Trump …
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump Assistant Spokeswoman Latest to Leave White House — Kelly Love will be moving to the Department of Energy — Latest departure from the White House Communications Team — White House senior assistant press secretary Kelly Love plans to leave her job for a position …
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