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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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Eric Felten / Weekly Standard:
Meet the Other Amorous FBI Staffers Who Texted About the Clinton Email Investigation
Meet the Other Amorous FBI Staffers Who Texted About the Clinton Email Investigation
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
President Trump unloads on Comey, ‘scum on top’ of FBI a day after damning IG report's release
President Trump unloads on Comey, ‘scum on top’ of FBI a day after damning IG report's release
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump allies seize on DOJ report as they seek to undercut Mueller probe
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
Report Gives Trump an Opening, but Undercuts His Narrative
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Lawfare:
Nine Takeaways From the Inspector General's Report on the Clinton Email Investigation
Nine Takeaways From the Inspector General's Report on the Clinton Email Investigation
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Washington Monthly, New York Post and FiveThirtyEight
Josh Campbell / CNN:
The FBI got swamped by a 500-year flood
The FBI got swamped by a 500-year flood
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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Trump Calls Justice Dept. Report ‘Total Disaster’ for Fired F.B.I. Director
Trump Calls Justice Dept. Report ‘Total Disaster’ for Fired F.B.I. Director
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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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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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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.
Associated Press:
Tough US tariffs on China could begin as early as Friday
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’
McCain: Trump halting Korean military exercises a ‘bad negotiating tactic’
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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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Washington Post:
Energy PR executive helped get Scott Pruitt and his family Rose Bowl tickets
Energy PR executive helped get Scott Pruitt and his family Rose Bowl tickets
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Scott Pruitt, Under Fire, Plans to Initiate a Big Environmental Rollback
Scott Pruitt, Under Fire, Plans to Initiate a Big Environmental Rollback
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Kara Scannell / CNN:
Cohen signals openness to cooperating with federal investigators — (CNN)President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen has indicated to family and friends he is willing to cooperate with federal investigators to alleviate the pressure on himself and his family, according to a source familiar with the matter.
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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?'
Mitch McConnell: 'Why can't the Mueller investigation finally wrap up?'
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
McConnell zeroes in on election — his own
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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Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Paul Manafort = Evidence of Collusion — I will keep this simple. Here are the facts about Paul Manafort, whose history with President Donald Trump dates back decades and who served as chairman of the Trump Campaign and remained something of an informal adviser after resigning.
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 …
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Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Trump says it's ‘possible’ he'll meet Putin this summer
Trump says it's ‘possible’ he'll meet Putin this summer
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Washington Post:
Trump: 'I certainly wouldn't sign' House GOP immigration compromise — President Trump said Friday that he would oppose a compromise immigration bill cobbled together by House Republicans - dealing a significant blow to GOP leaders who have scrambled to rally support for the bill.
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Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:
Harvard Rated Asian-American Applicants Lower on Personality Traits, Lawsuit Says — Harvard consistently rated Asian-American applicants lower than any other race on personal traits like “positive personality,” likability, courage, kindness and being “widely respected,” …
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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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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Political Wire
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 …
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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Wall Street Journal:
Behind the Scenes at G-7 Meetings, Allies Dismayed by Trump's Jabs — Hopes for compromise on trade issues dimmed after the U.S. president pulled out of a joint statement — Prospects for compromise on a wide range of trade disputes between the U.S. and its major economic allies have dimmed …
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Washington Post:
Promoted six times and then fired: Inside a 24-year-old political appointee's wild ride in Trump's Washington — He was one of the fastest-rising political appointees of the Trump administration, an unpaid campaign intern with no professional experience who soared into a top job …