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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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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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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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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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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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Talking Points Memo
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
IG refers five FBI employees for investigation, as more anti-Trump messages revealed
IG refers five FBI employees for investigation, as more anti-Trump messages revealed
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 and Fox News
James Comey / New York Times:
This Report Says I Was Wrong. But That's Good for the F.B.I.
This Report Says I Was Wrong. But That's Good for the F.B.I.
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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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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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Shakesville, Raw Story and Politico
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
Tough US tariffs on China could begin as early as Friday
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Politico, Axios, The Hill, One America News Network and CNN
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 — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt received tickets to the Rose Bowl in January from the chief executive of an Oklahoma-based public relations firm that has a large energy practice …
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ThinkProgress, Daily Caller News Foundation and Axios
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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Common Dreams, The Week and NPR
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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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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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 …
Jeff Pegues / CBS News:
Exclusive: Michael Cohen believes Trump and his allies are turning on him
Exclusive: Michael Cohen believes Trump and his allies are turning on him
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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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Washington Free Beacon, NTK Network and Politico
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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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National Review, New York Magazine and Political Wire
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.
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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 …
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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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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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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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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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.