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Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Powerful GOP Rep. Jim Jordan accused of turning blind eye to sexual abuse as Ohio State wrestling coach — “At the end of the day, he is absolutely lying if he says he doesn't know what was going on,” a former Ohio State wrestler said. — Rep. Jim Jordan, the powerful Republican congressman from Ohio …
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Grant Stern / Washington Press:
A top anti-Mueller Republican Congressman was just hit with a teen boy sexual abuse scandal — A top Republican Tea Party Congressman's role in covering up a massive sexual abuse scandal just got exposed in a bombshell report by NBC News. — Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) served as a wrestling coach …
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New York Times:
Trump Administration Reverses Obama on Affirmative Action — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will encourage the nation's school superintendents and college presidents to adopt race-blind admissions standards, abandoning an Obama administration policy that called on universities …
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Top Justice Department Lawyer Resigns, Latest To Step Down — Scott Schools, a top aide to the deputy attorney general, is planning to leave the Justice Department, according to two people familiar with his decision. — The job title for Schools — associate deputy attorney general …
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Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration to Rescind Obama Guidelines on Race in College Admissions
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Benjamin Wermund / Politico:
Higher education group vows to ignore Trump reversal on affirmative action
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Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
NBC News poll: Most want vote on Trump Supreme Court nominee before midterms — The survey also found most Democrats and independents said the next justice should be moderate, while 65 percent of Republicans want a conservative. — A majority of Americans believe the Republican-led Senate …
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Dennis Romboy / Deseret News:
Trump interviews Sen. Mike Lee about Supreme Court opening — SALT LAKE CITY — President Donald Trump interviewed Utah Sen. Mike Lee on Monday about the coming vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, the Deseret News has learned. — Lee, who is in Utah, confirmed the telephone interview but would not elaborate on the conversation.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
What the Supreme Court battle suggests about culture wars
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a potential Supreme Court nominee, has defended overturning precedents
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Trump Isn't Remaking The Supreme Court. Leonard Leo Is.
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Washington Post:
Ex-congressional IT staffer reaches plea deal that debunks conspiracy theories about illegal information access — Federal prosecutors concluded an 18-month investigation into a former congressional technology staffer on Tuesday by publicly debunking allegations — promoted by conservative media …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Ex-Dem IT staffer slammed by Trump pleads guilty to bank fraud
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Jessica Schneider / CNN:
Ex-House staffer, subject of conspiracy theories, pleads guilty to bank fraud charge
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump: ‘If not for me,’ United States would be at war with North Korea — President Trump said Tuesday that the United States would be at war with North Korea without his efforts and that conversations with the nation's leaders are “going well” — an assessment at odds with recent reports …
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emptywheel:
Putting a Face (Mine) to the Risks Posed by GOP Games on Mueller Investigation — I'd like to put a human face — my own — to the risk posed by GOP gamesmanship on the Mueller investigation. — Sometime last year, I went to the FBI and provided information on a person whom I had come …
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Martin Matishak / Politico:
Senate Intelligence Committee backs assessment of Russia election meddling — The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday backed the intelligence community's assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to aid President Donald Trump and is continuing its efforts to undermine U.S. democracy.
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Anton Troianovski / Washington Post:
Republican lawmakers come to Moscow, raising hopes there of U.S.-Russia thaw
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump plans one-on-one meeting with Putin
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
New York Times Reassigns Reporter in Leak Case — Ali Watkins, the New York Times reporter whose email and phone records were secretly seized by the Trump administration, will be transferred out of the newspaper's Washington bureau and reassigned to a new beat in New York, The Times said on Tuesday.
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Ryan Gaydos / Fox News:
Walmart boycott campaign launched after outcry over ‘Impeach 45’ clothing — Walmart has found itself on the receiving end of a torrent of outrage after it was discovered Monday that the superstore was selling anti-Trump “Impeach 45” apparel on its website.
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Emily Stewart / Vox:
Trump supporters are boycotting Walmart over “Impeach 45” merchandise
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NBC News:
New Trump admin order for separated parents: Leave U.S. with kids or without them — Rights advocates say the new directive prevents migrant parents who were separated from their kids under zero tolerance from asking for asylum in the U.S. — WASHINGTON — Following a court order to reunite …
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Ruth Graham / Slate:
Amy Coney Barrett Is Allegedly a Member of a Religious Group That's Been Called a “Cult” — Amy Coney Barrett, now a judge on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, became a heroic figure to some religious conservatives during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee last fall.
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Paul Crookston / Washington Free Beacon:
MSNBC Analyst Falsely Claims Potential SCOTUS Nominee Has ‘Hate Group’ Ties
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Decatur Daily:
Triple homicide leaves ex-wife dead after protection request denied — Before she and two others were shot dead near Ardmore on Sunday, Debra Ann Rivera twice had asked a judge to order her ex-husband to surrender his guns because of alleged abuse. — The request was denied both times.
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David Lat / Above the Law:
The Supreme Court Sweepstakes: The Latest State Of Play — And The Case For Judge Kavanaugh — The bottom line: it still looks like a two-man race. — On Monday morning, President Donald Trump interviewed four federal appellate judges for the Supreme Court vacancy created by the retirement of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.
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Hugh Hewitt / Washington Post:
Here's who Trump should pick for the Supreme Court
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Emily Holden / Politico:
Pruitt ally decides which of his records see the light of day — EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt placed a former political fundraising ally in charge of an office that has been slow to release his most sensitive documents — including details about his meetings with industry lobbyists …
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San Francisco Chronicle:
SF's appalling street life repels residents — now it's driven away a convention — In a move that is alarming San Francisco's biggest industry, a major medical association is pulling its annual convention out of the city — saying its members no longer feel safe.
TMZ.com:
Kevin Spacey Investigated for 3 New Sexual Assaults in London — Kevin Spacey is now being investigated for 6 sexual assaults in London ... after 3 new men have come forward with allegations against the actor. — According to the Metropolitan Police ... a man came to them in April claiming …
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CBS Philly:
Protests Turn Violent As Demonstrators Arrested In Front Of Philadelphia ICE Building — PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Protests turned violent as activists were taken into custody on the streets of Philadelphia on Tuesday as they were calling for the abolishment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Raina Lipsitz / The Nation:
Chuck Schumer's Brooklyn No-Show — Constituents held an impromptu rally and vented their anger at a cardboard cutout of the senator. — On Monday evening, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was scheduled to host a town hall at his reform synagogue, Congregation Beth Elohim (CBE) …
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Jenny Leonard / Bloomberg:
U.S. Allows ZTE to Resume Some Business Activities Temporarily — Commerce's authorization order valid from July 2 to Aug. 1 — Lawmakers to start working on compromise on ZTE deal next week — The Trump administration is letting ZTE Corp. resume some business activities …
Scott MacFarlane / NBC4 Washington:
Man Assaulted Secret Service Officer Outside White House After Immigration Rally: Feds — A U.S. Secret Service officer was injured in an assault while on patrol outside the White House on Saturday shortly after the major immigration rally in Lafayette Park, according to newly filed federal court records.
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Right-Wing Leader Warns Trump: Don't Hire Bill Shine, Roger Ailes' Former Fox News Henchman … Right-wing legal eagle and Donald Trump supporter Larry Klayman, who played a key role in pushing Bill Clinton's impeachment back in the 1990s, is warning President Trump not to hire former Fox News executive Bill Shine.
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