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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The 11 most dangerous things Donald Trump said in his Montana speech — (CNN)On Thursday night, President Donald Trump flew to Montana to headline a rally for Matt Rosendale, the Republican nominee against Sen. Jon Tester (D) this November. Trump's speech was, like most of his addresses …
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Matthew Rozsa / Raw Story:
A pillar of the American right predicts dire and catastrophic consequences for the Trump-Putin summit — Conservative columnist George F. Will, who has been a pillar of the American right for decades, has just predicted that President Donald Trump's upcoming meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin …
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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Trump Assails Critics and Mocks #MeToo. What About Putin? 'He's Fine' — GREAT FALLS, Mont. — President Trump lobbed personal and derogatory attacks at two Democratic senators, mocked the #MeToo movement and vouched for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Thursday during a freewheeling …
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Adam K. Raymond / New York Magazine:
Manafort Kept in Solitary 23 Hours a Day to ‘Guarantee His Safety,’ Lawyer Says — Paul Manafort is being kept in solitary confinement in a Virginia jail in order to “guarantee his safety,” his lawyer said in court documents filed this week. “He is locked in his cell for at least 23 hours per day …
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Ronn Blitzer / Law & Crime:
Why the Heck is Paul Manafort Being Kept in Solitary Confinement? — Paul Manafort has been behind bars ever since a federal judge in Washington, D.C. revoked his pre-trial release for violating his bail conditions as he faces money laundering charges. According to a new court filing …
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Trump admin asks for more time to reunite kids and parents separated at border — The Justice Department asked a federal judge Friday to extend the court-ordered deadlines for reuniting nearly 3,000 migrant children with their parents. — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department asked …
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Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
Trump Administration in Chaotic Scramble to Reunify Migrant Families
Trump Administration in Chaotic Scramble to Reunify Migrant Families
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Andrew Desiderio / The Daily Beast:
Florida Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo Blasts HHS for Barring Him From Visiting Detained Kids
Florida Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo Blasts HHS for Barring Him From Visiting Detained Kids
Ted Hesson / Politico:
Trump administration ordered to supply list of young children subjected to separation
Trump administration ordered to supply list of young children subjected to separation
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin Supreme Court sides with Marquette professor John McAdams in free speech case, orders university to reinstate him — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that embattled Marquette University political science professor John McAdams was improperly suspended after he publicly criticized …
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Wisconsin Supreme Court: Marquette University wrongly fired professor for opinions on personal blog
Wisconsin Supreme Court: Marquette University wrongly fired professor for opinions on personal blog
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Democrats have only themselves to blame for their judicial predicament
Democrats have only themselves to blame for their judicial predicament
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Wall Street Journal:
Ex-Playmate Files Suit Against GOP Donor Elliott Broidy Over Hush-Money Deal — Shera Bechard sues Republican fundraiser after he said breach of nondisclosure agreement over their affair meant he would no longer pay — A former Playboy centerfold model has sued a prominent Republican fundraiser …
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Wall Street Journal:
Chinese Tariffs Hit Trump Counties Harder — Beijing's retaliation would be felt by U.S. soybean farmers, auto makers and oil producers — The fallout from President Donald Trump's tariffs and China's countertariffs—which formally went into effect on Friday—will have the greatest impact …
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Keith L. Alexander / Washington Post:
Federal prosecutors abruptly dismiss all remaining Inauguration Day rioting cases — District prosecutors on Friday dismissed rioting charges against all remaining defendants arrested after destructive Inauguration Day protests, bringing to a close a controversial case which led to allegations of government overreach.
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
The Government Is Dropping All Charges In The Remaining Inauguration Day Prosecutions — After several trials, prosecutors were unable to secure any convictions. Of the 234 people arrested, 21 people pleaded guilty. — Reporting From Washington, DC — The US attorney's office in Washington …
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
New Study Confirms That American Workers Are Getting Ripped Off — America's unemployment rate is hovering near half-century lows. There are now more job openings than unemployed workers in the United States for the first time since the government began tracking that ratio.
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Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNNMoney:
Another strong jobs report. Here's why unemployment jumped
Another strong jobs report. Here's why unemployment jumped
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Annie Lowrey / The Atlantic:
Say Hello to Full Employment
Say Hello to Full Employment
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Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
Bill Shine's Wife Darla Complained She Couldn't Use N-Word and Spread Conspiracy Theories About ‘Blacks’ — The wife of Bill Shine — former Fox News co-president who just joined the Trump administration as White House communications chief — has a lengthy history of defending racists …
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The Week
Ed Krassenstein / Hill Reporter:
Calls for Rep. Jim Jordan's Resignation Heat Up As 5th Witness — Former UFC Champion — Comes Forward — Things aren't looking all that good for Republican Congressman Jim Jordan. Jordan, who has been a staunch ally of President Trump, in his attempts to discredit the Special Counsel investigation …
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Politico:
‘A cesspool of deviancy’: New claims of voyeurism test Jordan denials
‘A cesspool of deviancy’: New claims of voyeurism test Jordan denials
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Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
A Fifth Wrestler Accuses Jordan Of Lying About Ignorance Of Sexual Abuse
A Fifth Wrestler Accuses Jordan Of Lying About Ignorance Of Sexual Abuse
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John Solomon / The Hill:
Memos detail FBI's ‘Hurry the F up pressure’ to probe Trump campaign — Multiple reviews of whether FBI agents' political bias affected the Russia-Trump collusion case remain in their infancy, but investigators already have unearthed troubling internal communications long withheld from public view.
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Nathan McDermott / CNN:
Democrat running to replace Paul Ryan in Wisconsin has history of arrests, including driving under the influence — (CNN)A Democrat from Wisconsin running to replace House Speaker Paul Ryan in Congress was arrested and pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in 1998, in addition to eight other arrests …
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Peter Walker / The Guardian:
Donald Trump to almost entirely avoid London during UK visit — Meetings with Theresa May and the Queen to be held away from protests in capital — Donald Trump will almost entirely avoid London during his four-day visit to the UK next week, Downing Street has said, unveiling an itinerary likely …
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Washington Post:
Twitter suspended more than 70 million accounts in May and June, and the pace has continued in July — SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter has sharply escalated its battle against fake and suspicious accounts, suspending more than one million accounts a day in recent months, a major shift to lessen …
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
John Kelly, Scott Pruitt, and the Epic Turnover of the Trump Administration — What does the endless death watch for the President's chief of staff tell us about the worst-run White House of modern times? — Is John Kelly finally on his way out? Now that President Trump has accepted …
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
VA-07: Brat Moves from Lean Republican to Toss Up — In 2014, economics professor Dave Brat turned the political world upside-down when he upset House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the GOP primary by taking a hard line on illegal immigration. But four years later, he's at risk of getting swept …
Kang In-sun / Digital Chosunilbo:
Pompeo Brings ‘Rocket Man’ CD for Kim Jong-un — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo left for North Korea on Thursday for denuclearization talks and brought two gifts for leader Kim Jong-un. — One is a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump and the other an Elton John CD with his song “Rocket Man.”
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Alexander Smith / NBC News:
The secretary of state neither confirmed nor denied a report that an Elton John CD was among …
The secretary of state neither confirmed nor denied a report that an Elton John CD was among …
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Washingtonian, 1A, Mashable and Bustle
Washington Post:
Pruitt is gone. Congress still doesn't care about ethics. — Walter M. Shaub Jr., is a former director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics and currently serves as senior director, ethics for the Campaign Legal Center. — Scott Pruitt's resignation should be good news.
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Lili Bayer / Politico:
Israeli intelligence firm targeted NGOs during Hungary's election campaign — The Israeli private intelligence firm Black Cube was involved in a campaign to discredit NGOs ahead of Hungary's April election, according to a former Black Cube employee and a person with knowledge of the company's inner workings.
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Michael Grunwald / Politico:
The Tunnel That Could Break New York — How politics, and Donald Trump, turned America's most important repair job into a $30 billion grudge match. — President Donald Trump was in an unusually bipartisan mood on September 7, when he convened a White House meeting about a massive project …
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Reveal:
Defense contractor detained migrant kids in vacant Phoenix office building — A major U.S. defense contractor quietly detained dozens of immigrant children inside a vacant Phoenix office building with dark windows, no kitchen and only a few toilets during three weeks of the Trump administration's …
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
The Onion, Clickhole, A.V. Club Brace for Layoffs … When media giant Univision Communications Inc. bought a reported 40-percent stake in Onion Inc. in 2016, executives believed that being funnier would help connect the Spanish-language media company with a millennial audience.
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Bloomberg:
Mark Zuckerberg Tops Warren Buffett to Become the World's Third-Richest Person — Facebook Inc. co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has overtaken Warren Buffett as the world's third-richest person, further solidifying technology as the most robust creator of wealth.
Miranda Christian / WPTV:
Boynton Beach homeowner says he was attacked over President Trump flag in yard — BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. - A fun night of fireworks was ruined for a Boynton Beach man. Jeff Good says he was attacked for having a President Trump flag in his yard. — Good said he was watching fireworks …
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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Who Killed the Center-Left? — The victory of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over longtime Democratic congressman Joe Crowley of New York inspired some hysterical punditry. We were told that the 28,000 people that voted in a district of more than 600,000 had decided the fate of the political universe.
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