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Shifting Strategy, Trump's Lawyers Set New Conditions for Mueller Interview — WASHINGTON — President Trump's lawyers set new conditions on Friday on an interview with the special counsel and said that the chances that the president would be voluntarily questioned were growing increasingly unlikely.
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‘Super Polluting’ Trucks Receive Loophole on Pruitt's Last Day — WASHINGTON — In the final hours of Scott Pruitt's tenure as administrator, the Environmental Protection Agency moved on Friday to effectively grant a loophole that will allow a major increase in the manufacturing …
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Bloomberg:
Pruitt Was Told to Resign in Call From White House, Sources Say — EPA chief's tenure was marred by alleged ethical missteps — Call to quit came from Trump Chief of Staff John Kelly — Scott Pruitt resigned as EPA chief Thursday after White House Chief of Staff John Kelly delivered …
Erin Dunne / Washington Examiner:
Why the Left will hate Andrew Wheeler at EPA even more than Scott Pruitt
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Paul Manafort doesn't want to be seen in public until his trial — WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 15: Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse for a hearing on June 15, 2018 in Washington, DC. Today a federal judge could rule on whether …
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Paul Manafort wants trial moved to Roanoke, says Northern Virginia too liberal — Attorneys for Paul Manafort asked a federal judge to move his fast-approaching criminal bank and tax fraud trial from Alexandria to Roanoke, Va., saying a more Republican-friendly jury would decide his guilt or innocence more fairly.
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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 …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Manafort proposes delay and move for Virginia trial
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Ronn Blitzer / Law & Crime:
Why the Heck is Paul Manafort Being Kept in Solitary Confinement?
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Politico:
‘A cesspool of deviancy’: New claims of voyeurism test Jordan denials — A half-dozen former wrestlers at Ohio State, where GOP Rep. Jim Jordan once coached, said they were regularly harassed by men in their training facility. — New allegations in the Ohio State University sexual abuse scandal …
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Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Jim Jordan Is Defiant as Allegations Mount, and Supporters Point to ‘Deep State’ — WASHINGTON — Representative Jim Jordan is facing the kind of slowly percolating scandal that would bring down other politicians in other times, as new accusers step forward by the day to say the wrestling …
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Washington Post:
Ahead of NATO and Putin summits, Trump's unorthodox diplomacy rattles allies — President Trump will land in Europe next week amid fears that he will blow up a key summit focused on Europe's defense and then offer concessions to NATO's main adversary in Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: North Korea says Pompeo talks ‘regrettable’ — PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The Latest on U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to North Korea (all times local): — North Korea says high-level talks with a U.S. delegation led by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo were …
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The 11 most dangerous things Donald Trump said in his Montana speech
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New York Times:
Trump Starts a Trade War, but the Path to Success Remains Unclear — WASHINGTON — The United States and China hit each other with punishing tariffs on Friday as the two nations tipped into a long-feared trade war that is only expected to escalate. — President Trump has said that trade wars are “easy to win.”
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RT:
Greenwald: I came to Russia to combat US' toxic view on the country … Too many people in the US consider any contact with Russia suspicious, or worse, journalist Glenn Greenwald told RT. Combating this toxic attitude is one of the reasons he decided to come to Russia this week.
Julia Jacobs / New York Times:
Holocaust Denier in California Congressional Race Leaves State G.O.P. Scrambling — A Republican congressional candidate in a reliably blue California district managed to capture nearly a quarter of votes cast in the state's open primary last month — just after the state Republican Party caught wind …
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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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Tom Ley / Splinter:
Inspiring: A Small Number of Jackasses Put Minimal Effort Into Remembering Some Onion Inc. Blogs — The Daily Beast reported today that Univision, the parent company of both the Gizmodo Media Group and Onion Inc., is planning to layoff a significant number of Onion Inc. employees in the coming days.
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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
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Eight Republicans pick the worst possible place to celebrate July 4 — “What does July 4th mean to me? Freedom,” Sen. Ron Johnson chirruped on Twitter on Independence Day. — For the Wisconsin Republican, it meant, specifically, the freedom to spend July 4 in Moscow with seven …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Expected to Suspend ACA Program Related to Insurer Payments — Companies could take financial hit from freezing of risk-adjustment payouts — The Trump administration is expected to suspend an Affordable Care Act program that plays a key role in the health law's insurance markets …
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Los Angeles Times:
Southern California sets all-time heat records as broiling conditions bring misery — Many parts of Southern California hit new high-temperature marks Friday, with a few spots reaching the hottest readings ever recorded. — Among the places that set all-time records were Van Nuys Airport …
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Dave Philipps / New York Times:
They Came Here to Serve. But for Many Immigrants, the Army Isn't Interested. — Recruit Zhang, an immigrant from China, joined the United States military on the promise that enlisting would lead to American citizenship. He swore an oath to uphold the Constitution and was handed an Army T-shirt.
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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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 …
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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