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Will Hurd / New York Times:
Trump Is Being Manipulated by Putin. What Should We Do? — Lawmakers must keep the American people informed of the current danger, writes a Republican congressman from Texas. — Mr. Hurd, a former C.I.A. officer, is a congressman from the 23rd District of Texas.
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Ilya Arkhipov / Bloomberg:
Putin Tells Diplomats He Made Trump a New Offer on Ukraine at Their Summit — Russian leader suggested referendum in separatist regions — Putin said to agree to let Trump mull plan before going public — Vladimir Putin told Russian diplomats that he made a proposal to Donald Trump …
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Adam Davidson / New Yorker:
A Theory of Trump Kompromat — Why the President is so nice to Putin, even when Putin might not want him to be. — The former C.I.A. operative Jack Devine watched Donald Trump's performance standing next to Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on Monday, and his first thought was, “There is no way Trump is a Russian agent.”
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“No Way to Run a Superpower”: the Trump-Putin Summit and the Death of American Foreign Policy — In the days since the Monday meeting in Helsinki, there's been an understandable frenzy over President Trump's post-summit press conference, given that he sided with the Russian President …
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Balloon Juice, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
White House morale tanks amid Helsinki fallout — Staffers are considering accelerating their departures in the wake of the president's equivocations on Russian meddling in the 2016 election. — President Donald Trump's disastrous performance since his news conference alongside Russian …
Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:
Poll: Half of Americans Think Trump Acted ‘Treasonous’ in Helsinki
Poll: Half of Americans Think Trump Acted ‘Treasonous’ in Helsinki
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Media Matters for America and CNN
Peter Montgomery / Right Wing Watch:
League Of The South Reaches Out To ‘Russian Friends’
BuzzFeed News:
Congratulations, Mr. President: Zuckerberg Secretly Called Trump After The Election — In the days following Donald Trump's election victory over Hillary Clinton, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg placed a secret, previously unreported call to the president-elect during which, sources tell BuzzFeed News …
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Kevin Collier / BuzzFeed News:
The Russians Who Hacked The DNC Have Targeted At Least Three 2018 Campaigns, Microsoft Says — The same Russian intelligence agency charged with hacking Democrats' emails in 2016 has targeted at least three candidates running for election in 2018, a Microsoft executive said.
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Engadget, Gizmodo, The Verge, Cyberscoop and Talking Points Memo, more at Techmeme »
Blake Hounshell / Politico:
Why I'm No Longer a Russiagate Skeptic — Facts are piling up, and it's getting harder to deny what's staring us in the face. — When I wrote, back in February, that I was skeptical that President Donald Trump would ever be proved to have secretly colluded with Russia to sway the 2016 election in his favor, I mistyped.
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Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Robert Mueller offers Tony Podesta immunity to testify against Paul Manafort: Report — Tony Podesta, founder of the now-shuttered Podesta Group and brother to former Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, has been offered immunity by special counsel Robert Mueller to testify …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Does the mainstream media regret using all those emails allegedly stolen by Russians?
Does the mainstream media regret using all those emails allegedly stolen by Russians?
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Special counsel has nearly 500 pieces of evidence for Paul Manafort trial
Special counsel has nearly 500 pieces of evidence for Paul Manafort trial
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New York Post, National Review, Front Page Magazine, Raw Story and Daily Wire
Politico:
McConnell issues Supreme Court ultimatum — The Senate GOP leader is vowing to squeeze Democrats with a vote on Brett Kavanaugh right before the midterms if they don't back down on their demand for documents. — Mitch McConnell has a warning for Democrats demanding copious documents …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
‘Best Professor.’ ‘Very Evenhanded.’ ‘Great Hair!’: Brett Kavanaugh, as Seen by His Law Students
‘Best Professor.’ ‘Very Evenhanded.’ ‘Great Hair!’: Brett Kavanaugh, as Seen by His Law Students
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Betsy's Page and Washington Free Beacon
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump judicial nominee pulled over racially charged writings
Trump judicial nominee pulled over racially charged writings
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Mara Siegler / Page Six:
Whoopi Goldberg and Jeanine Pirro get into explosive argument backstage at ‘The View’ — Whoopi Goldberg and Jeanine Pirro got into an explosive argument backstage at “The View” on Thursday — after an intense on-the-air exchange got even more heated behind-the-scenes, sources exclusively tell Page Six.
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Jeanine Pirro: Whoopi Goldberg Screamed at Me Backstage at ‘The View’
Jeanine Pirro: Whoopi Goldberg Screamed at Me Backstage at ‘The View’
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The Daily Beast, Mediaite and Breitbart
Joe Simonson / The Daily Caller:
MSNBC And CNN Employees Dominate White House Press Briefings — The daily White House press briefing is meant to give a chance for reporters, from a variety of publications with their own perspectives and agendas, to ask the Trump administration various questions in the hopes of soliciting information for their respective outlets.
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Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount TV President Amy Powell Fired Over Inappropriate Comments — She was tapped to oversee the division in 2013 and has delivered hits including ‘13 Reasons Why’ and ‘The Alienist.’ — Five years after being tapped to lead the newly relaunched Paramount Television banner, Amy Powell is out.
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BloombergQuint and theGrio, more at Mediagazer »
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Trump says he's ‘ready’ to put tariffs on all $505 billion of Chinese goods imported to the US — President Donald Trump has indicated he is willing to put tariffs on all $505 billion of Chinese goods the U.S. imports. — The rhetoric marks ramps up the U.S-China trade war another step …
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Axios and The Guardian
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Our Country Is Insane — I am by nature an optimist, but it is hard to maintain a positive attitude in the face of the rampant insanity that has seized control over our national life. When I get time, I am going to write about the ritual defenestration of Papa John's pizza company …
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Front Page Magazine and The American Conservative
Wall Street Journal:
Three Top FBI Cybersecurity Officials to Retire — Three of the top cybersecurity officials at the Federal Bureau of Investigation are retiring from government service—departures that come as cyberattacks are a major concern for the country's security agencies.
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Cyberscoop
Predrag Milic / Associated Press:
Montenegro more puzzled than affronted by Trump's attention — PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — World War III? Not us, say the puzzled people of Montenegro. — Public officials in this tiny European nation didn't know what to say initially when U.S. President Donald Trump suggested …
Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
U.S. Rebuffed at U.N. on North Korea Sanctions Enforcement — Signaling new tensions over North Korea at the United Nations, Russia and China on Thursday blocked disciplinary steps sought by the United States to stop what it called rampant cheating on North Korea's petroleum imports.
NBC News:
Facing deadline, government reunified 364 of 2,500-plus migrant children — Of 1,607 parents eligible to be reunited with their children, 719 have final orders of deportation, the government says, meaning they could be removed from the country as soon as they are reunited.
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POLITICUSUSA, New York Post and The Week
Terry Gross / NPR:
Reporter Shows The Links Between The Men Behind Brexit And The Trump Campaign — Carole Cadwalladr's investigation into Cambridge Analytica's role in Brexit led her to Russian connections and the Trump campaign. She says British investigators are working “closely with the FBI.” — TERRY GROSS, HOST:
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
A New Talking Point From the Pro-Trump Fringe — On Wednesday morning, in the midst of yet another contentious news cycle dominated by coverage of Russian election meddling, I tweeted a kind of thought experiment: “If Trump & co. just pivoted to 'Aren't you glad Russia helped us defeat Hillary Clinton? …
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Justice Department plans to alert public to foreign operations targeting U.S. democracy — The Justice Department plans to alert the public to foreign operations targeting U.S. democracy, under a new policy designed to counter hacking and disinformation campaigns such as the one Russia undertook …
Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
‘60 Minutes’ Boss Hired Law Firm Over #MeToo Story … One of television's most powerful men, 60 Minutes Executive Producer Jeff Fager, hired a law firm that boasts about “killing stories” for a Washington Post investigation into him, three sources familiar with the matter told The Daily Beast.
Kansas City Star:
Eight confirmed dead after duck boat capsized on Table Rock Lake, sheriff says — At least eight people were killed and many are missing after a strong wind burst capsized and sank a pleasure boat Thursday night on Table Rock Lake near Branson, Mo. — Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader …
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New York Post and FOX2now.com
Sharon Otterman / New York Times:
Man Says Cardinal McCarrick, His ‘Uncle Ted,’ Sexually Abused Him for Years — James was 11 years old when Father Theodore E. McCarrick came into his bedroom in Northern New Jersey, looking for the bathroom. Father McCarrick, then 39 and a rising star in the Roman Catholic church …
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The American Conservative
Rebecca Rosenberg / New York Post:
Husband-and-wife duo busted in high-end Russian hooker ring — A flamboyant husband-and-wife pimp team orchestrated a high-end prostitution ring through a website called Russian Dolls, Manhattan authorities said Wednesday. — Yevgen Rizanov and Ksenia Khodukina, both 29 …
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NBC 6 South Florida:
Father of Parkland School Shooting Survivors Killed in North Lauderdale Armed Robbery — North Lauderdale Robbery Surveillance Video — The father of two Parkland school shooting survivors was fatally shot at his own North Lauderdale convenience store during a robbery, according to the Broward County Sheriff's Office.
Megan Specia / New York Times:
Inside That Black Sarcophagus in Egypt? 3 Mummies (and No Curses) — When a black granite sarcophagus was found at the bottom of a pit in Alexandria, Egypt, last week, the discovery immediately prompted questions and theories ranging from the sensible to the supernatural.
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