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Bloomberg:
Trump to Seek Repeal of California's Smog-Fighting Power — Proposed revision to auto emission standards to come out soon — Will propose end of state's waiver from federal standards — The Trump administration will seek to revoke California's authority to regulate automobile emissions …
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National Review, RedState, Little Green Footballs, HuffPost, Engadget and POLITICUSUSA
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Manafort trial postponed to July 31 — Updated: 3:28 p.m.: Paul Manafort's trial has been postponed a week to July 31. — U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III agreed to a weeklong delay but rejected Manafort's larger request to delay the trial until later this fall, after a separate case goes to trial in Washington, D.C.
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The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and American Greatness
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Judge approves Mueller request to grant immunity for witnesses in Manafort trial
Judge approves Mueller request to grant immunity for witnesses in Manafort trial
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Talking Points Memo
Evan Perez / CNN:
Judge grants immunity for five witnesses in Manafort case
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
FISA Applications Confirm: The FBI Relied on the Unverified Steele Dossier — A salacious Clinton-campaign product was the driving force behind the Trump-Russia investigation. — On a sleepy summer Saturday, after months of stonewalling, the FBI dumped 412 pages of documents related …
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Power Line, neo-neocon, The Federalist, The Resurgent, infowars.com, The American Spectator, NPR and Mediaite
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
How a Trump Decision Revealed a G.O.P. Memo's Shaky Foundation
How a Trump Decision Revealed a G.O.P. Memo's Shaky Foundation
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JustOneMinute, Washington Post, Washington Monthly, ThinkProgress, Shareblue Media, Fox News, Salon, Hullabaloo, No More Mister Nice Blog, emptywheel, RealClearPolitics, One Thing You Can Do, Breitbart, Power Line, Washington Examiner, Wall Street Journal, Florida Politics, CBS New York, The Gateway Pundit, BBC, France 24, Jamie Dupree - AJC and Hit & Run
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump calls for end of Mueller probe, saying it's ‘discredited’ by Carter Page surveillance
Trump calls for end of Mueller probe, saying it's ‘discredited’ by Carter Page surveillance
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Fox News Insider, Fox News, Raw Story and The Week
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Ga. lawmaker urged to resign after using racial slurs, dropping pants in TV show — Spencer apologizes for ‘ridiculously ugly’ episode but refuses to step down — Georgia House Speaker David Ralston demanded that state Rep. Jason Spencer resign after he yelled racial slurs and exposed himself …
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The Root, Hit & Run, The Daily Caller, VICE News, Boing Boing, theGrio, Joe.My.God., Splinter, Law & Crime and New York Times
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Steven Zeitchik / Washington Post:
Georgia state Rep. Jason Spencer says Sacha Baron Cohen ‘took advantage of my paralyzing fear’
Georgia state Rep. Jason Spencer says Sacha Baron Cohen ‘took advantage of my paralyzing fear’
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CNN, HuffPost, No More Mister Nice Blog and Raw Story
Austin Ramzy / New York Times:
Trump Threatens Iran on Twitter, Warning Rouhani of Dire ‘Consequences’ — President Trump threatened Iran late Sunday, warning of severe “consequences,” as rhetoric between the two countries' presidents escalated dramatically. — Mr. Trump, in an all-caps message on Twitter addressed …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Ignore Trump's clueless bluster on Iran
Ignore Trump's clueless bluster on Iran
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Foreign Policy, POLITICUSUSA, Reuters and HuffPost
Michael R. Pompeo / US Department of State:
U.S. Department of State
U.S. Department of State
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National Review, ThinkProgress, Home Page Rotator, The American Conservative, Breitbart, Power Line and The Atlantic
Nik DeCosta-Klipa / Boston Globe:
Fox News mistakenly booked a Massachusetts state senator, and got an unexpected message — Someone in the Fox News booking department might be in need of a second cup of coffee. — Fox & Friends First, the network's early morning show, thought they had booked former Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick …
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Washington Free Beacon, Washington Post, CBS Boston, Talking Points Memo, YouTube and The Daily Caller
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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Fox News' attempt to book pro-ICE Democrat backfires spectacularly
Fox News' attempt to book pro-ICE Democrat backfires spectacularly
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Newsweek, Hit & Run, HuffPost, Joe.My.God., Media Matters for America, Daily Kos, The Week and Mediaite
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Wavering Rand sets off Supreme Court spectacle — The Kentucky Republican says he's genuinely undecided on whether to back Brett Kavanaugh. His vote could be decisive. — Rand Paul is one of a handful of senators who'll determine whether Brett Kavanaugh lands on the Supreme Court …
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Vox, LifeNews.com, Political Wire, SCOTUSblog and Breitbart
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Rand Paul to ask Trump to revoke security clearance of ex-CIA chief Brennan — Sen. Rand Paul Monday said he is meeting with President Donald Trump to ask for former CIA director John Brennan to have his security clearance revoked. — “Is John Brennan monetizing his security clearance?
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ABC News, Axios, Fox Business, Townhall, Breitbart, Talking Points Memo, One America News Network, infowars.com, Shareblue Media and Washington Times
Christine Todd Whitman / Los Angeles Times:
Calling my fellow Republicans: Trump is clearly unfit to remain in office — President Trump's disgraceful performance in Helsinki, Finland, and in the days since is an indication that he is not fit to remain in office. Trump's 2016 “America First” platform might be more aptly named …
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IJR, POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump: ‘I gave up nothing’ during Putin meeting
Trump: ‘I gave up nothing’ during Putin meeting
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Associated Press and One America News Network
Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
Tronc Cuts Daily News Newsroom in Half; Ousts Editor in Chief — The meeting lasted less than a minute. By the time it was over, reporters and editors at The Daily News had been told that the newsroom staff was being cut in half and that the editor in chief, Jim Rich, was out of a job.
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Variety, New Republic, CNBC, Deadspin and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
'I'm ashamed': Trump voter admits she got it wrong after ICE deports her daughter-in-law — A woman who voted for President Donald Trump in 2016 this week expressed regret after the president's government agents deported her daughter-in-law to Mexico. — The Associated Press this week published …
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Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
Michael Cohen Prosecutors Get 12 Audio Recordings to Review — There's no longer dispute over recordings, retired judge says — Michael Cohen secretly recorded Trump discussing hush payments — U.S. prosecutors probing Michael Cohen are reviewing 12 audio recordings seized …
Jacob Bunge / Wall Street Journal:
2.5 Billion Pounds of Meat Piles Up in U.S. as Production Grows, Exports Slow — Profits, prices are threatened as record amounts of red meat and poultry fill U.S. warehouses — Meat is piling up in U.S. cold-storage warehouses, fueled by a surge in supplies and trade disputes that are eroding demand.
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Fortune, The Daily Caller and New York Times
The Intercept:
Ohio Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan Is Telling People He Will Run for President in 2020, Hoping to Win “Yoga Vote” — Ohio Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan has been telling political consultants and operatives that he intends to run for president of the United States in 2020, and is beginning to put together a team …
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Conservative Review, Splinter, The Week and NBC News
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Trump administration officials dismissed benefits of national monuments — In a quest to shrink national monuments last year, senior Interior Department officials dismissed evidence that these public lands boosted tourism and spurred archaeological discoveries, according to documents …
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Political Wire and New York Times
Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:
Sounds Like Everyone Should Lay Off That Cubs Fan Who “Stole” A Baseball From A Kid — Sunday outrage gives way to Monday fact-checking. If you were one of the people who (reasonably) got very angry at a short video clip appearing to show an adult Cubs fan intercepting a ball meant for a child, you can stand down.
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
A Supreme Court Vote Is Just One of Heidi Heitkamp's Headaches — PETERSBURG, N.D. — Before Senator Heidi Heitkamp spoke to constituents in this tiny rural town, population 175, Mary Ann Dunbar confessed that she had reservations about Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court.
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YouTube and Washington Free Beacon
The Marshall Project:
New York on ICE — As a precaution, some have stopped traveling. — “The moment [Trump] became president, I panicked. Last year, we didn't go on vacation. I was like, We're not going anywhere. In February, my husband's nephew passed away in Houston and even though half of me was worried …
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
Anton's creed is not just racist; it is patently un-American. — Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a regular contributor to PostEverything. — Michael Anton is the author of the infamous …
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Claremont Institute, Vox, Raw Story, The Federalist and Power Line
Jerry Iannelli / Miami New Times:
Florida Cops Ship 24-Year-Old Mom to ICE After She Paid Traffic Ticket … Maria, an undocumented, 24-year-old mother of three from Guatemala, showed up to the Martin County Jail earlier this year to voluntarily pay a $150 traffic fine. — Instead, she wound up handcuffed and thrown inside that jail.
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ThinkProgress and Splinter
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
GOP Congressman Calls Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘This Girl ... Or Whatever She Is’ — Rep. Ron DeSantis was referring to a full-grown woman who is a New York Democratic congressional nominee. — WASHINGTON Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) on Saturday referred to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
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Naked Politics
Politico:
Pompeo urged to not cut State Department refugee office — Several former U.S. diplomats and national security officials are urging Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to keep the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, amid fears he could cut the office, according to a letter viewed by POLITICO.
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ABC News
Sean Keach / The Sun:
DOOMSDAY FEAR Google Translate warns of APOCALYPSE in bizarre ‘end times’ message about the Antichrist — Warnings about the Doomsday Clock and the return of the Antichrist have left some Google Translate users worried — PICTURED — FEARS of an imminent apocalypse have been sparked by a mysterious warning from Google Translate.
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Raw Story