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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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NBC/WSJ poll: Trump is stronger with the base, weaker with the middle — First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — WASHINGTON — The good news for President Trump in the latest NBC …
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Donald Trump's Approval Rating Inches Higher, Buoyed by Republican Support
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Iran's Rouhani warns Trump about ‘mother of all wars’
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NBC/WSJ poll: Public gives Trump thumbs down on Russia, thumbs up on economy
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Trump warns Iran's Rouhani to stop the threats or suffer historic consequences
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How a Trump Decision Revealed a G.O.P. Memo's Shaky Foundation — WASHINGTON — When President Trump declassified a memo by House Republicans in February that portrayed the surveillance of a former campaign adviser as scandalous, his motivation was clear: to give congressional allies …
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FISA warrant application supports Nunes memo — The weekend release of a highly-redacted version of the FBI's application for a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant to wiretap onetime Trump foreign policy adviser Carter Page has renewed the argument over the Nunes memo …
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The Associated Press Lies About the FISA Application
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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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Trump: ‘I gave up nothing’ during Putin meeting — President Donald Trump wrote online Monday that he “gave up nothing” during negotiations last week with Russian President Vladimir Putin, insisting that the media has continued to paint an unfairly negative picture of the bilateral summit in Finland.


The Latest: Trump denies report he's frustrated with NKorea
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GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick: ‘The President Was Manipulated By Vladimir Putin’
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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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Massive job cuts expected at the Daily News — The struggling Daily News is expected to begin another massive round of layoffs on Monday, The Post has learned. — The cuts at the teetering tabloid, which some insiders feared would range as high as 70 percent of staff …


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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Birthright Citizenship: A Response to My Critics
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GOP Lawmaker Jason Spencer Strips Down, Screams ‘N-Word’ on Sacha Baron Cohen's ‘Who Is America?’ … This past week, Jason Spencer, a Republican state representative from Georgia, revealed that Sacha Baron Cohen had tricked him into shouting “provocative language” during what he thought was a real anti-terrorism training video.
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Ga. lawmaker urged to resign after using racial slurs, dropping pants in TV show
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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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Cuomo had the MTA waste $30M on tunnel vanity project — Gov. Cuomo ordered the cash-strapped MTA to waste up as much as $30 million on his latest vanity project — retiling two city tunnels in the state's blue-and-gold color scheme — instead of using the dough for desperately needed subway repairs, The Post has learned.


John Kelly Signed Off on a ‘Purge’ of Scott Pruitt Loyalists From EPA … The Trump White House has moved quickly to force out a trio of staffers loyal to former, scandal-plagued Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.
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Trump's former campaign chairman faces trial in first court test of special counsel prosecution … With his well-coiffed hair, tailored suits and keen ability to charm the powerful, Paul S. Manafort spent decades wheeling and dealing with U.S. politicians and foreign despots …
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U.S. Department of State — Search Input — Supporting Iranian Voices — Remarks — Secretary of State — Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library — Simi Valley, CA — SECRETARY POMPEO: Thank you all. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you very much.
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Leader of the Persistence … It was unremittingly hot at the farm in Natick, Massachusetts, where 1,500 people had gathered on the Sunday after the Fourth of July. Remarkably, this crowd had assembled under a blistering sun not for a free concert, or outdoor theater, or even a protest, exactly.
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Balloon Juice, Politico and Taylor Marsh


Portugal Dared to Cast Aside Austerity. It's Having a Major Revival. — At a time of mounting uncertainty in Europe, the country has defied critics who insisted on austerity as the answer to the Continent's economic and financial crisis. — LISBON — Ramón Rivera had barely gotten …


Gowdy: If There Was Evidence That President Trump Committed Any Crime, “Adam Schiff Would Have Leaked It” — Rep. Trey Gowdy told FNC's Bret Baier on FOX News Sunday that while there are documents he has not seen, he knows that if there were any evidence that President Trump committed any crime …
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PICTURED: Hillary Clinton dining with Harvey Weinstein after her loss — Photos of Hillary Clinton having dinner with longtime pal Harvey Weinstein weeks after her election loss have emerged.
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