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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
White House bans network pool reporter from Rose Garden event — The White House took retaliatory action against Kaitlan Collins, a White House reporter for CNN, after Collins asked President Trump questions at an Oval Office photo op on Wednesday. — Collins was representing …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
White House press corps showing unity after reporter barred from Rose Garden event — White House bans network pool reporter from Rose Garden event — The ultra-competitive White House press corps is displaying something rare and refreshing: Solidarity. — Journalists reacted with dismay …
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Washington Post:
'I'm not going to be a punching bag anymore': Inside Michael Cohen's break with Trump — For the past decade, Michael Cohen worked as Donald Trump's personal lawyer and fixer. He was an eager supplicant, executing the wishes of his celebrity boss and forever seeking his attaboy affection.
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Washington Post:
CNN reporter barred from White House event, drawing protests from journalists — A CNN reporter said she was blocked from an open media event at the White House on Wednesday after officials objected to questions she asked President Trump at an event earlier in the day.
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
White House bars CNN correspondent from open press event
White House bars CNN correspondent from open press event
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers introduce articles of impeachment against Rosenstein — A group of conservative House lawmakers on Wednesday introduced articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein — , the top Department of Justice (DOJ) official overseeing special counsel Robert Mueller
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Trump lies. And lies. And lies. — “What you're seeing and what you're reading is not what's happening.” — When the history of the Trump era is written, this quotation from our president will play a prominent role in explaining the distemper of our moment and the dysfunction of his administration.
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VICE News:
Twitter is “shadow banning” prominent Republicans like the RNC chair and Trump Jr.'s spokesman
Twitter is “shadow banning” prominent Republicans like the RNC chair and Trump Jr.'s spokesman
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Brian Feldman / New York Magazine:
Twitter Is Not ‘Shadow Banning’ Republicans
Twitter Is Not ‘Shadow Banning’ Republicans
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House conservatives move to impeach Rosenstein
House conservatives move to impeach Rosenstein
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New York Times:
An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2016 Election — Start exploring the map by searching for a place you know.
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Fayette Advocate:
Whistleblower provides emails that show Stormy Daniels' arrest was pre-planned — In an exclusive investigation, the Advocate has obtained emails from a whistleblower from inside the Columbus Police Department that outline the arrest of Stormy Daniels earlier this month may have been pre-planned days before she ever arrived in town.
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Adam Johnson / Salon:
MSNBC has done 455 Stormy Daniels segments in the last year — but none on U.S. war in Yemen
MSNBC has done 455 Stormy Daniels segments in the last year — but none on U.S. war in Yemen
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Toledo Blade:
DeVos' $40 million yacht vandalized at Huron dock — HURON, Ohio — A boat owned by the family of U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was vandalized over the weekend while moored at a Huron dock, according to the Huron Police Department. — The Seaquest was moored at the Huron Boat Basin …
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The Daily Beast:
Henry Kissinger Pushed Trump to Work With Russia to Box In China … Henry Kissinger suggested to President Donald Trump that the United States should work with Russia to contain a rising China. — The former secretary of state—who famously engineered the tactic of establishing diplomatic relations …
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Cindy Otis / USA Today:
Ex-CIA analyst: If Trump were a foreign leader, I'd raise possibility of blackmail — Donald Trump's appeasement of Russia is unprecedented for a US president. His behavior is consistent with that of an asset being blackmailed. — CONNECT — The report a former CIA analyst would write …
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Bill Alpert / Barron's Online:
Browder Launches New Money-Laundering Complaint
Stephanie Ebbs / ABC News:
Trump to talk tariffs in farm country, mill town — President Donald Trump is expected to continue his focus on tariffs this week as he visits two cities in the Midwest that have directly felt the impact of his recent trade decisions. — Trump is set to visit Granite City Works …
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J. Lester Feder / BuzzFeed News:
Boris Johnson Has Been Privately Talking To Steve Bannon As They Plot Their Next Moves
Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Trump secures concessions from Europeans to avoid trade war: DJ, citing EU official
Trump secures concessions from Europeans to avoid trade war: DJ, citing EU official
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Jacob Snow / ACLU:
Amazon's Face Recognition Falsely Matched 28 Members of Congress With Mugshots — Amazon's face surveillance technology is the target of growing opposition nationwide, and today, there are 28 more causes for concern. In a test the ACLU recently conducted of the facial recognition tool …
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Legal Opinions Or Political Commentary? A New Judge Exemplifies The Trump Era — Less than a year into a lifetime appointment, a 45-year-old federal appeals court judge named James Ho may embody President Trump's most enduring legacy. — Ho has shaken up the staid world of appellate law …
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Polls: Trump approval sags in trio of Midwest states — Democrats also enjoy an advantage on congressional preference in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. — WASHINGTON — In three politically important Midwest states — including two that were key in deciding the 2016 election …
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Alison Young / USA Today:
Routine failures — For more than a decade, the experts who guide medical practices in the U.S. have been pushing doctors and hospitals to change how they treat pregnant women. — At least as far back as 2010, researchers in California began promoting “tool kits” of childbirth safety practices to reduce deaths and injuries.
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
‘We are fighting for information about war’: Pentagon curbs media access — Defense Secretary James Mattis has not briefed reporters on-camera in the Pentagon since April, while his chief spokeswoman has not done so since May. — At a mid-July news conference at the Pentagon …
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Michael Wolraich / The Atlantic:
Tariffs Once Tore the GOP Apart—and May Be Doing So Again — “Tariffs are the greatest!” President Trump crowed on Twitter on Tuesday morning. If that represents a break from contemporary Republican orthodoxy, it's a message other GOP presidents once embraced.
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New York Times
Jessica Valenti / New York Times:
What Feminists Can Do for Boys — We fought for young women in the patriarchy first. But budding patriarchs could use some help too. — July 25, 2018 — Zero Tolerance for Zero Tolerance — The children at the border are just the latest casualty of this deeply misguided approach to public policy.
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David Byler / Weekly Standard:
Can Stacey Abrams Turn Georgia Blue? — On Tuesday night, Brian Kemp—the Georgia secretary of state and self-proclaimed “politically incorrect conservative” who owns a truck, talks about standing for the national anthem and happily supports President Trump—beat Lieutenant Gov. Casey Cagle …
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Emily Birnbaum / The Hill:
Coca-Cola says it's raising soda prices after Trump tariffs — Coca-Cola Company on Wednesday said they will raise the price of their signature sodas this year in part because of the financial strain caused by President Trump — 's tariffs. — Coca-Cola's Chief Executive James Quincey told …
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Labor's Share of the Pie Is Still Crumbs — In our ‘winner-take-most’ economy, how can workers regain some control over their lives? — Even as corporate America has unleashed insatiable consumer demand for innovative low-cost goods and technology, it has driven economic trends that continue …
Roque Planas / HuffPost:
A Single Trump Appointee Was Responsible For Keeping Hundreds Of Kids Locked Up Longer — He's the same guy who blocked a teenage migrant who'd been raped from obtaining an abortion. — A Trump appointee's decision to personally review requests to release migrant children from jail-like …
New York Times:
A Kushner Ally Was Up for a Federal Post. Then the F.B.I. Began Digging. — Ken Kurson is a confidant of Rudolph W. Giuliani. He is a onetime speechwriter for Donald J. Trump. And he is a close friend of Jared Kushner, Mr. Trump's son-in-law, who appointed Mr. Kurson to run his weekly newspaper, The New York Observer.
Axios:
Jared and Ivanka dig in for the long haul — Friends of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump tell us they have the strong impression they are now preparing to stay in D.C. as long as the president does, meaning they'll outlast almost everyone in the West Wing. — What we're hearing …
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Maxine Waters: ‘Americans should be out in the streets screaming’ for Trump's head — Liberal Rep. Maxine Waters Wednesday urged Americans to take to the streets and scream for an end to President Trump's term, endorsed impeachment and vowed that the White House won't intimidate her.
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
To Take the Senate, Democratic Group Will Spend Big in Red States — A heavily funded Democratic group will spend tens of millions of dollars to mobilize voters in the Republican-leaning states where control of the Senate is likely to be decided this November, stepping in to fill a void left …
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Dan Diamond / Politico:
Most deported migrants were not asked about leaving children behind, Trump official says — That migrant parents gave consent to leave their children behind has been a key talking point for Trump administration officials defending the deportations. — Homeland Security officials …
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“We Didn't Expect to Make Money”: How The Daily's Michael Barbaro Unexpectedly Became the Ira Glass of The New York Times — He's the star of the Times's most promising new-media franchise. But will his success eventually carry him away from 620 Eighth Avenue? — BY - JOE POMPEOJuly 25, 2018,
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
How the Trump Tax Cut Is Helping to Push the Federal Deficit to $1 Trillion — Corporate income tax collections are near a 75-year low, as a share of the economy, after a new law reduced rates and allowed companies to deduct investments immediately. — In the trough of the Great Recession in 2009 …
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Nellie Bowles / New York Times:
Men Are Panicking About Their Sperm Count — A study suggests that sperm counts have been dropping for decades. Is this how the big dystopia begins? Silicon Valley is at hand to help men get their mojo back. — SAN FRANCISCO — Dr. Paul Turek was on his way to speak to employees …