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New York Times:
Mueller Examining Trump's Tweets in Wide-Ranging Obstruction Inquiry — WASHINGTON — For years, President Trump has used Twitter as his go-to public relations weapon, mounting a barrage of attacks on celebrities and then political rivals even after advisers warned he could be creating legal problems for himself.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Organization Finance Chief Called to Testify Before Federal Grand Jury — Longtime Trump executive Allen Weisselberg has been subpoenaed in Michael Cohen probe — Allen Weisselberg, a longtime financial gatekeeper for President Donald Trump, has been subpoenaed to testify …
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Washington Post:
'I'm not going to be a punching bag anymore': Inside Michael Cohen's break with Trump
'I'm not going to be a punching bag anymore': Inside Michael Cohen's break with Trump
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Robert Donachie / The Daily Caller:
Sources: Jim Jordan Officially Announcing Bid For Speaker — House Freedom Caucus co-founder Jim Jordan will formally announce his campaign for speaker of the House Thursday at noon, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned. — TheDCNF confirmed the announcement with two sources with direct knowledge of Jordan's plans.
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Politico:
Ryan rejects conservative push to impeach Rosenstein — The move underscores divisions within his party — and even his own leadership team. — Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday firmly rejected an effort by House conservatives to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein …
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Axios, Washington Free Beacon, Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Doina Chiacu / Reuters:
Sessions defends deputy Rosenstein after impeachment move — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday defended his deputy, Rod Rosenstein, and took a swipe at fellow Republicans in Congress who moved to impeach Rosenstein, who oversees the federal probe of Russia's role in the 2016 presidential election.
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CNN:
Conservative Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan to run for House speaker
Conservative Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan to run for House speaker
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New Republic, NPR, KTLA and Right Wing Watch
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump intervenes to save the House
Trump intervenes to save the House
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Clare Foran / CNN:
Sessions defends Rosenstein after impeachment threat
Sessions defends Rosenstein after impeachment threat
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Washington Post:
Ryan says he opposes conservatives' effort to impeach Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein
Ryan says he opposes conservatives' effort to impeach Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein
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Matt Zarrell / ABC News:
11 House Republicans introduce articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein
11 House Republicans introduce articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Omarosa's surprise book: ‘Unhinged’ will come out in August — The publishing house Gallery Books has an August surprise for the president and the public: A “tell-all” book by former Trump administration aide, Omarosa Manigault-Newman. — The former “Apprentice” star worked in the White House Office …
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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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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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Weekly Standard:
CNN Derangement Syndrome — The White House disinvites Kaitlan Collins. — On Wednesday, White House staff informed a CNN White House reporter, Kaitlan Collins, that she was not permitted to attend an open press availability at the White House with President Donald Trump and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker.
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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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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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Eve Peyser / Rolling Stone:
The Summer's Hottest Trend Is Owning the Libs — Conservatives love it earnestly, liberals love it ironically. How did we get here? — “Raise your hand if you've ever posted anything online to quote unquote own the libs,” President Trump's Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley recently asked a crowd of high schoolers.
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Washington Monthly
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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Molly Ball / TIME:
Stacey Abrams Could Become America's First Black Female Governor—If She Can Turn Georgia Blue
Stacey Abrams Could Become America's First Black Female Governor—If She Can Turn Georgia Blue
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The Week
Emily Tillett / CBS News:
Jeff Merkley slams Trump admin as “incompetent,” “callous” in handling family separation — As the Trump White House faces yet another deadline Thursday to reunite families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border under the the Justice Department's “zero tolerance policy, Sen. Jeff Merkley …
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Migrant family separations have earned Trump the ire of a powerful group: Moms
Migrant family separations have earned Trump the ire of a powerful group: Moms
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Day after Air Force One trip, Yoder defies Trump on immigration — WASHINGTON — A day after flying with President Donald Trump on Air Force One, U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder of Kansas joined Democrats to push forward an investigation of the Trump administration's separation of more than 2,500 migrant children from their parents.
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Daniel Horowitz / Conservative Review:
Top committee Republicans vote for border provision WORSE than amnesty
Top committee Republicans vote for border provision WORSE than amnesty
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Brian Feldman / New York Magazine:
Twitter Is Not ‘Shadow Banning’ Republicans — The concept of the “shadowban” has existed practically since the inception of the web forum. The idea is simple: Instead of banning a user outright and informing them of such punishment, a shadowban makes a user's post visible only to themselves.
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Dan Levin / New York Times:
'I'm Not the Only Young Conservative' — About 700 teenage conservatives visited the nation's capital this week for a four-day leadership conference organized by Turning Point USA, a group founded in 2012 to promote activism skills among high school and college students and help young conservatives network with leaders in the movement.
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 …
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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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.
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The Week
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.
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Michael Wines / New York Times:
New Emails Show Michigan Republicans Plotting to Gerrymander Maps — WASHINGTON — Newly disclosed emails show Michigan Republicans angling to give their party a dominant position through gerrymandered maps and celebrating the plight of their Democratic rivals.
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Washington Post:
Death notices for Syrian prisoners are suddenly piling up. It's a sign Assad has won the war. — BEIRUT — The Syrian government has begun issuing death notices for political detainees at an unprecedented rate, according to groups that monitor the prisons, in an effort to resolve the fate …
Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
The heiress has no clothes. — I once flew to Germany for 19 hours to watch Ivanka Trump sit on a panel with a bunch of female leaders, and to be summoned by her later that evening for an off-the-record chat in her hotel lobby, where she ordered red wine in a white dress, which seems …
Fran Brennan / NTK Network:
REVEALED: NYT Targets Kavanaugh's Wife, Looking For ‘Abortion,’ ‘Gun,’ ‘Gay,’ ‘Federalist’ Emails — The New York Times and Associated Press target Judge Brett Kavanaugh's wife with records requests. — The New York Times and Associated Press both filed requests under the Maryland Public Information Act …
Los Angeles Times:
Anna March? — She threw a welcome party for herself at the Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, a beautiful old building with black and white marble, Alice-in-Wonderland floors. The guests, more than 400 of L.A.'s literati: authors, editors, publishers, book reviewers, literary agents, the local independent presses.
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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Reason:
Liberty Makes Us Unfree, Says the ACLU — The government wouldn't abuse us if we'd stop making it upset, according to the one-time civil liberties advocacy group. — What purpose is served by the American Civil Liberties Union? I know that the words “civil liberties” appear right there in the name …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump-Created European Trade Crisis Averted by Fake Deal — Last night, the Trump administration announced with maximum fanfare that the trade war with the European Union was over. “This was a big day for free and fair trade!,” tweeted an excited President Trump.
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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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