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Erica Orden / CNN:
Exclusive: Mueller refers foreign agent inquiries to New York prosecutors — Trump assails Mueller ‘conflicts’ though evidence scant — (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller has referred a collection of cases to New York federal prosecutors concerning whether several high-profile American lobbyists …
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Accused Russian Spy Maria Butina Told American CEO: Send Cash to Moscow … Maria Butina, the accused Russian operative, didn't just allegedly cultivate the NRA on behalf of the Kremlin. The 29-year-old Russian national also braced one of America's best-known businessmen …
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BuzzFeed News:
Russian “Agent” And A GOP Operator Left A Trail Of Cash, Documents Reveal — A $45,000 payment to an undisclosed law firm. A cash withdrawal for $14,000. Almost $90,000 sent to or from a Russian bank. These and other bank transactions totaling nearly $300,000, none of which have been made public …
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Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Alex Jones, Pursued Over Infowars Falsehoods, Faces a Legal Crossroads — AUSTIN, Tex. — In the five years since Noah Pozner was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., death threats and online harassment have forced his parents, Veronique De La Rosa and Leonard Pozner, to relocate seven times.
New York Times:
Facebook Has Identified Ongoing Political Influence Campaign — WASHINGTON — Facebook is preparing to announce that it has identified a coordinated political influence campaign, with dozens of inauthentic accounts and pages that are believed to be engaging in political activity ahead …
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Removing Bad Actors on Facebook — Today we removed 32 Pages and accounts from Facebook and Instagram because they were involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior. This kind of behavior is not allowed on Facebook because we don't want people or organizations creating networks of accounts …
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Jonathan Oosting / Detroit News:
Mich. Supreme Court: Redistricting plan goes on Nov. ballot — Lansing — A proposal to create an independent redistricting commission will appear on the November ballot, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled late Tuesday in a closely watched case. — The 4-3 decision is rife with political implications …
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Laura Litvan / Bloomberg:
Collins Sides With GOP Leaders in Kavanaugh Documents Fight — While Democrats are crying foul after Republican leaders angled to limit disclosures of documents related to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's past work, one of the GOP senators whose vote may be pivotal to his confirmation says she's just fine with it.
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Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
This Is So Much Bigger Than Paul Manafort — With Donald Trump's former campaign chairman on trial, America is reckoning with its very serious kleptocracy problem. — On the eve of the Paul Manafort trial, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin casually announced that the Trump administration …
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
At Paul Manafort Trial, Defense Puts The Blame On Mueller Witness Rick Gates
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Washington Post:
Prosecutors say Manafort's wealth was fueled by lies to IRS and banks
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Paul Manafort trial: A jury has been selected
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Why it matters: What's at stake in the Manafort trial
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CNN:
Prosecutors' opening statement: ‘Paul Manafort lied’
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Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
The Justice Department Finds ‘No Responsive Records’ to Support a Trump Speech — President Donald Trump delivering an address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on February 28, 2017 (Source: Wikimedia/Office of the Speaker) — “According to data provided by the Department of Justice …
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Annie Karni / Politico:
‘Everyone talked with Woodward’: Trump White House braces for new book — Unlike previous administrations, this White House had no process for making officials available to the legendary reporter. — Bob Woodward, the legendary Washington Post journalist, was sitting on the couch …
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
President Trump intends to nominate an extreme-weather expert as his first science and tech director — President Trump intends to nominate Kelvin Droegemeier, an expert in extreme weather from the University of Oklahoma, as his top science and technology adviser at the White House, according to an administration official.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
John Kelly intends to remain as Trump's chief of staff through 2020 reelection bid
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Don McGahn Hates Rudy with Intensity of 1,000 Burning Suns”: Is Trump Ready to Cook Giuliani? — Inside the West Wing, Giuliani's recent wacko media appearances have attracted the wrong kind of notice. “Trump thinks he's saying too much,” one Republican close to the White House told me.
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CNN:
Trump says Americans need ID to buy groceries while making case for voter ID — President Trump, telling his supporters why he wanted Americans to be required to show identification before casting their votes, claimed that they needed their I.Ds “to buy groceries.” — He did not elaborate.
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Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Trump rallies support for Scott, DeSantis in Florida midterm contests
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Associated Press:
US says driving would be riskier if fuel standards tougher — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says people would drive more and be exposed to increased risk if their cars get better gas mileage, an argument intended to justify freezing Obama-era toughening of fuel standards.
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Harriet Torry / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Workers Get Biggest Pay Increase in Nearly a Decade — Employment cost index, which measures wages and benefits, grew 2.8% in the 12 months to last month — WASHINGTON—U.S. workers received their biggest pay increases in nearly a decade over the 12 months through June …
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Jeffry Bartash / MarketWatch:
Worker pay and benefits climbing at fastest pace in 10 years, ECI finds
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Bloomberg:
U.S. Considers Higher Tariffs on $200 Billion in Chinese Imports — U.S. may now seek 25 percent tariffs on $200 billion in goods — Officials seeking ways to re-engage after talks stalled — The Trump administration will propose raising to 25 percent its planned 10 percent tariffs …
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Emilie Raguso / Berkeleyside:
Berkeley zoning board says latest 2701 Shattuck proposal is ‘still excessive’ — A proposal for a five-story, 57-unit building in South Berkeley has come back in its latest iteration after a failed attempt in 2013 to get city approval. — The project, at 2701 Shattuck Ave., at Derby Street …
Zoé Samudzi / Broadly:
What ‘Interracial’ Cuckold Porn Reveals About White Male Insecurity — The genre, in which a Black man has sex with a white man's wife, represents the ultimate threat to white manhood and racial purity. And it's loaded with racist undertones that have real-world implications.
Washington Post:
The stark contrast of the Maryland governor's race: Centrist or liberal? — MARYLAND GOV. Larry Hogan owes something of his popularity to his penchant for centrism, caution and political small ball — a shrewd strategy for a Republican chief executive in a heavily Democratic state.
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David French / National Review:
A Federal Judge Launches a Futile, Unconstitutional Effort to Block Blueprints for 3D-Printed Guns — If there's a hall of fame for futile, symbolic, and ultimately unconstitutional federal court orders, the temporary restraining order just issued in Seattle blocking Defense Distributed …
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Ronald.Hansen / Arizona Republic:
Martha McSally and Kelli Ward clashed at The Arizona Republic. Here's what we learned. — In the first and apparently only debate of the U.S. Senate Republican primary, U.S. Rep. Martha McSally and former state Sen. Kelli Ward sparred Monday over the future of border security, the national debt …
Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:
Watch: Top Trump Officials Refuse to Raise Hands to Defend Family Separation … Top Trump administration officials were asked in a Senate hearing on Tuesday to raise their hands if they thought that the “zero tolerance” immigration and family separation policies were good ideas.
Joe Concha / The Hill:
BBC, Fox News, PBS ranked as TV's most trusted news brands — The BBC, Fox News and PBS are the most-trusted TV news brands in the U.S., according to an analysis released Tuesday. — Research Intelligencer by Brand Keys surveyed 4,012 viewers who rated broadcast and cable brands that they watch …
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Will Democrats lurch to the left? Watch Michigan. — This state has long been known as an early indicator of emerging trends in politics — and for upending expectations. — In 2016, Michigan voters dealt Hillary Clinton two stunning upsets: first in the Democratic primary …
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L.A. City Councilman Wants Ban on Electric Scooters — LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A Los Angeles city councilman introduced a motion today to ban the operation of electric scooters until the city drafts full regulations on their use. — The move by Councilman Paul Koretz comes as the City Council …
Eva Dou / Wall Street Journal:
Chinese Surveillance Expands to Muslims Making Mecca Pilgrimage — Some pilgrims from China are wearing ‘smart cards’ to ensure their safety, but rights activists say the tracking devices are government overreach — BEIJING—China's close watch over its Islamic minority is being extended abroad …
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