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New York Times:
Trump Pushes for Interview With Mueller Against Lawyers' Advice — WASHINGTON — President Trump pushed his lawyers in recent days to try once again to reach an agreement with the special counsel's office about him sitting for an interview, flouting their advice that he should not answer …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump mulls a pre-election shutdown with Rush, and a pre-election anti-Pelosi ad — DRIVING THE DAY — SIREN ... REPUBLICANS are becoming increasingly concerned that they will lose the special election in Ohio's 12th congressional district, which would be a horrible sign for their election prospects this fall.
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Jen Psaki / CNN:
Donald Trump has no earthly clue about how real people buy groceries — Jen Psaki, a CNN political commentator, was the White House communications director and State Department spokeswoman during the Obama administration. She is vice president of communications and strategy at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's lawyers fear a Mueller interview. The reason reveals the danger Trump faces. — THE MORNING PLUM: — President Trump's ongoing interactions with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's investigation are proceeding on two very different tracks. Even as Trump projects feigned confidence …
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Joe Simonson / The Daily Caller:
Latest New York Times Hire Also Had Relationship With White Nationalist Hacker — The New York Times seems to be going through a redux with its latest hire of Sarah Jeong — who The Daily Caller News Foundation has just learned also had multiple correspondences with the white nationalist …
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The Federalist:
New York Times Hires Left-Wing Writer With Long History Of Racist Tweets — The New York Times announced Monday it hired left-wing writer Sarah Jeong, who has a long history of racist tweets, to be the lead technology writer for the newspaper's editorial board. Jeong repeatedly posted racist statements via her Twitter account.
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Streiff / RedState:
The New York Times Hires an Apparent Racist for Their Editorial Board and That's Totally Fine
The New York Times Hires an Apparent Racist for Their Editorial Board and That's Totally Fine
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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
The Times Can Hire and Fire Whomever It Likes
The Times Can Hire and Fire Whomever It Likes
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Trump Unveils His Plan to Weaken Car Pollution Rules — Want the latest climate news in your inbox? You can sign up here to receive Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter. — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled its long-awaited proposal to dramatically weaken …
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Miranda Green / The Hill:
California to sue Trump administration over car emission rollback
California to sue Trump administration over car emission rollback
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Wall Street Journal:
Make Cars Great Again
Make Cars Great Again
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Axios:
Ivanka says family separation was White House “low point” — Ivanka Trump said during an Axios interview on Thursday that she agrees with White House colleagues who describe family separation as “a low point in the White House”: — “That was a low point for me as well.
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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
National Archives says it won't be able to produce all Kavanaugh documents until end of October — The National Archives said Thursday it won't be able to produce the full cache of documents requested by Senate Republicans on Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh until the end of October …
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Lisa Blatt / Politico:
I'm a Liberal Feminist Lawyer. Here's Why Democrats Should Support Judge Kavanaugh. — Sometimes a superstar is just a superstar. That is the case with Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who had long been considered the most qualified nominee for the Supreme Court if Republicans secured the White House.
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Washington Post:
Aide to Trump-confidant Roger Stone ordered to appear before Mueller grand jury — A former aide to longtime President Trump confidant Roger Stone must testify before the special counsel's grand jury, a federal judge in Washington ruled Thursday. — The judge rejected a challenge from Andrew Miller …
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NBC News:
Mueller wants to interview Russian pop star Emin Agalarov, lawyer says — The son of a Russian oligarch helped set up the now infamous 2016 Trump Tower meeting. — Special counsel Robert Mueller has requested an interview with Russian pop star Emin Agalarov, who helped set …
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Political Wire and Raw Story
Emily Williams / BostonGlobe.com:
A black Smith College student was eating her lunch when an employee called police — The rising sophomore at Smith College was quietly eating her lunch in a campus common room when a police officer approached her Tuesday afternoon. — A college employee had called police to report someone who …
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Politico:
Manafort trial Day 3: An 'M'-shaped flower bed and a Rick Gates guarantee — Special counsel Robert Mueller's prosecutors spent Thursday morning introducing witnesses who detailed the elaborate and unusual payment methods Paul Manafort used to fund his lavish lifestyle.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Why Trump is so freaked out by the Manafort trial
Why Trump is so freaked out by the Manafort trial
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The deep cynicism of Bernie Sanders's chief strategist
The deep cynicism of Bernie Sanders's chief strategist
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Kristen Young / capecodtimes.com:
Woman accused of hitting car in Hyannis after confrontation over bumper sticker — Tuesday — BARNSTABLE — A Taunton woman accused of intentionally driving into a man's car a month ago after becoming enraged by a Trump bumper sticker pleaded not guilty Monday in Barnstable District Court …
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Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Fox, Ben Affleck & Matt Damon Win Hot Package On Multi-Million Dollar Theft Of McDonald's Monopoly Game — EXCLUSIVE: Fox is poised to win the hot lit property in the marketplace at the moment, a giant Happy Meal that everyone wanted. Ben Affleck is attached to direct …
A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
Here Are the Cable News Morning Show Ratings for July 2018 — TVNewser has received a number of emails lately asking for a break down of cable news morning show ratings, specifically for 6-9 a.m. ET shows. — Ask, and you shall receive. At least for the month of July. Will we do more of these?
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Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
Trump's undermining of Obamacare violates the Constitution, new lawsuit charges — Four cities are charging that the president is failing to execute the law by actively undercutting the Affordable Care Act. — WASHINGTON — After congressional Republicans repeatedly failed last year …
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Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
Facebook Is The World's Biggest Right-Wing Media Company — The conservative movement, led by President Trump, has been engaged in a months-long campaign to intimidate tech-media platforms like Facebook out of policing disinformation, and into maximizing the reach of right-wing content …
New York Times:
‘It Can Happen Even to Guys’: Ohio State Wrestlers Detail Abuse, Saying #UsToo — CLEVELAND — Nick Nutter, an All-American heavyweight wrestler at Ohio State turned professional martial arts fighter, sat watching the television last January as one by one, the young women, former gymnasts …
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Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Former Ohio State wrestling coach urged Rep. Jim Jordan's accusers to recant, texts show
Former Ohio State wrestling coach urged Rep. Jim Jordan's accusers to recant, texts show
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John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Media don't want to understand Trump voters, all 63 million of them — This courtroom sketch depicts Paul Manafort, fourth from right, standing with his lawyers in front of U.S. district Judge T.S. Ellis III, rear, and the selected jury, left, during the jury selection at the Alexandria Federal Courthouse …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
SENATE VOTES TO RELEASE DOCS ON ALLEGED RUSSIAN AGENT — Flake checks in from Zimbabwe — GRAHAM-TRUMP RELATIONSHIP MAY BE TESTED AGAIN — Pelosi and Trump dominate deadlocked Ohio special election — THE INVESTIGATIONS — The Senate acted yesterday afternoon to release documents relevant …
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Essex Porter / KIRO:
PSE sends racial slur to black woman — SEATTLE - An African-American woman says Puget Sound Energy emailed her a racial slur to use as the temporary password to her online account. — Erica Conway believes the insult was deliberate and wants the company to get to the bottom of it.
Michael F. Cannon / Washington Examiner:
Obamacare is now optional — At long last, the Trump administration has created a “freedom option” for people suffering under Obamacare. A final rulemaking issued Wednesday reverses an Obama-era regulation that exposed the sick to medical underwriting. The new rule will expand consumer protections …
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Leather Addict Buzz Bissinger Calls Out Manafort's ‘Ridiculous’ Ostrich Jacket … Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's federal fraud trial this week has featured a surprising fashion sideline, with prosecutors introducing extravagant receipts meant to prove how Manafort spent his offshore money.
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Hollywood Reporter:
Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Too Far Left for Hollywood? — The newly minted Democratic star makes her first appearance in Los Angeles on Thursday — but she isn't meeting with traditional Hollywood power brokers for now. — With rock-star Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez set …
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John Gizzi / Newsmax:
AFL-CIO's Trumka Won't Rule Out Unions Endorsing Trump in 2020 — Despite strong condemnations of the Trump administration for what he calls the “growing wage inequality” among Americans, AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka on Wednesday refused to rule out his union endorsing President Donald Trump for re-election in 2020.
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Sara Salinas / CNBC:
Apple just hit a $1 trillion market cap — The stock rose nearly 3 percent, briefly hitting a session high of $207.05 in midday trading before falling back below $207. — Apple hit a $1 trillion market cap on Thursday, making the iPhone maker the first publicly traded U.S. company to reach the record valuation.
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Elisabetta Povoledo / New York Times:
Pope Declares Death Penalty Inadmissible in All Cases — ROME — Pope Francis has declared the death penalty inadmissible in all cases “because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person,” the Vatican announced on Thursday, in a shift in Roman Catholic teaching on the issue.
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
‘The Most Accurate Bellwether:’ GOP fears mount over Ohio special election — WASHINGTON — It's time for Republicans to start worrying again. — A special election next week in Ohio's 12th Congressional District is the last big electoral test before November's election …
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Rachel O'Donoghue / Dailystar.co.uk:
South Africa facing ‘mass STARVATION and RIOTS’ after white people's land seized — THERE will be huge food shortages and riots on the streets following plans to seize white South African farmers' land, it has been warned. — Experts have said the country will face dire consequences …