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ABC News:
If Mueller subpoenas Trump to testify, legal fight would go to Supreme Court: Trump lawyer — A member of President Trump's legal team said that if special counsel Robert Mueller were to subpoena Trump to testify in the Russia investigation, it would spark a legal battle that would go to the Supreme Court
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Axios, Mother Jones, CNN, Talking Points Memo, Jamie Dupree - AJC, Mediaite, Law & Crime, Political Wire and JONATHAN TURLEY
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Trump acknowledges purpose of meeting with Russian lawyer — BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday acknowledged that the 2016 Trump Tower meeting between a Kremlin-connected lawyer and his son was to collect information about his political opponent …
emptywheel:
Trump Tweets a Confession, Then Sekulow Admits His Client Has Been Lying about His Involvement — As I disclosed last month, I provided information to the FBI on issues related to the Mueller investigation, so I'm going to include disclosure statements on Mueller investigation posts from here on out.
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Washington Post, Splinter, New Republic, Shareblue Media, BloombergQuint, Washington Free Beacon, Hullabaloo, Politico and Balloon Juice
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
President Admits Focus of Trump Tower Meeting Was Getting Dirt on Clinton — WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Sunday that a Trump Tower meeting between top campaign aides and a Kremlin-connected lawyer was designed to “get information on an opponent” — the starkest acknowledgment yet …
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ABC News, HuffPost, Reuters and Washington Post
Adam Davidson / New Yorker:
The Day Trump Told Us There Was Attempted Collusion with Russia — August 5, 1974, was the day the Nixon Presidency ended. On that day, Nixon heeded a Supreme Court ruling and released the so-called smoking-gun tape, a recording of a meeting, held two years earlier, with his chief of staff, H. R. Haldeman.
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Little Green Footballs, HuffPost, LifeZette, CNN and CNBC
Chip Skambis / WFTV:
Police: Armed bystander takes down gunman at Titusville back to school event — TITUSVILLE, Fla. - An armed bystander shot a man who open-fired on a back to school event at a Titusville park following a fistfight, police said. — The shooting occurred at Isaac Campbell Park on South Street shortly …
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IJR and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
White Nationalists Love Corey Stewart. He Keeps Them Close. — The Republican nominee for Senate in Virginia likes to engage the racial fringes of his party, creating a dilemma for mainstream G.O.P. leaders wary of his views. — WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Corey Stewart stands at the end …
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Politico
Jack Torry / The Columbus Dispatch:
Kasich claims Balderson did not invite Trump to central Ohio — WASHINGTON — Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Republican congressional candidate Troy Balderson told him he did not invite President Donald Trump to campaign for him at a rousing rally Delaware County Saturday on the eve of Tuesday's special election.
Elizabeth Drew / The Daily Beast:
The Trump Slump Hits U.S. Tourism … Summertime, but where are the foreign tourists? — Ever since our forty-fifth president was elected, tourism to the United States from foreign countries has steadily dropped—in the face of a world-wide boom in travel—and the authoritative U.S. Travel Association …
Mike Allen / Axios:
“Red wave”: Inside Trump's frenetic rally schedule — Republican officials have started calling the midterms the “Barbell Election.” — The big picture: A House Republican aide explains that Trump's approval ratings are like barbells: bulging favorables and unfavorables on each end …
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Raw Story, Associated Press, Reuters and DownWithTyranny!
CNN:
Venezuelan President survives apparent drone assassination attempt — (CNN)Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro survived an apparent assassination attempt Saturday after several drones armed with explosives flew toward him during a speech at a military parade.
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ThinkProgress, Washington Post, Home Page Rotator, Conservative News Today, The Week, TheBlaze, Political Wire and WTOP
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
No Straw Man Here: The Mask Slips in Santa Barbara — A little noticed detail in Santa Barbara's recent drive to criminalize plastic straws, which culminated in the Santa Barbara city council taking testimony from a nine-year-old about the planetary menace, has come to light in recent days.
CNN:
Trump leading ‘hate movement’ against media — Anthony Scaramucci and Joe Lockhart join Brian Stelter to discuss President Trump's “enemy of the people” tweets. Stelter says Trump is promoting a “hate movement.” Scaramucci says he has concerns about the rhetoric too: “When you use the word 'enemy …
Martin Chulov / The Guardian:
Hamza bin Laden has married daughter of lead 9/11 hijacker, say family — Exclusive: union confirmed by Osama bin Laden's family during interview with the Guardian — Hamza bin Laden, the son of the late al-Qaida leader, has married the daughter of Mohammed Atta, the lead hijacker in the 9/11 terror attacks, according to his family.
Diane Pathieu / abc7chicago.com:
At least 40 shot in Chicago Sunday, including 8 wounded in Gresham shooting; — Dozens of people were wounded in shootings across Chicago Sunday, police said. — Since midnight, police said 40 people have been shot, four fatally. Since Friday at 5 p.m., 57 people have been shot, six fatally, in shootings in Chicago.
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Chicago Tribune and The Daily Caller
Martin Matishak / Politico:
Rubio signals changes to election meddling bill — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Sunday signaled he is willing to alter bipartisan legislation that would automatically sanction Russia, or any other country, for any future election meddling in order to get is passed.
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Breitbart
Katie Shepherd / Willamette Week:
Multiple observers described the police use of explosive devices as more aggressive than ever before at Portland protests. — A police crackdown on antifascist protesters in downtown Portland today sent at least one woman to the hospital after being hit in the arm and chest with a “flash-bang” grenade police launched into the crowd.
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HuffPost, The Daily Beast, ThinkProgress, Oregonian, Splinter and The Guardian
Washington Post:
Metro no longer considering separate trains for white nationalists attending ‘Unite the Right’ rally — Metro is no longer considering running separate trains for protesters participating in the Aug. 12 “Unite the Right” white nationalists rally in the District, the transit agency's board chairman said Saturday.
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Fortune, NBC4 Washington, Outside the Beltway and WTOP
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Erin Corbett / Fortune:
Transit Union Refuses to Bring White Nationalists to ‘Unite the Right’ Rally
Transit Union Refuses to Bring White Nationalists to ‘Unite the Right’ Rally
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Law & Crime and ThinkProgress
Adam Beam / Associated Press:
McConnell announces re-elect campaign at Fancy Farm picnic — FANCY FARM, Ky. (AP) — Saying it was never too soon to start, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell formally announced his 2020 re-election bid in his home state Saturday and tapped the young leader of the state's House Republicans as his campaign chairman.
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Political Wire
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Judge's ruling invalidates FEC regulation allowing anonymous donations to ‘dark money’ groups — A U.S. District Court judge on Friday issued a ruling invalidating a Federal Election Commission regulation that has allowed donors to so-called dark-money groups to remain anonymous …
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POLITICUSUSA and Axios
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Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
CREW Scores Major Court Victory Against Dark Money
CREW Scores Major Court Victory Against Dark Money
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Common Dreams