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9:50 AM ET, August 5, 2018

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Washington Post:
Trump at a precarious moment in his presidency: Privately brooding and publicly roaring  —  In private, President Trump spent much of the past week brooding, like he often does.  He has been anxious about the Russia investigation's widening fallout, with his former campaign chairman now standing trial.
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CNN:
Trump voicing concerns about son being entangled in Mueller probe  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump is concerned about whether his son Donald Trump Jr. might have exposure in the special counsel's Russia investigation, leading to his increasingly frenzied public agitation over Robert Mueller, sources close to the White House tell CNN.
Discussion: Bloomberg, Axios and Political Wire
The Hill:
Melania backs LeBron after Trump insult: He's ‘working to do good things’  —  voiced support for LeBron James on Saturday after President Trump  —  went after the NBA star on Twitter, questioning his intelligence.  —  A spokeswoman for Melania Trump said in a statement that James is …
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Washington Post:
Melania Trump issues statement in support of LeBron James after president insults him
Washington Post:
Trump criticizes Democrats, ‘Russian witch hunt,’ and coastal elites at Ohio rally
Discussion: Politico and The Week
CNN:
Michael Jordan pushes back after Trump attacks LeBron James, Don Lemon
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Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
The Progressives' Plan to Win in 2018  —  NEW ORLEANS - The first Netroots Nation conference in a Trump-era election year opened with not one, not two, but five keynote speakers of color, all of whom underlined the potential of a “multiracial coalition” of voters made up of African Americans …
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.
New York Times:
The Age That Women Have Babies: How a Gap Divides America  —  Becoming a mother used to be seen as a unifying milestone for women in the United States.  But a new analysis of four decades of births shows that the age that women become mothers varies significantly by geography and education.
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.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and WTOP
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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 …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Axios
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Jordan Libowitz / CREW:   CREW Scores Major Court Victory Against Dark Money
Roey Hadar / ABC News:
4 primaries, Ohio special election promise key midterm clues  —  Voters in five states head to the polls Tuesday, and both parties are looking for signs of strength and unity in their ranks less than three months until the first major U.S. election since the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
Discussion: Political Wire
Maria Kiselyova / Reuters:
Russia tasks Hollywood actor Seagal with improving U.S. ties  —  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday it had made U.S. actor Steven Seagal its special representative for Russian-U.S. humanitarian ties, a role it said was meant to deepen cultural, art and youth ties between the two countries.
Discussion: Newsweek and CNN
Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
The lessons we can still learn from my friend Ron Dellums  —  The morning after I was first elected to Congress, I flew to Washington hoping to get right to work.  The incoming chairman of the Armed Services Committee was one of the few House members on Capitol Hill that morning.
Sean McElwee / New York Times:
The Power of ‘Abolish ICE’  —  Democrats are shifting left on immigration, and it shows at the polls.  —  Mr. McElwee is a co-founder of Data for Progress.  —  In June, when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Latina organizer, unseated Joe Crowley, one of the most powerful Democratic incumbents in the country, many analysts were shocked.
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Continental Drift  —  As Europe wanes, the distance between it and America grows  —  According to Pew International polls, Trump is now intensely disliked in Europe.  His endless spats over European trade, the costs of NATO, and differing approaches to Vladimir Putin's Russia acerbated already tense U.S.-European relations.
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Parkland Shooter Asked for Help, but Was Denied Before Shooting … A new report found Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz asked school officials for help months before he allegedly gunned down 14 fellow classmates and three adults—but the school district “did not follow through.”
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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
‘Never In My Wildest Dreams’: GOP Candidates Find Key to Winning Trump's Strong Praise
Discussion: Mother Jones
Michelle Tan / Army Times:
Army Delta Force sergeant major dies during free-fall parachute training
Discussion: AOL
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Trump's worst political nightmare? Democrats with subpoena power.
Discussion: Raw Story and CNBC
BuzzFeed News:
New Documents From Kavanaugh's Time In The Bush White House Show He Worked On Key Questions Of Presidential Power
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Toni Airaksinen / Campus Reform:
UCLA makes students pay classmates to promote ‘social justice’
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
Twitter is run by Democratic donors and activists
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Trump Fans Are Suckers and QAnon Is Perfect for Them
Discussion: Raw Story
Martine Berg Olsen / Metro.co.uk:
Europe faces hottest day ever as temperatures soar to 48C
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An interview with Telegraph Director of Technology Dylan Jacques on the goal of launching 12 significant uses of AI in the newsroom over 12 months

Liam Scott / Voice of America:
Reporters Without Borders sues X in France for “complicity in disseminating false information”, after X failed to block a fake video with RSF's logo

Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg:
X sues to block California's AB 2655, aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media, claiming it impinges on free speech

 
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