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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Now the Trump administration wants to limit citizenship for legal immigrants — The most significant change to legal immigration in decades could affect millions of would-be citizens, say lawyers and advocates. — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expected to issue a proposal …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Administration Attacking Legal Immigrants Next — Donald Trump's defenders have insisted all along that when evaluating his immigration policy, we should ignore his veiled and even textbook racist appeals, and instead view it as a straightforward application of law enforcement.
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Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
New Poll: 43% of Republicans Want to Give Trump the Power to Shut Down Media … Freedom of the press may be guaranteed in the Constitution. But a plurality of Republicans want to give President Trump the authority to close down certain news outlets, according to a new public opinion survey conducted Ipsos …
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Dan Alexander / Forbes:
New Details About Wilbur Ross' Business Point To Pattern Of Grifting — I write about Donald Trump, the people around him, and how they affect business. Before he won the presidency, I covered billionaires, industrial America and sports. My favorite stories focus on the hands-dirty businesses between …
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Wall Street Journal:
Former Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Under Investigation for Tax Fraud — As legal pressures mount, Cohen's bank loans are also under scrutiny by prosecutors — The legal pressures facing Michael Cohen are growing in a wide-ranging investigation of his personal business affairs and his work …
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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
This is the Way Paul Ryan's Speakership Ends — The Republican leader is walking away. Don't ask him about Trump anymore. — Paul Ryan has a thing about punctuality and routine. They bring a sense of order to the chaos that he otherwise must try to maneuver through.
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Bloomberg:
Manafort Judge to Prosecutor: 'There's Tears in Your Eyes' — Judge tells prosecutor to 'look at me when you're talking' — Right-hand man Gates returns to witness stand on Tuesday — Tensions at the Paul Manafort fraud trial grew so heated Monday that the judge suggested …
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Gates' testimony turns Manafort fraud trial into soap opera — Analysis: He spoke to something no other witness so far has been able to: his assessment of Manafort's motives. In a word, greed. — WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller may not need Rick Gates to prove crimes against Paul Manafort.
Paul Manafort / New York Times:
Paul Manafort Trial Live Updates: After a $215,000 Tax Bill, Manafort Writes ‘This Is a Disaster’
Paul Manafort Trial Live Updates: After a $215,000 Tax Bill, Manafort Writes ‘This Is a Disaster’
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CBS News:
Paul Manafort trial day 6: Rick Gates testifies — live updates
Paul Manafort trial day 6: Rick Gates testifies — live updates
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Manafort prosecution's frustration with judge leads to fiery clashes
Manafort prosecution's frustration with judge leads to fiery clashes
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David French / New York Times:
A Better Way to Ban Alex Jones — “Hate speech” is extraordinarily vague and subjective. Libel and slander are not. — Mr. French is a First Amendment litigator and senior writer for National Review. — Let me start by making a few things abundantly clear.
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Media Matters for America:
MailChimp confirms that it terminated accounts of Alex Jones and Infowars — Update: In a statement to Media Matters, MailChimp confirmed it has removed the accounts for Infowars, citing “hateful content”: — MailChimp doesn't generally comment on individual users or accounts, but we'll make an exception today.
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Caitlin Yilek / Washington Examiner:
‘Survival of our democracy’ depends on banning sites like InfoWars, Dem senator says
‘Survival of our democracy’ depends on banning sites like InfoWars, Dem senator says
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Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
No One Voted for Facebook and Apple to Deal With Alex Jones
No One Voted for Facebook and Apple to Deal With Alex Jones
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Sydney Franklin / Archpaper.com:
EPA is now allowing asbestos back into manufacturing — One of the most dangerous construction-related carcinogens is now legally allowed back into U.S. manufacturing under a new rule by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). On June 1, the EPA authorized a “SNUR” (Significant New Use Rule) …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Democrats seize on cherry-picked claim that ‘Medicare-for-all’ would save $2 trillion — “We know that Medicaid expansion and Medicare-for-all actually save this state and this nation $2 trillion if it were fully implemented.” — As our colleague David Weigel reported …
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Brian Riedl / Vox:
America might be ready for democratic socialism. It's not ready for the bill.
America might be ready for democratic socialism. It's not ready for the bill.
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Allies Struggle to Stop QAnon's Spread … Pro-Trump media personalities are scrambling to prevent the QAnon conspiracy theory from catching on with the GOP grassroots, after a Trump rally last week brought the bizarre movement to mainstream attention.
NBC News:
Here are six things to watch in today's elections — First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — WASHINGTON — Voters head to the polls for primary elections in Kansas, Michigan …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
When a Trump supporter's wife is deported — Sgt. Temo Juarez was a Trump guy. An Iraq combat veteran who served as a Marine infantryman and then an Army National Guardsman, his friends called him a “super conservative.” With his wife, he brought up their two daughters in Central Florida.
David Marchese / Vulture:
In Conversation: Kathleen Turner … When Kathleen Turner, standing in the Vulture reception area, introduces herself in her singular throaty rasp, the effect is almost comic — who else has a voice like that? “This thing happens with restaurants,” says Turner as we walk to a conference room.
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Avery G. Wilks / The State:
Fairfield losing another 126 jobs after TV-maker closes plant, citing Trump tariffs — COLUMBIA, SC — Beleaguered Fairfield County is losing another 126 jobs after TV-maker Element Electronics said Monday it will close its Winnsboro plant in response to tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.
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Christine Condon / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
670 ballots in a precinct with 276 voters, and other tales from Georgia's primary — WASHINGTON — Habersham County's Mud Creek precinct in northeastern Georgia had 276 registered voters ahead of the state's primary elections in May. — But 670 ballots were cast, according …
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
GOP fears steep losses in state legislatures — LOS ANGELES — Republicans hoping to hold on to their majorities in state legislative chambers across the country are nervously eying President Trump — 's anemic approval rating, concerned that a wave of voter anger could undo years of gains.
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Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
Win or lose, Beto O'Rourke's campaign against Ted Cruz could shape Texas politics for years — Despite the excitement he's generated among Democrats, U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke's bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is still widely viewed as a long shot. Yet the El Paso congressman's campaign …
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Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
If Trump meeting is illegal, then Clinton dossier is criminal too — has ignited yet another firestorm with a tweet admitting that the meeting in Trump Tower between Russians and his son, Donald Trump Jr. — , was an effort to gather dirt on Hillary Clinton
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Ben Jacobs / The Guardian:
Bill de Blasio: Murdoch's media empire is behind Trump's election — The New York mayor discussed the role Fox News has played in US politics and the progressive shift in the Democratic party — To New York mayor Bill de Blasio, Rupert Murdoch is directly responsible for Donald Trump.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Giuliani preparing letter to Mueller expressing ‘real reluctance’ over obstruction questions — Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump's lead attorney for the ongoing special counsel investigation, said Monday that Trump's legal team is planning to send a letter to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III …
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NBC New York:
Dead Fetus Found on American Airlines Flight at LaGuardia Airport, Sources Say — A cleaning crew made the grisly discovery in the plane's lavatory Tuesday — Dead Fetus Found on American Airlines Plane at LaGuardia — A cleaning crew found a fetus in the toilet of a plane lavatory …
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
America is swarming with Paul Manaforts — One possible lesson of the many brazen, conspicuous scandals related to President Trump and others in his orbit: The U.S. government has been massively underinvesting in enforcement and prosecution of white-collar crime.
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Washington Post:
Trump's political base is weaker than it seems, our new study finds — In July, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo faced tough questions from both Democratic and Republican lawmakers over President Trump's recent summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Republican criticism …
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Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
Why in the world is Saudi Arabia sanctioning Canada? — What does Saudi Arabia think it can accomplish with sanctions? Here are three possible explanations. — Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a regular contributor to PostEverything.
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Exclusive poll: Trump's iron wall of defense — Data: SurveyMonkey online poll conducted August 1-3, 2018 among a total sample of 2,421 adults living in the United States. Margins of error at the 95% confidence level are ±3 percentage points for Total, ±9.5 for African-American women …
Financial Times:
Elon Musk tweets plan to on taking Tesla private — Arash Massoudi in London, Richard Waters in San Francisco and James Fontanella-Khan in New York August 7, 2018 — Elon Musk took to Twitter on Wednesday to declare that he might take Tesla private shortly after a Financial Times report …
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New York Times:
A Top Syrian Scientist Is Killed, and Fingers Point at Israel — JERUSALEM — Aziz Asbar was one of Syria's most important rocket scientists, bent on amassing an arsenal of precision-guided missiles that could be launched with pinpoint accuracy against Israeli cities hundreds of miles away.
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Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Fox News Correspondent Conor Powell Resigns: ‘Lots of Reporters Are Very Unhappy’ — Conor Powell was “uncomfortable with the direction of the news organization in recent months,” a person familiar with the matter told TheWrap — Fox News foreign correspondent Conor Powell has left the company after nine years with the network.
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Nunes: FBI Failed To Include ‘Exculpatory’ Evidence In Carter Page FISAs — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes claims that the FBI and Justice Department omitted ‘exculpatory evidence’ on Carter Page in spy applications. — The Republican also claims that DOJ official Bruce Ohr …
Washington Post:
‘Maxine Waters’ America': Protesters swarm pro-Trump organization's leaders at a restaurant — Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens are outspoken leaders of the pro-Trump organization Turning Point USA. Kirk, the founder, has been called a conservative provocateur with the ear of the president.
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Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Apple could be used as a ‘bargaining chip’ in the trade war, Chinese state media warns — Apple has benefited from cheap labor and strong supply chain in China which has helped it boost profit and get to a $1 trillion valuation, the state-backed People's Daily said.
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