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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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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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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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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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Paul Manafort / New York Times:
Paul Manafort Trial Live Updates: Gates Explains How They Hid Income
Paul Manafort Trial Live Updates: Gates Explains How They Hid Income
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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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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Gates' testimony turns Manafort fraud trial into soap opera
Gates' testimony turns Manafort fraud trial into soap opera
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
America is swarming with Paul Manaforts
America is swarming with Paul Manaforts
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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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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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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.
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.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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 …
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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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
North Korea has not taken steps to denuclearize, John Bolton says — National security adviser John Bolton said Tuesday that North Korea has not made progress toward denuclearization in a dismal acknowledgment that comes nearly two months after President Trump held a historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore.
Ramin Setoodeh / Variety:
Transgender Actors Roundtable: Laverne Cox, Chaz Bono and More on Hollywood Discrimination — As a transgender woman, Trace Lysette had watched from the sidelines as actors like Eddie Redmayne ("The Danish Girl") and Matt Bomer ("Anything") played — members of her community on the big and small screen.
CBS Sacramento:
Black Lives Matter Protesters Crash Wedding Of Cop Linked To Stephon Clark Shooting — SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — One of the two officers who shot and killed Stephon Clark was confronted by Black Lives Matter protesters on his wedding day. — Sacramento police have not released the names …
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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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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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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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William D. Ruckelshaus / Washington Post:
Only one other president has ever acted this desperate — William D. Ruckelshaus served as acting director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and as deputy attorney general in 1973. He was also administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from 1970 to 1973 and 1983 to 1985.
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Anthony Watts / Watts Up With That?:
Failed Prognostications of Climate Alarm … It has been 30 years since the alarm bell was sounded for manmade global warming caused by modern industrial society. And predictions made on that day—and ever since—continue to be falsified in the real world.
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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