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Phil Helsel / NBC News:
Secret recording shows GOP's Nunes saying Rosenstein impeachment would delay Supreme Court pick — “Do you want them [the Senate] to drop everything and not confirm the Supreme Court justice?” Rep. Devin Nunes said at a recent fundraiser. — Hard-line conservative Republicans …
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Devin Nunes, in secretly recorded tape, tells donors GOP majority is necessary to protect Trump: 'We're the only ones' — Republican Rep. Devin Nunes of California, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, appears to have moved from criticizing the investigation into Russian interference …
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MSNBC:
TRMS Exclusive: Devin Nunes speaks candidly at fundraiser — The Rachel Maddow Show has obtained exclusive audio of Rep. Devin Nunes speaking candidly to donors at a private fundraiser. — Below are the transcripts of the portions aired on the August 8, 2018 episode of The Rachel Maddow Show:
Jessie Balmert / USA Today:
Ohio race just got closer after county finds hundreds of uncounted votes — A special election in Ohio's 12th Congressional District was too close to call early Tuesday. It could produce an automatic recount for Democrat Danny O'Connor and Republican Troy Balderson, who was backed by President Donald Trump.
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New York Times:
Republicans Gird for House Battle as Ohio and Kansas Races Remain Close — Alarmed by the tight race for a congressional seat in Ohio, Republicans are steeling for a 90-day campaign of trench warfare as they fight to keep control of the House, pinning their hopes on well-funded outside groups …
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Aris Folley / The Hill:
Ohio county finds hundreds of uncounted votes in already too-close-to-call special election
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Townhall, POLITICUSUSA and Cincinnati.com
Washington Post:
‘Nothing bodes well’: Lackluster election results spark debate over Trump's midterm role
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Associated Press, Detroit Free Press and Hullabaloo
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Democrats are losing this race. And they're thrilled about it.
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The Daily Caller, Shareblue Media, The Seattle Times and Washington Monthly
The Daily Beast:
Omarosa Secretly Recorded Trump and Played the Audio to Others, Sources Say … Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former personal attorney and fixer, isn't the only one with secretly recorded audio of the president. — Multiple sources with direct knowledge of the situation tell The Daily Beast …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Rudy Giuliani's expectations game — With his constant commentating and public negotiating, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani is setting up unmeetable expectations for special counsel Robert Mueller — a kind of insurance policy with the president's base. — What he's saying: The former …
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New York Times:
Trump's Lawyers Counter Mueller's Interview Offer, Seeking Narrower Scope — WASHINGTON — President Trump's lawyers rejected the special counsel's latest terms for an interview in the Russia investigation, countering on Wednesday with an offer that suggested a narrow path for answering questions, people familiar with the matter said.
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Tribune Terminates $3.9 Billion Sinclair Merger, Sues Broadcast Rival — FCC Chairman Ajit Pai had concerns about Sinclair's submissions and sent it to an administrative-law judge, a blow to the merger's approval chances — Tribune Media Co. TRCO .99% terminated its merger agreement …
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Washington Post:
Tribune withdraws from Sinclair merger, saying it will sue for ‘breach of contract’ — Tribune Media said Thursday that it would withdraw from its $3.9 billion merger with Sinclair Broadcast Group, adding it would sue Sinclair for “breach of contract” over its failed negotiations with regulators over the deal.
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Hollywood Reporter:
Tribune Media Terminates $3.9B Sinclair Deal, Files Lawsuit for Breach of Contract — The mega-deal would have created a local TV giant reaching nearly two-thirds of U.S. TV households. — Sinclair Broadcast Group's $3.9 billion takeover of Tribune Media, which would have created …
CBS News:
Chris Collins, a timeline — including video of that phone call at the White House picnic — Rep. Chris Collins' indictment on insider trading charges sent ripples through Washington on Wednesday. Collins, the first member of Congress to endorse Donald Trump for president, was key in supporting Mr. Trump early on.
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Grant Stern / The Dworkin Report:
House Republican just arrested for committing a felony on the White House lawn
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David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Social Media Giants Shouldn't Be Arbiters Of Appropriate Speech — Not every defense of free expression is predicated on the Constitution. Sometimes it's about the principle.
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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
The Case for Banning Alex Jones
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Associated Press:
Prosecutor: Man at N.M. compound trained kids for school shooting — AMALIA, N.M. (AP) — The father of a missing Georgia boy was training children at a New Mexico compound to commit school shootings, prosecutors said in court documents obtained Wednesday, as authorities waited to learn …
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Tampa Bay Times:
Bill Nelson: The Russians have penetrated some Florida voter registration systems — Nelson amplified concerns about the 2018 midterms. — Russian operatives have “penetrated” some of Florida's election systems ahead of the 2018 midterms, Sen. Bill Nelson said Wednesday, adding new urgency about hacking.
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Khorri Atkinson / Axios:
Kobach refuses to recuse himself from election recount — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who holds a razor-thin lead over incumbent Jeff Colyer in Kansas' Republican gubernatorial primary dubbed too close to call, said Wednesday that he will not recuse himself from a recount process.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Whole Republican Party Seems to Be Going to Jail Now — The entire Trump era has been a festering pit of barely disguised ongoing corruption. But the whole sordid era has not had a 24-hour period quite like the orgy of criminality which we have just experienced. The events of the last day alone include:
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Hartford Courant:
Regardless of Trial, New Britain Is Keeping ‘Paul Manafort Drive’ — New Britain has no plans to change the name of Paul Manafort Drive, according to city officials. It is named after a former mayor, Paul Manafort, whose son, also named Paul, is making national headlines in his tax fraud trial this week.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Emails show 2016 links among Steele, Ohr, Simpson — with Russian oligarch in background — Emails in 2016 between former British spy Christopher Steele and Justice Department official Bruce Ohr suggest Steele was deeply concerned about the legal status of a Putin-linked Russian oligarch …
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Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Media boost security as Trump ramps up ‘enemy’ rhetoric — TV networks are employing security guards at the president's high-octane rallies. — Notebooks, mics, cameras, hairspray — those are all things TV reporters are used to having with them at political rallies.
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Nicholas Fondacaro / NewsBusters:
GOP Rep's Arrest Gets 7x The Coverage of Entire Scandal for Democrat — If you're a politician with “D” at the end of your name, it grants you certain privileges from an all too friendly press. They go easy on you in interviews, give you the benefit of the doubt, and if you're ever charged …
Associated Press:
Like father, like son: Trump Jr. defiant about Russia probe — WASHINGTON (AP) — If Donald Trump Jr. is worried, he sure doesn't show it. — His father, the president, is reported to be fretting about his eldest son's entanglement in the Russia investigation.
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