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Zac Anderson / Sarasota Herald:
Email indicates Florida House candidate may have staged college degree deception — Miami University says Melissa Howard never graduated, despite her posting images of a diploma. — Facing accusations that she lied about having a degree from Miami University in Ohio …
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Florida GOP Candidate Accused of Faking College Diploma — Miami University has reportedly called out a Republican candidate running for a Florida legislative seat for allegedly fabricating her college credentials. Melissa Howard, running for the GOP nomination for a House seat …
David Bishop / FLA News Online:
EXCLUSIVE: Candidate Melissa Howard Faked Her Diploma, University Alleges — After FLA News exclusively reported Tuesday that Republican State House candidate Melissa Howard didn't have the college degree from Miami University in Ohio that she claimed to have earned, Mrs. Howard flew to Ohio Friday to prove our report wrong.
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Tim Swift / WPLG-TV:
Florida candidate poses with fake diploma after questions about her credentials — Melissa Howard pushed back against news report with forgery, university says — SARASOTA, Fla. - A Republican candidate for the Florida House lied about having a college degree and posed with a fake diploma …
David Von Drehle / Washington Post:
Trump's résumé is rife with mob connections — Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas titled their classic group portrait of Harry S. Truman's foreign policy team, “The Wise Men.” A book about Donald Trump's associations might be called “The Wise Guys.” — Mario Puzo would've been just the man to write it.
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Politico:
Rep. Chris Collins, fighting prosecution, seeks to end reelection bid — Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.), who was charged this week as part of an insider trading scheme, is suspending his re-election campaign and will attempt to remove his name from the ballot.
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New York Times:
A Congressman, a Financial Deal and an Intricate Web of Conflicts — Representative Christopher Collins once said that the success of an obscure Australian company's drug would be carved on his tombstone. Instead, its failure has upended his congressional career.
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Chris Collins suspends re-election campaign following insider trading charges
Chris Collins suspends re-election campaign following insider trading charges
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Javier E. David / CNBC:
NY GOP Congressman Chris Collins suspends campaign amid insider trading allegations
NY GOP Congressman Chris Collins suspends campaign amid insider trading allegations
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Noah Weiland / New York Times:
Before ‘Unite the Right’ Rally, Trump Does Not Condemn Supremacists — WASHINGTON — As white nationalists planned to gather in front of the White House on Sunday to mark the anniversary of last year's violent rally in Charlottesville, Va., President Trump denounced “all types of racism,” …
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Trump's War With Harley-Davidson Has Divided America's Bikers — A move by the company has put one of the country's most iconic brands in the uncomfortable position of clashing with a president who is immensely popular with most of its customers. — STURGIS, S.D. — Gary Rathbun rumbled …
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Michael Savage / The Guardian:
More than 100 seats that backed Brexit now want to stay in EU — Major new analysis shows most constituencies now have majority who want to Remain — More than 100 Westminster constituencies that voted to leave the EU have now switched their support to Remain, according to a stark new analysis seen by the Observer.
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Trump fumes at the FBI, Justice Dept. and Sessions in series of tweets — President Donald Trump on Saturday publicly castigated the Justice Department, the attorney general and the FBI, amplifying his allies' recent efforts to cast doubt on the Russia probe after remaining largely silent …
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Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Trump calls for unity on anniversary of Charlottesville rally
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
When the Tide Comes In — From the very beginning, NR has stood against the ‘irresponsible Right.’ — D — “Save Ike from the Kikes.” — I'd better explain. — This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of the Nazi troll armies' march on Charlottesville, Va. To commemorate it, there will even be a march in Washington.
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John Harwood / CNBC:
GOP corruption scandals may help Democratic candidates, but it's not clear how much — President Trump and GOP candidates face a plethora of ethical and corruption scandals leading up to the midterms. — As long as that list is, something larger dominates this election season, too: Trump's uniquely polarizing governing style.
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BuzzFeed News:
An Airline Employee Stole A Plane From Seattle Airport And Was Chased By Fighter Jets Before Crashing — “I'm just a broken guy. I've got a few screws loose I guess, I never really knew it until now,” the rogue pilot said to air traffic control. — An airline employee stole a plane …
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Ben Jacobs / The Guardian:
Michael Avenatti says Democrats must ‘fight fire with fire’ as he eyes presidential run — Lawyer who rose to fame with the Stormy Daniels case creates scene in Iowa compared to Barack Obama's visit — Michael Avenatti could become the second person to go from cable news fixture to president.
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Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Michael Avenatti Urges Democrats to Reject Michelle Obama's Advice on Trump
Michael Avenatti Urges Democrats to Reject Michelle Obama's Advice on Trump
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El Paso Times:
Let's remove Capitol plaque that lies about history: House Speaker Joe Straus — It has been a year since a horrific tragedy in Charlottesville, Va., caused a loss of life and painfully reminded us that bigotry still exists and needs to be confronted. — It was bigotry also …
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Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Are you still sure there's no need to worry? — “Don't worry, the institutions will stop him.” Or: “Don't worry, he hasn't done any real damage yet, the institutions have stopped him.” How many times have you heard some version of this analysis since the election of President Trump?
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Are there any limits to Paul Manafort's greed?
Chicago Tribune:
2 dead, 18 wounded in Chicago shootings: 'Even I'm scared to walk to the corner store' — A police vehicle is parked at a gas station close to the scene of a shooting that injured two teen boys in the 1300 block of South Independence Boulevard on Aug. 10, 2018. (Madeline Buckley / Chicago Tribune)
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Clare Foran / CNN:
GOP lawmaker: Russian meddling fanned the flames in Charlottesville — Charlottesville anniversary of deadly rally — Washington (CNN)Republican Rep. Tom Garrett said Saturday that he was told during a briefing with the FBI director that Russian meddling played in a role in …
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Michael Walsh / American Greatness:
Farewell to the ‘Conservative Movement’ — The #NeverTrumpumpkins define themselves by their visceral distaste for the president. He offends their fastidious sensibilities, outrages them with his unfiltered Twitter musings, and violates their sense of propriety with his secular hedonism and sheer joy in his own vulgarity.