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8:20 AM ET, August 13, 2018

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Meridith McGraw / ABC News:

White House looking to stop Omarosa Manigault Newman from releasing more tapes — Omarosa Manigault Newman's former White House colleagues are looking into legal options to stop her from releasing more tapes and to punish her for secretly recording her conversation with Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly …

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:

Omarosa Manigault Newman Taped Her Firing by John Kelly — Omarosa Manigault Newman secretly taped John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, as he fired her in December in the Situation Room, a breach of security protocols, but one that revealed him suggesting that she could face damage …

Discussion: Raw Story, KTLA, CNN, Vox, ABC News and Mother Jones

Daniel Lippman / Politico:

Trump's diplomatic learning curve: Time zones, ‘Nambia’ and ‘Nipple’ — The president has often perplexed foreign officials and his own aides as he learns how to deal with the world beyond America's borders. — Several times in the first year of his administration, President Donald Trump wanted …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Contemptor and Political Wire

Adam Edelman / NBC News:

Omarosa Manigault Newman reveals recording she made of President Trump day after she was fired — The tape, which was played exclusively Monday on “Today” show, appears to show Trump having no idea that Newman had been dismissed by his Chief of Staff John Kelly.

Discussion: New York Daily News

Chris Cillizza / CNN:

The utter collapse of Donald Trump's ‘best people’ boast — (CNN)As a candidate, Donald Trump would famously boast that if elected, he'd “surround myself only with the best and most serious people” — adding: “We want top-of-the-line professionals.” — The first 18 months of his presidency …

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Jonathan Swan / Axios:

Between the lines: Omarosa's secret tapes — A scene that caught the attention of West Wing officials and national security lawyers today: Omarosa let NBC's “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd play tapes of White House chief of staff John Kelly, whom she secretly recorded while he was firing her.

Discussion: The Week and Political Wire

Jonathan Swan / Axios:

Inside Omarosa's reign of terror — Want to know the secret behind Omarosa's wild, largely unchallenged, run in the White House, during which she would swan in and out of the Oval Office, secretly recording the president and his chief of staff? — It's simple: Some of the most powerful men in government were terrified of her.

Discussion: The Week, Politico and Talking Points Memo

Washington Post:
Proposed Consulting Agreement and Companion Agreement that Omarosa Manigault Newman said the …

Discussion: American Prospect

Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Why Omarosa's attack on Kelly could backfire

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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Omarosa claims she heard Trump N-word tape after book's publication

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Washington Post:
Omarosa Manigault Newman releases recording made in White House Situation Room

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Axios:
What they're saying: The legal debate over Omarosa's secret tape

Discussion: Raw Story, Law & Crime, The Gateway Pundit and CBS Los Angeles

David S. Glosser / Politico:

Stephen Miller is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I'm His Uncle. — If my nephew's ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out. — Let me tell you a story about Stephen Miller and chain migration.

Discussion: Raw Story

New York Times:

The Rise and Fall of Paul Manafort: Greed, Deception and Ego — ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A week before the Trump presidential campaign announced that it had hired Paul Manafort, a Yankees ticket specialist alerted him that his annual season tickets would soon be arriving at his 43rd-floor apartment at Trump Tower in New York.

Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:

What's next for Paul Manafort? — The former Trump campaign chairman's trial could go to the jury this week — but his legal drama is far from over. — A verdict in Paul Manafort's Virginia trial could come as early as this week, but it will hardly be the last word on his fate.

Briana Bierschbach / mprnews.org:

Abuse allegation made against Keith Ellison, who denies it — Keith Ellison, one of the leading candidates to be Minnesota's next attorney general, confronted allegations Sunday of domestic abuse of a former girlfriend that surfaced days before the election that will decide the party's nominee.

Discussion: The Week, Washington Post and twitchy.com

John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Latest on Keith Ellison's Domestic Abuse Story [Updated]

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Emily Stewart / Vox:
Keith Ellison denies abuse allegations

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Kyle Potter / Associated Press:
Ellison denies abuse allegations from ex-girlfriend

Discussion: Mother Jones

Washington Post:

Anti-hate protesters far outnumber white supremacists as groups rally near White House — A short and sparsely attended white nationalist rally broke up late Sunday as police ushered the attendees into white vans and drove them away from a crowd of thousands of angry protesters in downtown Washington.

Discussion: The Federalist, Townhall, theGrio, The Daily Beast, Common Dreams, Shareblue Media, IJR, Media Matters for America, Politico and Algemeiner.com

Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Police, counterprotesters dramatically outnumber white supremacists at rally

Discussion: Breitbart, ABC News and Daily Wire

AFP Today / The Times of Israel:
Drowned out by protesters, Washington white supremacist march fizzles

Discussion: Instapundit and New York Times

CNN:
White nationalists dwarfed by crowds of counterprotesters in Washington

Discussion: CNNMoney, The American Spectator, Hit & Run, CBS Sacramento, WTKR-TV, KTLA, The Week and Shareblue Media

Washington Post:

‘A natural’: Donald Trump Jr. emerges as a campaign star, despite Russia baggage — President Trump was watching Fox News Channel with aides in his private dining room off the Oval Office recently when Donald Trump Jr. flashed across the giant flat screen. — “Don's gotten really good,” …

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog

Jackie Wattles / CNN:

Trump encourages boycott against Harley-Davidson — (CNN)President Donald Trump said it's “great” that consumers might boycott Harley-Davidson if it moves some motorcycle production overseas. — The President tweeted about the potential boycott on Sunday

Discussion: The Week, CBS Pittsburgh and BloombergQuint

New York Post:

De Blasio lets security haul away Post reporter for asking question — Mayor de Blasio is a such a big believer in the free press that he let two bodyguards physically remove a credentialed Post reporter who had the temerity to ask him a question in public on Sunday.

Discussion: CNNMoney, NY State of Politics, twitchy.com, BuzzMachine and IJR

Lee Smith / RealClearInvestigations:

2016 Trump Tower Meeting Looks Increasingly Like a Setup by Russian and Clinton Operatives — The June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between high-ranking members of the Republican presidential campaign staff and a Russian lawyer with Kremlin ties remains the cornerstone of claims that Donald Trump colluded …

Burgess Everett / Politico:

‘Sleepin’ Joe' hears alarm bells in Indiana Senate brawl — They call him ‘the accidental senator.’ Now, Democrat Joe Donnelly, one of the most endangered senators in the country, must prove he's no fluke. — INDIANAPOLIS — Most of the red-state Democratic senators have larger …

Ryan Nakashima / Associated Press:

AP Exclusive: Google tracks your movements, like it or not — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to. — An Associated Press investigation found that many Google services on Android devices …

Discussion: New York Times

Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:

Rudy Giuliani Says Trump Lawyers Are Prepared to Counter Mueller — Attorney says president won't sit for interview with special counsel after Sept. 1 to avoid midterm interference — President Trump's lawyers believe they can weather a “negative” report from special counsel Robert Mueller …