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Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
President Trump called Donald Jr. ‘a f—kup’ after he released emails about controversial meet with Russian lawyer, book says — President Trump blasted his firstborn son as a “f—kup” after learning he had released emails about a controversial Trump Tower meeting attended by a Kremlin-connected lawyer …
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Mediaite and Political Wire
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Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
Ex-Trump Aide Seb Gorka is Giving Out Fake Fox News Business Cards — President Donald Trump's former aide Sebastian Gorka is giving out phony Fox News business cards, Mediaite has learned. — Gorka, who was fired from his nebulous role at the White House late last year …
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Talking Points Memo and Splinter
Haley Byrd / Weekly Standard:
Mark Zaid: ‘Any NDA that extends beyond classified information would be unconstitutional.’ — President Donald Trump and his allies have recently touted the existence of nondisclosure agreements with White House employees as a response to estranged former employee Omarosa Manigault Newman's attacks on Trump.
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MSNBC, Talking Points Memo, Law & Crime and Above the Law
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Exclusive: Omarosa Said Former TV Contestant Played Tape Of Racist Slur For Her In White House, Sources Say — The former White House aide and “Apprentice” contestant claims Trump could be heard using the “n-word” on the alleged audio recording, sources close to her confirm she told them in December.
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ABC News, Bloomberg, Conservative News Today, Contemptor, twitchy.com, Raw Story, AOL and Breitbart
Politico:
Trump tried to ban top aides from penning tell-all books — Sources say top officials were asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement prohibiting such books without the express permission of the president. — Long before Omarosa Manigault Newman lodged explosive claims against her former boss …
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Washington Post, Daily Mail, Raw Story, The Week and Political Wire
Greg Price / Newsweek:
Melania Can't Wait to Divorce Donald Trump and Punishes Him With Her Fashion Choices, Omarosa Claims — First lady Melania Trump is eager for her husband, President Donald Trump, to leave office so that she can divorce him, and until then, deliberately chooses to “punish” …
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The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, VICE, Raw Story, Deadline, Mediaite, ThinkProgress and CNN
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
White House paranoia deepens after Omarosa tapes — Omarosa releases a recording of her own firing — Washington (CNN)Secret tapes. Nondisclosure agreements. A lot of name calling. — The revelations surrounding Omarosa Manigault Newman's new memoir, and the ensuing fallout …
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CNNMoney, theGrio, RightWire, BuzzFeed News, Hot Air, NPR and Law & Crime
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Omarosa puts Trump on his heels
POLITICO Playbook: Omarosa puts Trump on his heels
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Washington Post, Talking Points Memo and New York Times
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump offers White House staffers a special perk at his golf club
Trump offers White House staffers a special perk at his golf club
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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Ben White / Politico:
Kudlow: Economy will help GOP keep its grip on House
Kudlow: Economy will help GOP keep its grip on House
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Media Matters for America and Mediaite
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Appears to Admit White House Aides Signed Nondisclosure Agreements
Trump Appears to Admit White House Aides Signed Nondisclosure Agreements
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ABC News, Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA, New York Post, Law & Crime, Daily Wire and Talking Points Memo
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump has no black senior White House staff
Trump has no black senior White House staff
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Popular Information, FiveThirtyEight and New York Daily News
kob.com:
Judge denies motion to detain New Mexico compound suspects after hours-long hearing — ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - State prosecutors' motion to detain five adults arrested after a raid in northern New Mexico earlier this month was denied by a judge on Monday. — Judge Sarah Backus made the determination …
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Clarion Project, TheBlaze and Jihad Watch
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Matt Richardson / Fox News:
Horrifying details released in investigation of ‘extremist Muslim’ compound that allegedly conducted school-shooting training — The children discovered at an “extremist Muslim” compound in New Mexico earlier this month were both trained to use firearms and taught multiple tactical techniques …
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Townhall and Daily Wire
Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Trump Goes for Broke on Claim Military Received No Money Before His Watch. (He's Still Wrong.) — While signing the annual funding bill, President Trump inaccurately claimed that the amount was “historic” and the military had “never” previously received funding.
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CNN:
President Trump visits upstate New York
President Trump visits upstate New York
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New York Times, One America News Network and POLITICUSUSA
Lucia Suarez Sang / Fox News:
Antifa's violent confrontations with police, journalists mar otherwise peaceful rally counterprotesters — Members of Antifa were seen launching eggs, fireworks and water bottles at police officers and the Secret Service, beating people in the street and threatening members of the media during the uber-left …
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twitchy.com, Daily Wire, Vox, The Daily Caller, RightWire and Breitbart
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Avi Selk / Washington Post:
Antifa protesters couldn't find any fascists at Unite the Right — and harassed the press instead
Antifa protesters couldn't find any fascists at Unite the Right — and harassed the press instead
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Daily Wire, twitchy.com, National Review, theGrio and Vox
Caleb Ecarma / USA Today:
I was at the sad white supremacists gathering. It didn't fool me. Their movement is rising.
I was at the sad white supremacists gathering. It didn't fool me. Their movement is rising.
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Liberty Unyielding, Mediaite and ThinkProgress
gofundme.com:
Support for FBI Veteran Pete Strzok — $25,031 of $150,000 goal Raised by 607 people in 3 hours — Friends Of Special Agent Peter Strzok — Peter Strzok, a man who has spent his entire life working to help keep us and our nation safe, has been fired. He needs your help.
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The Daily Caller, Sara A. Carter, Washington Post, Breitbart, TheBlaze, HuffPost, twitchy.com, Daily Wire, IJR, RightWire, The Gateway Pundit, RedState, Hot Air, Law & Crime, Axios, Observer, Liberty Unyielding, CANNONFIRE and New York Times
CNN:
Manafort emailed Kushner with recommendations for senior administration posts — Banker testifies after unexplained recess — (CNN)Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is now officially part of the trove of evidence in Paul Manafort's criminal trial, as part of an email exchange …
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POLITICUSUSA
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Luppe B. Luppen / Yahoo:
3 missing men at the Manafort trial
BBC:
Westminster car crash: Man arrested on suspicion of terror offences — A man has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences after a car crashed outside the Houses of Parliament. — The vehicle swerved into cyclists and pedestrians shortly after 07:30 BST, injuring three people.
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Townhall, VICE News, Politico, Towleroad Gay News and The Guardian
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Kim Hjelmgaard / USA Today:
British police say car crash outside British Parliament was terror attack
British police say car crash outside British Parliament was terror attack
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Fox News and twitchy.com
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Signs grow that Mueller is zeroing in on Roger Stone — appears to be narrowing his focus on Roger Stone — in his investigation into Russian interference in the election, prompting widespread speculation that the longtime adviser to President Trump — is likely a target in the probe.
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Mother Jones
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Zoe Greenberg / New York Times:
What Happens to #MeToo When a Feminist Is the Accused? — The case seems like a familiar story turned on its head: Avital Ronell, a world-renowned female professor of German and Comparative Literature at New York University, was found responsible for sexually harassing a male former graduate student, Nimrod Reitman.
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Washington Square News and Front Page Magazine
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Nelson's narrow lead with Florida Latinos worries Democrats — Sen. Bill Nelson holds a narrow 44-41 percent lead over Gov. Rick Scott among Latino voters in Florida's Senate race, according to a new poll that's raising fresh concerns among Democrats that the incumbent is in a dicey position …
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Political Wire, Orlando Sentinel, Florida Politics, Tampa Bay Times and CBS News
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
'Where's the blue wave?' Voter data show Florida Democrats aren't surging
'Where's the blue wave?' Voter data show Florida Democrats aren't surging
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Daily Wire
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
The media's blatant hypocrisy — even about media-bashing — Welcome to the age of self-congratulatory media. “Democracy dies in darkness” goes the ridiculous tagline on The Washington Post's front page. Reporters openly call themselves heroes and firefighters.
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The Tracinski Letter
Kate Taylor / Business Insider:
Rapper Azealia Banks claims she was at Elon Musk's house over the weekend as he was ‘scrounging for investors’ — Rapper Azealia Banks claimed that she spent the weekend at Tesla CEO and founder Elon Musk's house, setting social media ablaze. — Banks told Business Insider she saw Musk at home …
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Consequence of Sound and Gizmodo
Kellen Browning / Sacramento Bee:
Two men identified in fatal fight on I-5; witnesses say one chased the other with a bat — The two men who were killed early Sunday morning after a vehicle collision caused a fight on Interstate 5 in Natomas were identified Monday. — Their vehicles hit each other in the northbound lanes …
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Daily Wire
Luke Broadwater / Baltimore Sun:
Gonzales poll: Hogan leads Jealous by 16 points in Maryland governor's race — With less than three months until the general election, Republican Gov. Larry Hogan has a sizable lead over Democratic challenger Ben Jealousaccording to a new poll by Gonzales Research & Marketing Strategies.
Jonah Engel Bromwich / New York Times:
Today's Supreme Drop Is All Over the New York Post — A dramatic cover ad on the New York Post for the street wear company Supreme turned today's tabloid into an impossible to find commodity. — Rush hour commuters were hard-pressed to find a copy of The New York Post near the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Times Square on Monday.
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