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She works for Trump. He can't stand him. This is life with Kellyanne and George Conway. — Kellyanne Conway is in her living room, showing me an enormous painting of Audrey Hepburn wearing a peacock on her head, but her husband, George, really wants us to come into his office and look …


John Brennan: President Trump's Claims of No Collusion Are Hogwash — That's why the president revoked my security clearance: to try to silence anyone who would dare challenge him. — Mr. Brennan was director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2013 to 2017.
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Intel Official: “Brennan's Actions are Unconscionable...Trump Did The Right Thing” — Numerous intelligence officials say Brennan's behavior is damaging to national security — Former CIA Director John Brennan's security clearance was revoked by President Trump Wednesday …
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Trump Revokes Ex-CIA Director John Brennan's Security Clearance — Brennan has been a vocal critic of President Trump — WASHINGTON—President Trump revoked the security clearance of former Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan, a prominent critic of the president, the White House said Wednesday.
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Trump Revokes Ex-C.I.A. Director John Brennan's Security Clearance — WASHINGTON — In a remarkable attack on a political opponent, President Trump on Wednesday revoked the security clearance of John O. Brennan, the former C.I.A. director under President Barack Obama, citing what he called Mr. Brennan's “erratic” behavior.
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John Brennan's nasty history with Trump preceded national security clearance revocation
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CNN, The Daily Beast and Hot Air


Trump, Seeking to Relax Rules on U.S. Cyberattacks, Reverses Obama Directive — It isn't clear what rules the president is adopting to replace the existing ones — President Trump has reversed an Obama-era memorandum governing how and when the U.S. government can deploy cyberweapons …
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Almost 350 news outlets to publish editorials denouncing Trump's ‘dirty war’ on press — Participation comes after a push organized by the Boston Globe to run coordinated editorials against Trump's attacks on the media — Nearly 350 news organizations are set to publish editorials …
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US newsrooms to Trump: We're not enemies of the people
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CBS Boston, Mercury News and Baltimore Sun


Papadopoulos's Wife Says He Should Scrap His Plea Deal With Mueller — The wife of Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos is making the bombshell suggestion that her husband drop a plea deal he has with special counsel Robert Mueller. — Papadopoulos is scheduled to be sentenced …


Trump Says His Tariffs Will Rescue U.S. Steel Industry — President says U.S. steelmakers were in danger of closing; others take issue with the tariffs' impact — WASHINGTON—President Trump said that his steel tariffs on China and other countries are rescuing an iconic U.S. industry …


Omarosa Claims Ivanka Trump ‘Would Not Stop’ Complaining About SNL's ‘Complicit’ Perfume Ad — Omarosa Manigault Newman's tell-all Unhinged claims that Ivanka Trump hated the Saturday Night Live sketch that labeled her “complicit” in March 2017. — “At the senior staff meeting …
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Black Americans aren't buying Omarosa's turn against Trump
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Breitbart and Clayton Cramer


Jack Dorsey says he's rethinking the core of how Twitter works — Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey said he is rethinking core parts of the social media platform so that it doesn't enable the spread of hate speech, harassment and false news, including conspiracy theories shared by prominent users like Alex Jones and Infowars.
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Documents Reveal Successful Cyberattack in California Congressional Race — The FBI investigated hacking attempts targeting a Democrat who ran against “Putin's favorite congressman” — WASHINGTON — FBI agents in California and Washington, D.C., have investigated a series of cyberattacks …
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Trump Staffer Says He Recruited Lobbyists for Russian Mogul — In the time since the election, a little-known Trump campaign staffer named Daniel Gelbinovich reached out to a number of Washington lobbyists with an eyebrow-raising ask: to shield a Putin ally from U.S. sanctions.


Gov. Andrew Cuomo: 'We're not going to make America great again; it was never that great' — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday ratcheted up his verbal feud with President Donald Trump saying “we're not going to make America great again, it was never that great.”
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Cuomo Says ‘America Was Never That Great’ in Jab at Trump Slogan
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Botched CIA Communications System Helped Blow Cover of Chinese Agents — The number of informants executed in the debacle is higher than initially thought. — It was considered one of the CIA's worst failures in decades: Over a two-year period starting in late 2010, Chinese authorities …


The Weekly Standard's Ties to Fusion GPS — In his online appeal for money after being fired this week, disgraced former FBI agent Peter Strzok credited an unlikely source to vouch for his victim status: The Weekly Standard. — At one time a leading conservative magazine …
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Washington Times, Liberty Unyielding, New York Times, Breitbart, 100PercentFedUp.com, National Review and Fox News


Judge blasts Sun Sentinel for publishing confidential information in Parkland school shooting case — A Broward judge criticized the South Florida Sun Sentinel for publishing legally obtained information about the Parkland school shooter. (WPEC-CBS12) — South Florida Sun Sentinel — Privacy Policy
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Trump's lawyers prepare to fight subpoena all the way to the Supreme Court — Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump's lead lawyer for the ongoing Russia probe, said Wednesday that he is still awaiting a response from special counsel Robert S. Mueller III to the Trump team's latest terms …


Cardinal Wuerl addresses report on child sex abuse by priests, says he will not resign — EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Wuerl addresses report on child sex abuse by priests, says he will not resign — Cardinal Wuerl addresses report stating he covered up child sex abuse by priests
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The Catholic Church's Rotherham
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With campaign aides out for ‘revenge,’ Joe Arpaio takes sharp turn against Kelli Ward — TEMPE, Ariz. — Kelli Ward's Senate campaign has a Joe Arpaio problem. — With just over two weeks until the Arizona primary election, Ward has been forced to fend off attacks from the former Maricopa …


Trump-supporting Pentagon analyst stripped of security clearance after Stefan Halper complaints — A Trump-supporting Pentagon analyst was stripped of his security clearance by Obama-appointed officials after he complained of questionable government contracts to Stefan Halper …
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The Trump Administration Is Seeking To Restart Thousands Of Closed Deportation Cases — The Trump administration has requested the restarting of thousands of deportation cases that immigration judges previously had suspended, according to statistics provided Wednesday by the Department …
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Trump attacks Russia provisions in signed defense bill — said in a signing statement that he reserves the right to ignore a recently signed defense authorization law's ban on recognizing Russian sovereignty of Crimea. — The provision was just one of 50 Trump says infringes on his presidential authority.


Austin pirate radio station, flagship for Alex Jones, faces $15k fine — A pirate radio station that serves as controversial host Alex Jones' Austin flagship has been knocked off the city's airwaves - at least temporarily - and the Federal Communications Commission has levied a $15,000 penalty …
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Trump's Speeches Feature Mystery Men the White House Won't Name — The president leans on unidentified allies to back policies — White House won't identify people Trump describes in remarks — One of the biggest supporters of President Donald Trump's trade policies …


Originalism is bad for justice. And Brett Kavanaugh is a big believer — Originalism is a terrible approach to constitutional interpretation. The confirmation hearings on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court, which are to begin Sept. 4 …
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Simple Justice


4 in 10 Republicans think foreign election interference would be a minor problem — or no problem at all — American intelligence officials believe that Russian attempts to interfere in U.S. politics are ongoing. What became obvious during the 2016 campaign is recurring — continuing …


Not one Republican supports a bill to protect domestic violence victims — The GOP is shrugging its shoulders at an urgent deadline to renew the most important U.S. law protecting abuse victims. — Not a single Republican in the U.S. House has signed on to renew a major law that helps victims …
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Daily Kos


Kobach Primary Victory Moves Race to Toss Up — A week after the polls closed, Republican Gov. Jeff Colyer conceded the primary to Secretary of State Kris Kobach. While Kobach's lead over Colyer dwindled to less than 100 votes two days after the primary, Kobach pulled ahead once county officials started counting provisional ballots.
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Masterpiece Cakeshop Owner Sues Colorado After Refusing To Bake Trans Woman's Cake — Baker Jack Phillips, fresh from a Supreme Court victory in a case involving his refusal to serve a same-sex couple, is bringing another legal fight. — Months after winning a Supreme Court case …


SEC Sends Subpoena to Tesla in Probe Over Musk Tweets — Subpoena seeks information from each of Tesla's directors — Federal regulators have subpoenaed Tesla Inc., TSLA -2.57% according to a person familiar with the matter, ramping up an investigation into whether Chief Executive Elon Musk …
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Talking Points Memo

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Sanders — MS. SANDERS: Good afternoon. I'd like to begin by reading a statement from the President: — As the head of the executive branch and Commander-in-Chief, I have a unique constitutional responsibility to protect the nation's classified information …
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Said something you'd like to forget? CNN's Andrew Kaczynski won't let it go. — Carl Higbie was a top Trump administration appointee until CNN's Andrew Kaczynski showed up bearing audiotapes. Within a few days, amid regrets and apologies, Higbie was a former federal employee.