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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
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 …
Carlos Lozada / Washington Post:
I read six sycophantic pro-Trump books — and then I read Omarosa — Hagiographies of the president share seven core traits. — Some are born Trump sycophants. Some achieve Trump sycophancy. And some have Trump sycophancy thrust upon them — since he's a star, they let him do that.
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Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
Black Americans aren't buying Omarosa's turn against Trump — WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, Omarosa Manigault Newman stood at Donald Trump's side, making her deeply unpopular with African-Americans who see her as a sellout for aligning herself with a president who has hurled one insult after another at black people.
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Huckabee Sanders apologizes for false statement about black employment — White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders apologized late Tuesday for wrongly stating that President Trump has created three times as many jobs for black workers as President Barack Obama did.
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CNN:
Hatch on Trump tweet calling Omarosa a ‘dog’: 'I'm not comfortable with that'
Hatch on Trump tweet calling Omarosa a ‘dog’: 'I'm not comfortable with that'
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Penn Jillette says Trump used ‘racially insensitive’ language on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’
Penn Jillette says Trump used ‘racially insensitive’ language on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’
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Weekly Standard, Vanity Fair and USA Today
Benjamin Wermund / Politico:
Omarosa: DeVos said black college students lack the ‘capacity to understand’ her agenda
Omarosa: DeVos said black college students lack the ‘capacity to understand’ her agenda
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Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone:
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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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
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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Trump revokes John Brennan's security clearance
Trump revokes John Brennan's security clearance
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Trump revokes security clearance of former CIA director Brennan, a critic of the president
Trump revokes security clearance of former CIA director Brennan, a critic of the president
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Trump revokes former CIA Director Brennan's security clearance
Trump revokes former CIA Director Brennan's security clearance
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Sanders: Trump administration 'won't forget' Turkey's treatment of American pastor
Sanders: Trump administration 'won't forget' Turkey's treatment of American pastor
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Cuomo Says ‘America Was Never That Great’ in Jab at Trump Slogan
Cuomo Says ‘America Was Never That Great’ in Jab at Trump Slogan
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The organizer of the Charlottesville rally just got humiliated by his own father — “Get out of my room,” Jason Kessler's father said to him during a live stream. — I reported from the “Unite the Right 2” rally in Washington on Sunday. It was a dreary failure that attracted around 30 people …
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
White supremacist rally leader gets yelled at by his dad during livestream
White supremacist rally leader gets yelled at by his dad during livestream
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Harry Enten / CNN:
New poll suggests attacks on Nancy Pelosi won't matter in midterms — GOP using Pelosi in ads as a midterms motivator — (CNN)Republican House candidates have attacked their Democratic opponents over their future potential vote to make Nancy Pelosi the speaker of the House again.
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Grace Sparks / CNN:
CNN Poll: Democratic advantage grows in race for Congress — (CNN)Democrats now lead Republicans by 52% to 41% in a nationwide generic Congressional ballot according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS and released Tuesday. The blue lead has increased slightly from eight percentage points …
Michael Brendan Dougherty / National Review:
The Catholic Church's Rotherham — If the Church cannot govern itself from within, it will be governed from without. — e are deeply saddened. " So begin the many perfunctory statements of many Catholic bishops today in response to the Pennsylvania grand-jury report detailing how priests …
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Daniel Burke / CNN:
Critics slam Vatican's ‘disturbing’ silence on abuse cover-ups
Critics slam Vatican's ‘disturbing’ silence on abuse cover-ups
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BBC:
Mystery Russian satellite's behaviour raises alarm in US — A mysterious Russian satellite displaying “very abnormal behaviour” has raised alarm in the US, according to a State Department official. — “We don't know for certain what it is and there is no way to verify it,” …
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Bill Gertz / Washington Free Beacon:
U.S. Says Small Russian Satellite A Space Weapon
U.S. Says Small Russian Satellite A Space Weapon
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Washington Post:
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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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Manafort trial Day 12: Prosecution hammers Manafort's ‘lies,’ defense chides ‘selective’ evidence — Prosecutors urged jurors in the trial of Paul Manafort to focus on financial records and Manafort's “lies” — and to set aside personal feelings about a tainted star witness — as they offered their closing argument on Wednesday.
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Luppe B. Luppen / Yahoo:
Can Manafort's Team Make a Killer Closure?
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
House: Three More GOP Seats Join the Toss Up Column — For Republicans, the 2018 House playing field is a lot like a game of Whack-a-Mole: everywhere they turn, new problems keep popping up in surprising places. In January, we rated 20 GOP-held seats as Toss Ups or worse, including three leaning towards Democrats.
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CBS Sacramento:
Trump Supporter Claims Social Distortion Lead Singer Mike Ness Beat Him Up Over Politics — SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A Trump supporter claims he was attacked by the lead singer of a punk rock band when he jeered the frontman's political statements. — Tim Hildebrand of Galt says the attack happened …
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Tana Ganeva / Raw Story:
Trump supporter beat up by Social Distortion singer at punk show after he protests anti-Trump rant
Trump supporter beat up by Social Distortion singer at punk show after he protests anti-Trump rant
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Hostility unabated: Colorado seeks to punish cake artist Jack Phillips again — ADF attorneys file suit against state officials — DENVER - Although the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that Colorado cannot treat cake artist Jack Phillips differently than others, state officials have continued …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Elizabeth Warren has a plan to save capitalism — She's unveiling a bill to make corporate governance great again. — Elizabeth Warren has a big idea that challenges how the Democratic Party thinks about solving the problem of inequality. — Instead of advocating for expensive …
Tina Sfondeles / Chicago Sun-Times:
Joe Biden 'under doctor's orders' to skip Illinois State Fair Democrat Day — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Former Vice President Joe Biden won't be campaigning at the Illinois State Fair due to an illness, state Democrats announced late Tuesday. — Biden had been scheduled to take part …
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Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Joe Biden cancels Illinois event due to 'doctor's orders'
Joe Biden cancels Illinois event due to 'doctor's orders'
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Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
New Estimates Show Overdose Deaths Surpassed 72,000, a New High, in 2017 — Fentanyl is a big culprit, but there are also encouraging signs from states that have prioritized public health campaigns and addiction treatment. — Drug overdoses killed more than 72,300 Americans last year …
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Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Jim Carrey's (Reluctant) Return to Hollywood: At Home With an Actor, Artist and Trump-Era Agitator — In his first extensive profile in years, the one-time $20 million-a-movie star and current political cartoonist opens up about his disappearance, his personal pain, his outrage and why he's returning …
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Jennifer E. Duffy / The Cook Political Report:
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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Candice Choi / Associated Press:
A rising concern? After straws, balloons get more scrutiny — NEW YORK (AP) — Now that plastic straws may be headed for extinction, could Americans' love of balloons be deflated? — The joyous celebration of releasing balloons into the air has long bothered environmentalists …
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Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
Treasury retweets Trump, possibly violating campaign law — The Treasury Department on Wednesday retweeted a post from President Trump — celebrating Republican wins in congressional elections this year, potentially violating federal campaign law. — The department's official Twitter account shared …
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