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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump and Omarosa Had a ‘F*cking Weird’ Fight With Vietnam Vets … Early on in the Donald Trump administration, the president vested many of his nearest and dearest with tasks they were woefully unprepared for—and Apprentice superstar Omarosa Manigault Newman was no exception.
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New York Times:
Omarosa Manigault Newman Releases Tape of Lara Trump's $15,000-a-Month Job Offer — Omarosa Manigault Newman released a secret recording on Thursday that she said backed her claim that President Trump's daughter-in-law had offered her a $15,000-a-month contract in exchange for her silence about her time as a White House adviser.
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CNN:
Pentagon postpones Trump's military parade — (CNN)The Department of Defense says the military parade originally scheduled for Veterans Day will be postponed. — “The Department of Defense and White House have been planning a parade to honor America's military veterans and commemorate …
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William H. McRaven / Washington Post:
Revoke my security clearance, too, Mr. President — William H. McRaven, a retired Navy admiral, was commander of the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command from 2011 to 2014. He oversaw the 2011 Navy SEAL raid in Pakistan that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. — Dear Mr. President:
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Olivia Gazis / CBS News:
Top former intelligence bosses speak out in favor of John Brennan — Twelve former directors and deputy directors of the Central Intelligence Agency and a former Director of National Intelligence signed a letter of support for former CIA director John Brennan, calling the signal sent …
Axios:
Trump's favorite presidential powers — As President Trump has settled into Year 2 of his presidency, he has become especially enamored with powers he can exercise — just like back at the Trump Organization — without the approval or even consultation of anyone else.
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump gears up to strip more clearances from officials tied to Russia investigation
Trump gears up to strip more clearances from officials tied to Russia investigation
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New York Times:
Revoking Clearance, Trump Aims Presidential Power at Russia Inquiry
Revoking Clearance, Trump Aims Presidential Power at Russia Inquiry
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Trump Is Not Trying to Silence Brennan
Trump Is Not Trying to Silence Brennan
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New York Times:
Elon Musk Confronts a Fateful Tweet and an ‘Excruciating’ Year — Elon Musk was at home in Los Angeles, struggling to maintain his composure. “This past year has been the most difficult and painful year of my career,” he said. “It was excruciating.” — The year has only gotten …
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Mark Penn / The Hill:
Press needs to restore its credibility on FBI and Justice Department — I will never call the mainstream media “the enemy of the people.” But I will call them out for having strayed from fairly reporting some of the biggest stories of the last two years. No matter how egregious their errors …
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Violet Ikonomova / Detroit Metro Times:
Detroit Rep. Bettie Cook Scott on Asian opponent: 'Don't vote for the ching-chong!' — More than a dozen community groups have called on Rep. Bettie Cook Scott (D-Detroit) to apologize for a series of racial slurs sources say she used to describe her primary election opponent, Rep. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit).
Wall Street Journal:
As ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape Surfaced, Michael Cohen Changed Tune on Paying Stormy Daniels — Federal prosecutors investigating former Trump lawyer view October 2016 tape as trigger for burying potentially damaging information, people familiar with the matter say
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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
The Chance of Michael Cohen Facing Criminal Campaign Finance Charges Just Went Up
The Chance of Michael Cohen Facing Criminal Campaign Finance Charges Just Went Up
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump cancels military parade, blames ‘local politicians’ for ballooning cost — President Donald Trump announced Friday that he has canceled a planned military parade in Washington, accusing “local politicians” of price gouging and announcing that the government will redirect funds …
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Missy Ryan / Washington Post:
Pentagon may delay Trump's military parade, originally slated for November, to next year
Pentagon may delay Trump's military parade, originally slated for November, to next year
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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Pentagon delays Trump's military parade until at least 2019
Pentagon delays Trump's military parade until at least 2019
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Yahoo:
Judge says Trump campaign screwed up on wording of confidentiality agreements — A Manhattan judge issued a ruling on Thursday that thwarted the Trump campaign's attempts to keep a lawsuit out of open court, with potential implications for the looming battle over fired Trump aide Omarosa …
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Nancy Gertner / Washington Post:
The extraordinary bias of the judge in the Manafort trial — Nancy Gertner, a retired U.S. District Court judge in Massachusetts, is a lecturer at Harvard Law School. — It is not unusual for judges to intervene in court proceedings from time to time — to direct the lawyers to move …
Carla Herreria / HuffPost:
565 Migrant Children Remain Separated From Families 3 Weeks Past Judge's Deadline — The number of kids who have been reunited in the last couple of weeks can be counted on two hands, according to court filings on the immigration detentions. — Only a small fraction of the nearly 600 …
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
DOJ Sues Ivanka's Ex-Business Partner for Massive Fraud — Moshe Lax and members of his family allegedly conspired to deprive the U.S. of $60 million. — The Justice Department is suing a friend and former business partner of Ivanka Trump for his alleged role in schemes to defraud …
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Noah Weiland / New York Times:
Meet the Special Counsel Team: So Careful They Won't Even Disclose Their Shake Shack Orders — ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Greg D. Andres looked like any ordinary guest at the Westin hotel here, standing near the valet in flip-flops and a white Notre Dame boxing T-shirt, waiting for a Postmates delivery from Shake Shack.
Jericka Duncan / CBS News:
Woman accusing Rep. Keith Ellison of abuse speaks out — Rep. Keith Ellison — deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee and a candidate for Minnesota attorney general — has denied allegations that he abused his ex-girlfriend, Karen Monahan. On Thursday, Monahan, 44 …
Morning Call:
Lehigh Valley velodrome board put Pennsylvania congressional candidate Marty Nothstein on leave after sexual misconduct allegation — Congressional candidate Marty Nothstein was the subject of a sexual misconduct investigation prior to leaving his job this summer as leader …
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WSYX:
Teen shot and killed after knocking on grandfather's window — A 19-year-old was shot and killed after knocking on her grandfather's window, trying to wake him up (WSYX/WTTE) — COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX/WTTE) - A 19-year-old died after she was shot late Wednesday night outside her grandfather's southeast Columbus home.
Musa al-Gharbi / Heterodox Academy:
Vox's Consistent Errors on Campus Speech, Explained — Musa al-Gharbi is a Paul F. Lazarsfeld Fellow in Sociology at Columbia University, and managing editor at Heterodox Academy. — The Free Speech Project (FSP), based out of Georgetown University, attempts to document …
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Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Are Frosted Mini-Wheats less frosted than their generic competitors? An investigation. — The whole point of Kellogg's Frosted Mini-Wheats is summed up right there in the name: It's the frosting. At some point in the mid-20th century somebody at Kellogg's got the brilliant idea to spray …
YouTube:
Trump Freely Criticizes the Free Press … Trump responds to the press' pleas for a free press by attacking the free press. — Watch The Late Show with Stephen Colbert weeknights at 11:35 PM ET/10:35 PM CT. Only on CBS. — Get the CBS app for iPhone & iPad! Click HERE: http://bit.ly/12rLxge
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Howard Fischer Capitol / Arizona Daily Star:
Poll: Martha McSally's lead in Arizona GOP race for U.S. Senate nearly insurmountable — A new statewide poll suggests that all of the money being spent on behalf of Martha McSally on TV commercials to become the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate Arizona has been paying off.
Associated Press:
Next mission for women with military service: Run for office — WASHINGTON (AP) — A dragon winds around a cherry tree in the tattoo across MJ Hegar's arm and back, over the shrapnel wounds she had, at one point, not wanted to see with her young children around.
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Maggie Severns / Politico:
'Oh that's cool — do that!': Super PACs use new trick to hide donors — Mere days after it sprang to life in a burst of paperwork, the new super PAC Red and Gold spent nearly $1 million attacking Rep. Martha McSally, a battleground GOP Senate candidate favored by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
The Daily Beast:
Aretha Franklin Bashed Trump in Private, Blew Off Inauguration Invite … The late “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin hated the political rise of Donald Trump. But that didn't stop him from trying, and failing, to book her to perform at his 2017 inauguration.
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Patrick Leahy / U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont:
BREAKING NEWS From Senator Feinstein, Senator Leahy, And Senator Durbin: Documents Indicate That Kavanaugh Misled Senate; Make Them Public — Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) Thursday asked Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley …
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Speaker's super PAC drops huge dollars in attack ads to save endangered GOP majority — GOP using Pelosi in ads as a midterms motivator — (CNN)A super PAC aligned with House Speaker Paul Ryan is opening a new front to lash a range of Democratic candidates in the final sleepy days of summer …
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