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Trump Lawyers' Sudden Realization: They Don't Know What Don McGahn Told Mueller's Team — President Trump's lawyers do not know just how much the White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, told the special counsel's investigators during months of interviews, a lapse that has contributed …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Michael Cohen's attorney says he's talking to lawyer who brought down Nixon — Lanny Davis, an attorney for former longtime Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, said he has been reaching out regularly over the last few months to John Dean, the former White House counsel who helped bring down the presidency of Richard Nixon.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
John Dean: “I am actually honored” to be insulted by Trump — President Trump tweeted this morning: “The failing @nytimes wrote a Fake piece today implying that because White House Councel Don McGahn was giving hours of testimony to the Special Councel [sic], he must be a John Dean type “RAT.
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Politico:
Giuliani: 'Truth isn't truth'
Giuliani: 'Truth isn't truth'
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Politico:
Cabinet secretaries: They're just like us!
Cabinet secretaries: They're just like us!
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NBC News:
Meet the Press - August 19, 2018
Meet the Press - August 19, 2018
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New York Times:
Cohen, Trump's Ex-Lawyer, Investigated for Bank Fraud in Excess of $20 Million — Federal authorities investigating whether President Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael D. Cohen, committed bank and tax fraud have zeroed in on well over $20 million in loans obtained by taxi businesses …
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Kim Severson / New York Times:
Asia Argento, Who Accused Weinstein, Made Deal With Her Own Accuser — The Italian actress and director Asia Argento was among the first women in the movie business to publicly accuse the producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault. She became a leading figure in the #MeToo movement.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
“A blue wave is obscuring a red exodus” — Dave Wasserman, the Cook Political Report's House analyst, says the most under-covered aspect of 2018 is that “a blue wave is obscuring a red exodus.” Republican House members are retiring at a startling clip — a trend that senior White House …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's “red wave” could sink GOP — The president's contempt for mainstream polling and the media may come back to haunt him in November. Several top Republican operatives working on the midterm elections told me Trump's fanciful “red wave” predictions could depress Republican turnout and …
Associated Press:
Steve Bannon says GOP must rally behind Trump to survive — Steve Bannon has a dire warning for Republicans. — During a Sunday interview with The Associated Press, the former chief strategist to President Donald Trump said he believes the GOP would lose 35 to 40 seats in the House …
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Chris Smith / New York Magazine:
Cuomo, Again? Heavy is the head that wears this crown. — Governor Andrew Cuomo asks the pilot to swing the state helicopter around so he can have a second look. About 1,000 feet below us, in a patch of Atlantic Ocean two miles south of Shinnecock, Long Island, a cargo ship equipped …
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Kenneth Lovett / New York Daily News:
Gov. Cuomo ups attacks on Trump, calls the President ‘un-American’
Gov. Cuomo ups attacks on Trump, calls the President ‘un-American’
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New York Times:
Zephyr Teachout Is the Right Choice as Attorney General for Democrats — The office is a potential firewall against an out-of-control president and a historically corrupt New York State government. — The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Speechwriter who attended conference with white nationalists in 2016 leaves White House — (CNN)A speechwriter for President Donald Trump who attended a conference frequented by white nationalists has left the White House. — CNN's KFile reached out to the White House last week about Darren Beattie …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump speechwriter fired amid scrutiny of appearance with white nationalists
Trump speechwriter fired amid scrutiny of appearance with white nationalists
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Miami Herald:
Our recommendations in the District 27 congressional race to replace Ros-Lehtinen — DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY — A wealth of candidates, bringing new names, unexpected faces and diverse talents, signed up to be the Democrat who would replace Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen in Congress.
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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Rebuffs Effort to Tether Bank Fine to Pastor's Release — Trump administration says U.S. minister must be set free before other issues are addressed — WASHINGTON—The Trump administration has rejected an effort by Turkey to tie the release of a U.S. pastor with relief …
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Megan Keller / The Hill:
Hayden: Relationship between Trump, national security community ‘dangerously close to being permanently broken’ — Former CIA Director Michael Hayden said Sunday that he thinks the relationship between the national security community and President Trump — is on the edge of shattering.
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Megan Keller / The Hill:
Clapper: Brennan's rhetoric is becoming an issue
Clapper: Brennan's rhetoric is becoming an issue
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Politico:
Manafort trial Day 15: Jury meets for third day as Trump-fueled political cacophony grows — Trump's comments calling Manafort a ‘good person’ and his trial a ‘very sad day’ intensified the pressure on jurors. — Paul Manafort's tax- and bank-fraud trial is set to kick off its third …
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David Gelles / New York Times:
Interviewing Elon Musk — For our Corner Office columnist, an hour with a deeply emotional Mr. Musk was not just another C.E.O. interview. — Times Insider delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how news, features and opinion come together at The New York Times.
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Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone:
Inside Trump's Judicial Takeover — How conservative operatives and Senate Republicans are helping the president pack the courts at a record pace — One evening last November, Don McGahn, the top lawyer in the Trump White House, walked onstage in an opulent ballroom at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington …
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
America is slouching toward autocracy — In their book, “How Democracies Die,” political scientists Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt write: “How do elected authoritarians shatter the democratic institutions that are supposed to constrain them? Some do it in one fell swoop.
JONATHAN TURLEY:
Brennan: I Did Not Mean Trump Was Treasonous When I Said His Actions Are “Nothing Short Of Treason” — I have been critical of the decision of President Donald Trump to rescind the clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan and to release a list of other officials to be reviewed …
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Brennan says he's willing to take Trump to court over security clearances — Former CIA director John O. Brennan said Sunday that he is willing to take President Trump to court to prevent other current and former officials from having their security clearances revoked, escalating a battle …
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