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Sonia Moghe / CNN:
Exclusive: Ex-Trump World Tower doorman releases ‘catch-and-kill’ contract about alleged Trump affair — (CNN)A former Trump World Tower doorman who says he has knowledge of an alleged affair President Donald Trump had with an ex-housekeeper, which resulted in a child, is now able to talk …
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Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Democrats Strip Superdelegates Of Power In Historic Reform Vote — The Democratic National Committee's changes aim to heal the lingering divisions of the 2016 presidential primary. — CHICAGO In a long-awaited bid to reinvigorate the Democratic Party and heal the divides of the 2016 presidential primary …
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Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: DNC, TV networks discuss presidential debates — CHICAGO (AP) — The Democratic Party has begun conversations with television networks about a series of presidential primary debates in 2019, a top party official has told The Associated Press. — The talks are “in the very early stages …
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed News:
Democrats Vote To Strip Power From Superdelegates — Superdelegates will no longer have a say in the nominating process. (Except in the unlikely event of a contested convention.) — Reporting From — Chicago — Democrats voted Saturday to drastically scale back the controversial …
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Democrats Cut Party Leaders' Power to Pick Presidential Nominee — Move on superdelegates came after 2016 Clinton-Sanders battle — Congressional Black Caucus fails in last-ditch attempt to stop — Democrats voted to dramatically reduce the influence of superdelegates …
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Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
What Will Mueller Do? The Answer Might Lie in a By-the-Book Past — The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has approached law enforcement consistently for decades: leading aggressive investigations marked by adherence to precedent and higher office. — WASHINGTON — Long …
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
In victory for unions, judge overturns key parts of Trump executive orders — A federal judge late Friday dealt a victory to federal employees and the unions that represent them, invalidating overnight key provisions of a series of Trump administration executive orders aimed at making it easier to fire employees and weaken the unions.
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Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
Judge Strikes Down Key Parts of Trump's Orders Easing the Firing of Federal Workers — A federal district judge in Washington struck down most of the key provisions of three executive orders that President Trump signed in late May that would have made it easier to fire federal employees.
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Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
We Asked 1,000 People What Happened On Tuesday. Here's What Some Of Them Said. — Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen, someone's lost cat and Post Malone. — On Tuesday, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was convicted of federal charges, and former Trump lawyer …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: 6 in 10 oppose Manafort pardon
Poll: 6 in 10 oppose Manafort pardon
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Grace Segers / CBS News:
Beto O'Rourke says “nothing more American” than NFL players protesting the national anthem — Rep. Beto O'Rourke, the Democratic candidate challenging Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, was featured in a viral video posted to Twitter on Tuesday giving an answer at a town hall defending NFL players who kneel during the national anthem before games.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The three illegal acts that may have helped Trump win the presidency — The nation heard this week accusations that Donald Trump was personally involved in the decision to offer two women money shortly before the 2016 election to keep them from sharing stories of alleged affairs.
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Bernard Condon / Associated Press:
Prosecutors grant immunity to longtime Trump finance chief
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Bad blood between McCain and Trump lingers, even as the Arizona Republican nears the end — It got off to a bad start, and President Trump's venomous relationship with Sen. John McCain probably won't end well either. — The president was reportedly disinvited to McCain's funeral months ago …
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
At GOP event, Trump is silent on dying McCain
Julia Salazar / Julia Salazar for New York State Senate:
Statement from Julia — I've received many questions from supporters today about a piece published yesterday in Tablet Magazine. I'll be responding thoroughly to some of the questions raised in that irresponsible article in interviews, which will be published over the coming days …
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Trump Meets QAnon Kook Who Believes Democrats Run Pedophile Cult … President Donald Trump posed for Oval Office photos on Thursday with one of the leading promoters of the QAnon conspiracy theory, which claims that top Democrats are part of a global pedophile cult.
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Associated Press:
Conor Daly loses Lilly Diabetes sponsorship over remark his father made over 30 years ago — ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — Lilly Diabetes has pulled its sponsorship of Conor Daly's No. 6 car in the NASCAR Xfinity race at Road America, citing a racially insensitive remark made by the driver's father in the 1980s that surfaced this week.
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Washington Post:
A dirty plan that would kill Americans — OF THE many negative results stemming from President Trump's election, this was perhaps the most predictable: The Environmental Protection Agency revealed Tuesday a sorry new climate-change plan, seemingly designed to weaken as much as legally possible …
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Jessica Schulberg / HuffPost:
Chapel Hill Police Officer With Anti-Government Militia Tattoo Will Keep His Job — The North Carolina officer's Three Percenters tattoo was visible as he stood guard near the “Silent Sam” Confederate memorial. — The Chapel Hill Police Department will not discipline a police officer …
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
How Far America Has Fallen — The thing with every shocking revelation about Trump is that it's already baked into his image. I've never met a Trump supporter who did not know exactly who he is. — RIDGWAY, Colo. — It's different in the West. It's easier to feel in touch with some essence of what America is.
Cory Bennett / Politico:
Trump anxiety spreads through South Korea — Many South Koreans worry that the U.S. president — though hailed for bringing Kim Jong Un to the table — lacks the patience for a true breakthrough with the North. — SEOUL — South Koreans are growing more anxious about President Donald Trump's commitment …
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Justin Wolfers / New York Times:
Money Really Does Lead to a More Satisfying Life — New research suggests that more money really does lead to a more satisfying life. Surveys of thousands of Swedish lottery winners have provided persuasive evidence of this truth. — Lottery winners said they were substantially more satisfied with their lives than lottery losers.
Ali Rogin / ABC News:
Trump renews attack on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, claiming ‘real corruption goes untouched’ — President Trump lashed out again at Attorney General Jeff Sessions, saying he lets “real corruption” go untouched while special counsel Robert Mueller's team is “having a field day.”
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Paul Manafort's trial in D.C. to take 3 weeks, probe Ukraine lobbying world — The Paul Manafort trial set for September in Washington is expected to last three weeks and, on the basis of a list of 1,500 possible exhibits, will delve far more deeply into how he operated as a lobbyist …
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