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Aruna Viswanatha / Wall Street Journal:
Manafort Sought Deal in Next Trial, but Talks Broke Down  —  Negotiations stalled after Mueller raised issues  —  Paul Manafort's defense team held talks with prosecutors to resolve a second set of charges against the former Trump campaign chairman before he was convicted last week …
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
McCain appears to criticize Trump in farewell message to the nation  —  The Arizona Republican's moving final words were read to the public by his close friend Rick Davis in Arizona.  —  Sen. John McCain, who passed away Saturday from brain cancer, penned a farewell message before he died …
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Death in the Age of Narcissism  —  But enough about John McCain.  Here's some more about me.  —  Just before and after John McCain's death on Saturday, I read many tweets, Facebook posts and essays that beautifully captured his importance.  —  I read many that were equally concerned with the importance of their authors:
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
John McCain's Epiphany About Paul Manafort
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Flags at White House return to half-staff in tribute to McCain
John McCain / The Moscow Times:
‘The Enemy Is Dead’: Russia Reacts to U.S. Senator John McCain's Passing
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
John McCain's final message for the President
Mariam Khan / ABC News:
McCain offers final message of hope and resilience, rebukes Trump: Text
Discussion: The Western Journal and abc7ny.com
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Trump Is Nuts.  This Time Really Feels Different”: Trump Rejects “War Council” Intervention, Goes It Alone  —  With his closest allies defecting, the president increasingly trusts only his instincts.  He “got joy” from stripping former C.I.A. director John Brennan's security clearance.
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Lorraine Woellert / Politico:
Jerry Falwell Jr. says Sessions has lost evangelical support  —  Jerry Falwell Jr., a top conservative religious leader, said Monday he urged President Donald Trump to fire Jeff Sessions over his handling of investigations into Russian election meddling, saying the attorney general has lost evangelicals' support.
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
White House re-lowers flag to half staff to honor McCain after backlash  —  The White House on Monday afternoon re-lowered its flags to half staff after drawing significant backlash for returning them to full staff less than 48 hours after the death of Sen. John McCain  —  (R-Ariz.).
Ken Sweet / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Nation's top student loan official resigns  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The top government official overseeing the $1.5 trillion student loan market resigned Monday, citing what he says is the White House's open hostility toward protecting the nation's millions of student loan borrowers.
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Cory Turner / NPR:
Student Loan Watchdog Quits, Says Trump Administration ‘Turned Its Back’ On Borrowers
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Bloomberg News reassigned reporter after Wells Fargo CEO called to complain  —  A Bloomberg News reporter who covered Wells Fargo was reassigned earlier this year after the bank's CEO called the news organization's editor in chief and complained about the reporter, multiple people familiar with the matter told CNN.
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Why Trump cancelled Pompeo's trip to North Korea  —  Last Thursday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced he was departing on his fourth trip to Pyongyang.  On Friday, just hours before Pompeo was supposed to leave, President Trump tweeted that the trip was off.
Discussion: CNN, TheBlaze, ThinkProgress and The Hill
Ian Parker / New Yorker:
Glenn Greenwald, the Bane of Their Resistance  —  A leftist journalist's bruising crusade against establishment Democrats—and their Russia obsession.  —  Like a man in the first draft of a limerick, Tennys Sandgren is a tennis player from Tennessee.  Last winter, after scraping his way onto …
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David Beard / Poynter:
A million-dollar gift to journalism, without ties, and the reason for that
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New York Times:
Bruce Ohr Fought Russian Organized Crime.  Now He's a Target of Trump.  —  WASHINGTON — As President Trump has threatened to take away the security clearance of Bruce G. Ohr, a career Justice Department official, he has described him as a “creep,” accused him of profiting off “disgraced” …
Discussion: Fox News Insider and Politico
NBC News:
Secret message board drives 'pizzagate'-style harassment campaign of small businesses  —  The theorists are inspired in part by a far-right news website that has been used by prominent Republicans for fundraising efforts.  —  In January, Andrew Richmond, a co-founder of a Toronto-based chain …
Michael Burke / The Hill:
Poll: GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter up by 8 points despite indictment  —  Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) holds an 8-point lead over his Democratic opponent despite being indicted on charges of misusing campaign funds, according to a new poll.  —  A Survey USA poll published Monday found …
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Christine Kenneally / BuzzFeed News:
Nuns Killed Children, Say Former Residents Of St. Joseph's Catholic Orphanage  —  Millions of American children were placed in orphanages.  Some didn't make it out alive.  —  It was a late summer afternoon, Sally Dale recalled, when the boy was thrown through the fourth-floor window.
Discussion: The Atlantic and The Daily Beast
Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
BREAKING: Divided Three Judge Court Holds North Carolina Congressional Redistricting an Unconstitutional Partisan Gerrymander, Considers New Districts for 2018 Elections  —  In a case with potentially national implications both short term and long, a three judge district court in North Carolina …
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Ted Cruz Opts for Campaign Trail Instead of Senate Votes  —  When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell nixed much of the August recess, it raised the prospect that vulnerable Democrats might miss valuable campaign time, but it appears to also be having an effect on Republicans.  Case in point: Sen. Ted Cruz.
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Joker’ Movie: Alec Baldwin to Play Bruce Wayne's Father  —  Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz and Marc Maron are already on the call sheet.  —  Alec Baldwin is joining Joaquin Phoenix in Joker, Warner Bros.' standalone movie centered on the DC's clown prince of crime.
Discussion: Consequence of Sound
New York Times:
In Defending Trump, Is Giuliani a Shrewd Tactician — or ‘Untethered’?  —  Rudolph Giuliani, President Trump's lawyer, detailed for the first time his strategy for representing the president, in blunt and divisively political terms.  —  The man identified these days as President Trump's lawyer seems vaguely familiar.
Discussion: Political Wire
Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Is Pam Bondi auditioning for Fox News while still working for Florida taxpayers?  —  Bondi sought ethics commission approval before spending three days co-hosting “The Five,” a news talk show.  —  Pam Bondi is still the attorney general of Florida, at least for another four months.
Charles V. Bagli / New York Times:
Kushner Companies and Michael Cohen Accused of Falsifying Building Permits to Push Out Tenants  —  Charles Kushner, the developer whose son Jared Kushner is a senior adviser to President Trump, and Michael Cohen, the president's former personal lawyer, face scrutiny in New York for claims …
New York Times:
A Trump Endorsement Can Decide a Race.  Here's How to Get One.  —  WASHINGTON — Before she agreed to run for the Senate in Arizona this year, Representative Martha McSally reached an agreement with White House officials: President Trump would remain on the sidelines and not endorse one of her more conservative competitors.
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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
‘It Is the Era of Trump’: How the President Is Remaking the Republican Party
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
U.S. and Mexico Agree to Preliminary Nafta Deal  —  WASHINGTON — The United States and Mexico have reached agreement to revise key portions of the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement and a preliminary deal could be announced on Monday, a crucial step toward revamping a trade pact …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
‘Sleeper’ case could torpedo Mueller report  —  It might even keep the special counsel from sending a report to Congress, shaking Democrats' hopes that such a document could provide the impetus for impeachment proceedings.  —  A little-noticed court case stemming from the apparent murder …
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
Revealed: Notorious Pro-Trump Misinformation Site True Pundit Is Run By An Ex-Journalist With A Grudge Against The FBI  —  Days after former FBI lawyer Lisa Page testified in a closed-door meeting with the House Oversight and Government Reform and House Judiciary committees …
more at Mediagazer »
Steve Bousquet / Tampa Bay Times:
Rick and Ann Scott's financial trail leads to Cayman Islands tax haven  —  The governor's 125-page U.S. Senate financial disclosure statement yields another revelation.  —  The portfolio of Gov. Rick Scott and First Lady Ann Scott includes earnings last year of at least $2.9 million …
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
IG Confirms Trump's Involvement in FBI Headquarters Project Across From His Hotel  —  President Donald Trump was more intimately involved in the debate over relocating the FBI headquarters than Congress was told, a new inspector general report finds.  —  Rep. Gerald E. Connolly …
 
 
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German far-right protesters clash with leftists after Chemnitz stabbing
The Onion / politics.theonion.com:
White House Releases Moving Statement Honoring Woman Who Called Obama An Arab In 2008
Emily Cadei / Sacramento Bee:
Gas tax repeal lures California Democrats in key House races
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. to Pay Farmers $4.7 Billion to Offset Trade-Conflict Losses
VICE News:
This toddler got sick in ICE detention. Two months later she was dead.
Discussion: Splinter
Reuters:
Exclusive: Saudi king tipped the scale against Aramco IPO plans
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Daily Mail:
Today's online insults are NOTHING compared to public slander in ancient Rome and people need …
Matt Laslo / Rolling Stone:
Elizabeth Warren: Jeff Sessions Acted as “Catalyst” for Weed Legalization
Janie Har / Associated Press:
Race-Based School Criteria Roils Asian-Americans—Again
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Alan Dershowitz goes bonkers on Fox: ‘If they can target Trump, they can target you — they can target anyone’
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
James Fallows / The Atlantic:
It Would Take Only a Single Senator  —  A few days ago I wrote …
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