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Washington Post:
Trump's economic adviser: 'We're taking a look' at whether Google searches should be regulated — The Trump administration is “taking a look” at whether Google searches should be regulated by the government, said Larry Kudlow, President Trump's economic adviser, outside the White House Tuesday.
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Trump Threatens to Regulate ‘Rigged’ Google After Right-Wing Blog Post … President Donald Trump threatened Google on Tuesday, pushing an unfounded claim that the tech giant had “rigged” the search results for “Trump News.” Trump's claim appears to have originated from a single blog post …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump rage-googles himself and reveals a frightening truth about the midterms — Political Twitter is having fun this morning with President Trump's latest conspiracy theory: Google is rigging its results, so when you search “Trump news,” only “Fake” news criticism of Trump pops up, while conservative media are getting suppressed!
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New York Times, Spectator USA, The Guardian and Raw Story
Axios:
Go deeper: Tracing Trump's Google censorship tweet — President Trump tweeted this morning that Big Tech platforms, specifically Google, are suppressing conservative voices and news, while Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow later added that the administration is “taking a look” at whether Google searches should be regulated.
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Politico, No More Mister Nice Blog, Mediaite and The Political Insider
John Fritze / USA Today:
Trump aide says president weighing regulations on Google search engine that he considers ‘rigged’
Trump aide says president weighing regulations on Google search engine that he considers ‘rigged’
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Roll Call, CNN, Wall Street Journal and Balloon Juice
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Special counsel Robert Mueller's team kept asking witnesses about Michael Cohen's involvement with the Trump 2016 campaign, even after April FBI raid — Special counsel Robert Mueller's team continued to ask witnesses questions about Michael Cohen's involvement in the Trump campaign weeks after FBI raid on his residence and office.
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Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
CNN, Credibly Accused of Lying to its Audience About a Key Claim in its Blockbuster Cohen Story, Refuses to Comment — CNN's blockbuster July 26 story - that Michael Cohen intended to tell Special Counsel Robert Mueller that he was present when Donald Trump was told in advance …
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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed News:
Lanny Davis Says He Was A Source For CNN's Trump Tower Story
Lanny Davis Says He Was A Source For CNN's Trump Tower Story
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
President non grata: Trump often unwelcome and unwilling to perform basic rituals of the office — Shunned at two funerals and one (royal) wedding so far, President Trump may be well on his way to becoming president non grata. — The latest snub comes in the form of the upcoming funeral …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In Washington, a rare relationship without pretense and BS
In Washington, a rare relationship without pretense and BS
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HuffPost, Breitbart and The Daily Caller
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Joe Arpaio isn't sure whether John McCain is a hero. But he's certain Donald Trump is.
Joe Arpaio isn't sure whether John McCain is a hero. But he's certain Donald Trump is.
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Breitbart, ABC News, The Political Insider, Talking Points Memo and Politico
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
McCain conspiracists say his brain cancer was a hoax
McCain conspiracists say his brain cancer was a hoax
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Fox News, NTK Network and IJR
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Devin Nunes's Curious Trip to London — Earlier this month, as all eyes were on the courtroom dramas unfolding in Virginia—where President Donald Trump's campaign chairman was just convicted on bank- and tax-fraud charges—and in New York—where the president's longtime personal lawyer pleaded guilty …
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Washington Post:
‘I remember Pearl Harbor’: Inside Trump's hot and cold relationship with Japan's prime minister — During a tense meeting at the White House in June, President Trump caught Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe off guard with a pointed remark. — “I remember Pearl Harbor,” the president said …
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New Republic, Talking Points Memo, AOL, Second Nexus, Mediaite and Raw Story
Jonathan Dienst / NBC New York:
Key Paul Manafort Banker Robbed of iPad, Briefcase in Mysterious Overnight Break-in at His NYC Penthouse: Sources — David Fallarino was one of three so-called key figures not called by Robert Mueller's office to testify at the trial of Paul Manafort — Paul Manafort Found Guilty on Counts of Financial Fraud
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CNBC, The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
Tamar Hallerman / politics.myajc:
Senate pumps brakes on effort to rename Russell building after McCain — A growing effort to rename Georgia Sen. Richard B. Russell's namesake building on Capitol Hill in honor of John McCain hit a speed bump on Tuesday. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: ‘Dick Russell was a racist. But he was much more than that,’ says niece
The Daily 202: ‘Dick Russell was a racist. But he was much more than that,’ says niece
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TIME, The Hill, HuffPost and Daily Wire
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Source: FBI Agent Told Congress The Bureau Used Leaked Stories To Obtain Spy Warrants — FBI Special Agent Jonathan Moffa told Congress on Friday that the FBI has used leaked stories to obtain FISA warrants — Meadows' tweet was referring to Moffa's testimony, a source tells The Daily Caller News Foundation
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
FBI agent says bureau leaked stories, then used them to get FISA warrants — FBI documents show Russia dossier author deemed ‘not suitable for use’: Judicial Watch — A top FBI special agent admitted to House committees last week that bureau officials were known to leak information …
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Townhall, Fox News Insider and The Right Scoop
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
GOP lawmakers grill DOJ official Ohr over Trump dossier
GOP lawmakers grill DOJ official Ohr over Trump dossier
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Axios and New York Times
Amy Chozick / Vogue:
Stormy Daniels Isn't Backing Down — Michael Avenatti and Stormy Daniels, photographed in New York. Zac Posen dress. Tiffany & Co. earrings. — Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, October 2018 — BY THE TIME I knock on the door of Stormy Daniels's room at the Roger Smith Hotel …
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Bill Scher / Politico:
Is This the Stupidest Book Ever Written About Socialism? — The left-wing hosts of the insanely popular Chapo Trap House podcast have no idea what they're talking about, and their glib new book proves it. — Have you lived through the past three presidents and managed to still believe …
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Mother Jones
CBS Sacramento:
Student Who Took Classmate's MAGA Hat Says She Was Making Political Statement — EL DORADO (CBS13) — A Union Mine High School student is facing battery charges after an altercation in her classroom over a Donald Trump “Make America Great Again” campaign hat.
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Breitbart, IJR, The Political Insider, The Gateway Pundit, TheBlaze, Daily Wire and The Daily Caller
Anya Kamenetz / NPR:
The School Shootings That Weren't — How many times per year does a gun go off in an American school? — We should know. But we don't. — This spring the U.S. Education Department reported that in the 2015-2016 school year, “nearly 240 schools ... reported at least 1 incident involving a school-related shooting.”
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National Review, twitchy.com, The Western Journal, Breitbart, Daily Wire, The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon and Joanne Jacobs
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
New Wisconsin poll shows Tammy Baldwin in better re-election shape than Scott Walker — Just under half the Wisconsin electorate (48%) thinks the state is heading in the right direction. — Just under half (48%) approves of the job GOP Gov. Scott Walker is doing.
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Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
Michael J. O'Loughlin / New Republic:
Papal Wrongdoing, or Palace Intrigue? — Sexual abuse by Catholic priests and its cover up by bishops was always going to dominate this past weekend's trip by Pope Francis to Ireland. But the explosive culmination of the trip with calls for his resignation was a surprise.
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CNN, New York Times and LaStampa.it
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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Vatican Power Struggle Bursts Into Open as Conservatives Pounce
Vatican Power Struggle Bursts Into Open as Conservatives Pounce
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National Review, Louder With Crowder, twitchy.com and Outside the Beltway
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Trump's Student Debt Policies Are Mind-bogglingly Corrupt — The Republican Party's economic policies have grown so corrupt and regressive as to be literally unbelievable. In focus groups, Democratic operatives have found that swing voters will often dismiss simple descriptions …
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New York Times
Ben Collins / NBC News:
Far-right media misidentifies Jacksonville shooter as Trump-bashing Reddit user — The person who was misidentified as the Jacksonville shooter told NBC News, “My takeaway on this is there are a lot of idiots on the internet ... ” — A day after a competitive video gamer shot and killed two people …
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Information Liberation, Joe.My.God., Raw Story and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »
Arthur L. Herman / National Review:
Chicago 1968: The Night the Democratic Party Died — The riots that night set a political pattern that Democrats are still following today. — Fifty years ago tonight, a great American political party was murdered by its own children and closest friends.
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Power Line
Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
SOURCES: China Hacked Clinton's Private Email Server — A Chinese-owned company penetrated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private server, according to sources briefed on the matter. — The company inserted code that forwarded copies of Clinton's emails to the Chinese company in real time.
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LifeZette, The Gateway Pundit, twitchy.com and The Right Scoop
Haley Byrd / Weekly Standard:
Republicans Push Back on Trump's Trade Gambit — The president threatened to leave Canada behind in renegotiating NAFTA. But lawmakers doubt he's allowed to do that. — Congressional Republicans disregarded President Donald Trump's announcement Monday that he would pursue a bilateral trade deal …
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Washington Post, The Atlantic, Wall Street Journal and Ways and Means
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump says he revoked Brennan's security clearance — but Brennan says he may still have it — So far, there's no evidence that Trump has followed through on his controversial announcement. It's a trend for the president. — White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders walked …
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Balloon Juice
CBS News:
Hurricane Maria caused an estimated 2,975 deaths in Puerto Rico, new study finds — SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Hurricane Maria killed far more people in Puerto Rico than initially thought, accounting for an estimated 2,975 deaths on the island from September 2017 through February 2018, according to a new analysis.
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Front Page Magazine and Mediaite
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Cuomo vs. Nixon Debate? It's Already Heated (Literally) — The first and only debate between Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and his Democratic rival, Cynthia Nixon, is set for Wednesday, and the candidates have been bunkered in prep sessions with their advisers. — But even before the high-stakes …
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Stephen Rex Brown / New York Daily News:
Attorney for crack dealer tries the President Trump defense: Don't trust snitches — President Trump's disgust with snitches is catching on in court. — An attorney for a crack dealer began to argue in closing statements last week that a cooperating witness can't be trusted …
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Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham is very confused — When Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) died, Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) lost one of his dear friends and his political and moral compass. For months as McCain's health declined, Graham sank further into the quicksand of conspiracy theories …
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Joe.My.God.
Philip Lewis / HuffPost:
Vermont's Only Black Woman Lawmaker Pulls Out Of Race In Wake Of Online Threats — State Rep. Kiah Morris is the only black woman in the Vermont Legislature. — Vermont state Rep. Ruqaiyah “Kiah” Morris, (D-Bennington) has decided against running for re-election in the state's House …
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Raw Story
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Giuliani's telling admission: All that matters is that Mueller is undermined — In a new profile, the New York Times gets at a question we've all been asking for months: What on earth is Rudy Giuliani doing? Once known as “America's mayor,” he's become the fire-breathing legal spokesman …
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New York Times and Political Wire
Melena Ryzik / New York Times:
Louis C.K. Performs Stand-Up Set at Club Since Admitting to #MeToo Cases — Louis C.K. made an unannounced appearance at the Comedy Cellar on Sunday night, according to the club's owner, performing for apparently the first time since he admitted last year to sexual misconduct with women in the comedy world.
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