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4:45 PM ET, August 28, 2018

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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 …
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!
Associated Press:
Trump takes on Google, alleges bias in searches
Discussion: New York Times and NTK Network
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.
Discussion: Raw Story, Breitbart and Mediaite
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CNN:
Attorney for Michael Cohen keeps changing his story on Trump Tower meeting  —  (CNN)In recent days, one of Michael Cohen's lawyers has repeatedly changed his account of what Cohen knew about President Donald Trump's involvement in a controversial meeting during the 2016 campaign.
Seth Hettena / Rolling Stone:   Michael Cohen, Lanny Davis and the Russian Mafia
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed News:
Lanny Davis Says He Was A Source For CNN's Trump Tower Story
NBC News:
Trump told Christian leaders he got rid of a law.  He didn't.  —  According to recorded excerpts of private remarks, he said evangelicals were “one election away from losing everything.”  —  In a closed-door meeting with evangelical leaders Monday night, President Trump repeated …
Discussion: The White House and Political Wire
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Privately Urges Pastors to Help Him From the Pulpit in Midterms  —  WASHINGTON — In remarks to evangelical ministers in the White House State Dining Room on Monday night, President Trump spoke in high-minded tones about religious liberty, abortion and youth unemployment.
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 …
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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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Renaming Senate office building after McCain sparks GOP backlash
Discussion: Political Wire
Matthew Daly / Associated Press:   GOP slows efforts to rename Senate building for McCain
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 …
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
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Joe Arpaio isn't sure whether John McCain is a hero. But he's certain Donald Trump is.
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
Discussion: CNBC, The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
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 …
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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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
GOP lawmakers grill DOJ official Ohr over Trump dossier
Discussion: Axios and New York Times
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 …
Discussion: Mother Jones
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.”
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.
New York Times:
True Reformers for New York's Senate  —  Inspiring challengers deserve voters' support as they face business-as-usual lawmakers in the Sept. 13 primary.  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.  It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.
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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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Vatican Power Struggle Bursts Into Open as Conservatives Pounce
KGTV-TV:
Congressman Duncan Hunter discusses indictment, chances of re-election  —  SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - San Diego County Congressman Duncan Hunter spoke Tuesday morning to a group of women who support him despite accusations that he and his wife misused campaign funds.
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: 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 …
Arizona Republic:
12 p.m.: Secretary of State calls for extended hours  —  Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan has called for Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes to seek a court order keeping select polling places open past 7 p.m. due to several reports of voters having issues with equipment malfunctions and closed polling places.
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 …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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.
Discussion: Power Line
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 …
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.
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 …
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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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
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Trump's Flag Drama Created Confusion Across The Federal Government
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Kevin Diaz / Houston Chronicle:
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CNN:
Law firm alleges neglectful medical care after child dies weeks after ICE custody
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Patrick McGreevy / Los Angeles Times:
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CBS News:
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Giuliani's telling admission: All that matters is that Mueller is undermined
Discussion: New York Times and Political Wire
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