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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Probing Whether Malaysian Fugitive Laundered Funds to Pay Chris Christie and Trump Lawyer — Jho Low under investigation for alleged embezzlement of $4.5 billion from 1MDB fund — The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether a fugitive Malaysian financier laundered tens …
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Paul Starr / American Prospect:
No, Trump Is Far from Finished — President Donald Trump speaks at Fort Drum, New York. — In a 1920 study that is now regarded as a pioneering example of press criticism, Walter Lippmann and Charles Marz found that in its coverage of the Russian Revolution, The New York Times had repeatedly told …
New York Times:
A Black Progressive and a Trump Acolyte Win Florida Governor Primaries — ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Democrats nominated Andrew Gillum, the Tallahassee mayor, and Republicans tapped Representative Ron DeSantis for governor Tuesday, setting the stage for a ferocious general election …
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
Andrew Gillum wins Florida governor primary in upset victory for the left — The Tallahassee mayor will be the Democratic nominee in one of 2018's most important governor's races. — Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum prevailed in the hotly contested Democratic primary election for Florida governor …
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Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Ron DeSantis, Rick Scott projected to win primaries in Florida
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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 …
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
If G.O.P. Loses Hold on Congress, Trump Warns, Democrats Will Enact Change ‘Quickly and Violently’ — WASHINGTON — President Trump warned evangelical leaders Monday night that Democrats “will overturn everything that we've done and they'll do it quickly and violently” if Republicans lose control of Congress in the midterm elections.
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Philip Elliott / TIME:
Why the Senate May Not Rename a Building for John McCain After All — Congress might want to hold off ordering new signage for one of its office buildings. — A proposal to rename the Russell Senate Office Building in honor of Sen. John McCain, who died Saturday, seems to have found its first sticking point.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP eyes another shot at ObamaCare repeal after McCain's death
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Politico:
Cindy McCain wields quiet influence over Senate replacement
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Renaming Senate office building after McCain sparks GOP backlash
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Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
Inside McCain's surprise eulogy invitation to Obama — (CNN)A parting lesson in American civility from Sen. John McCain lies in the roster of leaders he personally selected to pay tribute at his memorial service Saturday at the National Cathedral. — It was a day in early April …
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Josh Meyer / Politico:
McCain's choice of Russian dissident as pallbearer is final dig at Putin, Trump — Even in death, John McCain has one final burn planned for two of his biggest foes — Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump — at a moment when much of the world will be watching. — The Republican senator from Arizona …
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Michael Tackett / New York Times:
C.I.A. Officer-Turned-Candidate Says PAC Obtained Her Security Application — WASHINGTON — A former C.I.A. officer running for Congress accused a super PAC aligned with Speaker Paul D. Ryan on Tuesday of improperly obtaining her entire federal security clearance application …
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Courtney Alexander / Congressional Leadership Fund:
CLF Issues Statement: What Is Abigail Spanberger Hiding
Axios:
Scoop: Don McGahn's coming White House exit — Top White House officials and sources close to White House counsel Don McGahn tell Axios that McGahn will step down this fall — after Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed to the Supreme Court, or after the midterms. — The big picture …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Aide Kelly Sadler Joked About McCain Dying—and Was Offered a New Job … Amid yet another round of criticism of the Trump White House over its treatment of the late Sen. John McCain, the whereabouts of one notable character in the long-running feud between McCain and President Donald Trump remains a mystery.
New York Post:
We should all be worried about Google's power — SEE ALSO — Tuesday brought endless commentary and reporting on how President Trump was being utterly ridiculous and conspiratorial to accuse Google of bias in its search algorithms. Funny: Just over a year ago, in June 2017 …
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Charlie Nash / Breitbart:
Top Google News Story: CNN Claiming Google News Isn't ‘Rigged’
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Hadas Gold / CNNMoney:
Trump slams Google search as ‘rigged’ — but it's not
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New York Times:
Dozens at Facebook Unite to Challenge Its ‘Intolerant’ Liberal Culture — SAN FRANCISCO — The post went up quietly on Facebook's internal message board last week. Titled “We Have a Problem With Political Diversity,” it quickly took off inside the social network.
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Martha McSally wins Arizona primary — Arizona Rep. Martha McSally won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate. — Why it matters: She's considered the strongest Republican candidate (of the three in this primary) to face Democrat Kyrsten Sinema in the fight for Sen. Jeff Flake's seat. — Go deeper
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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.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump, without citing evidence, says China hacked Hillary Clinton's emails — President Trump asserted early Wednesday, without citing evidence, that Hillary Clinton's emails were hacked by China, and he said the Justice Department and FBI risked losing their credibility if they did not look into the matter.
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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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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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Victoria Albert / The Daily Beast:
It's Official: Hurricane Maria Led to as Many Deaths as 9/11
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Washington Post:
Administration decides not to roll back foreign aid funds — The administration has dropped a proposal to cut billions of dollars in foreign aid after bipartisan resistance from members of Congress who considered it a backdoor effort to hijack spending they had already approved.
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Colum Lynch / Foreign Policy:
U.S. to End All Funding to U.N. Agency That Aids Palestinian Refugees
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
HBO is out of the adult entertainment business — HBO's popular drama series “The Deuce” is set in Times Square in the 1970s before the New York neighborhood was purged of its X-rated movie houses and adult book stores. — But the cleanup of the cable network's own red light district is already complete.
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Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
Emails Link Former Homeland Security Official to White Nationalists — In the past two years, leaders of an emboldened white nationalism have burst into the forefront of national politics and coalesced around a so-called alt-right subculture as they have endeavored to make their ideology part of the mainstream.
Steven Lemongello / Orlando Sentinel:
Jeff Greene cancels election night party, will watch results from home — Jeff Greene — After spending millions of his own money on his campaign, Democratic candidate for governor Jeff Greene canceled his previously announced election night party at a Palm Beach hotel and will instead watch the results from home.
Washington Post:
White House insists former CIA chief Brennan has no security clearance, says paperwork ‘delayed’ — The White House reaffirmed Tuesday that former CIA director John Brennan has been stripped of his security clearance, after Brennan said earlier he has yet to receive formal notice about the matter.
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The Republic:
The Latest: Oklahoma attorney general race too close to call — OKLAHOMA CITY — The Latest on Oklahoma's primary runoff election (all times local): — A bruising Republican primary runoff in the race to become Oklahoma's next attorney general was too close to call Tuesday night.
Washington Post:
How Trump relies on his cable news cabinet as much as the real one — After watching Sean Hannity on Fox News, President Trump tweeted at Attorney General Jeff Sessions to investigate former rival Hillary Clinton. After listening to Tucker Carlson, he directed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo …
John Riley / Metro Weekly:
Head of Human Rights Campaign Foundation resigns after using racial slur — Mary Beth Maxwell used the slur while recounting upsetting instances where the word was used — The head of the Human Rights Campaign's educational arm has resigned after a colleague claimed she has used the N-word twice in front of a colleague.
Julie Turkewitz / New York Times:
Boy, 9, Killed Himself After Being Tormented by Bullies, His Mom Says — DENVER — Leia Pierce shuffled out the front door on Tuesday. Her son, Jamel Myles, 9, had killed himself last week, and she was still struggling with the basics. Eating. Sleeping.
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