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11:00 AM ET, August 29, 2018

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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 …
Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Trump slams Florida primary winner Gillum as ‘failed socialist mayor’  —  Florida does not need a “failed socialist mayor” as its next governor, President Donald Trump wrote online Wednesday, slamming the surprise winner of the state's Democratic primary.  —  Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum secured …
Discussion: Washington Post and CNN
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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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.
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
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
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 …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
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Christopher Flavelle / Bloomberg:
Miami Will Be Underwater Soon.  Its Drinking Water Could Go First  —  One morning in June, Douglas Yoder climbed into a white government SUV on the edge of Miami and headed northwest, away from the glittering coastline and into the maze of water infrastructure that makes this city possible.
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Maria Butina: Private Messages Reveal Accused Russian Spy's True Ties to D.C. Wise Man … When federal prosecutors charged Maria Butina with covertly infiltrating the conservative movement on behalf of the Kremlin, questions began to swirl around a Washington think tank that had published …
A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
August 2018 Ratings: CNN Has Its Second-Best August Ever  —  CNN Tops MSNBC for Record-Setting 50th Straight Month in Total Day  —  The Lead and State of the Union with Jake Tapper Rank #1  —  New Day, The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Erin Burnett Outfront, Anderson Cooper 360 and CNN Tonight with Don Lemon
Discussion: RedState and The Hill
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Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic:
Trump Has Changed How Teens View the News  —  Young people can see the president's tweets as jokes, but they still often share his negative feelings about the press.  —  Since President Trump took office, he has relentlessly attacked the media.  He's shunned individual reporters …
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Sirin Kale / The Guardian:   Logged off: meet the teens who refuse to use social media
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’
Associated Press:
AP-NORC Poll: Many indifferent to Kavanaugh nomination  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Does Brett Kavanaugh belong on the Supreme Court?  It's a question that may be consuming Washington, but one that elicits a shrug from many Americans.  And there's also no nationwide consensus on whether the Senate …
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Poll: Majority can't name a single Supreme Court justice
Discussion: Observer
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.
Colum Lynch / Foreign Policy:
U.S. to End All Funding to U.N. Agency That Aids Palestinian Refugees  —  The Trump administration hopes to pressure Palestinians to return to bargaining table.  —  Months after scaling back financial support for the United Nations agency that provides humanitarian aid to more than 5 million …
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Washington Post:   Administration decides not to roll back foreign aid funds
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.
Thomas L. Friedman / Associated Press:
What if Trump Did Actually Shoot Someone on Fifth Avenue?  —  Your vote in the midterms matters, because Republicans in Congress won't restrain the president's excesses. … My biggest challenge in writing all of the above?  Worrying that readers wouldn't realize it was made up.
Jerry Zremski / The Buffalo News:
Chris Collins turned down a plea deal in insider trading case  —  WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors offered Rep. Chris Collins a plea deal before indicting him on felony insider trading charges earlier this month, but the Republican from Clarence rejected it, two sources who asked not to be identified told The Buffalo News.
Discussion: Political Wire and Roll Call
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.
Benoit Faucon / Wall Street Journal:
Iran's Oil Exports Dropping Faster Than Expected Before U.S. Sanctions  —  Shipments are set to decline by a third as shippers pull back from the Islamic Republic months ahead of a Nov. 4 U.S. deadline  —  Iran oil shipments are declining at a faster-than-expected pace ahead of U.S. sanctions set to begin in November.
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.
Discussion: Splinter and Raw Story
 
 
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Harvey Weinstein Wants Appeals Court to Define a “Commercial Sex Act”
Discussion: Althouse
Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
With Ships and Missiles, China Is Ready to Challenge U.S. Navy in Pacific
Willis L. Krumholz / The Federalist:
With A Terrible Record To Run On, Keith Ellison Slings Slime At AG Opponent Doug Wardlow
CBS News:
Hurricane Maria caused an estimated 2,975 deaths in Puerto Rico, new study finds
George Eaton / New Statesman:
Corbyn's “Zionist” remarks were “most offensive” since Enoch Powell, says ex-chief rabbi
Discussion: Algemeiner.com and The Guardian
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Martha McSally wins Arizona primary
Steven Lemongello / Orlando Sentinel:
Jeff Greene cancels election night party, will watch results from home
 Earlier Items: 
Megan Henney / Fox Business:
Jimmy Carter urges Dems not to impeach Trump
Discussion: RedState and Daily Wire
The Republic:
The Latest: Oklahoma attorney general race too close to call
John Riley / Metro Weekly:
Head of Human Rights Campaign Foundation resigns after using racial slur
Julie Turkewitz / New York Times:
Boy, 9, Killed Himself After Being Tormented by Bullies, His Mom Says
Washington Post:
White House insists former CIA chief Brennan has no security clearance, says paperwork ‘delayed’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Aris Folley / The Hill:
Biographer: Pence thinks God ‘calling him’ to be president
Discussion: The Root, Hullabaloo, Joe.My.God. and CNN
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
‘The race has tightened’: Cruz allies sound alarm about Texas Senate race
 

 
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