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Bob Woodward's new book reveals a ‘nervous breakdown’ of Trump's presidency — John Dowd was convinced that President Trump would commit perjury if he talked to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III. So, on Jan. 27, the president's then-personal attorney staged a practice session to try to make his point.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Transcript: Phone call between President Trump and journalist Bob Woodward — Bob Woodward, an associate editor at The Washington Post, sought an interview with President Trump as he was writing “Fear,” a book about Trump's presidency. Trump called Woodward in early August …
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CNN:
Bob Woodward: Trump's aides stole his papers ‘to protect the country’ — (CNN)WARNING: This story contains graphic language. — President Donald Trump's closest aides have taken extraordinary measures in the White House to try to stop what they saw as his most dangerous impulses …
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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Trump irritated he wasn't interviewed by Woodward for upcoming book — Woodward to release Trump book before midterms — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump has become increasingly exasperated in recent weeks that he wasn't interviewed by Bob Woodward ahead of the publication of his upcoming book …
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Arizona Republic:
Ducey: ‘No one in Arizona more prepared’ than Kyl — “There is no one in Arizona more prepared to represent our state in the U.S. Senate than Jon Kyl,” Ducey said in a statement. “He understands how the Senate functions and will make an immediate and positive impact benefiting all Arizonans.
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Jon Kyl, Former Senator, Is Said to Be Choice to Replace McCain — WASHINGTON — Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona on Tuesday will appoint Former Senator Jon Kyl to the seat left open by John McCain's death, according to multiple Arizona Republican officials, elevating a well-liked former Republican lawmaker …
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Politico:
Former Sen. Jon Kyl to replace McCain
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Washington Post:
Hours before Kavanaugh nomination hearings, Bush lawyer releases 42,000 pages of documents to Judiciary Committee — Hours before the start of hearings on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court, the lawyer for former president George W. Bush turned over 42,000 pages of documents …
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Kavanaugh's daughters rushed out of chaotic, ‘hot’ hearing — As Democratic senators fought to delay the hearing of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and as spectators jarringly heckled the process Tuesday, his two young daughters were rushed from the hearing room, according to sources.
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Aída Chávez / The Intercept:
There Is No Grassroots Energy Rallying for Brett Kavanaugh. None.
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CNN:
The Kavanaugh hearing … GO DEEPER — The Trump administration …
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Blogging the Brett Kavanaugh hearing
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: A very newsy first day back
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Stephanie Ebbs / ABC News:
Kavanaugh hearing off to raucous start as protesters shout down lawmakers
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Washington Post:
Poll: Democrats regain clear advantage in midterms shaping up as referendum on President Trump — Two months ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats hold a clear advantage over Republicans in congressional vote support, with antipathy toward President Trump fueling Democratic enthusiasm …
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Democrats open up biggest lead in midterms since 2006 — With their supporters energized in opposition to Donald Trump, Democrats hold their widest advantage in midterm election vote preferences since 2006, when they seized control of both houses of Congress.
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Public split on Kavanaugh, views on abortion access shift
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Bill Ruthhart / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he won't run for re-election next year — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Sept. 4, 2018, that he will not seek a third term in office. — Privacy Policy — In a stunning decision, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Tuesday morning that he will no longer seek …
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Rahm Emanuel won't seek third term as Chicago mayor
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Hunter Woodall / Kansas City Star:
Former GOP governor of Kansas endorses Democrat Laura Kelly over Kris Kobach — Republicans in Kansas further splintered Tuesday as the last moderate member of the party to hold the governor's office in Kansas endorsed a Democrat for governor over Kris Kobach, the GOP nominee.
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Chuck Todd / The Atlantic:
It's Time for the Press to Stop Complaining—And to Start Fighting Back — I've devoted much of my professional life to the study of political campaigns, not as a historian or an academic but as a reporter and an analyst. I thought I'd seen it all, from the bizarre upset that handed …
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Sopan Deb / New York Times:
New Yorker Festival Pulls Steve Bannon as Headliner Following High-Profile Dropouts — Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump's former chief strategist, will no longer appear as a headliner at this year's New Yorker Festival, David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, announced in an email to the magazine's staff on Monday evening.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Enough, already, with anything Steve Bannon has to say. We got it the first time.
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Fox & Friends hosts visibly deflated after legal analyst says Trump's latest tweet gives ‘fodder’ for Mueller's probe — The hosts of “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday appeared visibly deflated after legal analyst Andrew Napolitano told them that President Donald Trump's latest tweets attacking …
Danny Hakim / New York Times:
Mueller's Office Will Grill Him About Roger Stone. He Will Respond With Comedy. — Randy Credico, a comedian and left-wing political activist, has an appointment on Sept. 7. With Robert S. Mueller III. Before a grand jury. Under oath. — And he is planning to do impressions, because that's what he does.
Daniel Noah Halpern / GQ:
Sperm Count Zero — A strange thing has happened to men over the past few decades: We've become increasingly infertile, so much so that within a generation we may lose the ability to reproduce entirely. What's causing this mysterious drop in sperm counts—and is there any way to reverse it before it's too late?
The Daily Beast:
Trump Threatens NBC's License Over ‘Killing’ Weinstein Story — The president is scandalized by NBC's reluctance to go public with allegations about Harvey Weinstein. He didn't mind them keeping quiet over the ‘Access Hollywood’ tapes. — President Trump tried to hijack the crisis …
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Stephanie Ebbs / ABC News:
EPA watchdog accuses agency of failing to justify Scott Pruitt's security spending — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency did not justify increased spending on former Administrator Scott Pruitt's 24-hour security detail, which grew by almost $2 million in less than a year, the EPA's watchdog said.
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New York Times:
Andrew Cuomo Is the Democrats' Best Choice for Governor — The threat of Donald Trump and new pressure from reformers are likely to summon his formidable strengths. — 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.
David Bauder / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Franklin's family says eulogy was offensive — NEW YORK (AP) — The late Aretha Franklin's family said Monday that it found an Atlanta pastor's eulogy delivered at the Queen of Soul's funeral last week to be offensive and distasteful. — The eulogist, the Rev. Jasper Williams Jr. …
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