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Axios:
Furious Trump trapped by hundreds of Woodward tapes — President Trump is livid at the betrayal and stunning allegations in Bob Woodward's forthcoming “Fear,” but limited in his ability to fight back because most of the interviews were caught on hundreds of hours of tape, officials tell Axios.
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Trump Unleashes on Woodward, Accuses Him of Making Up Quotes and Being a ‘Dem Operative’ — President Donald Trump is accusing veteran journalist Bob Woodward of running a “con” and being a “Dem operative.” — Earlier tonight, Trump tweeted out the statements from the White House …
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National Review, Townhall, Politico and CNN
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
White House unprepared for Woodward firestorm — The White House was caught flat-footed by the explosive content in “Fear,” Bob Woodward's new book on the Trump administration, as nobody on senior staff had seen a copy when the Washington Post published the explosive excerpts yesterday, according to sources with direct knowledge.
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Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Washington Post, CNBC, Politico and Sputnik International
Dwight Garner / New York Times:
In ‘Fear,’ Bob Woodward Pulls Back the Curtain on President Trump's ‘Crazytown’ — Nothing in Bob Woodward's sober and grainy new book, “Fear: Trump in the White House,” is especially surprising. This is a White House that has leaked from Day 1. We knew things were bad.
Saagar Enjeti / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Says Bob Woodward Has ‘A Lot Of Credibility Problems’ — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump addressed newly released excerpts from Bob Woodward's book on his administration, denying some specific allegations and accusing the author of credibility issues, in an exclusive Oval Office interview with The Daily Caller.
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Gabriel Pogrund / Washington Post:
Southern Republican senators reject Trump's criticism of Sessions — Southern Republican senators defended Jeff Sessions after an explosive new book by Bob Woodward recounted how President Trump called his attorney general a “dumb Southerner” and mocked his accent.
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Emily Birnbaum / The Hill:
Bernstein calls on Kelly to resign following Woodward book
Bernstein calls on Kelly to resign following Woodward book
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Kalhan Rosenblatt / NBC News:
Parkland victim's father and Kavanaugh: The handshake that wasn't — “I guess he did not want to deal with the reality of gun violence,” Fred Guttenberg, father of slain Parkland student Jaime Guttenberg, wrote on Twitter. — The father of a student killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas …
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Politico:
Schumer, Democrats wrestled over staging mass Kavanaugh walkout
Schumer, Democrats wrestled over staging mass Kavanaugh walkout
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Hot Air:
Today's “Controversy”: Kavanaugh Declines Handshake From Father Of Murdered Parkland Student
Today's “Controversy”: Kavanaugh Declines Handshake From Father Of Murdered Parkland Student
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Guns.com, ABC News, CBS News, Mother Jones and Townhall
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Democrats Are Crazy — I was working today and couldn't watch …
The Democrats Are Crazy — I was working today and couldn't watch …
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TIME, The American Spectator, CNN and Althouse
Elizabeth Price Foley / The Hill:
Dems can't ‘Bork’ Kavanaugh, and have only themselves to blame
Dems can't ‘Bork’ Kavanaugh, and have only themselves to blame
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Politico, The New Neo, JONATHAN TURLEY, Axios, NTK Network and CNN
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Obama to Join Midterm Battle, Starting in California and Ohio — Former President Barack Obama is poised to plunge into the fray of the midterm campaign, returning to electoral politics with a frontal attack on Republican power in two states that are prime Democratic targets this fall: California and Ohio.
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Talking Points Memo and The Guardian
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Christine Mai-Duc / Los Angeles Times:
Obama coming to Southern California to campaign for Democrats in key House races
Obama coming to Southern California to campaign for Democrats in key House races
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Anti-Obamacare Lawsuit Puts GOP on Defensive Before Elections
Anti-Obamacare Lawsuit Puts GOP on Defensive Before Elections
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Political Wire
KDFW:
Man arrested after crashing truck into FOX4 building in downtown Dallas — Image Gallery — A man was arrested Wednesday morning after crashing a truck into the side of the FOX4 building in downtown Dallas. — The man, after repeatedly crashing his vehicle into a side of the building …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: UK's May: poisoning suspects were Russian agents — LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in Britain (all times local): — British Prime Minister Theresa May says the two prime suspects in the nerve-agent poisoning …
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Ayanna Pressley Upsets Capuano in Massachusetts House Race — BOSTON — Ayanna Pressley upended the Massachusetts political order on Tuesday, scoring a stunning upset of 10-term Representative Michael Capuano and positioning herself to become the first African-American woman to represent the state in Congress.
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New York Times:
Mueller Will Accept Some Written Answers From Trump — The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, will accept written answers from President Trump on questions about whether his campaign conspired with Russia's election interference, Mr. Mueller's office told Mr. Trump's lawyers in a letter, two people briefed on it said on Tuesday.
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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos Gives $10 Million to Super PAC in First Major Political Contribution — Bezos and wife are supporting With Honor, a super PAC aiming to elect military veterans from both parties to Congress — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife are making their first major foray …
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Political Wire, Axios and The Daily Caller
The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Critical, But Says Nike's Kaepernick Deal ‘Is What This Country Is All About’ — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Nike sent a “terrible message” this week by making former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick one of the faces representing the 30th anniversary of the company's “Just Do It” campaign.
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Now Twitter Edits The New Yorker — The venerable magazine hands the reins to the digital mob. — A common complaint of liberal journalists about conservative politicians is that the latter lack for courage. As in: Paul Ryan knows that Donald Trump is a bigot and a danger …
Salena Zito / New York Post:
The Twitter trolls attacking my work are all wrong — “Dad, it's not true,” I said, fighting to keep my voice steady through tears. — My 81-year-old father had just seen a Huffington Post headline — “Take Salena Zito Neither Seriously Nor Literally On Trump Voters” — with a picture of me next to it.
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Trump suggests protesting should be illegal — President Trump has long derided the mainstream media as the “enemy of the people” and lashed out at NFL players for kneeling during the national anthem. On Tuesday, he took his attacks on free speech one step further, suggesting in an interview …
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POLITICUSUSA and Daily Kos
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Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
A Daily Caller Editor Wrote for an ‘Alt-Right’ Website Using a Pseudonym — The former Daily Caller writer and editor Scott Greer has severed all ties with the conservative website after acknowledging that he had written under a pseudonym for the white-supremacist Radix Journal.
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American Greatness and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Politico:
Why Rahm bailed on reelection — The Chicago mayor might have won a third term, but only after a long, painful reelection slog. — CHICAGO — His polling numbers were sliding, and had even bottomed out in some city wards. With Chicagoans weary of the violence playing out in their neighborhoods …
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Andrew Perrin / Pew Research Center:
Americans are changing their relationship with Facebook — Significant shares of Facebook users have taken steps in the past year to reframe their relationship with the social media platform. — Just over half of Facebook users ages 18 and older (54%) say they have adjusted their privacy settings …
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NBC News:
FBI Director Christopher Wray becomes the latest target for Trump's ire — Wray is the latest in a growing list of Justice Department officials who have angered the president, NBC News has learned. — WASHINGTON — In recent conversations with confidants, President Donald Trump …
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Tom Nichols / Washington Post:
Want to save the GOP, Republicans? Vote for every Democrat on this year's ballot. — If the GOP is going to be a credible, center-right party, Republicans have to treat the 2018 election as a parliamentary-style housecleaning. — Naval War College and Harvard Extension School professor
Steven Shepard / Politico:
POLITICO race ratings: 60 GOP House seats in danger — The Senate is a tightrope walk for Democrats. — Roughly 100 of the 240 Republican-controlled House seats are currently within Democratic reach, posing the most serious threat to the GOP majority since the party won control in 2010.
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Political Wire
John Carreyrou / Wall Street Journal:
Blood-Testing Firm Theranos to Dissolve — Firm, tarred by scandal, will pay creditors its remaining cash — Theranos Inc., the blood-testing company accused of perpetrating Silicon Valley's biggest fraud, will soon cease to exist. — In the wake of a high-profile scandal …
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