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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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Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
Woodward book prompts West Wing witch hunt, sources say — Sanders discredits Woodward book on Trump — (CNN)President Donald Trump, showing his outrage over Bob Woodward's explosive new book, is ordering a real witch hunt in the West Wing and throughout his administration …
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.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
White House unprepared for Woodward firestorm
White House unprepared for Woodward firestorm
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Daily Kos, IJR, BloombergQuint, MSNBC, Al Jazeera English and Talking Points Memo
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Trump Unleashes on Woodward, Accuses Him of Making Up Quotes and Being a ‘Dem Operative’
Trump Unleashes on Woodward, Accuses Him of Making Up Quotes and Being a ‘Dem Operative’
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Weekly Standard, Washington Monthly, Politico and National Review
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Kim Kardashian West is back at the White House to discuss clemency
Kim Kardashian West is back at the White House to discuss clemency
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Axios, ABC News and Entertainment Tonight
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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Politico, Axios, Shareblue Media, Breitbart, AOL, CNNMoney and POLITICUSUSA
Gabriel Pogrund / Washington Post:
Southern Republican senators reject Trump's criticism of Sessions
Southern Republican senators reject Trump's criticism of Sessions
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Splinter, The Guardian, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos, Mediaite, Breitbart, Talking Points Memo, HuffPost and AOL, more at Mediagazer »
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Jerome Corsi, Conspiracy Theorist, Is Subpoenaed in Mueller Investigation — Jerome Corsi, a conspiracy theorist and political commentator with connections to the former Trump adviser Roger J. Stone Jr., has been subpoenaed to testify on Friday before the grand jury in the special counsel investigation …
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emptywheel, Political Wire, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, Law & Crime and Right Wing Watch
The Daily Caller:
Full Transcript Of Trump's Oval Office Interview With The Daily Caller — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump sat for an exclusive Oval Office interview Tuesday with The Daily Caller's Saagar Enjeti and Vince Coglianese for approximately 38 minutes. — The transcript is as follows:
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Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, Front Page Magazine and Mediaite
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's comments after not attacking Nike raise even more questions — As soon as the applause started during his rally in Huntsville, Ala., a year ago, President Trump knew he had a winning issue. — “Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag …
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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Townhall, National Review and The Federalist
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Leahy Trips Kavanaugh Up With Questions About Allegedly Stolen Emails — At Wednesday's Supreme Court confirmation hearing, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) threw Brett Kavanaugh off his flow of so far providing steady and confident answers to senators' questions with a line of inquiry about allegations …
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Mother Jones
Irin Carmon / The Cut:
What Did Brett Kavanaugh Know About His Former Boss's Sexual Misconduct?
What Did Brett Kavanaugh Know About His Former Boss's Sexual Misconduct?
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Mother Jones
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, Breitbart, IJR, JONATHAN TURLEY, Axios, NTK Network and CNN
Griffin Connolly / Roll Call:
Duncan Hunter's ‘Personal Relationships’ Get New Attention in Indictment — Rep. Duncan Hunter once called Washington whispers that he had engaged in multiple extramarital affairs “tabloid trash.” — But the California Republican — who, along with his wife, Margaret …
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ABC News, Outside the Beltway, Weekly Standard, Wall Street Journal and BloombergQuint
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sandiegouniontribune.com:
Hunter indictment sheds light on ‘personal relationships’ for congressman — Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter and his wife, Margaret Hunter were arraigned on charges related to a 60-count indictment filed this week in San Diego. — The criminal indictment issued against Rep. Duncan Hunter …
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Political Wire and Raw Story
John Parkinson / ABC News:
House speaker dismisses Trump's criticisms over indictments against Republicans
House speaker dismisses Trump's criticisms over indictments against Republicans
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USA Today, Washington Post, Politico and HuffPost
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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Travis Fedschun / Fox News:
Man intentionally crashes truck into FOX 4 studios in Dallas, starts ‘ranting’ before arrest, officials say — Police say move by ranting driver was intentional. — A man who was upset about an officer-involved shooting intentionally crashed his truck into the side of the studios for FOX 4 …
Loyd Brumfield / Dallas Morning News:
Pickup driver ranting about treason crashes into Fox 4 building in Dallas
Pickup driver ranting about treason crashes into Fox 4 building in Dallas
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Watch: Alex Jones and Marco Rubio nearly come to blows in the Senate hallway — Jones called Rubio a “frat boy” and a “snake.” Rubio told him, “I'll take care of you myself.” — Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones had a tense exchange in the Senate hallway during …
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National Review and Politico
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Alex Jones, Rubio squabble as Facebook, Twitter testify: Key moments from Senate hearing
Alex Jones, Rubio squabble as Facebook, Twitter testify: Key moments from Senate hearing
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USA Today, Reuters, The Daily Beast and The Daily Caller, more at Techmeme »
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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Hit & Run, Shakesville, POLITICUSUSA and Daily Kos
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Susan Heavey / Reuters:
Trump backs off government shutdown threat ahead of elections: report
Trump backs off government shutdown threat ahead of elections: report
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Political Wire
Saagar Enjeti / The Daily Caller:
The Kingmaker: Trump Reveals How He Picks Who To Endorse
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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Axios, Los Angeles Times, IJR, NTK Network, The Guardian, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Beast and Roll Call
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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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IJR, Washington Times, The Daily Caller, Political Wire and Axios
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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Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo, Right Wing Watch, Splinter, American Greatness and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Harry Enten / CNN:
Trump's approval rating drop looks real, and it could be a disaster for the GOP in 2018 — (CNN)A new ABC News/Washington Post poll puts President Donald Trump's approval rating at just 36%. An IBD/TIPP poll also puts the President's approval rating at 36%.
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FiveThirtyEight and CNBC
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Gregg Kilday / Hollywood Reporter:
Michael Moore Plays His Trump Card: A New Movie, Modern Fascism and a 2020 Prediction — He's America's most successful documentarian and one of the few on the left who predicted the 2016 election upset. Now, as Moore readies his anticipated polemic ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’ for its Toronto film festival debut …
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Full Feed, Washington Times, Washington Free Beacon and Raw Story
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Justice to convene meeting on whether social media companies are ‘intentionally stifling’ free speech — has scheduled a meeting with state attorneys general in September to discuss a “growing concern” that tech companies may be “intentionally stifling” the free flow of ideas on their platforms.
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Politico
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Huge turnout in Ayanna Pressley's victory over Michael Capuano … LATEST POSTS FROM THE RUNDOWN — More than 102,000 voters turned out for last night's Massachusetts's 7th Congressional District Democratic primary, where Boston City Counselor Ayanna Pressley upset longtime incumbent Rep. Michael Capuano.
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The Hill, Washington Post and twitchy.com
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Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
This might be the next progressive underdog to shock establishment Dems — Kerri Evelyn Harris keeps a photograph of herself with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez taped to a wall inside her campaign headquarters. She was standing next to it when she started to made bold predictions about the future of the Democratic Party.