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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Leaked Documents From Kavanaugh's Time in White House Discuss Abortion and Affirmative Action — WASHINGTON — As a White House lawyer in the Bush administration, Judge Brett Kavanaugh challenged the accuracy of deeming the Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision to be …
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Cory Booker and Senate Democrats just went into open revolt in the Kavanaugh hearings — On Day 1, Senate Democrats tried to stop the hearing before it even started. On Day 3, they went into full-on revolt: One by one, starting with Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.), they threatened to release documents …
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Stephanie Ebbs / ABC News:
Sen. Cory Booker releases ‘confidential’ Kavanaugh emails in combative Supreme Court confirmation hearing — The ongoing partisan battle over whether documents from Brett Kavanaugh's work at the George W. Bush White House should be made public continued to dominate the nominee's Supreme Court …
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Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Senator Ben Sasse On Day Two Of The Kavanaugh Hearings — Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska, a member of the Judiciary Committee, joined me this morning: — 09-06hhs-sasse — Transcript: — HH: Joined by Ben Sasse, Senator from Nebraska. Senator, welcome back.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Newly released email suggests Kavanaugh did not tell the truth while he was under oath in 2006 — In December of 2005, the New York Times dropped a bombshell report. “Months after the Sept. 11 attacks,” it read, “President Bush secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop …
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Kavanaugh stumbles when grilled on whether he discussed Mueller probe — Nearly 12 hours into Brett Kavanaugh's Senate confirmation hearing, Kamala Harris opened with a tantalizing query: Has the Supreme Court nominee ever discussed Robert Mueller's probe with a lawyer at Kasowitz Benson & Torres …
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Alex Pappas / Fox News:
‘Confidential’ Kavanaugh emails posted by Cory Booker were cleared, despite dramatic claim of defying rules
‘Confidential’ Kavanaugh emails posted by Cory Booker were cleared, despite dramatic claim of defying rules
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Booker releases ‘confidential’ Kavanaugh documents
Booker releases ‘confidential’ Kavanaugh documents
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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh hearing: ‘Confidential’ emails were already cleared for public release
Kavanaugh hearing: ‘Confidential’ emails were already cleared for public release
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Christopher Steele Again Eludes His Republican Pursuers
Christopher Steele Again Eludes His Republican Pursuers
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
'Most of Bush's nominees are Nazis' — those memos Patrick Leahy griped about were damning to the Democrats
'Most of Bush's nominees are Nazis' — those memos Patrick Leahy griped about were damning to the Democrats
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Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Booker releases secret Kavanaugh emails in defiance of Senate rules, drawing GOP condemnation
Booker releases secret Kavanaugh emails in defiance of Senate rules, drawing GOP condemnation
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Axios:
Exclusive: Trump's nightmare: “The snakes are everywhere” — President Trump is not just seething about Bob Woodward. He's deeply suspicious of much of the government he oversees — from the hordes of folks inside agencies, right up to some of the senior-most political appointees …
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
The crisis isn't Trump. It's his Republican enablers. — Trump's flaws lie in plain sight. It's the GOP that pretends blindness. — This feels like a week of substantial, even shattering, revelations about the Trump White House. But it wasn't, not really.
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Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
I am the real Resistance, the Resistance within the Trump administration — When you think of the Resistance, you probably don't think of a group of senior Trump administration officials. But, you see, that is your mistake. That is exactly what I am, and I am resisting more than any of you, in your hats with your signs.
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Washington Post:
Trump's reputation precedes him. So does Woodward's. — BOB WOODWARD'S new book, “Fear,” does not paint a different picture of the early Trump White House than the one that has already emerged from credible news organizations in daily reporting on President Trump.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
‘The sleeper cells have awoken’: Trump and aides shaken by ‘resistance’ op-ed
‘The sleeper cells have awoken’: Trump and aides shaken by ‘resistance’ op-ed
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Publishing that anonymous New York Times article wasn't ‘gutless.’ But writing it probably was.
Publishing that anonymous New York Times article wasn't ‘gutless.’ But writing it probably was.
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump to op-ed writer: You are ‘sabotaging’ our country
Melania Trump to op-ed writer: You are ‘sabotaging’ our country
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
13 people who might be the author of The New York Times op-ed
13 people who might be the author of The New York Times op-ed
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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Revealed: Trump inauguration crowd photos were edited after he intervened — Exclusive: documents released to Guardian reveal government photographer cropped space ‘where crowd ended’ — A government photographer edited official pictures of Donald Trump's inauguration …
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Daily Mail:
NY Democratic Senate hopeful Julia Salazar was accused of having affair with Mets Keith Hernandez — EXCLUSIVE: New York Socialist Democratic candidate, 27, who ‘faked her Jewish immigrant biography’ was accused of affair with Mets star Keith Hernandez, 64, and arrested over claim of stealing from his wife
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Yair Rosenberg / Tablet Magazine:
State Senate Candidate Julia Salazar Was Arrested in 2011 On Suspicion of Criminal Use of Personal Information — Julia Salazar, the Democratic Socialist candidate running for New York State Senate, was arrested in 2011 on allegations of fraudulently attempting to access the bank account of Kai Hernandez …
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Washington Post:
Trump administration to circumvent court limits on detention of child migrants — The Trump administration said Thursday it is preparing to circumvent limits on the government's ability to hold minors in immigration jails by withdrawing from the Flores Settlement Agreement …
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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Trump admin plans to hold migrant kids indefinitely, upending decades-old ban
Trump admin plans to hold migrant kids indefinitely, upending decades-old ban
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Prosecutors use grand jury as investigation of Andrew McCabe intensifies — Federal prosecutors have for months been using a grand jury to investigate former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe — an indication that the probe into whether he misled officials exploring his role …
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Economist:
Donald Trump's approval ratings are pulled down by college-educated whites — His current numbers are only just above the low point of December 2017 — ANYONE wondering how long it takes Americans to digest the news that their president has been implicated in a conspiracy …
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David Klepper / Associated Press:
Source: NY Catholic dioceses subpoenaed in sex abuse probe — ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood has subpoenaed all eight Roman Catholic dioceses in the state as part of her office's investigation into the church's handling of sex abuse allegations.
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Marc Kasowitz denies Kavanaugh ever spoke to anyone at his firm about Mueller probe, contradicting Kamala Harris claim — “There have been no discussions regarding Robert Mueller's investigation between Judge Kavanaugh and anyone at our firm,” a spokesman for Marc Kasowitz said in a statement first provided to CNBC on Thursday.
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Mike Barnes / Hollywood Reporter:
Burt Reynolds, Movie Star Who Played It for Grins, Dies at 82 — The ex-jock from Florida starred in ‘Deliverance’ and ‘Boogie Nights’ but preferred making such populist, fun fare as ‘Smokey and the Bandit,’ ‘The Cannonball Run’ and ‘Starting Over.’ — Burt Reynolds, the charismatic star …
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Associated Press:
Abandoned trucks litter California highway as wildfire rages — REDDING, Calif. (AP) — An explosive wildfire closed down dozens of miles of a major California freeway only weeks after a nearby blaze that left neighborhoods in ruins and killed eight people.
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Ex-CNN Trumpkin Star Scottie Nell Hughes Now Working for RT, the Kremlin's News Outlet — Once among the most prominent pro-Trump cable-news stars, Scottie Nell Hughes is now apparently working for RT, the Kremlin-backed propaganda outlet. — It appears Scottie Nell Hughes has a new job …
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
D.C. Wise Man Had Early Access To Trump's Pro-Russia Speech — Photos obtained by The Daily Beast show that controversial think tank chief Dimitri Simes was closer than previously known to the speech's drafting. — In the morning of April 21, 2016, a staffer at the Center for the National Interest …
Kyle Kondik / Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Senate 2018: At Least for Now, the Elephant Endures — GOP maintains edge in race for upper chamber, but Democratic path to majority remains open — KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — In what is a somewhat unusual development, the incumbent party is not a clear underdog in any single Senate race with just two months left to go.
Daily Mail:
Four UFOs are spotted flying over US president's Scottish golf course — Trump's visitors! Four UFOs are spotted flying over US president's Scottish golf course — Four UFOs were spotted flying over US President Donald Trump's golf course in Scotland. — A golf fan shared a picture …
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
The Bullet in My Arm — I was shot on a Sunday. It was late and it was hot and I was 21, on my way home from dinner during summer break. I'd rolled the windows down because the breeze felt good. — I pulled up to a red light, about half a mile from my home in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Tom McCarthy / The Guardian:
'I'm a popularist': Trump struggles with Bannon's coaching in Woodward book — Jared Kushner claims boss lacks cash and Melania Trump refuses to defend her husband in a tale of infighting and confusion — Before Donald Trump ran for president, he needed to build his political vocabulary.
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:
Sanders-Khanna Bill Risks Unintended Side Effects That Could Hurt Lower-Income Workers and Spur Discriminatory Hiring Practices — Better Ways Exist to Achieve Its Goals — ROBERT GREENSTEIN SHARON PARROTT CHYE-CHING HUANG — Today's new legislation from Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ro Khanna …
Zach Carter / HuffPost:
Zephyr Teachout Sues Sean Patrick Maloney Over Campaign Finances — The Democratic congressman funneled $1.4 million from his federal re-election campaign to his state AG run. — Zephyr Teachout filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) of violating state campaign finance law …