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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Lisa Murkowski's Biggest Reason To Oppose Brett Kavanaugh May Not Be Abortion Rights — Alaska Natives are urging the senator to vote no. She owes her re-election to them. — WASHINGTON For all the speculation about Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and whether she'll vote …
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Joe Lawlor / Press Herald:
As Kavanaugh's hearing concludes, Collins says she's still undecided on Supreme Court nominee — The moderate Republican wields a key vote and says she won't make a decision until she has a chance to review Brett Kavanaugh's paperwork and testimony. — SCARBOROUGH — Sen. Susan Collins …
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Bustle
CNN:
Kavanaugh ‘abortion-inducing drug’ comment draws scrutiny — Kavanaugh asked about 2003 Roe v Wade email — Washington (CNN)Brett Kavanaugh's views on birth control drew scrutiny in Washington on Thursday as abortion rights advocates charged that the Supreme Court nominee had referred to contraceptives as “abortion-inducing drugs.”
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Daily Wire, The Daily Caller and twitchy.com
Alex Griswold / Washington Free Beacon:
Kamala Harris Tweets Out Deceptively Edited Video to Smear Brett Kavanaugh — I've seen my share of deception and chicanery from politicians in my thankfully brief time on this earth. And sure, I expected dumb hatchet jobs and pointless grandstanding in reaction to something as big as an open Supreme Court seat.
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Vox
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Leahy says Kavanaugh was ‘not truthful’ about Democratic documents
New York Times:
Trump Administration Discussed Coup Plans With Rebel Venezuelan Officers — The Trump administration held secret meetings with rebellious military officers from Venezuela over the last year to discuss their plans to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro, according to American officials …
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ThinkProgress, Sputnik International, The American Conservative, Outside the Beltway, WHNT-TV, KABE-LP, The Daily Caller and Axios
Mike Allen / Axios:
The 60 days of rage leading into the midterms — Today is exactly 60 days till midterms. Yesterday's personal, venomous face-off between President Obama (who went after his successor by name in Illinois) and President Trump (who attacked Bob Woodward and threatened the New York Times aboard Air Force One) …
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The White House and Raw Story
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Justin Miller / The Daily Beast:
Elliott Broidy's Mistress Shera Bechard Says He Demanded She Get Abortion — Shera Bechard also accused Elliott Broidy of having unprotected sex with her—'without telling her he had genital herpes.' Broidy denies the claims. — Lachlan Cartwright — A major Republican fundraiser allegedly demanded …
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POLITICUSUSA, Mediaite and BloombergQuint
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Sara Sidner / CNN:
Accusations by ex-mistress of GOP mega donor Elliott Broidy go public
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Axios
Aaron Patrick / Financial Review:
NYT columnist Maureen Dowd explains why Donald Trump isn't as bad as Dick Cheney — Share via Email — Post on facebook wall — Post to Linkedin — Maureen Dowd, I have a confession. I know the “scheduling conflict” you used at the last minute to push our lunch back one hour was a hair appointment at your hotel.
Mike Kordenbrock / Billings Gazette:
plaidshirtguy at Trump rally is ... a Billings high schooler — Billings West High School senior Tyler Linfesty learned Thursday morning during first period that he had been selected for VIP treatment at President Donald J. Trump's rally at MetraPark. — Linfesty had applied for tickets to the rally earlier in the week.
Daniel Dale / Toronto Star:
According to Donald Trump, a lot of people are crying around Donald Trump — WASHINGTON - Something remarkable happened, according to Donald Trump, when Donald Trump arrived at his campaign rally in Evansville, Indiana last week. — Nine “miners” greeted him backstage.
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Political Wire and Raw Story
John Bowden / The Hill:
DNC: Papadopoulos's UK contact may be dead — The Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Friday raised the prospect that the London-based professor who told former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos — that Russia had “dirt” on Hillary Clinton — may be dead.
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The Gateway Pundit
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lohud.com:
Cuomo Bridge: ‘Dangerous situation’ on Tappan Zee halts opening of Westchester-bound span — The second span of the new Mario M. Cuomo Bridge was supposed to open, but fears that the old Tappan Zee would collapse onto the new bridge kept the span closed to drivers. Video by Jordan Fenster.
MJ Lee / CNN:
Michael Cohen seeks to tear up Stormy Daniels deal, wants money back — (CNN)Michael Cohen's shell company, Essential Consultants, filed a status report Friday evening agreeing to tear up the original 2016 agreement with adult film star Stormy Daniels, in which Cohen arranged to pay her $130,000 …
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Bustle, Vox, New York Times, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, ABC News, Axios, TheBlaze, Common Dreams, Political Wire and Mediaite
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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Michael Cohen firm seeks to void nondisclosure agreement with Stormy Daniels
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POLITICUSUSA, HuffPost and Politico
Associated Press:
Echoes of Watergate in Trump tumult — WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House seethes with intrigue and backstabbing as aides hunt for the anonymous Deep (state) Throat among them. A president feels besieged by tormentors — Bob Woodward is driving him crazy — so he tends his version of an enemies list …
New York Times:
To Secure Better Housing, Top Diplomat Pulls Rank on the Military — WASHINGTON — As a congressman and before he moved to Washington full-time, Mike Pompeo lived in a 5,500-square-foot house in Wichita, Kan., replete with vaulted ceilings, four bedrooms and five bathrooms …
John McLaughlin / Washington Post:
Why so many former intelligence officers are speaking out — John McLaughlin teaches at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. He was deputy director of the CIA from 2000 to 2004, serving as acting director in 2004. — People frequently ask …
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Daily Kos, Outside the Beltway and The Ring of Fire Network
Erica Steiner / The Blast:
George Zimmerman Allegedly Made Threats Against Beyoncé During Filming of Trayvon Martin Docuseries — George Zimmerman allegedly made menacing threats aimed at both Beyoncé and Jay-Z during the filming of “Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story,” the docuseries the rapper co-executive produced.
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Raw Story, Dazed, The Root, News One and Hollywood Life
Amir Tibon / Haaretz:
>> Defunding UNRWA is an example of Trump's ‘peace’ plan | Analysis — The administration deliberated for a number of weeks whether or not to include the East Jerusalem hospitals in its budget cut, since some of these hospitals are supported by influential Christian groups in the United States.
Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Dallas Police Officer Kills Her Neighbor in His Apartment, Saying She Mistook It for Her Own — A Dallas police officer fatally shot a neighbor inside the man's apartment late Thursday night, claiming that she mistook his apartment for her own and believed he was an intruder, the police said.
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Dallas Morning News, The Root, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times and NPR
Robert Kagan / Wall Street Journal:
The Cost of American Retreat — The world order that the U.S. built after World War II required sacrifice and commitment, but it brought unprecedented benefits. What happens if it disappears? — The liberal world order established by the United States a little over seven decades ago is collapsing.
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Democrats Embrace Liberal Insurgents, Demanding New Face for Party — The Democratic primary elections of 2018 have brought an end to an era of deference by liberals to establishment leaders in Washington and the states, as an emboldened coalition of women, young people and racial minorities claimed ownership …
Sun-Sentinel:
Deputies faulted over Parkland shooter tips, but neither one is fired — A Broward Sheriff's Office vehicle parked outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. (Wilfredo Lee/Associated Press) South Florida Sun Sentinel — Privacy Policy — Two sheriff's deputies will keep their jobs …
The Seattle Times:
Amazon has patented a system that would put workers in a cage, on top of a robot — Amazon said it never implemented the technology described in the patent, granted in 2016, and has no plans to. — A patent Amazon has received would pair humans and machines. In this case, the humans would be in a cage.
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