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Michael R. Gordon / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration to Close Palestine Liberation Organization Office in Washington — The Trump administration is expected to announce Monday it will close the Palestine Liberation Organization's office in Washington, widening a campaign of pressure amid stalled Middle East peace efforts.
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Administration Threatens International Criminal Court and the P.L.O. — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will threaten to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court if it pursues an investigation of American troops in Afghanistan, opening a harsh new attack on an old nemesis of many on the political right.
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Townhall, New Republic, Axios, Washington Post, twitchy.com and Mediaite
Tamar Auber / Mediaite:
Michael Caputo Says He Figured Out the Identity of NYT Op-Ed Writer: She ‘Believes that She is a Hero’ — On Sunday, former Trump campaign director Michael Caputo claimed he knows who the author of the mysterious New York Times op-ed is and insisted the person behind the prose is a woman.
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HuffPost, No More Mister Nice Blog, Splinter and The Gateway Pundit
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Emily Goldberg / Politico:
Trump says he'll ‘write the real book’ to counter Woodward's
Trump says he'll ‘write the real book’ to counter Woodward's
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ABC News, Associated Press, Shakesville and Shareblue Media
Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Dem Who Compared Trump to Bin Laden Also Said ‘Nazis’ Work in White House
Dem Who Compared Trump to Bin Laden Also Said ‘Nazis’ Work in White House
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The Daily Caller and NRCC
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
The Circus of Resistance — The resistance to Donald Trump …
Washington Post:
GOP candidate for Fla. governor spoke at racially charged events — Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), a gubernatorial nominee who recently was accused of using racially tinged language, spoke four times at conferences organized by a conservative activist who has said that African Americans owe …
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Matt Dixon / Politico:
DeSantis steps down from Congress to focus on governor's race
DeSantis steps down from Congress to focus on governor's race
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Political Wire, Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Beast, Washington Times and CBS Miami
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Can Mark Zuckerberg Fix Facebook Before It Breaks Democracy? — The most famous entrepreneur of his generation is facing a public reckoning with the power of Big Tech. — At ten o'clock on a weekday morning in August, Mark Zuckerberg, the chairman and C.E.O. of Facebook …
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Omarosa Releases Tape of Sarah Huckabee Sanders Agreeing With Trump's ‘Lies’ — In a new tape played by Omarosa Manigault Newman on ‘The View,’ Sarah Huckabee Sanders can be heard confirming Trump's distortion of the Russia story. — With Bob Woodward's new book climbing the best-seller charts ahead …
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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Exclusive: White House again changes phone policy amid heightened paranoia
Exclusive: White House again changes phone policy amid heightened paranoia
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NBC News, CNBC and NPR, more at Mediagazer »
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Urgent Question of Trump and Money Laundering — How Bruce Ohr, President Trump's latest Twitter target, fits a suspicious pattern of behavior on Russia. — Donald Trump has a long history of doing what he thinks is best for Donald Trump. If he needs to discard friends, allies or wives along the way, so be it.
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Shakesville
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Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
A Mathematician Says Activists Made His Paper Disappear Because Its Findings Offended Them — Theodore Hill, a retired professor of mathematics at Georgia Tech, claims that activists successfully pressured the New York Journal of Mathematics to delete an article he had written …
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National Review and Louder With Crowder
TMZ.com:
Broadway Star Carole Cook on Trump, 'Where's John Wilkes Booth When You Need Him?' — Legendary Broadway star Carole Cook said something so shocking when asked about Donald Trump — “Where's John Wilkes Booth when you need him?” — Cook and her husband were leaving Craig's in WeHo Sunday night …
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New York Times and Breitbart
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Veteran Broadway actress asks: 'Where's John Wilkes Booth when you need him?'
Veteran Broadway actress asks: 'Where's John Wilkes Booth when you need him?'
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twitchy.com
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Inside the making of Ben Folds's ‘Mister Peepers’ — The Washington Post Magazine asked Ben Folds to write a song about anything. He chose Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Subscribe to The Washington Pos...
NBC News:
North Korea is still making nukes, and the Trump admin is taking a harder line — The newest intelligence shows Kim's regime has stepped up efforts to hide its nuclear weapons production, say three senior U.S. officials. — WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump issues a steady stream …
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Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
The Democrat Who Could Lead Trump's Impeachment Isn't Sure It's Warranted — BROOKLYN—"Right now, I don't want to talk about it," Jerry Nadler told his curious, concerned constituent. “We don't want to talk about it.” — The man positioned to lead the House of Representatives' impeachment effort …
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Washington Monthly and Booman Tribune
Emily Peck / HuffPost:
Les Moonves' CBS Replacement Dodges Sexual Misconduct Issues In Email To Staff — Joseph Ianniello only briefly alludes to diversity and cultural issues. Meanwhile, Moonves stays on in an advisory role. — Interim CBS Corp. chief executive Joseph Ianniello took the helm at the media company on Monday …
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Weekly Standard, The Atlantic and Gothamist, more at Mediagazer »
Robert Herguth / Chicago Sun-Times:
Cupich on scandal: ‘We have a bigger agenda than to be distracted by all of this’ — The young man studying at Mundelein Seminary to become a Catholic priest seemed anguished as he vented to Cardinal Blase Cupich about the clergy sex-abuse scandal that threatens to topple Pope Francis and drive more people away from the faith.
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The American Conservative
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
State of The 2018 House Race — Dems do better in Dem precincts than GOP in GOP precincts; — Race, gender and education divide core support from persuadable voters — West Long Branch, NJ - The Monmouth University Poll finds the race for control of the House of Representatives to be tight …
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Political Wire
CNN:
Rep. Mia Love's campaign admits to improperly raising primary election funds — (CNN)Rep. Mia Love's campaign has informed the Federal Election Commission that it will refund or redesignate less than half of what the government says was more than a million dollars improperly raised for a primary …
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Roll Call and Political Wire
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
‘Scott Walker fatigue’ haunts Republicans — Signs that the Wisconsin governor is ripe to be taken down are everywhere. — GREEN BAY, Wisc. — There's every reason to believe this is the beginning of the end for Scott Walker. — His presidential bid crashed and burned.
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Splinter
Pete Madden / ABC News:
Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina was paid to pursue access to Vladimir Putin for TV show — Maria Butina, the alleged Russian agent who stands accused of developing a covert influence operation in the United States, boasted of connections to high-ranking Kremlin officials and was even paid …
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Politico, Reuters, POLITICUSUSA and The Daily Beast
Howard Blume / Los Angeles Times:
Allegations of racism at Orange County high school football game underscore broader tension in the Trump era — The fallout over allegations of racism at a recent Orange County high school football game erupted on social media over the weekend, reflecting the broader tension gripping the country in the Trump era.
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Orange County Register and Raw Story
Seanna Adcox / Post and Courier:
Evacuations ordered for SC coast as Hurricane Florence nears, effective Tuesday — COLUMBIA — Gov. Henry McMaster will order evacuations along South Carolina's entire 187-mile coastline border starting at noon Tuesday, saying residents and tourists must get out of Hurricane Florence's …
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Nancy Pelosi: As long as Trump is here, 'I'm here' — Christiane Amanpour's full interview with Nancy Pelosi airs on CNN International at 7 p.m. CET and 10 p.m. ET, and on PBS across the United States at 10 p.m. ET. — (CNN)Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who served as the first woman Speaker …
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National Review, Townhall, POLITICUSUSA, Washington Times and Political Wire
Jon Henley / The Guardian:
Sweden faces political impasse after inconclusive election — PM refuses calls to resign while second-placed Moderates rebuff overtures from far right — The leaders of Sweden's main left and rightwing parliamentary blocs have staked claims to form the next government …
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ThinkProgress, Washington Post, New York Times, Hullabaloo and Mashable
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump touts an economic metric not seen in the U.S. since ... Bush — President Trump began his day Monday with a blizzard of tweets, some original, some retweets of supporters offering pro-Trump or anti-Trump-opponent messages. Those retweets were unusual; he doesn't often retweet people.
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New York Times, ThinkProgress, CNN, MSNBC and Shareblue Media
Jedediah Purdy / New York Times:
A Progressive's Guide to Reclaiming the Constitution — Progressives should not just resist the erosion of important legal gains, but say what they believe the courts should do, and what they believe the Constitution means. — Mr. Purdy is a professor of law at Duke.
Steve Kornacki / NBC News:
Shhhh! Dem leaders don't want to say ‘impeach.’ Bill Clinton's case explains why. — The top three Democratic leaders in the House — Reps. Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer and Jim Clyburn — were all there in '98. — A majority of Democratic voters want President Donald Trump impeached, and …