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Tarpley Hitt / The Daily Beast:
‘No Celebrities’: Embarrassing Turnout at Trump's Beverly Hills Fundraiser — Tickets for the event allegedly started at $15,000 and went as high as $150,000. — BEVERLY HILLS, California—Late Friday afternoon, Donald Trump landed in Los Angeles for a re-election fundraiser.
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Jeff Murray / Elmira Star-Gazette:
Steuben County man makes death threats against Rep. Ilhan Omar, federal official say — Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the House will vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and other forms of hate after an upheaval that split Democrats and clouded their agenda.
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Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Feds Arrest New York Man for Allegedly Threatening to Kill Rep. Ilhan Omar — A 55-year-old New York man was arrested Friday for allegedly threatening to kill freshman congresswoman Ilhan Omar, the Elmira Star-Gazette reports. The man, identified as Patrick W. Carlineo …
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Kevin Bohn / CNN:
New York man charged with threatening to assault and kill Rep. Ilhan Omar
New York man charged with threatening to assault and kill Rep. Ilhan Omar
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ThinkProgress, Axios, Daily Kos and Mediaite
Barbara Burns / Justice News:
Steuben County Man Arrested, Charged With Threatening To Kill A U.S. Congresswoman
Steuben County Man Arrested, Charged With Threatening To Kill A U.S. Congresswoman
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Haaretz:
Netanyahu Says Will Begin Annexing West Bank if Re-elected Prime Minister — Netanyahu tells Channel 12 he will not divide Jerusalem nor ‘evacuate any community’ — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israel's Channel 12 News on Saturday evening that he will start extending Israeli sovereignty …
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Abraham Riesman / New York Magazine:
Whatever Happened to the Israeli Left? …
New York Times:
A Mysterious Infection, Spanning the Globe in a Climate of Secrecy — The rise of Candida auris embodies a serious and growing public health threat: drug-resistant germs. — Last May, an elderly man was admitted to the Brooklyn branch of Mount Sinai Hospital for abdominal surgery.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: W.H. resurrects health care push — DRIVING THE DAY — FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — W.H. HEALTH CARE PUSH NOT OVER ... NANCY COOK: “White House acting chief-of-staff MICK MULVANEY is convening a meeting at Camp David this weekend with top White House staffers and key Cabinet members …
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Joe Biden's rustiness is showing
Joe Biden's rustiness is showing
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Associated Press:
A 2016 hangover: Some Bernie Sanders supporters still upset — IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — It was hard to miss Cheri Pichone's excitement about Bernie Sanders' second presidential run. She showed up to a recent Iowa rally decked out in Sanders gear, complete with a figurine of the Vermont senator and progressive icon.
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Aída Chávez / The Intercept:
Bernie Sanders Is the Most Popular 2020 Candidate Among Hispanic Voters, New Polling Finds
Bernie Sanders Is the Most Popular 2020 Candidate Among Hispanic Voters, New Polling Finds
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Post and Courier:
Former SC Governor, U.S. Senator Ernest F. ‘Fritz’ Hollings dies at 97 … Fritz Hollings celebrates his 1998 victory over Republican challenger Bob Inglis to retain his U.S. Senate seat. It would be his final campaign. File/Matthew Fortner/staff — Fritz Hollings is sworn …
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David Travis Bland / The State:
Former U.S. Senator Ernest ‘Fritz’ Hollings has died
Alexandra Hutzler / Newsweek:
Republican Senator John Kennedy Suggests Someone Could Be ‘Killed’ if Unredacted Mueller Report Is Released — Republican Senator John Kennedy suggested that someone could be “killed” if the unredacted version of the Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation is released to the public.
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William Saletan / Slate:
Republicans Have Made 18 Extraordinary Claims About the Mueller Report. Are Any of Them True?
Republicans Have Made 18 Extraordinary Claims About the Mueller Report. Are Any of Them True?
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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
3 Black Churches Have Burned in 10 Days in a Single Louisiana Parish — ATLANTA — Three historically black churches have burned in less than two weeks in one south Louisiana parish, where officials said they had found “suspicious elements” in each case. The officials have not ruled …
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Obama: I worry progressives may undercut Democratic allies — Former President Obama expressed concern about the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, saying he feared it could end up undercutting allies. — Speaking at a town hall event on Saturday for the Obama Foundation in Berlin …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Congress' new Mueller fight: Do Dems need to begin impeachment to see secret files? — Do Democrats have to begin the process of impeaching President Donald Trump in order to access special counsel Robert Mueller's secrets? — That legal debate began raging inside the House Judiciary Committee …
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Ruling on grand jury records could affect release of Mueller report details
Ruling on grand jury records could affect release of Mueller report details
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Politico, Raw Story, Slate and Talking Points Memo
Heather Long / Washington Post:
Trump administration nearly doubles H-2B guest visa program, which brings many Mexican workers — As President Trump threatened to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border in recent days, his Department of Homeland Security nearly doubled the number of temporary guest worker visas available this summer.
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Axios, Mother Jones and Breitbart
Nancy Scola / Politico:
Here's a Trump campaign strategy Democrats are eager to embrace — President Donald Trump left many in Washington scratching their heads when he put his 2016 campaign's digital chief in charge of his entire reelection effort. — But now Democrats are embracing that strategy too.
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POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
What's at Risk if the Fed Becomes as Partisan as the Rest of Washington — The credibility of the Federal Reserve around the world has been built over decades. — Politicians have had strong opinions on what the Federal Reserve should and shouldn't do throughout its 105-year history.
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Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski might have been a woman or intersex — Researchers noticed the Polish officer's delicate bone structure after the skeleton was extracted from the Pulaski monument in Savannah, Georgia. — Casimir Pulaski, hero of the Revolutionary War and the pride …
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The Guardian
Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
This Guy Is the President's Favorite Meme-Maker — A stay-at-home dad in Kansas reveals how the lines have blurred between viral trolling and the business of politics. — Mr. Warzel is an Opinion writer at large. … Welcome to 2019, where it takes just 19 hours for a faked homemade video …
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Hayes Brown / BuzzFeed News:
Justin Trudeau Used To Make People Go — Now It's More Like — One recent opinion poll had the Canadian prime minister with a lower approval rating than Donald Trump. How did this happen? — The last time you thought about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (if you're a US citizen) …
HuffPost:
Trump Lawyers Fight Release Of The President's Tax Returns — In a letter, the president's lawyers argued that the release of his returns, as House Democrats have requested, wouldn't be “consistent” with the law. — President Donald Trump's lawyers are pushing back against the idea of releasing his tax returns.
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Brian Faler / Politico:
Democrats face minefield if they get Trump's tax returns
Democrats face minefield if they get Trump's tax returns
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