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George Conway / Washington Post:
The latest charge against Trump is as credible as Juanita Broaddrick's against Clinton — George T. Conway III is a lawyer in New York. — “Thank you very much for coming. These four very courageous women have asked to be here and it was our honor to help them.
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Washington Post:
Magazine columnist accuses Trump of sexual assault more than two decades ago, an allegation he denies
Magazine columnist accuses Trump of sexual assault more than two decades ago, an allegation he denies
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New York Times:
Urged to Launch an Attack, Trump Listened to the Skeptics Who Said It Would Be a Costly Mistake — WASHINGTON — He heard from his generals and his diplomats. Lawmakers weighed in and so did his advisers. But among the voices ringing in President Trump's head was that of one of his favorite Fox News hosts: Tucker Carlson.
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
With Trump's approval, Pentagon launched cyber strikes against Iran — President Trump approved an offensive cyber strike that disabled Iranian computer systems used to control rocket and missile launches, even as he backed away from a conventional military attack in response to its shoot …
Christian Vasquez / Politico:
‘The only one that matters is me’: Trump backs Bolton amid Iran tensions — President Donald Trump on Saturday praised national security adviser John Bolton after the U.S. this week backed away from a potentially deadly confrontation with Iran. — “Yeah, I do,” Trump said when asked …
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Trump's last-minute pullback on Iran strikes may have made crisis more perilous
Trump's last-minute pullback on Iran strikes may have made crisis more perilous
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Washington Post, NPR, The Daily Caller and IJR
Washington Post:
‘I stopped it’: Inside Trump's last-minute reversal on striking Iran
‘I stopped it’: Inside Trump's last-minute reversal on striking Iran
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Trump's Slouching Toward War With Iran Is a Disgrace
Trump's Slouching Toward War With Iran Is a Disgrace
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Informed Comment, Hullabaloo and Lawfare
CNN:
Inside Trump's Iran decision: ‘I really watched him agonize over this’
Inside Trump's Iran decision: ‘I really watched him agonize over this’
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National Review, VICE, WPIX 11 New York, The Hill and The Week
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Inside a Texas Building Where the Government Is Holding Immigrant Children — Hundreds of immigrant children who have been separated from their parents or family members are being held in dirty, neglectful, and dangerous conditions at Border Patrol facilities in Texas.
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Angelina Chapin / HuffPost:
4 Severely Ill Migrant Toddlers Hospitalized After Lawyers Visit Border Patrol Facility
4 Severely Ill Migrant Toddlers Hospitalized After Lawyers Visit Border Patrol Facility
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Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
‘There Is a Stench’: No Soap and Overcrowding in Detention Centers for Migrant Children
‘There Is a Stench’: No Soap and Overcrowding in Detention Centers for Migrant Children
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Hullabaloo and Washington Post
CNN:
Democrats cut deal to hear from White House counsel office insider, source says — Burnett: Hope Hicks is as inner circle as it gets — (CNN)The House Judiciary Committee appears to have reached a deal with former White House aide Annie Donaldson that would allow her to not appear …
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Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post:
Goodbye, Chrome: Google's web browser has become spy software — Our latest privacy experiment found Chrome ushered more than 11,000 tracker cookies into our browser — in a single week. Here's why Firefox is better. — You open your browser to look at the Web. Do you know who is looking back at you?
Seth Harp / The Intercept:
I'm a Journalist but I Didn't Fully Realize the Terrible Power of U.S. Border Officials Until They Violated My Rights and Privacy — I should have kept my mouth shut about the guacamole; that made things worse for me. Otherwise, what I'm about to describe could happen to any American who travels internationally.
Julie Turkewitz / New York Times:
Who Gets to Own the West? — A new group of billionaires is shaking up the landscape. — IDAHO CITY, Idaho — The Wilks brothers grew up in a goat shed, never finished high school and built a billion-dollar fracking business from scratch. — So when the brothers, Dan and Farris …
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Pete Buttigieg Leaves Campaign Trail After Fatal Police Shooting. Reality Rears Its Head. — SOUTH BEND, Ind. — While his 2020 rivals mingled with large friendly crowds at a Democratic fish fry in South Carolina Friday night, Mayor Pete Buttigieg found himself somewhere very different …
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Greg Swiercz South Bend / South Bend Tribune:
Marchers confront Pete Buttigieg, police chief with frustrations after South Bend shooting
Marchers confront Pete Buttigieg, police chief with frustrations after South Bend shooting
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Mother Jones, Political Wire and Politico
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Histrionics, Hysteria and Joe Biden — Will the Democratic Party banish its democratic instincts? — For several years I had a regular lunch date with an Iranian diplomat — I suspect his real profession was otherwise — who worked out of the Islamic Republic's mission to the United Nations.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Washington Post and Politico
Politico:
Boris Johnson refuses to answer questions about police visit — The frontrunner in the race to be UK prime minister said the audience wanted to hear about his policies. — Boris Johnson refused multiple times to answer questions at a Tory leadership hustings about why the police were called …
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Tami Abdollah / Associated Press:
Iranian hackers wage cyber campaign amid tensions with US — WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran has increased its offensive cyberattacks against the U.S. government and critical infrastructure as tensions have grown between the two nations, cybersecurity firms say. — In recent weeks …
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Russell Gold / Wall Street Journal:
Building the Wind Turbines Was Easy. The Hard Part Was Plugging Them In — In the Oklahoma panhandle, one entrepreneur saw a future fueled by cheap and clean energy. But there was a big snag. — Adapted from “SUPERPOWER: One Man's Quest to Transform American Energy” …
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Democrats try for a ratings blockbuster during two nights of presidential campaign debates — Joe Biden's advisers have been preparing him for an onslaught. Bernie Sanders is looking to cut a clear contrast on policy. Pete Buttigieg hopes to appear as “something completely different.”
New York Times:
A Profound Democratic Shift in New York: ‘We Seized the Moment’ — With Democrats in firm control in Albany, lawmakers carried out a progressive agenda that had long been thwarted. — ALBANY — When Democrats won control of New York's government last year, riding a national wave of liberal energy …
ABC News:
White House unveils $50 billion Palestinian economic plan — The Trump administration on Saturday unveiled a $50 billion Palestinian investment and infrastructure proposal intended to be the economic engine to power its much-anticipated but still unreleased “deal of the century” Middle East peace plan.
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One America News Network
Reuters:
Deluge of Democratic presidential hopefuls descends on South Carolina — COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) - South Carolina is at the epicenter of the Democratic presidential primary contest this weekend as 22 candidates descend on the state's capital to make their pitch for the party's nomination for president of the United States.
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Jennifer De Pinto / CBS News:
In South Carolina, Biden is Democrats' top choice
In South Carolina, Biden is Democrats' top choice
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Daily Wire and FiveThirtyEight