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The Hill:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump vehemently denies E. Jean Carroll allegation, says 'she's not my type' — President Trump said Monday that writer E. Jean Carroll was “totally lying” when she recently accused him of raping her during an encounter in a New York department store in the mid-1990s.
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Lara Takenaga / New York Times:
Our Top Editor Revisits How We Handled E. Jean Carroll's Allegations Against Trump — Dean Baquet, our executive editor, says “we were overly cautious” in our handling of a prominent writer's allegations against the president. — After an article last week reported the advice columnist E …
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CNN:
Murdoch lieutenant ordered removal of New York Post story on Trump sexual assault allegation, sources say — New York (CNN)The New York Post's former top editor, a supporter of President Trump and an old lieutenant of Rupert Murdoch who returned to the conservative tabloid as an adviser in early 2019 …
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New York Times:
Trump Calls Accuser a Liar: 'She's Not My Type'
Trump Calls Accuser a Liar: 'She's Not My Type'
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The Post Millennial, CNN and Axios
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
E. Jean Carroll says she's received death threats since making allegations against Trump
E. Jean Carroll says she's received death threats since making allegations against Trump
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Louder With Crowder, Daily Wire and The Gateway Pundit
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Trump accused of rape, major media yawns: Why was E. Jean Carroll's story not front page news?
Trump accused of rape, major media yawns: Why was E. Jean Carroll's story not front page news?
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Bloomberg, The Atlantic and No More Mister Nice Blog
Associated Press:
Government moves migrant kids after poor conditions exposed — The U.S. government has removed most of the children from a remote Border Patrol station in Texas following reports that more than 300 children were detained there, caring for each other with inadequate food, water and sanitation.
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Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
Hundreds of Migrant Children Are Moved Out of an Overcrowded Border Station — Following a public outcry, hundreds of migrant children have been transferred out of a filthy Border Patrol station in Texas where they were detained for weeks without access to soap, clean clothes or adequate food, the authorities confirmed on Monday.
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Washington Post and Pacific Standard
CNN:
We went to a border detention center for children. What we saw was awful — Lawyers: Toddlers fend for themselves at migrant facilities — Clara Long is Senior Researcher in the US Program at Human Rights Watch and Nicole Austin-Hillery is Executive Director of the US program.
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Media Matters for America, ACLU, KTLA, Hullabaloo, The Week, RedState and Michigan Advance
Alex Samuels / The Texas Tribune:
People want to donate diapers and toys to children at Border Patrol facilities in Texas.
People want to donate diapers and toys to children at Border Patrol facilities in Texas.
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Off the Kuff
A. G. Hamilton / National Review:
What the Viral Border-Patrol Video Leaves Out
What the Viral Border-Patrol Video Leaves Out
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Above the Law, Instapundit, TheBlaze and twitchy.com
NBC News:
Star-studded cast to perform live reading of the Mueller report — The cast includes Justin Long, Piper Perabo, Michael Shannon and Zachary Quinto, among others. Sigourney Weaver, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Mark Hamill will also make appearances. — LOS ANGELES — Haven't perused the Mueller report yet?
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Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
AG Bill Barr killed 7 Robert Mueller investigations — 10 days after he submitted his report — Attorney General Bill Barr killed seven different investigations started by special counsel Robert Mueller just ten days after he submitted his report.
Katie Campione / Associated Press:
Lithgow, Bening and more stars to perform Mueller report
Lithgow, Bening and more stars to perform Mueller report
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The Stranger, New York Post and emptywheel
The Hill:
EXCLUSIVE — Trump: I would fill Supreme Court vacancy before 2020 election — President Trump on Monday said he would make a nomination to the Supreme Court if there's a vacancy anytime before the 2020 presidential election. — “Would I do that? Of course,” Trump said in an exclusive interview …
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Breitbart, The Daily Caller and Washington Free Beacon
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The Hill:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump: I do not need congressional approval to strike Iran — President Trump told Hill.TV in an exclusive interview Monday that he does not need congressional approval to strike Iran. — When asked if he believes he has the authority to initiate military action against Iran without …
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RedState, KTLA, CNN, The Daily Caller, Fox News, New York Post and Mediaite
Ted Barrett / CNN:
Democrats may filibuster defense bill to force vote on Iran
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump Muses Privately About Ending Postwar Japan Defense Pact — President wants compensation for Okinawa Marine base move — U.S. military in Japan calls itself ‘cornerstone of peace’ — President Donald Trump has recently mused to confidants about withdrawing …
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Political Wire
Matt Bruenig / People's Policy Project:
The Student Debt Forgiveness Muddle Continues — I have been arguing for a while that the student debt discussion is undertheorized, which is leading to confusion and muddling (I, II). Recent proposals from Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders and the discussion around those proposals …
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David Goldstein / Vox:
I paid off all my student loans. I still support student loan forgiveness.
I paid off all my student loans. I still support student loan forgiveness.
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Mother Jones, Daily Wire, Progress Pond and The College Fix
Michael Stratford / Politico:
How Bernie Sanders would cancel all student loan debt
How Bernie Sanders would cancel all student loan debt
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Breitbart and Vanity Fair
Washington Post:
White House moves to bar counselor Kellyanne Conway from testifying to Congress about alleged violations of Hatch Act — The White House will block counselor Kellyanne Conway from testifying before a House panel about allegations by a government watchdog that she violated the Hatch Act …
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Politico, The Daily Beast, One America News Network, Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit and Axios
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Andrew Hollinger / ushmm.org:
Statement Regarding the Museum's Position on Holocaust Analogies — Press Contacts — WASHINGTON, DC - The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum unequivocally rejects efforts to create analogies between the Holocaust and other events, whether historical or contemporary.
The Hill:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump declines to say he has confidence in FBI director — President Trump on Monday declined to say he has confidence in Christopher Wray and stressed that he disagrees with the FBI director, who has said he does not believe there was spying on the president's 2016 campaign.
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CNN and Political Wire
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Michael Flynn's New Lawyer Seeks Security Clearance, Citing Unknown Evidence — WASHINGTON — A lawyer Michael T. Flynn recently hired said on Monday that she would most likely need a security clearance to review classified materials that were separate from the documents that prosecutors …
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Political Wire and Bloomberg
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Sara Gideon for Maine:
Sara Gideon for Maine — Sara Gideon is running against Susan Collins for U.S. Senate in Maine. Get updates from the team here. Let's do this!
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Anthony Faiola / Washington Post:
Maduro's ex-spy chief lands in U.S. armed with allegations against Venezuelan government — BOGOTA, Colombia — In a palace said to be filled with plotters, turncoats and thieves, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro could count on the loyalty of at least one man: Gen. Manuel Ricardo Cristopher Figuera.
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Judge releases court details that show speed, scope of Mueller investigation following CNN request — Schiff: Hope to reach Mueller subpoena decision this week — Washington (CNN)At the request of CNN, a federal judge in Washington on Monday released about 230 pages of data from the court showing …
Premier:
Doctors must not abort mentally-ill woman's baby, appeal judges rule — A judge on Friday concluded that a pregnancy termination was in the woman's best interests. — Mrs Justice Lieven had analysed evidence at a hearing in the Court of Protection, where issues relating to people who lack …
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LifeNews.com, National Review, Breitbart, New York Times, Anglican Ink © 2019, Reason, The Daily Caller, Townhall and The Federalist
Rob Hotakainen / E&E News:
Emails show scramble to dump Stonewall pride flag: ‘Oy vey’ — After spending $66 to buy a new 3-by-5-foot nylon rainbow flag, the National Park Service flew it high at one of the agency's newest monuments: the historic Stonewall Inn in New York's Greenwich Village, where a riot on June 28 …
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Splinter
Yasser Okbi / Jerusalem Post:
Iran attempted attack in Paris, half a ton of explosives found - report — The British newspaper “Independent in Arabic” quoted an intelligence source as saying that in 2018 Iran had delivered half a ton of TATP explosives in diplomatic packages to a civilian plane.
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Jewish Journal
Mike Schneider / Associated Press:
Florida woman charged after giving husband's guns to police — ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman's effort to protect herself from domestic violence has become a flashpoint in the debate over gun rights and victims' safety. — Courtney Irby gave her estranged husband's guns to police …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Joe Biden Doesn't Look So Electable in Person — He may be a likable white man, but his performance on the trail doesn't inspire confidence. — On Saturday, Joe Biden was one of 20 presidential candidates to speak at a Planned Parenthood forum in Columbia, S.C., held right next door to the state's Democratic convention.
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Shakesville
Max Hastings / The Guardian:
I was Boris Johnson's boss: he is utterly unfit to be prime minister — The Tory party is about to foist a tasteless joke upon the British people. He cares for nothing but his own fame and gratification — Six years ago, the Cambridge historian Christopher Clark published a study …
Michael Tackett / New York Times:
Trump Promised a Manufacturing Renaissance. What Happens in 2020 in Places That Lost Those Jobs? — Donald J. Trump carried Michigan on a vow to end manufacturing job losses. That has not happened. — DIMONDALE, Mich. — In August 2016, Donald J. Trump was full of promises when he spoke …
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POLITICUSUSA
Fox Business:
EXCLUSIVE: After Stephen Moore's failed Fed bid, he's creating a crypto central bank — Economist Stephen Moore, who recently lost out on a bid to join the board of the Federal Reserve, is now looking to start his own mini-Fed through the creation of a cryptocurrency product that is billing itself as …
Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Just-Promoted DCCC Official Has History of Homophobic, Racist Comments — Top committee staffer Tayhlor Coleman deletes tweets after Free Beacon inquiry — A Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee official tapped last week to lead a new multimillion-dollar initiative to connect with …
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Trump Aide Jason Miller Leaves High-Powered Firm After Jerry Nadler ‘Fat F*ck’ Tweets — The departure, Miller tells The Daily Beast, was “by mutual consent.” — Jason Miller, a former top campaign aide and close adviser to Donald Trump, has left his job as a managing director at Teneo …