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The Daily Beast:
Jeffrey Epstein Arrested for Sex Trafficking of Minors — Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on Saturday and will appear in New York court on Monday to be charged with sex trafficking, according to multiple law enforcement sources. — Billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein was arrested …
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Julie K. Brown / Miami Herald:
Jeffrey Epstein arrested in New York, charged with sex trafficking — More than a decade after receiving one of the most lenient sentences for a serial sex offender in U.S history, multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein has been arrested in New York, sources confirmed to the Miami Herald Saturday night.
New York Times:
Jeffrey Epstein, Billionaire Long Accused of Molesting Minors, Is Charged — Mr. Epstein, who was charged with sex trafficking, had avoided federal charges a decade ago in a widely criticized plea deal. — Jeffrey E. Epstein, a billionaire New York financier long accused of molesting dozens …
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CNN:
Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein arrested and accused of sex trafficking minors, sources say — (CNN)Florida-based billionaire Jeffrey Epstein has been indicted on new charges related to alleged sex crimes involving minors, law enforcement sources told CNN on Saturday.
Jonathan Dienst / NBC New York:
Jeffrey Epstein Arrested in NYC on Sex Trafficking Charges: Sources
Jeffrey Epstein Arrested in NYC on Sex Trafficking Charges: Sources
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
It's Nancy Pelosi's Parade — “If the left doesn't think I'm left enough, so be it,” she told me. — SAN FRANCISCO — Nancy Pelosi and Donald Trump have a lot in common. — Neither one drinks, yet they have family vineyards. They both love big bowls of ice cream.
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Daily Mail:
Britain's man in the the US says Trump is ‘inept’: Leaked secret cables from ambassador say the President is ‘uniquely dysfunctional and his career could end in disgrace’ — Britain's Ambassador to Washington has described Donald Trump as ‘inept’, ‘insecure’ and ‘incompetent’ in a series of explosive memos to Downing Street.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Susan Collins, a Fixture in Maine, Has Twin Troubles: Trump and Kavanaugh — EASTPORT, Me. — Senator Susan Collins jogged her way through the Fourth of July parade in this picturesque little port city, handing out American flag stickers to cheers and shouts of “Thank you!”
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CNN:
Elizabeth Warren's first law review article blasted an anti-busing court ruling — Harris confronts Biden over busing, school desegregation — Washington (CNN)The most dramatic showdown during the first Democratic debate was between Sen. Kamala Harris and former Vice President Joe Biden …
New York Times:
Hungry, Scared and Sick: Inside the Migrant Detention Center in Clint, Tex. — An out-of-the-way border station in the desert outside of El Paso has become the epicenter of outrage over the Trump administration's policies on the southwest border. — CLINT, Tex. — Since the Border Patrol opened …
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Michael Hobbes / HuffPost:
Progressive Boomers Are Making It Impossible For Cities To Fix The Housing Crisis — Residents of wealthy neighborhoods are taking extreme measures to block much-needed housing and transportation projects. — SEATTLE — In May 2018, a public meeting in a wealthy enclave of one of America's …
Hayley Peterson / Business Insider:
Arizona governor slammed for a photo showing him wearing Nike shoes 2 days after yanking incentives for a new Nike plant over ‘Betsy Ross flag’ sneakers — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is facing criticism for a photograph showing him wearing Nike shoes on Thursday.
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Los Angeles Times:
Damage to homes, but no deaths reported, in 7.1 magnitude California earthquake … The 7.1 magnitude earthquake that rocked Southern California on Friday night tipped buildings off their foundations and left residents on edge but did not cause any fatalities or major injuries, officials said.
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Andrew Marra / Palm Beach Post:
Spanish River High's principal refused to call the Holocaust a fact — A mother pushed for a year to address what she described as a school leader's failure to separate truth from myth. — She sent off the email with few expectations — a routine question seeking a routine answer.
Washington Post:
Ilhan Omar's American story: It's complicated — MINNEAPOLIS — Rep. Ilhan Omar stepped to the edge of the stage in front of about 400 Richfield High School students and squinted into the lights. — More than two decades had passed since she and her family fled civil war in Somalia, first for a Kenyan refugee camp and then America.
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Tim Carman / Washington Post:
After confronting a diner in a MAGA hat, customer gets tossed from Hill Country Barbecue — A public relations contractor who previously worked for the Democratic National Committee said that he was kicked out of Hill Country Barbecue Market after he confronted a diner wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat on the Fourth of July.
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Mark Hemingway / New York Post:
Joe Biden keeps making things worse for himself — In an especially combative interview Friday with CNN's Chris Cuomo, Joe Biden was hoping to rebound from his dismal debate performance. Instead, he kept making it worse. — Most notably, the former vice president stumbled trying to explain …
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Jon Levine / New York Post:
Biden condemns violent Antifa assault on conservative journalist Andy Ngo — Former Vice President Joe Biden spoke out against the violent assault on journalist Andy Ngo. — The Democratic presidential candidate “believes violence directed at anyone because of their political opinions is never acceptable …
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James Cusick / openDemocracy:
Revealed: Boris, the Russian oligarch and the Page 3 model — Exclusive: Parties at Italian villa where ‘nothing is off the menu’ raise fresh concerns about PM hopeful being a ‘security risk’ — In October 2016, Boris Johnson, the recently-appointed foreign secretary …
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
France has turned into one of the worldwide threats to free speech — Just over one year ago, French President Emmanuel Macron came to the United States to import two potentially invasive species to Washington. One was a tree and the other was a crackdown on free speech.
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Buttigieg campaign multiplies in size after huge cash haul — Before the first Democratic presidential debates kicked off last week, close to 100 Pete Buttigieg supporters and donors sheltered from the Miami heat in a Hilton hotel conference room, where Buttigieg's senior staff briefed …
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Sara Burnett / Associated Press:
Pete Buttigieg has money, but can he turn it into 2020 win?
Pete Buttigieg has money, but can he turn it into 2020 win?
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