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Julie K. Brown / Miami Herald:
With Jeffrey Epstein locked up, these are nervous times for his friends, enablers — Jeffrey Epstein spent a second night in a New York jail cell Sunday, with a federal indictment expected to be unsealed Monday, charging him with sex offenses involving underage girls he and others allegedly trafficked …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Vivian Wang / New York Times:
Why the Trump White House Is Caught Up in the Jeffrey Epstein Scandal — In the years since Mr. Epstein was first accused of sexually abusing minors, one of Mr. Trump's Cabinet officials has been accused of letting him off easy. — By the time Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire financier and felon …
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Dispatches From the …, The Daily Beast, CNN, TheBlaze, Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
Jeffrey Epstein Is Accused of Luring Girls to His Manhattan Mansion and Abusing Them — The billionaire financier is charged with running a sex-trafficking operation that brought dozens of girls as young as 14 to his opulent Upper East Side home. — Federal prosecutors appear to have resurrected …
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JustOneMinute, Associated Press and Financial Times
Erica Orden / CNN:
Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein accused of paying girls as young as 14 for sex — (CNN)Federal prosecutors in New York unsealed a criminal indictment Monday charging billionaire Jeffrey Epstein with having operated a sex trafficking ring in which he sexually abused dozens of underage girls …
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New York Post, Salon, Daily Wire and The Gateway Pundit
Alexander Kacala / Newsweek:
Miami Herald Investigative Reporter: ‘Quite A Few Powerful, Important People’ May Be Named in Jeffrey Epstein Case — American billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump's longtime friend, was arrested this weekend for alleged sex trafficking involving multiple minors in Florida and New York this weekend …
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twitchy.com and RedState
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Christine Pelosi warns it's ‘quite likely that some of our faves are implicated’ in ‘horrific’ Epstein case
Christine Pelosi warns it's ‘quite likely that some of our faves are implicated’ in ‘horrific’ Epstein case
Mimi Rocah / The Daily Beast:
Jeffrey Epstein Shouldn't Expect to Wriggle Free Again
Jeffrey Epstein Shouldn't Expect to Wriggle Free Again
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JONATHAN TURLEY, The Daily Beast and Vanity Fair
Washington Post:
Financier Jeffrey Epstein charged with federal sex trafficking crimes involving minors
Financier Jeffrey Epstein charged with federal sex trafficking crimes involving minors
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Spectator USA and Rolling Stone
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Epstein Arrest Is a Worry for Donald Trump
Epstein Arrest Is a Worry for Donald Trump
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Daily Kos, Common Dreams and ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Justice Department changing lawyers on census case — The Justice Department is swapping out the lawyers who had been representing the administration in its legal battle to put a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census, possibly signaling career attorneys' legal or ethical concerns …
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Talking Points Memo, Balkinization, Shareblue Media, Splinter, Reuters and Political Wire
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JM Rieger / Washington Post:
The Trump administration has changed its story on the census citizenship question at least 10 times in four months — Originally, it was supposed to help the Justice Department enforce the Voting Rights Act. Then the Supreme Court said that was a pretext. — It would not be used for immigration enforcement.
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Media Matters for America, New York Times, Daily Kos, Washington Examiner, NPR, Dispatches From the … and Politico
Tom Hals / Reuters:
In losing legal battles over census, Trump may win political war
In losing legal battles over census, Trump may win political war
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Political Wire and New York Post
CNN:
DOJ says new legal team will take over census case
DOJ says new legal team will take over census case
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Washington Post and American Greatness
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Census farce: Trump, Barr and the Justice Department make a mockery of the law
Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
A New Team of Government Lawyers Will Take Over Census Fight
A New Team of Government Lawyers Will Take Over Census Fight
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The Hill, Washington Post and Axios
Associated Press:
AP: Federal grand jury probing GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy — NEW YORK (AP) — A federal grand jury in New York is investigating top Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy, examining whether he used his position as vice chair of President Donald Trump's inaugural committee to drum up business deals …
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Talking Points Memo, VICE and Political Wire
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Tom Steyer Is Telling Allies He's Running for President — The presidential-campaign announcements may not be over yet—with the latest potentially coming from a person who ruled out a run just a few months ago. — The billionaire investor Tom Steyer, who in the past decade …
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CNN, Axios, The Resurgent and Splinter
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Politico:
Tom Steyer reconsiders 2020 and plans to enter the race — The billionaire environmentalist who has poured millions into an effort to impeach President Trump had decided against a run in January. — Tom Steyer, the billionaire environmental activist who toyed with a 2020 presidential run …
Kate Sullivan / CNN:
CNN will hold live draw for 2020 Democratic debate lineup — New CNN poll shows Harris and Warren rise after debates — (CNN)CNN will conduct a live draw to determine which night each candidate will appear in the highly anticipated Democratic presidential primary debates airing later this month on the network.
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Mediaite
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Adam Brewster / CBS News:
Hickenlooper vows to stay in Democratic presidential race, says Senate bid isn't “his calling”
Hickenlooper vows to stay in Democratic presidential race, says Senate bid isn't “his calling”
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Washington Times
Alexandra Jaffe / Associated Press:
Hickenlooper: Vast majority of campaign's problem ‘was me’
Hickenlooper: Vast majority of campaign's problem ‘was me’
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Splinter and Political Wire
Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Trump team held back dirt on Kavanaugh accuser, new book says — At the height of the furor over Christine Blasey Ford's accusations against Brett Kavanaugh, the media were filled with speculation that the Supreme Court nominee might withdraw from the nomination battle.
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Althouse and Daily Wire
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Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
If I Had Five Minutes to Question Robert Mueller — Here's a puzzle: Imagine that you are a member of Congress who, under rules seemingly designed to preclude effective questioning, had exactly five minutes to interview Robert Mueller on national television. What would you ask him?
Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Admiral to lead Navy instead will retire; bad judgment cited — WASHINGTON (AP) — The four-star admiral set to become the Navy's top officer on Aug. 1 will instead retire, an extraordinary downfall prompted by what Navy Secretary Richard Spencer called poor judgment regarding a professional relationship.
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Washington Post, Outside the Beltway and Axios
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Courtney Kube / NBC News:
In surprise move, admiral tapped to lead U.S. Navy declines job, retires instead
In surprise move, admiral tapped to lead U.S. Navy declines job, retires instead
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USNI News, Wall Street Journal and UPI
Kelsey Gee / Wall Street Journal:
Sunday Night Is the New Monday Morning, and Workers Are Miserable — Some employers are banning weekend and late-night emails to prevent employee burnout — Like many bosses, Chris Mullen found the final hours of the weekend ideal for decluttering an unruly inbox, sharing stray thoughts …
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
MIRIAM ADELSON: A time of miracles — Miriam Adelson, a Las Vegas philanthropist, researcher, physician and expert in drug addiction, owns the Las Vegas Review-Journal and Israel Hayom newspapers with her husband, Sheldon Adelson. — Cherishing, promoting and safeguarding the U.S.-Israeli alliance …
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Jewish Insider
Penelope Green / New York Times:
Do Americans Need Air-Conditioning? — Summer's great indoor-temperature debate rages on. — Modernity was born 116 years, 11 months, two weeks and two days ago, at a printing plant in the East Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, when a junior engineer named Willis Carrier devised a contraption …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Front Page Magazine and twitchy.com
Stuart Stevens / USA Today:
Ex-Romney strategist: Kill the Electoral College to help America and, yes, Republicans — Getting rid of the Electoral College means winners would win, all votes would count, and Republicans would be forced to compete and grow — or die. — CONNECT — Only once since 1988 …
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
ICE Used Facial Recognition to Mine State Driver's License Databases — WASHINGTON — Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have mined state driver's license databases using facial recognition technology, analyzing millions of motorists' photos without their knowledge.
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VICE
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
FBI, ICE find state driver's license photos are a gold mine for facial-recognition searches
FBI, ICE find state driver's license photos are a gold mine for facial-recognition searches
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
The Purell presidency: Trump aides learn the president's real red line — He asks visitors if they'd like to wash their hands in a bathroom near the Oval Office. — He'll send a military doctor to help an aide caught coughing on Air Force One. — And the first thing he often tells …
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Political Wire