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Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Inside Epstein's $56 Million Mansion: Photos of Bill Clinton, Woody Allen and Saudi Crown Prince — The townhouse where the financier Jeffrey Epstein is accused of abusing girls is one of the largest private homes in Manhattan. — The townhouse where the financier Jeffrey Epstein is accused …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Jeffrey Epstein Is the Ultimate Symbol of Plutocratic Rot — Powerful elites enabled the financier accused of trafficking underage girls. — In 2003, the journalist Vicky Ward profiled Jeffrey Epstein, the financier indicted Monday on charges of sexually abusing and trafficking underage girls, for Vanity Fair.
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Vicky Ward / The Daily Beast:
Jeffrey Epstein's Sick Story Played Out for Years in Plain Sight — How did the New York financier stay nearly untouchable for decades? Vicky Ward—who has reported extensively on Epstein, on efforts to rehabilitate him—finds out what's changed. — A couple of years ago …
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Republicans — and some Dems — stand by Acosta amid Jeffrey Epstein charges — White House aides are wringing their hands over the prospect that Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta could be dethroned for his handling of previous accusations of abuse against billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
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Miami Herald:
Alex Acosta made an ethically compromised decision 10 years ago. …
Alex Acosta made an ethically compromised decision 10 years ago. …
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Washington Post:
Trump called Epstein a ‘terrific guy’ who enjoyed ‘younger’ girls before denying relationship with him
Trump called Epstein a ‘terrific guy’ who enjoyed ‘younger’ girls before denying relationship with him
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump team sure liked to party with the British ambassador
POLITICO Playbook: Trump team sure liked to party with the British ambassador
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Washington Post:
Epstein indictment renews questions about earlier case handled by Trump Cabinet official
Epstein indictment renews questions about earlier case handled by Trump Cabinet official
Bloomberg:
Mystery Around Jeffrey Epstein's Fortune and How He Made It
Mystery Around Jeffrey Epstein's Fortune and How He Made It
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Bloomberg:
Acosta's Standing in White House Was Eroding Even Before Epstein
Acosta's Standing in White House Was Eroding Even Before Epstein
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Democratic congresswoman unlikely to return contribution from accused child molester Jeffrey Epstein
Democratic congresswoman unlikely to return contribution from accused child molester Jeffrey Epstein
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Alex Acosta gave a pass to Epstein years ago. He's still at it as labor secretary.
Alex Acosta gave a pass to Epstein years ago. He's still at it as labor secretary.
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall:
BREAKING: Bill Clinton Denies Knowing Anything About His Pedophile Friend Jeffery Epstein But Flight Logs Show Otherwise
BREAKING: Bill Clinton Denies Knowing Anything About His Pedophile Friend Jeffery Epstein But Flight Logs Show Otherwise
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo News:
Exclusive: The true origins of the Seth Rich conspiracy theory. A Yahoo News investigation. — WASHINGTON — In the summer of 2016, Russian intelligence agents secretly planted a fake report claiming that Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich was gunned down by a squad …
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Courier-Journal:
Amy McGrath says she will take on Mitch McConnell in 2020 US Senate race — Kentucky Democrat Amy McGrath is suiting up to enter the 2020 U.S. Senate race against Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. — The former Marine fighter pilot ended months of speculation over whether …
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Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Republicans are eating our lunch. I want a 2020 Democrat tough enough to eat theirs. — Democrats can talk about political deals after they're running the table. That won't happen unless they use the tactics that got Republicans this far. — CONNECT — I wrote a book about political …
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Amy McGrath / YouTube:
“The Letter” — Amy McGrath for U.S. Senate … I'm running for Senate in Kentucky against Mitch McConnell. Defeat Mitch. Defend Democracy.
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Michael Tackett / Associated Press:
Amy McGrath to run for Mitch McConnell's US Senate seat — WASHINGTON (AP) — Amy McGrath, a Marine combat aviator who narrowly lost a House race to an incumbent Republican in Kentucky, has set her sights on an even more formidable target: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Tom Steyer Will Run for President and Plans to Spend $100 Million on His Bid — Tom Steyer, the former hedge fund investor turned impeachment activist, announced on Tuesday that he would challenge President Trump in 2020, reversing a previous decision not to enter the race.
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Chelsea Janes / Washington Post:
Billionaire Tom Steyer says he will run for president after spurning the race earlier this year
Billionaire Tom Steyer says he will run for president after spurning the race earlier this year
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Why Trump will likely lose the census citizenship fight — President Donald Trump's fight to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census is one he seems likely to lose. — Eleven days after an unfavorable Supreme Court ruling, a new team of Justice Department attorneys must persuade …
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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Barr Says House Subpoenaed Mueller to Create ‘Public Spectacle’
Barr Says House Subpoenaed Mueller to Create ‘Public Spectacle’
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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Barr Says Legal Path to Census Citizenship Question Exists, but He Gives No Details
Barr Says Legal Path to Census Citizenship Question Exists, but He Gives No Details
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Dems to pursue criminal contempt for William Barr, Wilbur Ross over census
Dems to pursue criminal contempt for William Barr, Wilbur Ross over census
Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Barr: Mueller's Hill testimony will be ‘public spectacle’
Barr: Mueller's Hill testimony will be ‘public spectacle’
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Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Sen. Mitch McConnell's great-great-grandfathers owned 14 slaves, bringing reparations issue close to home — McConnell has opposed paying reparations to descendants of slaves, though census records show his family, like many others, benefited from their labor.
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Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Obamacare returns to court, creating new uncertainty about health coverage for millions … The future of the Affordable Care Act, and the health coverage it has delivered to millions of Americans, is once again in doubt as a federal appeals court in New Orleans convenes Tuesday to hear arguments …
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Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Obamacare Is Going Back On Trial, With Insurance For 20 Million At Stake
Obamacare Is Going Back On Trial, With Insurance For 20 Million At Stake
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The Hill
Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
The Breakup — It was bound to happen. — Like a summer romance, this relationship always felt doomed to fail. Brought together by little more than the maxim “the enemy of my enemy is my friend,” Never Trumpers and Democrats seem like they're on the verge of a break up.
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Mona Charen / Politico:
How a Democrat Can Win Over a Never-Trumper
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Republican Compared Anti-LGBTQ Proposal To Saving Jews From Holocaust — State Sen. Dan Bishop, who faces Democrat Dan McCready in a special election, used an Oskar Schindler analogy to characterize his advocacy against gay rights. — The Republican candidate for an open House seat …
Fox News:
Trump calls Theresa May ‘foolish’ on Brexit, blasts ‘wacky’ and ‘pompous’ UK ambassador — President Trump on Tuesday said Prime Minister Theresa May was “foolish” in her handling of Brexit, as he doubled down on the feud with Britain's ambassador to the U.S. Kim Darroch — whom he called “wacky,” “stupid” and a “pompous fool.”
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Sarah Ruiz-Grossman / HuffPost:
British Government Stands By Ambassador After Leaked Criticism Of Trump
British Government Stands By Ambassador After Leaked Criticism Of Trump
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Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Trump ‘dossier’ author grilled by Justice Department watchdogs: sources — (Reuters) - Federal lawyers probing the origins of the investigation of ties between Russia and President Donald Trump's campaign have interviewed the author of a “dossier” that alleged misconduct between Trump and Moscow …
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
'What's the point?' Lawmakers fess up to not fully reading the Mueller report — Time for a Mueller report reality check: Only a small segment of America's most powerful have read it. — President Donald Trump can't give a straight answer about the subject.
Aussie Dave / Israellycool:
US Presidential Candidate Elizabeth Warren Has Got a Problem. He's Called Max Berger — Recently, Max Berger, one of the founders of Israel-hating organization IfNotNow, announced on Twitter he had joined US Presidential Candidate Elizabeth Warren's team. — Warren has a serious problem on her hands now.
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Warren Staffer Draws Criticism for Anti-Israel Tweet
Warren Staffer Draws Criticism for Anti-Israel Tweet
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Alex Thompson / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren shuns conventional wisdom for a new kind of campaign — When Elizabeth Warren said earlier this year she was swearing off fundraisers, many Democratic strategists saw it as a sign of desperation from a flailing candidate. — But that gamble against conventional wisdom …
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Rolling Stone
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Meaning of Marianne Williamson — There's more in heaven and earth than what's dreamed of by normal politicians. — One of the pleasures of the Democratic primary season so far has been watching some of my colleagues in the press have their first exposure to Marianne Williamson …
Emerson College Polling:
July National Poll: Biden extends lead in Democratic Primary, Trump Closes the Gap in the General Election. — The first Democratic debate has shaken up the race for the Democratic nomination. Compared to June's national poll, former VP Joe Biden extended his lead, Sen. Bernie Sanders lost ground …
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