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Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
Trump Says It's Not Free Speech to ‘Write Bad’ About ‘Something Good’: That's ‘Dangerous Speech’ — President Donald Trump had a lot to say at the White House Social Media Summit on Thursday, including offering his take on what does and does not constitute free speech.
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:
Sebastian Gorka at the center of Rose Garden ruckus following Trump event — WASHINGTON — It was an unusual spectacle, even by the unconventional standards of the Trump administration. After President Trump invited a group of right-wing and fringe media figures to the White House for a …
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Trump Praises Right-Wing Conspiracy Theorists at White House: ‘The Crap You Think of Is Unbelievable’ — The social media summit at the White House featured a who's who of the right wing fringe, but the president was the one who made it a truly bizarre affair.
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CNN:
Trump makes 6 false claims during his ‘social media summit’
Trump makes 6 false claims during his ‘social media summit’
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Boston Herald, New Republic and Conservative News Today
Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
Uncle Trump Wants You! (To Join His Troll Army)
Uncle Trump Wants You! (To Join His Troll Army)
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
‘Like a rocket’: Trump revels in his love-hate relationship with Twitter
‘Like a rocket’: Trump revels in his love-hate relationship with Twitter
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Miami Herald:
New victims come forward as Epstein asks to be released from jail to his Manhattan mansion — At least a dozen new victims have come forward to claim they were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein even as the multimillionaire money manager tries to convince a federal judge to allow him to await …
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Laura Bassett / GQ:
When Does America Reckon with the Gravity of Donald Trump's Alleged Rapes? — In light of the new legal scrutiny of Jeffrey Epstein, it's time to re-examine all the sexual misconduct allegations against the president. — For more than a decade, it's been no secret that multimillionaire …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Former state's attorney pushes back against Acosta account of Epstein case
Former state's attorney pushes back against Acosta account of Epstein case
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David Montgomery / Washington Post:
AOC's Chief of Change — Saikat Chakrabarti isn't just running her office. He's guiding a movement. — On a Wednesday morning in late May, emissaries of two of the strongest political voices on climate change convened at a coffee shop a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Democratic lawmaker unloads on Ocasio-Cortez, chief of staff for ‘using the race card’ — Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) unloaded on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday for “using the race card” after Ocasio-Cortez accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) of being racially insensitive.
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Pelosi and Ocasio-Cortez clash drags on, threatening Democratic unity
Pelosi and Ocasio-Cortez clash drags on, threatening Democratic unity
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The Hill:
Dems rush to support Pelosi amid fight with Ocasio-Cortez
Dems rush to support Pelosi amid fight with Ocasio-Cortez
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Marisa Iati / Washington Post:
Ocasio-Cortez wants to ax Homeland Security. Some conservatives didn't want it to begin with.
Ocasio-Cortez wants to ax Homeland Security. Some conservatives didn't want it to begin with.
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Sam Dorman / Fox News:
House Dem blasts ‘juvenile’ Ocasio-Cortez, chief of staff: ‘Ignorance is beyond belief’
House Dem blasts ‘juvenile’ Ocasio-Cortez, chief of staff: ‘Ignorance is beyond belief’
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC/WSJ poll: Biden, Warren top 2020 Democratic field — Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders round out the top four candidates in the first NBC/WSJ post-debate poll. — WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., lead the Democratic presidential field …
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NBC New York:
R. Kelly Arrested on Federal Sex Trafficking Charges: Law Enforcement Officials — The 52-year-old was arrested by NYPD detectives and Homeland Security Investigators on sex trafficking charges — Singer R. Kelly has been arrested in Chicago on federal sex crime charges, according two law enforcement sources.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump aborts yet another plan — This time, it was on the census. It's becoming a theme. — Over the past month and a half, President Trump has set in motion plans to strike Iran, ordered nationwide immigration raids, threatened punitive and imminent tariffs on Mexico and said he would fight …
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Gregg Re / Fox News:
Trump, ‘not backing down’ in effort to count citizens amid census fight, announces executive order
Trump, ‘not backing down’ in effort to count citizens amid census fight, announces executive order
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
Trump Has Backed Down On Adding A Citizenship Question To The 2020 Census
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump announces end of fight to add citizenship question to census
Trump announces end of fight to add citizenship question to census
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New York Times:
Trump Says He Will Seek Citizenship Information From Existing Federal Records, Not the Census
Trump Says He Will Seek Citizenship Information From Existing Federal Records, Not the Census
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Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Fox News Host Tyrus Sent Lewd Text Messages To Colleague: ‘Pull Your Boobs Out’ — Fox News split up Tyrus and his former Fox Nation co-host, Britt McHenry, after he sent her the messages. But he still works at the network. — Tyrus, a Fox News contributor and a host on the network's digital channel …
Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
The ‘Billy Graham rule’ doesn't honor your wife. It demeans her — and all women. — It's charitable to first assume our fellow humans are acting in good faith, so let's first assume that Robert Foster genuinely believes he is the hero of this story. Let's assume that when the Mississippi …
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Politico:
Trump's big deal gets battered by 2020 Dems and Pelosi — Trump's new North American trade deal is faltering amid opposition from Democratic presidential candidates and a hard line from Pelosi. — The Democratic presidential primary is becoming a big problem for what would be President Donald Trump's premier bipartisan achievement.
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John Solomon / The Hill:
Democrats' opposition research got exposed — this time, not by the Russians — When the Russians hacked the Democratic National Committee in summer 2016, one of the crown jewels obtained by Vladimir Putin's team was the party's opposition research files on then-GOP candidate Donald Trump.
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New York Times:
U.A.E. Pulls Most Forces From Yemen in Blow to Saudi War Effort — For four years, the United Arab Emirates have been the military linchpin of the Saudi-led war in Yemen, providing weapons, money and thousands of ground troops to a campaign to drive out Yemen's Houthi rebels.
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KRON4.com:
ICE raids have already begun in Bay Area, immigration attorneys say — CONTRA COSTA COUNTY (KRON) — While the focus is on upcoming weekend ICE raids, immigration attorneys in the Bay Area say those raids have already begun. — A group of Bay Area immigration attorneys entered federal ICE offices …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Alabama senator says Trump opposed to Sessions Senate bid — President Trump is not on board with a potential Senate bid by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, according to Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.). — Shelby told The Hill on Thursday that he has discussed a potential Sessions candidacy …
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Rishika Dugyala / Politico:
How Amy Klobuchar would improve care for seniors — Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Friday released a multifaceted plan to improve care for seniors — including lowering prescription drug costs, strengthening retirement funds and Social Security benefits, and investing in long-term treatments.
Claire Parker / Washington Post:
A Soviet-era submarine is emitting radiation at levels 800,000 times normal, Norway says — Norway has discovered that a Soviet-era submarine that sank in the Norwegian Sea 30 years ago is leaking radiation up to 800,000 times the normal levels. — Using a remote-controlled vehicle to probe the wreck …
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New York Times:
Jeffrey Epstein Registered as a Sex Offender in 2 States. In New Mexico, He Didn't Have To. — STANLEY, N.M. — Jeffrey Epstein, the New York financier, managed to evade federal prosecution a decade ago in a Florida sex case involving dozens of teenage girls, in part by agreeing to register as a sex offender.
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