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House Republicans plan yearly retreat in Baltimore despite Trump's attacks — President Trump on Saturday called Baltimore a “very dangerous & filthy place” and suggested that Democratic politicians, including Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, had made the city all but uninhabitable.
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Meadows' lackluster defense of Cummings speaks volumes — Meadows defends Cummings from Trump attacks — Washington (CNN)When Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib accused Republican Rep. Mark Meadows of racism earlier this year, one of his “best friends,” House Oversight Committee chairman …
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Associated Press:
Analysis: Trump's political and policy guardrails fall away — WASHINGTON (AP) — An unrepentant President Donald Trump has been testing the limits of the nation's tolerance from the day he took office. Now he has cast off one of the few remaining voices trying to curtail his at times mercurial impulses.
Washington Post:
‘Looking for a reason to attack’: How Trump seized on a Fox News broadcast to go after Cummings — President Trump was already seething about Rep. Elijah E. Cummings. — He was frustrated that the oversight committee Cummings (D-Md.) chairs authorized a subpoena last week that could sweep up emails from his daughter and son-in-law.
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Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
Donald Trump, Elijah Cummings, and the Definition of a Rodent
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump's race playbook: Excoriate the left and enthrall his base
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The Daily Beast:
Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooter Posted About Far-Right Book Moments Before Shooting — Santino Legan allegedly told an eyewitness he was “really angry” and ranted in white supremacist fashion on Instagram from the event. — The gunman who murdered three people at a food festival …
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‘Dilbert’ Creator Scott Adams Tries to Sell Interviews With Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting Survivors
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Intel officials worry Trump's pick for top spy will politicize the job — Although Ratcliffe's website says he “put terrorists in prison,” there is no evidence he ever prosecuted a terrorism case. — WASHINGTON — Hours before President Donald Trump announced him as the pick to be the new director …
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Republican Senators Are Cool to Trump's Choice for Top Intelligence Post
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Trump's intelligence shake-up could be his most dangerous move yet
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David Rohde / New Yorker:
Trump's Message to U.S. Intelligence Officials: Be Loyal or Leave
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Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
College Financial-Aid Loophole: Wealthy Parents Transfer Guardianship of Their Teens to Get Aid — Education Department, universities are investigating the practice, which has been used in the Chicago area — CHICAGO—Amid an intense national furor over the fairness of college admissions …
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ProPublica:
Parents Are Giving Up Custody of Their Kids to Get Need-Based College Financial Aid — First, parents turn over guardianship of their teenagers to a friend or relative. Then the student declares financial independence to qualify for tuition aid and scholarships.
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Release Detail — July 29, 2019 - Biden Bounces Back As Harris Slumps Among U.S. Dems, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 54 Percent Of All U.S. Voters Say Never Trump — Former Vice President Joseph Biden reverses his slump following the first Democratic presidential debate …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Blue-collar white women are turning on Trump — The other day, Ron Brownstein served up a comprehensive, detailed analysis that suggested President Trump's base may be fracturing. In particular, Brownstein looked at an array of data that suggests blue-collar white women may be turning on Trump.
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Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair:
“You Know Where She Stands”: Is Elizabeth Warren the One?
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Wall Street Journal:
Smearing Mitch McConnell — Democrats and the media distort his record on Russia. — By The Editorial Board — Mitch McConnell, the most phlegmatic man in American politics, rarely gets riled up. But on Monday the Senate Majority Leader let it rip in defense of his reputation, and we're glad he did.
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
McConnell lashes out at media, Democrats over “Moscow Mitch” label — Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) took to the Senate floor Monday to angrily defend himself against allegations that he is doing the bidding of Russian President Vladimir Putin by blocking a series of election security bills proposed by Democrats.
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
An Impeachment Inquiry Is Coming. It Might Have Already Begun. — Robert Mueller's testimony may have lacked thrills, but it marked a turning point in the case against the president. — Last Wednesday, after Robert Mueller's terse and sometimes halting congressional testimony …
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Trump aide submitted drafts of 2016 ‘America First’ energy speech to UAE for edits, emails show — When candidate Donald Trump prepared to give a major energy speech during the 2016 campaign, one of his closest advisers provided a pre-speech review to senior United Arab Emirates officials …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate fails to override Trump veto on Saudi arms sale — The Senate on Monday failed to override President Trump's vetoes of resolutions blocking his arms deal with Saudi Arabia, marking the latest setback for critics of Riyadh. — Senators voted 45-40, 45-39 and 46-41 on the override attempts …
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Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Inside the Secret Campaign to Export U.S. Nuclear Tech to Saudi Arabia
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Daniel Flatley / Bloomberg:
Trump Wins Veto Fight With Senate to Allow Arms Sales to Saudis
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Fact-Checking Trump's Claim He ‘Spent a Lot of Time’ With 9/11 Responders — The president repeated claims about his presence at ground zero during the signing ceremony for legislation to ensure health care funding for emergency workers who rushed to help. — WASHINGTON — President Trump walked …
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
You'll never believe what Donald Trump just said about 9/11
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Terrence T. McDonald / NorthJersey.com:
Josh Gottheimer denounces ‘completely untrue’ letter detailing fake scandal involving staffer — Rep. Josh Gottheimer is denouncing a letter mailed to elected officials in recent days that purports to be one from Gottheimer announcing his resignation because of a personal scandal.
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Trump Intel Pick John Ratcliffe Started Theory of FBI Anti-Trump ‘Secret Society’ — The congressman debuted the mysterious text messages on Fox News. It became a mini-scandal before the full context became known. — Donald Trump's new pick for Director of National Intelligence played …
Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
How third-party votes sunk Clinton, what they mean for Trump — Libertarians and Greens may try to convince you that higher turnout reflects growing support for their parties. It doesn't — Republicans want an election about socialism. They likely won't get one When Trump attacks …
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Stephen Miller wants Border Patrol, not asylum officers, to determine migrant asylum claims — Officials say Miller has long seen asylum officers as soft and believes Border Patrol agents would be tougher critics of asylum seekers. — WASHINGTON — White House adviser Stephen Miller wants …
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Is Sally Quinn an Aristocrat? Let's Ask Sally Quinn — Despite not completely miserable DC-area weather, a segment of journalism Twitter users spent part of their weekends debating whether Sally Quinn is an aristocrat. How did we get here? It involves Maureen Dowd, Howard Fineman …
Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
DCCC faces mass staff upheaval after uproar over diversity — The top echelon of staffers at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee left their jobs Monday, a shakeup following a pair of POLITICO stories detailing deep unease with the party's campaign apparatus over a lack of diversity.
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Inside Trump's 'Apprentice'-worthy showdown with airline CEOs — Exclusive: The president rebuffed U.S. airlines and trade adviser Peter Navarro in a tense Oval Office meeting. — WASHINGTON — The three largest U.S. airlines presumed that President Donald Trump would take their side in a ferocious …
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