Top Items:
Washington Post:
Netanyahu considers blocking Omar, Tlaib from entering Israel ahead of a planned weekend visit — Democrats in Congress are quietly bracing for a new public fight with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after his government informed congressional leaders on Wednesday that it would formally announce …
Discussion:
New York Times, Business Insider, Vox, Axios, Talking Points Memo, Politico, American Military News, VICE, The Daily Caller, The Times of Israel, The American Conservative, TheBlaze, New York Post, Common Dreams, BizPac Review, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, middleeastmonitor.com, Jewish Insider, Haaretz, Balloon Juice, Weasel Zippers, Political Wire, The Week and Fox News
RELATED:
Amir Tibon / Haaretz:
‘They Hate Israel and All Jews’: Trump Says Israel Would Be Weak to Let in Omar, Tlaib — Barring Congresswoman would greatly damage Israel's relations with Democratic party, Israeli diplomats warn — WASHINGTON — Several Israeli diplomats warned on Thursday that significant damage …
Discussion:
Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, Shareblue Media and New York Post
Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Israel Weighs Blocking Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from West Bank Visit
Israel Weighs Blocking Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from West Bank Visit
Discussion:
Mother Jones, Wall Street Journal, VICE and Breitbart
Michael Bachner / Associated Press:
Israel will bar US lawmakers Omar, Tlaib from entering, deputy FM confirms
Israel will bar US lawmakers Omar, Tlaib from entering, deputy FM confirms
Discussion:
Reuters, The Hill, Breitbart, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Splinter
Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
Final decision? Latest report indicates Israel will bar Tlaib and Omar
Brie Stimson / Fox News:
Israel may bar Omar, Tlaib from entering country over support of BDS movement: reports
Israel may bar Omar, Tlaib from entering country over support of BDS movement: reports
Discussion:
RedState, Axios and One America News Network
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Many Democrats Love Elizabeth Warren. They Also Worry About Her. — COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Senator Elizabeth Warren has built the most formidable campaign organization of any Democratic presidential candidate in the first nominating states, raised an impressive $25 million without holding …
Discussion:
Political Wire
RELATED:
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Biden allies float scaling back events to limit gaffes — Allies to Joe Biden have been floating the idea of altering the former vice president's schedule in an effort to reduce the gaffes he has made in recent days. — The allies, growing increasingly nervous about Biden's verbal flubs …
Discussion:
Politico, RedState and Political Wire
Walter Shapiro / New Republic:
Arguing the World — Over the past four decades, the American political landscape has been littered with the wreckage of booster rockets from eagerly anticipated presidential campaigns that failed to successfully take off. — Begin with John Glenn, whom I profiled on the cover of Newsweek …
Discussion:
Washington Post
Washington Post:
Autopsy finds broken bones in Jeffrey Epstein's neck, deepening questions around his death — An autopsy found that financier Jeffrey Epstein sustained multiple breaks in his neck bones, according to two people familiar with the findings, deepening the mystery about the circumstances around his death.
Discussion:
New York Post, Talking Points Memo, VICE, Daily Wire, Mercury News, New York Times, Rolling Stone, Townhall, Louder With Crowder, TheBlaze, Daily Kos, Breitbart, Weasel Zippers, Boston Herald, The Week, BizPac Review, PJ Media Home, WPIX 11 New York, RedState, The Daily Caller, The Wrap, Press Herald, Mediaite, Fox News and Towleroad Gay News
M.L. Nestel / New York Magazine:
Jeffrey Epstein's Bodyguard on His Former Boss's Lifestyle, Cruelty, Suicide — When Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting an underage girl for prostitution in 2008 and served a 13-month sentence under the cushiest of conditions, it was his bodyguard and driver, former UFC fighter Igor Zinoviev …
Discussion:
New York Post, Bloomberg, Politico, Splinter and twitchy.com, more at Mediagazer »
Wall Street Journal:
The Navarro Recession, II — Evidence of a tariff-inspired slowdown spooks the markets. — By The Editorial Board — After we warned last week that U.S. trade policy was courting recession, White House aide Peter Navarro took to Fox Business to denounce us for sounding like The People's Daily …
RELATED:
Heather Long / Washington Post:
9 key countries are on the verge of recession, driving fears the U.S. could follow — Nine major economies around the world are in recession or on the verge of one, raising fears that a global economic slowdown could help tip the United States into an economic contraction as well.
Discussion:
Rolling Stone and The Mahablog
Jordan Weissmann / Slate:
Someone Should Probably Step In and Stop the Economy From Tumbling Into a Recession
Someone Should Probably Step In and Stop the Economy From Tumbling Into a Recession
Discussion:
Above the Law and Bloomberg
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Beto O'Rourke's New Approach to 2020: ‘Taking the Fight to Donald Trump’ — After the shooting in El Paso, Mr. O'Rourke decided to abandon his focus on early primary states and more directly confront the president over immigration and gun control. — Beto O'Rourke plans to present himself …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Bloomberg, New York Post and Vanity Fair
RELATED:
Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Beto O'Rourke relaunches campaign from El Paso hometown in wake of mass shooting
Beto O'Rourke relaunches campaign from El Paso hometown in wake of mass shooting
Discussion:
Balloon Juice, twitchy.com, KTLA and Talking Points Memo
Rick Klein / ABC News:
The Note: Beto seeks El Paso reboot
The Note: Beto seeks El Paso reboot
Discussion:
Washington Post, Hullabaloo and The Wrap
Hunter Woodall / Associated Press:
Trump's New Hampshire struggle: Voters feeling ‘Trumpgret’ — MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — When Chad Johansen voted for Donald Trump in 2016, he hoped he was picking someone who could help small-business owners compete with bigger companies. But that hasn't happened, and now the 26-year-old owner …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
‘Corey is a political hack’: Lewandowski Senate bid hits backlash in N.H. — President Donald Trump's Thursday evening rally in Manchester, N.H., is ostensibly about ginning up support for his reelection campaign. — But the state's establishment GOP class is worried he'll use the event …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, The Week, BostonGlobe.com and Political Wire
RELATED:
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump touts potential Lewandowski Senate bid ahead of New Hampshire rally
Trump touts potential Lewandowski Senate bid ahead of New Hampshire rally
Discussion:
Breitbart, Political Wire, Washington Times and WMUR
CNN:
Marianne Williamson promoted anti-vaxxer theories on her radio show in 2012 episode — Washington (CNN)Democratic presidential candidate and author Marianne Williamson once gave a platform to the unfounded theory that vaccines are linked to autism and called on her audience to “be awake” …
Discussion:
Political Wire
Kendall Taggart / BuzzFeed News:
Insurance Companies Are Paying Cops To Investigate Their Own Customers — When police showed up at Harry Schmidt's home on the outskirts of Pittsburgh, he thought they were there to help. He was still mourning the disappearance of the beloved forest green Ford F-15 pickup that he'd customized …
Inquirer.com:
In N. Philly gun standoff, alleged cop shooter Maurice Hill has a long criminal history — Police sources identified the gunman in a standoff at a Tioga apartment building that left six police officers injured as Maurice Hill, 36, a Philadelphia man with a lengthy history of gun convictions …
Robert Moran / Inquirer.com:
Multiple Philly police officers wounded in active shootout near Temple University's health campus — At least five police officers were shot in a confrontation with possibly two gunmen Wednesday afternoon in the Tioga section of North Philadelphia. — Police Commissioner Richard Ross …
RELATED:
Caroline Linton / CBS News:
6 officers shot in “active and ongoing” standoff with gunman in Philadelphia
6 officers shot in “active and ongoing” standoff with gunman in Philadelphia
Discussion:
CBS Philly, CBS Chicago, New York Post, Balloon Juice, The Gateway Pundit, PJ Media Home, The Week and WTVR-TV
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Suspect taken into custody after shooting 6 cops, barricading self in building
Suspect taken into custody after shooting 6 cops, barricading self in building
Discussion:
New York Times, The Daily Caller, Townhall, Weasel Zippers and Splinter
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Flying Assassins Are Called In to Combat Aggressive Gulls — A Jersey Shore town has come up with a creative but costly way to tame its marauding gulls. — OCEAN CITY, N.J. — They are deft predators of the French fried potato, able to pluck a fresh wedge in the milliseconds it takes …
Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
A truck drove into ICE protesters outside a private prison. They say a guard was at the wheel. — The protesters were sitting on the pavement to block staff from parking at a Rhode Island prison that works with Immigration and Customs Enforcement when a black pickup truck swerved toward them.
Discussion:
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Boston Herald, Common Dreams, RELEVANT Magazine, Splinter and Mediaite
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Most back gun restrictions after shootings, Trump ratings down — In the wake of two mass shootings, overwhelming and bipartisan majorities of voters favor background checks on gun buyers and taking guns from people who are a danger to themselves or others, according to the latest Fox News Poll.
Discussion:
New York Times, Washington Post, Raw Story and The Week
RELATED:
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Fox News poll: Trump disapproval rises to near record
Fox News poll: Trump disapproval rises to near record
Discussion:
The Week
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Allies worry Trump is “running out of tools” to boost the economy — With #TrumpRecession trending on Twitter, a source close to President Trump told Axios, “I'm very worried about the latest economic data. A lot of us are concerned. Without the narrative on the economy, he can't win.”
Discussion:
Splinter
New York Post:
Epstein had bizarre painting of Bill Clinton in dress, heels in townhouse — It's certainly a conversation starter. — Jeffrey Epstein had an oil painting of Bill Clinton in a blue dress — lounging on a chair in the Oval Office — hanging up in his Manhattan townhouse, according to law enforcement sources.
Discussion:
Washington Times and The Daily Caller
RELATED:
Kate Sullivan / CNN:
Madeleine Albright on Cuccinelli's comments: ‘I think the Statue of Liberty is weeping’ — Burnett challenges Cuccinelli on new immigration rule — Washington (CNN)Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said acting Director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli suggesting …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, Hullabaloo, The American Spectator, Snopes.com and Mercury News
RELATED:
Daniel Horowitz / Conservative Review:
The Statue of Liberty poem means the exact opposite of what immigrant welfare advocates think
The Statue of Liberty poem means the exact opposite of what immigrant welfare advocates think
Discussion:
Daily Wire and Talking Points Memo
Joe Mcdonald / Associated Press:
China threatens retaliation if US tariff hikes go ahead — BEIJING (AP) — China on Thursday threatened retaliation if Washington steps up their war over trade and technology by going ahead with planned Sept. 1 tariff hikes on additional Chinese imports. — Beijing will take unspecified …
RELATED: