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Jake Tapper / CNN:
Trump called Fox News correspondent into Oval Office to argue he wasn't wrong about Alabama — (CNN)Fox News senior White House correspondent John Roberts had just finished his 3 p.m. live shot on Thursday when President Donald Trump beckoned him into the Oval Office.
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Mr Never Wrong: Storm spat underscores Trump's mindset — NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump doesn't make mistakes. At least according to him. — Trump's relentless justifications of his erroneous warnings that Hurricane Dorian was threatening Alabama on Sunday …
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The Hill:
White House adviser gives Trump cover on Alabama hurricane claim — One of President Trump's top advisers on Hurricane Dorian issued a lengthy statement on Thursday defending the president's repeated claims that forecasts showed Alabama getting hit by Hurricane Dorian, adding another twist …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Shep Smith Torches Trump Over Dorian Map: ‘It Was Fake News Defined’ — “Some things in Trumplandia are inexplicable,” an exasperated Shep said Thursday. — With President Donald Trump continuing to double down on his bizarre false claim that Alabama was at one point in the path of Hurricane Dorian …
Washington Post:
‘What I said was accurate!’: Trump stays fixated on his Alabama error as hurricane pounds the Carolinas — He posted nine tweets and five maps about Alabama and the big storm. — He defended a doctored hurricane map that had been altered with a black Sharpie to include the state.
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Politico, Raw Story, Political Flare, The Gateway Pundit, The Bulwark, Washington Press, Daily Wire, Slate, The Root and Vanity Fair
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Not just Sharpie-gate: 7 other times officials tried to fabricate Trump's ‘truth’
Not just Sharpie-gate: 7 other times officials tried to fabricate Trump's ‘truth’
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Was Trump really wrong about Hurricane Dorian's threat to Alabama?
Was Trump really wrong about Hurricane Dorian's threat to Alabama?
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CNN, Political Flare, The Daily Beast and Breitbart
David Roth / The Concourse:
Donald Trump Is Not Going To Let This Hurricane Thing Go
Donald Trump Is Not Going To Let This Hurricane Thing Go
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Balloon Juice, Washington Press, Washington Post and The Independent
Quint Forgey / Politico:
White House press secretary feuds with CNN amid hurricane
White House press secretary feuds with CNN amid hurricane
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Raw Story, The Daily Caller and Breitbart
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump's Alabama obsession reveals a very deep flaw
Donald Trump's Alabama obsession reveals a very deep flaw
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The Wrap, Talking Points Memo, Washington Press, Daily Wire and Hullabaloo
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Called out by meteorologists, Trump clings to claim Dorian could have hit Alabama
Called out by meteorologists, Trump clings to claim Dorian could have hit Alabama
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The Atlantic, USA Today, Associated Press, CBS News and Slate
Jay Weaver / Miami Herald:
American Airlines mechanic in Miami charged with sabotaging plane. It aborted takeoff. — An American Airlines mechanic was arrested Thursday on a sabotage charge accusing him of disabling a navigation system on a flight with 150 people aboard before it was scheduled to take off from Miami International Airport earlier this summer.
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Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair:
REVENGE OF THE NEVER TRUMPERS: HOW A “KAMIKAZE” PRIMARY COULD PIERCE THE FOX NEWS BUBBLE, PUT NEW HAMPSHIRE IN PLAY, AND HIT TRUMP WHERE IT HURTS — It's not just a pipe dream for frustrated Weekly Standard fanboys. If the president's mental fitness becomes a viable conversation on the center right …
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
John ‘Sully’ Sullivan was ‘everything we wanted America to be’ — Communities of friends, family and admirers in Washington, Massachusetts and Jordan came together this week to mourn the passing of John Sullivan, former U.S. diplomat, husband, father, humanitarian, cancer survivor and the life of every party he attended.
David Brooks / New York Times:
And Now, a Word From a Fanatic — Inside the mind of an internet extremist. — I am a sick man. I am a spiteful man. I am an unattractive man. I believe my liver is diseased. — I am one of those fanatics on the alt-right and the alt-left, the ones who make online forums so vicious …
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David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
CNN's Presidential Climate Change Town Hall Was Insane — And the hysteria is getting dangerous.
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Fox News, Washington Examiner and IJR
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Russ Choma / Mother Jones:
Donald Trump Has Never Explained a Mysterious $50 Million Loan. Is It Evidence of Tax Fraud? — Donald Trump's massive debts—he owes hundreds of millions of dollars—are the subject of continuous congressional and journalistic scrutiny. But for years, one Trump loan has been particularly mystifying …
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Raw Story and The Guardian
Matt Margolis / PJ Media Home:
Mattis: Obama Failed to Respond to Iran Bomb Plot on U.S. Soil Because of Nuclear Deal — After the surprise resignation of Secretary of Defense James Mattis last December, Democrats were quick to politicize the news, and have certainly been hoping ever since that Mattis would provide …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Obama Swept Iran Terror Plot Under the Rug
Tom LoBianco / Yahoo News:
Tensions mount between Trump, Pence camps heading into 2020 election — WASHINGTON — When Vice President Mike Pence flew to Europe as the stand-in for President Trump at the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II, it appeared to be another sign that the famously fickle president trusted his vice president.
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Charlotte Cowles / The Cut:
Kara Swisher on Ambition, Bragging, and Having a Baby at 56 — Doing the Most is a special series about ambition — how we define it, harness it, and conquer it. As part of the theme, we're interviewing successful women about what motivates them to be so good at what they do.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Post-Gazette newsroom donates Pulitzer monetary award to Tree of Life congregation — Staffers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette were surprised to learn April 15 that, along with the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news, came a monetary award of $15,000. — The newspaper was honored with a Pulitzer …
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Renae Merle / Washington Post:
Trump administration unveils plan to revamp the housing market — Proposal would release Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from government control — President Trump's administration on Thursday released a sweeping plan that could remake the U.S. housing market starting with ending more than a decade …
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The Week and The New Civil Rights Movement
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Rosalind Adams / BuzzFeed News:
Made In America: For $9.50 An Hour, They Brew Tear Gas For Hong Kong — A BuzzFeed News investigation found low-paid American workers producing tear gas in potentially dangerous conditions. It's then shipped to Hong Kong, where it's used against pro-democracy protesters. — Reporting From
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Rachel Knowles / New York Times:
In Bahamas, a Blind Father Wades to Safety, His Disabled Son on His Shoulders — NASSAU, the Bahamas — The roof had blown clean off. Outside, the ocean surged, swallowing the land. Brent Lowe knew he had to escape — and take his 24-year-old son, who has cerebral palsy and can't walk, with him.
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Military Base Loses Funding for New School to Trump's Border Wall — WASHINGTON — For almost two decades, families at Fort Campbell, the sprawling Army base along the Kentucky-Tennessee border, have borne the brunt of the country's war efforts as a steady clip of troops with the 101st Airborne Division …
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Beto O'Rourke: Meghan McCain Is Almost Giving People ‘Permission to Be Violent’ — The ex-congressman has championed a mandatory gun buyback proposal. He says those warning it could spark violence are creating a permission structure for that violence to occur.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Boris Johnson takes a wrecking ball to government and gets hit himself — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has eclipsed President Trump as the chaos-maker-in-chief. Just weeks into his tenure at 10 Downing Street, the new leader tried to take a wrecking ball to the political system and ended up hitting himself as well.
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The Hill, One America News Network, Politico and Hullabaloo
Virginia Heffernan / Los Angeles Times:
Column: Count Rod Rosenstein, the guy who tapped Robert Mueller, among Trump's toadies. Sad! — Rod Rosenstein, the former deputy attorney general once known for setting the Trump-Russia investigation in motion, retired in May. After a long career as a public servant, he wanted to spend more time with Twitter.
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Jim Mattis and the surrender of America's adults — The thing about grown-ups is they are supposed to say when enough is enough. Jim Mattis had obviously had enough when he resigned as Donald Trump's secretary of defence in December. Now the retired general — and the former leading …
Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
Contaminant found in marijuana vaping products linked to deadly lung illnesses, tests show — State and federal health officials investigating mysterious lung illnesses linked to vaping have found the same chemical in samples of marijuana products used by people sickened in different parts …
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Mark Preston / CNN:
CNN, Human Rights Campaign to host Democratic presidential town hall focused on LGBTQ issues — (CNN)The Human Rights Campaign Foundation announced Thursday it will host a CNN Democratic presidential town hall in California this fall focused on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer issues.
Jemele Hill / The Atlantic:
It's Time for Black Athletes to Leave White Colleges — In the summer of 2018 Kayvon Thibodeaux, who was then ranked as the top high-school football player in America, visited Florida A&M University, in Tallahassee. When a player of Thibodeaux's caliber visits a perennial football power—say, Alabama—it's called Wednesday.
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Foreign Policy:
Senior Officials Concede Loss of U.S. Clout as Trump Prepares For U.N. Summit — State Department meeting highlights internal alarm at China's growing influence in international organizations. — On the eve of the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations …
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
Mayor Pete Buttigieg talks politics and pizza in city tour with The Post — This is why he's New York's favorite mayor. — Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., waxed poetic Thursday about the Big Apple as he joined The Post for a stroll across the Brooklyn Bridge …
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Academics craft a plan to infuse billions into journalism: Give every American $50 to donate to news orgs — Here is a novel idea for saving serious journalism: Give every adult American $50, via an income tax checkoff, to donate to a favorite news outlet. — This is not the work …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Somehow Replaces Unqualified Mideast Envoy With Even Less Qualified One — One of President Trump's most absurd personnel moves was appointing his real-estate lawyer Jason Greenblatt as special envoy to the Middle East. Greenblatt had no serious foreign policy experience …
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Axios, Slate, Politico, One America News Network and Raw Story
Kate Sullivan / CNN:
Miners union president: 'Coal's not back. Nobody saved the coal industry.' — (CNN)The president of United Mine Workers of America said Wednesday that the coal industry is not “back,” despite President Donald Trump's claims. — Cecil Roberts said at an event in Washington that his message …
Associated Press:
Official: Trump to challenge California authority on mileage — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is moving forward with a proposal to revoke part of California's authority to set its own automobile gas mileage standards, a government official said Thursday, confronting a state …
Tessa Suart / Rolling Stone:
Why Can't California Solve Its Housing Crisis? — It's the epicenter of the tech industry and the wealthiest, most progressive state in the union, but homelessness is surging — and no one can agree on how to fix it — When the shimmering, state-of-the-art, $1.3 billion Levi's Stadium opened …