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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
For Trump, Instinct After Florida Killings Is Simple: Protect Saudis — Before issuing his own condolences, the president channeled the Saudi king's, and avoided any discussion of the hard questions about why the U.S. is training Saudi officers. — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. …
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Brendan Farrington / Associated Press:
Saudi aviation student was recording during Pensacola naval base shooting and other students …
Saudi aviation student was recording during Pensacola naval base shooting and other students …
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IJR
Daily Mail:
Joshua Kaleb Watson (left) and Mohammed Haitham (right) have been named as two of the victims of Friday's tragedy
Joshua Kaleb Watson (left) and Mohammed Haitham (right) have been named as two of the victims of Friday's tragedy
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Instapundit
Stamford Advocate:
Investigation broadens in shooting at Naval Air Station in Pensacola
Investigation broadens in shooting at Naval Air Station in Pensacola
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Washington Post, UPI and CNN
Craig Pittman / Tampa Bay Times:
St. Petersburg track star among the victims of Pensacola shooting
St. Petersburg track star among the victims of Pensacola shooting
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WCMH-TV, Honolulu Star-Advertiser and Associated Press
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden has edge over Dems in Nevada, bests Trump by 7 points — Democrats' strong desire for a candidate who can defeat President Trump gives Joe Biden the edge in the nomination race, while Hispanic voters help both Biden and Bernie Sanders top Trump in hypothetical 2020 matchups.
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Ruairí Arrieta-Kenna / Politico:
How the Cool Kids of the Left Turned on Elizabeth Warren — The socialists of Jacobin magazine used to treat her like a promising alternative to Bernie Sanders. Now they write as if she's almost as bad as Joe Biden. What gives? — Sara D. Davis/Getty Images
Dom Calicchio / Fox News:
Bernie Sanders campaign staffer departs after anti-Semitic, other offensive tweets surface: reports
Bernie Sanders campaign staffer departs after anti-Semitic, other offensive tweets surface: reports
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Breitbart
Katie Hill / New York Times:
It's Not Over After All — I overcame the desperation I felt after stepping down from Congress, and I'm still in the fight. — Ms. Hill is a former United States representative. — On Nov. 6, 2018, I was elected to Congress; at 31, I was one of the youngest women ever elected to the House of Representatives.
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Althouse, The Hill, Mother Jones and New York Post
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Medicare chief asked taxpayers to cover stolen jewelry — A top Trump health appointee sought to have taxpayers reimburse her for the costs of jewelry, clothing and other possessions, including a $5,900 Ivanka Trump-brand pendant, that were stolen while in her luggage during a work-related trip …
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The Hill and Rolling Stone
Tina Nguyen / Politico:
‘Go after your enemies’: Trump's 21-year-old impeachment playbook — Ever since a whistleblower alleged that President Donald Trump withheld aid from Ukraine in exchange for an investigation into his political opponent, Trump's defense has been to call the entire episode “absolutely, totally appropriate” — and then prepare for battle.
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Raw Story
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Steve Bousquet / Sun-Sentinel:
Mike Huckabee's outrageous campaign to silence a Florida critic … Mike Huckabee ran for president not once but twice and got his butt kicked both times. But he must have developed a thick skin along the way, right? Wrong. — The former Republican governor of Arkansas skillfully packaged …
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Mike Huckabee Files Bar Complaint Against Twitter Critic Over Beach Feud — THIN SKIN — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has filed a bar complaint against a Florida lawyer who's used his minor Twitter presence to poke fun at him, south Florida's Sun-Sentinel reports.
Keren Blankfeld / New York Times:
Lovers in Auschwitz, Reunited 72 Years Later. He Had One Question. — Was she the reason he was alive today? — The first time he spoke to her, in 1943, by the Auschwitz crematory, David Wisnia realized that Helen Spitzer was no regular inmate. Zippi, as she was known, was clean, always neat.
Eric Cortellessa / The Times of Israel:
Trump tells Jewish group they'll vote for him to protect their wealth — President also says some Jews are not sufficiently supportive of Israel, accused of anti-Semitism after speech to Israeli American Council — WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump told a conference …
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The Boston Globe:
Tiny Dixville Notch may see its midnight tradition disappear — For six decades, Americans have woken up on the morning of the New Hampshire presidential primary, turned on the news, and heard about Dixville Notch, the tiny hamlet where perhaps a dozen voters had cast paper ballots …
Masha Gessen / New Yorker:
A Powerful Statement of Resistance from a College Student on Trial in Moscow — I was going to write a column about Wednesday's impeachment hearing, about the way it once again showcased the two non-overlapping realities into which American politics has split.
James Beal / The Sun:
BEASTS AT BEA'S BALL Shocking photo shows paedo Jeffrey Epstein, Harvey Weinstein & ‘pimp’ Ghislaine Maxwell at Beatrice's 18th birthday bash — DEPRAVED Jeffrey Epstein, his alleged pimp Ghislaine Maxwell and disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein grin at Princess Beatrice's Windsor Castle party.
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Trump: Giuliani will report to Justice Department, Congress on his investigations in Ukraine — President Trump said his personal attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, planned to issue a report to the Justice Department and Congress detailing what he'd learned from his investigations in Ukraine.
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Axios, CANNONFIRE, Slate, Associated Press and Raw Story
Miami Herald:
Pardoned soldiers are Trump's special guests at closed-door fundraiser in Aventura — President Donald Trump, speaking during a closed-door speech to Republican Party of Florida donors at the state party's annual Statesman's Dinner, was in “rare form” Saturday night.
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Raw Story
Anna Nemtsova / The Daily Beast:
Rudy Giuliani's Ukraine ‘Investigation’ Stars Some of Kyiv's Most Dubious Characters — The president's lawyer went to Ukraine to discredit impeachment with a parallel narrative, but corruption fighters know his “witnesses” have little or no credibility. — KYIV, Ukraine—The witnesses stand …
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Law & Crime, Hullabaloo and Raw Story
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