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New York Times:
The President's Shock at the Rows of Empty Seats in Tulsa — Inside the campaign, advisers believe disappointing attendance at the rally shows genuine fear of the coronavirus and the reality of Mr. Trump's sliding poll numbers. — President Trump and several staff members stood backstage …
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CNN:
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump ‘pissed’ at Trump campaign manager over his rally crowd size predictions, source says — Washington (CNN)Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are “pissed” at campaign manager Brad Parscale over his predictions of a much larger crowd than the one that turned …
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Fox & Friends Host Questions Wisdom of Trump Rally: 'I Don't Know Who Thought It Was a Good Idea'
Tom Lutz / The Guardian:
Brad Parscale faces Trump ‘fury’ after Tulsa comeback rally flops
Brad Parscale faces Trump ‘fury’ after Tulsa comeback rally flops
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Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
Bolton says he hopes Trump is 1-term president, warns country imperiled by his reelection — Here are the many headlines from ABC's interview with Trump's former top aide. — President Donald Trump's longest-serving national security adviser John Bolton condemned his presidency …
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Con Coughlin / Telegraph:
John Bolton exclusive interview: Trump does not represent the Republican cause that I want to back — The veteran republican has served two presidents in various roles before becoming National Security Adviser for President Trump — As a lifelong Republican who has held high office …
USA Today:
Exclusive: John Bolton says Trump's White House was ‘like living inside a pinball machine’ — WASHINGTON - If he had been a senator during President Donald Trump's impeachment trial earlier this year, John Bolton says he probably would have voted for a conviction.
ABC News:
TRANSCRIPT: John Bolton interview with ABC News' Martha Raddatz — The president's former national security adviser discussed his new book. — MARTHA RADDATZ: Ambassador, I want talk to you about specific foreign policies, and go country by country. But what I want ask you first is a very simple question.
Ursula Perano / Axios:
John Bolton tells ABC he hopes Trump is a one-term president
John Bolton tells ABC he hopes Trump is a one-term president
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Franco Ordoñez / NPR:
Bolton: Trump And China's Xi Talked ‘Frequently’ About Trump's Reelection
Bolton: Trump And China's Xi Talked ‘Frequently’ About Trump's Reelection
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The Hill and The White House
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Pennsylvania swing voters tire of Trump's inability to heal the country — Some swing voters in Erie, Pa., tell us they're gravitating to Joe Biden — less as a change agent than as a path back to stability, and to restoring the national respect they feel has been lost under President Trump.
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David Siders / Politico:
Trump's ‘trench warfare’ reelection campaign begins — It was an inauspicious start to what's been billed as the election of a lifetime. Donald Trump aired his grievances at length before a smaller-than-advertised crowd Saturday in Oklahoma. Joe Biden left the Delaware home where he's …
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Trump's problem in Tulsa wasn't just empty seats. It was empty rhetoric.
Trump's problem in Tulsa wasn't just empty seats. It was empty rhetoric.
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Harry Enten / CNN:
There's no sign of ‘hidden’ Trump voters
There's no sign of ‘hidden’ Trump voters
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Eric Lach / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's Empty Campaign Rally in Tulsa
Donald Trump's Empty Campaign Rally in Tulsa
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New York Times:
For Barr, Standoff With Prosecutor Adds to String of Miscues — The attorney general has found himself at odds with the White House on high-profile issues in recent weeks. — WASHINGTON — From the onset of his tenure, William P. Barr has been billed as the attorney general that President Trump was looking for.
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Preet Bharara / New York Times:
Bill Barr, Not Geoffrey Berman, Should Have Lost His Job This Weekend
Bill Barr, Not Geoffrey Berman, Should Have Lost His Job This Weekend
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Asha Rangappa / The Daily Beast:
Bill Barr's Above the Law. The Only Answer Is to Impeach Him.
Bill Barr's Above the Law. The Only Answer Is to Impeach Him.
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Not worth impeaching AG William Barr? America's shattered democracy can't afford not to.
Not worth impeaching AG William Barr? America's shattered democracy can't afford not to.
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Greensburg Tribune-Review
Justine Coleman / The Hill:
Barr: ‘Developments’ likely in Durham investigation this summer
Barr: ‘Developments’ likely in Durham investigation this summer
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Daily Kos
Robin Pogrebin / New York Times:
Roosevelt Statue to Be Removed From Museum of Natural History — The equestrian memorial to Theodore Roosevelt has long prompted objections as a symbol of colonialism and racism. — The bronze statue of Theodore Roosevelt, on horseback and flanked by a Native American man and an African man …
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Black Lives Matter Protests, Social Distancing, and COVID-19 — Dhaval M. Dave, Andrew I. Friedson, Kyutaro Matsuzawa, Joseph J. Sabia, Samuel Safford — NBER Working Paper No. 27408 — NBER Program(s):Health Care, Health Economics, Law and Economics, Labor Studies, Public Economics
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
A Schlapp in the face — Since the murder of George Floyd, Verizon has been an outspoken advocate of the Black Lives Matter movement. In dozens of tweets and statements, Verizon has said that, as a company, it is not enough to express support for racial justice.
Adam Entous / New Yorker:
What Fiona Hill Learned in the White House — The senior fellow at Brookings and expert on modern Russia had hoped to guide the U.S.-Russia relationship. President Trump had other ideas. — The Brookings Institution is one of many think tanks in Washington, D.C., where scholars …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump cold on Guaidó, would consider meeting Maduro — In an Oval Office interview with Axios on Friday, President Trump suggested he's had second thoughts about his decision to recognize Juan Guaidó as the legitimate leader of Venezuela and said he is open to meeting with dictator Nicolás Maduro.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump held off on Xinjiang sanctions for China trade deal
Exclusive: Trump held off on Xinjiang sanctions for China trade deal
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
What's Facebook's Deal With Donald Trump? — Mark Zuckerberg has forged an uneasy alliance with the Trump administration. He may have gotten too close. — Last Nov. 20, NBC News broke the news that Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump and a Facebook board member, Peter Thiel, had dined together at the White House the previous month.
Chris Riotta / The Independent:
'It's going to be an angry mob': Kentucky cuts number of polling stations by 95 percent ahead of primary voting — Lawmakers and voting rights experts say Election Day this week will likely mirror what happening during Georgia's primaries — Kentucky lawmakers have warned the state …
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Kevin Hassett to leave White House this summer — White House adviser Kevin Hassett will leave the administration this summer, after returning in March to help the president respond to the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, according to two administration officials.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump says niece “not allowed” to write book because of nondisclosure agreement — In his first public comments on the matter, President Trump told Axios that his niece, Mary Trump, is “not allowed” to write her forthcoming book about him because doing so would violate a nondisclosure agreement she signed.
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