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Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
In secretly recorded audio, President Trump's sister says he has ‘no principles’ and 'you can't trust him' — Maryanne Trump Barry was serving as a federal judge when she heard her brother, President Trump, suggest on Fox News, “maybe I'll have to put her at the border” amid a wave of refugees entering the United States.
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
President's Sister Describes Trump as Liar With ‘No Principles’ in Recordings — In a series of recordings published by The Washington Post, Maryanne Trump Barry can be heard disparaging her brother's performance as president. — WASHINGTON — Maryanne Trump Barry, President Trump's older sister …
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CANNONFIRE and Mediaite
New York Times:
Republicans Rush to Finalize Convention ('Apprentice' Producers Are Helping) — The party is promising a more traditional in-person spectacle with President Trump speaking every night. Coming into this weekend, producers at the major TV networks had only a foggy idea of what to expect.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
An Apprentice producer and a TV-obsessed president: Inside the GOP's convention scramble — President Donald Trump had just pulled the plug on plans for an in-person convention bash in Jacksonville, Florida when a handful of his top political aides met in a conference room in suburban Washington, sitting in front of a blank whiteboard.
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Balloon Juice
Daniel Cassady / Forbes:
Washington Postal Workers Defy USPS Orders And Reinstall Mail Sorting Machines — Postal workers in Washington State have reinstalled high-speed mail sorting machines—dismantled after controversial orders from the U.S. Postal Service— despite USPS orders not to put machines back in use. — KEY FACTS
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Washington Post:
How Trump, Mnuchin and DeJoy edged the Postal Service into a crisis — Soon after Louis DeJoy arrived at the U.S. Postal Service's L'Enfant Plaza headquarters in mid-June, Mark Dimondstein, the veteran leader of the agency's largest union, called to get on the new postmaster general's schedule.
New York Times:
Congress Votes to Block U.S.P.S. Changes
Congress Votes to Block U.S.P.S. Changes
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The Hill, New York Post, Political Wire and Slate
House Committee on Oversight and Reform:
New Postal Service Documents Show Nationwide Delays Far Worse Than Postal Service Has Acknowledged
New Postal Service Documents Show Nationwide Delays Far Worse Than Postal Service Has Acknowledged
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The Hill, Breitbart, Raw Story and The Guardian
New York Times:
Mnuchin Paved Way for Postal Service Shake-Up
Mnuchin Paved Way for Postal Service Shake-Up
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Breitbart
Washington Post:
House passes bill to boost U.S. Postal Service amid Trump attacks
House passes bill to boost U.S. Postal Service amid Trump attacks
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NPR, NBC News, Fox News, Daily Kos, Colorado Newsline, Al Jazeera and The Week
ABC News:
House passes $25B bill to block USPS changes ahead of election
House passes $25B bill to block USPS changes ahead of election
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The Daily Gazette, Washington Times, The Hill, Financial Times, The Yeshiva World and Reuters
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
Portland police stand by as Proud Boys and far-right militias flash guns and brawl with antifa counterprotesters — PORTLAND, Ore. — On Saturday afternoon, a large crowd of more than 100 far-right activists, including Proud Boys and armed militia members, descended on Portland, Ore. …
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Oregonian, Portland Police, KPTV-TV, New York Times, Twitchy and Axios
Mary Papenfuss / Yahoo News:
Trump Told Homeland Security To Take Its Orders From Lou Dobbs, Former Official Says — Donald Trump told officials from the Department of Homeland Security to get their marching orders by listening to Fox Business host — Lou Dobbs “every night,” former DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor told Anderson Cooper on Friday.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Joe Biden faces new plagiarism claim over DNC acceptance speech — That's sloppy, Joe. — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden reprised his penchant for borrowing lines from other people's work this week — apparently relying a bit too heavily on the words of a deceased Canuck party leader during …
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The Post Millennial
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Carrie Sheffield / Just The News:
Joe Biden's mysteriously disappearing “Dislikes” on YouTube
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Biden Gets No Immediate Convention Bounce, but Still Leads Trump
Biden Gets No Immediate Convention Bounce, but Still Leads Trump
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Breitbart, New York Times, The Week, Insights - Nielsen and Politico
Molly Nagle / ABC News:
Biden to ABC's David Muir on Trump's attacks on mental fitness: ‘Watch me, Mr. President’ — Biden, Harris' first joint interviews air tonight at 8 p.m. ET on ABC — Former Vice President Joe Biden tackled questions about his age in an exclusive interview with “World News Tonight” …
New York Times:
Threatened by Facebook Disinformation, a Monk Flees Cambodia — A smear campaign linked to the Cambodian government went viral on the social media platform, sending an activist Buddhist cleric into exile to protect himself. — BANGKOK — In just four days, the reputation of a Buddhist monk …
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Biden enjoys post-convention bump in favorability: POLL — Biden's favorability ticked up from 40% just over a week ago to 45%. — LIVE NOW — The Democratic National Convention, which attracted a smaller audience compared to last cycle, still delivered a favorability boost …
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The Hill
Politico:
Trump set to block controversial Alaska gold mine — The Trump administration is planning to block the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska early next week, six people familiar with the plans told POLITICO, marking a surprise reversal that could be the death knell for the massive copper and gold project.
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Win or Lose, Trump Will Hold Power Over the G.O.P. — But what Republicans learn from the Trump era will make all the difference. — It must pain Donald Trump, deep down in his showman's soul, to have had his convention taken away from him. The arguable peak of his presidency …
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Associated Press and CNN
Danika Fears / The Daily Beast:
AG Barr Asked Rupert Murdoch to ‘Muzzle’ Fox News' Judge Napolitano for Criticizing Trump: Book — ‘INCENSED’ — At Donald Trump's behest, Attorney General William Barr asked Rupert Murdoch to “muzzle” Fox News' Judge Andrew Napolitano after he began criticizing the president on air, according to a new book.
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The Guardian
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
William Barr told Murdoch to ‘muzzle’ Fox News Trump critic, new book says
William Barr told Murdoch to ‘muzzle’ Fox News Trump critic, new book says
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Mediaite, Political Flare, Slate and Fox News, more at Mediagazer »
Dan Evon / Snopes.com:
Did Democrats Omit ‘Under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance? — Claim — The Democratic National Convention omitted the phrase “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance in 2020. — Rating — What's True — The phrase “under God” was omitted from at least two recitations of the Pledge …
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Power Line, Redstate, POLITICUSUSA, The Federalist, The Post Millennial and Twitchy
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Colleen Long / Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's distortion on Dems and the pledge
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's distortion on Dems and the pledge
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Raw Story, The American Spectator, The Guardian, The Post Millennial, Twitchy and New York Post