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Aram Roston / Reuters:
Business partner of Falwells says affair with evangelical power couple spanned seven years — Giancarlo Granda says his sexual relationship with the Falwells began when he was 20. He says he had sex with Becki Falwell while Jerry Falwell Jr, head of Liberty University and a staunch supporter of President Trump, looked on.
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Exclusive: Falwell says ‘Fatal Attraction’ threat led to depression — Jerry Falwell Jr., suspended as president of Virginia's Christian-focused Liberty University after a string of embarrassing acts, today said that he has suffered depression caused by a former family friend who had an affair …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Jeff Flake joins over two-dozen former GOP members of Congress to launch ‘Republicans for Biden’ — Announcement comes on the first day of the Republican National Convention — EXCLUSIVE: More than two-dozen former Republican members of Congress threw their support behind a “Republicans for Biden” …
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
The Republicans who won't be speaking at the convention, and what that says about the GOP — It's not news that there are members of the Republican Party who don't like the direction President Trump is taking it. — While most members of Congress have lined up dutifully behind Trump …
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Pompeo shattering precedent, sparking fury with RNC speech
Pompeo shattering precedent, sparking fury with RNC speech
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
State Department memo warned Senate-approved officials against appearing at partisan events
State Department memo warned Senate-approved officials against appearing at partisan events
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Jeff Flake, other former GOP Congress members endorse Biden ahead of RNC
Jeff Flake, other former GOP Congress members endorse Biden ahead of RNC
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
The Grand Old Meltdown — Earlier this month, while speaking via Zoom to a promising group of politically inclined high school students, I was met with an abrupt line of inquiry. “I'm sorry, but I still don't understand,” said one young man, his pitch a blend of curiosity and exasperation.
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Kellyanne Conway to leave the White House at the end of the month, citing the need to focus on her family — Kellyanne Conway, a senior adviser to President Trump and one of his longest-serving aides, is leaving the White House at the end of the month. — Conway, whose title is counselor …
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Sinéad Baker / Business Insider:
Claudia Conway posted TikToks celebrating her parents Kellyanne and George's withdrawal from politics
Claudia Conway posted TikToks celebrating her parents Kellyanne and George's withdrawal from politics
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Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Kellyanne Conway announces she's leaving the White House and George Conway is stepping away from Lincoln Project
Kellyanne Conway announces she's leaving the White House and George Conway is stepping away from Lincoln Project
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Jerry Seinfeld / New York Times:
So You Think New York Is ‘Dead’ — Mr. Seinfeld is a comedian. — When I got my first apartment in Manhattan in the hot summer of 1976, there was no pooper-scooper law, and the streets were covered in dog crap. — I signed the rental agreement, walked outside, and my car had been towed.
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David Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
New York attorney general files legal action against Trump Organization, revealing state investigation into the company's financial dealings — The New York attorney general is investigating President Trump's private business for allegedly misleading lenders by inflating the value of its assets …
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New York Times:
N.Y. Attorney General Asks Judge to Order Eric Trump's Testimony — The Trump Organization has stalled a state inquiry into the financing of four properties for months, Attorney General Letitia James said in court papers. — The New York State attorney general's office has asked a judge …
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Kenosha police shoot man; video of incident appears to show officer firing several shots into his back at close range — Kenosha police shot a man Sunday evening, setting off unrest in the city after a video appeared to show the officer firing several shots at close range into the man's back.
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Heather Barmore / Joe Biden for President:
Statement by Vice President Joe Biden on the Shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin
Statement by Vice President Joe Biden on the Shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin
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Peter Wehner / New York Times:
For Conservatives to Have Any Hope, Trump Has to Lose — After what we have seen during the president's first term, any true conservative should be appalled by the prospect of a second. — “You're a traitor to the cause.” — In one form or another, that's the charge most often …
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Jason Zengerle / New York Times:
Donald Trump Jr. Is Ready. But for What, Exactly? — Of all the president's children, he has the strongest connection to the politics, voters and online disinformation ecosystem that put his father in the White House. What will he do with it? — To hear more audio stories from publishers …
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Joshua Nelson / Fox News:
McCloskeys warn violence and riots will come ‘to a neighborhood near you’ — ‘We have a God-given right to defend ourselves.’ McCloskey said. — Violence and riots won't be confined to America's cities, said Mark McCloskey alongside his wife, Patricia, on Monday opening up about their support …
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Politico:
The enduring mystery: What would Trump do in a second term? — As a reality TV star, Donald Trump seized the White House with an unusual slate of Republican pledges: take on China, tear up trade deals, restrict immigration. But as president, Trump has faced warnings from a long line …
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Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:
Trump, Still the Outsider, Sees a Repeat of 2016 Shocker
Trump, Still the Outsider, Sees a Repeat of 2016 Shocker
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Associated Press:
AP-NORC poll: Trump faces pessimism as GOP convention opens — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is promising to outline an optimistic vision for America at this week's Republican convention. But he'll be speaking to a public deeply pessimistic about the direction of the country …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: UAE cancels Israel meeting after Netanyahu opposes F-35 arms deal — The United Arab Emirates canceled a planned trilateral meeting with the U.S. and Israel last Friday to send a message to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his opposition to a pending arms deal between the U.S. and UAE …
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Karsten Schneider / en:
New York University moves to implement racial segregation in student dorms — Since late June, the Office of Residential Life and Housing Services at New York University (NYU) has been working closely with a small, student-led task force to make racially segregated housing a reality in undergraduate student dorms.
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Molly Redden / HuffPost:
Trump's Handpicked Postal Service Chair Has A Long History Of Voter Suppression — Robert Duncan chaired the RNC during the party's unprecedented escalation of voter disenfranchisement efforts in swing states. — President Donald Trump's selection for a key Postal Service position …
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Jonathan Cheng / Wall Street Journal:
China's Economy Is Bouncing Back—And Gaining Ground on the U.S. — Success in containing Covid-19 is bringing life back to normal and helping close the economic gap with a rival — BEIJING—As the rest of the world struggles to contain the coronavirus, China's recovery is gaining momentum …
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Howard Cohen / Tampa Bay Times:
Max Weinberg: From Bruce Springsteen's drummer to a seat on a Florida zoning board — Weinberg was appointed to the Delray Beach Planning and Zoning Board. — “I have been self-employed as a musician since 2010. Still actively performing from time to time. Desire to serve the community.”
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
The Supporters Buoying Trump's Spirits: Boat Owners — Parades of seagoing Trump fans have been touted by the president and his campaign in the absence of his signature campaign rallies — Trish Willis hasn't returned to her nursing job in Atlanta since the outbreak of Covid-19, and still won't get on an airplane.
Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
The GOP's Absurdist Convention — This weekend was the calm between the quasi-virtual conventions, but we start the week with wildfires, audiotapes, bickering over the Rose Garden, a fight over the Postal Service and a politicized FDA, and more than 177,000 coronavirus deaths.
Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Revealed: Jared Kushner's Private Channel With Putin's Money Man — DIRECT LINE — More than a dozen Trump administration officials, current and former, described a clandestine relationship between Jared Kushner and the CEO of a Kremlin sovereign wealth fund.
Greg Ip / Wall Street Journal:
New Thinking on Covid Lockdowns: Overly Blunt and Costly — Blanket business shutdowns—which the U.S. never tried before this pandemic—led to a deep recession. Economists and health experts say there may be a better way. — TEXT — RESPONSES — In response to the novel …
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CBS San Francisco:
Scott Peterson Death Sentence Overturned By State Supreme Court; New Penalty Phase Trial Ordered — SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF/AP) — More than 15 years after the Christmas Eve murder of pregnant Modesto schoolteacher Laci Peterson grabbed national headlines, the California Supreme Court tossed …
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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
The Democratic and Republican conventions are not the same. Don't pretend that they are. — In June—with Roy Cooper, the Democratic governor of North Carolina, refusing, due to the pandemic, to accede to President Trump's demands for a business-as-usual Republican convention in Charlotte …
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Washington Post:
Prominent Russian opposition activist Navalny was poisoned, German doctors say — BERLIN — Alexei Navalny, the prominent Russian opposition figure and Kremlin critic, was poisoned, Berlin's Charité Hospital said in a statement Monday, citing clinical results confirmed by independent laboratories.
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