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Fox News:
Statement on coverage of Seth Rich murder investigation — On May 16, a story was posted on the Fox News website on the investigation into the 2016 murder of DNC Staffer Seth Rich. The article was not initially subjected to the high degree of editorial scrutiny we require for all our reporting.
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Seth Rich's brother pleads with Hannity to stop spreading conspiracy theory — July 2016: DNC staffer Seth Rich fatally shot — The brother of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich wrote a letter on Tuesday to the executive producer of Sean Hannity's Fox News show pleading with him to find …
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Hot Air, Mediaite and Media Matters for America, more at Mediagazer »
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The Seth Rich lie, and how the corrosion of reality should worry every American — For lies to successfully masquerade as news, they need help. They need accessories to the crime against truth. — In two ways that have the power to shock, even in this almost shockproof era, lies are getting plenty of help.
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No More Mister Nice Blog and The Week, more at Mediagazer »
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Fox News removes false story on Seth Rich's murder — six days after it was debunked
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Fox News staffers ‘disgusted’ at network's promotion of Seth Rich conspiracy theory
Fox News staffers ‘disgusted’ at network's promotion of Seth Rich conspiracy theory
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RedState, THE WARREN (HENRY) REPORT and The Week
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Salman Abedi named as the Manchester suicide bomber - what we know about him — The suicide bomber who killed 22 people and injured dozens more at the Manchester Arena has been named as 22-year-old Salman Abedi. — Born in Manchester in 1994, the second youngest of four children his parents …
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Daily Wire, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, New York Magazine and New York Times
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Salman Abedi, 22, Is Identified as Manchester Arena Bomber — MANCHESTER, England — A 22-year-old British man whose parents had emigrated from Libya was identified by the police on Tuesday as the bomber who carried out Britain's deadliest terrorist attack since 2005, an explosion …
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Latest on investigation into Manchester concert bombing — LONDON — CBS News confirmed Tuesday that the man who blew himself up the previous night at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, was 23-year-old Salman Abedi, who was known to British authorities prior to the attack.
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Mirror.co.uk, Infowars, CBS New York, Daily Wire, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Daily Caller and Geller Report
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Here Is All The Fake News About The Manchester Terror Attack — A terror attack has claimed the lives of at least 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester. Here are the claims you shouldn't believe about the incident. — BuzzFeed News Reporter, Australia
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Washington Post:
Manchester bombing suspect identified; Islamic State claims responsibility
Manchester bombing suspect identified; Islamic State claims responsibility
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Telegraph:
Manchester terror attack: Everything we know so far
Manchester terror attack: Everything we know so far
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Trump Budget Based on $2 Trillion Math Error — One of the ways Donald Trump's budget claims to balance the budget over a decade, without cutting defense or retirement spending, is to assume a $2 trillion increase in revenue through economic growth. This is the magic of the still-to-be-designed Trump tax cuts.
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Mother Jones, New York Times, Washington Monthly, Raw Story and The Hill
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Lawrence H. Summers / Washington Post:
Larry Summers: Trump's budget is simply ludicrous — Details of President Trump's first budget have now been released. Much can and will be said about the dire social consequences of what is in it and the ludicrously optimistic economic assumptions it embodies.
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Axios, Committee for a …, Business Insider, The Guardian, Vox, New York Times, CNBC, Fusion, Equitable Growth and bradford-delong.com
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Trump releases budget hitting his own voters hardest
Trump releases budget hitting his own voters hardest
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Vox, ED News, Washington Post, Common Dreams, The Guardian and Los Angeles Times
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham: Trump's State Department budget could cause ‘a lot of Benghazis’
Lindsey Graham: Trump's State Department budget could cause ‘a lot of Benghazis’
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Mediaite
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Why Trump's budget plan wouldn't likely accelerate growth
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Politico and Associated Press
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MacArthur resigns as co-chairman of ‘clearly divided’ Tuesday Group — Rep. Tom MacArthur resigned Tuesday as co-chairman of the caucus of GOP moderates known as the Tuesday Group in the wake of deep divisions among its members over the House Obamacare replacement bill he helped craft.
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Vox, Axios, Talking Points Memo, Political Wire and The Daily Caller
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
It's Time to Worry about Health Care in the Senate
It's Time to Worry about Health Care in the Senate
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Talking Points Memo
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Ryan Justifies Waiting For CBO Score To Send Health Bill To The Senate
Ryan Justifies Waiting For CBO Score To Send Health Bill To The Senate
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Washington Examiner and Daily Kos
Sharon Begley / STAT:
Trump wasn't always so linguistically challenged. What could explain the change? — t was the kind of utterance that makes professional transcribers question their career choice: — “ ... there is no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign, but I can always speak for myself — and the Russians, zero.”
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Brennan: Russia may have successfully recruited Trump campaign aides — Former CIA Director John Brennan said on Tuesday that he had concerns that Russian officials may have successfully recruited aides from Donald Trump's campaign to help in the Kremlin's efforts to influence last year's presidential election.
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New York Times:
Former C.I.A. Chief Testifies About Concern Over Russia's Ties to Trump Campaign
Former C.I.A. Chief Testifies About Concern Over Russia's Ties to Trump Campaign
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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
CIA director warned Russian security service chief about interference in election
CIA director warned Russian security service chief about interference in election
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Mother Jones, Washington Monthly and New York Times
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Al Franken, comedian-turned-senator, takes on Donald Trump, TV-star-turned-president — WASHINGTON — For Al Franken, it's finally safe to be funny again just at a moment all the news around him has taken a decidedly unfunny turn. — The two-term Minnesota senator and one-time Saturday Night Live comedian …
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Political Wire and The Week
Alec MacGillis / New York Times:
Jared Kushner's Other Real Estate Empire — Baltimore-area renters complain about a property owner they say is neglectful and litigious. Few know their landlord is the president's son-in-law. — The townhouse on High Seas Court in the Cove Village development, in the Baltimore suburb of Essex …
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Sheriff David Clarke says he's unsure if Trump administration will still hire him after plagiarism report — Sheriff Clarke plagiarized parts of thesis — “This is about weakening, like I said, the support that I give and that I have with President Donald Trump and Secretary Kelly …
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Raw Story, Mediaite and Washington Free Beacon
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Margate man acquitted in murder case after oral-sex defense — Richard Henry Patterson, the Margate man accused of choking his girlfriend to death in 2015 and leaving her body to decompose for two days before hiring a defense lawyer instead of calling the police, was found not guilty Monday of murder.
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New York Post, The Daily Caller and IJR
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
A belligerent man in a Trump hat was kicked off a flight as a crowd chanted: ‘Lock him up!’ — Like some bizarre parody of a Trump rally, a belligerent man in a “Make America Great Again” hat was booted off a plane in Shanghai Sunday — defiantly waving as a crowd of passengers jeered in the terminal: “Lock him up!
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RedState, Mashable, The Root, Clark Gredoña and Sputnik International
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While You Were Watching Trump, The Democratic Party Changed — Donald Trump has already changed the Democratic Party more than his own Republican Party. — While the president has merely reduced his own party into a panicked mess, the Democrats' trajectory seems to have moved subtly …
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FEC member urges escalated Trump-Russia inquiry — A member of the Federal Election Commission is calling on the agency to investigate whether Russian agents paid for Facebook ads to spread damaging stories about Hillary Clinton ahead of last fall's presidential election.
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Uber Shortchanged New York City Drivers by Millions of Dollars — The ride-hailing company says it is refunding the money after miscalculating its commissions — Uber Technologies Inc. on Tuesday said it mistakenly underpaid New York City drivers for the past 2½ years …
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