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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
White House Acts to Stem Fallout From Trump's First Charlottesville Remarks  —  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — The White House, under siege over President Trump's equivocal response to this weekend's bloody white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, Va., on Sunday condemned “white supremacists” for inciting the violence that led to one death.
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ProPublica:
Police Stood By As Mayhem Mounted in Charlottesville  —  State police and National Guardsmen watched passively for hours as self-proclaimed Nazis engaged in street battles with counter-protesters.  ProPublica reporter A.C. Thompson was on the scene and reports that the authorities turned …
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Hurt and Angry, Charlottesville Tries to Regroup From Violence  —  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Brittany Caine-Conley, a minister in training at Sojourners United Church of Christ, arrived in downtown Charlottesville on Saturday morning expecting that there might be violence.
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
One group loved Trump's remarks about Charlottesville: White supremacists  —  President Trump's public remarks on the violence in Charlottesville have been criticized by many, including members of his own political party, for being insufficient and vague.  —  But Trump's choice of words …
Meghan Breen / KTVN-TV:
UNR Student Talks After Marching in Charlottesville White Nationalist Rally  —  Thousands gathered to protest in the streets Charlottesville, Virginia Saturday, among them was 20 year-old Reno resident Peter Cvjetanovic.  —  Cvjetanovic is an undergraduate at the university studying history and political science.
New York Times:
Far-Right Groups Surge Into National View in Charlottesville  —  It was a deadly weekend of rage-fueled street battles.  And after the violent demonstrations in Charlottesville, Va., leaders of white nationalist groups claimed success.  —  “It was a huge moral victory in terms of the show of force …
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
White House says Trump ‘condemns’ white supremacists, KKK, neo-Nazi and all extremist groups
WCPO:
Charlottesville car attack suspect James Fields Jr. was ‘infatuated’ with Nazis, ex-teacher says
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Former Trump Adviser Says He Will ‘Blow’ McMaster, Drudge ‘The F**k Out’ If Bannon Is Ousted  —  Sam Nunberg, a former political adviser to Donald Trump, warned Sunday of dire consequences for National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster and Matt Drudge if White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is pushed out of the West Wing.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Anti-McMaster campaign is about to get uglier  —  The bare-knuckle campaign to remove National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster from the White House is about to get much uglier.  —  Outside forces opposed to McMaster are going to allege he has a drinking problem, according to sources outside …
CNN:
Trump advisers signal the knives are out for Bannon
Discussion: Political Wire
Jerusalem Post:
Comment: US National Security Adviser McMaster is a friend to Israel
ABC News:
Analysis: Why won't Donald Trump condemn white nationalism?
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Wall Street Journal:
We're Holding Pyongyang to Account  —  The U.S., its allies and the world are united in our pursuit of a denuclearized Korean Peninsula.  —  In the past few months, multiple illegal North Korean ballistic-missile and ICBM tests—coupled with the most recent bellicose language from Pyongyang …
Discussion: ABC News, Politico and Axios
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Gordon Lubold / Wall Street Journal:
Top U.S. General Readies Military Plan for North Korea, but Pushes for Diplomacy  —  Arriving in Asia, Gen. Joe Dunford says he is prepared for war, but supporting Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's efforts  —  OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea—The Pentagon's top military officer said Sunday …
New York Times:
North Korea's Missile Success Is Linked to Ukrainian Plant, Investigators Say  —  North Korea's success in testing an intercontinental ballistic missile that appears able to reach the United States was made possible by black-market purchases of powerful rocket engines probably from a Ukrainian factory …
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CNN:
Father: Heather Heyer was a champion for others
Discussion: FOX2now.com and FOX6Now.com
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
The Alt-Right's Rebranding Effort Has Failed  —  The alt-right movement has sought over the past two years to rebrand white nationalism, lifting it out of the obscure corners of the website Stormfront and elevating it into the mainstream political discussion.  —  In some ways the effort succeeded.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Time for Republicans to Leap From the Boat
Michael Calderone / HuffPost:
Pulitzer-Winner James Risen Joins The Intercept And First Look Media  —  The New York Times veteran will help steer national security reporting and direct press freedom fund.  —  Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist James Risen, who spent seven years fighting off government efforts …
 
 
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