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CNN:
Scramble for answers as Ronny Jackson allegations threaten to upend nomination  —  Washington (CNN)Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee are raising concerns about allegations involving Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the department …
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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Senate to postpone confirmation hearing for Ronny Jackson to head Veterans Affairs, White House officials told  —  Senate lawmakers have postponed the confirmation hearing for Ronny L. Jackson, President Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, after top Republicans …
CBS News:
Democrats reviewing allegations against VA nominee Ronny Jackson  —  The ranking Democrat on the Senate Veterans Affairs committee is reviewing allegations he's hearing about Ronny Jackson, the White House physician and President Trump's pick to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Discussion: Raw Story, AOL and New York Magazine
Politico:   Ronny Jackson's VA nomination on the rocks
CBC News:
What we know about Alek Minassian, alleged driver in deadly Toronto van attack  —  Police say Alek Minassian, 25, was arrested at the scene after van plowed into pedestrians on busy Yonge St.  —  Police have identified the suspect in a deadly van attack in Toronto as Alek Minassian …
Discussion: Fox News and RedState
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Toronto Star:
‘This is not a car accident.’ Nine dead, 16 hurt as van strikes pedestrians along Yonge St …
CBS News:
Van strikes pedestrians in Toronto, killing 10 and injuring 15 — live updates
Vernon Silver / Bloomberg:
Flight Records Illuminate Mystery of Trump's Moscow Nights  —  President denied overnight Miss Universe stay, Comey memos say  —  Jet landed on a Friday, left pre-dawn Sunday after pageant  —  President Donald Trump twice gave James Comey an alibi for why a salacious report …
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump's false claims to Comey about Moscow stay could aid Mueller
Discussion: Daily Kos and HuffPost
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Flipping Cohen against Trump may not be so easy  —  Getting Michael Cohen to rat out President Donald Trump may not be as simple as it sounds.  —  Although Trump's detractors are rooting for Trump's personal attorney to “flip” on the president and cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller …
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North Yorkshire Police:
Laser jammer Range Rover driver who gave police the finger is handed an eight-month prison sentence  —  Timothy Hill, 67, threw the device in a river behind his home in Grassington when he found out that officers had launched an investigation.  —  But today he was jailed for eight months …
Discussion: twitchy.com and Daily Wire
Denver Post:
U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn should be kept off the 2018 ballot, Colorado Supreme Court rules  —  Doug Lamborn has been in Congress for six terms  —  Six-term U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado Springs should be kept off the Republican primary ballot this year, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday …
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Colorado Supreme Court boots Rep. Lamborn off primary ballot
Discussion: Axios and ThinkProgress
John Harwood / CNBC:
‘We just have to win’: With Trump in the White House, stakes are higher than ever for Emily's List and Democratic women  — What makes Emily's List loom so large in 2018 is the combination of Hillary Clinton's 2016 defeat and Donald Trump's provocations from the White House.
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John Harwood / CNBC:   Not just Congress: Emily's List is pushing Democratic women to flip statehouses, too
Associated Press:
Golf club apologizes for calling cops on black women members  —  YORK, Pa. (AP) — A golf club in Pennsylvania has apologized for calling police on a group of black women after the co-owner and his father said they were playing too slowly and refused requests to leave the course.
The Guardian:
Sean Hannity's real estate venture linked to fraudulent property dealer  —  Shell company tied to the Fox News host bought homes through Jeff Brock, who was charged in 2016 with fraud and conspiracy for his role in a scheme to rig auctions on foreclosed properties
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Associated Press:
Mystery grows over pro-Saudi tabloid: Embassy got sneak peek  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — It landed with a thud on newsstands at Walmart and rural supermarkets last month: Ninety-seven fawning pages saluting Saudi Arabia, whose ambitious crown prince was soon to arrive in the U.S. on a PR blitz to transform his country's image.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
Arizona Rep. Martha McSally Alleges Sexual Abuse by High-School Coach  —  ‘I was looking for ways to not be powerless,’ she says of impact on her life; former coach denies the allegations  —  TUCSON, Ariz.— Rep. Martha McSally said she was sexually abused by a coach when she was in high school …
CNN:
Trump ramps up personal cell phone use  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump is increasingly relying on his personal cell phone to contact outside advisers, multiple sources inside and outside the White House told CNN, as Trump returns to the free-wheeling mode of operation that characterized the earliest days of his administration.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Is 'can't prove untrue' new standard in Trump probe?  —  When a political figure is accused of wrongdoing, a conversation begins among journalists, commentators, and public officials.  Are the charges true?  Can the accusers prove it?  —  That's the way it normally works.
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders to announce plan to guarantee every American a job … Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will announce a plan for the federal government to guarantee a job paying $15 an hour and health-care benefits to every American worker “who wants or needs one,” embracing the kind …
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
'Tase me, and you'll see what happens,' an American Airlines passenger said.  Police did — 10 times. … What began as a simple boarding dispute at Miami International Airport escalated into a tour de force of plane drama on Sunday as a belligerent passenger was repeatedly stunned by police …
David Beard / Poynter:
Morning Mediawire: The Pulitzer-laden researcher embedded in the Post newsroom  —  Little known, widely respected: It's another Pulitzer season for Post's Alice Crites  —  One Pulitzer can make a career.  Two can make a legend.  —  Library-trained researcher Alice Crites has been a part of a half-dozen Pulitzer teams.
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
First lady releases menu, details for Macron's state visit  —  The White House on Monday revealed the menu, entertainment and other details of the first state visit of the Trump administration in anticipation of the French president's arrival.  —  French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife …
Daily Wire:
BREAKING: Anti-Gun Control Parkland Survivor Kyle Kashuv Questioned By School Security For Visiting Gun Range With His Father  —  On Friday, Parkland survivor Kyle Kashuv went to the gun range to learn to fire a gun for the first time, alongside his father.  He tweeted this:
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Hope in Arizona  —  Phoenix — On Tuesday, there's a special election in Arizona's Eighth Congressional District, which Donald Trump won by 21 percentage points.  It's to replace Trent Franks, the abortion opponent who resigned amid reports that he tried to create his own personal version of …
David French / National Review:
America Owes Jeff Sessions and Rod Rosenstein a Debt of Thanks  —  The contrast between Obama's Department of Justice and Trump's is stark and profound.  —  We live in an era when political role models are hard to find, integrity is at a premium, and it's exceedingly difficult to find people …
Discussion: Above the Law
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Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Respect Unearned  —  Washington's self-righteous establishmentarians …
Discussion: American Digest
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
More Contemptible Behavior By Liberals  —  We haven't yet written about the fact that the Left is engaging in the despicable tactic of “demonstrating,” i.e. committing vandalism, at the home of Chris Cox of the National Rifle Association, and harassing his wife's business.  This report comes from the Associated Press:
Sarah Mimms / BuzzFeed:
Inside The Divisive Fight Over How A Top Progressive Think Tank Handled Sexual Harassment  —  One of Washington's leading liberal institutions grappled with a divisive internal battle over sexual harassment during and in the aftermath of the 2016 election, according to documents obtained …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Poll: Coal baron Blankenship fading in W.Va. Senate primary  —  WHEELING, W.Va. — A new poll out Monday evening shows recently imprisoned coal baron and Senate hopeful Don Blankenship fading in the Republican primary, amid an avalanche of establishment attacks aimed at stopping him from winning the nomination.
Discussion: Political Wire and ABC News
Jason Zengerle / New York Times:
How Devin Nunes Turned the House Intelligence Committee Inside Out  —  In inquiries on Benghazi and Russia and beyond, the California congressman has displayed a deep mistrust of the expert consensus on reality — a disposition that has helped him make friends in the current White House.
Bloomberg:
White House Deterring Republicans From Defending Pruitt, Sources Say  —  Republicans who fawned over EPA boss now sharpening criticism  —  Four Republicans and 170 Democrats said Pruitt should quit  —  White House officials are cautioning Republican lawmakers and other conservative allies …
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Special Trump tax provision gives $17 billion break to millionaires, gov't report finds  —  WASHINGTON — The wealthiest Americans will benefit the most from President Donald Trump's tax deduction for owners of “pass-through” businesses, according to a congressional report released Monday.
Discussion: Political Wire
Mike Allen / Axios:
Rahm Emanuel: Impeachment isn't “a political tool”  —  At an Axios event in Chicago yesterday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel told me midterm Democratic candidates are unwise to rely on the allure of impeaching President Trump as an issue in November's races.  —  His advice: “I lived through the Clinton White House.
Max Boot / Washington Post:
It's a disgrace more Republicans aren't willing to choose country over partisanship … This is one of the most significant, dismaying, and underappreciated facts about the 2016 election: While a number of prominent Republicans refused to endorse Donald Trump, the only serving Republican member …
 
 
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Alex Daugherty / mcclatchydc:
The NRA just broke a 15-year fundraising record
Discussion: twitchy.com
Wall Street Journal:
How Europe's New Privacy Rules Favor Google and Facebook
James Fallows / The Atlantic:
The Reinvention of America  —  I have seen the future, and it is in the United States.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
CNN:
We've worked on stopping terrorism. Trump's travel ban fuels it
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
14 states hit record-low unemployment
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Media Matters for America:
YouTube removed a compilation of Alex Jones' Sandy Hook lies due to “harassment.”  His own videos are still up.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
We're taking a whole new approach.
 Earlier Items: 
Ashley Powers / New Yorker:
The Renegade Sheriffs  —  A law-enforcement movement that claims …
Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Here's Why Many Americans Are Choosing Not To Vote This Year
Discussion: USA Today
Olga Khazan / The Atlantic:
People Voted for Trump Because They Were Anxious, Not Poor
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Mashable
Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Pence to name Kellogg as national security adviser
Chauncey Devega / Salon:
Pulitzer-winning reporter David Cay Johnston: “The evidence suggests Trump is a traitor”
Discussion: Washington Press
Washington Post:
How merchants use Facebook to flood Amazon with fake reviews
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Trump's Re-Elect Figures Similar to Those of Obama, Clinton
 

 
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