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Wall Street Journal:
Roger Stone Sought Information on Clinton from Assange, Emails Show  —  Ex-Trump adviser urged intermediary to ask WikiLeaks for specific dates of rival candidate's communications  —  Former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone privately sought information he considered damaging to Hillary Clinton …
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CNN:
Assange's refuge in Ecuadorian embassy ‘in jeopardy’  —  Washington (CNN)Julian Assange's nearly six-year refuge at the Ecuadorian embassy in London is in danger, opening the WikiLeaks founder to arrest by British authorities and potential extradition to the US, multiple sources with knowledge tell CNN.
Sara Murray / CNN:
Roger Stone's finances examined by special counsel  —  Stone: I chalk this up to effort to silence me  —  (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has been probing Roger Stone's finances as it summons a series of witnesses to gather more information about one of President Donald Trump's longtime advisers …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
NBC News:
Inside the summit collapse: Trump wanted to cancel before N. Korean leader could  —  WASHINGTON — Early Thursday morning, after a flurry of calls with a handful of senior advisers, an angry President Donald Trump personally dictated the three-paragraph letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un …
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Washington Post:
‘A lot of dial tones’: The inside story of how Trump's North Korea summit fell apart  —  The historic nuclear disarmament summit between President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un — the one that Trump thought might earn him the Nobel Peace Prize — crumbled nearly as quickly as it came together …
Brad Reed / Raw Story:   Trump threatens war against North Korea — and says South Korea and Japan will pay for it
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump's Gamble Hits Reality Check in North Korea Negotiations
Discussion: CNN and Fox News
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Trump's summit flip-flop risks fallout far beyond North Korea
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
An unpredictable president changes the North Korea script
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Concerned by Trump, Some Republicans Quietly Align With Democrats  —  WASHINGTON — Since Donald J. Trump began dominating American politics more than two years ago, Democrats concerned about his policies and behavior have taken solace in a group of influential Republicans who have consistently assailed …
Discussion: Political Wire
David French / New York Times:
Conservatives Fail the N.F.L.'s Free Speech Test  —  The United States is in the grips of a free-speech paradox.  At the same time that the law provides more protection to personal expression than at any time in the nation's history, large numbers of Americans feel less free to speak.
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Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
A defense of Roger Goodell
Discussion: BloombergQuint, Q13 FOX News and CNN
Lorenzo Reyes / USA Today:   Seahawks' Doug Baldwin: President Trump is ‘an idiot, plain and simple’
Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
Behind the Scenes of Harvey Weinstein's Impending Arrest  —  After a seven-month investigation, the producer Harvey Weinstein is expected to turn himself in to the New York Police Department's First Precinct on Friday to face sexual-assault charges.  According to law-enforcement officials …
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Shayna Jacobs / New York Daily News:
Harvey Weinstein set to turn himself in on sex crime charges in New York  —  Harvey Weinstein is expected to surrender to authorities Friday to face charges related to alleged sexual misconduct in connection to a probe by the Manhattan District Attorney's office and NYPD, the Daily News has confirmed.
Jeff Collins / Orange County Register:
Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher says it's OK to not sell homes to gays; loses support of Realtors  —  U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher told a group of Realtors last week that homeowners should be able to refuse to sell their homes to gays and lesbians, a statement that cost him the support of a key national Realtor group.
The Daily Beast:
White House Lawyer Crashes FBI Meeting on Trump-Russia Investigation … Two highly classified meetings about the Trump-Russia investigation held Thursday had a surprise participant: one of President Donald Trump's lawyers.  And he got an earful for it.  —  Emmet Flood, the new lawyer …
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New York Times:
Turf War Between Kushner and Sessions Drove Federal Prisons Director to Quit  —  WASHINGTON — When Jared Kushner hosted a high-profile summit meeting on federal prison reform at the White House last Friday, some in attendance noticed that the man who was ostensibly in charge of the federal prison system …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The group least likely to think the U.S. has a responsibility to accept refugees?  Evangelicals.  —  In February 2017, as debate raged nationally over President Trump's decision to curtail immigration to the United States, the conservative Christian Broadcasting Network dipped into the Bible …
Yashar Ali / New York Magazine:
The Reporter Who Took Down a Unicorn … In late September of 2015, Elizabeth Holmes, the CEO of the once-high-flying but now disgraced Silicon Valley health-care company Theranos, was in the News Corp. office of Rupert Murdoch.  She had first met Murdoch in 2014 to pitch him on Theranos …
Martin Bagot / mirror:
No amount of alcohol, sausage or bacon is safe according to cancer experts  —  Even small amounts of processed meats and booze increase the risk of a host of cancers outlined in World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) guidelines updated every decade  —  No amount of alcohol …
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
McConnell Says He Supports Mueller Investigation  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told NPR in an interview that he continues to support the Mueller Russia investigation — and that nothing in Thursday's hotly anticipated secret briefing on the Russia probe to congressional leaders changed his mind.
Discussion: Axios and Shareblue Media
Steve Reilly / USA Today:
Trump's company wouldn't say what his new $107K business was, until after we tracked it down  —  NEW YORK — For more than a week, nobody at the Trump Organization wanted to talk about the mysterious new corporation from which President Trump earned more than $100,000 last year.
JONATHAN TURLEY:
Justice Delayed Is Justice: Mueller Fights To Delay Russian Collusion Trial  —  There is an old joke among criminal defense attorneys that “justice delayed is justice,” a twist of the old adage that “justice delayed is justice denied.”  The joke reflects that fact that the defense almost always benefits …
CNN:
Women accuse Morgan Freeman of inappropriate behavior, harassment  —  An Phung and Chloe Melas  —  (CNN)A young production assistant thought she had landed the job of her dreams when, in the summer of 2015, she started work on “Going In Style,” a bank heist comedy starring Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Arkin.
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Elon Musk Shows Billionaires Need “News Literacy” Classes As Much As High Schoolers Do  —  When it comes to media criticism, comparing Elon Musk to Donald Trump is very unfair — to Trump.  —  BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief  —  When Elon Musk tweeted Tuesday that media reports …
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Molly Roberts / Washington Post:
Elon Musk's meltdown makes perfect sense
Discussion: CNNMoney, BBC and Vanity Fair
WRTV-TV:
Man injured when his gun goes off inside downtown Whole Foods store  —  INDIANAPOLIS — A man was injured when his gun went off while he was shopping at the Whole Foods in Downtown Indianapolis Thursday night.  —  Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department say the 76-year-old man …
Tess Owen / VICE News:
NRA wants Congress to set “limitations” on how the news can cover school shootings  —  The National Rifle Association is calling for outright censorship as news of yet another school shooting dominates national headlines.  —  “It's time to put an end to this glorification of carnage in pursuit of ratings …
Discussion: YouTube and National Review
Will Rahn / CBS News:
Commentary: The plot against Donald Trump  —  It's easy to get the basic gist of the Deep State conspiracy theory, which posits that the FBI and CIA ginned up a devious plot to help Hillary Clinton and hurt Donald Trump.  But there's an arch, coy, almost feline quality to the way these arguments are presented.
Gary Horcher / KIRO:
Woman says her Amazon device recorded private conversation, sent it out to random contact  —  A Portland family contacted Amazon to investigate after they say a private conversation in their home was recorded by Amazon's Alexa — the voice-controlled smart speaker — and that the recorded audio …
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
WATCH: Pompeo Absolutely Explodes at Dem Senator For Suggesting Trump Has Foreign Policy Conflicts of Interest  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo got furious today when asked if President Donald Trump has any conflicts of interest.  —  The secretary of state testified before the Senate …
Discussion: Townhall
KHQ-TV:
FIRST ON KHQ: Former Spokane NAACP president Rachel Dolezal facing felony theft charges for welfare fraud  —  Former Spokane Chapter NAACP President Rachel Dolezal is now facing legal trouble that could land her behind bars.  KHQ has confirmed that Dolezal, who legally changed her name …
Jamiel Lynch / CNN:
Shooting at Oklahoma City restaurant; injuries reported  —  (CNN)Police in Oklahoma City are investigating a shooting at a restaurant near Lake Hefner Parkway.  —  Multiple people are injured, they said on Twitter, and “there are no outstanding suspects at this time.”  —  The incident took place at Louie's Grill & Bar.
CNN:
Missile that downed MH17 ‘owned by Russian brigade’  —  (CNN)A missile that brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine in 2014 was fired from a launcher belonging to Russia's 53rd anti-aircraft missile brigade, investigators said Thursday.  —  The announcement …
Lindsey McPherson / Roll Call:
Immigration Discharge Petition Will Get Final Signatures, Deputy GOP Whip Says  —  House Chief Deputy Whip Patrick T. McHenry on Thursday said an immigration discharge petition that GOP leaders oppose will get to 218 signatures after the recess, and the only way they can stop …
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
Capitol Police Accidentally Gave Evidence To House Hacking Suspect's Defense Attorney  —  The Capitol Police turned over a trove of evidence in the alleged Imran Awan House cyberbreach and theft case to the defense attorneys when they were supposed to deliver it to prosecutors instead, according to court documents and a source.
Jena Greene / smokeroom.com:
This Soccer Star Is About To Marry Two Women — See Them Here  —  Professional Brazilian soccer player Ronaldinho is slotted to marry two women at the same time this summer.  And all three parties involved are totally aware of the situation and totally ok with what's about to go down.
Carl T. Bogus / New York Times:
Was Slavery a Factor in the Second Amendment?  —  Every mass shooting, like the most recent at Santa Fe High School in Texas that left 10 people dead, reignites a passionate debate over the Second Amendment.  For many Americans, if there is an image that comes to mind when they think about that amendment …
 
 
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Facebook accused of conducting mass surveillance through its apps
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
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CNBC:
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Mark Fitzpatrick / New York Times:
Think Military Strikes Could Stop North Korea? Try It and See.
Victor Davis Hanson / Hoover Institution:
The Great German Meltdown
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Majority says calling MS-13 members ‘animals’ is fair: poll
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
Scott Pruitt Twice Introduced Anti-Abortion Bills Giving Men ‘Property Rights’ Over Fetuses
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Anatoly Kurmanaev / Wall Street Journal:
The Tragedy of Venezuela  —  When reporter Anatoly Kurmanaev …
Harriet Torry / Wall Street Journal:
Congressional Budget Office's Long-Term Deficit Forecast Dwarfs White House Estimate
Joshua Rhett Miller / New York Post:
Driver launches into racist rant during spat with Asian motorist
Discussion: Raw Story and Splinter
Ken White / Popehat:
Analysis: Clifford and Avenatti Seek Reconsideration of Stay of Michael Cohen Case In Los Angeles.
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
How a Weakened ESPN Became Consumed by Politics
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