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12:45 PM ET, August 11, 2018

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Politico:
Rep. Chris Collins, fighting prosecution, seeks to end reelection bid  —  Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.), who was charged this week as part of an insider trading scheme, is suspending his re-election campaign and will attempt to remove his name from the ballot.
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CNN:
Chris Collins suspends re-election campaign following insider trading charges  —  Washington (CNN)New York Republican Rep. Chris Collins suspended his reelection campaign on Saturday after he was indicted earlier this week on charges related to insider trading.
Javier E. David / CNBC:
NY GOP Congressman Chris Collins suspends campaign amid insider trading allegations  —  Chris Collins suspends campaign 180811 JDAVID EC  —  Rep. Chris Collins, one of President Donald Trump's earliest backers in Congress, suspended his campaign on Saturday, in the wake of insider trading allegations …
Roll Call:
Chris Collins Suspends Campaign Just Days After Criminal Indictment  —  New York Republican Rep. Chris Collins, who was arrested and indicted on charges related to securities fraud earlier this week, has suspended his re-election campaign.  —  “Democrats are laser focused on taking back the House …
Jerry Zremski / The Buffalo News:   Days after indictment, Chris Collins suspends re-election campaign
BuzzFeed News:
GOP Operative Made “Suspicious” Cash Withdrawals During Pursuit Of Clinton Emails  —  In one of the most intriguing episodes of the 2016 presidential campaign, Republican activist Peter W. Smith launched an independent effort to obtain Hillary Clinton's emails to help defeat her and elect Donald Trump.
Discussion: Lawfare
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Jonathan Freedland / The Guardian:
We like to mock Trump, but Britain's Russia stance is even worse  —  When it comes to evidence of Russian intervention in the 2016 referendum, Theresa May is unaccountably relaxed  —  There are not many laughs to be had from international diplomacy, but US foreign policy in the age …
Discussion: Reuters and Politico
Fresno Bee:
Devin Nunes is protecting Trump, but the Constitution requires a check on the president  —  Under the Constitution, Congress has the power to levy taxes, borrow money, regulate commerce and declare war.  —  It has lesser responsibilities as well.  Among them are to create post offices …
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Michael Avenatti Urges Democrats to Reject Michelle Obama's Advice on Trump  —  CLEAR LAKE, Iowa — Michael Avenatti, fresh off his declaration that he may run for president in 2020, used his first big speech as a prospective candidate to call on the Democratic Party to reject Michelle Obama's …
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Twitter admits InfoWars violated its rules, but says it will remain on the platform  —  Twitter said Friday that the accounts belonging to far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his fringe media organization InfoWars would, for now, remain online, one day after a CNN investigation found …
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Twitter Shuts Down Accounts of Vice Co-Founder Gavin McInnes, Proud Boys Ahead of ‘Unite the Right’ Rally
Discussion: Breitbart
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Are you still sure there's no need to worry?  —  “Don't worry, the institutions will stop him.”  Or: “Don't worry, he hasn't done any real damage yet, the institutions have stopped him.”  How many times have you heard some version of this analysis since the election of President Trump?
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Washington Post:
The Manafort scramble: Raising millions for himself even as he ran Trump's campaign
Discussion: Salon and New York Post
Zac Anderson / Sarasota Herald:
Email indicates Florida House candidate may have staged college degree deception  —  Miami University says Melissa Howard never graduated, despite her posting images of a diploma.  —  Facing accusations that she lied about having a degree from Miami University in Ohio …
Discussion: WPLG-TV
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David Bishop / FLA News Online:
EXCLUSIVE: Candidate Melissa Howard Faked Her Diploma, University Alleges
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Joe.My.God.
BuzzFeed News:
An Airline Employee Stole A Plane From Seattle Airport And Was Chased By Fighter Jets Before Crashing  —  “I'm just a broken guy.  I've got a few screws loose I guess, I never really knew it until now,” the rogue pilot said to air traffic control.  —  An airline employee stole a plane …
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Of Course There Is Such a Thing as a ‘Perjury Trap’  —  And it's a legitimate reason for President Trump to decline to be interviewed.  —  Studies will someday be done on the deleterious effect Donald Trump has had on the brains of people who loathe him.  It drives them to say things …
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
A Lifelong Political Scrapper, Roger Stone Is Fighting for His Own Legal Future  —  As a flamboyant veteran of Washington and New York City politics, the campaign strategist Roger J. Stone Jr. has been in any number of knock-'em-down scrapes over the years, reaching back four decades …
Discussion: CNBC and Political Wire
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Montgomery Herald:
Woman killed by neighborhood dogs  —  Montgomery County Sheriff Chris Watkins released this statement Friday, August 10.  —  a resident of a Lake Tillery development on the western side of Montgomery County went missing while taking her daily walk.  After several hours the 66 year old female did not return home.
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Trump calls for unity on anniversary of Charlottesville rally  —  President Donald Trump on Saturday called for the nation to “come together” ahead of the one-year anniversary of a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.  —  “The riots in Charlottesville a year ago resulted …
John Riley / Metro Weekly:
Study: 78,000 transgender Americans could be prevented from voting in 2018  —  Congressional races in 8 states could be affected by the absence of transgender people due to strict photo ID requirements  —  A new study estimates that approximately 78,000 transgender people in eight crucial states …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Raw Story
Associated Press:
Trump, at golf club, intent on projecting he's hard at work  —  BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump is spending his summer vacation at his golf club in New Jersey.  Wait, don't call it “vacation.”  —  Trump, who is loath to admit to sleeping — let alone taking time off …
Discussion: MyNorthwest.com
Michael H. Keller / New York Times:
The Flourishing Business of Fake YouTube Views  —  Plays can be bought for pennies and delivered in bulk, inflating videos' popularity and creating an environment ripe for manipulation.  —  Interactive illustration by Adam Ferriss for The New York Times.  Video footage by Scott Dalton, William Widmer, Joshua Lott and Martin Vassilev.
Irwin M. Stelzer / Weekly Standard:
Trump's Economy Might Not Be Enough to Save the House  —  With the November congressional elections only 87 days away, Donald Trump has added to his revolutionary use of tweets what might prove to be an outdated reliance on two old-fashioned electoral winners to pull Republican candidates …
ESPN:
The inside story of a toxic culture at Maryland football  —  Several current University of Maryland football players and people close to the Terrapins program describe a toxic coaching culture under head coach D.J. Durkin before offensive lineman Jordan McNair's death in June after a football workout.
Frances Robles / New York Times:
Containers of Hurricane Donations Found Rotting in Puerto Rico Parking Lot  —  SAN JUAN, P.R. — At least 10 trailers full of food, water and baby supplies donated for victims of Hurricane Maria were left to rot at a state elections office in Puerto Rico, where they broke open and became infested by rats.
Tamara Keith / NPR:
Omarosa Tells NPR She Heard Trump ‘N-Word Tape,’ Contradicting Her Own Tell-All Book  —  “Hearing it changed everything for me,” former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman told NPR on Friday.  —  Manigault Newman was referring to what she calls the “N-word tape” …
Daily Mail:
TERROR TRAIL THAT STARTED AT OLYMPICS  —  Eight Palestinian terrorists from the Black September group storm the Munich apartments where Israeli athletes are sleeping, killing two and taking nine hostage.  —  File photo shows a member of the Palestinian terrorist group who seized members …
Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
At Carrier, the Factory Trump Saved, Morale Is Through the Floor  —  Twenty months after the president-elect reached a deal to keep blue-collar jobs from leaving the country, absenteeism plagues the Indiana plant.  —  By the time the sun comes up, Nicole Hargrove knows if it'll be a struggle …
Stephanie Nebehay / Reuters:
U.N. says it has credible reports that China holds million Uighurs in secret camps  —  GENEVA (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights panel said on Friday that it had received many credible reports that 1 million ethnic Uighurs in China are held in what resembles a “massive internment camp that is shrouded in secrecy.”
 
 
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John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Republicans Are Caught in a Trump Bind as the Midterms Approach
Paul Elias / Associated Press:
Jury backs man who claims Roundup weed killer caused cancer
Discussion: Vox, CBS San Francisco and CNN
Joshua Caplan / Breitbart:
Kamala Harris Unable to Name a Legislative Accomplishment When Asked
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Brett Kavanaugh Urged Ken Starr Not to Indict Clinton While in Office
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Democrats seek stronger social media presence to guard against potential Russian interference in midterms
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
 Earlier Items: 
Steve Hendrix / Washington Post:
The story behind the searing photo of Charlottesville's worst day
Recep Tayyip Erdogan / New York Times:
How Turkey Sees the Crisis With the U.S.
Discussion: Politico and Al Jazeera English
Maxine Shen / Daily Mail:
Newly released video shows incredible Afghanistan heroics of Air Force sergeant, 36 …
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Democrats all but acknowledge Kavanaugh is headed toward confirmation to Supreme Court
New York Times:
Once ‘No Longer a Nuclear Threat,’ North Korea Now in Standoff With U.S.
Discussion: Politico and Axios
Danny McDonald / BostonGlobe.com:
‘Do you know who I am?’ Bill Murray, photographer get into dispute on Martha's Vineyard
Discussion: Mediaite, CBS Chicago and AOL
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Mulvaney Looks to Weaken Oversight of Military Lending
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
 

 
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