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10:40 AM ET, August 13, 2018

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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump's diplomatic learning curve: Time zones, ‘Nambia’ and ‘Nipple’  —  The president has often perplexed foreign officials and his own aides as he learns how to deal with the world beyond America's borders.  —  Several times in the first year of his administration, President Donald Trump wanted …
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Omarosa Manigault Newman reveals recording she made of President Trump day after she was fired  —  The tape, which was played exclusively Monday on “Today” show, appears to show Trump having no idea that Newman had been dismissed by his Chief of Staff John Kelly.
Discussion: Bloomberg and New York Daily News
Meridith McGraw / ABC News:
White House looking to stop Omarosa Manigault Newman from releasing more tapes  —  Omarosa Manigault Newman's former White House colleagues are looking into legal options to stop her from releasing more tapes and to punish her for secretly recording her conversation with Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly …
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The utter collapse of Donald Trump's ‘best people’ boast  —  (CNN)As a candidate, Donald Trump would famously boast that if elected, he'd “surround myself only with the best and most serious people” — adding: “We want top-of-the-line professionals.”  —  The first 18 months of his presidency …
Discussion: TheBlaze, LifeZette and HuffPost
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Omarosa Manigault Newman Taped Her Firing by John Kelly  —  Omarosa Manigault Newman secretly taped John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, as he fired her in December in the Situation Room, a breach of security protocols, but one that revealed him suggesting that she could face damage …
Kristen Welker / NBC News:
White House struggles to name a single senior African-American working in the West Wing
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside Omarosa's reign of terror
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Between the lines: Omarosa's secret tapes
Washington Post:
Proposed Consulting Agreement and Companion Agreement that Omarosa Manigault Newman said the …
Discussion: American Prospect and The Week
David S. Glosser / Politico:
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite.  I Know Because I'm His Uncle.  —  Let me tell you a story about Stephen Miller and chain migration.  —  It begins at the turn of the 20th century in a dirt-floor shack in the village of Antopol, a shtetl of subsistence farmers in what is now Belarus.
Lee Smith / RealClearInvestigations:
2016 Trump Tower Meeting Looks Increasingly Like a Setup by Russian and Clinton Operatives  —  The June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between high-ranking members of the Republican presidential campaign staff and a Russian lawyer with Kremlin ties remains the cornerstone of claims that Donald Trump colluded …
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Peter Beinart / The Forward:
I Was Detained At Ben Gurion Airport Because Of My Beliefs  —  Like many Jewish parents, I try to create memorable Jewish experiences for my kids.  Last weekend I can say, with some confidence, that I succeeded.  —  The weekend started on Rhodes, the Mediterranean island …
Ryan Nakashima / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Google tracks your movements, like it or not  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to.  —  An Associated Press investigation found that many Google services on Android devices …
Discussion: New York Times
New York Times:
The Rise and Fall of Paul Manafort: Greed, Deception and Ego  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A week before the Trump presidential campaign announced that it had hired Paul Manafort, a Yankees ticket specialist alerted him that his annual season tickets would soon be arriving at his 43rd-floor apartment at Trump Tower in New York.
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:   What's next for Paul Manafort?
New York Post:
De Blasio lets security haul away Post reporter for asking question  —  Mayor de Blasio is a such a big believer in the free press that he let two bodyguards physically remove a credentialed Post reporter who had the temerity to ask him a question in public on Sunday.
Ed O'Keefe / CBS News:
New coalition plans seven-figure campaign aimed at Puerto Rican voters  —  Critics of the Trump administration's response to the hurricanes that ravaged Puerto Rico last year are launching a seven-figure campaign to mobilize displaced Puerto Rican voters ahead of the midterm elections …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Arelis R. Hernández / Washington Post:
Hurricane Maria: Thousands of displaced Puerto Ricans might be pushed out of temporary housing
Discussion: Splinter
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Democrats More Positive About Socialism Than Capitalism  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the first time in Gallup's measurement over the past decade, Democrats have a more positive image of socialism than they do of capitalism.  Attitudes toward socialism among Democrats have not changed materially since 2010 …
Discussion: The Federalist
Tanya Dua / Business Insider:
Vimeo just decided to remove content from InfoWars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones  — Vimeo is the latest platform to removed InfoWars' account from its platform, following Facebook and YouTube.  — InfoWars' videos violated the company's Terms of Service prohibitions on discriminatory …
Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
History will wonder why these men defended Trump but not their country  —  Imagine that U.S. military leaders spent most of 1941 warning President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his Democratic Party of a coming Pearl Harbor attack.  Then imagine history's harsh judgment against FDR's party …
Quarter / New York Times:
You Know Who the Tax Cuts Helped?  Rich People  —  In 2018, Trump's tax plan was enacted, setting a new record  —  Stock buybacks by quarter  —  Among companies in the S&P 500 … Stock buybacks  —  Q1 2018  —  In 2018, Trump's tax  —  plan was enacted,  —  setting a new record
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump and Comey Had ‘No Conversation About Michael Flynn,’ Giuliani Says  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump's lead personal lawyer, said on Sunday that the president never had a conversation last year with James B. Comey, then the F.B.I. director, about ending the investigation …
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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:   Rudy Giuliani Says Trump Lawyers Are Prepared to Counter Mueller
Laura Kusisto / Wall Street Journal:
HUD Moves to Shake Up Fair-Housing Enforcement  —  Ben Carson, secretary of HUD, wants to encourage more housing construction as a way to boost affordability  —  The Trump administration wants to shift the way it enforces an aspect of fair housing around the U.S., pivoting away from efforts …
WCCO | CBS Minnesota:
Domestic Abuse Allegations Surface Against Congressman Keith Ellison  —  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — With just two days to go before Minnesota's primary election, domestic abuse allegations are surfacing against U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, a candidate for Minnesota attorney general.
Discussion: Vox, RedState and Fox News
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Briana Bierschbach / mprnews.org:
Abuse allegation made against Keith Ellison, who denies it
Washington Post:
Anti-hate protesters far outnumber white supremacists as groups rally near White House  —  A short and sparsely attended white nationalist rally broke up late Sunday as police ushered the attendees into white vans and drove them away from a crowd of thousands of angry protesters in downtown Washington.
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Julian Borger / The Guardian:
UN human rights chief: Trump's attacks on press ‘close to incitement of violence’
Discussion: Politico and Contemptor
Bryce Covert / New York Times:
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Olivia Smith / ABC News:
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Chris Arnold / NPR:
White House Takes Aim At Financial Protections For Military
James Ball / The Daily Beast:
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Cathy O'Neil / Bloomberg:
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Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
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Discussion: CNN and CNBC
New York Times:
China Seeks Influence in Europe, One Business Deal at a Time
Burgess Everett / Politico:
‘Sleepin’ Joe' hears alarm bells in Indiana Senate brawl
Darrel Rowland / The Columbus Dispatch:
Here's how Russian trolls tried to influence Ohioans using Twitter
Greg P. / twitchy.com:
CNN calls marchers chanting ‘f*ck the police’ and throwing eggs ‘anti-hate groups’
Jackie Wattles / CNN:
Trump encourages boycott against Harley-Davidson
Discussion: Washington Post, IJR and The Week
Washington Post:
‘A natural’: Donald Trump Jr. emerges as a campaign star, despite Russia baggage
Farah Stockman / New York Times:
For Voters Sick of Money in Politics, a New Pitch: No PAC Money Accepted
Discussion: OpenSecrets.org