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4:35 PM ET, August 14, 2018

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CBS News:
Omarosa reveals audio of Trump campaign aides allegedly discussing potential fallout of N-word  —  President Trump says former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault-Newman lied when she called him a racist who has said the N-word on tape.  The president tweeted Monday night, “I don't have that word in my vocabulary and never have.
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Exclusive: Charges against Omarosa filed by Trump campaign, ‘millions’ sought  —  President Trump's campaign organization Tuesday filed charges against friend-turned-enemy Omarosa Manigault Newman, claiming that she broke a 2016 nondisclosure contract by disparaging the president in her new book …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Trump campaign retains Hulk Hogan lawyer Charles Harder for arbitration action against Omarosa Manigault Newman  — Attorney Charles Harder is representing President Donald Trump's campaign in its arbitration fight against former senior White House official Omarosa Manigault Newman …
John Santucci / ABC News:
Trump campaign files arbitration against Omarosa for violating nondisclosure contract  —  A senior Trump campaign official confirms to ABC News, the campaign has filed arbitration against Omarosa Manigault-Newman Tuesday morning in New York for allegations that she violated her non-disclosure agreement with the Trump campaign.
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump unloads on special counsel Robert Mueller, the FBI, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Justice Department in a furious morning tweet storm  — Trump again slams special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe and his own attorney general, Jeff Sessions, for allowing the “witch hunt” to take root in the first place.
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Appears to Admit White House Aides Signed Nondisclosure Agreements
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Manafort attorneys opt to skip defense, proceed to closing arguments  —  Attorneys for Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman who is on trial for financial crimes in federal district court Alexandria, Virginia, will not call additional witnesses to present a defense.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Yahoo:
Ex-Trump aide Manafort's defense rests, case headed to jury
New York Times:
Trump's Trade War Is Rattling China's Leaders  —  BEIJING — China's leaders have sought to project confidence in the face of President Trump's tariffs and trade threats.  But as it becomes clear that a protracted trade war with the United States may be unavoidable, there are growing signs …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Cate Cadell / Reuters:
From laboratory in far west, China's surveillance state spreads quietly
Discussion: Breitbart and Business Insider
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / The Daily Beast:
Chinese Cops Now Spying on American Soil
Michael Burke / The Hill:
Roger Stone shares image of himself and Trump as ‘Space Force’ wearing swastikas  —  on Monday shared a digitally altered image on Instagram of himself, President Trump  —  and several other people serving in or aligned with the administration wearing spacesuits with swastikas on them.
WTVY:
Doug Jones heckled over Brett Kavanaugh at Birmingham town hall  —  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AL.com) — Sen. Doug Jones was heckled at a town hall meeting Monday night in Birmingham when a woman threw a pair of stuffed lips in the senator's direction while venting her anger that Alabama's junior senator …
NBC News:
How three conspiracy theorists took ‘Q’ and sparked Qanon  —  Pushing the theory on to bigger platforms proved to be the key to Qanon's spread — and the originators' financial gain.  —  In November 2017, a small-time YouTube video creator and two moderators of the 4chan website …
Mitch Smith / New York Times:
Fentanyl Used to Execute Nebraska Inmate, in a First for U.S.  —  LINCOLN, Neb. — Prison officials in Nebraska used fentanyl, the powerful opioid at the center of the nation's overdose epidemic, to help execute a convicted murderer on Tuesday.  The lethal injection at the Nebraska State Penitentiary …
Discussion: KFOR-TV and Mother Jones
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Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
More than 300 accused priests listed in Pennsylvania report on Catholic Church sex abuse  —  The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday released a sweeping grand jury report on sex abuse in the Catholic Church, listing more than 300 accused clergy and detailing a “systematic” coverup effort by church leaders over 70 years.
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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Catholic Church Covered Up Child Sex Abuse in Pennsylvania for Decades, Grand Jury Says
Discussion: National Review
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
As Trump keeps raging at Mueller, another poll shows his lies are failing  —  Because so many of us got it wrong in 2016, we often tend to reflexively tell ourselves that President Trump must be working some kind of hidden magic over public opinion that we're all missing.
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Tight Race in CD03  —  Low awareness of either candidate  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Republican Rep. Tom MacArthur faces a tough challenge from former national security adviser Andy Kim in the race for New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District, according to the Monmouth University Poll.
Discussion: Roll Call
Michael Graham / CBS News:
Commentary: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez becomes the Sarah Palin of the Left  —  If you're one of the many American progressives cheering on the performance of your new political rock star, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, look around: Many of the people cheering with you are Republicans.
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:   The Deflation of the Academic Brand
Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com:
Sweden Is Burning: Migrant Gangs Unleash Coordinated Fire-Bomb Rampage Across Multiple Cities  —  Many Swedes were horrified in early 2017 when U.S. President Donald Trump linked immigration to rising crime in Sweden, but an increasing number now agree with him.
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Barbara Starr / CNN:
Exclusive: Pentagon spokeswoman under investigation for misusing staff, retaliating against complaints  —  Washington (CNN)One of Defense Secretary James Mattis' most senior civilian advisers is being investigated by the Defense Department Office of Inspector General for allegedly retaliating …
Discussion: Political Wire
Michael Weiss / The Daily Beast:
This Is Why Putin Is Targeting Three DHS Agents … Todd Hyman, a bullet-headed New Yorker with a stocky build, speaks with an affable outer borough accent and has spent the last 18 years working in various capacities for the federal government.  —  He's done a stint at the Department …
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Poll: Hogan leads Jealous in Maryland governor's race by double-digits  —  Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) has a considerable lead over Democratic challenger Ben Jealous and is supported by slightly more than half of likely voters, according to a poll released Tuesday by Gonzales Research and Media Services.
Discussion: Power Line and Politico
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Luke Broadwater / Baltimore Sun:   Gonzales poll: Hogan leads Jealous by 16 points in Maryland governor's race
David Marchese / Vulture:
In Conversation: Penn Jillette Talking magic, truth, and Trump's alleged Apprentice Tapes.  —  The long and successful career of Penn Jillette, the bigger half (physically and personality-wise) of the magic duo Penn & Teller, itself constitutes a kind of trick.
Discussion: HuffPost
Zac Anderson / Sarasota Herald:
Melissa Howard reverses course, drops out of race after degree scandal  —  “I have come to the realization that the right thing to do for my community is to withdraw from the race,” she tells the Herald-Tribune.  —  A day after saying she planned to continue running for a state House seat despite revelations …
Roy Strom / LAW.com:
Mayer Brown Supreme Court Practice Founder Shot and Killed  —  Stephen Shapiro, a former U.S. deputy solicitor general and leading Supreme Court advocate, is dead at 71.  —  Stephen Shapiro, the founder of Mayer Brown's U.S. Supreme Court practice, was shot and killed at his home …
Frances Robles / New York Times:
Puerto Rican Storm Victim Gets Her Power Back, Nearly a Year After Hurricane Maria  —  PONCE, P.R. — Jazmín Méndez has lived much of the last year in the dark.  No light to read by.  No food cooled in the fridge.  No television for her three children.
Brian Feldman / New York Magazine:
SEO Is Back.  Thank God.  —  At a meeting with media executives discussing a series of changes to the platform in Sydney, Australia, last week, Facebook's head of news partnerships Campbell Brown finally said what everybody already knew.  “Mark [Zuckerberg] doesn't care about publishers,” she told the meeting participants.
Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
Colyer's lawyers tell Johnson County to count 153 discarded ballots in tight gov race  —  Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer's lawyers sent a letter to the Johnson County Board of Canvassers on Tuesday arguing that the county needs to include in its final vote tally more than 150 ballots that were discarded …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Robbie Gramer / Foreign Policy:
Pompeo Ignores Plea From Diplomats With Children With Special Needs  —  Families say the State Department continues to curb benefits mandated by law.  —  State Department diplomats who have children with disabilities and mental health issues say U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo …
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Can hackers tamper with your vote?  Researchers show it's possible in nearly 30 states  —  LAS VEGAS  —  Top computer researchers gave a startling presentation recently about how to intercept and switch votes on emailed ballots, but officials in the 30 or so states said the ease with which votes …
Henry Grabar / Slate:
Ben Carson Ends Obama-Era Efforts to Reduce Housing Segregation  —  In a press release on Monday, the Department of Housing and Urban Development made its firmest commitment yet to tear down the Obama-era framework for enforcing the Fair Housing Act.  —  In a public notice dated Thursday …
 
 
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Veteran Soviet KGB agent talks about Butina
Discussion: Raw Story
Bloomberg:
Fox News Segment Draws Angry Reaction From Danish Government
Discussion: Raw Story and BloombergQuint
Tennessean.com:
NYPD officer being investigated for breaking in Nashville family's home, using racial slur
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Trump Won't Follow Congressional Directives on Russia and Crimea
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Media Conspiracy Theories About Devin Nunes Are Getting Out Of Control
New York Times:
Trump's Sabotage of Obamacare Is Illegal
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Bradley P. Moss / Politico:
Trump's Purge of the FBI Is Complete
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