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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
She works for Trump.  He can't stand him.  This is life with Kellyanne and George Conway.  —  Kellyanne Conway is in her living room, showing me an enormous painting of Audrey Hepburn wearing a peacock on her head, but her husband, George, really wants us to come into his office and look …
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says His Tariffs Will Rescue U.S. Steel Industry  —  President says U.S. steelmakers were in danger of closing; others take issue with the tariffs' impact  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump said that his steel tariffs on China and other countries are rescuing an iconic U.S. industry …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Revokes Ex-C.I.A. Director John Brennan's Security Clearance  —  WASHINGTON — In a remarkable attack on a political opponent, President Trump on Wednesday revoked the security clearance of John O. Brennan, the former C.I.A. director under President Barack Obama, citing what he called Mr. Brennan's “erratic” behavior.
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Revokes Ex-CIA Director John Brennan's Security Clearance  —  Brennan has been a vocal critic of President Trump  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump revoked the security clearance of former Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan, a prominent critic of the president, the White House said Wednesday.
Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
Intel Official: “Brennan's Actions are Unconscionable...Trump Did The Right Thing”  —  Numerous intelligence officials say Brennan's behavior is damaging to national security  —  Former CIA Director John Brennan's security clearance was revoked by President Trump Wednesday …
Discussion: CNN, Fox News, NBC News and The Daily Beast
MSNBC:
Brennan: Trump is ‘dangerous to our nation’
Discussion: Vox
Emily Zauzmer / People.com:
Omarosa Claims Ivanka Trump ‘Would Not Stop’ Complaining About SNL's ‘Complicit’ Perfume Ad  —  Omarosa Manigault Newman's tell-all Unhinged claims that Ivanka Trump hated the Saturday Night Live sketch that labeled her “complicit” in March 2017.  —  “At the senior staff meeting …
Discussion: NewsWars
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Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
Black Americans aren't buying Omarosa's turn against Trump
Discussion: Breitbart and Clayton Cramer
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Trump, Seeking to Relax Rules on U.S. Cyberattacks, Reverses Obama Directive  —  It isn't clear what rules the president is adopting to replace the existing ones  —  President Trump has reversed an Obama-era memorandum governing how and when the U.S. government can deploy cyberweapons …
Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone:
Documents Reveal Successful Cyberattack in California Congressional Race  —  The FBI investigated hacking attempts targeting a Democrat who ran against “Putin's favorite congressman”  —  WASHINGTON — FBI agents in California and Washington, D.C., have investigated a series of cyberattacks …
Erin Durkin / The Guardian:
Almost 350 news outlets to publish editorials denouncing Trump's ‘dirty war’ on press  —  Participation comes after a push organized by the Boston Globe to run coordinated editorials against Trump's attacks on the media  —  Nearly 350 news organizations are set to publish editorials …
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Adia Robinson / ABC News:
Gov. Andrew Cuomo: 'We're not going to make America great again; it was never that great'  —  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday ratcheted up his verbal feud with President Donald Trump saying “we're not going to make America great again, it was never that great.”
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Washington Post:
Jack Dorsey says he's rethinking the core of how Twitter works  —  Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey said he is rethinking core parts of the social media platform so that it doesn't enable the spread of hate speech, harassment and false news, including conspiracy theories shared by prominent users like Alex Jones and Infowars.
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Papadopoulos's Wife Says He Should Scrap His Plea Deal With Mueller  — The wife of Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos is making the bombshell suggestion that her husband drop a plea deal he has with special counsel Robert Mueller.  — Papadopoulos is scheduled to be sentenced …
Harry Enten / CNN:
New poll suggests attacks on Nancy Pelosi won't matter in midterms  —  GOP using Pelosi in ads as a midterms motivator  —  (CNN)Republican House candidates have attacked their Democratic opponents over their future potential vote to make Nancy Pelosi the speaker of the House again.
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Grace Sparks / CNN:   CNN Poll: Democratic advantage grows in race for Congress
Manu Raju / CNN:   Pelosi pulls in staggering sums for Dems despite facing opposition in the ranks
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
The Weekly Standard's Ties to Fusion GPS  —  In his online appeal for money after being fired this week, disgraced former FBI agent Peter Strzok credited an unlikely source to vouch for his victim status: The Weekly Standard.  —  At one time a leading conservative magazine …
Tom Fitzgerald / WTTG-TV:
Cardinal Wuerl addresses report on child sex abuse by priests, says he will not resign  —  EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Wuerl addresses report on child sex abuse by priests, says he will not resign  —  Cardinal Wuerl addresses report stating he covered up child sex abuse by priests
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Michael Brendan Dougherty / National Review:
The Catholic Church's Rotherham
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump's lawyers prepare to fight subpoena all the way to the Supreme Court  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump's lead lawyer for the ongoing Russia probe, said Wednesday that he is still awaiting a response from special counsel Robert S. Mueller III to the Trump team's latest terms …
Discussion: The Hill and The Week
Rafael Olmeda / Sun-Sentinel:
Judge blasts Sun Sentinel for publishing confidential information in Parkland school shooting case  —  A Broward judge criticized the South Florida Sun Sentinel for publishing legally obtained information about the Parkland school shooter.  (WPEC-CBS12)  —  South Florida Sun Sentinel  —  Privacy Policy
Betsy Woodruff / amp.thedailybeast.com:
Trump Staffer Says He Recruited Lobbyists for Russian Mogul  —  In the time since the election, a little-known Trump campaign staffer named Daniel Gelbinovich reached out to a number of Washington lobbyists with an eyebrow-raising ask: to shield a Putin ally from U.S. sanctions.
Al Weaver / Washington Examiner:
With campaign aides out for ‘revenge,’ Joe Arpaio takes sharp turn against Kelli Ward  —  TEMPE, Ariz. — Kelli Ward's Senate campaign has a Joe Arpaio problem.  —  With just over two weeks until the Arizona primary election, Ward has been forced to fend off attacks from the former Maricopa …
Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
Trump-supporting Pentagon analyst stripped of security clearance after Stefan Halper complaints  —  A Trump-supporting Pentagon analyst was stripped of his security clearance by Obama-appointed officials after he complained of questionable government contracts to Stefan Halper …
Erwin Chemerinsky / Sacramento Bee:
Originalism is bad for justice.  And Brett Kavanaugh is a big believer  —  Originalism is a terrible approach to constitutional interpretation.  The confirmation hearings on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court, which are to begin Sept. 4 …
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Trump attacks Russia provisions in signed defense bill  —  said in a signing statement that he reserves the right to ignore a recently signed defense authorization law's ban on recognizing Russian sovereignty of Crimea.  —  The provision was just one of 50 Trump says infringes on his presidential authority.
Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
New Estimates Show Overdose Deaths Surpassed 72,000, a New High, in 2017  —  Fentanyl is a big culprit, but there are also encouraging signs from states that have prioritized public health campaigns and addiction treatment.  —  Drug overdoses killed more than 72,300 Americans last year …
Jennifer E. Duffy / The Cook Political Report:
Kobach Primary Victory Moves Race to Toss Up  —  A week after the polls closed, Republican Gov. Jeff Colyer conceded the primary to Secretary of State Kris Kobach.  While Kobach's lead over Colyer dwindled to less than 100 votes two days after the primary, Kobach pulled ahead once county officials started counting provisional ballots.
Discussion: Shareblue Media
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Elizabeth Warren has a plan to save capitalism  —  She's unveiling a bill to make corporate governance great again.  —  Elizabeth Warren has a big idea that challenges how the Democratic Party thinks about solving the problem of inequality.  —  Instead of advocating for expensive …
BBC:
Mystery Russian satellite's behaviour raises alarm in US  —  A mysterious Russian satellite displaying “very abnormal behaviour” has raised alarm in the US, according to a State Department official.  —  “We don't know for certain what it is and there is no way to verify it,” …
Emily Crockett / Shareblue Media:
Not one Republican supports a bill to protect domestic violence victims  —  The GOP is shrugging its shoulders at an urgent deadline to renew the most important U.S. law protecting abuse victims.  —  Not a single Republican in the U.S. House has signed on to renew a major law that helps victims …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Said something you'd like to forget?  CNN's Andrew Kaczynski won't let it go.  —  Carl Higbie was a top Trump administration appointee until CNN's Andrew Kaczynski showed up bearing audiotapes.  Within a few days, amid regrets and apologies, Higbie was a former federal employee.
Michelle Lou / HuffPost:
Masterpiece Cakeshop Owner Sues Colorado After Refusing To Bake Trans Woman's Cake  —  Baker Jack Phillips, fresh from a Supreme Court victory in a case involving his refusal to serve a same-sex couple, is bringing another legal fight.  —  Months after winning a Supreme Court case …
Discussion: Fox News, ERLC and IJR
Emily Glazer / Wall Street Journal:
SEC Sends Subpoena to Tesla in Probe Over Musk Tweets  —  Subpoena seeks information from each of Tesla's directors  —  Federal regulators have subpoenaed Tesla Inc., TSLA -2.57% according to a person familiar with the matter, ramping up an investigation into whether Chief Executive Elon Musk …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Brian Rogers / Houston Chronicle:
Jury delivers death sentence for Jordanian immigrant convicted of two Houston-area ‘honor killings’  —  A Jordanian immigrant was sentenced Tuesday to death for a pair of 2012 “honor killings” that were part of an extensive plot to kill five people, including his daughter …
Hamed Aleaziz / BuzzFeed News:
The Trump Administration Is Seeking To Restart Thousands Of Closed Deportation Cases  —  The Trump administration has requested the restarting of thousands of deportation cases that immigration judges previously had suspended, according to statistics provided Wednesday by the Department …
Discussion: The Texas Tribune
 
 
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Gary Dinges / mystatesman:
Austin pirate radio station, flagship for Alex Jones, faces $15k fine
Discussion: HuffPost, Target Liberty, Fox17 and Mashable
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
4 in 10 Republicans think foreign election interference would be a minor problem — or no problem at all
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
From Masthead to Maître D': Gabé Doppelt at Tower Bar
The Atlantic:
The Freedom of the Press Is Yours
Cale Guthrie Weissman / Fast Company:
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Soo Youn / The Guardian:
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Patti Davis / Washington Post:
My father, Ronald Reagan, would never have stood for this
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
DOJ Attorney Faces Deposition In FISA Abuse Probe
Annie Palmer / Daily Mail:
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Huckabee Sanders apologizes for false statement about black employment
 

 
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