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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump is worried that Mueller interview could be a ‘perjury trap’  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was worried that any statements under oath he provides to Special Counsel Robert Mueller could be used to bring perjury charges against him as part …
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
McGahn does not believe he implicated Trump in legal wrongdoing in special counsel interviews, his attorney tells president's legal team  —  White House counsel Donald McGahn does not believe that he implicated President Trump in any legal wrongdoing in extensive interviews he has given the special counsel …
CNN:
Sources: Trump unsettled by McGahn's 30 hours with the special counsel  —  Trump: I allowed McGahn to cooperate in probe  —  Washington (CNN)White House counsel Don McGahn's 30 hours of conversations with special counsel Robert Mueller's team have unnerved President Donald Trump …
Discussion: WREG-TV
Jen Kirby / Vox:
The past 72 hours of Trump-Russia news, explained  —  Don McGahn, Michael Cohen, and everything else you might have missed.  —  This weekend kicked off with a question mark still hanging over the fate of Paul Manafort, Trump's former campaign chair, who's facing multiple financial crimes charges …
Discussion: Just Security and CNN
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:   Papadopoulos Told Feds He Received $10,000 From Foreign National He Believed Was A Spy
Adam Entous / New Yorker:
John Brennan's Choice to Confront Trump  —  Just before noon on January 20, 2017, John Brennan, the outgoing C.I.A. director, drove to the home of a former colleague to watch Donald Trump take the oath of office.  President Obama's most trusted intelligence advisers had come together …
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Associated Press:
Trump elevates Brennan in proxy fight over Mueller probe  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — With tweets and taunts, President Donald Trump is attempting to turn one of his most outspoken critics into the public face of the Russia probe that he has long worked to discredit.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
John Bolton and GOP senators are enabling Trump's attacks on dissent
Discussion: Raw Story and Fox News
Shane Dixon Kavanaugh / Oregonian:
He brought an American flag to protest fascism in Portland.  Then antifa attacked him  —  Portland antifa attack fellow counter-protester carrying American flag  —  Warning: This story contains graphic content  —  Paul Welch came to the downtown protest Aug. 4 to let his political leanings be known.
Kim Severson / New York Times:
Asia Argento, a #MeToo Leader, Made a Deal With Her Own Accuser  —  The Italian actress and director Asia Argento was among the first women in the movie business to publicly accuse the producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault.  She became a leading figure in the #MeToo movement.
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Mariah Haas / Fox News:
Harvey Weinstein responds to Asia Argento allegations: This ‘reveals a stunning level of hypocrisy’
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Brett Kavanaugh memo detailed explicit questions for Clinton  —  Brett Kavanaugh wrote in a strikingly explicit 1998 memo that he was “strongly opposed” to giving then-President Bill Clinton any “break” in the independent counsel's questioning about his sexual relationship with intern Monica Lewinsky …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Bret Kavanaugh Is A First Rate Hypocrite and Political Judge
Discussion: The Mahablog
Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump says not thrilled with Fed's Powell for raising rates  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was “not thrilled” with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for raising interest rates and accused China and Europe of manipulating their respective currencies.
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Reuters:   Exclusive: Trump says it is ‘dangerous’ for Twitter, Facebook to ban accounts
John Harwood / CNBC:
A leading Republican urges reform for Medicare and Social Security as deficits balloon after the GOP's tax cut  —  Rep. Steve Stivers , R-Ohio, has the toughest job in politics right now: trying to stop a Democratic “blue wave” at the polls this fall.  Stivers, chairman of the National …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Balloon Juice
Lisa Miller / New York Magazine:
David Hogg, After Parkland Furious and unflinching, an NRA enemy, an accused “crisis actor,” and a high-school grad trying to figure out what's next.  —  At 2:30 on February 14, David Hogg was not yet a spokesperson for radicalized young America or a renowned media savant or a resistance fighter or …
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Omarosa Manigault Newman Plans to Present Case for Resisting Trump  —  Former White House aide says she isn't deterred by legal actions  —  Former White House official Omarosa Manigault Newman portrayed herself Monday as part of the anti-Trump “resistance” movement and will spend …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Pruitt called the White House once from his $43,000 phone booth, records show  —  The $43,000 phone booth that former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt installed in his office may not have been worth all the headaches it caused him.  —  He only placed one phone call to the White House, newly released records from the agency show.
Emma Dumain / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump's budget chief is trying to protect his home state from tariffs  —  WASHINGTON  —  President Donald Trump's budget director, Mick Mulvaney, is trying to use his influence to help a South Carolina business that could be badly wounded by the White House's trade policies.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Political Wire
U.S. Department of Justice:
Two Individuals Charged for Acting as Illegal Agents of the Government of Iran  —  An indictment was returned today charging Ahmadreza Mohammadi-Doostdar, 38, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen, and Majid Ghorbani, 59, an Iranian citizen and resident of California, with allegedly acting on behalf …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:   Two Iranian-Americans Charged With Spying on Jewish, Israeli Facilities
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
As Trump Goes on a Twitter Rampage, Melania Trump Announces a Solo Trip to Africa  —  ROCKVILLE, Md. — Under the banner of her “Be Best” campaign, Melania Trump, the first lady, told a group of cyberbullying prevention experts on Monday that social media “can be destructive and harmful when used incorrectly.”
Discussion: The Guardian, Chicago Sun-Times and IJR
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Leonard N. Fleming / Detroit News:
Judge: ‘Corrupt’ health chief Lyon heads to trial on Flint crisis manslaughter charges  —  Flint — Michigan health and welfare chief Nick Lyon was “corrupt” in his handling of the Flint area Legionnaires' disease outbreak and will stand trial on felony charges including involuntary manslaughter, a judge ruled Monday.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Axios
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Ed White / Associated Press:   Michigan official faces manslaughter trial over Flint deaths
Frank Chung / NEWS.com.au:
South Africa begins seizing white-owned farms  —  SOUTH Africa has targeted the first two farms for unilateral seizure after the owners refused an offer of one-tenth of the land's value.  —  Silent slaughter - Farm attacks in South Africa1:54  —  A record 400 farmers attacked in 2017, between one or two murdered a week.
David Wasserman / New York Times:
Why Even a Blue Wave Could Have Limited Gains  —  The divergent geography of 2018 means we will really have two midterm elections, and one favors Republicans.  —  Mr. Wasserman is the House editor at The Cook Political Report.  —  The proper way to view the 2018 midterms might not be as one event …
K. Riva Levinson / The Hill:
Paul Manafort never believed the rules applied to him; I know — I worked with him for a decade  —  Back in 2005, when I decided to write my memoir and catalog my adventures as an international operative for a leading Washington lobbying firm, I didn't have a clue as to where the story would end up …
Chelsea Clinton / Press Association:
Chelsea Clinton says she has not ruled out running for office  —  Daughter of Bill and Hillary says a move into politics in future is a ‘definite maybe’  —  Chelsea Clinton has said she has not ruled out running for office one day, describing a move into politics as a “definite no now” but a “definite maybe” in the future.
Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
Hillary Clinton steps back into the fray to fundraise for Democrats this fall  —  The 2016 presidential nominee will headline events in California, Illinois and New York.  —  WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton is stepping back into the limelight before the November midterm elections …
Hamed Aleaziz / BuzzFeed News:
ICE Kept A US Citizen In Jail For 2 Years.  A Court Set Him Free.  —  Levy Jaen wakes up some nights in his Queens home drenched in sweat, panicking after dreaming that he was still in jail, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers telling him to pack his things because he was getting deported.
Associated Press:
Second former Walker official comes out against him  —  A second former top official with Gov. Scott Walker's administration has endorsed his Democratic opponent and cut a video criticizing the Republican incumbent.  —  The latest online ad , released Monday, features former Department …
Annie Lowrey / The Atlantic:
America's Invisible Pot Addicts  —  The proliferation of retail boutiques in California did not really bother him, Evan told me, but the billboards did.  Advertisements for delivery, advertisements promoting the substance for relaxation, for fun, for health.  “Shop.  It's legal.”
Discussion: TheBlaze and Vox
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Media Keeps Giving Trump the Benefit of the Doubt on Collusion  —  Throughout the Russia scandal, President Trump has acted flamboyantly guilty, most recently by comparing himself implicitly with Richard Nixon during Watergate, and dismissing informants as “rats.”
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Politico Takes Heat for Blaming Roy Cohn's Death by AIDS on His ‘Decadent Homosexual Lifestyle’  —  “I don't understand how Politico had enough [gall] to publish this very homophobic/HIV stigmatizing piece,” one commenter writes  —  Politico came in for a storm of criticism after a senior staff writer …
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
State Investigates Sexual Harassment at the Spotted Pig  —  The New York attorney general is investigating sexual harassment and workplace discrimination at the Spotted Pig, the West Village restaurant where employees last year complained of a highly sexualized and coercive atmosphere.
 
 
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Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
The Full List Of Anti-Trump Attacks And Harassment This Year Is Stunning
Associated Press:
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Elizabeth McLaughlin / ABC News:
US Navy hospital ship to head to Colombia amid Venezuelan humanitarian crisis
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Trump calls on Hispanic-American immigration officer to speak, saying he ‘speaks perfect English’
Discussion: Politico
BBC:
Measles cases hit record high in Europe
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Tom Hays / Associated Press:
AP sources: Prosecutors preparing charges against Cohen
Sam Baker / Axios:
Court rejects Kentucky governor's Medicaid lawsuit
Yeganeh Torbati / Reuters:
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