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10:35 AM ET, August 20, 2018

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NBC News:
Team Trump still isn't telling the truth about that 2016 Trump Tower meeting  —  First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  WASHINGTON — For all the attention to Rudy Giuliani's …
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New York Times:
Trump Lawyers' Sudden Realization: They Don't Know What Don McGahn Told Mueller's Team  —  President Trump's lawyers do not know just how much the White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, told the special counsel's investigators during months of interviews, a lapse that has contributed …
Melissa Gomez / New York Times:
Giuliani Says 'Truth Isn't Truth' in Defense of Trump's Legal Strategy  —  First, the facts were alternative, Kellyanne Conway, a counselor to President Trump, suggested last year.  —  And now, Rudolph W. Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, said “Truth isn't truth,” …
New York Times:
Cohen, Trump's Ex-Lawyer, Investigated for Bank Fraud in Excess of $20 Million  —  Federal authorities investigating whether President Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael D. Cohen, committed bank and tax fraud have zeroed in on well over $20 million in loans obtained by taxi businesses …
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The most intense and dangerous period of the Trump presidency is about to begin  —  Over the past year and a half, life in politics has often felt like an ongoing circus in which the madness never ceases.  But for all that, the next 11 weeks could be the most intense and consequential of Donald Trump's presidency.
Discussion: Politico, USA Today and The Week
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Michael Cohen's attorney says he's talking to lawyer who brought down Nixon  —  Lanny Davis, an attorney for former longtime Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, said he has been reaching out regularly over the last few months to John Dean, the former White House counsel who helped bring down the presidency of Richard Nixon.
CNN:
Prosecutors preparing charges for Michael Cohen; could announce by end of August
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Joe.My.God.
Kim Severson / New York Times:
Asia Argento, Who Accused Weinstein, Made 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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Abid Rahman / Hollywood Reporter:
Asia Argento Paid Off Sexual Assault Accuser (Report)  —  Argento was one of the first and most vocal accusers of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.  —  Asia Argento, the Italian actress who was one of the first to publicly accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
“A blue wave is obscuring a red exodus”  —  Dave Wasserman, the Cook Political Report's House analyst, says the most under-covered aspect of 2018 is that “a blue wave is obscuring a red exodus.”  Republican House members are retiring at a startling clip — a trend that senior White House …
Discussion: Raw Story
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David Wasserman / New York Times:   Why Even a Blue Wave Could Have Limited Gains
Jonathan Swan / Axios:   Trump's “red wave” could sink GOP
Associated Press:
Steve Bannon says GOP must rally behind Trump to survive
Discussion: ABC News
Jack Goldsmith / Lawfare:
The Dangers in the Trump-Brennan Confrontation  —  President Trump's revocation of former CIA Director John Brennan's security clearance brings together in an unfortunate way two pathological trends in the Trump era, and highlights the conundrum of the former intelligence official who wishes …
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Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
Korean Families, Separated for 6 Decades, Are Briefly Reunited  —  SEOUL, South Korea — For two hours on Monday, a 92-year-old woman held her son's hand and looked him in the eyes for the first time in more than 65 years, as family members from North and South Korea were permitted a rare chance …
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Jesse Johnson / Japan Times:   North Korea alludes to confrontation with U.S. over secret nuclear sites during negotiations
Chris Smith / New York Magazine:
Cuomo, Again?  Heavy is the head that wears this crown.  —  Governor Andrew Cuomo asks the pilot to swing the state helicopter around so he can have a second look.  About 1,000 feet below us, in a patch of Atlantic Ocean two miles south of Shinnecock, Long Island, a cargo ship equipped …
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
A Corrupt Lobbyist's Influence in the Cuomo Administration Is Revealed in Newly Disclosed Emails
Discussion: The Week
Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Shots reported outside US Embassy in Turkey  —  Three bullets hit a security booth outside the U.S. Embassy in Turkey early Monday morning, according to an Associated Press report.  —  No one was hurt, the AP reported.  —  According to the Ankara governor's office, suspects …
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Kareem Fahim / Washington Post:
Erdogan capitalizes on Trump's effort to break and isolate Turkey
Discussion: Forbes and Daily Wire
New York Times:
Zephyr Teachout Is the Right Choice as Attorney General for Democrats  —  The office is a potential firewall against an out-of-control president and a historically corrupt New York State government.  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.
Los Angeles Times:
Los Angeles Times Names Sewell Chan a Deputy Managing Editor  —  Chan joins editorial leadership team where he'll focus on news for digital and print audiences  —  The Los Angeles Times said that Sewell Chan has been named a deputy managing editor.  He will report directly to Times Executive Editor Norman Pearlstine.
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.”
Discussion: Raw Story
Anthony Man / Sun-Sentinel:
Congressman Alcee Hastings says ‘something is tragically wrong’ with Donald Trump's mind  —  U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings on stage at the Sunrise Civic Center Theater on Aug. 19, 2018, before he took over as emcee of a “Stronger Together” rally sponsored by 16 Broward County Democratic Clubs.
Discussion: Political Wire, Roll Call and Townhall
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Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone:
Inside Trump's Judicial Takeover  —  How conservative operatives and Senate Republicans are helping the president pack the courts at a record pace  —  One evening last November, Don McGahn, the top lawyer in the Trump White House, walked onstage in an opulent ballroom at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington …
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
America is slouching toward autocracy  —  In their book, “How Democracies Die,” political scientists Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt write: “How do elected authoritarians shatter the democratic institutions that are supposed to constrain them?  Some do it in one fell swoop.
Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog and CNN
Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal:
Videogame Developers Are Making It Harder to Stop Playing  —  Videogames have gotten harder to turn off, mental-health experts and parents say, raising concerns about the impact of long gaming sessions on players' lives.
 
 
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
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