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Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
Woodward book prompts West Wing witch hunt, sources say  —  Sanders discredits Woodward book on Trump  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump, showing his outrage over Bob Woodward's explosive new book, is ordering a real witch hunt in the West Wing and throughout his administration …
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Axios:
Furious Trump trapped by hundreds of Woodward tapes  —  President Trump is livid at the betrayal and stunning allegations in Bob Woodward's forthcoming “Fear,” but limited in his ability to fight back because most of the interviews were caught on hundreds of hours of tape, officials tell Axios.
Dwight Garner / New York Times:
In ‘Fear,’ Bob Woodward Pulls Back the Curtain on President Trump's ‘Crazytown’  —  Nothing in Bob Woodward's sober and grainy new book, “Fear: Trump in the White House,” is especially surprising.  This is a White House that has leaked from Day 1.  We knew things were bad.
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Trump Unleashes on Woodward, Accuses Him of Making Up Quotes and Being a ‘Dem Operative’
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Jerome Corsi, Conspiracy Theorist, Is Subpoenaed in Mueller Investigation  —  Jerome Corsi, a conspiracy theorist and political commentator with connections to the former Trump adviser Roger J. Stone Jr., has been subpoenaed to testify on Friday before the grand jury in the special counsel investigation …
The Daily Caller:
Full Transcript Of Trump's Oval Office Interview With The Daily Caller  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump sat for an exclusive Oval Office interview Tuesday with The Daily Caller's Saagar Enjeti and Vince Coglianese for approximately 38 minutes.  —  The transcript is as follows:
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's comments after not attacking Nike raise even more questions  —  As soon as the applause started during his rally in Huntsville, Ala., a year ago, President Trump knew he had a winning issue.  —  “Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag …
Discussion: Breitbart, Hot Air and ProFootballTalk
Adam Davidson / New Yorker:
Where Will the Trump Investigations Go Next?
Discussion: Raw Story
Kalhan Rosenblatt / NBC News:
Parkland victim's father and Kavanaugh: The handshake that wasn't  —  “I guess he did not want to deal with the reality of gun violence,” Fred Guttenberg, father of slain Parkland student Jaime Guttenberg, wrote on Twitter.  —  The father of a student killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas …
Discussion: National Review, Vox and New York Times
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Leahy Trips Kavanaugh Up With Questions About Allegedly Stolen Emails  —  At Wednesday's Supreme Court confirmation hearing, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) threw Brett Kavanaugh off his flow of so far providing steady and confident answers to senators' questions with a line of inquiry about allegations …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Matthew Continetti / The Daily Beast:
The 40-Year Plan That Allowed Trump to Reshape the Courts
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
Irin Carmon / The Cut:
What Did Brett Kavanaugh Know About His Former Boss's Sexual Misconduct?
Discussion: Mother Jones
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Rubio to Alex Jones: 'Don't touch me, man'  —  (R-Fla.) and InfoWars host Alex Jones clashed Wednesday outside a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, with Rubio threatening to take care of Jones after the Infowars host touched his shoulder.  —  For nearly five minutes as Rubio answered questions …
Discussion: Florida Politics
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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Justice to convene meeting on whether social media companies are ‘intentionally stifling’ free speech  —  has scheduled a meeting with state attorneys general in September to discuss a “growing concern” that tech companies may be “intentionally stifling” the free flow of ideas on their platforms.
Discussion: Politico
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Watch: Alex Jones and Marco Rubio nearly come to blows in the Senate hallway
Discussion: National Review and Politico
Griffin Connolly / Roll Call:
Duncan Hunter's ‘Personal Relationships’ Get New Attention in Indictment  —  Rep. Duncan Hunter once called Washington whispers that he had engaged in multiple extramarital affairs “tabloid trash.”  —  But the California Republican — who, along with his wife, Margaret …
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sandiegouniontribune.com:
Hunter indictment sheds light on ‘personal relationships’ for congressman  —  Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter and his wife, Margaret Hunter were arraigned on charges related to a 60-count indictment filed this week in San Diego.  —  The criminal indictment issued against Rep. Duncan Hunter …
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
John Parkinson / ABC News:
House speaker dismisses Trump's criticisms over indictments against Republicans
KDFW:
Man arrested after crashing truck into FOX4 building in downtown Dallas  —  Image Gallery  —  A man was arrested Wednesday morning after crashing a truck into the side of the FOX4 building in downtown Dallas.  —  The man, after repeatedly crashing his vehicle into a side of the building …
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Loyd Brumfield / Dallas Morning News:
Pickup driver ranting about treason crashes into Fox 4 building in Dallas
Matthew Haag / New York Times:   Man Repeatedly Crashes Truck Into Dallas TV Station's Building
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Obama to Join Midterm Battle, Starting in California and Ohio  —  Former President Barack Obama is poised to plunge into the fray of the midterm campaign, returning to electoral politics with a frontal attack on Republican power in two states that are prime Democratic targets this fall: California and Ohio.
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Trump's approval rating drop looks real, and it could be a disaster for the GOP in 2018
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight and CNBC
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Trump suggests protesting should be illegal  —  President Trump has long derided the mainstream media as the “enemy of the people” and lashed out at NFL players for kneeling during the national anthem.  On Tuesday, he took his attacks on free speech one step further, suggesting in an interview …
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Susan Heavey / Reuters:
Trump backs off government shutdown threat ahead of elections: report
Discussion: Political Wire
Saagar Enjeti / The Daily Caller:   The Kingmaker: Trump Reveals How He Picks Who To Endorse
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos Gives $10 Million to Super PAC in First Major Political Contribution  —  Bezos and wife are supporting With Honor, a super PAC aiming to elect military veterans from both parties to Congress  —  Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife are making their first major foray …
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
A Daily Caller Editor Wrote for an ‘Alt-Right’ Website Using a Pseudonym  —  The former Daily Caller writer and editor Scott Greer has severed all ties with the conservative website after acknowledging that he had written under a pseudonym for the white-supremacist Radix Journal.
Gregg Kilday / Hollywood Reporter:
Michael Moore Plays His Trump Card: A New Movie, Modern Fascism and a 2020 Prediction  —  He's America's most successful documentarian and one of the few on the left who predicted the 2016 election upset.  Now, as Moore readies his anticipated polemic ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’ for its Toronto film festival debut …
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Huge turnout in Ayanna Pressley's victory over Michael Capuano … LATEST POSTS FROM THE RUNDOWN  —  More than 102,000 voters turned out for last night's Massachusetts's 7th Congressional District Democratic primary, where Boston City Counselor Ayanna Pressley upset longtime incumbent Rep. Michael Capuano.
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Ayanna Pressley Upsets Capuano in Massachusetts House Race
Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
This might be the next progressive underdog to shock establishment Dems  —  Kerri Evelyn Harris keeps a photograph of herself with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez taped to a wall inside her campaign headquarters.  She was standing next to it when she started to made bold predictions about the future of the Democratic Party.
BBC:
Salisbury Novichok poisoning: Two Russian nationals named as suspects  —  Two Russian nationals have been named as suspects in the attempted murder of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.  —  The men, using the names Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov …
 
 
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Associated Press:
Michelle Obama to Hold Voter Registration Rallies in Las Vegas and Miami
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
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Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders introduces ‘Stop BEZOS Act’ in the Senate
Scott Wartman / Cincinnati.com:
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti will come to Cincinnati to test presidential waters
BuzzFeed News:
Republicans Want An NFL “Culture War” To Help Defeat A Blue Wave
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Reuters:
Immigration and welfare fears merge as Sweden lurches to the right
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Tal Kopan / CNN:
Nielsen calls out Putin for election interference
Discussion: Political Wire
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Photographing an Indelicate but Deadly Subject
Grace Sparks / CNN:
Trump re-elect starts with 36% firmly behind the President
Politico:
Why Rahm bailed on reelection
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Steven Shepard / Politico:
POLITICO race ratings: 60 GOP House seats in danger
Discussion: Political Wire
Salena Zito / New York Post:
The Twitter trolls attacking my work are all wrong