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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
GOP Rep. Issa: 'Nobody's Going to be Surprised' If Trump Lied About Russia Meeting — Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) appeared on Fox News for an interview with Neil Cavuto Saturday, and trashed former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen as a “turncoat,” before downplaying the potential that President Donald Trump lied …
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Giuliani says experts think ‘someone messed’ with Cohen tape — Rudy Giuliani explains that they need to hear the raw version of the Trump, Cohen tape that's been released. Fox News' Ellison Barber reports from Berkeley heights, New Jersey. — President Trump's personal lawyer Rudy …
John Bowden / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: 'Nobody's going to be surprised' if Trump approved Russia meeting — (R-Calif.) on Saturday downplayed renewed scrutiny over whether President Trump — knew in advance about his son's meeting with a Russian lawyer offering dirt on Hillary Clinton
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Breitbart
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Giuliani: Cohen and Trump's legal teams have severed ties
Giuliani: Cohen and Trump's legal teams have severed ties
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Political Wire and Mediaite
EndPlay / WSB-TV:
Rep. John Lewis hospitalized after falling ill on plane — ATLANTA - Channel 2 Action News has learned that Rep. John Lewis has been hospitalized at a metro area hospital. — Sources confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that Lewis was hospitalized after becoming ill on a flight heading back to Atlanta on Saturday.
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ABC News
Mallory Moench / NBC News:
U.S. citizen's family was denied visas under Trump's travel ban. Then he died by suicide. — Salem was one of thousands of Yemeni-Americans separated from non-U.S. citizen family members by Trump's travel ban. — In the early morning hours of July 18, Mahmood Salem told his family …
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HuffPost
Scott Barrett / The Newport Daily News:
Trump supporters, opponents clash at Spicer book signing | VIDEO — WARNING: This video contains strong language. — MIDDLETOWN — Supporters and opponents of President Donald Trump verbally clashed inside and outside Barnes & Noble on Friday evening during a book signing …
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Raw Story, CBS Boston and Daily Wire
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Matt Kwong / CBC News:
In a divided U.S., therapists treating anxiety are hearing the same name over and over: Donald Trump — ‘Trump Anxiety Disorder’ may not be an official diagnosis, but therapists know the symptoms — “Is he gonna blow us all up?” — So inquired one of Elisabeth LaMotte's patients recently …
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Therapists say they've seen a rise in anxiety under Trump: report
Therapists say they've seen a rise in anxiety under Trump: report
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twitchy.com
Associated Press:
‘Koch brothers’ rebrand underway, still a conservative force — The conservative Koch brothers are no more — even if they remain a political powerhouse. — The Democrats' super villains for much of the last decade have quietly launched a rebranding effort that may vanquish the “Koch brothers” moniker from American politics.
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POLITICUSUSA and Politico
New York Times:
Newest U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan Mirrors Past Plans for Retreat — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is urging American-backed Afghan troops to retreat from sparsely populated areas of the country, officials said, all but ensuring the Taliban will remain in control of vast stretches of the country.
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Political Wire
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New York Times:
Still Standing, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Step Back in the Spotlight — They have waited out, and in some cases ground down, their critics, and are ready to make a more visible push for their priorities. — WASHINGTON — They disappointed climate change activists who thought …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Mediaite and CBS Boston
Lori Rozsa / Washington Post:
Immigrant girl hides in auto shop after escaping attendants from Florida detention facility — The 15-year-old Honduran girl couldn't take it anymore. She had been held in the Florida detention facility for three weeks, and it felt like a prison. — So when she saw an opportunity …
New York Times:
He Was Dow's ‘Dioxin Lawyer.’ Now He's Trump's Choice to Run the Superfund Program. — The lawyer nominated to run the Superfund toxic cleanup program is steeped in the complexities of restoring polluted rivers and chemical dumps. He spent more than a decade on one of the nation's most extensive cleanups …
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Political Wire
Wendy Siegelman:
‘US Person 2’ in the case of alleged Russian agent Maria Butina is George O'Neill—his daughter interned for Dana Rohrabacher and helped with an anti-Magnitsky event — New research reveals another link between alleged Russian agent Maria Butina and Pro-Russia congressman Dana Rohrabacher.
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
New Hampshire, 94 Percent White, Asks: How Do You Diversify a Whole State? — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Catalina Celentano used to hold training sessions for hospital workers in Lynn, Mass., to familiarize them with the cultures of patients from Cambodia, Russia and the Dominican Republic.
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twitchy.com
@thebudgetguy:
House Republicans Are In Almost Total Disarray As Summer Recess Begins — Consider all of the following now that the House of Representatives has left Washington until after Labor Day. — Paul Ryan (R-WI) is a lame duck speaker who no longer seems to care about supporting Donald Trump or Trump's legislative agenda.
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Our socialist president — For three months in 1917, Leon Trotsky lived in the Bronx, just south of the congressional district where Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently defeated a 10-term incumbent in a Democratic primary. Because she calls herself a democratic socialist, the word “socialism” …
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Raw Story
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
100 days: Dems have midterm edge, but it's not historic — Democrats and Republicans alike are weighing whether the November midterm elections will turn into a blue wave that acts as a referendum on President Trump — , or whether voters will make only modest adjustments to the levers …
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Says He'll Stump for Vulnerable Republicans ‘Six or Seven Days a Week’
Trump Says He'll Stump for Vulnerable Republicans ‘Six or Seven Days a Week’
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Outside the Beltway and Political Wire
Eve Peyser / New York Times:
I Wanted a Dog. I Bake Bread Instead. — I wanted a dog. But my boyfriend claims to be “extremely allergic.” So I settled for sourdough starter instead. — Unlike a puppy, my pet starter doesn't provide me with sweet kisses or especially cute Instagram content. But like a dog, it is a living organism.