Mother of woman killed in Charlottesville has ‘no interest’ in speaking with Trump – ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/US/mother-woman-killed-charlottesville-interest-speaking-trump/story?id=49283310 ABC News PlayABC News The mother of Heather
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Read moreThe Real Story Behind All Those Confederate Statues – Mother Jones
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Read moreA Gary Cohn resignation would ‘crash the markets’: Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
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Read moreWikiLeaks Turned Down Leaks on Russian Government During U.S. Presidential Campaign | Foreign Policy
WikiLeaks Turned Down Leaks on Russian Government During U.S. Presidential Campaign | Foreign Policy http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/08/17/wikileaks-turned-down-leaks-on-russian-government-during-u-s-presidential-campaign/ August 17, 2017 In the summer of 2016, as WikiLeaks
Read moreTrump embraces culture war with call to preserve Confederate statues – The Washington Post
Trump embraces culture war with call to preserve Confederate statues – The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-embraces-culture-war-with-call-to-preserve-confederate-statues/2017/08/17/86f57c3c-8368-11e7-ab27-1a21a8e006ab_story.html?utm_term=.48f5d2586e4e President Trump on Thursday assumed the role of leading spokesman
Read morePresident’s lawyer jumps into racial controversy by forwarding inflammatory email – The Washington Post
President’s lawyer jumps into racial controversy by forwarding inflammatory email – The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/presidents-lawyer-jumps-into-racial-controversy-by-forwarding-inflammatory-email/2017/08/16/13c87d30-82e7-11e7-902a-2a9f2d808496_story.html?utm_term=.85594b4db9bc President Trump’s lawyer on Wednesday fanned an already-incendiary racial debate
Read morePoll: Republicans’ confidence in Russia’s Putin on the rise – POLITICO
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/16/poll-republicans-putin-russia-confidence-241701 MATTHEW NUSSBAUM08/16/2017 02:00 PM EDT The poll found that the share of Republicans expressing confidence in Russian President Vladimir Putin doubled to 34 percent
Read moreDown the Breitbart Hole – The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/16/magazine/breitbart-alt-right-steve-bannon.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news Steve Bannon once said it was the platform for the alt-right. Its current editors disagree. Is the incendiary media company at the nerve center
Read moreIf Trump Stops Funding Key Health Care Subsidies, the Federal Government Will Actually Pay More – The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/15/us/what-happens-if-health-subsidy-payments-stop.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news The Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday that health insurance premiums would rise and the federal deficit would increase if President Trump cuts off payments
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