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Good Monday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today.Good Monday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today.
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• A loose network of conservatives says it has dossiers of offensive social media posts and other problematic public statements by hundreds of journalists. These allies of President Trump are targeting journalists whose coverage of the White House they find hostile.• A loose network of conservatives says it has dossiers of offensive social media posts and other problematic public statements by hundreds of journalists. These allies of President Trump are targeting journalists whose coverage of the White House they find hostile.
• Mr. Trump characterizes himself as a master deal maker who gets what he wants. But as he tries to pressure the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, he is contending with a powerful opponent: technocrats.• Mr. Trump characterizes himself as a master deal maker who gets what he wants. But as he tries to pressure the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, he is contending with a powerful opponent: technocrats.
• Calling Mr. Trump “completely unfit,” Joe Walsh, a conservative radio host, is challenging the president in a Republican primary. His strategy? Adopt a television-centric strategy to try to rattle a media-obsessed president.• Calling Mr. Trump “completely unfit,” Joe Walsh, a conservative radio host, is challenging the president in a Republican primary. His strategy? Adopt a television-centric strategy to try to rattle a media-obsessed president.
• Elizabeth Warren, former law professor, forged her path to presidential contender beginning in Texas bankruptcy courts, where she witnessed desperate families, similar to her own.• Elizabeth Warren, former law professor, forged her path to presidential contender beginning in Texas bankruptcy courts, where she witnessed desperate families, similar to her own.
• At the invitation of France, Iran’s foreign minister flew to the Group of 7 summit and met with European officials. But he had no plans to sit down with American officials.• At the invitation of France, Iran’s foreign minister flew to the Group of 7 summit and met with European officials. But he had no plans to sit down with American officials.
• Determined not to rouse Mr. Trump’s well-known temper, G7 leaders registered their policy differences in the most flattering of tones.• Determined not to rouse Mr. Trump’s well-known temper, G7 leaders registered their policy differences in the most flattering of tones.
• Jason Kander, who dropped out of the Kansas City mayoral race last year to confront his PTSD from war, is now leading a national expansion of the nonprofit Veterans Community Project.• Jason Kander, who dropped out of the Kansas City mayoral race last year to confront his PTSD from war, is now leading a national expansion of the nonprofit Veterans Community Project.
• Nine years before any police investigation, Maria and Annie Farmer reported the troubling behavior of Jeffrey Epstein and his companion, Ghislaine Maxwell. No one would listen. Meet the sisters who tried to take him down.
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