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'He created Omarosa': How Trump's protegee turned his tactics against him Ex-aide Omarosa Manigault Newman's book-tour allegations rattle the president and wreak havoc on the White House. By Ashley Parker and Philip Rucker  •  Read more » White House press secretary apologizes after her false statement about black employment Sarah Huckabee Sanders wrongly said that President Trump has created three times as many jobs for black workers as the Obama administration did. The White House Council of Economic Advisers took responsibility for the error. By Jeff Stein  •  Read more »   Minn. Republicans reject Pawlenty's comeback bid as Democrats smash glass ceiling with nominees in Vt., Conn. Minnesota's Jeff Johnson is projected to have defeated Tim Pawlenty, a former governor who was critical of Donald Trump in 2016. In New England, Democrats made historic picks: A transgender nominee for governor of Vermont and the first black woman to represent Connecticut in the House. By Michael Scherer  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Fact Checker • Analysis Fact-checking the bipartisan spinfest on Brett Kavanaugh's time at the White House Republicans say millions of pages of Kavanaugh's White House records are irrelevant. Democrats say he gave incomplete testimony to Congress in 2006. We dug into their claims. By Salvador Rizzo  •  Read more »   With little fanfare, Trump and McConnell reshape the nation's circuit courts The Republican-led Senate has installed 24 appellate court judges since January 2017 and is poised to confirm two more this week, a record for a president's first two years. By Sean Sullivan and Mike DeBonis  •  Read more »   Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer concedes GOP primary to Trump ally Kris Kobach The concession in the contest held on Aug. 7 came after a tally of provisional ballots showed Kobach's lead increasing. By Amy B Wang  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Manafort defense rests without calling witnesses in tax- and bank-fraud trial The decision is a common tactic by defense lawyers, who often prefer to attack the government's case by grilling prosecution witnesses instead of offering their own. Closing arguments are set for Wednesday. By Rachel Weiner, Matt Zapotosky, Lynh Bui and Devlin Barrett  •  Read more »   The Fix • Analysis West Virginia's efforts to impeach the state's Supreme Court is just the latest in a worrisome trend More than a dozen states this year have considered 50 measures to curb state courts' power. By Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   Keith Ellison tells supporters he'll 'keep fighting' and handle accusations 'head on' The Minnesota Democrat ran 30 points past his closest rival in the Democratic primary for attorney general. By Torey Van Oot and David Weigel  •  Read more »   Trump accused Omarosa Manigault Newman of breaching her NDA. Experts say she might prevail in court. The dispute over a nondisclosure agreement hinges on whether the former White House employee is viewed as a private citizen or government worker. By Deanna Paul  •  Read more »   Turkey retaliates against Trump tariffs, hiking fees on U.S. imports in spiraling dispute Turkey's Erdogan has accused the United States of bullying behavior and economic sabotage. By Kareem Fahim  •  Read more »   Roger Stone posts then deletes Nazi Space Force meme. He says he didn't notice the swastikas. The image appears to have originated as an anti-Trump meme on websites such as 4chan and Reddit. By Eli Rosenberg  •  Read more »   Recommended for you     Get the 5-Minute Fix newsletter A must-read cheatsheet on the latest in politics, three days a week, from reporter Amber Phillips. Sign Up  »

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