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• Trump Warns Cuomo: Anybody Who Runs Against Me 'Suffers'
  
  President Donald Trump is daring New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to challenge him in 2020, warning the Democrat that "anybody that runs against Trump suffers."
• Tech Giants Pledge to Ease Access of Healthcare Data
  
  Patient and provider access to healthcare data online will be made a lot easier by several technology giants working together moving forward, according to The Hill.
• Wildfires Are Burning Three Times More of California to Date Than in 2017
  
  California's wildfires are now burning through land at a pace more than three times faster than last year's blazes.
• Bank Official Recalls Red Flags on Manafort Loan Application
  
  A bank executive said he found several red flags with Paul Manafort's finances while the former Trump campaign chairman was being considered for $16.5 million in bank loans.The testimony, on the 10th day of Manafort's financial fraud trial, comes as the prosecution is...
• Alleged Golden State Killer Charged With 13th Murder
  
  The retired California police officer suspected of being the notorious Golden State killer, Joseph DeAngelo, was charged Monday with a 13th murder, according to CNN.
• CNN: Kavanaugh Said Scalia Was 'Hero and a Role Model'
  
  Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's latest Supreme Court nominee, gushed about the late Associate Justice Antonin Scalia in a 2016 speech, according to a CNN report.
• Trump Says 'Space Force' to Dominate Foes, Cites China
  
  US President Donald Trump signed an almost $750 billion defense spending bill Monday, while vowing a new "Space Force" would give America dominance over rivals in China and elsewhere."Our competitors have begun weaponizing space," Trump warned troops at Fort Drum in New...
• David Clarke to Newsmax TV: Omarosa's Book 'Red Meat' for Liberal Media
  
  In a bid to cash in with her new memoir about the White House, Omarosa Manigault Newman is a “snake” out to discredit President Donald Trump, according to former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke on Newsmax TV's "America Talks Live" on Monday.
• Jimmy Buffett Endorses Dem Gwen Graham for Florida Governor
  
  Legendary singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett has endorsed Gwen Graham for governor of Florida, praising the longtime Democrat.
• Gunman Charged in 'Stand Your Ground' Florida Shooting
  
  A Florida man was charged with manslaughter on Monday for fatally shooting another man during an argument over a parking spot, after police initially declined to arrest him due to the state's "stand your ground" self-defense law, officials said.
• Houston Restaurant Blasted for Saying it Was 'Honor' to Serve Sessions
  
  A Tex-Mex restaurant in Houston is facing threats of a boycott after it posted online that it was an “honor” to serve Attorney General Jeff Sessions, The Washington Post is reporting.
• Turmoil in Texas Over Mass Transportation
  
  Taking the world of Texas transportation by storm, the idea of high speed rail has just as many opponents as proponents.
• While Hackers Find Voting System Flaws, System Vendors in Doubt
  
  Hackers at a computer security conference in Las Vegas this weekend were aiming to help test U.S. election security, but the makers of voting equipment are raising doubts, The Wall Street Journal reported.
• Charlottesville Mayor: Year Not Enough to Heal 'Deep-Seated Racism'
  
  A year has "absolutely not" healed the wounds inflicted in Charlottesville, Virginia, at the deadly protest that has stoked "deep-seated racism," according to Charlottesville Mayor Nikuyah Walker on Sunday."
• Pew Poll: Top 10 Reasons Americans Go to Church, or Don't
  
  As Americans seemingly place less and less importance on religion in their lives, the Pew Research Center revealed a survey of the top reasons they go to church, along with reasons they do not, CNN reported Sunday.
• Former White Supremacist: Life Turned Around After Charlottesville
  
  A former Ku Klux Klan grand dragon and neo-Nazi who marched a year ago with white nationalists in Charlottesville says he's turned his back on that life after a chance meeting with filmmaker Deeyah Khan and a pastor.
• Crews Battle Growing Wildfire South of Los Angeles
  
  Firefighters fought to spare homes Friday from a growing Southern California forest fire, a day after flames came perilously close to neighborhoods and destroyed one house.
• Actress Sean Young Wanted for Questioning in Burglary
  
  Police say actress Sean Young is wanted for questioning after she was caught on surveillance video stealing laptops and video production software from a store in New York City. Police say employees at a store in Queens reported a burglary Thursday.
• Judge Rejects Plea Deals in Deadly Oakland Warehouse Fire
  
  A California judge on Friday rejected the plea deals of two men who were charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter after a 2016 California warehouse fire, the deadliest in Oakland's history.In handing down his decision, Judge James Cramer said 48-year-old Derick...
• Rep. DeSantis Wants School Official Removed in Wake of Douglas High Shootings
  
  Rep. Ron DeSantis, who is vying for the Republican nomination for Florida governor, wants Robert Runcie, the school superintendent whose area includes Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, removed from office, the SunSentinel is reporting.
• NYT: NY Gov. Cuomo Relishing Fight With NRA
  
  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is now in the organization's crosshairs, a position he is happy to be in, after he has pushed back against the NRA for years, The New York Times reported.
• Report: Drinking Alcohol on Decline for Younger Americans
  
  Alcohol use among young Americans has dropped steeply since the 1990s, according to the Monitoring the Future Study.
• Sean Spicer to Newsmax TV: Sarah Sanders Treated Worse
  
  The treatment of Sarah Sanders by the media and public has "exceeded anything" former White House press secretary Sean Spicer experienced in the job, he told Newsmax TV's "The Joe Pags Show" on Thursday night.
• HarrisX Poll: Most Dems Want Pelosi Out as Party Leader
  
  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is wanted out as the leader of the party in the House chamber by nearly three-quarters of Democrats, according to the latest HarrisX poll Thursday.
• Marc Lotter to Newsmax TV: Media Do Dems' Bidding
  
  A former special assistant to President Donald Trump and press secretary for Vice President Mike Pence, Marc Lotter, lashed out at the national media for selective coverage that aims to link negative news to the president and "make it look bad."

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