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Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Putin, Responding to Sanctions, Expels 755 U.S. Diplomats — Breaking News Alerts — Although the expulsions had been announced on Friday, in response to the new law passed in Congress last week expanding sanctions against Russia, the president's statement was the first to confirm the large number of American diplomats involved.
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Brent Griffiths / Politico:
Putin cutting U.S. embassy staff in Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin hit back at pending U.S. sanctions against his country on Sunday by ordering a 755-person cut in the U.S. diplomatic staff in Russia. — “I decided that it is time for us to show that we will not leave anything unanswered …
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RT:
Putin: 755 US diplomats to depart Russia, time to show we won't leave anything unanswered — 755 American diplomats will have to leave Russia as a result of Washington's own policies, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said in an exclusive interview with the Rossiya 1 TV channel.
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Putin expels 755 US diplomats from Russia
Putin expels 755 US diplomats from Russia
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IJR and Washington Post
Andrew Roth / Washington Post:
The Kremlin is done betting on Trump and planning how to strike back against U.S. sanctions
The Kremlin is done betting on Trump and planning how to strike back against U.S. sanctions
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Power Line
Nicki Zink / ABC News:
Russia's retaliation to US actions ‘long, long overdue,’ Kremlin says
Russia's retaliation to US actions ‘long, long overdue,’ Kremlin says
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Politico and The Daily Caller
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Death of a F***ing Salesman — Donald Trump can't close the deal. — A few years ago in New York, Al Pacino starred in a revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, and the casting was poignant: In 1992, a much younger and more vigorous Pacino had played the role of hotshot salesman Ricky Roma …
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Jacqueline Klimas / Politico:
Mulvaney: No other votes until Senate votes again on health care — The Senate should not vote on anything else until it's voted again on repealing Obamacare, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said Sunday. — Mulvaney said that “yes,” it's official White House policy that the Senate …
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
'Let's not waste any more time': Chris Wallace slams door on Kellyanne Conway's Russia deflections — Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Donald Trump, on Sunday deflected questions about Attorney General Jeff Sessions by slamming the media over the investigation into Russia's interference in the U.S. election.
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Alicia Cohn / The Hill:
Conway: Trump making decision this week on ObamaCare payments
Conway: Trump making decision this week on ObamaCare payments
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JGoldsmith / Lawfare:
Our Non-Unitary Executive — The Trump Presidency is a strange combination of menacing and impotent. It is also fractured internally like no presidency in American history. — The menacing element is plain. Trump sets everyone on edge with incessant verbal attacks and relentlessly indecorous behavior.
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Fox News:
US, allies prepared to use ‘overwhelming force’ in North Korea, general says — The U.S. and its allies are prepared to use “rapid, lethal and overwhelming force,” if necessary, against North Korea, the commander of the U.S. Pacific Air Forces warned Saturday night.
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Reuters:
U.S. flies bombers over Korean peninsula after North Korea missile test — SEOUL/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States flew two supersonic B-1B bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force on Sunday and the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said China, Japan and South Korea needed …
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The Week
Tim Alberta / Politico:
Without Priebus, Trump Is a Man Without a Party — Reince Priebus looked battered. It was Monday, October 10—the morning after the final presidential debate—and our eyes met as I boarded a Southwest Airlines flight from St. Louis to Washington, D.C. It had been an extraordinary weekend …
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Raw Story
Dana Schuster / Page Six:
Scaramucci's fed-up wife filed for divorce while nine months pregnant — Anthony Scaramucci's wife demanded a divorce three weeks ago, while she was nine months pregnant, sources told The Post. — Deidre Scaramucci, 38, fed up with her three-year marriage to the new White House communication director …
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Why ‘the Mooch’ Whacked Reince Priebus
Why ‘the Mooch’ Whacked Reince Priebus
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Gingrich: Trump and Scaramucci ‘speak the same language’
Gingrich: Trump and Scaramucci ‘speak the same language’
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Hackers break into voting machines in 90 minutes at competition — Hackers at at a competition in Las Vegas were able to successfully breach the software of U.S. voting machines in just 90 minutes on Friday, illuminating glaring security deficiencies in America's election infrastructure.
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Iain Thomson / The Register:
It took DEF CON hackers minutes to pwn these US voting machines
It took DEF CON hackers minutes to pwn these US voting machines
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The Daily Caller
Philip Shenon / Politico:
McCain Once Almost Left the GOP. What About Now? — In the long, tumultuous political career of Senator John McCain, it would have been remembered as a turning point. It was only rumored at the time. But the Arizona senator nearly bolted from the Republican Party in 2001.
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
How Schumer Held Democrats Together Through a Health Care Maelstrom
How Schumer Held Democrats Together Through a Health Care Maelstrom
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David Nather / Axios:
Price hints HHS might weaken individual mandate — Health and Human Services secretary Tom Price suggested this morning that he might expand waivers from the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate — a step that health insurers have warned against because it could drive up premiums.
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Empty Majority — When we think about the ebb and flow of majorities in American politics, we like to imagine that there is a clear link between politics and policy - between gaining power and having an agenda to implement, between winning votes and responding to substantive challenges …
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JustOneMinute and The Atlantic
Reuters:
Exclusive: Majority of Americans want Congress to move on from healthcare reform - Reuters/Ipsos poll — NEW YORK (Reuters) - A majority of Americans are ready to move on from healthcare reform at this point after the U.S. Senate's effort to dismantle Obamacare failed on Friday …
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The Daily Caller, Outside the Beltway and Political Wire
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
U.S. police chiefs blast Trump for endorsing ‘police brutality’ — Police leaders across the country moved quickly to distance themselves from — or to outright condemn — President Trump's statements about “roughing up” people who've been arrested. — The swift public denunciations came …
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Brian M. Rosenthal / New York Times:
Police Criticize Trump for Urging Officers Not to Be ‘Too Nice’ With Suspects
Police Criticize Trump for Urging Officers Not to Be ‘Too Nice’ With Suspects
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