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Kambiz Foroohar / Bloomberg:
U.S. Ambassador Haley Loses Two Key Aides at United Nations — Chief of staff and communications director both resigned — Haley said on Twitter the men were leaving for family reasons — U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has lost two of her top aides …
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Benjamin R. Young / Washington Post:
The Reagan-era invasion that drove North Korea to develop nuclear weapons — How we got to warnings about fire and fury. … North Korea's path to nuclear weapons began with the U.S. invasion of Grenada in 1983. (Wong Maye-E/AP) — Over the past few days, the United States and North Korea …
Susan E. Rice / New York Times:
It's Not Too Late on North Korea — North Korea's substantial nuclear arsenal and improving intercontinental ballistic missile capacity pose a growing threat to America's security. But we need not face an immediate crisis if we play our hand carefully. — Given the bluster emanating …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: NKorea calls Trump's threat a ‘load of nonsense’
The Latest: NKorea calls Trump's threat a ‘load of nonsense’
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Washington Post:
In a new poll, half of Republicans say they would support postponing the 2020 election if Trump proposed it — Critics of President Trump have repeatedly warned of his potential to undermine American democracy. Among the concerns are his repeated assertions that he would have won …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Poll: Half of Republicans would back postponing 2020 election if Trump proposed it
Poll: Half of Republicans would back postponing 2020 election if Trump proposed it
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Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
White House Watch: Is Trump Preparing to Leave the Republican Party? — The president's latest fight with Mitch McConnell sure looks like he's laying the predicate to abandon the GOP. — President Donald Trump is inching closer to abandoning the Republican party, even as the GOP …
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Republican progress grinds to halt with infighting at fever pitch — WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY — Trump, McConnell pick a public fight: After Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vented about Trump's “excessive expectations” for Congress, President Trump hit back on Twitter.
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Mitch McConnell's ‘Excessive Expectations’ Comment Draws Trump's Ire — WASHINGTON — President Trump lashed out on Wednesday at the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, who suggested this week that the president harbored “excessive expectations” about the pace of congressional progress.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Top Trump donor ponies up to take out Flake
Top Trump donor ponies up to take out Flake
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Ex-Trump staffers reveal love child after campaign trail sex scandal — The very first sex scandal of Donald Trump's presidency has just resulted in the birth of a love child. — Married former White House communications director Jason Miller has fathered a son with Trump transition adviser …
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Joe.My.God., AOL, Raw Story, The Week and Mediaite
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Democratic Fight in California Is a Warning for the National Party — SACRAMENTO — For Democrats across the nation, California has offered a bright if lonely light this year. The party controls every statewide office and commands supermajorities in the Legislature.
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Our Revolution Takes Issue With The “Dictatorial,” “Arrogant,” “Pompous” DNC
Our Revolution Takes Issue With The “Dictatorial,” “Arrogant,” “Pompous” DNC
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Washington Free Beacon
Tom Schoenberg / Bloomberg:
Trump's Legal Team Is No Match for Mueller's — The president could learn from Bill and Hillary Clinton's years of litigation. — When news broke on Aug. 3 that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had begun using a grand jury in Washington to gather evidence related to his Russia probe, it appeared to catch the White House off guard.
Jackie Wattles / CNNMoney:
Walmart apologizes for sign marketing guns as back-to-school items — 5 stunning stats about Walmart — Walmart has condemned a display inside one of its stores that appeared to market firearms as back-to-school items. The company said Wednesday it was working to identify which of its stores put up the exhibit.
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
‘Disgusting’: Walmart draws fire over back-to-school banner placed over gun display
‘Disgusting’: Walmart draws fire over back-to-school banner placed over gun display
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein / Slate:
Stop Equating “Science” With Truth — Evolutionary psychology is just the most obvious example of science's flaws. — It's 2017, and people are still debating whether or not women are intellectually inferior to men, and whether we are entitled to a workplace that isn't toxic to people simply based on their gender and sex.
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CNN:
Poll: Trump finances fair game in Russia investigation — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)Seventy percent of Americans believe the federal investigation into Russia's efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election in the US should be able to look into President Donald Trump's finances …
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Philip Terzian / Weekly Standard:
Joe Biden and the Revenge of the Septuagenarians — From the Aug. 14, 2017, issue of THE WEEKLY STANDARD. — In the past half-century, there have been two presidential elections that Democrats should have won by a landslide but did not. — The first was in 1976.
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama donors not committing to Biden
Obama donors not committing to Biden
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Feds sought cooperation from Manafort's son-in-law — Federal investigators sought cooperation from Paul Manafort's son-in-law in an effort to increase pressure on President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, according to three people familiar with the probe.
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CNN:
Unarmed Russian Air Force jet overflies the Pentagon, Capitol, CIA — (CNN)An unarmed Russian Air Force aircraft overflew the US Capitol, the Pentagon, Central Intelligence Agency and Joint Base Andrews at low altitude on Wednesday as part of a longstanding treaty that allows the militaries …
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Bryan Bender / Politico:
Russian spy plane trolls Trump with flight over D.C., New Jersey
Russian spy plane trolls Trump with flight over D.C., New Jersey
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Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Google's ‘tolerance’ requires repression — Would a fair society have exactly the same percentage of men and women, of whites and blacks and Hispanics and Asians, in every line of work and occupational category? If your answer is yes, and you think that any divergence from these percentages …
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Marc Vartabedian / Reuters:
Exclusive: Tesla developing self-driving tech for semi-truck, wants to test in Nevada — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Tesla Inc is developing a long-haul, electric semi-truck that can drive itself and move in “platoons” that automatically follow a lead vehicle, and is getting closer to testing a prototype …
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Uncle John Taught Trump About Fire and Fury — When the president reflects on nuclear weapons, he likes to remind listeners that he's the nephew of an MIT physicist. — President Donald Trump returned this week to a recurring and favorite theme of his over the years: nuclear war and annihilation.
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Blowback from staffer scandal burns Wasserman Schultz — The chatter about a House leadership post is gone. So is talk of statewide office. After Hillary Clinton's defeat, there's no prospect of an administration job for Debbie Wasserman Schultz. — One year after the Florida …
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