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Matthew Pennington / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Beyond bluster, US, NKorea in regular contact — https://apnews.com/686ac7c761694b28b677 93a1d8297145 — Link copied! — WASHINGTON (AP) — Beyond the bluster, the Trump administration has been quietly engaged in back channel diplomacy with North Korea for several months …
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Mark Katkov / NPR:
Despite Rhetoric On North Korea, U.S. Military Posture Hasn't Really Changed — President Trump's “locked and loaded” remark on Friday — part of his ongoing exchange with the North Korean regime — might have set the world more on edge. But if the U.S. military is preparing for a major conflict, there is little evidence of it.
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Brian Fung / Washington Post:
Twitter users want Trump's account suspended for ‘threatening violence’ against North Korea — Can a president be suspended from Twitter for threatening to attack another country? — That's what some Twitter users, including actor and former Barack Obama aide Kal Penn, are demanding …
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Ankit Panda / The Diplomat:
US Intelligence: North Korea's ICBM Reentry Vehicles Are Likely Good Enough to Hit the Continental US
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Christopher Brennan / New York Daily News:
NRA TV host apologizes for suggesting North Korea attack California
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Despite Trump's threats to North Korea, the U.S. military doesn't appear to be on a new wartime footing
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Donald Trump Wins Round One with North Korea
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James Damore / Wall Street Journal:
Why I Was Fired by Google — James Damore says his good-faith effort to discuss differences between men and women in tech couldn't be tolerated in the company's ‘ideological echo chamber’ — I was fired by Google this past Monday for a document that I wrote and circulated internally raising questions …
Eddie Baza Calvo:
I just got off the phone with Chief of Staff General John Kelly and with the President of the United States of America. — They called me from the White House this morning and both assured me that the people of Guam are safe. — In the President's words they are behind us “1000 percent.”
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump's China trade crackdown coming Monday — President Donald Trump is ready to launch a new trade crackdown on China next week, an administration official confirmed. — Trump on Monday will call for an investigation into China over allegations that the nation violated U.S. intellectual property rights …
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Trump says he won't rule out military option in Venezuela
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Kevin Cirilli / Bloomberg:
Manchin Emerges as Possible Pick for Energy Department — Move would let West Virginia's GOP governor to name successor — Idea in early stages of discussion, with Perry stance unclear — Some White House and Republican officials are exploring the idea of putting West Virginia Democratic …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The Bernie Bros and sisters are coming to Republicans' rescue — (Michael Reynolds/European Pressphoto Agency) — Things could go well for the Democrats in next year's midterm elections — if they don't Bern out. — President Trump is woefully unpopular, feuding with Senate Majority …
Ben Kesling / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Won't Rule Out Military Option for Venezuela — ‘Venezuela is a mess,’ president says — President Donald Trump warned of possible military action in Venezuela on Friday, even as he amplified threats of an armed response to North Korea missile buildup.
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New York Times:
Scott Pruitt Is Carrying Out His E.P.A. Agenda in Secret, Critics Say — WASHINGTON — When career employees of the Environmental Protection Agency are summoned to a meeting with the agency's administrator, Scott Pruitt, at agency headquarters, they no longer can count on easy access …
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Ship Monitoring Rescues of Migrants Refuses to Be Rescued — ROME — In the end, it was the gang that couldn't sail straight. — A group of hard-right white nationalists determined to keep migrants from reaching Europe garnered international attention this summer when they chartered a ship …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
News Analysis: Combative Trump Pulls His Punches for One Man: Putin — Jump to: — Front Page | International | National | Obituaries | Editorials, Op-Ed and Letters | New York | Business — Day | Sports Saturday | The Arts | Corrections | — NATIONAL — Back to Top
Daniel / Crooked Timber:
From a logical point of view ... I have now read that “google manifesto”. I read it more out of a desire to forestall people saying “but have you ACTUALLY READ IT?” than out of any expectation that it would contain new or unfamiliar information, and indeed it was your fairly standard evo-psych …
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Cynthia Lee / Vox:
I'm a woman in computer science. Let me ladysplain the Google memo to you.
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Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
The General Services Administration removed Trump hotel data from its website. You can read it here. — On Thursday afternoon, three documents providing detailed financial information about President Trump's D.C. hotel could be found posted on the website of the General Services Administration.
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Nina Burleigh / Newsweek:
MELANIA, IVANKA AND IVANA TRUMP WEAR HIGH HEELS, A SYMBOL OF EVERYTHING THAT IS BEAUTIFUL AND HORRIFYING ABOUT THEM — U.S. IVANKA TRUMP MELANIA TRUMP FIRST LADY DONALD TRUMP SHOES — There's been no rest for the wicked just a week into President Donald Trump's 17-day vacation …
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Diamond Naga Siu / Politico:
Kid Rock gains GOP backing for U.S. Senate run — Kid Rock is gaining some establishment GOP support for a Senate run. — Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC formed during the 2016 election that has Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's backing, expressed support Friday for Kid Rock taking …
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