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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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Jasmine Stole / Pacific Daily News:
'Don't look at the flash or fireball' — Guam Homeland Security releases fact sheet in light of North Korea threats — Guam Homeland Security issued a new fact sheet Friday, which the agency says will help residents prepare for an imminent missile threat. — The information was released following …
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Simon Denyer / Washington Post:
China warns North Korea: You're on your own if you go after the United States — BEIJING — China won't come to North Korea's help if it launches missiles threatening U.S. soil and there is retaliation, a state-owned newspaper warned on Friday, but it would intervene if Washington strikes first.
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Republicans, Remove This Madman From Power — As Trump tweets yet more provocations at North Korea, his ruling party must act before it's too late. — When Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama warned last year that Donald Trump was unfit to control the U.S. nuclear arsenal …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Trump's Twitter Fury at McConnell Risks Alienating a Key Ally
Trump's Twitter Fury at McConnell Risks Alienating a Key Ally
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Andrew Degrandpre / Washington Post:
Guam releases guidance to prepare residents for North Korean nuclear strike
Guam releases guidance to prepare residents for North Korean nuclear strike
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Merkel: Escalation of rhetoric on North Korea is wrong answer
Merkel: Escalation of rhetoric on North Korea is wrong answer
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Angela Dewan / CNN:
Mattis claims North Korea diplomacy is working, but Trump intensifies threats
Mattis claims North Korea diplomacy is working, but Trump intensifies threats
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Shane Savitsky / Axios:
82% of Americans fear nuclear war with North Korea
82% of Americans fear nuclear war with North Korea
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Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
Meet Kim Jong-un, a Moody Young Man With a Nuclear Arsenal
Meet Kim Jong-un, a Moody Young Man With a Nuclear Arsenal
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Fox News:
North Korea threat: Pentagon says ready to ‘fight tonight,’ as Trump shows bomber pics
North Korea threat: Pentagon says ready to ‘fight tonight,’ as Trump shows bomber pics
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Mike Ives / New York Times:
North Korea Aside, Guam Faces Another Threat: Climate Change
North Korea Aside, Guam Faces Another Threat: Climate Change
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Behind the Trump-McConnell feud
Behind the Trump-McConnell feud
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David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
North Korea tensions show the disconnect between Trump's words and administration's actions
North Korea tensions show the disconnect between Trump's words and administration's actions
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Cynthia Lee / Vox:
I'm a woman in computer science. Let me ladysplain the Google memo to you. — I'm a lecturer in computer science at Stanford. I've taught at least four different programming languages, including assembly. I've had a single-digit employee number in a startup. Yes, I'm a woman in tech.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Combative Trump Pulls His Punches for One Man: Putin — BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — The roster of villains in President Trump's world is legion. The list of people he has been willing, even eager, to publicly attack includes not just Mitch McConnell, his latest target, but Jeff Sessions …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google's C.E.O. — There are many actors in the whole Google/diversity drama, but I'd say the one who's behaved the worst is the C.E.O., Sundar Pichai. — The first actor is James Damore, who wrote the memo. In it, he was trying to explain why 80 percent of Google's tech employees are male.
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John McCain / ABC News:
Congressional investigators want to question Trump's longtime secretary, Rhona Graff, in Russia probe — Congressional investigators want to question President Donald Trump's longtime personal secretary as part of their ongoing probe into a controversial meeting between Trump campaign officials …
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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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Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Navy secretary on transgender troops: ‘Any patriot’ should be allowed to serve — The recently confirmed secretary of the Navy says he will follow any order the president gives on transgender troops, but that “any patriot” should be allowed to serve. — “We will process and take direction …
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Hugh Lessig / Hampton Roads Daily Press:
Trump's new Navy secretary touches down, treads lightly
Trump's new Navy secretary touches down, treads lightly
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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll - August 2017: The Politics of ACA Repeal and Replace Efforts — KEY FINDINGS: — The August Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds that the majority of the public (60 percent) say it is a “good thing” that the Senate did not pass the bill that would have repealed and replaced the ACA.
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Breitbart's war on McMaster bites Bannon — The conservative news site Breitbart has waged a nonstop campaign against national security adviser H.R. McMaster, but so far it seems to have done the most damage to someone else: Steve Bannon. — A Wall Street Journal editorial earlier …
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Lissandra Villa / BuzzFeed:
This Unknown Democrat Has Emerged As Nancy Pelosi's Most Aggressive Critic — Rep. Filemon Vela isn't a well-known member of Congress, but recently he's punched through the noise on Capitol Hill in an unusual way — by taking jabs at his own leadership. — Reporting From Washington, DC
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Daniel Loeb, a Cuomo Donor, Makes Racial Remark About Black Leader — The hedge fund manager Daniel S. Loeb, a prominent supporter of charter schools and a major financial backer of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and congressional Republicans, accused the African-American woman who leads the Democrats …
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Peter Maass / The Intercept:
Steve Bannon's Tall Tale About How He Visited Pakistan in the Navy and Saw the Muslim Threat — If you ask Steve Bannon how he got the idea that Muslims in the Middle East are a civilizational threat to America, he will say that his eyes were first opened when he served on a Navy destroyer in the Arabian Sea.
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Candy Woodall / PennLive:
Bannon calls Jeffrey Lord to support ‘no apologies tour’ after CNN cuts ties over Nazi salute — Jeffrey Lord gets early support from Steve Bannon after being ousted at CNN for tweeting a Nazi salute. — CAMP HILL - Hours after he was fired from CNN, Jeffrey Lord started his “no apologies tour.”
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
At raucous town halls, Republicans have faced another round of anger over health care — BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The long August congressional recess, which Republicans hoped would begin a conversation about tax reform and must-pass budget measures, has so far seen another round of angry town halls focused …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
SCOOP: Freedom Caucus to file petition TODAY to bring up clean Obamacare repeal — RUCKER on Trump, DAWSEY and HULSE on Trump/McConnell — PLAYBOOK ON THE ROAD winners — DRIVING THE DAY — Happy Friday! FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — SOMETHING PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL LIKE.
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama to re-emerge in ‘delicate dance’ with Dems — Former President Obama will re-emerge on the national scene this fall, though Democrats expect him to do so with caution. — One aide describes the beginning of a “delicate dance” that aims to put Obama in the Democratic fray, but prevent him from remaining the face of the party.
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Jesse Green / New York Times:
Review: Michael Moore, Bragging on Broadway, in ‘The Terms of My Surrender’ — THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER - Broadway, Play, Solo Performance - 1 hr. and 30 min. - Closing Date: October 22, 2017 - Belasco Theatre, 111 W. 44th St. - 212-239-6200 — In 1972, having campaigned on a platform …
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