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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
'It's a hard problem': Inside Trump's decision to send more troops to Afghanistan — President Trump was frustrated and fuming. Again and again, in the windowless Situation Room at the White House, he lashed out at his national security team over the Afghanistan war, and the paucity of appealing options gnawed at him.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's Afghanistan flip-flop — This post has been updated with The Post's reporting. — President Trump is expected to announce a limited troop increase as a part of his new strategy in Afghanistan. And as many were quick to point out, that's a big flip-flop for a man who for years called for withdrawal from that war.
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New York Times:
Trump Sets U.S. Strategy but No ‘Blank Check’ for Afghan War — WASHINGTON — President Trump put forward on Monday a long-awaited strategy for resolving the nearly 16-year-old conflict in Afghanistan, but he declined to specify either the number of troops that would be committed …
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New York Times:
Angry Trump Grilled His Generals About Troop Increase, Then Gave In
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Kristina Wong / Breitbart:
Trump Debuts Afghanistan Strategy: ‘We Are Not Nation-Building Again, We Are Killing Terrorists’
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump announces new strategy for Afghanistan that calls for a troop increase
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Ford Springer / The Daily Caller:
It's High Time Barron Trump Starts Dressing Like He's In the White House — I've been on the Barron Trump train from the start, but it's about time the president's son starts dressing the part. — Barron is the youngest son of Donald Trump and the only child the president shares with Melania Trump.
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Yes, Donald Trump really did look into the sky during the solar eclipse
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Looks At The Sun During Solar Eclipse Despite Shouted Warning
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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Treasury secretary's wife boasts of travel on government plane, touts Hermes and Valentino fashion — U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's wife, Louise Linton, boasted of flying on a government plane with her husband to Kentucky on Monday and then named the numerous fashion brands she wore …
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New York Times:
Louise Linton's Couture Draws Ire on Instagram, and She Lashes Back — WASHINGTON — The wife of the Treasury secretary on Monday night took a page from President Trump's social media playbook for punching down. — Louise Linton, the labels-loving wife of Steven Mnuchin …
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Only 28% approve of Trump's response to Charlottesville (POLL) — President Donald Trump moves out of his difficult Charlottesville week and into his national address on Afghanistan policy tonight with a poor but stable job performance rating and still-weaker grades for his handling …
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Virginia voters divided on blame for Charlottesville violence — About half see at least equal blame for violence at the Charlottesville white nationalist rally. Many Virginia voters (47 percent) believe the counter protesters in Charlottesville deserve at least equal blame for the violence at last week's white nationalist rally.
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
‘20 seconds of burning’: Friends partly blinded after watching solar eclipse warn of dangers — It was a clear day when Louis Tomososki's science teacher mentioned that a partial solar eclipse would be visible from their hometown of Portland, Ore., that afternoon.
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Jason Silverstein / New York Daily News:
President Trump stares straight into solar eclipse without glasses — We could have had the blind leading the country. — President Trump, deciding to challenge the sun itself, stared straight into the solar eclipse Monday afternoon without protective glasses — showing the entire nation exactly what not to do.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Ryan defends tax breaks for Taiwan company — The Latest on House Speaker Paul Ryan town hall (all times local): — House Speaker Paul Ryan says Foxconn Technology Group's plan to construct a factory in his southeastern Wisconsin congressional district that could employ thousands is a …
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Lauren Fox / CNN:
Paul Ryan: Trump ‘messed up’ Charlottesville response
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP on eggshells as Trump storms into Phoenix — A sustained attack on vulnerable Sen. Jeff Flake could rupture the president's relationship with his party. — PHOENIX — President Donald Trump faces a decision on Tuesday evening with profound implications for his already strained relationship …
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Ayesha Rascoe / Reuters:
Big protests expected as Trump plans Phoenix rally
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Arizona Republic:
Phoenix Trump rally
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Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump aides plot a big immigration deal — that breaks a campaign promise — Donald Trump's top aides are pushing him to protect young people brought into the country illegally as children — and then use the issue as a bargaining chip for a larger immigration deal — despite the president's campaign vow to deport so-called Dreamers.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Dems prep for Trump primary challengers in 2020 — The Democratic National Committee is conducting full-scale opposition research on multiple Republicans it believes could challenge President Donald Trump for reelection — or are likely to run if he does not.
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Washington Post:
Poll shows clear disapproval of how Trump responded to Charlottesville violence … Twice as many Americans disapprove than approve of President Trump's response to the deadly Charlottesville protests led by white supremacists that ignited widespread political backlash against the White House …
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Survey: 9 percent call neo-Nazi views acceptable
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Texas man charged with trying to bomb a Confederate statue in Houston — Federal authorities said Monday that a Houston man was charged with attempting to bomb a statue in that city honoring a Confederate military figure. — The charges, filed Sunday and made public Monday …
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump's team and lawmakers making strides on tax reform plan — The so-called Big 6 have found common ground on the best ways to pay for individual and corporate tax cuts. — President Donald Trump's top aides and congressional leaders have made significant strides in shaping a tax overhaul …
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