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Financial Times:
Gary Cohn urges Trump team to do more to condemn neo-Nazis — Gary Cohn, the top White House economic official, said the Trump administration “must do better” in condemning neo-Nazis and white supremacists following the violent protests in Charlottesville this month that sparked …
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Financial Times:
Transcript: Gary Cohn on tax reform and Charlottesville — This is an edited transcript of an interview with Gary Cohn, chief economic adviser to President Donald Trump, conducted on August 24 2017. — FINANCIAL TIMES: What is happening with tax reform? — GARY COHN: We are completely engaged in tax reform.
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Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
Washington Post:
Trump distances himself from GOP lawmakers to avoid blame if agenda stalls … President Trump is strategically separating himself from Republicans in Congress, an extraordinary move to deflect blame if the GOP agenda continues to flounder. — Trump deepened the fissures in the party …
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Politico, New York Magazine, The Week and Political Wire
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
GOP Leaders Don't Expect White House Tax-Plan Details — Broad July statement from Big Six viewed as starting point — Trump aides have sent mixed messages on releasing more detail — Follow @bpolitics for all the latest news, and sign up for our daily Balance of Power newsletter.
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The Hill, Mother Jones, Washington Monthly and Political Wire
Politico:
White House moves goalposts on tax reform — GARY COHN SPEAKS TO THE FT — A FEW INTERESTING NUGGETS YOU SHOULD READ ... — THE WHITE HOUSE IS MOVING THE GOALPOSTS ON TAX REFORM ... AGAIN: Cohn now says he believes tax reform will be done by the end of 2017.
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Axios
Colin Wilhelm / Politico:
Trump falls behind in August push for tax reform
Trump falls behind in August push for tax reform
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Axios and Political Wire
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Ryan faces diciest stretch of his speakership
Ryan faces diciest stretch of his speakership
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Washington Post and ABC News
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Trump Fences Himself In With Border Wall Spending Threat
Trump Fences Himself In With Border Wall Spending Threat
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Politico
BuzzFeed:
Pro-Trump Media Bristles As John Kelly Limits What Gets To The President's Desk — The new White House chief of staff is on an info war, peeving some on the far right. — Pro-Trump media personalities and websites are worried they may be losing a dear reader: President Trump.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
John Kelly's Latest Mission: Controlling the Information Flow to Trump
John Kelly's Latest Mission: Controlling the Information Flow to Trump
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Business Insider
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
At CIA, a watchful eye on Mike Pompeo, the president's ardent ally — As CIA director, Mike Pompeo has taken a special interest in an agency unit that is closely tied to the investigation into possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign, requiring the Counterintelligence Mission Center to report directly to him.
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Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed:
Some In Congress Don't Get The “Gravity” Of Russian Election Meddling, Former CIA Director Said
Some In Congress Don't Get The “Gravity” Of Russian Election Meddling, Former CIA Director Said
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The Hill, Just Security, KTLA and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Mnuchin viewed eclipse from roof of Fort Knox — Louise Linton, wife of U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, drew accusations of elitism this week for an Instagram glamour shot of her stepping off a government jet — and for her mockery of an online critic as “adorably out of touch.”
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Tegna / KUSA-TV:
Videos show East High cheerleaders repeatedly forced into splits, police investigating … DENVER - Editor's note: the video included in this story is difficult to watch and may not be suitable for all viewers. — Denver Police are now investigating incidents involving multiple cheerleaders …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump seriously considering ending DACA — President Trump is seriously considering ending DACA, the Obama-era policy that shields some illegal immigrants from deportation, before conservative state attorneys general file a court challenge to the program. — Sources familiar …
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Latino Rebels, Splinter, The Gateway Pundit and Politico
Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
Turd Reich: San Francisco dog owners lay minefield of poo for rightwing rally — ‘I just had this image of alt-right people stomping around in the poop,’ says the organizer of an unusual protest ahead of Saturday's Patriot Prayer rally … When a group of far-right activists come …
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Joe Depaolo / New York Times:
Is McGregor Safe Fighting Mayweather? Ringside Physicians Say No — The highly anticipated showdown between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor may be a financial bonanza for its promoters, as well as for Nevada's casinos and sports books, but there is an important constituency that does …
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AOL, NESN.com and Investor's Business Daily
Seth Mandel / New York Post:
The obscene effort to shame 'Trump's Jews' — Allow me a moment of pride: The hot new criticism of my fellow Jews is that we don't complain enough. — SEE ALSO — Really. A host of pundits, concerned about President Trump's baffling unwillingness to single out neo-Nazis for criticism …
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New York Times
Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Roger Stone: Any Politician Who Votes To Impeach Trump “Would Be Endangering Their Own Life” — Roger Stone, a former Trump campaign advisor and personal friend of the President says if Congress impeaches Donald Trump, there will be all-out Civil War in the U.S.
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John C. Danforth / Washington Post:
Trump is exactly what Republicans are not — (Jim Watson/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images) — John C. Danforth was a Republican U.S. senator from Missouri from 1976 to 1995. — Many have said that President Trump isn't a Republican. They are correct, but for a reason more fundamental than those usually given.
Hadley Freeman / The Guardian:
James Cameron: 'The downside of being attracted to independent women is that they don't need you' — As the 3D version of Terminator 2 hits screens, he talks about how he will never reproduce the shock of the original film - and how he has learned to be nice on set
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The Hill:
Franken seen as reluctant 2020 candidate — say they believe the Minnesota senator could be talked into running for the White House if he believes he's the Democrat best positioned to defeat President Trump. — But they say Franken would need to be convinced, and argue that the former …
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Political Wire
Mike Allen / Axios:
Kasich, Hickenlooper eye joint 2020 bid — Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) — “the Johns,” as insiders are calling them — have been making a flurry of joint appearances to talk about state-driven improvements to health care.
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Political Wire
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
Soldiers on Pence Detail Reassigned for Bringing Women to Hotel — The U.S. Army detail assigned to Vice President Mike Pence's communications team has been removed from White House duties after being caught on video bringing women back to their hotel in Colombia, according to three U.S. defense officials.
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Jake Tapper / CNN:
Intel chief sheds light on ‘beautiful letter’ Trump says he wrote him — Clapper's full interview on Trump's rally — (CNN)When former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper questioned President Donald Trump's “fitness to be in this office” after the President's wild speech …
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John Sexton / Hot Air:
Statue Of Jefferson At UVA Vandalized, Police Investigating — A statue of Thomas Jefferson located on the campus of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville was vandalized over the weekend. Today UVA police confirmed they were investigating the incident. From the Daily Progress:
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Washington Post:
These are the 10 sailors lost from the USS John S. McCain … After more than 80 hours of searching thousands of miles of open sea, the U.S. Navy now hopes only to recover the bodies lost from the USS John S. McCain after it collided with an oil tanker near Singapore.
Andrew Degrandpre / Washington Post:
From space, ‘astounding’ Hurricane Harvey looks like it's about to swallow all of Texas — A brief-but-haunting video released by NASA on Thursday night shows Hurricane Harvey's powerful churn toward Central Texas, where the slow-moving storm is expected to throttle coastal communities with high winds and up to 25 inches of rain.
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali / New York Times:
Why Is the Southern Poverty Law Center Targeting Liberals? — Since the violence in Charlottesville 10 days ago, when white supremacists left one young woman dead and 19 others injured, the Southern Poverty Law Center has hit the jackpot. The Alabama-based nonprofit is set to receive millions …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Friendly Atheist, Althouse and The Resurgent
Oren Dorell / USA Today:
Breitbart, other ‘alt-right’ websites are the darlings of Russian propaganda effort — Amid an investigation into Russian meddling in the last U.S. presidential election, a Russian propaganda Twitter network aimed at American audiences consistently spreads links to Breitbart and other right-wing …
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The Gateway Pundit
Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
Oil and gas allies to Trump: Slow down — President Donald Trump's aggressive drive to roll back environmental regulations is moving too fast even for some in the oil and gas industry. — Publicly, petroleum companies and their trade groups are cheering Trump's efforts …
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Axios
Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
In a polarized Virginia district, differences between the Republican and the Democrat may surprise you — (Jay Westcott /For The Washington Post) — BLACKSBURG, Va. — Chris Hurst checks the dark clouds out the window of his Jeep Liberty as he barrels west up Route 460 to the crest of Brush Mountain.
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Associated Press:
Jeff Flake wants details of Trump's call for border wall — Sen. Jeff Flake said Thursday he won't be able to say whether he'd vote to fund President Donald Trump's wall along the US-Mexico border until he knows whether the president wants to build a single brick-and-mortar structure …
Bloomberg:
Apple Is Planning a 4K Upgrade for Its TV Box — Company plans to announce new Apple TV model in September — New model will play 4K HDR content from movie studios, apps — Apple is planning to unveil a renewed focus on the living room with an upgraded Apple TV set-top box …
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