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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Kelly moves to control the information Trump sees  —  Confronted with a West Wing that treated policymaking as a free-for-all, President Donald Trump's chief of staff, John Kelly, is instituting a system used by previous administrations to limit internal competition — and to make himself …
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Politico:
FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: White House rapid response director is out  —  W.H. RAPID RESPONSE DIRECTOR IS OUT — ANDY HEMMING left his job on Monday as the White House director of rapid response, according to multiple sources.  A source familiar with the move told us it was a “mutually agreed upon” …
Discussion: Raw Story
Elana Schor / Politico:
Trump clashed with multiple GOP senators over Russia
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
John Kelly cuts down on Infowars, Charles Johnson stories
Discussion: Infowars
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Good Riddance to Steve Bannon
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
Bloomberg:
General Kelly Commands the White House, But He Can't Control Trump
CNN:
Exclusive: Top Trump aide's email draws new scrutiny in Russia inquiry  —  Washington (CNN)Congressional investigators have unearthed an email from a top Trump aide that referenced a previously unreported effort to arrange a meeting last year between Trump campaign officials …
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Gordon Lubold / Wall Street Journal:
White House Sets Rules for Military Transgender Ban  —  Guidelines expected to direct Pentagon to stop admitting transgender people, gives Mattis power to remove those serving  —  Following President Donald Trump's announcement to ban open transgender service in the military …
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Will go-it-alone leave Trump empty-handed?
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Trump retweets meme of his blocking Obama, labeled the ‘best eclipse ever’  —  President Donald Trump today retweeted a meme that showed a picture of his gradually blocking out an image of former President Obama with the caption “The Best Eclipse Ever.”  —  The meme was originally tweeted …
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Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Senator Lindsey Graham On President Trump's Tweeting At Congress  —  South Carolina's Lindsey Graham joined me this morning:  —  Transcript:  —  HH: I am joined now by United States Senator Lindsey Graham from the great state of South Carolina.  Good morning, Senator, how are you?
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump blames Republican leaders for debt ceiling dilemma
Discussion: Political Wire
Nassim Benchaabane / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Driver pushes into protesters in St. Louis street; 3 people sustain minor injuries … A car drives up to a group of protesters blocking Manchester Avenue, the car stopped and then accelerates through the protesters in St. Louis on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017.  Only minor injuries were reported by people on the scene.
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Nassim Benchaabane / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
ST. LOUIS  • Police and a witness gave differing versions of how protesters were injured …
Discussion: alicublog and ABC News
Chuck Schumer:
After Charlottesville, It's Time to End the Assault on Voting Rights  —  the wake of the events in Charlottesville, President Trump's refusal to promptly and unequivocally denounce the radical, white-supremacist movement in this country was disgraceful.  It was shameful, un-American, and it was wrong.
New York Times:
Christopher Cantwell, White Nationalist, Surrenders to the Police  —  A white nationalist whose behavior at the violent gatherings this month in Charlottesville, Va., brought him notoriety after he was featured in a widely viewed documentary, has turned himself into the authorities in Virginia days …
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Robin Eberhardt / The Hill:
White supremacist from Vice documentary surrenders to police
Discussion: RedState
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Sen. Jeff Flake: Trump ‘inviting’ 2020 primary challenge by how he's governing  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Republican Sen. Jeff Flake said Wednesday that President Donald Trump is inviting a primary challenge in 2020 with his style of governing.  —  Flake, who is up for re-election in 2018, has been a frequent critic of Trump.
Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo
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Office of Media Relations:
New GW Battleground Poll Finds Widespread Public Concern About President Trump's Behavior  —  MEDIA CONTACTS:  —  Jason Shevrin: jshevrin@gwu.edu, 202-994-5631  —  John Brandt: johnbrandt@gwu.edu, 202-994-3199  —  Democrats Hold Edge on Health Care, Climate Change …
Discussion: Politico
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Office of Media Relations:
GW Battleground Poll
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Senate 2018: Republican Edge Runs Up Against Trump, History  —  Beyond president's poor numbers lies difficulty of beating out-of-power party incumbents  —  Ever since Donald Trump won the presidency, 2018's race for the Senate seemed to pit two powerful, competing forces against one another …
Discussion: Latino Rebels
Jon Erdman / The Weather Channel:
Harvey May Become First U.S. Category 3 Hurricane Landfall in Almost 12 Years; Hurricane Warnings for the Texas Coast  —  Story Highlights  —  Harvey is currently a tropical storm in the western Gulf of Mexico.  —  It will track toward the Texas Gulf Coast and make landfall as a hurricane Friday night.
Discussion: Washington Post, Axios and NBC News
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Rabbis Protest Trump's Comments by Boycotting Conference Call  —  For years, the presidential conference calls were a nonpartisan holiday tradition: President Barack Obama would speak by phone with hundreds of rabbis in advance of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, in what participants described …
Wfla Web / WFLA-TV:
Manatee Co. Confederate monument breaks into 3 pieces during move  —  BRADENTON, Fla. - A 93-year-old Confederate monument that used to be displayed outside the Manatee County Courthouse broke into three pieces when it was being moved late Wednesday night.  —  A county official …
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
White House has paperwork ready for Joe Arpaio pardon  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)The White House has prepared the paperwork for President Trump to pardon former sheriff Joe Arpaio when he makes the final decision to do so, CNN has learned.  —  An administration official …
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The Republican Establishment Stands Behind Trump  —  President Trump's response to the deadly white-supremacist protests in Charlottesville earlier this month sparked a fierce national backlash, drawing rebukes from elected officials, corporate executives, military leaders, clergy, and—according to a new poll—a majority of Americans.
Discussion: Washington Post
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
We're Journalists, Mr. Trump, Not the Enemy  —  Sigh.  If only President Trump denounced neo-Nazis as passionately and sincerely as he castigates journalists.  —  What could be an easier task than distancing oneself from Nazis or violent white supremacists?
Discussion: twitchy.com
Mike Allen / Axios:
Government shutdown chances rising by the day  —  Top White House and GOP leadership officials tell us the chances of a market-rattling government shutdown are rising by the day — and were even before Trump threatened at his raucous Phoenix rally on Tuesday night to use a shutdown as leverage to get funding for a border wall.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and The Hill
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
SCOOP: ANDY HEMMING out at WH — TRUMP's heated calls with senators — THE JUICE: PERRY bringing family and friends on trip abroad — RISA HELLER drops Kushner Cos. as a client — JAY SOLOMON's new job  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Happy Thursday.  AN INTERESTING DATAPOINT — TONY FABRIZIO …
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.
New York Times:
Even With Affirmative Action, Blacks and Hispanics Are More Underrepresented at Top Colleges Than 35 Years Ago  —  +8 pts.  —  Over-  —  +4  —  Under-  —  Whites  —  Asians  —  Hispanics  —  Blacks … '15  —  +8 pts.  —  '80  —  Over-  —  +4  —  Under-  —  Whites
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Does Anybody Understand What These Never Trump Republicans Think They're Achieving?  —  What's the end game for these preening, posturing doofuses who call themselves Republicans, but who can't pass a CNN camera without slamming their party's president?  There is a lot of blue falconry …
 
 
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Associated Press:
Zinke won't eliminate any national monuments
Discussion: The Week
Jayne O'Donnell / USA Today:
Amid mounting bipartisan concerns, debate over Trump's mental health takes off
Reuters:
Defense Secretary Mattis promises support to Ukraine, says reviewing lethal aid
Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
Chuck Grassley will order committee vote on releasing testimony on Trump dossier
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Identity Politics
Emily Badger / New York Times:
How Redlining's Racist Effects Lasted for Decades
Associated Press:
The Latest: Conway says Trump is serious on border wall
Discussion: Politico
 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
New Texas voter ID law discriminates, federal judge rules
Discussion: Houston Public Media
Mark Curnutte / Cincinnati.com:
This immigrant mom had a permit to work at Amazon. Now U.S. agents hold her in jail
Discussion: ThinkProgress, KABE-LP, Splinter and C4AD
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Menendez Is Denied Reprieve From Corruption Trial to Cast Senate Votes
Discussion: Political Wire
Robin Eberhardt / The Hill:
Gingrich: Left's treatment of Trump is like ‘slave newspapers’ attacking Lincoln
Fox News:
Gregg Jarrett: Trump vs. crooks, liars and the liberal media