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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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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
John Kelly cuts down on Infowars, Charles Johnson stories
John Kelly cuts down on Infowars, Charles Johnson stories
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Infowars
Elana Schor / Politico:
Trump clashed with multiple GOP senators over Russia
Trump clashed with multiple GOP senators over Russia
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Good Riddance to Steve Bannon
Good Riddance to Steve Bannon
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Washington Post and Daily Kos
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 …
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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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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Will go-it-alone leave Trump empty-handed?
The Note: Will go-it-alone leave Trump empty-handed?
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Politico and Associated Press
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.
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Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Senator Lindsey Graham On President Trump's Tweeting At Congress
Senator Lindsey Graham On President Trump's Tweeting At Congress
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Politico and The Daily Caller
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Trump huddled Tuesday to plot primary against Sen. Jeff Flake
Trump huddled Tuesday to plot primary against Sen. Jeff Flake
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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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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.
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Washington Monthly and The Hill
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump blames Republican leaders for debt ceiling dilemma
Trump blames Republican leaders for debt ceiling dilemma
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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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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.
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Washington Post:
Strengthening Harvey forecast to slam East Texas as first major hurricane in U.S. since 2005
Strengthening Harvey forecast to slam East Texas as first major hurricane in U.S. since 2005
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Daily Kos
Eric Holthaus / Grist:
A Texas-size flood threatens the Gulf Coast, and we're so not ready
A Texas-size flood threatens the Gulf Coast, and we're so not ready
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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 …
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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.
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Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Politico and Washington Times
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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CNN, Gizmodo, The Week, Towleroad, New York Magazine, Southern Poverty Law Center and Refinery29
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Robin Eberhardt / The Hill:
White supremacist from Vice documentary surrenders to police
White supremacist from Vice documentary surrenders to police
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RedState
Associated Press:
Zinke won't eliminate any national monuments — BILLINGS, Mont. — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said he's recommending that none of 27 national monuments carved from wilderness and ocean and under review by the Trump administration be eliminated. — But there would be changes to a “handful,” he said.
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The Hill, Bangor Daily News, The Verge and The Week
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.
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 …
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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.
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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?
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twitchy.com
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 …
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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 …
Gary Baum / Hollywood Reporter:
The Next Hef: Hugh's 25-Year-Old Son Reveals Plan to Remake Playboy “For My Generation” — Cooper Hefner has assumed creative control at the brand his father launched 64 years ago as he brings nude images back to the magazine while lamenting the company's involvement in lowbrow licensing and reality TV …
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The Daily Caller and Althouse
Roberto Baldwin / Engadget:
Intel studies how to make people accept self-driving cars — It's natural to fear what you don't understand. For example, according to a AAA study, 78 percent of drivers are afraid to ride in a self-driving car. That's completely understandable. It's tough to give up control of a few tons …
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