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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.
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.
Discussion: Axios
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Gary Cohn criticizes Trump's Charlottesville response  —  Gary Cohn told the Financial Times that he felt “enormous pressure” following Trump's response to Charlottesville, where the president blamed “both sides” for the violence that broke out. … Why it matters: A source close to Trump predicts …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Mutiny: Trump's top economic adviser just issued an unprecedented rebuke of his boss over Charlottesville
Discussion: Daily Kos
Financial Times:
Trump to push for tax reform passage by year's end, says Cohn
Discussion: Axios, ABC News and CNBC
Colin Wilhelm / Politico:
Trump falls behind in August push for tax reform
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Divorces the GOP Congress  —  Republicans need to think of Trump as a political independent.  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, President Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan.  —  A biographer says Donald Trump once told him that he informed second wife Marla Maples …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Trump Fences Himself In With Border Wall Spending Threat  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump handed Democrats a gift this week with his vow to shut down the government if he doesn't soon get money for his border wall.  —  Democrats may be only too happy to let him follow through on his threat since …
Discussion: Politico and The Resurgent
Washington Post:
Trump distances himself from GOP lawmakers to avoid blame if agenda stalls
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Ryan faces diciest stretch of his speakership
Discussion: Washington Post
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.”
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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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
The natural disaster test: Trump braces for Hurricane Harvey  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)As Hurricane Harvey swirls through the Gulf of Mexico, speeding toward the Texas coast, it could also bring a critical test of President Donald Trump's abilities as commander-in-chief.
Houston Chronicle:
Hurricane Harvey intensifies into Category 2 hurricane, zeroes in on Texas Coast
Discussion: The Week
Julián Aguilar / The Texas Tribune:
Border Patrol says Texas checkpoints to remain open during Hurricane Harvey
Discussion: Raw Story and Splinter
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.
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.
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.
Washington Post:
Interior secretary recommends Trump alter at least three national monuments, including Bears Ears … Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke recommended Thursday that President Trump alter at least three national monuments established by his immediate predecessors, including two in Utah …
New York Times:
Say No to Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Mr. Trump  —  It would be difficult for President Trump, who has insulted judges and tried to interfere with a federal investigation, to show much more disrespect for the rule of law.  But if he makes good on his implicit vow to pardon Joe Arpaio …
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Caroline Randall Williams / New York Times:
President Obama, Where Are You?
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Is Sean Hannity's endorsement a kiss of death?  —  Kelli Ward was so excited to receive Sean Hannity's endorsement that upon learning of it on Wednesday, she reportedly interrupted a radio interview to announce the news to a crowd gathered for a campaign event in Sun Lakes, Ariz.
Discussion: Weekly Standard and RedState
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 …
Discussion: New York Times
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
Economist:
The future of Bannonism  —  Donald Trump's adviser has gone, but his ideas stick around  —  TWO days after he ceased to be President Donald Trump's chief strategist, Steve Bannon explained why he had welcomed The Economist to his house on Capitol Hill for a chat.
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 …
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
Amazon.com:
Amazon and Whole Foods Market Announce Acquisition to Close This Monday, Will Work Together to Make High-Quality, Natural and Organic Food Affordable for Everyone  —  SEATTLE & AUSTIN, Texas—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Aug. 24, 2017— (NASDAQ:AMZN)—Amazon and Whole Foods Market today announced …
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Jason Del Rey / Recode:   Amazon will lower Whole Foods prices right away and Prime members will get special discounts
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.
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Axios
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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CNN:
Duck Dynasty's Korie Robertson to Trump: ‘Say you were wrong’ on Charlottesville
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Cristian Farias / New York Magazine:
A New Romance: Trump Has Made Progressives Fall in Love With Federalism
Discussion: The Resurgent
Annette Gordon-Reed / New York Times:
Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson and the Ways We Talk About Our Past
Adam Sabes / Campus Reform:
University regents consider required course on Constitution
Discussion: The Daily Caller
John Sexton / Hot Air:
Statue Of Jefferson At UVA Vandalized, Police Investigating
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In a polarized Virginia district, differences between the Republican and the Democrat may surprise you
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Oren Dorell / USA Today:
Breitbart, other ‘alt-right’ websites are the darlings of Russian propaganda effort
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jake Tapper / CNN:
Intel chief sheds light on ‘beautiful letter’ Trump says he wrote him
 

 
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