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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump to Travel to Texas With Torrential Rain Still in the Forecast — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Sunday announced plans to travel to Texas on Tuesday, as millions of people there continued to battle catastrophic flooding and torrential rain that was expected to last for several more days.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Texas governor says he can't reach Houston mayor — https://www.apnews.com/4e35f72f72154e8b ab04cb45434e44fa — Link copied! — CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Storm Harvey (all times local): — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he hasn't yet spoken …
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The Weather Channel:
Rainfall from Harvey Could Reach 50 Inches in Some Spots, Highest Ever Recorded in Texas; Catastrophic Flooding to Continue for Days — Story Highlights — Harvey has stalled inland over Texas, resulting in catastrophic, record flooding. — Periods of torrential rain will continue …
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CNN:
Harvey's rain ‘beyond anything experienced,’ weather service says — Houston (CNN)Flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey is overburdening resources as authorities in and around Houston scramble to save those trapped by the high waters. — Hopes for an immediate respite from Harvey's wrath seem unlikely …
David Caplan / ABC News:
Harvey slams Texas: Rescue operations underway as historic flooding hits Houston area — Houston is being inundated with flooding of historic proportions after the ferocious Hurricane Harvey set in over the Texas Gulf Coast this weekend, dumping torrential rain on the city with no end in sight for days.
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Opheli Garcia Lawler / The FADER:
Here's Where You Can Donate To Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts
Here's Where You Can Donate To Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts
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Washington Post:
Catastrophic flooding ‘beyond anything experienced’ in Houston and ‘expected to worsen’
Catastrophic flooding ‘beyond anything experienced’ in Houston and ‘expected to worsen’
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Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
FEMA director says Harvey is probably the worst disaster in Texas history
FEMA director says Harvey is probably the worst disaster in Texas history
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NHC Webmaster / National Hurricane Center GIS Data:
Summary - Tropical Storm Harvey (AT4/AL092017)
Summary - Tropical Storm Harvey (AT4/AL092017)
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Washington Post:
Trump's business sought deal on a Trump Tower in Moscow while he ran for president — Donald Trump during a 2005 visit to Colorado to speak at a business convention. At his right is Felix Sater, a Russian-born real estate developer. (Cyrus McCrimmon/The Denver Post)
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump vents in Oval Office, “I want tariffs. Bring me some tariffs!” — The following is a rare account of President Trump in a small Oval Office meeting, venting at senior staff for sometimes resisting his hawkish trade agenda. — This account — confirmed by sources …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump frustration with Tillerson rising fast — There's a ticking problem with Rex Tillerson, and it's growing louder by the day, according to officials inside and close to the White House. — President Trump has been growing increasingly frustrated with his Secretary of State.
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Dave Lawler / Axios:
First Cohn, now Tillerson, turn on Trump
First Cohn, now Tillerson, turn on Trump
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John Wayne Ferguson / Galveston County Daily News:
15 rescued from Dickinson nursing home — Fifteen senior citizens were evacuated from the La Vita Bella nursing home in Dickinson, David Popoff, the city's emergency management coordinator confirmed on Sunday afternoon. — A picture of the residents sitting in waist-deep water went viral on Twitter Sunday.
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Live coverage: Violence at Berkeley rally escalates, police make arrests — At least 14 people were arrested during a protest Sunday at Berkeley's Civic Center Park, police said. Some demonstrators exchanged blows and deployed pepper spray. Credit: Guy Wathen, Lizzie Johnson
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Jon Gabriel / USA Today:
Sheriff Joe Arpaio is no conservative and no hero, no matter what President Trump says — Convicting Arpaio of contempt of court was like busting Al Capone on tax evasion. It was the tip of an iceberg of misdeeds I saw my longtime sheriff commit. — CONNECT
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump Island: Risk rising with Republican leaders — It started with Charlottesville. The pardon of Joe Arpaio sped it up. — Until now, most Republicans on the Hill have either backed Trump, or mostly stayed silent about their differences. Now, he's being openly defied.
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Kara Swisher / Recode:
“Truce” choice, Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, will be offered the job as Uber's new CEO — And he is likely to take it — though no one from the board of the car-hailing company has told him as yet! — The board of Uber has voted and wants Expedia Dara Khosrowshahi to be its next CEO.
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Uber Chooses Expedia's Chief as C.E.O., Ending Contentious Search
Uber Chooses Expedia's Chief as C.E.O., Ending Contentious Search
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Colum Lynch / Foreign Policy:
Top State Department Officials Step Down in “Black Friday” Exodus — The State Department's Top U.N. Expert Steps Down On Eve of Trump's Turtle Bay Debut — The top State Department envoy responsible for overseeing U.S. policy at the United Nations and other international organizations stepped …
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Adolfo Flores / BuzzFeed:
ICE Left 50 Immigrant Women And Kids Stranded At A Bus Station Before Hurricane Harvey Struck — The bus depot had been closed due to the approaching storm. — Federal immigration authorities left about 50 immigrant women and children, most of them asylum-seekers from Central America …
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Kailani Koenig / NBC News:
Kasich on a 2020 Run With Dem Hickenlooper: ‘The Answer Is No’ — WASHINGTON — Ohio's Republican Governor John Kasich on Sunday tried to shut down reports that he is considering an independent presidential bid in 2020 with Colorado's Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper.
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Flake challenger: Trump ‘is what the country wanted’
Flake challenger: Trump ‘is what the country wanted’
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