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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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In Houston, Anxiety and Frantic Rescues as Floodwaters Rise — HOUSTON — What felt like an apocalyptic onslaught of pounding rains and rapidly rising floodwaters brought the nation's fourth-largest city to its knees on Sunday, as highways and residential streets turned to rivers …
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Cost of cleaning up Harvey will bring new test of governance for Trump and GOP — The catastrophic floods brought by Hurricane Harvey to southeastern Texas will pose an immediate test for the White House and Congress, pressing policymakers to approve billions of dollars in recovery funds …
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Mexico offers to help Harvey-soaked Texas
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Already Flooded, Houston Braces As 2 Swollen Reservoirs Are Opened
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What can we say about the role of climate change in the unprecedented …
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Dallas preps ‘mega-shelter’ as Texas braces for more rain
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The Latest: Texas governor says he can't reach Houston mayor
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Black-clad antifa attack peaceful right wing demonstrators in Berkeley — Their faces hidden behind black bandannas and hoodies, about a 100 anarchists and antifa — “anti-fascist” — barreled into a protest Sunday afternoon in Berkeley's Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park.
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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

“Antifa attack peaceful right wing demonstrators in Berkeley”
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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)

Fascism, American Style — As sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz., Joe Arpaio engaged in blatant racial discrimination. His officers systematically targeted Latinos, often arresting them on spurious charges and at least sometimes beating them up when they questioned those charges.
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Trump's Brand of Law and Order Leaves Leeway on the Law
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Exiles on Pennsylvania Avenue: How Jared and Ivanka Were Repelled by Washington's Elite — “What is off-putting about them,” one political veteran told me, “is they do not grasp their essential irrelevance. They think they are special.” — I. AIR FORCE ONE


Joe Arpaio's first impression of his presidential pardon: Is it fake? — When Joe Arpaio's attorney first showed him the presidential pardon, the former sheriff's first reaction was to ask if it was a fake. — Late Friday afternoon, attorney Mark Goldman was already driving to Arpaio's house …
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The Note: Trump weathers his own storm after pardoning Arpaio
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Tillerson switcheroo may happen sooner than expected — As of last night, we were told that no replacement of SecState Rex Tillerson is imminent. But some switcheroo may happen sooner than expected, given the jaw-dropping reporting by Axios' Jonathan Swan last evening in his weekly Sneak Peek newsletter:
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Scoop: Trump frustration with Tillerson rising fast
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Trump Reverses Obama Policy on Surplus Military Gear for Police — WASHINGTON — Reversing an Obama-era policy, President Donald Trump Monday removed restrictions on the kinds of surplus military gear the Defense Department can turn over to local police departments.
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Trump prepares to lift limits on military gear for police
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Trump expected to lift ban on military gear to local police forces
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Amazon Cuts Prices at Whole Foods by Up to 43% on First Day — Internet giant bought upscale grocery chain for $13.7 billion — Some prices unchanged but favorites like avocados are cheaper — Amazon.com Inc. spent its first day as the owner of a brick-and-mortar grocery chain cutting prices at Whole Foods Market.
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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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Team Trump turns to Rove playbook to juice 2018 turnout — Donald Trump's White House may take a page from the Karl Rove playbook. — The administration has been in talks to put conservative initiatives on the ballot in 2018 midterm battleground states in hopes of energizing base voters dispirited …
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It's Time: Congress Needs to Open a Formal Impeachment Inquiry — President Donald Trump at Liberty University on May 13, 2017. (Shealah Craighead/White House) — Last Tuesday, the New York Times published a foggy story noting that Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell …


White House ‘pressuring’ intelligence officials to find Iran in violation of nuclear deal — Intelligence analysts, chastened by the experience of the 2003 Iraq war, are said to be resisting the pressure to come up with evidence of Iranian violations
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