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5:20 PM ET, August 28, 2017

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New York Times:
Trump Associate Boasted That Moscow Deal ‘Will Get Donald Elected’  —  WASHINGTON — A business associate of President Trump promised in 2015 to engineer a real estate deal with the aid of the president of Russia, Vladimir V. Putin, that he said would help Mr. Trump win the presidency.
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Washington Post:
Top Trump Organization executive asked Putin aide for help on business deal  —  (© Stephanie Keith / Reuters/REUTERS) … A top executive from Donald Trump's real estate company emailed Vladi­mir Putin's personal spokesman during the U.S. presidential campaign last year to ask …
Brian Ross / ABC News:
Trump knew of Moscow tower proposal during campaign, lawyer says  —  Four months into his campaign for president of the United States, Donald Trump signed a “letter of intent” to pursue a Trump Tower-style building development in Moscow, according to a statement from the then-Trump Organization Chief Counsel Michael Cohen.
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)
David Voreacos / Bloomberg:
Lawyer Says He Discussed Moscow Tower Plan With Trump Three Times
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:   Trump's personal lawyer emailed Putin's spokesman for help on a business deal during the election
Steven Nelson / Washington Examiner:
Joe Arpaio may challenge Jeff Flake for Arizona Senate seat: Exclusive  —  After receiving President Trump's first pardon, Joe Arpaio's plans have gone from possible prison to book-writing, speeches and potentially another run for office in Arizona, with Sen. Jeff Flake's seat one opportunity he is eyeing.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump is dragging us toward a full-blown crisis.  Here's what has to happen now.  —  Watch more!  —  Joe Arpaio's illegal-immigration crackdown made him a polarizing figure and an early ally of President Trump.  (Meg Kelly/The Washington Post)  —  THE MORNING PLUM:
Wall Street Journal:
The Arpaio Pardon  —  Liberal hypocrisy doesn't justify conservative disdain for the rule of law.  —  Candidate Donald Trump promised to abide by the rule of law that took a beating under the Obama Administration, and that theme may have helped him win the election.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fascism, American Style
Andrew Cohen / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Joe Arpaio's pardon defended by a ‘whataboutism’ that doesn't hold up
Discussion: The Atlantic
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Arpaio considering run against Flake
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Joe.My.God.
Arizona Republic:
Joe Arpaio's first impression of his presidential pardon: Is it fake?
Discussion: The Daily Caller and IJR
Michael E. Mann:
What can we say about the role of climate change in the unprecedented disaster that is unfolding in Houston with Hurricane #Harvey?  —  There are certain climate change-related factors that we can, with great confidence, say worsened the flooding.  —  Sea level rise attributable to climate change …
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Associated Press:
FEMA chief Long a veteran of gov't disaster response
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Eliott C. McLaughlin / CNN:
Harvey: 'We just don't know when it's going to end,' lawmaker says
Kyle Swenson / Washington Post:
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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Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
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
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Tegna / KHOU-TV:
LIVE BLOG: Check the capacity of shelters before arriving
CNN:
Tillerson aide: Constitution, not Trump, ‘speaks for the country’  —  Tillerson: President Trump speaks for himself  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — Tillerson's remark appears to be the latest sign of a gap between the secretary of state and Trump  —  Washington (CNN)Rather than walk …
Discussion: AOL and Mediaite
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Alfredo Corchado / Dallas Morning News:
Mexico offers to help Harvey-soaked Texas  —  Updated at 10:30 p.m. with additional information.  —  The Mexican government expressed its solidarity Sunday with the United States following the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey and offered assistance to Texas.
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Joshua Stewart / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Rep. Duncan Hunter gives President Trump a profane compliment  —  Rep. Duncan Hunter in his Rayburn office in January.  (Tom Williams / CQ Roll Call)  —  Rep. Duncan Hunter, one of Donald Trump's first allies in Congress, described the president in profane terms to a group of Republicans on Friday …
Discussion: Political Wire
Manu Raju / CNN:
Exclusive: How a request about Russians made its way from West Virginia to Trump's team  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)A West Virginia man who was a former contractor in Iraq proposed setting up a meeting with Russians and the Trump campaign last year to discuss their …
Austin American-Statesman:
NY Rep. King says he won't hold Ted Cruz Sandy vote against Texas  —  Tweeting that “1 bad turn doesn't deserve another,” U.S. Rep. Peter King, R-New York, promised Saturday to support federal disaster assistance for Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
Discussion: Media Matters for America and IJR
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Cost of cleaning up Harvey will bring new test of governance for Trump and GOP
Morgan Clendaniel / Fast Company:
Michael Moore Says Trump Is On Track To Win Again In 2020  —  Moore's new Broadway show, The Terms of My Surrender, is his attempt to change that.  —  BY CHRISTINE CHAMPAGNE5 MINUTE READ  —  Three weeks into the run of his anti-Trump Broadway show, The Terms of My Surrender …
Bloomberg:
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.
Connor Sheets / al.com:
New Confederate memorial unveiled in Alabama  —  Gallery: New Confederate memorial unveiled  —  More than 200 people attended an unveiling ceremony for a new Confederate monument Sunday afternoon in Alabama's Crenshaw County.  —  The modest stone marker commemorates the “unknown Confederate soldiers” …
abc13.com:
Witness: Explosion rocks building in downtown Houston … <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc13.com/video/embed/ ?pid=2350907" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>  —  We're following breaking news in downtown Houston, where an explosion has rocked a building on Fannin Street.
 
 
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Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
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Discussion: TheBlaze
Erin Kelly / USA Today:
Top Democrat fears House Intelligence Committee may split on Russia probe findings
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Sam Levine / HuffPost:
GOP Illinois Governor Signs Major Voting Reform Into Law
Discussion: Mother Jones and Feeds
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NBC News:
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Julian Borger / The Guardian:
White House ‘pressuring’ intelligence officials to find Iran in violation of nuclear deal
Jchong / Lawfare:
It's Time: Congress Needs to Open a Formal Impeachment Inquiry
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Conservatism Is Not A Suicide Pact
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