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Stan Collender / Forbes:
Hurricane Harvey Greatly Complicates The Government Shutdown Calculation — Congress and the president almost certainly will agree to substantial additional federal funds for aid to the areas ravaged by Hurricane Harvey. That's as certain as anything can be in Washington these days.
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Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
Amid Harvey havoc, northeastern politicos sourly recall Texas “no” votes on Sandy aid
Amid Harvey havoc, northeastern politicos sourly recall Texas “no” votes on Sandy aid
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Josh Zumbrun / Wall Street Journal:
Tropical Storm Harvey Will Cost Tens of Billions of Dollars
Tropical Storm Harvey Will Cost Tens of Billions of Dollars
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New York Times and Washington Post
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Harvey Gives Trump a Chance to Reclaim Power to Unify
Harvey Gives Trump a Chance to Reclaim Power to Unify
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No More Mister Nice Blog
New York Times:
How Does Hurricane Harvey Compare With Katrina? Here's What We Know
How Does Hurricane Harvey Compare With Katrina? Here's What We Know
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Politico, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Gizmodo
New York Times:
Texas Governor Warns of a Long, Slow Recovery
Texas Governor Warns of a Long, Slow Recovery
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New Orleans Times-Picayune
Bill King / New York Times:
Houston's Mayor Was Right to Not Evacuate
Houston's Mayor Was Right to Not Evacuate
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USA Today, Gizmodo, NBC News and Refinery29
Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times:
Homeowners (and Taxpayers) Face Billions in Losses From Harvey Flooding
Homeowners (and Taxpayers) Face Billions in Losses From Harvey Flooding
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The Guardian
Jia Tolentino / New Yorker:
Hurricane Harvey, and Public and Private Disaster in Houston
Hurricane Harvey, and Public and Private Disaster in Houston
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Raw Story, Off the Kuff, Newsweek, Shareblue, New York Times, ThinkProgress, VICE News, The Atlantic and The Texas Tribune
Bloomberg:
Trump Punishes Longtime Aide After Angry Phoenix Speech, Sources Say — George Gigicos removed as president's rally organizer — Sparse crowd put Trump in foul mood before delivering remarks — Donald Trump was in a bad mood before he emerged for a confrontational speech in Arizona last week.
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Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
Trump Fires Longtime Event Organizer Over Sparse Crowd at Phoenix Rally
Trump Fires Longtime Event Organizer Over Sparse Crowd at Phoenix Rally
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NBC News:
Mueller Team Asking If Trump Tried to Hide Purpose of Trump Tower Meeting — WASHINGTON — Federal investigators working for Special Counsel Robert Mueller are keenly focused on President Donald Trump's role in crafting a response to a published article about a meeting between Russians …
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Washington Post:
Top Trump Organization executive asked Putin aide for help on business deal
Top Trump Organization executive asked Putin aide for help on business deal
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Attorney Says He Discussed Moscow Tower Deal With Trump During Campaign
Trump Attorney Says He Discussed Moscow Tower Deal With Trump During Campaign
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New York Times:
Trump Associate Boasted That Moscow Deal ‘Will Get Donald Elected’
Trump Associate Boasted That Moscow Deal ‘Will Get Donald Elected’
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Brian Ross / ABC News:
Trump knew of Moscow tower proposal during campaign, lawyer says
Trump knew of Moscow tower proposal during campaign, lawyer says
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Mother Jones
David Voreacos / Bloomberg:
Lawyer Says He Discussed Moscow Tower Plan With Trump Three Times
Lawyer Says He Discussed Moscow Tower Plan With Trump Three Times
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Axios and Political Wire
CNN:
Trump says ‘all options on table’ after North Korea launches missile over Japan — Sirens blare over Japan after North Korea missile — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Tokyo (CNN)US President Donald Trump has warned that “all options are on the table” after North Korea launched a missile over Japan early Tuesday.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump on North Korea's missile launch: ‘All options are on the table’ — North Korea's most recent ballistic missile test “has signaled its contempt” for its neighbors and the international community, President Donald Trump said in a statement released Tuesday morning, reiterating his threat that “all options are on the table.”
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Justin McCurry / The Guardian:
Trump and Abe vow to increase pressure after North Korea fires missile over Japan — Leaders agreed to call for an emergency meeting of the UN security council to discuss the launch — Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe have vowed to increase pressure on North Korea after the regime launched a missile over Japan on Tuesday morning.
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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Lurid Trump allegations made by Louise Mensch and co-writer came from hoaxer … Explosive allegations about Donald Trump made by online writers with large followings among Trump critics were based on bogus information from a hoaxer who falsely claimed to work in law enforcement.
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San Francisco Chronicle:
After melees, Berkeley mayor asks Cal to cancel right-wing Free Speech Week — In the aftermath of a right-wing rally Sunday that ended with anarchists chasing attendees from a downtown park, Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin urged UC Berkeley on Monday to cancel conservatives' plans …
Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
Too Much Of A Good Thing? Candidate Glut Means Primary-palooza For House Dems — Katie Porter and Dave Min are the type of candidates House Democrats dreamed of recruiting in past cycles. Both are Harvard-educated law professors with impressive biographies, connections to powerful lawmakers and strong fundraising capabilities.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Charlottesville fallout divides Democrats
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump unusually silent after aides challenge him — President Donald Trump is not happy with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Gary Cohn, director of the National Economic Council, for publicly criticizing his response to violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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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 …
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David M. Drucker / Vanity Fair:
How the Swamp Sold Its Soul to Donald Trump — “Your heart tells you that he's bad for the country,” one Republican strategist said. “Your head looks at polling data.” — “From a personal standpoint, I think this president f**king sucks. He's not even a Republican,” …
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Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
Goodbye, Columbus? — The Christopher Columbus statue in Manhattan's Columbus Circle … All together now: Will the far-left play into Steve Bannon's hands? — My conversation with Stephen Bannon persuaded me that, if nothing else, he is a deadly serious political strategist.
David K. Li / New York Post:
Joel Osteen shuts megachurch amid flooding crisis … Televangelist Joel Osteen cancelled services at his Houston megachurch Sunday and has yet to reopen its doors — despite the fact that thousands of flooded-out residents are desperately seeking shelter. — The perpetually smiling pastor …
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Austin Wright / Politico:
Republican floats measure to kill Mueller probe after 6 months — Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) is pushing an amendment to severely curtail special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia. — DeSantis has put forward a provision that would halt funding …
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Sean Illing / Vox:
10 legal experts on why Trump can't pardon his way out of the Russia investigation — “It may prove to be one of the stupidest things he has yet done.” — Last Friday, President Trump pardoned former Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Arpaio was convicted in July of criminal contempt …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
How Trump Kills the G.O.P. — It's ironic that race was the issue that created the Republican Party and that race could very well be the issue that destroys it. — The G.O.P. was founded to fight slavery, and through most of its history it had a decent record on civil rights.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Bannon wages war against Trump-backed candidate in Alabama — Just-departed White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is breaking from President Donald Trump in the closely watched Alabama Senate special election. — During a closed-door meeting with powerful conservatives in Washington last week …
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MSNBC:
Exclusive: White House staff warned not to admit Gorka — Thing 1/Thing 2: All In has obtained emails sent the night the news broke that Sebastian Gorka was leaving the White House - emails that are not remotely normal, according to two former White House staff members. ... more Duration: {{video.duration.momentjs}}
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