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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 — If you watched the TV broadcast of President Trump's rally in Phoenix, Arizona last night, it might have looked like the event went exactly as planned. The “Blacks for Trump” guy was front and center …
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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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Axios
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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New York Times:
How Does Hurricane Harvey Compare With Katrina? Here's What We Know — A late August hurricane menacing the Gulf Coast. Residents plucked from rooftops. A convention center repurposed as an emergency shelter. A test of a presidency. — Although it is still unfolding, Harvey …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Harvey, the Storm That Humans Helped Cause
Harvey, the Storm That Humans Helped Cause
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Washington Post and The Guardian
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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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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Balloon Juice and No More Mister Nice Blog
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
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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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Rep. King: NY won't ‘abandon’ Texas despite ‘hypocrite’ Ted Cruz — Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) said Saturday that he'll support financial relief for Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, contrasting his support for emergency relief with Texas lawmakers' opposition to an aid package …
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MichelleMalkin.com, NBC News, CNBC and Raw Story
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz's claim that two-thirds of the Hurricane Sandy bill ‘had nothing to do with Sandy’
Ted Cruz's claim that two-thirds of the Hurricane Sandy bill ‘had nothing to do with Sandy’
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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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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.
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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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 …
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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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
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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Raw Story
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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Washington Post
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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Raw Story
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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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Attorney Says He Discussed Moscow Tower Deal With Trump During Campaign — In an interview, Michael Cohen says he talked with the then-candidate about the licensing deal on three occasions — Michael Cohen, an attorney for the Trump Organization, discussed a prospective real-estate deal …
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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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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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Todd Masson / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Members of Cajun Navy resuscitate Houston resident found floating lifeless — Members of the Cajun Navy found 73-year-old Wilma Ellis' lifeless body floating in floodwaters near Houston Monday morning. (Photo by Joshua Lincoln) — Three members of the Cajun Navy who went …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
It's time for Democrats' wonk class to write some single-payer plans — Activists need help from real experts, not condescension. — Most of the people I know who work on health policy on a practical level don't think the idea of a big political push to enact a Medicare-for-all plan makes a lot of sense.
Emily Bazelon / New York Times:
The New Front in the Gerrymandering Wars: Democracy vs. Math — Sophisticated computer modeling has taken district manipulation to new extremes. To fix this, courts might have to learn how to run the numbers themselves. — In the late spring of 2011, Dale Schultz walked the short block …
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump responds to Ingraham: We're trying to shrink government — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the understaffing of the executive branch under his administration has been a conscious choice as part of a larger effort to shrink government, pushing back against conservative commentator Laura Ingraham …