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St. John Barned-Smith / Houston Chronicle:
Houston Police officer drowns in Harvey floodwaters — A Houston police officer drowned in his patrol car in Harvey floodwaters, according to three department officials. — The officer, an HPD veteran who has been with the department for more than 30 years, was in his patrol car driving …
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Eric Holthaus / Politico:
Harvey Is What Climate Change Looks Like — In all of U.S. history, there's never been a storm like Hurricane Harvey. That fact is increasingly clear, even though the rains are still falling and the water levels in Houston are still rising. — But there's an uncomfortable point that …
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Euan McKirdy / CNN:
Joel Osteen church denies reports it closed its doors to flood victims — (CNN)Pastor Joel Osteen's Houston megachurch says it's opening its doors Tuesday to residents displaced by flooding. — Lakewood Church, which was founded by Osteen's father in the 1950s, posted on social media Monday …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Harvey, the Storm That Humans Helped Cause — Even before the devastation from Harvey, southeastern Texas was enduring a year unlike any before. — The daily surface temperature of the Gulf of Mexico last winter never dropped below 73 degrees. You can probably guess how many previous times that had happened: Zero.
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Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Saving Pets Is Paramount for Many Fleeing Tropical Storm Harvey
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz's claim that two-thirds of the Hurricane Sandy bill ‘had nothing to do with Sandy’ — “The problem with that particular bill is it became a $50 billion bill that was filled with unrelated pork. Two-thirds of that bill had nothing to do with Sandy.” — Hypocrisy watch!
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Harvey Gives Trump a Chance to Reclaim Power to Unify — Hurricane Harvey was the rarest of disasters to strike during the Trump presidency — a maelstrom not of Mr. Trump's making, and one that offers him an opportunity to recapture some of the unifying power of his office he has squandered in recent weeks.
Washington Post:
Houston struggles to determine extent of Harvey flooding impact as Trump visits Texas to survey devastation … HOUSTON — The remnants of deadly Hurricane Harvey menaced Texas and Louisiana alike on Tuesday, while a reservoir west of downtown Houston spilled over for the first time in its history due to record-shattering rainfall.
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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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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Sanders: Probably too soon for Trump to visit Houston
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Will Hurricane Harvey prompt a Trump ‘reset’? His megalomania probably won't allow it.
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Hurricane Harvey And The Potential Hypocrisy Of Texas Republicans
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Rep. King: NY won't ‘abandon’ Texas despite ‘hypocrite’ Ted Cruz
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Cruz defends vote on Sandy relief bill: ‘Filled with pork’
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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 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
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Charles Riley / CNNMoney:
Fox News pulled off the air in Britain — Rupert Murdoch and his sons are pulling Fox News off the air in Britain. — The network's parent company, 21st Century Fox, has announced that the controversial news channel will no longer be broadcast in the U.K. after failing to attract an audience.
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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
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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.
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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 …
Pew Research Center:
Republicans Divided in Views of Trump's Conduct; Democrats Are Broadly Critical — In their own words: How people describe Trump's presidency — In his first seven months as president, Donald Trump has generally drawn high job approval ratings among Republicans.
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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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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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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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Yoav Gonen / New York Post:
Columbus statue may get an ‘explanation’ plaque — Columbus may be getting an asterisk. — Facing mounting criticism of his plan to remove some of the city's monuments — possibly including the Christopher Columbus statue in Columbus Circle — Mayor de Blasio went to Plan B on Monday.
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Los Angeles Times:
‘Antifa’ violence in Berkeley spurs soul-searching within leftist activist community — All eyes turned to Berkeley after a day of large-scale protests, and relative peace, in San Francisco. (Aug. 27, 2017) (Sign up for our free video newsletter here http://bit.ly/2n6VKPR)
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A new polling low for Trump: Just 16 percent ‘like’ his conduct as president — Polling Donald Trump is one of the most difficult and confusing exercises in modern politics. In Trump, we have a guy who won the presidency by surprisingly beating the polls in key Rust Belt states, of course.
Victoria Lopez / ACLU:
ICE Plans to Start Destroying Records of Immigrant Abuse, Including Sexual Assault and Deaths in Custody — Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently asked the National Archives and Record Administration (NARA), which instructs federal agencies on how to maintain records …
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