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9:00 PM ET, September 2, 2017

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CNN:
Justice Department: No evidence Trump Tower was wiretapped  —  (CNN)The Justice Department said in a court filing Friday evening that it has no evidence to support President Donald Trump's assertion in March that his predecessor, Barack Obama, wiretapped the phones in Trump Tower before last year's election.
Discussion: Axios and Shareblue
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Robert King / Washington Examiner:
Justice Department confirms no evidence Obama wiretapped Trump Tower  —  The Department of Justice has acknowledged in a court filing no evidence of any wiretaps on Trump Tower during the 2016 campaign, directly contradicting a claim President Trump made in March.
Discussion: RedState
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Justice Dept: No evidence of Trump Tower wiretapping  —  The Justice Department confirmed in a court briefing filed late Friday that neither it nor the FBI has evidence that Trump Tower was the target of surveillance efforts by the Obama administration during the 2016 presidential election.
Mkahn / Lawfare:
DOJ Filing Says No Evidence that President Obama Wiretapped Trump Tower
Discussion: New York Magazine and Raw Story
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump preparing withdrawal from South Korea trade deal, a move opposed by top aides  —  President Trump has instructed advisers to prepare a withdrawal from the United States' free-trade agreement with South Korea, several people close to the process said, a move that would stoke economic tensions …
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Josh Delk / The Hill:
GOP senator blasts Trump's ‘18th-century views of trade’
Discussion: RedState
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump considering ending South Korea trade pact
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Trump's summer of discontent bleeds into high-stakes fall  —  https://apnews.com/09374b11b8494515b50d e5a5538014f6  —  Link copied!  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — After a summer of staff shake-ups and self-made crises, President Donald Trump is emerging politically damaged, personally agitated …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Associated Press:
AP EXCLUSIVE: Toxic waste sites flooded; EPA not on scene  —  https://apnews.com/27796dd13b9549b0ac76 aded58a15122  —  Link copied!  —  HIGHLANDS, Texas (AP) — As Dwight Chandler sipped beer and swept out the thick muck caked inside his devastated home, he worried whether Harvey's floodwaters …
CNN:
Trump returns to Gulf Coast for test as ‘comforter in chief’  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Houston, Texas (CNN)President Donald Trump is getting a second chance at the post-natural disaster presidential visit.  —  Trump, joined by first lady Melania Trump, landed here at just after noon ET …
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
President Trump returning to Texas to meet with ‘families’ affected by Harvey
The White House:
President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts  —  President Donald J. Trump today announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key positions in his Administration:  —  James Thomas Abbott of Virginia to be a Member …
Discussion: The Verge and The Daily Caller
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Ken Ward Jr / Charleston Gazette-Mail:
Trump nominates former coal exec to run MSHA  —  President Donald Trump on Saturday indicated he has chosen as the nation's top mine safety official the former chief executive of Rhino Resources, a coal company that repeatedly clashed with federal regulators when the Obama administration Labor Department tried …
Ruben Vives / Los Angeles Times:
Three homes burned as wildfire torches more than 5,000 acres  —  A fast-moving brush fire that began Sept. 1 and exploded overnight in the Verdugo Mountains was threatening homes and keeping the 210 Freeway closed.  (Sept. 2, 2017) (Sign up for our free video newsletter here http://bit.ly/2n6VKPR)
Discussion: LAist and KTLA
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CBS Los Angeles:
2 Homes Burned As Sun Valley Blaze Explodes To 5,000 Acres
Discussion: NBC News, LAist and KTLA
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Minneapolis bar closes over owner's donation to David Duke campaign  —  A bar in Minneapolis, Minn., shut its doors Friday after it was revealed the owner had donated to former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke's failed Senate campaign, The Star Tribune reported.
Discussion: Star Tribune and Raw Story
New York Times:
Long List of Top Democrats Have 2020, and Money, on Their Minds  —  WASHINGTON — Aides to Senator Kamala Harris of California say that her fund-raisers in Martha's Vineyard and the Hamptons this summer have been all about helping Democrats in 2018.  Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s allies …
New York Times:
Waiting for a Perfect Protest?  —  Media outlets and commentators representing a range of political persuasions have called attention to recent outbreaks of violence in Berkeley, Calif., Boston and other locations where anti-racist and anti-fascist demonstrators have gathered.
Luke Ramseth / Salt Lake Tribune:
SLC mayor, police chief apologize for officer who arrested nurse; criminal investigation to follow  —  Police department places two officers on leave as internal investigation continues.  —  Hours after Salt Lake City's mayor and police chief apologized for an officer handcuffing a hospital nurse …
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CNN:
Pentagon accidentally miscalculates number of troops deployed to Harvey relief efforts
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Georg Vanberg: Democracy in Chains and James M. Buchanan on school integration
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Discussion: Althouse
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Moment of truth arrives for Obamacare repeal
Discussion: Political Wire
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