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12:45 AM ET, September 4, 2017

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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump has decided to end DACA, with 6-month delay  —  President Donald Trump has decided to end the Obama-era program that grants work permits to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children, according to two sources familiar with his thinking.
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
GOP rep: Delaying the end of DACA is ‘Republican suicide’  —  Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) on Sunday said it would be “Republican suicide” if President Trump followed through on a report that he was planning to end DACA with a six-month delay, insisting that the program instead needed to be ended immediately.
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside the DACA fight  —  Beyond North Korea, Trump has another “no good options” dilemma this week: his decision, due Tuesday, on whether to terminate DACA — the Obama-era program that temporarily shields from deportation illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. before their 16th birthday.
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed:
Republican Party Autopsy Author Goes Off On GOP As Trump's DACA Decision Nears
Discussion: GOP.com
Steve Holland / Reuters:   Trump to scrap protection for ‘Dreamers’, give Congress six months to fix
US EPA:
EPA Response To The AP's Misleading Story  —  Good afternoon -  —  Yesterday, the Associated Press' Michael Biesecker wrote an incredibly misleading story about toxic land sites that are under water.  —  Despite reporting from the comfort of Washington, Biesecker had the audacity to imply …
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump's EPA attacks AP reporter in personal terms  —  President Donald Trump's habit of singling out reporters for attacks is being adopted by his federal agencies, with the Environmental Protection Agency excoriating an Associated Press reporter in unusually personal terms on Sunday …
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
EPA finds 13 Superfund sites possibly damaged after Harvey
New York Times:
North Korean Nuclear Test Draws U.S. Warning of ‘Massive Military Response’  —  WASHINGTON — North Korea's detonation of a sixth nuclear bomb on Sunday prompted the Trump administration to warn that even the threat to use such a weapon against the United States and its allies “will be met with a massive military response.”
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Mattis warns North Korea of ‘massive military response’ if it threatens US, allies
CNN:
Exclusive: Read the Inauguration Day letter Obama left for Trump  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)During his final moments in the Oval Office, President Barack Obama folded into thirds a handwritten letter to Donald Trump, slid it into an envelope, and in neat capital letters addressed it to “Mr. President.”
Michael Starr Hopkins / The Hill:
Kamala Harris and Kirsten Gillibrand will lead Democrats to 2020 victory  —  As Democrats survey the political landscape and focus on rebuilding the party after the disastrous 2016 election, there's no denying that a change in leadership is desperately needed.
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Heather Caygle / Politico:   The next Kennedy weighs his next move
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
White Elephant  —  Trump has never been less popular—and never more clearly the head of a party of racial resentment.  —  Seven months into his presidency, Donald Trump is deeply unpopular.  In Gallup's latest poll of presidential job approval, he's down to 34 percent …
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
‘Are you on drugs?’:  Top Trump lawyer Ty Cobb slams ‘rabid’ press in lengthy response to questions on Comey letter  —  White House special counsel Ty Cobb, who was appointed to represent President Donald Trump in the Russia investigation, on Saturday issued his lengthiest statement yet …
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Real Campus Scourge  —  Across the country, college freshmen are settling into their new lives and grappling with something that doesn't compete with protests and political correctness for the media's attention, something that no one prepared them for, something that has nothing to do with being …
Associated Press:
Poet John Ashbery dies age 90  —  Ashbery, who won the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for his collection, Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, died at his home on Sunday of natural causes … John Ashbery, an enigmatic genius of modern poetry whose energy, daring and boundless command of language raised American verse …
Discussion: The Stranger …
Leyla Santiago / CNN:
Mexico readies relief aid for Texas flood victims  —  Mexico City (CNN)Hurricane relief aid from Mexico could cross the border into Texas as early as Wednesday, according to Mexican government officials.  —  Carlos Manuel Sada, Mexico's undersecretary for North American relations …
New York Times:
Walter Becker, Co-Founder of Steely Dan, Dies at 67  —  Walter Becker, the guitarist, bassist and co-founder of the rock duo Steely Dan, one of the most successful and adventurous groups of the 1970s and early '80s, died on Sunday.  He was 67.  —  His death was announced on his official website, which gave no other details.
Discussion: Scripting News
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Joe Cochrane / New York Times:
In Indonesia, 3 Muslim Girls Fight for Their Right to Play Heavy Metal
Lauren Duca / The Guardian:
John Legend: ‘Trump is an embarrassment to the country’
Nick Vivarelli / Variety:
George Clooney Jokes About Becoming U.S. President: ‘Sounds Like Fun’
Discussion: The Hill and IJR
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Don't expect Georgina Bloomberg to run for office
Lawrence Summers / Financial Times:
America needs its unions more than ever
Reuters:
Japan princess to wed commoner, forcing her to quit royal family
Discussion: Telegraph and The Daily Caller
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Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
What Are Democrats So Afraid Of?  —  Mention voter fraud near …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
In action after action, Trump appeals primarily to his dwindling base
Discussion: Raw Story
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Abbott: Harvey recovery may reach $180 billion
Discussion: Mediaite and The Daily Caller
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Blunt: 'I think it's a mistake to get in a fight with the president'
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Liz Sly / Washington Post:
Hezbollah accuses the U.S. of putting lives at stake by hounding ISIS convoy
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jennifer Calfas / TIME:
John McCain to Foreign Allies: Despite Trump's Actions, America Is Still Committed to You
Discussion: Political Wire
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
To Understand Rising Inequality, Consider the Janitors at Two Top Companies, Then and Now
Discussion: Mashable
 

 
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