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11:55 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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Michael Grunwald / Politico:
Obama to speak out if Trump ends DACA  —  Former President Barack Obama plans to speak out if President Donald Trump declares his intention to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, according to a person close to Obama.  —  Trump is expected to announce on Tuesday that in six months …
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Sen. Lankford on DACA: ‘We as Americans do not hold children’ accountable parents' actions  —  (R-Okla.) on Monday responded to a report that said President Trump will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, saying the United States does not “hold children legally accountable for the actions of their parents.”
Discussion: Raw Story and IJR
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Tom Cotton, top Senate immigration hawk, supports legalization in DACA deal  —  Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton, who after the departure of Jeff Sessions has emerged as the Senate's leading immigration hawk, says he would support the legalization of all current DACA recipients …
Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed:
Republican Party Autopsy Author Goes Off On GOP As Trump's DACA Decision Nears  —  As President Donald Trump nears a decision on what to do with undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children, Republicans will again face immigration policy issues with the immigration status of thousands …
Discussion: Raw Story and GOP.com
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
GOP rep: Delaying the end of DACA is ‘Republican suicide’
Discussion: Raw Story, KTLA and Mediaite
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside the DACA fight
Discussion: Washington Post, ABC News and Raw Story
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Trump to scrap protection for ‘Dreamers’, give Congress six months to fix
Discussion: Washington Post
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
Seoul tries to ignore Trump's criticism: 'They worry he's kind of nuts,' one observer says  —  TOKYO — South Korea's president tried late Sunday to dismiss talk of a dispute between Seoul and Washington over how to deal with North Korea following its sixth nuclear test …
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Haley: Kim Jong Un ‘begging for war’ … U.S. United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley  —  said Monday that North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, is “begging for war” with his “abusive use of missiles.”  —  During an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council, Haley said “enough is enough …
Discussion: Axios, RedState and CNN
New York Times:
North Korean Nuclear Test Draws U.S. Warning of ‘Massive Military Response’
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Mattis warns North Korea of ‘massive military response’ if it threatens US, allies
Houston Chronicle:
Missing volunteer pulled from Cypress Creek  —  Nearly four days after Harvey's record flooding slammed a rescue boat into an Interstate 45 frontage road bridge, family members of the final, missing volunteer pulled his body from Cypress Creek in Spring.  —  Alonso Guillen …
Discussion: Splinter
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
All This ‘True Conservative’ Talk About ‘Principles’ Is Just Another Lie  —  After two years of lectures about “principles” and “the Rule of law” by the establishment-loving hacks furious that normal Americans rejected them and elected Donald Trump, their performance last week demonstrated …
Lori Chung / NY1 News:
Property manager, under fire for imagery in Queens condo, is arrested  —  An update on a story first reported by NY1.  —  Neal Milano, the Sunnyside, Queens, condominium property manager, whose tenants say he harasses and bullies them, was arrested Sunday.
Discussion: Gothamist, Metro and Raw Story
Donald Trump / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
We must fix our self-destructive tax code  —  President Donald Trump outlined his tax reform plan on Wednesday during a speech in Springfield, Mo. Bryon Houlgrave/The Register  —  As we celebrate Labor Day, we are reminded of the inherent dignity of work and the American worker.  In America, we honor grit.
Discussion: CNBC
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
N.C. Red Cross may need to change focus from Harvey to Irma  —  Officials with the Red Cross in North Carolina reportedly said their focus may need to move from the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Texas to Hurricane Irma, which could hit the East Coast.  —  “We put a hold on sending volunteers …
Discussion: WNCN and RedState
Tim Starks / Politico:
Cash-strapped states brace for Russian hacking fight  —  The U.S. needs hundreds of millions of dollars to protect future elections from hackers — but neither the states nor Congress is rushing to fill the gap.  —  Instead, a nation still squabbling over the role Russian cyberattacks played …
New York Times:
John Ashbery, a Singular Poet Whose Influence Was Broad, Dies at 90  —  John Ashbery, a poet whose teasing, delicate, soulful lines made him one of the most influential figures of late-20th and early-21st-century American literature, died on Sunday at his home in Hudson, N.Y. He was 90.
Discussion: Towleroad, NPR and Althouse
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Associated Press:
Poet John Ashbery dies age 90
Discussion: The Stranger …
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller
Yon Goicoechea / New York Times:
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
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Reuters:
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Michael Starr Hopkins / The Hill:
Kamala Harris and Kirsten Gillibrand will lead Democrats to 2020 victory
Discussion: RedState
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Blunt: 'I think it's a mistake to get in a fight with the president'
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

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