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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 …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Ending DACA would be Trump's most evil act — The Post reports: … Some in the media take seriously the notion that he is “conflicted” or “wrestling” with the decision, as though Trump were engaged in a great moral debate. That would be a first for Trump, who counts only winners and losers …
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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.”
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and IJR
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Tom Cotton, top Senate immigration hawk, supports legalization in DACA deal
Tom Cotton, top Senate immigration hawk, supports legalization in DACA deal
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ABC News and Washington Post
Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed:
Republican Party Autopsy Author Goes Off On GOP As Trump's DACA Decision Nears
Republican Party Autopsy Author Goes Off On GOP As Trump's DACA Decision Nears
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
GOP rep: Delaying the end of DACA is ‘Republican suicide’
GOP rep: Delaying the end of DACA is ‘Republican suicide’
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Ken Klippenstein / The Daily Beast:
The Insane Gifts Saudi Arabia Gave President Trump … During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump attacked Hillary Clinton for accepting money from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, complaining during one of the debates, “These are people that kill women and treat women horribly and yet you take their money.”
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Raw Story
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Chinese Ambassador: China ‘will never allow chaos and war’ on the Korean Peninsula … The Chinese ambassador to the United Nations on Monday encouraged dialogue to deal with the North Korean threat. — During an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council, Liu Jieyi said the situation …
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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’
Haley: Kim Jong Un ‘begging for war’
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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 …
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Ali Watkins / Politico:
Russia probes kick into high gear — Three congressional committees are pursuing investigations, and high-ranking Trump associates are expected to testify soon. — The congressional Russia investigations are entering a new and more serious phase as lawmakers return from the August recess …
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 …
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
CNN identifies white nationalist as supporter of ‘immigration reform’ — In the wake of reports that President Trump will repeal DACA, the executive order that protects 800,000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to the country as children, CNN hosted a debate on Monday morning.
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Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Idaho police reveal patient defended by ‘heroic’ nurse was an officer — An Idaho police department on Friday revealed that the patient in a Utah hospital is one of its reserve officers and thanked the “heroic” nurse who informed law enforcement that it was against hospital policy to draw blood …
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IJR
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 …
Emily Esfahani Smith / New York Times:
You'll Never Be Famous — And That's O.K. — Today's college students desperately want to change the world, but too many think that living a meaningful life requires doing something extraordinary and attention-grabbing like becoming an Instagram celebrity, starting a wildly successful company or ending a humanitarian crisis.
Russell Goldman / New York Times:
Why Aung San Suu Kyi's Nobel Peace Prize Won't Be Revoked — HONG KONG — Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the de facto leader of Myanmar and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who once embodied her country's fight for democracy, came under increased pressure on Monday to denounce a military operation …
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