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New York Times:
On DACA, President Trump Has No Easy Path — WASHINGTON — For months, an anxious and uncertain President Trump was caught between opposing camps in the West Wing prodding him to either scrap or salvage an Obama-era program allowing undocumented immigrants brought to the country as minors to remain in the United States.
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Wall Street Journal:
Congress Faces a Tense Agenda, With Little Margin for Error — After a summer recess, Congress must grapple with keeping the government open, paying U.S. creditors and passing a hurricane-aid bill—a test of the uneasy alliance between the president and the GOP
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Political Wire and New York Magazine
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Trump's punt to Congress on DACA threatens new GOP rift — President Donald Trump's expected decision to punt the fate of nearly 800,000 Dreamers to Congress promises to drive yet another rift through an already fractured Republican Party, which has for years struggled to coalesce around immigration reform proposals.
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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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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Faces Deal-Making Challenges as Congress Returns
Trump Faces Deal-Making Challenges as Congress Returns
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Washington Post
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Fight over Dreamers to test Bannon's juice outside the White House
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Both sides gear up for political fight as Trump prepares to end immigration protections for ‘dreamers’
Both sides gear up for political fight as Trump prepares to end immigration protections for ‘dreamers’
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Balloon Juice and Hot Air
Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
How DACA Became An Orphan In Trump's White House
New York Times:
The New York Daily News Is Said to Be Nearing Sale — The Daily News, the nearly 100-year-old tabloid owned by the real estate magnate Mortimer B. Zuckerman, is close to announcing an agreement for its sale to Tronc, the publisher of The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune.
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Metro, KTLA and New York Magazine
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tronc, inc.:
tronc Acquires the New York Daily News — Expands tronc Presence as Provider of Award-Winning Content Across Ten Major U.S. Media Markets — Combined Digital Platform Has Over 80 Million Unique Monthly Visitors — tronc, Inc. (NASDAQ:TRNC) today announced that it has acquired …
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Jon Schwarz / The Intercept:
UNDERCOVER IN NORTH KOREA: “ALL PATHS LEAD TO CATASTROPHE” — The most alarming aspect of North Korea's latest nuclear test, and the larger standoff with the U.S., is how little is known about how North Korea truly functions. For 65 years it's been sealed off from the rest of the world …
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Barbara Demick / Los Angeles Times:
North Korean leader ‘is begging for war,’ Nikki Haley tells U.N. Security Council
North Korean leader ‘is begging for war,’ Nikki Haley tells U.N. Security Council
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Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
Allies for 67 Years, U.S. and South Korea Split Over North Korea
Allies for 67 Years, U.S. and South Korea Split Over North Korea
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
EPA now requires political aide's sign-off for agency awards, grant applications — The Environmental Protection Agency has taken the unusual step of putting a political operative in charge of vetting the hundreds of millions of dollars in grants the EPA distributes annually …
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Political Wire and Raw Story
Tara Fowler / ABC News:
‘Extremely dangerous’ Hurricane Irma strengthens to Category 5, ‘increasing chance’ could affect Florida: NHC — Hurricane Irma has strengthened to a Category 5 storm and the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said there is an “increasing chance” that Florida and the Florida Keys will see …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Florida governor declares state of emergency over Hurricane Irma
Florida governor declares state of emergency over Hurricane Irma
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NHC Atlantic Wallet 1, New York Times, NBC News and New York Magazine
Jim Dalrymple II / BuzzFeed:
A Powerful Hurricane Is Approaching The Caribbean And Florida, Bringing Emergency Declarations
A Powerful Hurricane Is Approaching The Caribbean And Florida, Bringing Emergency Declarations
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Tom McKay / Gizmodo:
No One Asked for Verrit, but Here We Are — On Sunday evening, former secretary of state and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton endorsed Verrit, a “media platform for the 65.8 million” who supported her candidacy, immediately creating a minor Twitter firestorm.
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Conservative News Today, Recode, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Mediaite, New York Daily News, The Verge, IJR, Mashable and twitchy.com
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
18th charity pulls event from Trump's Mar-a-Lago after Charlottesville — An 18th charity has pulled its event from President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate since his controversial remarks on the violence in Charlottesville, Va., last month. — The Palm Beach Habilitation Center will no longer hold …
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palmbeachdailynews and Talking Points Memo
CNN:
Everything you need to know about Sen. Menendez's bribery trial — Sen. Menendez vows to fight corruption charges — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)It's a case with allegations spanning seven years, multiple countries, and involving hundreds of thousands of dollars. At the center of it: a sitting US senator.
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Menendez Trial Set to Begin With Tensions High and Washington Watching
Menendez Trial Set to Begin With Tensions High and Washington Watching
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The Last Tradition, Daily Wire and The Daily Caller
Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
Impeaching Trump is a long shot. There's another way to protect the country. — With the impeachment and removal of President Trump a long shot at best, there is another way to provide the country some protection from our unfit president: congressional government.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Annie Karni / Politico:
Spicer lands post-White House gig — President Donald Trump's former press secretary will go on the paid speaking circuit. — Sean Spicer is cashing in on “candor.” — President Donald Trump's first press secretary - who ceded his high-profile post to Sarah Huckabee Sanders in July …
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Tyler Kingkade / BuzzFeed:
Betsy DeVos Is Planning A Major Title IX Announcement This Week — The US Department of Education may unveil plans to change to federal policy dealing with campus rape. — US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is planning to make a major announcement on Title IX, the campus gender equality law …
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The College Fix
Chris Smith / New York Magazine:
In Conversation: Bill de Blasio — The mayor thinks New Yorkers appreciate real talk, even if some of it is bad news. But also, he says, a lot of it isn't. — Mayor Bill de Blasio rounds the corner of a Gracie Mansion porch wearing a broad smile. It's a Friday afternoon in late August, and he's had a good week.
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New York Post, Washington Free Beacon and NY State of Politics