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9:10 AM ET, September 7, 2017

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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Republican leaders ‘visibly annoyed’ after Ivanka Trump enters Oval Office during debt ceiling talks  —  Negotiations between Republican and Democratic congressional leaders and President Trump broke down when first daughter Ivanka Trump entered the Oval Office to say hello during the Wednesday meeting …
Discussion: CNN, New York Magazine and Splinter
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Freedom Caucus leaders vent to Paul Ryan after talks with Steve Bannon  —  Leaders of the Freedom Caucus met with House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) on Wednesday to candidly express their frustrations with his leadership and his handling of the Republican legislative agenda, according to two people familiar with the discussion.
John Bresnahan / Politico:
GOP livid after Trump cuts deal with Democrats  —  President Donald Trump's and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's tête-à-tê te on Tuesday — after a summer of sniping between the two — lifted Republican hopes that the GOP was finally back in sync ahead of a brutal fall of fiscal deadlines.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Inside the Freedom Caucus' tax plan  —  The House Freedom Caucus — a group of around 35 ultra-conservative House Republicans who can block their party's leadership on key legislation — is in the final stages of drafting its own tax plan, according to sources familiar with the process.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's Art of the Deal?  Not so much  —  President Trump handed Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer the deal of the century this morning.  —  One top Republican described the move to me as the legislative equivalent of giving an entire stockpile of weapons to Democrats and inviting them to take the entire Republican Party hostage.
New York Times:
To Allies' Chagrin, Trump Swerves Left  —  WASHINGTON — Republican congressional leaders perched on the couches in the Oval Office froze in mid-smile on Wednesday afternoon when they realized President Trump was bypassing them to cut a short-term spending and debt ceiling deal with Democrats, and not them.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Inside Trump's head-scratching deal with “Chuck and Nancy”  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is perplexed, with no idea what President Trump thinks he was gaining.  — In fact, McConnell rather doubts the president has a strategy, a close source tells Axios.
Discussion: Associated Press, Townhall.com and IJR
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
How Democrats Rolled Trump on the Debt Ceiling
Discussion: The Hill and FiveThirtyEight
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Meet the Swamp: Donald Trump Punts September Agenda to December After Meeting with Congress
Discussion: Washington Post and New York Times
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Stuns GOP by Dealing With Democrats on Debt, Harvey Aid
Facebook:
An Update On Information Operations On Facebook  —  There have been a lot of questions since the 2016 US election about Russian interference in the electoral process.  In April we published a white paper that outlined our understanding of organized attempts to misuse our platform.
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Washington Post:
Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company during 2016 election … Representatives of Facebook told congressional investigators Wednesday that it has discovered it sold ads during the U.S. presidential election to a shadowy Russian company seeking to target voters …
Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
Facebook gave special counsel Robert Mueller data on Russian ads, report says  — An internal Facebook investigation has found it is “likely” Russian operatives spent $100,000 on ads with “divisive messages”  — Though most of the ads did not reference the U.S. presidential election …
Blair Shiff / ABC News:
Hurricane Irma destroys 90 percent of structures, vehicles on Barbuda  —  Hurricane Irma ripped into the Caribbean island of Barbuda Wednesday morning, killing at least one person and destroying 90 percent of its structures and vehicles, according to Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne.
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miamiherald:
Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Caribbean with Florida at center of projected path  —  Hurricane Irma — with its ferocious 185 mph winds — made landfall in the Caribbean early Wednesday, slamming into Barbuda and Antigua as it headed for Puerto Rico, with Florida now directly in the center of the projected path by the weekend.
New York Times:
Hurricane Irma Reaches Puerto Rico: ‘There Is Nothing Like This’
Washington Post:
Extreme Category 5 Irma crashes into Caribbean, sets sights on Florida and Southeast U.S.
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Democrats dread Hillary's book tour  —  President Donald Trump may be the only person in politics truly excited about Hillary Clinton's book tour.  —  Democratic operatives can't stand the thought of her picking the scabs of 2016, again — the Bernie Sanders divide, the Jim Comey complaints …
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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
President Trump Unlikely to Nominate Gary Cohn to Become Fed Chairman  —  Cohn's chances dropped after he criticized Trump's response to the Charlottesville protests, according to people familiar with the president's thinking  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is unlikely to nominate Gary Cohn …
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:   Trump is reportedly unlikely to pick Gary Cohn as next Fed chair
Stephen Ide / providencejournal.com:
Tom Perez, former U.S. labor secretary, to teach at Brown  —  Tom Perez, chairman of the Democratic National Committee and former U.S. labor secretary under President Barack Obama, will join Brown University as a senior fellow at the Watson Institute for Public Affairs, the university has announced.
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
(CNN)President Trump is expected to return to Camp David again this weekend — but this time with his full Cabinet in tow.  —  CNN has learned that the President will host the members of his Cabinet at the secluded government-owned retreat in Maryland starting Friday.
Discussion: ABC News
CBS News:
Steve Bannon says he's “a street fighter,” vows to support Trump  —  Steve Bannon's “60 Minutes” conversation with Charlie Rose is the former White House chief strategist's first extensive interview since he left the Trump administration.  —  The founding board member of the conservative …
Discussion: CNBC
Alex Zimmerman / Chalkbeat:
New York City unveils universal free lunch in time for the first day of school  —  After years of lobbying from City Council members and school nutrition advocates, New York City will offer free lunch to all public school students regardless of their families' income — a change the city expects …
Discussion: Mother Jones and AOL
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New York Times:
New York City Offers Free Lunch for All Public School Students
Discussion: Chalkbeat
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Curse of the Woke Conservatives  —  So what does the GOP establishment do in 2018 when it comes before us dirty, nasty normals and tries to make the case that its members deserve being reelected to Congress instead of being tarred and feathered?  After seven years of solemn assurances …
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Celebrity polling firm rates Spicer 13 out of 100  —  After a beleaguered six-month run as White House press secretary, Sean Spicer has been shopping his brand for television, book and speaking deals in recent weeks.  The latest findings of a celebrity-popularity poll, however, may show why he is a tough sell.
Discussion: Raw Story
Robin Eberhardt / The Hill:
GOP leaders ‘visibly annoyed’ over Ivanka visit to Oval Office: reports  —  Republican leaders on the Hill were “visibly annoyed” that Ivanka Trump joined an Oval Office meeting to “say hello” during their Wednesday meeting with President Trump on a must-pass spending bill, according to reporters who spoke with an aide.
 
 
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