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CNN:
Defiant Clinton looks to explain loss in new memoir — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)A raw and aggrieved Hillary Clinton takes ownership — to a degree — for her stunning 2016 loss to Donald Trump in her upcoming book, which offers a revealing look at the campaign through the eyes of the contest's loser.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Sanders brushes off Clinton criticism: ‘Look forward and not backward’
Sanders brushes off Clinton criticism: ‘Look forward and not backward’
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Clinton blasts Biden for saying Dems didn't address middle class
Clinton blasts Biden for saying Dems didn't address middle class
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Hillary Clinton to sit down with CBS's Jane Pauley on Sunday
Hillary Clinton to sit down with CBS's Jane Pauley on Sunday
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PRRI:
America's Changing Religious Identity — The American religious landscape is undergoing a dramatic transformation. White Christians, once the dominant religious group in the U.S., now account for fewer than half of all adults living in the country. Today, fewer than half of all states are majority white Christian.
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Robert P. Jones / USA Today:
Fading white evangelicals have made a desperate end-of-life bargain with Trump — They are a grieving community. After decades of equating growth with divine approval, they're on the losing side of demographics and LGBT rights. — CONNECT — One of the biggest mysteries …
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USA Today:
Trump gets millions from golf members. CEOs and lobbyists get access to president — Dozens of lobbyists, contractors and others who make their living influencing the government pay President Trump's companies for membership in his private golf clubs, a status that can put them in close contact …
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Virgin:
The night before Hurricane Irma arrives — We have just experienced a night of howling wind and rain as Hurricane Irma edges ever closer towards us on Necker and the British Virgin Islands. … The strength of this hurricane is unheard of. I've just been reading reports from the BBC …
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NHC Webmaster / NHC Atlantic Wallet 1:
Summary for Hurricane Irma (AT1/AL112017)
Summary for Hurricane Irma (AT1/AL112017)
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Josh Delk / The Hill:
NRA threatens legal action over Virgin Islands firearm confiscation order
NRA threatens legal action over Virgin Islands firearm confiscation order
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump sides with Democrats in debt limit, funding, Harvey deal — President Donald Trump on Wednesday defied Republican leaders and agreed to Democrats' demands to raise the debt limit and fund the government for three months, setting up a brutal year-end fiscal cliff.
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Shannon Vavra / Axios:
Trump breaks with Republicans on debt ceiling deal
Trump breaks with Republicans on debt ceiling deal
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Senate leadership ponders combining Harvey, debt ceiling and government funding
Scoop: Senate leadership ponders combining Harvey, debt ceiling and government funding
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Trump sides with Democrats on debt ceiling, throwing Republican plans into chaos
Trump sides with Democrats on debt ceiling, throwing Republican plans into chaos
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Trump, Dems reach deal on short-term funding, debt package
Trump, Dems reach deal on short-term funding, debt package
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
I came to this country 41 years ago. Now I feel like I don't belong here. — Max Boot is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of the forthcoming book “The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam.” — I am white. I am Jewish. I am an immigrant.
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Reuters:
New York to file lawsuit protecting DACA beneficiaries
New York to file lawsuit protecting DACA beneficiaries
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Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
OPINION | Don't slam Trump for sending DACA back to Congress
OPINION | Don't slam Trump for sending DACA back to Congress
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CNN:
Admin memo: DACA recipients should prepare for ‘departure from the United States’
Admin memo: DACA recipients should prepare for ‘departure from the United States’
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Dara Lind / Vox:
The government is already winding down DACA — no matter what Trump tweets
The government is already winding down DACA — no matter what Trump tweets
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Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Top Trump lawyer in private email exchange: ‘Me and Kelly’ are the ‘adults in the room’ — White House special counsel Ty Cobb engaged in a lengthy email exchange in which he defended his decision to join President Donald Trump's legal team and appeared to refer to himself and White House chief …
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Hurricane Irma just slammed into Trump's Caribbean estate — and is headed toward his Florida properties — A ferocious Hurricane Irma barreled early Wednesday morning across the Caribbean island of St. Martin, where President Trump owns a lavish waterfront estate, wrecking buildings …
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CNN:
Nunes vents anger at Sessions over subpoena, threatens to hold AG, FBI chief in contempt — House Intel subpoenas FBI, DOJ for Trump dossier documents — (CNN)House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes lashed out at Attorney General Jeff Sessions last week in a letter where he threatened Sessions …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
House committee subpoenas FBI, Justice over Trump dossier
House committee subpoenas FBI, Justice over Trump dossier
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John Sipher / Just Security:
A Second Look at the Steele Dossier—Knowing What We Know Now — [Editor's Note: In this special Just Security article, highly respected former member of the CIA's Senior Intelligence Service, John Sipher examines the Steele dossier using methods that an intelligence officer would to try to validate such information.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate resolution to force Trump's hand on condemning Charlottesville hate groups — The Senate is preparing to force President Donald Trump to go on record to officially condemn the deadly white supremacist rallies in Charlottesville last month. — Virginia Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump, McConnell meet after monthlong standoff
Trump, McConnell meet after monthlong standoff
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Ralph Peters / Reuters:
The moral answer to North Korea threats: Take them out! — MORE FROM: … Better a million dead North Koreans than a thousand dead Americans. The fundamental reason our government exists is to protect our people and our territory. Everything else is a grace note.
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Lindy West / New York Times:
The Ivanka Trump Guarantee — Ivanka Trump, first daughter, strode into Washington back in January with big promises: She was passionate about helping “working women,” she said, and she was going to close the gender wage gap even if it killed her. — Well, not if it killed her, not literally …
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Armin Rosen / Tablet Magazine:
Holocaust Museum Pulls Study Absolving Obama Administration for Inaction in Face of Syrian Genocide — A major United States Holocaust Memorial Museum study of the Obama Administration's Syria policy was put on hold last night after portions of the study given to Tablet were greeted with shock …
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Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Florida Sheriff Warns Fugitives They'll Be Jailed if They Seek Shelter — As Hurricane Irma churns towards Florida, the Polk County Sheriff's Department sent out a series of tweets Wednesday telling those with outstanding warrants that they will be sent to jail if they turn up at a storm shelter.
David Moye / HuffPost:
Charlotte Mayoral Candidate Says Vote For Her Because She's White — “Other people judge me. What is the difference? I say I'm white,” the Republican told a reporter. — Candidates for political office often tout their experience or intelligence as reasons why they're qualified.
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Robert Griffin / Democracy Fund Voter Study Group:
The First Six Months — How Americans are Reacting to the Trump Administration — In December 2016, analysts and scholars from across the political spectrum convened as the Democracy Fund Voter Study Group and helped construct the VOTER Survey. This longitudinal survey interviewed 8,000 Americans …
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