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Washington Post:
Trump, Schumer agree to pursue plan to repeal the debt ceiling — President Trump and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have agreed to pursue a deal that would permanently remove the requirement that Congress repeatedly raise the debt ceiling, three people familiar with the decision said.
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Weekly Standard, Business Insider, New York Times, CNBC, New York Magazine, IJR, Outside the Beltway, Daily Wire, Hullabaloo, Balloon Juice and The Daily Caller
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Washington Post:
Gingrich or Santorum as speaker? House conservatives plot mischief for the fall … Several influential House conservatives are privately plotting ways to use the legislative calendar this fall to push their hard-line agenda — including quiet discussions about possibly mounting a leadership challenge to House Speaker Paul D. Ryan.
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Upbeat Trump raves to Schumer, Pelosi about news coverage of their deal — Many Republicans were furious with President Donald Trump's budget deal Wednesday, stunned that the president quickly gave in to Democratic demands to pair hurricane relief with a three-month debt limit hike — though getting nothing in return.
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RedState, CNN, Raw Story, Politicus USA and New York Times
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.
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump's triangulation shows what might have been
The Daily 202: Trump's triangulation shows what might have been
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Washington Monthly and NBC News
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump suggested scrapping future debt ceiling votes to congressional leaders
Trump suggested scrapping future debt ceiling votes to congressional leaders
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The Nation, Los Angeles Times, Business Insider, ABC News, Washington Post, Axios and The Hill
Wall Street Journal:
The Pelosi-Schumer-Trump Congress
The Pelosi-Schumer-Trump Congress
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Shareblue, New York Times and Breitbart
Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:
Trump Just Undermined His Own Agenda on Tax Reform
Trump Just Undermined His Own Agenda on Tax Reform
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New York Times, Mother Jones, Vox and Politico
New York Times:
Trump Jr. Says He Wanted Russian Dirt to Determine Clinton's ‘Fitness’ for Office — WASHINGTON — Donald Trump Jr. told Senate investigators on Thursday that he set up a June 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer because he was intrigued that she might have damaging information about Hillary Clinton …
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CNN:
Exclusive: Mueller seeks interviews with WH staff over Trump Tower meeting statement — Washington (CNN)Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team has approached the White House about interviewing staffers who were aboard Air Force One when the initial misleading statement about Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting …
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Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, Hullabaloo, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Kos, Political Wire, Shareblue, The Daily Caller and Raw Story
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
‘Fines or prison or both’: Dem senator implies Don Trump Jr. is criminally liable for lying to Congress
‘Fines or prison or both’: Dem senator implies Don Trump Jr. is criminally liable for lying to Congress
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Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller and IJR
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Betsy DeVos: The Era of Weaponized Title IX in Campus Rape Cases Is Over — In a major speech assailing the deprivation of due process protections under the Obama administration, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos will vow to rein in the federal guidance compelling colleges to adjudicate sexual assault disputes between students.
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The Atlantic and Joanne Jacobs
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
DeVos ignites backlash with rewrite of campus sexual assault policy
DeVos ignites backlash with rewrite of campus sexual assault policy
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ROMPER, Daily Wire, Raw Story and The Root
Emily Jashinsky / Washington Examiner:
Betsy DeVos announces Education Department's new approach to Title IX investigations
Betsy DeVos announces Education Department's new approach to Title IX investigations
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Washington Post, Conservative News Today and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Benjamin Wermund / Politico:
DeVos to revamp Obama-era schools sexual assault policy
DeVos to revamp Obama-era schools sexual assault policy
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Mother Jones, Associated Press, Inside Higher Ed, Common Dreams, New York Times, NPR and Axios
Scott Shane / New York Times:
The Fake Americans Russia Created to Influence the Election — Sometimes an international offensive begins with a few shots that draw little notice. So it was last year when Melvin Redick of Harrisburg, Pa., a friendly-looking American with a backward baseball cap and a young daughter …
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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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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Daily Caller, Gothamist, Washington Free Beacon, Scared Monkeys, IJR, Raw Story, Althouse, New York Magazine and The Hill
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Clinton's score-settling frustrates Democrats
Clinton's score-settling frustrates Democrats
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Politico, Conservative News Today, Daily Wire, Outside the Beltway, IJR, The Daily Caller and Washington Free Beacon
Geoff Earle / Daily Mail:
Why weren't the women outraged BEFORE I lost? …
Why weren't the women outraged BEFORE I lost? …
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Fox News, BostonGlobe.com, CNN, IJR, NewsBusters, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Anders Melin / Bloomberg:
Three Equifax Managers Sold Stock Before Cyber Hack Was Revealed — Three Equifax Inc. senior executives sold shares worth almost $1.8 million in the days after the company discovered a security breach that may have compromised information on about 143 million U.S. consumers.
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Raw Story and Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »
Ines Gutzmer / Cybersecurity Incident & …:
Cybersecurity Incident & Important Consumer Information — Equifax Announces Cybersecurity Incident Involving Consumer Information — No Evidence of Unauthorized Access to Core Consumer or Commercial Credit Reporting Databases — Company to Offer Free Identity Theft Protection and Credit File Monitoring to All U.S. Consumers
CBS News:
Steve Bannon says Catholic Church has “economic interest” in “unlimited illegal immigration” — In his first extensive interview since leaving the Trump administration, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is speaking out about President Trump's decision to end the DACA program.
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Washington Post, CNN, The Hill, NBC News, Business Insider, IJR, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, TheBlaze, The Daily Caller, AOL and Axios
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
The First White President — It is insufficient to state the obvious of Donald Trump: that he is a white man who would not be president were it not for this fact. With one immediate exception, Trump's predecessors made their way to high office through the passive power of whiteness …
CNN:
Hurricane Irma: Live updates — Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 storm that began battering the Caribbean, is forecast to turn toward Florida this weekend. Follow live updates here.
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Eric Holthaus / Grist:
Here's why Irma is a monster hurricane, in one GIF.
Here's why Irma is a monster hurricane, in one GIF.
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Democrats Duck Questions About Sen. Bob Menendez's Corruption Trial — “We should let the legal process play out.” — WASHINGTON An incumbent Democratic senator is on trial this week on charges of federal bribery, and his colleagues in the Senate would rather not talk about it.
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Philly.com, Union-News, Washington Post, NewsBusters, CNN and Washington Free Beacon
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Andrew Seidman / Philly.com:
Bribery case against Sen. Bob Menendez and friend an ‘attack’ on Hispanics, defense says
Bribery case against Sen. Bob Menendez and friend an ‘attack’ on Hispanics, defense says
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twitchy.com
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Koch Brothers Will Push Congress to Protect DREAMers … The political network of libertarian billionaires Charles and David Koch is poised to back a bill protecting young undocumented immigrants from deportation. — Spokespeople for the Koch network confirmed to The Daily Beast …
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Axios
Allan Smith / Business Insider:
This White House staffer might have the most important behind-the-scenes job in the administration — controlling what gets to Trump — A relatively unknown White House aide has seen the importance of his job grow under new chief of staff John Kelly. — Rob Porter, the White House staff secretary …
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East Bay Times, Conservative News Today and The Daily Caller
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Bloomberg:
GOP Senators to Try Again With Alternate Obamacare Replacement — Cassidy, Graham to introduce revised proposal next week — Plan would give federal money to states in block grants — Republican Senators Bill Cassidy and Lindsey Graham said Thursday they will introduce a revised version …
Kari Pugh / Fauquier Times:
Court records: Wife of Trump Org ethics attorney arrested after tryst with Fauquier inmate — An ongoing investigation into “suspicious” activity in the back seat of a car involving an inmate trustee at the Fauquier County jail led to the Tuesday arrest of Teresa Jo Burchfield …
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The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
The tiny islands ravaged by Irma are in trouble as Hurricane Jose looms … As Hurricane Irma departed Antigua and Barbuda's usually pristine reef-ringed beaches with the pink and white sand, islanders struggled to grasp the destruction to Barbuda's schools, churches and the homes that many had used their life savings to build.
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Jonah Engel Bromwich / New York Times:
Harvey and Irma, Married 75 Years, Marvel at the Storms Bearing Their Names — Harvey and Irma Schluter have been married for 75 years. He turned 104 in July; she will be 93 in November. — They vividly remember many of the major events of the 20th century, from her first time spotting an airplane …
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ROMPER
Fred Dews / The essential scan:
How the opioid epidemic has affected the U.S. labor force, county-by-county — In 2016, Princeton economist Alan Krueger made headlines with a shocking finding that nearly half of prime age men (or men ages 25 to 54) who are not in the labor force take pain medication on a daily basis.
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Washington Post
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Alan B. Krueger / The Extinction Market:
Where have all the workers gone? An inquiry into the decline of the U.S. labor force participation rate
Where have all the workers gone? An inquiry into the decline of the U.S. labor force participation rate
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Axios