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10:40 PM ET, September 7, 2017

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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.

Discussion: New York Times, Politico, Business Insider, IJR, CNBC, New York Magazine, Outside the Beltway, Daily Wire, Weekly Standard, Hullabaloo, Balloon Juice and The Daily Caller

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.

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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.

Discussion: Power Line, Daily Kos, RedState, Raw Story and Politicus USA

New York Times:
Energized Trump Sees Bipartisan Path, at Least for Now

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Mike Allen / Axios:
Inside Trump's head-scratching deal with “Chuck and Nancy”

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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump's triangulation shows what might have been

Discussion: Washington Monthly and NBC News

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 …

Discussion: Politico, Business Insider, Daily Kos, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, Shareblue, The Daily Caller and Political Wire

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 …

Ali Watkins / Politico: Notes from meeting with Russians said not to be damaging to Trump family

Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story: WATCH: Jake Tapper walks through the many lies Donald Trump Jr. told about the Russian meeting

David Ferguson / Raw Story:
‘Fines or prison or both’: Dem senator implies Don Trump Jr. is criminally liable for lying to Congress

Discussion: The Daily Caller, IJR and Talking Points Memo

CNN:
Sources: Trump Jr. said he did not recall WH involvement in response to meeting

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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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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

Discussion: Gizmodo, NBC News, Politico, CBS New York, Engadget, WNCN, NPR, KTLA, The Verge, Mashable, KFOR-TV, CBS San Francisco, fox13now.com, IJR, CBS Pittsburgh and New York Magazine

Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
Equifax Says Cyberattack May Have Affected 143 Million Customers

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Gizmodo, KFOR-TV, FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV, Mashable and CBS Los Angeles

Eric Holthaus / Grist:

Here's why Irma is a monster hurricane, in one GIF. — The last Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the United States was Andrew, which lashed South Florida with wind gusts of up to 177 miles per hour in 1992. It caused immense devastation and forever changed Florida's approach to hurricanes.

Discussion: Orlando Weekly and New York Times

New York Times:

Devastation in the Caribbean as Irma Heads Toward Miami — SAN JUAN, P.R. — One of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded crescendoed over the Caribbean on Thursday, crumpling islands better known as beach paradises into half-habitable emergency zones and sideswiping Puerto Rico before churning north.

Discussion: Reuters, NPR and ThinkProgress

Washington Post:
Tropical triple threat: Hurricanes Jose and Katia could join Irma striking land this weekend

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CNN:
South Florida under hurricane watch as deadly Irma nears

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CNN:
Hurricane Irma: Live updates

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Washington Post:
The tiny islands ravaged by Irma are in trouble as Hurricane Jose looms

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Laura Olson / Morning Call:

Congressman Charlie Dent will not seek re-election in 2018 — Congressman Charlie Dent speaks during an open house and tour of Custom Diesel Service, LLC. in Allentown on Wednesday, August 16, 2017. /// (Harry Fisher / The Morning Call) mc-biz-diesel-repair-shop-financing (HARRY FISHER / THE MORNING CALL)

Discussion: Raw Story

G Salisbury / City & State PA:

Congressman Dent will not stand for reelection — A source close to Congressman Charlie Dent told City&State PA that the six-term Republican will not stand for reelection in PA's 15th Congressional district. — UPDATE: Shortly after the publication of this story, Dent released a full statement announcing his retirement.

Discussion: Morning Call and PoliticsPA

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP moderate Charlie Dent won't seek reelection to House in 2018

Discussion: Politicus USA

Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Rep. Charlie Dent, outspoken GOP moderate, will not seek reelection

Discussion: Mediaite

Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:

Trump lawyer Ty Cobb, fooled by ‘email prankster,’ asks for ‘drone’ in private emails slamming reporter — White House special counsel Ty Cobb engaged in a lengthy email exchange with a prankster posing as White House social media director Dan Scavino, during which Cobb asked whether there was …

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Allan Smith / Business Insider:
This White House staffer might have the most important behind-the-scenes job in the administration …

Discussion: East Bay Times, The Daily Caller and Conservative News Today

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 …

Discussion: The Hill, Liberal Values, Splinter, The Daily Caller, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Scared Monkeys, Gothamist, IJR, Washington Free Beacon, Raw Story, Althouse and New York Magazine

Geoff Earle / Daily Mail:
Why weren't the women outraged BEFORE I lost? …

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Bill Scher / Politico:
Hillary's Message To Dems: Don't Give Bernie The Keys

Discussion: New York Times, Slate, CNN, Mediaite and Political Wire

Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Hillary Clinton: I Should Have Gone Nuclear on James Comey

Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite and Washington Free Beacon

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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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:

In major Supreme Court case, Justice Dept. sides with baker who refused to make wedding cake for gay couple — In a major upcoming Supreme Court case that weighs equal rights with religious liberty, the Trump administration on Thursday sided with a Colorado baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.

Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Trump Administration Sides With Baker In Same-Sex Wedding Cake Case

Discussion: Hit & Run

Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Court rejects Trump administration on travel ban exemptions

Discussion: Politicus USA

Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:

DeVos ignites backlash with rewrite of campus sexual assault policy — ignited a backlash after announcing plans to revamp an Obama-era guidance for colleges and universities on how to handle sexual assaults on campuses to better protect students who are accused.

Discussion: Hit & Run, Washington Post, Raw Story, ROMPER, Daily Wire and The Root

Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Here Is Every Crazy Title IX Rape Case Betsy DeVos Referenced, Plus a Bunch More

Discussion: The Federalist and Joanne Jacobs

New York Times:
Betsy DeVos Says She Will Rewrite Rules on Campus Sex Assault

Discussion: Power Line, Politico, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Inside Higher Ed, IJR, Common Dreams, NPR, Mother Jones and The Stranger …

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 …

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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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed: Why Steve Bannon's Next Act Revolves Around Alabama And The Religious Right

NBC News:

Homeland Security Plans Massive Roundups of Undocumented Immigrants — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security is planning nationwide raids to target 8,400 undocumented immigrants later this month, according to three law enforcement officials and an internal document …

Discussion: Splinter, The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story

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 …

Discussion: Metro, Business Insider, Balloon Juice and Axios

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 …