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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
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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.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The debt ceiling deal is a template for how Trump can get things done — Ignore Ryan and McConnell and make deals with Dems. — Having struggled mightily to get things done in Congress, Donald Trump did something new on Wednesday — direct talks with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.
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Politico and Mother Jones
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Mike Allen / Axios:
No regrets: Trump exuberant in Oval Office after deal with Dems — Among Republicans on Capitol Hill, “I've never heard members and senators so angry at the president of their own party,” one durable Washington hand told me after yesterday's round of check-in calls.
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Washington Post, New York Times, Althouse, Washington Free Beacon and CNN
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Republicans jolted by, and Democrats wary of, Trump's overtures to opposing party
Republicans jolted by, and Democrats wary of, Trump's overtures to opposing party
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Politico and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Energized Trump Sees Bipartisan Path, at Least for Now
Energized Trump Sees Bipartisan Path, at Least for Now
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Jose Lambiet / miamiherald:
Broward GOP uncovers a nasty secret about its young party secretary — The Broward County Republicans are in turmoil today after revelations that a freshly elected member of their executive board is a man who once was charged with attempted murder in the savage claw-hammer beating …
Addy Baird / ThinkProgress:
Limbaugh evacuates South Florida after claiming Hurricane Irma was a liberal hoax — Rush Limbaugh will be evacuating South Florida, just days after the popular conservative radio host claimed that Hurricane Irma would not hit the United States and that scientists and the liberal media …
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Raw Story
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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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Mother Jones, Bloomberg, al.com, Orlando Weekly, New York Times and NBC News
CNN:
Hurricane Irma: Live updates
Hurricane Irma: Live updates
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The Hill, FOX2now.com, Washington Post, The Verge, The Guardian, WTVR-TV, RedState, New York Times, FOX6Now.com, KTLA, IJR, KFOR-TV, Axios and Gizmodo
Nicholas Nehamas / miamiherald:
Hurricane Irma is forcing Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate to evacuate
Hurricane Irma is forcing Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate to evacuate
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Raw Story and The Independent
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
The military looked to ‘dreamers’ to use their vital skills. Now the U.S. might deport them. — Zion Dirgantara can easily recall his first day of school in the United States. It was a bright, sunny Tuesday, and terrorists hijacked four commercial planes.
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Duffel Blog and BuzzFeed
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Koch Brothers Will Push Congress to Protect DREAMers
Koch Brothers Will Push Congress to Protect DREAMers
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Metro, Business Insider, Balloon Juice and Axios
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Dreamers, Liars and Bad Economics
Dreamers, Liars and Bad Economics
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Mother Jones, Daily Kos and USA Today
The Daily Beast:
Russia's Facebook Fake News Could Have Reached 70 Million Americans … Russian-funded covert propaganda posts on Facebook were likely seen by a minimum of 23 million people and might have reached as many as 70 million, according to analysis by an expert on the social-media giant's complex advertising systems.
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Bloomberg, BuzzFeed, Washington Post, KQED News and Talking Points Memo, more at Mediagazer »
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Mexico rocked by deadly earthquake — Mexico suffered its most powerful earthquake in nearly a century late Thursday, which left at least six people dead and sent violent tremors throughout the region. — The quake, which had a magnitude of 8.1, was registered off Mexico's southern coast …
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RedState
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New York Times:
Mexico Earthquake, Strongest in a Century, Kills Dozens
Mexico Earthquake, Strongest in a Century, Kills Dozens
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Bloomberg, Washington Post, Common Dreams, The Guardian, Axios, Daily Kos and New York Magazine
Leslie Shaffer / CNBC:
Mexico struck by huge earthquake, with tsunamis and at least six deaths reported
Mexico struck by huge earthquake, with tsunamis and at least six deaths reported
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UPI
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)
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G Salisbury / City & State PA:
Congressman Dent will not stand for reelection
Congressman Dent will not stand for reelection
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Philly.com, Washington Post, Political Wire, Morning Call, PoliticsPA, Raw Story and Weekly Standard
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Rep. Charlie Dent, outspoken GOP moderate, will not seek reelection
Rep. Charlie Dent, outspoken GOP moderate, will not seek reelection
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Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Kris W. Kobach / Breitbart:
Exclusive - Kobach: It Appears That Out-of-State Voters Changed the Outcome of the New Hampshire U.S. Senate Race — For years, the mainstream media has ignored the problem of voter fraud and belittled those of us who are trying to do something about it. And when secretaries of state …
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Washington Post and Mediaite
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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 …
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Business Insider, Splinter, The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
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Josh Delk / The Hill:
ICE denies plan for nationwide immigration raids
ICE denies plan for nationwide immigration raids
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ICE, New York Magazine and RedState
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, AOL, Business Insider, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Kos, Hullabaloo, The Daily Caller, Politico, New York Magazine, Shareblue, Raw Story and Political Wire
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Ali Watkins / Politico:
Notes from meeting with Russians said not to be damaging to Trump family
Notes from meeting with Russians said not to be damaging to Trump family
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The Daily Caller
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
The Risk of Nuclear War with North Korea — On the ground in Pyongyang: Could Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump goad each other into a devastating confrontation? — 1. The Madman Theory — The United States has no diplomatic relations with North Korea, so there is no embassy in Washington …
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The Daily Caller, Axios and Business Insider
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Bernie backers' attacks on Democrats infuriate the party — Prominent Democrats are increasingly riled by attacks from Bernie Sanders' supporters, whose demands for ideological purity are hurting the party ahead of the 2018 midterms and 2020 presidential election, they say.
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Bill Scher / Politico:
Hillary's Message To Dems: Don't Give Bernie The Keys
Hillary's Message To Dems: Don't Give Bernie The Keys
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The Guardian, Slate, Splinter, CNN, BostonGlobe.com and Mediaite
CBS News:
Steve Bannon: Trump's leaked “Access Hollywood” tape was a “litmus test” — In his first extensive interview since leaving the Trump administration, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon tells “60 Minutes” about the fallout after the leaked “Access Hollywood” tape.
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Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze and The Guardian
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 …
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The Daily Caller and Raw Story
CNN:
King on Trump and Schumer: ‘It was almost like a love-in at times’ — Schumer, Trump embrace in Oval Office picture — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)There seems to be a bromance brewing between President Donald Trump and Sen. Chuck Schumer. — That's according to Rep. Pete King …
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New York Times, Mother Jones, Gizmodo and IJR
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.
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NPR, Reuters, Mashable and ThinkProgress
Wall Street Journal:
Uber Faces FBI Probe Over Program Targeting Rival Lyft — Investigators looking at whether Uber's defunct ‘Hell’ internal program was used to interfere illegally with competitors — Federal law-enforcement authorities in New York are investigating whether Uber Technologies Inc. used software …
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.
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.
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Los Angeles Times, CNN, Daily Wire and SCOTUSblog