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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 …
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
How Democrats Rolled Trump on the Debt Ceiling — On Wednesday morning, Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the House, stepped before cameras on the Hill and spoke about the fraught negotiations on debt and spending that will consume Washington through the end of the year.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Inside the Freedom Caucus' tax plan
Scoop: Inside the Freedom Caucus' tax plan
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Politico, Daily Kos, The Gateway Pundit and The Hill
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump suggested scrapping future debt ceiling votes to congressional leaders
John Bresnahan / Politico:
GOP livid after Trump cuts deal with Democrats
GOP livid after Trump cuts deal with Democrats
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Some conservatives blame Ryan, McConnell for Trump's deal with Democrats
Some conservatives blame Ryan, McConnell for Trump's deal with Democrats
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Oren Dorell / USA Today:
Alleged Russian political meddling documented in 27 countries since 2004 — Russia has meddled in the affairs of at least 27 European and North American countries since 2004 with interference that ranges from cyberattacks to disinformation campaigns, according to an analysis by a surveillance organization.
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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.
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Maddow: Jared Kushner may have helped Russian operatives with targeted political ads on Facebook
Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
Facebook gave special counsel Robert Mueller data on Russian ads, report says
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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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 …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Bannon breaks with Trump on DACA: Conservatives ‘are not happy with this’
Bannon breaks with Trump on DACA: Conservatives ‘are not happy with this’
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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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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Clinton's score-settling frustrates Democrats — is settling old scores in a campaign tell-all book — and angering some Democrats in the process. — Excerpts from “What Happened,” the Clinton campaign memoir scheduled to be released next week, find her letting loose on the Democratic Party's …
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
This Pro-Hillary Website Looks Like North Korean Agitprop
This Pro-Hillary Website Looks Like North Korean Agitprop
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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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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 …
Elise Labott / CNN:
The UN ambassador is the breakout star of Trump's Cabinet. But will she succeed? — Nikki Haley was under consideration to become Donald Trump's secretary of state when she flew to New York to meet the President-elect for the first time since his election victory. — The South Carolina governor was torn.
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Mara Klecker / Omaha World-Herald:
Photo of 5 males in KKK hoods leads to discipline against students in Creston, Iowa — CRESTON, Iowa — Many residents of Creston on Wednesday expressed a mixture of surprise, embarrassment and disgust after five Creston Community High School students posed for a photo in Ku Klux Klan hoods.
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Dan Hendrickson / WHOTV:
Creston Students Disciplined for Posting ‘KKK’ Photo on Social Media
Creston Students Disciplined for Posting ‘KKK’ Photo on Social Media
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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.
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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 …
Gregory McCarriston / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
26% of Americans say a negative internet comment has ruined their day — But more than half say that it doesn't matter whether they get “likes” on their photos — Social media is a preoccupation for many Americans, but social media users have a complex relationship with the feedback they receive on the platforms.
Joe Concha / The Hill:
CNN's Powers: Trump thinks daughter Ivanka is ‘his prized possession’ — CNN's Kirsten Powers said Wednesday night that President Trump believes his daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump “isn't that impressive to people” and is treated as a “prized possession” by her father.
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Prashant S. Rao / New York Times:
Amazon Announces Plans for Huge New North America Offices — Amazon said on Thursday that it was searching for a second headquarters in North America, a huge new development that would cost as much as $5 billion to build and run, and would house as many as 50,000 employees.
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Patricia Manson / Chicago Daily Law Bulletin:
Posner says friction on 7th Circuit bench led to his retirement — Richard A. Posner says clashes with his fellow judges over the way the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals treats litigants who represent themselves led him to retire from the bench earlier than he planned.
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Jace Larson / TheDenverChannel.com:
Denver Health nurses suspended after opening body bag to see man's genitals — denver health nurses disciplined for inappropriate behavior | DENVER - Five nurses at Denver Health Medical Center were suspended for three weeks after they inappropriately viewed a deceased patient's body and talked about it …
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