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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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Mediaite, New York Times, Althouse, Washington Free Beacon and Washington Post
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Associated Press:
For Trump and Ryan, a tortured relationship grows more so — https://apnews.com/5020609d1ddb4eab9f8f f42fd9e03bd0 — Link copied! — WASHINGTON (AP) — It started out cold as ice, and then turned warm and friendly. Now the tortured relationship between President Donald Trump …
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Eschaton
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The debt ceiling deal is a template for how Trump can get things done
The debt ceiling deal is a template for how Trump can get things done
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Mother Jones
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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Talking Points Memo, Axios, Washington Post, Mediaite, CNN, Business Insider, NBC News, The Daily Caller, KTLA, Shareblue, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Raw Story, IJR, RedState, CNBC, FOX6Now.com, twitchy.com, Washington Free Beacon, The Nation and AOL
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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Nicholas Nehamas / miamiherald:
Hurricane Irma is forcing Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate to evacuate — President Donald Trump's seaside Mar-a-Lago resort has been ordered to evacuate because of Hurricane Irma, along with the barrier islands and low-lying areas of Palm Beach County. — About 125,000 Palm Beach residents …
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, CNN and The Independent
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
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, The Verge, Washington Post, RedState, WTVR-TV, The Guardian, New York Times, FOX6Now.com, KTLA, IJR, KFOR-TV, Axios and Gizmodo
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.
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RedState, Mashable, Raw Story, Gizmodo, CTVNews and The Atlantic, more at Techmeme »
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, Politico, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze and The Guardian
Bloomberg:
Strongest Quake in a Century Hits Mexico, With at Least 26 Dead — Quake probably bigger than 1985 temblor that killed 9,000 — Peso reversed gains and fell as much as 0.3% after quake hit — Mexico was hit by its strongest earthquake in more than a century, shaking buildings in the capital …
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The Gateway Pundit
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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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Washington Post, The Guardian, Common Dreams, Daily Kos, Axios 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
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, Just Security, BuzzFeed, New York Times, Politico, Washington Post, New York Magazine, KQED News and Talking Points Memo, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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, Right Wing Watch and Mediaite
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Election Integrity Commission members accuse New Hampshire voters of fraud
Election Integrity Commission members accuse New Hampshire voters of fraud
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Clayton Cramer
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 …
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Engadget and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
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Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Is Willing to Spend Big in Video Push
Facebook Is Willing to Spend Big in Video Push
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Mashable and The Verge, more at Mediagazer »
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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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
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
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 Atlantic, Business Insider, The Daily Caller and Axios
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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ABC News, Axios, Raw Story and PoliticsPA
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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, The Resurgent, Political Wire, Morning Call, PoliticsPA, Raw Story and Weekly Standard
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, Daily Kos, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Hullabaloo, 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
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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The Hill, ICE, Business Insider, New York Magazine, Splinter, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story and RedState
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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RedState, Conservative News Today, The Daily Caller and Raw Story
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.
Jon Levine / Mediaite:
What Happened?! — Video Emerges of Hillary Clinton Saying Illegal Immigrant Children Have to Go — As Hillary Clinton begins a book tour to promote her 2016 campaign autopsy “What Happened,” video has begun to swirl online of a 2014 interview between her and CNN's Christiane Amanpour to promote her previous book, “Hard Choices.”
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RedState