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The Hill:
GOP bristles at Mnuchin's debt plea: Do it for me — House Republicans bristled Friday at Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin — 's pitch for them to vote for a three-month debt and spending extension “for me,” exacerbating divisions between Capitol Hill and the White House.
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
House passes Trump deal on majority Democratic vote — The House on Friday cleared a short-term measure to avoid a government shutdown and raise the debt limit through December, ratifying a deal President Trump struck with Democrats. — Lawmakers voted 316-90 for the package that includes …
CNN:
The White House tried to calm furious House Republicans. It didn't go well. — Trump opens door to work with Democrats — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)House Republicans unleashed their fury over President Donald Trump's deal with the Democrats at Steve Mnuchin, with conservatives calling …
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Erik Wasson / Bloomberg:
House GOP Rips Mnuchin for His ‘Vote for the Debt Ceiling for Me’ Sales Pitch
House GOP Rips Mnuchin for His ‘Vote for the Debt Ceiling for Me’ Sales Pitch
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Slate and Politicus USA
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House Republicans lash Mnuchin, Mulvaney behind closed doors
House Republicans lash Mnuchin, Mulvaney behind closed doors
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AOL
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
House sends $15 billion Harvey aid package to Trump despite boos, hisses from Republicans
House sends $15 billion Harvey aid package to Trump despite boos, hisses from Republicans
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Conservatives Seethe As House Passes Debt Deal Trump Struck With Dems
Conservatives Seethe As House Passes Debt Deal Trump Struck With Dems
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Balloon Juice
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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Daniella Diaz / CNN:
EPA chief on Irma: The time to talk climate change isn't now — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt told CNN in an interview about Hurricane Irma on Thursday that the time to talk about climate change isn't now.
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Limbaugh to evacuate after calling Irma climate change ploy
Limbaugh to evacuate after calling Irma climate change ploy
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Metro and Washington Times
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
Monster Hurricane Irma Barrels Toward Climate Change Deniers' Playground
Monster Hurricane Irma Barrels Toward Climate Change Deniers' Playground
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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Well Well Well — Limbaugh Flees Irma Wrath, Days After On-Air Skepticism
Well Well Well — Limbaugh Flees Irma Wrath, Days After On-Air Skepticism
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Mashable
Washington Post:
Spicer, Priebus, Hicks among six current and former Trump aides Mueller has expressed interest in interviewing for Russia probe … Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has alerted the White House that his team will likely seek to interview six top current and former advisers to President Trump …
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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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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Bannon: Christie lost cabinet spot after ‘Access Hollywood’ tape release
Bannon: Christie lost cabinet spot after ‘Access Hollywood’ tape release
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RedState, IJR, Conservative News Today, Politico and The Daily Caller
Gail Schontzler / Bozeman Daily Chronicle Audio:
Baucus backs single-payer health system — It's time for America to consider seriously a single-payer, government-run health system, says Max Baucus, Montana's longest serving U.S. senator, former ambassador to China and one of the chief architects of Obamacare.
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Sam Baker / Axios:
ACA architect Max Baucus backs single-payer
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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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Kris Kobach's leap of logic on voter fraud in New Hampshire should be disqualifying — In the end, the conclusion that Kris Kobach should be kept as far as possible from any investigation into “voter fraud” — much less co-chairing President Trump's federal exercise — comes down to three words:
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Joseph Lawler / Washington Examiner:
GOP outraged after Trump refuses to consider Lois Lerner prosecution … The Department of Justice told members of Congress Friday that it wouldn't reconsider the question of whether to prosecute former IRS official Lois Lerner for her role in the tax agency's targeting of conservative groups, eliciting criticism from House Republicans.
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The Resurgent, The Gateway Pundit and RedState
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CNNMoney:
Chris Christie in talks to be cable news contributor after leaving office — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's possible career as a sports broadcaster may not have panned out, but he might still have a shot at a television gig. Christie has had conversations with both MSNBC and CNN …
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Politico, Political Wire, Washington Free Beacon, TVNewser and Mediaite
Will Doran / Raleigh News & Observer:
Two NC Republicans say they accidentally asked the Supreme Court to end gerrymandering — RALEIGH — Two of the three North Carolina lawmakers who had joined with prominent national politicians to oppose gerrymandering have now backtracked, saying they didn't mean to add their names …
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Ian Bogost / The Atlantic:
The Banality of the Equifax Breach — Consumer data breaches have become so frequent, the anger and worry once associated with them has turned to apathy. So when Equifax revealed late Thursday that a breach exposed personal data, including social-security numbers, for 143 million Americans, public shock was diluted by resignation.
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John Hudson / BuzzFeed:
Trump Official Freezes On Camera After A Question About Climate Change — The silence was deafening. — Reporting From Washington, D.C. — During an exchange in Congress on Thursday, Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly asked USAID official Gloria Steele about any possible link between …
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Raw Story and New Yorker
Washington Post:
'It's like someone with a lawn mower from the sky has gone over the island' … PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Apocalyptic scenes of flattened buildings and ruined airports emerged from once-lush Caribbean islands devastated by historic Hurricane Irma, as the deadly storm lashed vulnerable Haiti …
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Rosemary Feitelberg / WWD:
Will Joe Biden Run in 2020? His Designer Daughter Ashley Sure Hopes So — Livelihood founder Ashley Biden is all about American manufacturing, a commitment she shares with her father Joe, who may run for president in 2020. — Ashley Biden and former Vice President Joe Biden
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CNN, The Hill, Business Insider, Politicus USA and IJR
CNN:
Document details scrapped deal for Trump Tower Moscow — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)Around the time presidential candidate Donald Trump was touting his real estate dealings at a Republican primary debate, a proposal was in the works to build a Trump Tower in Russia that would have given …
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Mother Jones, CNBC, Metro, Just Security, Business Insider and The Gateway Pundit
Reuters:
New Russian envoy describes ‘warm’ meeting with Trump: agencies — MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's newly installed ambassador to Washington said on Friday that he had a warm and constructive meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian news agencies reported. — “I was received by President Trump, I presented my credentials.
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Political Wire
Bloomberg:
Steve Bannon to Speak at a State-Owned Chinese Brokerage Event — Former Trump strategist is ‘the man of the moment,’ CLSA says — Bannon has said U.S. and China are engaged in ‘economic war’ — Stephen Bannon, the former White House chief strategist who advocates a tougher U.S. stance toward China …