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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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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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Tina Nguyen / Vanity Fair:
Trump Budget Deal Gives G.O.P. Full-Blown Stockholm Syndrome
Trump Budget Deal Gives G.O.P. Full-Blown Stockholm Syndrome
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Washington Post, Townhall.com, Bloomberg, Booman Tribune, Mediaite and Raw Story
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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Washington Monthly, Politico and Balloon Juice
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House Republicans lash Mnuchin, Mulvaney behind closed doors
House Republicans lash Mnuchin, Mulvaney behind closed doors
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The Atlantic, AOL and Business Insider
Mike Allen / Axios:
No regrets: Trump exuberant in Oval Office after deal with Dems
No regrets: Trump exuberant in Oval Office after deal with Dems
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New York Times, Business Insider, Washington Free Beacon, Washington Monthly, Vox, Mediaite, Althouse and Mother Jones
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Trump signs $15 billion Harvey aid package after Republicans booed top White House officials
Trump signs $15 billion Harvey aid package after Republicans booed top White House officials
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
New York Times:
New White House Chief of Staff Has an Enforcer — Lost in the scramble to cope with Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the response to North Korea's nuclear provocations and the shock at President Trump's instant alliance with Democrats was a little-noticed bureaucratic earthquake that shook the White House this week.
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Politicus USA
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News Will Part Ways With Eric Bolling After Harassment Investigation — Fox News Channel will part ways with host Eric Bolling, a host and contributor whose on-air presence at the 21st Century Fox-owned network had been growing in recent months, after allegations surfaced …
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Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Eric Bolling Out At Fox News — The news comes a month after HuffPost reported the host sent unsolicited lewd texts to female colleagues. — Fox News has parted ways with host Eric Bolling, the network confirmed Friday, just over a month after an exclusive HuffPost report revealed Bolling …
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Eric Bolling is out at Fox News over sex pictures, while Charles Payne returns to Fox Business — Charles Payne, shown on the air at the Fox Business Network studios in New York in April 2015, is returning to Fox Business. (John Lamparski / Getty Images) — Sexual harassment investigations …
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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.
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
CNN:
Forecasters: Hurricane Irma to regain Category 5 strength
Forecasters: Hurricane Irma to regain Category 5 strength
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Washington Post, myfox8.com, Axios, CNNMoney, FOX6Now.com, KTLA, Gothamist, Gizmodo, Rewire, DCReport.org and The Verge
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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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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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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The Daily Beast:
Mueller Wants to Talk to Hope Hicks Over Misleading Russia Statement … Special counsel Robert Mueller increasingly views President Donald Trump's trip back from the G-20 summit in Europe this July as a critical moment in his investigation. And as part of an attempt to uncover just what happened …
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Business Insider
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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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Holy Crap. Max Baucus Now Supports Single Payer?
Holy Crap. Max Baucus Now Supports Single Payer?
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
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, Business Insider, Politico, Conservative News Today and The Daily Caller
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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New York Magazine, Politico, Political Wire, Washington Free Beacon, TVNewser and Mediaite
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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Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Joe Biden's daughter says ex-VP considering 2020 run
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 Gateway Pundit, The Resurgent and RedState
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John Bowden / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers furious after DOJ declines to prosecute ex-IRS official Lois Lerner
GOP lawmakers furious after DOJ declines to prosecute ex-IRS official Lois Lerner
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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
Sarah Young / The Independent:
12-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO TRANSITIONED TO FEMALE CHANGES HIS MIND TWO YEARS LATER — ‘I began to realise I was actually comfortable in my body’ — Mexico earthquake death toll sharply rises to 58 — Shelter saves more than 100 cats and dogs from Hurricane Harvey floods
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IJR, The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon and AOL
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.
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.
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
A stunning new study shows that Fox News is more powerful than we ever imagined — It could even be flipping elections. — Fox News is, by far, America's dominant TV news channel; in the second quarter of 2017, Fox posted 2.35 million total viewers in primetime versus 1.64 million for MSNBC and 1.06 million for CNN.
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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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Richard Cowan / Reuters:
Trump DACA decision followed months of meetings involving senior Democrat — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - No. 2 Senate Democrat Dick Durbin has had multiple conversations with Jared Kushner and other top White House officials about how to protect young immigrants known as “Dreamers” from deportation, the lawmaker said on Thursday.
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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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Rachel Sherman / New York Times:
What the Rich Won't Tell You — “There's nobody who knows how much we spend. You're the only person I ever said those numbers to out loud.” — Over lunch in a downtown restaurant, Beatrice, a New Yorker in her late 30s, told me about two decisions she and her husband were considering.
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