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Jon Levine / Mediaite:
Fox & Friends: Maybe Trump Wall Was ‘Symbolic’ — Fox & Friends took viewers on a trip down gaslight alley on Thursday, with the show hosts scrambling to make sense of the alleged deal between Donald Trump and “Chuck and Nancy” to save DACA and punt the border wall until later.
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Axios:
Trump: “The wall will come later” — Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer issued a joint statement responding to President Trump's morning tweets surrounding DACA, agreeing that there was “no final deal” but rather general agreement on the following terms: — Trump will encourage the House …
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John Binder / Breitbart:
Report: Trump Caves on DACA, Wants ‘Quick’ Amnesty for 800K Illegal Aliens — In a meeting with establishment politicians from the Problem Solvers Caucus and the Blue Dog Coalition, President Trump signaled a full-fledged cave on the issue of giving amnesty to nearly 800,000 illegal aliens currently protected …
Washington Post:
Trump, top Democrats agree to work on deal to save ‘dreamers’ from deportation — President Trump and top Democratic leaders late Wednesday agreed to work out an agreement that would protect the nation's “dreamers” from deportation and enact border security measures that don't include building …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump's diehard supporters are fuming after an apparent about-face on ‘dreamers’ — Staunch conservative allies of President Trump erupted in anger and incredulity late Wednesday after Democrats announced the president had agreed to pursue a legislative deal that would protect thousands …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Breitbart labels Trump ‘Amnesty Don’ after Dems claim DACA deal — Breitbart News is labeling President Trump “Amnesty Don” after Democratic leaders said Trump agreed to work toward a deal to protect young undocumented immigrants from deportation. — The website gave Trump the label …
Associated Press:
Democrats say they have deal with Trump on young immigrants
Democrats say they have deal with Trump on young immigrants
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Trump tells lawmakers to move quickly on DACA without linking it to border wall
Trump tells lawmakers to move quickly on DACA without linking it to border wall
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
No, Trump isn't trying to do bipartisan tax reform
No, Trump isn't trying to do bipartisan tax reform
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Clinton: It's time to abolish the Electoral College — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — New York (CNN)Hillary Clinton told CNN on Wednesday that it is time to abolish the Electoral College, part of a sweeping interview where the former Democratic nominee sought to explain why she lost the 2016 election.
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
Hillary Clinton Looks Back in Anger
Hillary Clinton Looks Back in Anger
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Exclusive: Rice told House investigators why she unmasked senior Trump officials — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)Former national security adviser Susan Rice privately told House investigators that she unmasked the identities of senior Trump officials to understand why the crown prince …
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UVA Center / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
New Poll: Some Americans Express Troubling Racial Attitudes Even as Majority Oppose White Supremacists — Survey conducted by Reuters/Ipsos in conjunction with UVA Center for Politics measures racial sentiments in aftermath of August neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville
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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Anthony Weiner Says His Actions ‘Crushed the Aspirations of My Wife’ — Lawyers for Anthony D. Weiner, the former Democratic congressman whose lewd text exchanges with a teenage girl led to his prosecution and embroiled him in an F.B.I. investigation of Hillary Clinton before the presidential election …
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Erica Orden / Wall Street Journal:
Weiner's Lawyers Argue Teenager in Sexting Case Targeted Him
Weiner's Lawyers Argue Teenager in Sexting Case Targeted Him
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Renae Merle / Washington Post:
Martin Shkreli jailed after Facebook post about Hillary Clinton — NEW YORK — A federal judge on Wednesday revoked the $5 million bail of Martin Shkreli, the infamous former hedge fund manager convicted of defrauding investors, after prosecutors complained that his out-of-court antics posed a danger to the community.
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Stephanie Clifford / New York Times:
Martin Shkreli Is Jailed for Seeking a Hair From Hillary Clinton
Martin Shkreli Is Jailed for Seeking a Hair From Hillary Clinton
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Eli Hager / New York Times:
From Prison to Ph.D.: The Redemption and Rejection of Michelle Jones — Michelle Jones was released last month after serving more than two decades in an Indiana prison for the murder of her 4-year-old son. The very next day, she arrived at New York University, a promising Ph.D. candidate in American studies.
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John B. Judis / New Republic:
Redoing the Electoral Math — I argued that demographics favored the Democrats. I was wrong. — If any force on Earth could be powerful enough to unite the Democratic Party, you'd have thought the words “President Donald Trump” would do the trick. Instead, Hillary Clinton's defeat …
Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
House GOP Worries About ‘Mass Exodus’ Of Frustrated Members — Following a rash of retirements, House Republican leaders are scrambling to get something done legislatively to convince other frustrated members not to toss in the towel in a tough political environment.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
As G.O.P. Moves to Fill Courts, McConnell Takes Aim at an Enduring Hurdle — WASHINGTON — President Trump is eager to put his conservative imprint on the federal judiciary, but an impediment remains. — Though the Senate has virtually eliminated the ability of the minority party …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Democratic Party Smears Neil Gorsuch As a Bigot
Democratic Party Smears Neil Gorsuch As a Bigot
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump ethics watchdog moves to allow anonymous gifts to legal defense funds — The U.S. Office of Government Ethics has quietly reversed its own internal policy prohibiting anonymous donations from lobbyists to White House staffers who have legal defense funds.
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Joe Biden / New York Times:
Reclaiming America's Values — In over 45 years of working in global affairs, I've observed a simple truth: America's ability to lead the world depends not just on the example of our power, but on the power of our example. — American democracy is rooted in the belief that every man …
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New York Times:
After Charlottesville, Black Republican Gives Trump a Lecture on Racism — WASHINGTON — Tim Scott, the lone black Republican in the Senate, delivered a pointed lecture on America's 300-year legacy of racism to President Trump on Wednesday in response to what he called Mr. Trump's “sterile” …
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Dara Lind / Vox:
Fear itself: Donald Trump's real immigration policy — It's not mass deportation. It's not self-deportation. It's something cheaper, and more insidious. — The president tells immigrants currently protected from deportation by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program not to worry.
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Mikaela Lefrak / The Atlantic:
The David Carr Generation — At the time of his death in early 2015, David Carr was a prominent media columnist for The New York Times. He edited the alt-weekly Washington City Paper in the mid-1990s, where he cultivated some of the great journalistic talent of our day.
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
The Latest (Dim, Distant) Hope for Health-Care Reform — Three senators probably can't get enough fellow Republicans to support their bill, even though it has some ideas worth attempting. — Health-care reform is like one of those ill people in a Victorian novel.
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Clay Travis / Outkick the Coverage:
ESPN Suspended Linda Cohn, Let Jemele Hill Slide — Update: White House press secretary Sarah Sanders has weighed in on Jemele Hill's Tweets. … Last night Outkick broke the news that Linda Cohn, one of the most respected women to ever work at ESPN and the person who has hosted …
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Kiran Raj / Washington Post:
Sessions wants a leak investigation rule-change. That could cripple the free press. — Kiran Raj was senior counsel to the deputy attorney general at the Justice Department from 2013 to 2016 and deputy general counsel of the Department of Homeland Security from 2016 to 2017.