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11:55 AM ET, September 17, 2017

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Emre Peker / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Won't Withdraw from Paris Climate Deal  —  U.S. has stated it will ‘not renegotiate the Paris accord’ but will review its terms  —  NEW YORK—Trump administration officials said Saturday the U.S. wouldn't pull out of the Paris Agreement, offering to re-engage …
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Trevor Hughes / USA Today:
White House says no change in position on Paris climate agreement
Discussion: Common Dreams and TheBlaze
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Former Trump aide liquidated children's college fund to pay for Russia defense: report  —  A former campaign adviser to President Trump said the ongoing federal probe into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia has taken such a financial toll on him that he's had to liquidate …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
Russia probes leave Trump associates struggling with huge legal bills … An expanding special counsel probe into the Trump campaign's alleged Russian ties has saddled many of President Trump's current and former associates with hefty legal fees and left them few options for footing the bill.
Associated Press:
FEMA auctioned disaster trailers before Harvey made landfall  —  https://apnews.com/4e13c0c4b8444dd3a395 d4bc1e4aa0bb  —  Link copied!  —  The federal government auctioned off disaster-response trailers at fire-sale prices just before Harvey devastated southeast Texas …
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John Bowden / The Hill:
FEMA auctioned off disaster-response trailers days before Harvey's landfall
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
How Big Business Got Brazil Hooked on Junk Food  —  As growth slows in wealthy countries, Western food companies are aggressively expanding in developing nations, contributing to obesity and health problems.  —  FORTALEZA, Brazil — Children's squeals rang through the muggy morning air …
Philippe Sotto / Associated Press:
Official: 4 US tourists attacked with acid in Marseille  —  https://apnews.com/2d7c9f40efc24ab58003 657b6ed892c4  —  Link copied!  —  PARIS (AP) — Four young female U.S. tourists were attacked with acid Sunday in the French city of Marseille by a woman who has been arrested, the Marseille prosecutor's office said.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Eric Cantor / New York Times:
How to End the Immigration Wars  —  THE decision by the Trump administration to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and to defer instead to Congress for a solution to the problem threw a wild card onto a congressional agenda that was already packed.
Associated Press:
The Latest: UN envoy slams North Korea's ‘reckless’ behavior  —  The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):  —  America's ambassador to the United Nations is raising the prospect of U.S. military action against North Korea if the North continues its missile and nuclear tests.
Discussion: Axios and ABC News
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Don't Look Now, But Full Obamacare Repeal Is Back On The Table  —  A bill nobody took seriously suddenly sounds serious.  —  Repeal of the Affordable Care Act is back on the agenda, with Republicans suddenly talking about passing a bill that, until recently, few people in either party had taken all that seriously.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Establishment gears up for Steve Bannon's war on the GOP leadership  —  If “war” against the Republican establishment is what former White House strategist Stephen K. Bannon wants, then war is what he will get.  —  Deep-pocketed supporters of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) …
Discussion: RedState
NY1 News:
Sources: Michael Grimm to run for old seat in Congress  —  NY1 has learned that former New York congressman Michael Grimm will run for his old seat, less than 16 months after he was released from federal prison.  —  Sources said Grimm will hold a rally Oct. 1 in New Dorp …
Discussion: Political Wire
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
NJ police release body-cam video of GOP lawmaker calling them ‘f*cking assh*les’ during DWI bust  —  The first female Latina Republican in the New Jersey Assembly was captured by police-body cam footage going on a profanity-laced rant during a DWI arrest in April.
The Hill:
Juggalos, pro-Trump activists descend on DC  —  Thousands of people flooded the streets of Washington, D.C. on Saturday for a pro-Trump rally and a so-called Juggalo March.  —  The convergence of the two groups in the nation's capital marks an unusually busy weekend for Washington.
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Deirdre Shesgreen / USA Today:
Juggalos descend on D.C. to fight FBI gang distinction as pro-Trump activists rally
Year / U2 > Home:
TONIGHT'S ST. LOUIS SHOW CANCELLED  —  Live Nation and U2 regrettably announce their St. Louis show scheduled for tonight, September 16, 2017 has been cancelled.  —  “We have been informed by the St. Louis Police Department that they are not in a position to provide the standard protection …
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Axios:
U2 cancels St. Louis concert amid protests
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
How Democrats Can Wage War on Monopolies—and Win
Discussion: Politico
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
On Criminal Justice, Sessions Is Returning DOJ to the Rule of Law
Discussion: Power Line
American Greatness:
Gorka on DACA and Trump's War with the GOP Establishment
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
‘Blood flowed in the streets’: Refugees from one Rohingya hamlet recount days of horror
Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
Single-Payer Movement Shows: Life After Trump May Not Suck
Discussion: CNBC and Washington Monthly
Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
Hold the Egg Sandwich: Egyptian TV Is Calling
Florida Governor Rick Scott:
GOV. SCOTT: I AM AGGRESSIVELY FIGHTING TO KEEP VULNERABLE FLORIDIANS SAFE DURING EMERGENCIES
Discussion: New York Times and NBC News
Brandon Conradis / The Hill:
Trump endorses Michigan attorney general for governor
Discussion: Washington Post, Politico and IJR
 Earlier Items: 
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
More former classmates of Mnuchin call on him to resign
Discussion: Raw Story
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Coulter defends CNN's Anthony Bourdain for joke about poisoning Trump
Discussion: RedState
Josh Delk / The Hill:
Dem lawmaker warns of ‘political and moral limitations’ to working with Trump
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Politico
Amber Tamblyn / New York Times:
I'm Done With Not Being Believed
Associated Press:
Tax cuts quiet once-deafening GOP call for fiscal discipline