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3:40 AM ET, September 18, 2017

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New York Times:
Trump Lawyers Clash Over How Much to Cooperate With Russia Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's legal team is wrestling with how much to cooperate with the special counsel looking into Russian election interference, an internal debate that led to an angry confrontation last week between …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's dark view of North Korea options  —  Forget DACA or tax reform.  One topic consumes the vast majority of President Trump's inner circle: North Korea.  —  Contrary to the president's breezy tweet this morning, in which he refers to Kim Jong-un as “Rocket Man,” top administration officials …
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump retweets GIF of him hitting Clinton with golf ball  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump retweeted an edited video Sunday morning that showed him swinging a golf club and appearing to hit his former presidential campaign rival Hillary Clinton with a golf ball.
Alicia Melville-Smith / BuzzFeed:
Trump Retweeted A Video From An Anti-Semitic Account Showing Him Hitting Hillary Clinton With A Golf Ball  —  President Trump on Sunday morning retweeted a doctored video showing him hitting HIllary Clinton with a golf ball — from an account that makes racial, anti-semitic, and anti-LGBT comments.
Discussion: Axios and Daily Kos
Luke Barnes / ThinkProgress:
Meet the racist birther Donald Trump just retweeted
Discussion: The Guardian
Kailani Koenig / NBC News:   Bernie Sanders on Some Supporters Not Voting for Clinton: ‘No Kidding!’
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump shares GIF of himself striking Hillary Clinton in the back with a golf ball
Caroline Orr / Shareblue:
Trump starts his Sunday by promoting obsessive violence against Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Politicus USA
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Sanders scoffs at Clinton's claim he didn't do enough to help her
Discussion: FOX2now.com and Axios
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Rolling Stone, Once a Counterculture Bible, Will Be Put Up for Sale  —  From a loft in San Francisco in 1967, a 21-year-old named Jann S. Wenner started a magazine that would become the counterculture bible for baby boomers.  Rolling Stone defined cool, cultivated literary icons …
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Tucker: Trump Thinks TV More Accurately Reveals The Public's Beliefs Than Polls Do  —  Fox News host and Daily Caller co-founder Tucker Carlson says President Trump told him that television programming is a more accurate reflection of the public's beliefs than polling is.  —  “I know that he watches a lot of television.
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Senate GOP tries one last time to repeal Obamacare  —  Obamacare repeal is on the brink of coming back from the dead.  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his leadership team are seriously considering voting on a bill that would scale back the federal government's role …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Trumpcare's back, and now it will let insurers jack up premiums as soon as you get sick
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Jim Carlton / Wall Street Journal:
Interior Report Recommends Cuts or Changes to Seven National Land Monuments  —  White House has yet to act on the recommendations  —  Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has recommended cutbacks or other changes to nearly half the geographic national monuments he recently reviewed at the request …
Discussion: Washington Times
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Feinstein: We intend for Trump Jr. to testify publicly  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday it was her and the Republican committee chairman's intention to bring Donald Trump Jr. before the committee for public testimony.
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CNN:
Trump lawyer Michael Cohen to appear before Senate panel Tuesday
Discussion: IJR
Reuters:
Cohen, close Trump business adviser, to testify in Senate on Tuesday
Discussion: Political Wire
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
How Rex Tillerson alienated every ally he needs  —  The most challenging task in Washington, these days, is finding somebody who'll enthusiastically endorse Rex Tillerson.  In just nine months, the Secretary of State has managed to alienate nearly every constituency that matters:
CNN:
Four Boston College students attacked with acid in France  —  Four US tourists attacked with acid in France  —  (CNN)Four American college students were attacked with acid Sunday at a train station in Marseilles, southern France, a spokeswoman for the Prefecture of Police of Bouches-du-Rhône said.
Discussion: Jezebel and Mediaite
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump's divisive presidency reshapes a key part of his private business … For two years, a shelter for victims of domestic violence called Safe+Sound Somerset held its fundraiser golf tournament at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J.  —  They loved it.  —  Then they quit it.
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
Stop acting surprised, America: Donald Trump is a white supremacist  —  Trump has made clear to America for decades where he stands on race.  It's long past time to accept the facts  —  Young children believe that they disappear or otherwise become invisible if they close or otherwise cover their eyes.
CNN:
Maria, following Irma's path, is now a Category 1 hurricane  —  (CNN)Hurricane Maria was upgraded from a tropical storm Sunday as it takes aim at Caribbean islands devastated less than two weeks ago by Hurricane Irma.  —  As of Sunday evening, Maria was about 125 miles (201 kilometers) …
Discussion: The Week, Gizmodo and IJR
Caroline Orr / Shareblue:
“He gets emotional”: Nikki Haley gives awkward defense of Trump's reckless terror tweets  —  In an interview on CNN's “State of the Union” Sunday morning, United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley defended Donald Trump's reckless tweeting about the subway bombing in London, saying it was a result of the president's emotions.
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Haley: If diplomacy doesn't work, Mattis will ‘take care of’ North Korea
Discussion: Politico and IJR
HuffPost:
Juggalos Draw Bigger Crowd On The National Mall Than Pro-Trump Rally  —  Make America Whoop Whoop Again!  —  Nine months into the administration of President Donald Trump, fans of the eccentric Detroit rap duo Insane Clown Posse assembled a larger rally on the national mall this Saturday …
Discussion: Democrats.com, The Hill, NPR and RT
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Emily Shugerman / The Independent:
Pro-Trump rally that sought to bring one million supporters to Washington musters little over a thousand
Discussion: RT
Nicki Zink / ABC News:
British prime minister Theresa May opens up about her relationship with Trump  —  British Prime Minister Theresa May opened up about her relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump, saying they “work very well together.”  —  “I do get on with him ... President Trump has actually ... an affection for the United Kingdom.
Discussion: NBC News
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
McMaster says no redo on Paris climate deal decision
Fox News Insider:
MO Governor on St. Louis Protests: Only Safe Space for Looters Is a Jail Cell  —  St. Louis erupted in more violent protests overnight since the acquittal of a white police officer charged with murdering a black man after a car chase.  —  For the second day protesters took to the streets …
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David Siders / Politico:
California tears into Trump
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
David Litt / New York Times:
Is Nothing Funny, Mr. President?
Emma Green / The Atlantic:
Mike Huckabee and the Rise of Christian Media Under Trump
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Joseph Morton / Omaha World-Herald:
Sen. Joni Ernst takes new swing at taxpayer-subsidized perks of former presidents
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Normalizing Trump: An incredibly brief explainer
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Balloon Juice
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
To make their tax plan work, Republicans eye a favorite blue-state break
Discussion: Booman Tribune
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

 
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