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Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Jared Kushner's lawyer, fooled by ‘email prankster,’ offers window into private email controversy  —  Abbe Lowell, a top Washington lawyer, exchanged emails on Monday with a prankster posing as his client Jared Kushner, at one point telling the prankster he needed to see “all emails” …
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New York Times:
At Least 6 White House Advisers Used Private Email Accounts  —  WASHINGTON — At least six of President Trump's closest advisers occasionally used private email addresses to discuss White House matters, current and former officials said on Monday.  —  The disclosures came a day after news surfaced …
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump's plutocracy problem complicates push for tax cuts
Andrew Desiderio / The Daily Beast:
Senate Republicans Pull Their Last Obamacare Repeal Bill Before The Vote … Senate Republican leaders decided on Tuesday to not hold a vote on a last-ditch attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare before a critical, end-of-the-month deadline.  —  Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Bill Cassidy …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate won't vote on last-ditch Obamacare repeal bill  —  The Senate will not vote on Republicans' latest bill to repeal Obamacare this week, putting an end, for now, to the GOP's seven-year campaign promise to dismantle the health care law.  —  The decision was reached at a party lunch Tuesday …
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Senate won't vote on Graham-Cassidy
Alice Ollstein / Talking Points Memo:
Senate GOP Aborts Vote On Last-Ditch Obamacare Repeal Bill
Discussion: Daily Kos
New York Times:
Nearly Half of Americans Don't Know Puerto Ricans Are Fellow Citizens  —  More than three million Americans in Puerto Rico are struggling to meet basic needs after a devastating strike from Hurricane Maria, but their plight seems to be attracting far less public or political attention …
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
The White House Is Not Ignoring Puerto Rico  —  We are seeing the beginning of a concerted attempt to turn the crisis in Puerto Rico into “Trump's Katrina.”  And, as T. Becket Adams points out, those responsible aren't even being subtle about it.  All of a sudden, we hav new talking points: Trump is ignoring Puerto Rico!
New York Times:
In Battered Puerto Rico, Governor Warns of a Humanitarian Crisis
Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Trump: “I wasn't preoccupied with the NFL”
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Blumenthal: ‘99 percent sure’ of Russia indictments  —  Criminal charges against two former top advisers to President Donald Trump are virtually certain, Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Tuesday.  —  Michael Flynn and Paul Manafort are almost sure to be indicted as a result …
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CNN:
Special counsel interviews with White House staff could start later this week
Discussion: Raw Story
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Wall Street Journal:
GOP Tax Plan to Allow for Top Individual Rate Above 35%  —  Framework would give Congress discretion; current top rate is 39.6%  —  WASHINGTON—The Republican tax plan being released Wednesday will open the door to a top individual tax rate that is higher than the 35% that has been in previous plans …
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Trump's State-Tax Plan Could Cause Headaches for 52 Republican Lawmakers
Discussion: Politicus USA
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
GOP tax plan will skip details on how to pay for it
Discussion: Political Wire
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
North Korea seeks help from Republican analysts: 'What's up with Trump?'  —  BERN, Switzerland — North Korean government officials have been quietly trying to arrange talks with Republican-linked analysts in Washington, in an apparent attempt to make sense of President Trump and his confusing messages to Kim Jong Un's regime.
Discussion: AOL, Raw Story, Shakesville and The Week
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Again Criticizes Jeff Sessions Over Russia Probe  —  At White House dinner Trump knocks attorney general and said his NFL feud ‘has really taken off,’ guests say  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Monday again indicated he was dissatisfied with his attorney general …
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
Law Professors Plan To Take A Knee To Protest Jeff Sessions' Speech On Campus Free Speech  —  Faculty members at Georgetown University Law Center have signed a letter condemning what they say is the “hypocrisy” of Sessions speaking about free speech.  The speech is only open to a select group of law students.
Susan Svrluga / Washington Post:
Some Georgetown Law students and faculty plan to protest speech by Attorney General Jeff Sessions
Discussion: RedState, Slate and Daily Kos
Jeff Stein / Vox:
Alabama Senate GOP frontrunner: Constitution was written to “foster Christianity”  —  HOMEWOOD, Alabama — Judge Roy Moore, the leading candidate in an Alabama Senate Republican primary held on Tuesday, pulled a laminated copy of Joseph Story's 1833 Commentaries on the Constitution out of his dusty maroon briefcase.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Bannon to Alabama: 'They think you're a pack of morons'
CBS Pittsburgh:
Fire Chief ‘Embarrassed,’ ‘Regrets’ Using Racial Slur Against Mike Tomlin  —  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The fallout continues after the Pittsburgh Steelers game on Sunday and the team's decision to stay in the tunnel at Chicago's Soldier Field during the national anthem.
Discussion: CBS Denver, The Root and Deadspin
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:   Pennsylvania fire chief calls Steelers coach Mike Tomlin a ‘no-good n*gger’ over NFL protests
Christianna Silva / Newsweek:
Ivanka Trump and Donald Jr. tried to ‘bump’ Tiffany out of her inheritance, according to newly released recordings  —  Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. were embroiled in a battle to take away inheritance money from their sister, Tiffany Trump, according to a new archive of the conversations Donald Trump …
Discussion: RedState and AOL
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Tennessean.com:
Sen. Bob Corker will not seek re-election next year  —  Sen. Bob Corker said Tuesday he will not seek re-election next year.  —  “After much thought, consideration and family discussion over the past year, Elizabeth and I have decided that I will leave the United States Senate when my term expires …
Discussion: Political Wire and Joe.My.God.
Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Saudi Arabia Agrees to Let Women Drive  —  Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday that it would allow women to drive, ending a longstanding policy that has become a global symbol of the repression of women in the ultraconservative kingdom.  —  The change, which will take effect in June of next year …
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Roger Stone testifies he's been falsely accused of collusion  —  Roger Stone, a longtime friend and former campaign adviser to President Trump, told House Intelligence Committee lawmakers on Tuesday that he has been falsely accused of colluding with Moscow.  —  Stone entered the committee's …
Discussion: ABC News and RedState
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Trump says U.S. opposes independence bid in Spain's Catalonia region
Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
EPA spending almost $25,000 to install a secure phone booth for Scott Pruitt
Discussion: Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
White House Plans to Set Refugee Cap at 45,000 for Next Fiscal Year
Discussion: Washington Post
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
RSC chief calls women in group ‘eye candy’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
House to vote on 20-week abortion ban
Discussion: Daily Kos and Right Wing Watch
Gen. Michael Hayden / The Hill:
Michael Hayden: In Trump versus NFL, standing up for free speech
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Scholars Strategy Network:
KEY  —  WHAT ELECTION CAMPAIGNS NEED TO LEARN TO PERSUADE VOTERS …
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Matt Arco / New Jersey Online:
More bad news for Guadagno (and Christie) in new governor's race poll
Discussion: Political Wire
Salena Zito / New York Post:
NFL anthem protests leave Pittsburgh fans conflicted about game they love
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Pat Tillman widow: Don't ‘politicize’ husband's service in way ‘that divides us’
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Tyranny of the Minority  —  This is Michelle Goldberg's debut column.
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Financial Times:
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