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Lost weekend: How Trump's time at his golf club hurt the response to Maria … At first, the Trump administration seemed to be doing all the right things to respond to the disaster in Puerto Rico. — As Hurricane Maria made landfall that Wednesday, there was a frenzy of activity publicly and privately.
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump slams Puerto Rico: ‘They want everything to be done for them’ — President Trump on Saturday criticized Puerto Rico's “poor leadership” and defended his administration's response to the aftermath of Hurricane Maria's devastation on the island in an early morning series of tweets …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Lashes Out at Puerto Rico Mayor Who Criticized Storm Response — WASHINGTON — President Trump lashed out at the mayor of San Juan on Saturday for criticizing his administration's efforts to help Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, accusing her of “poor leadership” and implying that the island …
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New York Times:
One Day in the Life of Battered Puerto Rico — 6 a.m. — Near Corozal — The sun rose Wednesday morning in the low mountains of north-central Puerto Rico, near the town of Corozal, to reveal the world that Hurricane Maria has made: shattered trees, traffic lights dangling precipitously …
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump: ‘Fake news’ is trying to ‘disparage’ first responders in Puerto Rico — President Trump accused media outlets Saturday of “disparaging” first responders to the crisis in Puerto Rico in order to “get Trump.” — “Fake News CNN and NBC are going out of their way to disparage our great …
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Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Did President Trump add $33 million to Puerto Rico's debt by bankrupting a golf course there? — “Trump Made Puerto Rico's Debt Worse After His Golf Course Filed For Bankruptcy — REPORT” — “One of Trump's S—y Golf Courses Cost Puerto Rican Taxpayers Millions of Dollars”
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's new feud — Three days before flying to Puerto Rico, President Trump this morning attacked the mayor of San Juan, the capital. Yesterday, the mayor took to TV to lash out at the administration for a disaster response that she said could come “close to a genocide” if logistics aren't figured out.
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
On Twitter, Trump attacks mayor of San Juan for ‘poor leadership’ amid deepening crisis
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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
‘Not enough’ troops, equipment in Puerto Rico, says general in charge of relief
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Juana Summers / CNN:
Trump attacks San Juan mayor over hurricane response
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Amanda Holpuch / The Guardian:
San Juan mayor's harrowing plea: ‘Mr Trump, I am begging. We are dying here’
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Amanda Holpuch / The Guardian:
Puerto Rico supply failure stops food and water reaching desperate residents
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Omaya Sosa Pascual / miamiherald:
Hurricane Maria's death toll in Puerto Rico is higher than official count, experts say
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Wall Street Journal:
Officials Expressed Concerns White House Counsel Would Quit Over Donald Trump-Jared Kushner Meetings — Don McGahn was frustrated the parleys could be construed by investigators in the Russia probe as an effort to coordinate stories — WASHINGTON—White House Counsel Don McGahn this summer …
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
ABC Poaches Tara Palmeri, a Politico Rising Star — The white-hot West Wing beat is minting new journalism name-brands. — Tara Palmeri, part of the new gaggle of White House reporters who have been churning out juicy scoops about the As-the-World-Turns Trump West Wing …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Kelly struggling to make sense of Kushner's West Wing role — As Secretary of Homeland Security, Gen. John Kelly spent months touting a hard line on immigration. He argued publicly and privately with Congress that if there were objections to the laws, it was up to legislators to change them …
CBS News:
Trump kids' ski vacation incurs over $300,000 in security costs — The annual Aspen ski vacation taken in March by President Trump's children, Ivanka and Eric Trump, and their families, including son-in-law Jared Kushner, left taxpayers on the hook for security costs of at least $330,000, CBS News has learned.
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Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
U.S. Talking With North Korea on Nuclear Program, Tillerson Says — Situation with Pyongyang is ‘a bit overheated right now’ — Top diplomat also meets with China's Xi ahead of Trump visit — The U.S. is communicating with North Korea about its nuclear program and testing Pyongyang's appetite …
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
U.S. in Direct Communication With North Korea, Says Tillerson — BEIJING — The Trump administration acknowledged on Saturday for the first time that it is in direct communication with the government of North Korea over its missile and nuclear tests. — “We are probing, so stay tuned,” …
Reuters:
U.S. ‘probing’ to see if North Korea interested in dialogue: Tillerson — BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States is probing North Korea to see whether it is interested in dialogue and has multiple direct channels of communication with Pyongyang, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Saturday.
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Dan Diamond / Politico:
Trump's breaking point with Price — Tom Price's downfall was his penchant for pricey jets. — But his demise was months in the making, as the president continued to lose trust in the Health and Human Services secretary who rarely attended Oval Office strategy meetings …
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Damon Linker / The Week:
Liberalism's Hugh Hefner problem — Was the late Hugh Hefner a friend or a scourge of feminism? — The honest answer is: Both. — Journalist Jessica Valenti admitted as much on Thursday morning in a (long-form) tweet that managed to encapsulate the ambivalent truth in 159 pithy characters …
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Nathan J. Robinson / static.currentaffairs.org:
Good Riddance To An Abusive Creep
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