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Trump Could Save More Than $1 Billion Under His New Tax Plan — Highlighted areas show what parts of President Trump's 2005 tax return could have been affected by the new tax plan. — President Trump could cut his tax bills by more than $1.1 billion, including saving tens of millions …
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Jake Tapper / CNN:
Exclusive: Kushner didn't disclose personal email account to Senate intel committee — Washington (CNN)In his closed interview with the staff of the Senate intelligence committee, White House senior adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner did not share the existence of his personal email account …
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Has Trump had his ‘heckuva job’ moment with Puerto Rico? — THE TAKE with ABC News' Rick Klein — The first two storms, it appears, were only wind-ups to the presidential moment that presents itself now. The crisis in Puerto Rico figures to define President Trump's responses to this remarkable string of powerful storms.
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New York Times:
Private Emails, Private Jets and Mr. Trump's Idea of Public Service — Electing him, Donald Trump promised on the campaign trail, would “make every dream you ever dreamed for your country come true.” Among those reveries, he suggested, would be a government free of self-dealing and one devoted to public service.
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Andrea Peterson / Politico:
White House launches probe of private email accounts
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Washington Post:
U.S. response in Puerto Rico pales next to actions after Haiti quake … After an earthquake shattered Haiti's capital on Jan. 12, 2010, the U.S. military mobilized as if it were going to war. — Before dawn the next morning, an Army unit was airborne, on its way to seize control of the main airport in Port-au-Prince.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Trump's Deadly Narcissism — According to a new Quinnipiac poll, a majority of Americans believe that Donald Trump is unfit to be president. That's pretty remarkable. But you have to wonder how much higher the number would be if people really knew what's going on.
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Dan Diamond / Politico:
Price took military jets to Europe, Asia for over $500K — The White House approved the use of military aircraft for multi-national trips by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price to Africa and Europe this spring, and to Asia in the summer, at a cost of more than $500,000 to taxpayers.
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Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
Interior Secretary Zinke traveled on charter, military planes
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Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
Tom Price Wanted To Reopen His Department's Executive Dining Room, Sources Say
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Susan Svrluga / Washington Post:
Racial slurs written on doors of five black cadet candidates at Air Force Academy Preparatory School — Five black cadet candidates found racial slurs written on the message boards on their doors at the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School this week, leading school officials to denounce racism and launch an investigation.
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Exclusive: Fake black activist accounts linked to Russian government — Fake black activist accounts linked to Russia — A social media campaign calling itself “Blacktivist” and linked to the Russian government used both Facebook and Twitter in an apparent attempt to amplify racial tensions during …
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Jessica Schneider / CNN:
DOJ demands Facebook information from ‘anti-administration activists’
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CBS News:
U.S. plans major withdrawal of staff from embassy in Cuba — Two sources tell CBS News the U.S. is preparing to announce a major withdrawal of staff and family from the U.S. embassy in Cuba in response to attacks targeting diplomats. Only essential personnel will be left.
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Roy Moore Failed to Disclose Massive Amount of Income on His Senate Ethics Form … Roy Moore, the controversial Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Alabama, neglected to disclose as much as $150,000 in income to federal ethics officials, according to a Daily Beast review of public records.
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Michelle Cottle / The Atlantic:
The Lawlessness of Roy Moore
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Ronald J. Hansen / Arizona Republic:
Rep. Kyrsten Sinema enters Senate race, hoping to unseat Jeff Flake — U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema is running for the Senate seat held by Jeff Flake, ending months of speculation about her political future and giving Democrats a top-tier fundraiser with experience on Capitol Hill.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Bernie backers give Dem incumbents a pass in 2018
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Christopher Hooks / The Texas Observer:
Texas GOP's Favorite Meme-Maker is Now Helping the Far-Right in Germany — On Monday, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz wrote about the role played by the Austin-based political consultant Vincent Harris in the recent success of the Alternative für Deutschland party, or AfD, in the German federal election last weekend.
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Washington Post:
Zinke took $12,000 charter flight home in oil executive's plane, documents show — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke chartered a flight from Las Vegas to near his home in Montana this summer aboard a plane owned by oil-and-gas executives, internal documents show.
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Scott Allen / Washington Post:
A kid walked into a GameStop wearing a Kaepernick jersey. Two NFL players bought him an Xbox. — Saundra Watts was getting her makeup done in the Dulles 28 Centre in Sterling on Tuesday, killing time while her dog was groomed at Petco, when her 10-year-old grandson, Jaden, came running into the store.
Chris D'Angelo / HuffPost:
Here's All The Expensive Nonsense Trump's EPA Chief Is Wasting Your Taxes On — That swamp is looking mighty cushy. — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt — a climate change denier who is pushing for sweeping budget cuts at the agency — apparently has no qualms …
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Citizens United For Conservative Patrick Morrisey Over Mitch McConnell-Backed Evan Jenkins in West Virginia Senate Battle — The Citizens United Political Victory Fund (CUPVF) is backing Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, the conservative candidate for U.S. Senate in West Virginia …
Ben Strauss / Politico:
‘This Is Bad for America, But Great for Us’ — “Is ‘tank’ too strong a word?” Clay Travis asked gleefully, tapping out a tweet to his nearly 500,000 followers. It wasn't, he decided, and he hit send: “NFL ratings tank as Trump feuds with NFL protesters, ESPN subscribers plummet.”
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John Whitesides / Reuters:
Beyond the daily drama and Twitter battles, Trump begins to alter American life — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even without delivering on his biggest campaign promises, President Donald Trump has begun to reshape American life in ways big and small. — Over his first nine months …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Berniecrats Have an Obama Problem — The ideological vanguard of the Bernie Sanders movement emerged from the 2016 election overflowing with dialectical certainty. Hillary Clinton's narrow win in the primary was the last gasp of a dying neoliberal order, the overthrow of which is now preordained.
Chris D'Angelo / HuffPost:
Millionaire Trump Adviser Says Americans Can ‘Buy A New Car’ With $1,000 Tax Cut — Gary Cohn also suggested that money could be used for a substantial home renovation. — President Donald Trump's chief economic adviser — Gary Cohn, the former Goldman Sachs president worth an estimated $266 million …
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