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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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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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Jake Tapper / CNN:
Exclusive: Kushner didn't disclose personal email account to Senate intel committee
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Andrea Peterson / Politico:
White House launches probe of private email accounts
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Axios:
USAFA superintendent: “Grab your phones” — Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, superintendent of the Air Force Academy, yesterday “stood all of his 4,000 cadets at attention ... [c]hins in and chests out ... to deliver a message on racial slurs found written on message boards at the academy's preparatory school …
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Susan Svrluga / Washington Post:
Racial slurs written on doors of five black cadet candidates at Air Force Academy Preparatory School
Tom Roeder / Gazette:
Air Force Academy investigates racial slurs at prep school; superintendent says racists ‘need to get out’
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Stephen Losey / Air Force Times:
Racial slurs written on dorm room boards of black Air Force Academy cadet candidates
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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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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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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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Jennifer E. Duffy / The Cook Political Report:
Arizona Senate: Sinema's Candidacy Puts Race in Toss Up
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Bernie backers give Dem incumbents a pass in 2018
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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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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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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Melania Trump fires back at librarian who rejected gift of Dr. Seuss books as ‘racist’ — First lady Melania Trump fired back Friday at a Massachusetts elementary school librarian who rejected her donation of Dr. Seuss books, claiming their illustrations are examples of “racist propaganda.”
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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.
CNNMoney:
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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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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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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Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
This Is My Last Blog Post At The Daily Caller Dot Com — Not a Rickroll, honest. — Looks like this is it. I've been blogging here at the Daily Caller since the site launched, all the way back on January 11, 2010. But now it's time for me to go. — Daily blogging can be a fun job, but it can also be a grind.
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.
Washington Post:
Losing the part — How Darrell Hammond, SNL's best impressionist ever, found life after Trump — There is just a time when things end, Lorne will say. Even for the greatest impressionist in “Saturday Night Live” history. — For Darrell Hammond, that moment came last September.
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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 …
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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