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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Trump dedicates golf trophy to hurricane victims — President Trump on Sunday dedicated a golf trophy to the victims of recent powerful storms that tore through Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico, all the while defending the government's response to the disasters.
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue:
Trump heads off to golf trophy ceremony after a weekend spent attacking Puerto Rico — After two days of golfing and tweeting insults at hurricane victims in Puerto Rico, Donald Trump will cap off his weekend by participating in the Presidents Cup Golf Tournament trophy presentation Sunday evening.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Puerto Rico is all our worst fears about Trump coming real
Puerto Rico is all our worst fears about Trump coming real
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Pentagon: More than half of Puerto Ricans without access to drinking water
Pentagon: More than half of Puerto Ricans without access to drinking water
Mike Allen / Axios:
Full text: Homeland security adviser's update on Puerto Rico
Full text: Homeland security adviser's update on Puerto Rico
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Raw Story, Politico, Washington Post, ABC News, The Guardian, Mother Jones and The Week
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump dedicates golf trophy to hurricane victims amid controversy over response
Trump dedicates golf trophy to hurricane victims amid controversy over response
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The Week and Associated Press
Ingrid Arnesen / The Daily Beast:
Puerto Rican Troops Are Still Waiting for Orders While Residents Cry for Help
Puerto Rican Troops Are Still Waiting for Orders While Residents Cry for Help
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Philly.com, Althouse and Mother Jones
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:
In one Puerto Rican nursing home, a struggle to get power and keep patients alive
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Homeland security adviser pushes upbeat PR campaign for Puerto Rico
Scoop: Homeland security adviser pushes upbeat PR campaign for Puerto Rico
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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Puerto Rico Is Getting a Surge of Aid, Governor Says
Puerto Rico Is Getting a Surge of Aid, Governor Says
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ThinkProgress, The Guardian, Maggie's Farm and Daily Kos
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Baldwin returns to SNL as confused Trump responding to Puerto Rico
Baldwin returns to SNL as confused Trump responding to Puerto Rico
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RedState
Chris Gillette / Associated Press:
In hurricane-hit Puerto Rico, a stunning silence
In hurricane-hit Puerto Rico, a stunning silence
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Axios and New York Times
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump urges staff to portray him as “crazy guy” — In an Oval Office meeting earlier this month, President Trump gave his top trade negotiator, Robert Lighthizer, an Art of the Deal-style coaching session on how to negotiate with the South Koreans. — Trump's impromptu coaching came …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Says Tillerson Is ‘Wasting His Time’ on North Korea — WASHINGTON — President Trump undercut his own secretary of state on Sunday, calling his effort to open lines of communication with North Korea a waste of time, and seeming to rule out a diplomatic resolution to the nuclear-edged confrontation with Pyongyang.
Krishnadev Calamur / The Atlantic:
Trump's Undermining of Rex Tillerson
Trump's Undermining of Rex Tillerson
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New York Times:
Grace du Pont, Conor Sutherland — Grace Hays Holcomb du Pont was married Sept. 30 to Conor Jackson Sutherland in Manhattan. The Rev. J. Donald Waring performed the ceremony at Grace Episcopal Church. — The bride and groom both graduated from Princeton, she cum laude and he magna cum laude
Erin Dooley / ABC News:
Program that provides low-cost health care to 9M children set to expire — Amid intense debates about the Graham-Cassidy health care bill, the Senate and House missed the deadline to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) — meaning federal funding for the program will expire at the end of the month.
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Valerie Strauss / Washington Post:
9 million kids get health insurance under CHIP. Congress just let it expire. — Congress just allowed the Children's Health Insurance Program, which provided low-cost health insurance to 9 million children, to expire. — If action is not taken soon to restore the funding …
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Splinter
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Trump called Cowboys' Jerry Jones four times about anthem protests: report — President Trump last Monday reportedly called Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones four times imploring him not to let his team kneel during the national anthem. — The president repeatedly called Jones while the owner stood …
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RedState, IJR, SARAH PALIN and twitchy.com
ESPN:
NFL owners struggled to retain control after Trump's attacks, rise of player protests — As DeMaurice Smith drove Monday morning to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport for a flight to his annual locker room meeting with the Buffalo Bills, his phone rang. It was Roger Goodell.
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Slate, East Bay Times, IJR and ProFootballTalk
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
The Vietnam War gets the Ken Burns treatment — I didn't watch all 18 hours of Ken Burns' series about the Vietnam War, but I forced myself to endure roughly two-thirds of it. I found Burns' version of the war biased and superficial. — Scott has performed a service by posting a conference …
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Kasich hints at leaving GOP if it's not ‘fixed’ — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich said on CNN's “State of the Union” Sunday that a time could come when he no longer supports the Republican Party. — “If the party can't be fixed, Jake, then I'm not going to be able to support the party.
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Akbar Shahid Ahmed / HuffPost:
John Kasich Hints That He May Need To Leave The GOP
John Kasich Hints That He May Need To Leave The GOP
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The Daily Caller and IJR
Caroline Orr / Shareblue:
“Pretty safe bet”: Former national security adviser warns Kushner compromised by foreign intel — The National Security Agency warned top Trump administration officials in a series of classified briefings that using their personal cell phones and emails could make them vulnerable to espionage …
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Media Matters for America
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Semen-contaminated flutes might have been given to children, California school officials warn — Several school districts in Southern California warned parents this weekend that flutes and recorders given to children through a nonprofit music program may have been contaminated with bodily fluids.
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Orange County Register, Associated Press and CBS Los Angeles
Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
British courts may unlock secrets of how Trump campaign profiled US voters — Legal mechanism may help academic expose how Big Data firms like Cambridge Analytica and Facebook get their information … A US professor is trying to reclaim his personal data from the controversial analytics firm that helped Donald Trump to power.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Budget battles loom on Capitol Hill — Republicans on Capitol Hill are focused on one thing this week: the budget. The House and Senate need to pass budgets — and sign off on a single product in conference — in order to get a bill ready to pass tax reform.