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4:40 PM ET, October 3, 2017

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NBC News:
Las Vegas Shooter Wired $100,000 to Philippines Last Week  —  Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock wired $100,000 to an account in his live-in girlfriend's home country of the Philippines in the week before he unleashed the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, according to multiple senior law enforcement officials.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Bannon warns: “end of everything” if Trump supports gun controls  —  President Trump may say he's a defender of gun ownership rights, but with all the gun control pressure he'll be under after Las Vegas, how do we know he'll resist it — especially after the debt limit deal with Chuck Schumer …
Jimmy Kimmel / YouTube:
Jimmy Kimmel on Mass Shooting in Las Vegas … After the tragedy in Jimmy's hometown of Las Vegas, he sends love to everyone affected, talks about the major gun violence problem we have in this country, calls out the senators who are in the pocket of the NRA, and asks for common sense and action …
Heather Long / Washington Post:
He was shot helping people during the Las Vegas shooting.  His heroics helped his photo go viral.  —  LAS VEGAS — Jonathan Smith is likely to spend the rest of his life with a bullet lodged in the left side of his neck, a never-ending reminder of America's deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
Associated Press:
Gunman had ‘bump-stock’ device that could speed fire  —  https://apnews.com/e74a33083fb84b1b94c1 ce3da986fd4f  —  Link copied!  —  The gunman who unleashed hundreds of rounds of gunfire on a crowd of concertgoers in Las Vegas had two “bump-stocks” that could have converted semi-automatic firearms …
NBC News:
Las Vegas Shooter Stephen Paddock Gambled With at Least $160K in Recent Weeks
CNN:
Las Vegas massacre: More weapons found, but no motive
Michelle Ghoussoub / CBC News:
3 Canadians among dozens killed in Las Vegas mass shooting
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell swats away talk of gun control
Khaled Beydoun / Washington Post:
‘Lone wolf’: Our stunning double standard when it comes to race and religion
Discussion: Daily Kos
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
AUTOMATIC RIFLES ARE BANNED. HERE'S HOW THE LAS VEGAS SHOOTER COULD HAVE GOTTEN ONE
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
MSNBC's Mika: No Republican lawmakers would appear on ‘Morning Joe’ to discuss the Las Vegas massacre
Discussion: twitchy.com
Keith Griffith / Daily Mail:
Fan fury as three Kansas City Chiefs players sit or kneel during the national anthem hours …
Discussion: IJR and Washington Post
Eliza Barclay / Vox:
Puerto Rico hasn't updated the Hurricane Maria death toll in 6 days  —  The outdated death count is a sign the government is broken.  —  Twelve days ago, Hurricane Maria trashed Puerto Rico, demolishing its already weak power, communications, and transportation infrastructure.
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump says Puerto Rico officials should be ‘proud’ more haven't died like in Katrina  —  President Trump on Tuesday told Puerto Rico officials they should feel “very proud” they haven't lost thousands of lives like in “a real catastrophe like Katrina,” while adding that the devastated island territory …
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump focuses on optics in Puerto Rican visit
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
John Haltiwanger / Newsweek:
White men have committed more mass shootings than any other group  —  The deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history was shocking in its scale — but it wasn't a surprise that it was committed by a white male.  —  Statistics show that since 1982, the majority of mass shootings — 54 percent …
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New York Times:
477 Days.  521 Mass Shootings.  Zero Action From Congress.  —  Each colored square represents  —  a day in which at least one mass  —  shooting took place.  —  A gunman opens fire in an Orlando nightclub, leaving 49 dead and many wounded.  It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history - until Sunday.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Ryan asked White House to reconsider ousting Price  —  Speaker Paul Ryan last week urged the White House to reconsider ousting Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, his longtime friend who had come under fire for often using a taxpayer-funded private jet for travel, according to two people with knowledge of the call.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Greg Farrell / Bloomberg:
Mueller Tasks an Adviser With Getting Ahead of Pre-Emptive Pardons  —  Dreeben defended more than 100 U.S. cases to Supreme Court  —  Criminal law expert could bulletproof Mueller team's work  —  U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has a distinctly modern problem.
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Pence's chief of staff floats ‘purge’ of anti-Trump Republicans to wealthy donors  —  Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff railed against congressional leaders in closed-door remarks to wealthy donors and called for a “purge” if GOP lawmakers don't quickly rally behind President Donald Trump's agenda.
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
The GOP Tax Plan Is Already Hitting Speed Bumps  —  Corker questions whether GOP has fortitude for tax overhaul  —  Republicans split on whether tax plan can add to the deficit  —  The White House is showing “softness” on ending a $1.3 trillion federal tax deduction filers get for their state …
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Nikki Haley hit for Hatch Act violation over Trump retweet  —  U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley violated the law by retweeting President Donald Trump's endorsement of a South Carolina congressional candidate, according to the Office of Special Counsel.
Discussion: ABC News
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Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
HALEY REPRIMANDED FOR HATCH ACT VIOLATION
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Elias Groll / Foreign Policy:
GOP Congressman Met in Moscow With Kremlin-Linked Lawyer at Center of Russia Investigation  —  Rep. Dana Rohrabacher met in Moscow with Natalia Veselnitskaya two months before she met with Donald Trump Jr.  —  Rep. Dana Rohrabacher met with the Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya during …
Washington Post:
Hedge fund billionaire flew top Mnuchin aide on private jet to Palm Beach  —  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's top aide flew on a hedge fund billionaire's private jet to Palm Beach several months ago, people familiar with the trip said, the latest example of senior Trump administration …
Discussion: CNBC and The First Street Journal
New York Times:
E.P.A. Chief's Calendar: A Stream of Industry Meetings and Trips Home  —  WASHINGTON — For lunch on April 26, Scott Pruitt, the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, dined with top executives from Southern Company, one of the nation's largest coal-burning electric utilities …
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
This Supreme Court Case Could Radically Reshape Politics  —  Keith Gaddie has “hung up his spurs.”  —  The election expert from the University of Oklahoma no longer helps state legislatures draw new district lines to maximize their partisan advantage.  —  He was still wearing those spurs …
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Nancy Scola / Politico:
IRS awards multimillion-dollar fraud-prevention contract to Equifax  —  The no-bid contract was issued last week, as the company continued facing fallout from its massive security breach.  —  The IRS will pay Equifax $7.25 million to verify taxpayer identities and help prevent fraud under …
 
 
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Megyn Kelly didn't really censor Tom Brokaw. He just couldn't hear her toss to commercial.
Discussion: Salon, Mediaite and TVNewser
Hilary Golston / WJBK-TV:
Pregnant woman threatened and called racial slur: video
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Alison R. Parker / Shareblue:
“Pro-life” GOP votes on new abortion ban after kicking 9 million kids off health insurance
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Daniel Rivero / Splinter:
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Louvre Pulls Sculpture, Saying It Was Sexually Explicit
Discussion: Mediaite and The Daily Caller
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
DOJ releases overruled memos finding it illegal for presidents to appoint relatives
Discussion: RedState and The Week