Top Items:
NBC News:
Tillerson's Fury at Trump Required an Intervention From Pence — WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was on the verge of resigning this past summer amid mounting policy disputes and clashes with the White House, according to multiple senior administration officials who were aware of the situation at the time.
Discussion:
Vox, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, The Hill, Politico, New York Times, CNBC, Little Green Footballs, ABC News, CBS News, Axios, Washington Monthly, CNN, Weekly Standard, Business Insider, Mediaite, Boing Boing, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Washington Free Beacon, Outside the Beltway, Sputnik International, IJR, Media Matters for America, The Last Refuge, The Nevada Independent, Raw Story, Towleroad, Joe.My.God., Shareblue, Romper, RedState, NPR, Mashable, CBS Dallas, The Guardian, Deadline, Daily Kos, Conservative News Today, New York Magazine, ThinkProgress, Jamie Dupree, Mother Jones, Fox News Insider, The Daily Caller, Washington Times, Democrats.com, Reuters, Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Week, TheBlaze, TVNewser, Splinter, Balloon Juice, Hit & Run, Common Dreams, Eschaton and Shakesville
RELATED:
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Furious Republicans are working hard to make Trump's Russia scandal disappear — THE MORNING PLUM: — The bipartisan leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee will hold a news conference on Wednesday afternoon to provide a “progress report” on its investigation into Russian sabotage …
Discussion:
New York Times, Vox, CNN, Politico, Business Insider, Hullabaloo, The Verge, IJR, Mashable, Romper, Talking Points Memo and Axios, more at Mediagazer »
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Between the lines on Tillerson — After NBC News reported that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had to be talked out of resigning and had called President Trump a “moron,” the administration pushback has been superficially unified: Trump, Tillerson, and Vice President Mike Pence all described the story as false.
Discussion:
Politico, The Atlantic, Washington Post, The Hill, Political Wire, Daily Wire and Vox
John Hudson / BuzzFeed:
Today Tillerson Tried To Kill The “Rexit” Rumors Once And For All — The secretary of state disputed a report that he called Trump a “moron” and told reporters he's not leaving Foggy Bottom anytime soon. — Reporting From Washington, DC — WASHINGTON, DC — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sought …
Discussion:
Political Wire, Washington Post, The Atlantic, Vox, Politico, Raw Story, Axios, CNBC, The Week, Business Insider, IJR, Boing Boing, Romper, Talking Points Memo, Mashable, Washington Free Beacon, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Shareblue, Fox News Insider, Towleroad, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Washington Times and TVNewser
Nik Steinberg / Politico:
Rex Tillerson Is Running the State Department Into the Ground
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Towleroad, IJR and Mediaite
ProPublica:
Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. Were Close to Being Charged With Felony Fraud — New York prosecutors were preparing a case. Then the D.A. overruled his staff after a visit from a top donor: Trump attorney Marc Kasowitz. — In the spring of 2012, Donald Trump's two eldest children …
Discussion:
Shareblue, East Bay Times, RedState, Business Insider, IJR, Vox, Refinery29, Curbed NY - All, Gothamist, Talking Points Memo, Above the Law, BillMoyers.com, AOL, Joe.My.God., Mediaite, Raw Story, The Week and USA Today
Newsweek:
RETRACTED: PADDOCK'S GIRLFRIEND USED TWO SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS AND WAS MARRIED TO TWO MEN AT THE SAME TIME — Newsweek has retracted its story that reviewed the public records of Marilou Danley, the girlfriend of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock. — The initial report was based …
Discussion:
CNN, The Last Refuge, Conservative News Today, Daily Wire, TheBlaze and IJR, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:
Brian Ross / ABC News:
Portrait emerging of Las Vegas shooter as man ‘descending into madness’ — In the months before his deadly rampage, 64-year old Stephen Paddock was a man “descending into madness,” according to a person briefed on new findings in the investigation. — New details are emerging …
Discussion:
Associated Press
David Jackson / USA Today:
Trump, avoiding talk of gun policy, tells Las Vegas shooting survivors: ‘We will endure the pain together’
Discussion:
The Atlantic, National Journal and New York Times
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
If Only Stephen Paddock Were a Muslim
Discussion:
Althouse, The Lid, National Review and Political Wire
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Top conservative calls for ban on device used by Vegas shooter
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Des Moines Register, Los Angeles Times and Raw Story
Associated Press:
FBI questions Marilou Danley, girlfriend of Las Vegas shooter, in search for answers
Washington Post:
New details emerge about Marilou Danley, girlfriend of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock
Discussion:
The Guardian, IJR, CBS Los Angeles, CBS Dallas, NBC News, Mother Jones, NPR, The Week, Raw Story, Los Angeles Times, FOX6Now.com, Snopes.com and The Daily Beast
Paul Harasim / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Las Vegas Strip shooter prescribed anti-anxiety drug in June
Discussion:
AOL, Conservative News Today and Daily Wire
Alexander Bisley / Vox:
Former Australian leader on passing gun control: “The results speak for themselves.” — He also has some harsh words for the NRA. — Gun control works, as Australia powerfully demonstrates. — Between 1978 and 1996, there were 13 massacres in Australia; 104 people were killed.
Discussion:
CNN, USA Today, Raw Story and The Nevada Independent
RELATED:
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Key GOP senators open to ‘bump stock’ ban
Discussion:
Vox, ABC News and Political Wire
Ali Rogin / ABC News:
Sen. Feinstein introducing bill to ban bump stocks after Vegas shooting
Discussion:
Business Insider, IJR and Daily Kos
NBC News:
Gun ‘Bump Stocks’ for Rapid Fire Are Legal. Senators Ask Why.
Discussion:
Quartz, Vox, NBC News, Associated Press and New York Times
Associated Press:
AP-NORC Poll: Low marks for Trump's Puerto Rico response — Americans are more likely to disapprove than approve of President Donald Trump's handling of the Puerto Rico hurricane relief effort. — According to a poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research …
Discussion:
ThinkProgress, Politico, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, The Week, Axios and Deadline
RELATED:
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Trump Suggests Puerto Rico's Debt May Need to Be ‘Wiped Out’
Discussion:
Toronto Star, The Intercept, New York Times, CNNMoney, Washington Post, Business Insider, The Resurgent, twitchy.com, Common Dreams, ThinkProgress, Daily Kos and Politico
Colin Wilhelm / Politico:
White House walks back Trump's Puerto Rico comments as Wall Street reels
Discussion:
Joe.My.God.
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
Fighting The Battle for Truth To A Draw — There is something uniquely obscene about President Donald Trump's character—evinced in his ignorance, abusiveness, lust for dominance, and magnetic effect on other sleazy individuals—that leaves his opponents in a constant struggle to recall …
RELATED:
Dylan Scott / Vox:
What the Senate Republican budget actually means for health care
Discussion:
Roll Call, HuffPost and Wall Street Journal
Matthew Chapman / Shareblue:
GOP secretly plotting huge cuts to health care for kids on Medicaid
Discussion:
Politico, Vox, Common Dreams, ThinkProgress and Axios
Michael Moore:
My Proposal to Repeal the Second Amendment and Replace It With This: — PROPOSED 28th AMENDMENT TO THE US CONSTITUTION — “A well regulated State National Guard, being helpful to the safety and security of a State in times of need, along with the strictly regulated right of the people …
Discussion:
The Hill, RedState, Fox News Insider, Politico, No More Mister Nice Blog, Daily Wire, NewsBusters and TheBlaze
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Black Lives Matter Students Shut Down the ACLU's Campus Free Speech Event Because ‘Liberalism Is White Supremacy’ — Students affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement crashed an event at the College of William & Mary, rushed the stage, and prevented the invited guest …
RELATED:
Francesca Truitt / Flat Hat News:
Black Lives Matter protests American Civil Liberties Union
Discussion:
IJR and The Daily Caller
Liz Moyer / CNBC:
Someone dressed like the Monopoly guy is photobombing the Senate's Equifax hearing — A person dressed in a black top hat and bushy white mustache, occasionally putting a monocle on, sat in the audience of the Senate Banking Committee hearing on the Equifax data breach. — The Monopoly guy has gone to Washington.
Kareem Shaheen / The Guardian:
Santa Claus's tomb may have been uncovered beneath Turkish church — Archaeologists say they have found almost fully intact temple and burial grounds of Saint Nicholas in Antalya — Turkish archaeologists have dashed the hopes of millions of children by claiming to have uncovered the likely burial place of Saint Nicholas.
RELATED:
Josie Ensor / Telegraph:
Archaeologists in Turkey believe they have discovered Santa Claus's tomb
Discussion:
AOL and Daily Wire
CNN:
Roy Moore's Facebook page shared inflammatory memes, article praising Russia's anti-gay laws — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — “Want to stop riots? Play the National Anthem. They'll all sit down,” a meme shared on Moore's Facebook page read. — Moore's page also shared an article with the headline …
Discussion:
Hullabaloo
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Jared Kushner fined again for late ethics form, Ivanka Trump fined too — WASHINGTON — Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, senior advisers to President Donald Trump, were both fined $200 for missing deadlines to submit financial reports required by government ethics rules, according to documents and interviews.
Washington Post:
A tale of two Puerto Ricos: What Trump saw — and what he didn't — CAGUAS, Puerto Rico — The Puerto Rico that President Trump saw during his four-hour visit on Tuesday afternoon was that of Angel Pérez Otero, the mayor of Guaynabo, a wealthy San Juan suburb known …
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
‘Issue of collusion’ with Russia still open, Senate intel chief says — The top two members of the Senate Intelligence Committee gave a detailed update on the panel's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election today, saying that the “issue of collusion” with Russia remains open.
RELATED:
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Intel leaders: Collusion still open part of investigation
Discussion:
RedState
Robert Robb / USA Today:
The path to Trump 2020 is paved with Democrats' racist accusations — White Middle Americans are sick of accusatory identity politics, and if the left doesn't stop, they'll do what needs to be done to stop it. — CONNECT — Way too early for this kind of stuff, but I had been thinking …
Discussion:
Instapundit
Amy Julia Harris / Reveal:
They thought they were going to rehab. They ended up in chicken plants — The worst day of Brad McGahey's life was the day a judge decided to spare him from prison. — McGahey was 23 with dreams of making it big in rodeo, maybe starring in his own reality TV show.
Discussion:
Raw Story and The Lost Ogle
Statesman Journal:
Ex-Trump adviser Paul Manafort conspired to mislead bankruptcy court, son-in-law charges — Special Counsel Robert Mueller has issued two new subpoena in the investigation into President Trump's campaign ties to Russia. Nathan Rousseau Smith (@FantasticMrNate) reports. Buzz60 — CONNECT
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Bannon Backs Grimm, an Ex-Felon, in Challenge to G.O.P. Incumbent — Michael Grimm, who is trying to win back his old House seat after serving time in federal prison, secured a notable new supporter on Wednesday: Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump's former chief strategist …
Accounting Specialist Editor, Remote US — 
Senior Correspondent - Wealth, NY — 
Asia Credit Reporter, Seoul — 
Senior Editor, DC — 
Senior Social Media Specialist, NC — 
Associate Editor - Aviation, TN — 
Assistant Editor - Digital, NC — 
Video Producer - YouTube, NY — 
Senior Managing Ed. - Daily Desk — 
Content Managing Editor — 
Editor, MA — 
Team Editor - Breaking News, ON — 
Senior Reporter & Event Host, NY/CA — 
Associate Editor, Remote — 
Retail Reporter, MN — 
Senior Data Editor, DC — 
Managing Ed. - Berks County, PA — 
News Editor - UK, Remote — 
Staff Writer, TX — 
Multimedia Journalist, PA — 
Service Journalism Editor, CA — 
Content Director, Remote — 
Sports Reporter, ME — 
Los Angeles Issues Reporter, CA — 
Reporter - Middle East — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
Senior Media Editor — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Lexington County Reporter, SC — 
Reporter - Offshore Wind — 
General Assignment Reporter, FL — 
Staff Reporter, CA — 
Data Editor, NY — 
