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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Sen. Bob Corker's extraordinarily dim portrayal of the Trump administration — Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) announced recently that he would not seek reelection in 2018, and that seems to have freed him up to speak more candidly about the Trump administration. And speak more candidly he did on Wednesday.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Between the lines on Tillerson
Between the lines on Tillerson
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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 …
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Brian Ross / ABC News:
Portrait emerging of Las Vegas shooter as man ‘descending into madness’
Portrait emerging of Las Vegas shooter as man ‘descending into madness’
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Top conservative calls for ban on device used by Vegas shooter
Top conservative calls for ban on device used by Vegas shooter
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New York Times:
Las Vegas Shooting: Gunman's Girlfriend Said She Didn't Know He Planned Harm
Las Vegas Shooting: Gunman's Girlfriend Said She Didn't Know He Planned Harm
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Paul Harasim / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Las Vegas Strip shooter prescribed anti-anxiety drug in June
Las Vegas Strip shooter prescribed anti-anxiety drug in June
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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 …
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CBS Pittsburgh:
Pro-Life Rep. Tim Murphy Will Not Seek Re-Election After Reports Of Urging Abortion — PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Congressman Tim Murphy, of Upper St. Clair, has reached a decision about his political future. — In a statement to KDKA's Jon Delano, the embattled pro-life Republican says he won't seek re-election.
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker Tim Murphy to retire at end of term
GOP lawmaker Tim Murphy to retire at end of term
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Colin Wilhelm / Politico:
White House walks back Trump's Puerto Rico comments as Wall Street reels — NEW YORK — On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump casually told Geraldo Rivera on Fox News that the United States would have to wipe out $75 billion in debt owed by Puerto Rico to bondholders around the world.
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Associated Press:
AP-NORC Poll: Low marks for Trump's Puerto Rico response
AP-NORC Poll: Low marks for Trump's Puerto Rico response
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Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Trump Suggests Puerto Rico's Debt May Need to Be ‘Wiped Out’
Trump Suggests Puerto Rico's Debt May Need to Be ‘Wiped Out’
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Nicole Chavez / CNN:
Bump fire stocks found on Las Vegas shooter's guns — “You really don't have to be a professional armorer to do it,” said James Gagliano, a retired FBI supervisory special agent and CNN law enforcement analyst. — In 2010, Texas-based Slide Fire pitched the device to federal regulators …
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Stephen L. Miller / Fox News:
The media doesn't understand guns — and doesn't want to
The media doesn't understand guns — and doesn't want to
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Alexander Bisley / Vox:
Former Australian leader on passing gun control: “The results speak for themselves.”
Former Australian leader on passing gun control: “The results speak for themselves.”
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Key GOP senators open to ‘bump stock’ ban
Key GOP senators open to ‘bump stock’ ban
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Variety:
Harvey Weinstein Lawyers Up for Bombshell New York Times, New Yorker Stories — Harvey Weinstein has hired a high-powered team of attorneys to push back on soon-to-be-published bombshell stories from the New York Times and the New Yorker detailing sexual allegations and improper workplace behavior against him.
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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 …
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Francesca Truitt / Flat Hat News:
Black Lives Matter protests American Civil Liberties Union
Black Lives Matter protests American Civil Liberties Union
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Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
3 Special Forces Troops Are Killed and 2 Wounded in Ambush in Niger — WASHINGTON — Three United States Army Special Forces were killed and two were wounded in an ambush in Niger on Wednesday while on a routine patrol with troops they were training from the West African nation, American military officials said.
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Justin Glawe / The Daily Beast:
Unarmed Security Guard Took On Las Vegas Killer Stephen Paddock … LAS VEGAS — Jesus Campos had no firearm when he found Stephen Paddock and approached his room on the 32rd floor of Mandalay Bay on Sunday night. — Paddock, who had rigged cameras in the hallway and on the peephole of the door …
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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 …
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Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
‘Trump dossier’ on Russia links now part of special counsel's probe: sources — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The special counsel investigating whether Russia tried to sway the 2016 U.S. election has taken over FBI inquiries into a former British spy's dossier of allegations of Russian financial …
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Voter Fraud Commission Just Suffered a Court Defeat … A Texas judge has dealt a blow to President Donald Trump's voter fraud commission, ruling that state officials would be violating state privacy laws if they hand over voters' personal information to commission members.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Judge blocks Texas from turning over voter information to White House
Judge blocks Texas from turning over voter information to White House
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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 …
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
What the Senate Republican budget actually means for health care
What the Senate Republican budget actually means for health care
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Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
How We Found Tom Price's Private Jets — The first tip came from a casual conversation with a source back in May: Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price was using private jets for routine travel, possibly in violation of federal travel rules that allowed such flights only when commercial options weren't available.
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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 …
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.
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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 …
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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
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