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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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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 …
CBS News:
Rex Tillerson refutes report that he was on verge of resigning over the summer
Rex Tillerson refutes report that he was on verge of resigning over the summer
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Nik Steinberg / Politico:
Rex Tillerson Is Running the State Department Into the Ground
Rex Tillerson Is Running the State Department Into the Ground
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Tillerson: I have ‘never’ considered resigning
Tillerson: I have ‘never’ considered resigning
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David Reid / CNBC:
Tillerson reportedly described Trump as a ‘moron’ and was set to resign in July
Tillerson reportedly described Trump as a ‘moron’ and was set to resign in July
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Jeffrey Lewis / Foreign Policy:
Donald Trump Threatened North Korea After Completely Imaginary Negotiations
Donald Trump Threatened North Korea After Completely Imaginary Negotiations
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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 …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
If Only Stephen Paddock Were a Muslim — If only Stephen Paddock had been a Muslim ... If only he had shouted “Allahu akbar” before he opened fire on all those concertgoers in Las Vegas ... If only he had been a member of ISIS ... If only we had a picture of him posing with a Quran in one hand and his semiautomatic rifle in another ...
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Avi Selk / Washington Post:
What a macho, gun-packing Instagram star did when he was caught in the Las Vegas shooting … Guns and women got Dan Bilzerian where he is today — the so-called “King of Instagram,” with nearly 23 million followers, a mansion full of guns and a hot tub full of women.
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Louis Sahagun / Los Angeles Times:
At his local Starbucks, Las Vegas shooter remembered for berating his girlfriend — The workers behind the counter at the Starbucks inside the Virgin River Casino in Mesquite, Nev., winced whenever Stephen Paddock and his girlfriend, Marilou Danley, lined up for their usual beverages.
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David Smith / The Guardian:
Las Vegas shooter's girlfriend returns to US as police reveal details of his planning — Authorities investigating the Las Vegas mass shooting, the deadliest in modern US history, are preparing to question the girlfriend of gunman Stephen Paddock who has flown back to America after being named …
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Yahoo! News:
‘He sent her away’: Sisters of Las Vegas gunman's Australian girlfriend break their silence — Marilou Danley's sisters have said they believe she was “sent away” so she could not interfere with her boyfriend's plan to open-fire on thousands of people in the Las Vegas massacre.
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Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
Two strangers bond over country music and beer. Then the gunshots started. — Up-and-coming country star Luke Combs had just started his set on the smaller of the two festival stages when Kody Robertson, an auto parts salesman from Columbus, Ohio, squeezed in at the end of the bar next to Michelle Vo …
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NBC News:
Marilou Danley, Girlfriend of Las Vegas Gunman, Back in the U.S. for Grilling
Marilou Danley, Girlfriend of Las Vegas Gunman, Back in the U.S. for Grilling
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Washington Post:
New details emerge about Marilou Danley, girlfriend of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock
New details emerge about Marilou Danley, girlfriend of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock
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Mark Osborne / ABC News:
Las Vegas shooter's girlfriend, Marilou Danley, tells family she has a ‘clean conscience’
Las Vegas shooter's girlfriend, Marilou Danley, tells family she has a ‘clean conscience’
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CNN:
Las Vegas shooter's girlfriend ‘sent away’ before his massacre
Las Vegas shooter's girlfriend ‘sent away’ before his massacre
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New York Times:
Meticulous Planning by Las Vegas Gunman Before He Opened Fire
Meticulous Planning by Las Vegas Gunman Before He Opened Fire
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Washington Post:
Police say Las Vegas gunman planned ‘extensively,’ used cameras to monitor police as they approached
Police say Las Vegas gunman planned ‘extensively,’ used cameras to monitor police as they approached
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Politico:
The gun lobby: See how much your representative gets
The gun lobby: See how much your representative gets
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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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Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Trump Suggests Puerto Rico's Debt May Need to Be ‘Wiped Out’ — ‘We are going to work something out,’ president says on Fox — Trump visited island earlier Tuesday to survey storm damage — President Donald Trump suggested that the government debt accumulated by bankrupt Puerto Rico …
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Associated Press:
AP-NORC Poll: Few approve of Trump's Puerto Rico response — Americans are more likely to approve than disapprove of how President Donald Trump is handling hurricane relief in Florida and Texas, but it's a different story when it comes to Puerto Rico. — According to a new poll …
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Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times:
Trump Vows to Wipe Out Puerto Rico's Debt. Can He Do That?
Trump Vows to Wipe Out Puerto Rico's Debt. Can He Do That?
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CNN:
Exclusive: Russian-linked Facebook ads targeted Michigan and Wisconsin — (CNN)A number of Russian-linked Facebook ads specifically targeted Michigan and Wisconsin, two states crucial to Donald Trump's victory last November, according to four sources with direct knowledge of the situation.
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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.
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New York Times:
Equifax Breach Caused by Lone Employee's Error, Former C.E.O. Says
Equifax Breach Caused by Lone Employee's Error, Former C.E.O. Says
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Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
6 Fresh Horrors From the Equifax CEO's Congressional Hearing
6 Fresh Horrors From the Equifax CEO's Congressional Hearing
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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
Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
Cummings questions White House about Conway's private jet travels — The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee wants the White House to provide details of private jet flights that counselor Kellyanne Conway took with former HHS Secretary Tom Price, who resigned last week in the wake …
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Joe Perticone / Business Insider:
John Kelly is blocking a pro-Russia congressman from talking to Trump
John Kelly is blocking a pro-Russia congressman from talking to Trump
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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Ginsburg Slaps Gorsuch in Gerrymandering Case — Toward the end of the Supreme Court's argument in Gill v. Whitford, about the future of partisan gerrymandering, there was a revealing moment about the place of the newest Justice in the esteem of at least one of his peers.
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