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5:40 PM ET, October 4, 2017

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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.
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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 …
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.
John Hudson / BuzzFeed:
Today Tillerson Tried To Kill The “Rexit” Rumors Once And For All
Nik Steinberg / Politico:
Rex Tillerson Is Running the State Department Into the Ground
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, IJR and Mediaite
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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 …
Discussion: Associated Press
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
If Only Stephen Paddock Were a Muslim
Washington Post:
New details emerge about Marilou Danley, girlfriend of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock
Associated Press:
FBI questions Marilou Danley, girlfriend of Las Vegas shooter, in search for answers
Discussion: bet.com and The Root
Paul Harasim / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Las Vegas Strip shooter prescribed anti-anxiety drug in June
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Scalise: Shooting ‘fortified’ my view on gun rights
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump says it's a ‘sad day’
Discussion: ABC News and Axios
NBC News:
Marilou Danley, Girlfriend of Las Vegas Gunman, Back in the U.S. for Grilling
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 …
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 …
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Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Trump Suggests Puerto Rico's Debt May Need to Be ‘Wiped Out’
Colin Wilhelm / Politico:
White House walks back Trump's Puerto Rico comments as Wall Street reels
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Key GOP senators open to ‘bump stock’ ban  —  Top Senate Republicans said Wednesday they are open to considering legislation banning devices that were reportedly used to gun down scores of people in the worst mass shooting in modern American history.  —  Bump stocks — also known as …
Discussion: Vox, ABC News and Political Wire
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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.
Discussion: Politico, Axios and The Week
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CNN:
Exclusive: Russian-linked Facebook ads targeted Michigan and Wisconsin
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Intel leaders: Collusion still open part of investigation
Discussion: RedState
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
Discussion: Politico, Roll Call and HuffPost
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.
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
Discussion: IJR and The Daily Caller
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.
Discussion: Gizmodo and The Week
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Josie Ensor / Telegraph:
Archaeologists in Turkey believe they have discovered Santa Claus's tomb
Discussion: AOL and Daily Wire
Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Rubio asks Army to kick out West Point grad with pro-communist posts  —  (R-Fla.) is demanding the Army kick out the West Point graduate whose pro-communist social media posts are under investigation.  —  In a letter to acting Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, Rubio questioned how someone …
Discussion: RedState
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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 …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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
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.
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
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.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Lost Ogle
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 …
Connor Sheets / The Guardian:
Too poor to vote: how Alabama's ‘new poll tax’ bars thousands of people from voting  —  In Alabama, money keeps thousands of people away from the ballot box - and the state's felon disenfranchisement policies are probably unconstitutional … Randi Lynn Williams assumes she will never be able to afford to vote again.
 
 
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
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Internal Emails Show ICE Agents Struggling to Substantiate Trump's Lies About Immigrants
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BBC:
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Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
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