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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 …
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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.
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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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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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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’ — 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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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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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
If Only Stephen Paddock Were a Muslim
If Only Stephen Paddock Were a Muslim
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Yahoo! News:
‘He sent her away’: Sisters of Las Vegas gunman's Australian girlfriend break their silence
‘He sent her away’: Sisters of Las Vegas gunman's Australian girlfriend break their silence
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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
What a macho, gun-packing Instagram star did when he was caught in the Las Vegas shooting
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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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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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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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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 …
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Gun ‘Bump Stocks’ for Rapid Fire Are Legal. Senators Ask Why.
Gun ‘Bump Stocks’ for Rapid Fire Are Legal. Senators Ask Why.
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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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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’
Trump Suggests Puerto Rico's Debt May Need to Be ‘Wiped Out’
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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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Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Intel leaders: Collusion still open part of investigation
Intel leaders: Collusion still open part of investigation
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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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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.
U.S. Senator for Florida, Marco Rubio:
Rubio Seeks Answers from Army about Anti-American West Point Graduate — Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) is seeking answers from the Army about Second Lieutenant Spenser Rapone, an avowed communist who expressed his desire to infiltrate and sabotage the military and harm the United States.
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Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Rubio asks Army to kick out West Point grad with pro-communist posts
Rubio asks Army to kick out West Point grad with pro-communist posts
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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.
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Josie Ensor / Telegraph:
Archaeologists in Turkey believe they have discovered Santa Claus's tomb
Archaeologists in Turkey believe they have discovered Santa Claus's tomb
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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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BBC:
Catalan referendum: Region's independence ‘in matter of days’ — Catalonia will declare independence from Spain in a matter of days, the leader of the autonomous region has told the BBC. — In his first interview since a disputed vote on Sunday, Carles Puigdemont said his government would …
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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
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 …
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 …
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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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