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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.
Nik Steinberg / Politico:
Rex Tillerson Is Running the State Department Into the Ground
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, IJR and Mediaite
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 …
Discussion: Associated Press
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
If Only Stephen Paddock Were a Muslim
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
What a macho, gun-packing Instagram star did when he was caught in the Las Vegas shooting
Discussion: Balloon Juice, The Week and IJR
Paul Harasim / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Las Vegas Strip shooter prescribed anti-anxiety drug in June
NBC News:
Marilou Danley, Girlfriend of Las Vegas Gunman, Back in the U.S. for Grilling
Associated Press:
FBI questions Marilou Danley, girlfriend of Las Vegas shooter, in search for answers
Discussion: bet.com and The Root
New York Times:
Meticulous Planning by Las Vegas Gunman Before He Opened Fire
CNN:
Las Vegas shooter's girlfriend ‘sent away’ before his massacre
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
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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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 …
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: The Week and Joe.My.God.
New York Times:
White House Dials Back Trump's Vow to Clear Puerto Rico's Debt
Discussion: IJR, The Week and The Hill
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
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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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.
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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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
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
Francesca Truitt / Flat Hat News:
Black Lives Matter protests American Civil Liberties Union  —  Sept. 27, Black Lives Matter protestors at the College of William and Mary interrupted “Students and the First Amendment,” a scheduled event co-sponsored by AMP and the American Civil Liberties Union.
Discussion: Hit & Run, IJR and The Daily Caller
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.
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
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
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 …
 
 
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senators unveil bipartisan criminal justice reform package
Discussion: Axios
Connor Sheets / The Guardian:
Too poor to vote: how Alabama's ‘new poll tax’ bars thousands of people from voting
Alice Speri / The Intercept:
Internal Emails Show ICE Agents Struggling to Substantiate Trump's Lies About Immigrants
Discussion: Raw Story
BBC:
Catalan referendum: Region's independence ‘in matter of days’
Discussion: NBC News
Randy Lewis / Los Angeles Times:
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 Earlier Items: 
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Ben Shapiro: Who died and made Jimmy Kimmel Jesus?
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Kirsten Powers / Washington Post:
Why ‘thoughts and prayers’ is starting to sound so profane
Discussion: The Resurgent and Boing Boing
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
California Democrats' early presidential primary: Unintended consequences?
Discussion: New York Magazine and EconLog
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