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Trump Wanted Tenfold Increase in Nuclear Arsenal, Surprising Military — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he wanted what amounted to a nearly tenfold increase in the U.S. nuclear arsenal during a gathering this past summer of the nation's highest ranking national security leaders …
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Politico:
Trump suggests challenging NBC's broadcast license — His tweet follows a story by NBC News Wednesday that the president calls ‘pure fiction, made up to demean.’ — President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested that NBC's broadcast license should be pulled as punishment after NBC News published …
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Elizabeth Preza / Raw Story:
GOP official imagines Kelly and Mattis discussed tackling Trump if he ‘lunges for the nuclear football’: report — New York Magazine contributing editor Gabriel Sherman on Tuesday reported on a remarkable conversation he had with a senior Republican official, who described imagined conversations …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Trump threatens to cancel NBC's broadcast license over critical reporting — A terrifying threat, if it were remotely credible. — Another day, another casual threat from the president of the United States to abuse the powers of his office in order to stymie reporting that he doesn't like.
People.com:
Harvey Weinstein's Wife Georgina Chapman Is Leaving Him: ‘My Heart Breaks for All the Women Who Have Suffered’ — Harvey Weinstein's wife, Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman, is leaving him — as more women continue to step forward to accuse the movie mogul of decades of sexual harassment and assault.
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TMZ.com:
Harvey Weinstein Flying to Europe Tonight for Sex Addiction Rehab — EXCLUSIVE DETAILS — Harvey Weinstein is boarding a private jet Tuesday night, bound for a rehab center in Europe for sex addiction ... sources connected with the former mogul tell TMZ.
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Erik Hayden / Hollywood Reporter:
Ronan Farrow Says He Was Threatened Personally With a Lawsuit by Harvey Weinstein
Ronan Farrow Says He Was Threatened Personally With a Lawsuit by Harvey Weinstein
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Kate Maltby / CNN:
Harvey Weinstein and his enablers
Harvey Weinstein and his enablers
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HuffPost:
Sources: NBC Let Ronan Farrow's Weinstein Scoop Slip Away
Sources: NBC Let Ronan Farrow's Weinstein Scoop Slip Away
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Mitch McConnell Goes to the Mattresses for Trump's Judicial Nominees — The Senate majority leader takes charge of the confirmation process. — The Republican drive to confirm federal judges has gained momentum from a series of actions by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Inside Bannon's plans for a GOP civil war
Inside Bannon's plans for a GOP civil war
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Goodbye, blue slips!?
Cory Bennett / Politico:
Senate Democrats worry Russia could jeopardize reelection bids — Democratic senators fighting to hold on to their seats next year are increasingly worried about a troubling reality: Russia appears set to mess with U.S. elections — again. — The bipartisan leaders of the Senate Intelligence …
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Erin Mershon / STAT:
An old-school pharmacy hand-delivers drugs to Congress, a little-known perk for the powerful — ASHINGTON — If House Speaker Paul Ryan comes down with the flu this winter, he and his security detail won't be screeching off toward the closest CVS for his Tamiflu.
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Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
'He's better than this,' says Thomas Barrack, Trump's loyal whisperer — NEW YORK — Thomas J. Barrack Jr., a billionaire who is one of President Trump's oldest friends, had spent weeks trying to smooth the way for a May presidential meeting in Saudi Arabia with Gulf leaders. — All initially went well.
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Deena Zaru / CNN:
Eminem unleashes on Trump: The 11 fiercest lines — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — " to a “racist grandpa” in an explosive 4.5-minute freestyle rap. — The Detroit rapper challenged his fans at the BET Hip Hop Awards to “decide who you like more” — Eminem or Trump.
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Pledge to Impeach Trump, a Key Donor Demands of Democrats — One of the Democratic Party's most prominent financial backers is demanding that lawmakers and candidates on the left support removing President Trump from office, putting pressure on Democrats to make Mr. Trump's ouster a defining issue in the 2018 midterm elections.
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New York Times:
How Israel Caught Russian Hackers Scouring the World for U.S. Secrets — It was a case of spies watching spies watching spies: Israeli intelligence officers looked on in real time as Russian government hackers searched computers around the world for the code names of American intelligence programs.
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Israel hacked Kaspersky, then tipped the NSA that its tools had been breached
Israel hacked Kaspersky, then tipped the NSA that its tools had been breached
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
What Bob Corker Really Fears — It doesn't matter all that much that Bob Corker and Donald Trump are insulting each other via Twitter. Sooner or later, Trump insults almost everyone. What matters is that Corker, the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a confidant …
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Nick Anderson / Washington Post:
‘In the event of a nuclear attack’: U-Hawaii's curious email to students and staff
‘In the event of a nuclear attack’: U-Hawaii's curious email to students and staff
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Sophia Tesfaye / Salon:
Trump's Benghazi? Ambush of U.S. soldiers in Niger goes unnoticed — Four dead Americans. — It's been five years since terrorists attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, 2012, leaving four Americans dead. Last week, as CIA officers disguised in wigs and mustaches testified …
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Washington Post:
Black man attacked by white supremacists in Charlottesville faces felony charge — The black man beaten in a Charlottesville parking garage by white supremacists after a “Unite the Right” rally has been charged with a crime in connection with the incident, even as police continue searching …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
For Republicans, ‘Failure Is Not an Option’ on Tax Cuts — WASHINGTON — Republicans are staggering, knocked off kilter by internecine conflict between President Trump and his own party in Congress. Incumbents are under aggressive challenge from conservative activists. Frustrated veteran lawmakers are bailing out.
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Jessica Guynn / USA Today:
Mark Zuckerberg apologizes for tone-deaf virtual tour of hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico — SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg apologized after a live-streamed virtual trip to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico to promote Facebook's Spaces app drew sharp criticism on social media.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The real fix for gerrymandering is proportional representation — It's time to consider radical solutions. — The furor over the Supreme Court case considering limits on gerrymandering has reminded me of a conference I attended years ago. This was a meeting mostly composed …
Los Angeles Times:
New disclosure shows a casino guard alerted hotel to gunman before Vegas massacre began. So why did it take so long to stop him? — Police say gunman Stephen Paddock shot a security guard before opening fire on concertgoers. — Before the Las Vegas massacre began, a wounded Mandalay Bay …
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Luke Ramseth / Salt Lake Tribune:
Footage ‘tells the truth,’ Utah nurse says after the SLC officer who arrested her was fired — Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown has fired one officer and demoted another in response to the July 26 arrest of University Hospital nurse Alex Wubbels, according to records obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune.