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Bob Corker on Trump's biggest problem: The ‘castration’ of Rex Tillerson — So is Donald Trump really leading the country toward World War III? — That is the warning that lingers from the broadside delivered by Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) during his Twitter war with Trump.
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Trump's Iran announcement backfires — President Trump's official announcement that he will not certify the Iran deal, as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is known, set off a series of predictable and negative consequences. — First, the European Union made clear that it does not agree with Trump's move.


Corker: Trump trying to ‘publicly castrate’ Tillerson — (R-Tenn.) ripped President Trump on Friday over his relationship with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson — , denouncing moves by the president to “publicly castrate” his chief diplomat. — In an interview with The Washington Post …
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RedState, The Daily Caller and Washington Post



Trump says he spoke to US Virgin Islands' ‘president’ — which is him — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump accidentally referred to the US Virgin Islands' governor as their President during a speech Friday — even though he is technically their President.
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White House desperately tries to fix Trump's widely-mocked claim he met with ‘president of the Virgin Islands’ — During his speech at the Values Voters summit on Friday, President Donald Trump told the crowd that he recently met with the “president of the Virgin Islands.”


15 states sue over Trump-halted ObamaCare payments — A new multistate lawsuit has been announced to stop President Trump from halting key ObamaCare payments to insurers. — Fifteen states and Washington, D.C., are signing onto the new lawsuit, which will be filed Friday …
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Trump opposes bipartisan Obamacare rescue plan
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Sandoval: Trump decision to end health-care subsidies for low-income Americans is ‘devastating’
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll - October 2017: Open Enrollment and the ACA Marketplaces
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Politico, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, CNBC and Axios


Weinstein Co. Exploring Sale or Shutdown — Interested buyers have approached studio's board — Weinstein Co. is exploring a sale or shutdown and is unlikely to continue as an independent entity, a person close to the company said. — The film and television studio's board of directors …
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Lisa Bloom Reveals Why She Took On Harvey Weinstein as a Client — “I saw this as a unique opportunity to change the way these stories go,” says the lawyer. “I was wrong. It turns out nobody is ready to hear an apology when a shocking story comes out.” — When noted feminist …
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Harvey Weinstein will challenge his firing by The Weinstein Company …
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The Weinstein Co. Nears The Brink As Agencies Cut Off Talent Supply
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Mueller's team interviewed Priebus on Friday — Former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus was interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller's team on Friday, according to his lawyer, William Burck. — “Mr. Priebus was voluntarily interviewed by Special Counsel Mueller's team today.
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Anthony Scaramucci is romancing Kimberly Guilfoyle — MORE FROM: … Anthony Scaramucci, the infamous, fiery, short-lived former White House communications director, is wooing glamorous Fox News anchor Kimberly Guilfoyle, multiple sources tell Page Six — even as the couple deny they are an item.
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Hecklers shout down California attorney general, assembly majority leader at Whittier College — Last week, Whittier College — my alma mater — hosted California's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, in a question-and-answer session organized by Ian Calderon, the Majority Leader of the California State Assembly.
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McMaster Wants to Save the Iran Deal by Hiding It From Trump … In a meeting with Senate Democrats last week, President Donald Trump's top national security aide had a message for those worried that the administration may scuttle the Iran nuclear deal: If Trump doesn't have to see it, he won't be able to kill it.
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Desperate Puerto Ricans are drinking water from a hazardous-waste site — Dorado, Puerto Rico (CNN)Jose Luis Rodriguez waited in line Friday to fill plastic jugs in the back of his pickup truck with water for drinking, doing the dishes and bathing. — But there is something …
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The Root and New York Times


Pentagon accidentally included reporter in Puerto Rico spin talks — Officials at the Department of Defense and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) accidentally included a Bloomberg climate reporter on an internal email distribution list that included discussions on how to present Puerto Rico recovery efforts to the media.
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How the Pentagon Spun Hurricane Maria
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Abandoning Puerto Rico would be an impeachable offense
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Donald Trump's Fake Renoir: The Untold Story — Trump biographer Tim O'Brien talks about his years covering the developer turned reality star turned president—including a bizarre incident involving a fake impressionist painting. — Years ago, while reporting a book about a real-estate developer …
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Raw Story


Weinstein scandal — Can Democrats afford to cut Hollywood loose? — Last year at the 89th Annual Academy Awards, then-Vice President Joe Biden walked on stage to a standing ovation to introduce Lady Gaga. He gave a passionate speech on the topic of campus sexual assault …
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Obamas Choose Rising Stars to Paint Their Official Portraits — Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald will paint the former president and first lady for the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery — The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery has commissioned a pair of rising-star artists …
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