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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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Trump: My presidency is ‘substantially ahead of schedule’
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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 — President Donald Trump will oppose any congressional attempts to reinstate funding for Obamacare subsidies — unless he gets something in return, his budget director Mick Mulvaney said in an interview Friday morning.
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll - October 2017: Open Enrollment and the ACA Marketplaces

Sandoval: Trump decision to end health-care subsidies for low-income Americans is ‘devastating’
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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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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.”

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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Trump aims blow at Iran and threatens landmark nuclear deal — US President Donald Trump has condemned Iran as a “fanatical regime” and refused to continue signing off on a landmark international nuclear deal. — In a combative speech on Friday, Mr Trump accused Iran of sponsoring terrorism and proposed new sanctions.
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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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How the Pentagon Spun Hurricane Maria — U.S. officials inadvertently included a Bloomberg reporter on an internal email list. Here's a glimpse into their bid to put relief efforts in a positive light. — Late last month, Pentagon communications officials inadvertently included Bloomberg …
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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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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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Roger Stone attorney says he complied with request for Assange contact — Washington (CNN)An attorney for Roger Stone says the longtime confidante to President Donald Trump has complied with the House Russia investigators' request for him to provide the identity of his intermediary to WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange.
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Social Media Guidelines for The Times Newsroom — The New York Times has been a dominant force on social media for years. Our newsroom accounts have tens of millions of followers. Many of our journalists are influential voices on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other platforms.

Las Vegas police now say there was no six-minute gap between first shots and concert massacre — Las Vegas police said Friday that the gunman who opened fire on a country music festival far below his hotel suite did not shoot a security guard six minutes before that rampage, contradicting a timeline they had offered earlier this week.
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