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Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
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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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
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.
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
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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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
For Trump, “Consequences Are Piling Up” with Republicans in Washington
Rachel Roubein / The Hill:
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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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump opposes bipartisan Obamacare rescue plan
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Megan Messerly / The Nevada Independent:
Sandoval: Trump decision to end health-care subsidies for low-income Americans is ‘devastating’
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New York Times, Shareblue Media, Vox, The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo and Politico
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
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
Kelsey Tamborrino / Politico:
Trump: My presidency is ‘substantially ahead of schedule’
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Daniella Diaz / CNN:
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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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
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.”
Annie Karni / Politico:
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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Emily Smith / Page Six:
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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Wall Street Journal:
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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Adam Steinbaugh / FIRE:
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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BBC:
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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Nick Bilton / Vanity Fair:
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
John D. Sutter / CNN:
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
Kelly Crow / Wall Street Journal:
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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npg.si.edu, The Root and Talking Points Memo
The White House:
President Donald J. Trump Proclaims October 15 through October 21, 2017, as National Character Counts Week — NATIONAL CHARACTER COUNTS WEEK, 2017 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — We celebrate National Character Counts Week because few things are more important …
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Ashley Cullins / Hollywood Reporter:
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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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
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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