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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
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NBC News:
Manafort Had $60 Million Relationship With a Russian Oligarch — LONDON — Paul Manafort, a former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, has much stronger financial ties to a Russian oligarch than have been previously reported. — An NBC News investigation reveals that $26 million changed hands …
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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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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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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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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
Democrats Are Launching A Legal Fight To Save Obamacare's Subsidy Payments
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Mnuchin Says Estate Tax Repeal Will Help ‘Rich People’ Most — WASHINGTON — President Trump and Republican leaders have positioned a proposed repeal of the estate tax as a way to help farmers, ranchers and small business owners. But on Friday, Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary …
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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William D. Cohan / Vanity Fair:
Gary Cohn Can't Quit Trump. Literally. He's Tried More Than Once. — Now he's one of the tiny quorum of adults around Trump—doing his “national duty,” as Trump said. “They get along again,” said a source. — Gary Cohn, Donald Trump's national economic adviser …
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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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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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Chaos inside scandal-wracked Weinstein Co.
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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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Farah Stockman / New York Times:
Becoming a Steelworker Liberated Her. Then Her Job Moved to Mexico. — INDIANAPOLIS — The man from Mexico followed a manager through the factory floor, past whirring exhaust fans, beeping forklifts, and drilling machines that whined against steel. Workers in safety glasses looked up and stared.
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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Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Texas Democrats Hesitant to Embrace Gay Candidate for Governor — A successful Dallas businessman pledging to spend in the seven figures out of his own bank account to run for governor in 2018 should be a great get for Texas Democrats. Yet the party doesn't seem to be getting behind Jeffrey Payne …
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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