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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
The Danger of President Pence — Trump's critics yearn for his exit. But Mike Pence, the corporate right's inside man, poses his own risks. — On September 14th, the right-wing pundit Ann Coulter, who last year published a book titled “In Trump We Trust,” expressed what a growing number of Americans …
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The Hill, Raw Story, Business Insider and AOL
Sara Murray / CNN:
Trump allies worry that losing the House means impeachment — (CNN)Top White House aides, lawmakers, donors and political consultants are privately asking whether President Donald Trump realizes that losing the House next year could put his presidency in peril.
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Dan Alexander / Forbes:
The Mystery Of Wilbur Ross' Missing Billions — Dressed in a blue suit and red tie, Donald Trump's 79-year-old pick for Secretary of Commerce sat before a panel of senators for nearly four hours in January, deflecting dozens of questions with relative ease.
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Inside the ‘adult day-care center’: How aides try to control and coerce Trump — President Trump listens as officials heap praise on him at a Cabinet meeting June 12. From left, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Kelly tries to get empty administration jobs filled fast
Kelly tries to get empty administration jobs filled fast
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Political Wire and Raw Story
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Kaepernick to file grievance against NFL owners for collusion: report — NFL free agent Colin Kaepernick has filed a grievance against NFL owners accusing them of collusion in keeping him out of the league, ABC News reported. — Kaepernick and his attorneys accuse NFL teams of displaying …
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Mike Florio / ProFootballTalk:
Colin Kaepernick files collusion grievance against NFL
Colin Kaepernick files collusion grievance against NFL
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Dean Schabner / ABC News:
Former 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick files grievance against NFL over alleged collusion
Former 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick files grievance against NFL over alleged collusion
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The Guardian and Washington Free Beacon
Rob Goldberg / Bleacher Report:
Colin Kaepernick Reportedly Files Grievance Against NFL Owners for Collusion
Colin Kaepernick Reportedly Files Grievance Against NFL Owners for Collusion
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Last Tradition, The Root, The Daily Caller, New York Times, twitchy.com, IJR and NPR
Erin Durkin / New York Daily News:
Pilot boots New York activist Tamika Mallory from American Airlines flight over seat dispute — New York activist Tamika Mallory says she was booted from an American Airlines flight in Miami after a pilot inserted himself into a dispute over her seat assignment.
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The Root
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Miami politician says aliens took her on a spaceship. Now she's running for Congress. — WASHINGTON — Florida has a U.S. senator who once flew aboard the Space Shuttle. — A congressional candidate from Miami can go one better: Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera says she's been aboard a spaceship too.
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Moscow's message to Trump on Iran deal: 'If it's not broke, don't fix it' — Russia's foreign ministry on Sunday called on President Trump not to meddle with something that's already working, after Trump announced last week his decision to decertify the Iran nuclear deal.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
What's behind Trump's new executive actions
What's behind Trump's new executive actions
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Washington Post
Nicholas Vinocur / Politico:
Macron: ‘I told Trump not to tear up Iran deal’
Macron: ‘I told Trump not to tear up Iran deal’
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Washington Post
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump's attacks on Senate Republicans are paying political dividends — THE BIG IDEA: — NEW YORK—Scapegoating the Senate GOP is proving to be an effective political strategy for President Trump. Activists and donors on the right are primed to blame congressional Republicans …
Bloomberg:
Kushner Plan for Fifth Avenue Tower Is Being Blocked by Partner — Vornado wants modest renovation and to rent out offices — The building has been losing money since it was bought in 2007 — An ambitious plan by Jared Kushner's family to recast its indebted Fifth Avenue office building …
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Raw Story
Matt Friedman / Politico:
Menendez faces critical moment in bribery trial — The bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez has reached a critical moment, with the judge overseeing the case deciding whether to dismiss a big chunk of the corruption allegations facing the New Jersey Democrat.
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Menendez Trial May Hinge on a New Definition of Bribery
Menendez Trial May Hinge on a New Definition of Bribery
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Dem lawmaker: One Republican is considering articles of impeachment against Trump — (D-Tenn.) in an interview on Sunday said at least one Republican is considering supporting articles of impeachment against President Trump. — “I have one Republican that has said he is looking at it …
Bill Allison / Bloomberg:
Trump's Campaign Paid His Son's Russia-Probe Law Firm $238,000 — Donald Trump Jr. faces scrutiny over 2016 meeting with Russian — Campaign spent $1.1 million overall on legal expenses in Q3 — President Donald Trump's re-election committee paid almost $238,000 in the third quarter …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Florida's Senate race shaping up as a clash of titans — Sen. Bill Nelson went to Democratic leader Chuck Schumer this summer with an urgent plea. — Florida's Democratic Party was in disarray after the 2016 presidential debacle, the senator said, and he needed help from D.C. to prepare …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
The next CIA director could be Tom Cotton — We told you about internal administration conversations about sliding CIA Director Mike Pompeo over to replace SecState Rex Tillerson, whenever he heads back to Texas. — Now we're hearing about a top possibility for the next chess move …
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Political Wire and IJR
New York Times:
For Weinstein, a Brush With the Police, Then No Charges — For decades the film producer Harvey Weinstein succeeded in hiding from public view complaint after complaint of sexual misconduct against him. But on the evening of March 28, 2015, at a rendezvous at the TriBeCa Grand …
Wall Street Journal:
The ‘Resistance’ vs. George Washington — If a president can't take emoluments, the founders were crooks. — The Trump administration has been under siege from the left's self-professed “legal resistance.” Perhaps the highest-profile example involves President Trump himself.
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Aiding Transgender Case, Sessions Defies His Image on Civil Rights — In an unusual move, the attorney general has sent a federal hate crimes lawyer to Iowa to help prosecute a man charged with murdering a transgender high school student. — October 15, 2017
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
The Fussy Attack of the Domesticated Conservatives — Getting named to Salon's list of The 25 Conservatives Actually Worth Following On Twitter is either a grievous insult or a certification that you suck. Salon is saying that you're not a carrier of a hardcore conservative contagion …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Nafta Threat — Ending the pact would be the worst economic blunder since Nixon. — Donald Trump is threatening again to terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement if Canada and Mexico don't agree to his ultimatums. If this is a negotiating tactic of making extreme demands …
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