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Trump to widow of Sgt. La David Johnson: ‘He knew what he signed up for’ — Trump faces controversy after U.S. Army deaths in Africa — MIAMI-DADE, Fla. - President Donald Trump told U.S. Army Sgt. La David Johnson's widow Tuesday that “he knew what he signed up for ... but when it happens …
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Associated Press:
Trump and the new politics of honoring war dead — https://apnews.com/d3bf716591bd49d4a8a8 6f229efe900f — Link copied! — WASHINGTON (AP) — After her Army son died in an armored vehicle rollover in Syria in May, Sheila Murphy says, she got no call or letter from President Donald Trump …
Elizabeth Preza / Raw Story:
‘I was gonna curse him out’: Rep. Wilson describes hearing Trump's phone call with widow of fallen soldier — Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL) on Tuesday spoke with CNN's Don Lemon about the phone call between Donald Trump and the widow of U.S. Army Sgt. La David Johnson, explaining she “was gonna curse” the president out.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump says US Rep. ‘fabricated’ what he said — The Latest on President Donald Trump's alleged comments to the widow of a slain soldier (all times local): — President Donald Trump is disputing a report that he told the widow of a soldier killed in an ambush in Niger that her husband “knew what he signed up for.”
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Washington Post:
Twelve days of silence, then a swipe at Obama: How Trump handled four dead soldiers — On Oct. 4, the day four U.S. Special Forces soldiers were gunned down at the border of Niger and Mali in the deadliest combat incident since President Trump took office, the commander in chief was lighting …
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ABC News, Raw Story and Outside the Beltway
CNN:
Trump: Dem congresswoman ‘totally fabricated’ his remarks to widow of fallen soldier
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Jared Kushner Adds Charles Harder to Legal Team As West Wing Pressure Mounts — On Friday, Reince Priebus testified for hours with lawyers on special counsel Robert Mueller's team. While Priebus has been careful not to criticize the president openly, sources who have spoken to him say he's …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Spicer interviewed by Mueller's team — The former press secretary met with prosecutors in the Russia probe on Monday. — President Donald Trump's former press secretary Sean Spicer met with special counsel Robert Mueller's team on Monday for an interview that lasted much of the day …
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Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Mueller has interviewed the cybersecurity expert who described being ‘recruited to collude with the Russians’
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Washington Post, Daily Kos, Raw Story and NBC News
Associated Press:
Politics and the fallen: Trump hasn't called all families — https://apnews.com/33e05d95e44842528e74 c1f8df572ad0 — Link copied! — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pulled bereaved military families into a painful political fight of his own making, going so far Tuesday …
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Top General's Grief Becomes Political Talking Point for Trump
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Ryan Struyk / CNN:
CNN poll: Most Americans oppose Trump's tax reform plan — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)A slim majority of Americans (52%) oppose President Donald Trump's recent tax reform proposals, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, while only one-third (34%) say they support the Trump plan.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: 46 percent think media make up stories about Trump
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Political Wire, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Eric Boehlert / Shareblue Media:
New poll predicts unprecedented defeat for House Republicans in 2018
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Associated Press:
Trump Changes Mind, Says He's Not A Fan Of Bipartisan Health Care Plan — WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan Senate deal to curb the growth of health insurance premiums is reeling after President Donald Trump reversed course and opposed the agreement and top congressional Republicans and conservatives gave it a frosty reception.
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Political Wire
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Wall Street Journal:
The Other Brother: Bob Weinstein Was an Abusive Boss — According to multiple former employees and business associates, he was a volatile and bullying executive — Over the years, movie producer Bob Weinstein has belittled and bullied employees, shoved an executive's spouse and pressured …
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Bob Weinstein Accused of Sexual Harassment by TV Showrunner
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Trump asks whether James Comey was truthful about Clinton probe — President Trump suggested Wednesday that former FBI director James B. Comey had intended to spare Democrat Hillary Clinton from prosecution “long before investigation was complete” into her government email practices.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Clinton lawyer pounds CNN's Chris Cillizza on email analysis piece
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Hullabaloo and Mashable
Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
NFL policy on anthem kneeling unchanged, despite Trump rebuke — NEW YORK (Reuters) - National Football League officials weighed the fervor of players protesting racism against U.S. President Donald Trump's anger at their autumn meeting on Tuesday with supporters of the players kneeling outside in solidarity.
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New York Times and Balloon Juice
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump rips NFL decision on anthem protests: ‘Total disrespect’ for US
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ThinkProgress, Politico, ProFootballTalk, The Daily Caller and Washington Times
Carrie Levine / Center for Public Integrity:
Republican lawmakers' posh hideaway bankrolled by secret corporate cash — Bank records: Comcast, Microsoft, Koch helped fund GOP convention ‘cloakroom’ — Donald Trump declared last year in his populist presidential nomination acceptance speech that he's “not able to look the other way” …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Roy Moore, Doug Jones neck-and-neck in Alabama Senate race — Republican Roy Moore, the anti-Republican establishment candidate, is tied at 42 percent apiece with Democrat Doug Jones in the U.S. Senate race in deep-red Alabama. — A Fox News Poll also finds that among …
NBC News:
Putin Rival Ties Kushner Meeting to Kremlin Bankers — A prominent exiled Russian oligarch said in an exclusive interview with NBC News that he is nearly certain Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to collaborate with the Trump campaign, and that he believes a top Russian banker was not …
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Last Men and OverMen
Barry Meier / New York Times:
Inside a Secretive Group Where Women Are Branded — ALBANY — Last March, five women gathered in a home near here to enter a secret sisterhood they were told was created to empower women. — To gain admission, they were required to give their recruiter — or “master,” as she was called …
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Internal White House documents allege manufacturing decline increases abortions, infertility, and spousal abuse — White House officials working on trade policy were alarmed last month when a top adviser to President Trump circulated a two-page document that alleged a weakened manufacturing sector leads …
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Mother Jones, The Daily Caller, Axios and Political Wire
Justin Caruso / The Daily Caller:
‘SO DISHONEST’: Tucker And Glenn Greenwald Go After Media Lies On Trump-Russia — ‘SO DISHONEST’: Tucker And Glenn Greenwald Go After Media Lies [VIDEO] — ‘Inflammatory stories that turn out to be totally false’ — CNN Reporter Mocks Trump Helping McConnell Up The Stairs—Forgets McConnell Had Polio
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Infowars and The Last Tradition
New York Times:
Women Denounce Harassment in California's Capital — LOS ANGELES — The groundswell over sexual harassment that has rocked Hollywood moved into California's capital on Tuesday as more than 140 women — including legislators, senior legislative aides and lobbyists — came forward to denounce …
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Mother Jones and Axios
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Second judge rules against latest travel ban, saying Trump's own words show it was aimed at Muslims — A federal judge in Maryland early Wednesday issued a second halt on the latest version of President Trump's travel ban, asserting that the president's own comments on the campaign trail …
Ben White / Politico:
Treasury secretary: Pass a tax bill or markets will tank — Steven Mnuchin has a stern warning for Congress: You could blow up the stock market if you fail to cut taxes. — The Treasury secretary, in the first episode of the “POLITICO Money” podcast, said Wall Street's big run-up following …
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Business Insider and CNBC
Dylan Gwinn / Breitbart:
Backlash: Week 6 of the NFL Reveals Several Nearly Empty Stadiums As Fans Continue to Leave the League — The NFL likely hoped for a return to normalcy for Week 6, especially after Commissioner Goodell's call to “move past the anthem controversy,” and address the issue in detail at league meetings on Tuesday.
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New York Times:
Raqqa, ISIS ‘Capital,’ Is Captured, U.S.-Backed Forces Say — BEIRUT, Lebanon — American-backed forces said on Tuesday that they had seized the northern Syrian city of Raqqa from the Islamic State, a major blow to the militant group, which had long used the city as the de facto capital of its self-declared caliphate.
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