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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
2 Bosses Show Up to Lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — WASHINGTON — On Monday, Mick Mulvaney, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, brought in doughnuts. Around the same time, Leandra English, the agency's other acting director, sent an all-staff email thanking employees for their service.
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David Dayen / The Intercept:
White House Memo Justifying CFPB Takeover Was Written by Payday Lender Attorney — The lawyer who wrote the Office of Legal Counsel memo supporting the Trump administration's viewpoint that the president can appoint Mick Mulvaney as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau represented …
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Bloomberg, Washington Post, Allied Progress, Daily Kos and Credit Slips
Renae Merle / Washington Post:
At the CFPB, two acting directors show up to take command; one brings doughnuts, the other well-wishes
At the CFPB, two acting directors show up to take command; one brings doughnuts, the other well-wishes
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump wants to destroy Elizabeth Warren's brainchild. In a new interview, Warren hits back.
Trump wants to destroy Elizabeth Warren's brainchild. In a new interview, Warren hits back.
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Talking Points Memo and New York Times
Reuters:
White House's Mulvaney tells CFPB staff to ‘disregard’ Leandra English: memo
White House's Mulvaney tells CFPB staff to ‘disregard’ Leandra English: memo
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Axios and Political Wire
Renae Merle / Washington Post:
Leandra English, the woman at the center of a White House battle for control of the CFPB …
Leandra English, the woman at the center of a White House battle for control of the CFPB …
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Emily Stewart / Vox:
No one knows who's in charge of the government's top consumer watchdog
No one knows who's in charge of the government's top consumer watchdog
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Patrick Rucker / Reuters:
Doughnuts, dueling memos factor in showdown over U.S. consumer agency
Doughnuts, dueling memos factor in showdown over U.S. consumer agency
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The Daily Caller
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Barney Frank: English should ‘clearly’ lead consumer bureau
Barney Frank: English should ‘clearly’ lead consumer bureau
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Politico
Stacy Cowley / New York Times:
Battle for Control of Consumer Agency Heads to Court
Battle for Control of Consumer Agency Heads to Court
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
The Latest: Moore pushes back on allegations in new TV ad — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore (all times local): — Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore is using a new television ad to push back on allegations of sexual misconduct against him.
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James LaPorta / The Daily Beast:
Marine Colonel Announces He's Running Against Roy Moore: ‘Hold My Beer’ … When retired Marine Col. Lee Busby read it was too late for a write-in candidate for the Alabama senate race, he said, “Hold my beer, we will just see about that.” — Busby told The Daily Beast on Monday he is launching …
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Caroline Kenny / CNN:
Graham rues Trump's support for Roy Moore — Graham: Trump throwing Moore a lifeline — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — “If you think winning with Roy Moore is going to be easy for the Republican party, you're mistaken,” Sen. Lindsey Graham said. — Washington (CNN)Sen. Lindsey Graham bemoaned …
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Retired Marine colonel to launch Alabama Senate write-in campaign
Retired Marine colonel to launch Alabama Senate write-in campaign
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Political Wire
Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
The case for Roy Moore
The case for Roy Moore
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Scared Monkeys and Associated Press
David Usborne / Esquire:
THE LAST DETAIL — When Donald Trump won the presidency, many Americans hoped John McCain would live up to his maverick image and resist his agenda. But after the senator was diagnosed with brain cancer in July, his contrarian resolve revealed itself in unexpected ways that may shape his legacy—and our future.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
McCain: Trump doesn't have any ‘principles and beliefs’
McCain: Trump doesn't have any ‘principles and beliefs’
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
Senate GOP tax bill hurts the poor more than originally thought, CBO finds — The Senate Republican tax plan gives substantial tax cuts and benefits to Americans earning more than $100,000 a year, while the nation's poorest would be worse off, according to a report released Sunday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
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Bernie Becker / Politico:
Tax reform hangs in balance in critical week for GOP
Tax reform hangs in balance in critical week for GOP
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Sen. Rand Paul / Fox News:
Here's why I plan to vote for the Senate tax bill (and my colleagues should step up) — One of the fundamental problems in Washington is the attitude that the money that people make belongs to the government. That's why you hear arguments about how much a tax cut “costs,” …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump wants ‘a few changes’ to tax plan — President Trump on Monday appeared to call for changes to the Republican tax plan even as he claimed it has “great support.” — Trump tweeted that he wants “just a few changes” that would help “the middle class and job producers,” …
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Washington Post, Axios, New York Times and Washington Times
Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
Michael Flynn's lawyer meets with members of special counsel's team, raising specter of plea deal — The lawyer for President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn met Monday morning with members of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team, the latest indication …
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Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Michael Flynn's role in Mideast nuclear project could compound legal issues
Michael Flynn's role in Mideast nuclear project could compound legal issues
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Arutz Sheva
Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
“She Didn't Want This Come Hell or High Water”: Inside Melania Trump's Secretive East Wing — Understanding the most enigmatic First Lady—and unusual marriage—in modern political history. — I. “NOT MY THING” — Back in 2014, when Donald Trump was considering yet again a run for president …
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John Hilliard / BostonGlobe.com:
Tufts postpones Scaramucci event after he threatens to sue student, paper — Tufts University postponed a Monday event featuring Anthony Scaramucci, a former Trump White House spokesman, after he threatened to sue a student and the school newspaper for defamation following the publication of an op-ed column criticizing him.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump White House ethics lawyer exits — The ranks of former White House ethics lawyers available to comment on the ongoing controversies engulfing President Donald Trump's administration has just grown by one — an attorney who's certain to offer a much different perspective …
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Axios, Associated Press, Washington Times and Raw Story
Katie J.M. Baker / BuzzFeed:
More Than 180 Women Have Reported Sexual Assaults at Massage Envy — Across the US, people go to Massage Envy spas in search of a soothing, affordable escape. More than 180 people say what they got instead was sexual assault. But the billion-dollar company says that's not its problem to solve.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Morrissey: I would kill Trump ‘for the safety of humanity’ — British singer Morrissey said in a new interview he would kill President Trump if given the option. — During an interview with Der Spiegel, Morrissey, the former The Smiths frontman, was asked: “If there was a button …
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Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Claire McCaskill Took Action to Hide Travel on Private Plane From Public — Email records show FAA was asked to hide tracking data of Democratic senator's plane in April — Sen. Claire McCaskill (D., Mo.) took action earlier this year to make her family's private plane untrackable by the public …
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Political Wire
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Bernie makes moves pointing to 2020 run — Bernie Sanders is taking steps to address longstanding political shortcomings that were exposed in 2016, ahead of another possible presidential bid in 2020. — From forging closer ties to the labor movement to shoring up his once-flimsy foreign policy credentials …
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