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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Trump's baffling tweet about CHIP and the government shutdown, explained — The president tweets a policy position — and it's the opposite of what congressional Republicans want. — President Trump appeared to throw a wrench into congressional budget negotiations on Thursday morning …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Shutdown looms as Republicans struggle for votes
Shutdown looms as Republicans struggle for votes
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Trump Upsets Republican Strategy to Avoid Shutdown
Trump Upsets Republican Strategy to Avoid Shutdown
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Alice Ollstein / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Blows Up Republican Plan To Blame Democrats For Blocking CHIP
Trump Blows Up Republican Plan To Blame Democrats For Blocking CHIP
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CBS News:
Most Americans support DACA, but oppose border wall - CBS News poll
Most Americans support DACA, but oppose border wall - CBS News poll
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
McConnell plans for shutdown
McConnell plans for shutdown
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Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
DEMOCRATS, IT'S NOW OR NEVER FOR DREAMERS
DEMOCRATS, IT'S NOW OR NEVER FOR DREAMERS
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Risk of government shutdown grows even as Trump backs GOP plan
Risk of government shutdown grows even as Trump backs GOP plan
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Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
Shutdown Threat Looms: Senate Dems Stiffen Spines, House In Chaos
Shutdown Threat Looms: Senate Dems Stiffen Spines, House In Chaos
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Elana Schor / Politico:
DACA-shutdown talks still stalled after Kelly hits the Hill
DACA-shutdown talks still stalled after Kelly hits the Hill
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
FBI investigating whether Russian money went to NRA to help Trump — WASHINGTON — The FBI is investigating whether a top Russian banker with ties to the Kremlin illegally funneled money to the National Rifle Association to help Donald Trump win the presidency, two sources familiar with the matter have told McClatchy.
Hayes Brown / BuzzFeed:
Hungarian Police Have A Warrant Out For Former Trump Adviser Sebastian Gorka — Gorka's warrant on gun charges was in effect the entire time he was in the White House. — Former Trump White House staffer Sebastian Gorka has an active warrant out for his arrest in Hungary, according to the Hungarian police's website.
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Murray Waas / Foreign Policy:
Trump Ordered Bannon to Limit Testimony — The president relied on a key legal advisor, but his advice could have a downside — President Donald Trump personally made the decision to curtail the testimony of former chief White House political strategist Steve Bannon before the House …
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Trump pushes back on chief of staff claims that border wall pledges ‘uninformed’ — White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly told Democratic lawmakers Wednesday that some of the hard-line immigration policies President Trump advocated during the campaign were “uninformed,” …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
John Kelly risks a Steve Bannon moment
John Kelly risks a Steve Bannon moment
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump pushes back on chief of staff's claims that border wall pledges are ‘uninformed’
Trump pushes back on chief of staff's claims that border wall pledges are ‘uninformed’
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Max Brantley / Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times:
Activists say Tom Cotton has issued do-not-call-or-write notice to some constituents. UPDATE. It's confirmed. — Ozark Indivisible, the activist group that has been pressing members of Congress from Arkansas on health care, immigration and other issues, reported on its Twitter account …
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Elise Young / Bloomberg:
Mortal Again: Christie Blocked at VIP Entrance to Newark Airport — Police officer sends him to Terminal B with rest of nobodies — Three days out of office and Port Authority ends prized perk — Meet Chris Christie, former New Jersey governor and current nobody at Newark Liberty International Airport.
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Donald J. Trump / GOP.com:
The Highly-Anticipated 2017 Fake News Awards — 2017 was a year of unrelenting bias, unfair news coverage, and even downright fake news. Studies have shown that over 90% of the media's coverage of President Trump is negative. — Below are the winners of the 2017 Fake News Awards.
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Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed:
“Dumpster” RNC Faces Criticism From Republicans After Fake News Awards
“Dumpster” RNC Faces Criticism From Republicans After Fake News Awards
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Maya Rajamani / Newsweek:
Hillary Clinton could still become president if Russia probe finds conspiracy evidence — Nearly a year after President Donald Trump's inauguration, a Harvard University professor says 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton could still become commander in chief.
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Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
One year after Trump's inauguration, no one will say how they spent the extra money — WASHINGTON — Nearly a year after President Trump's inauguration, the committee that raised a record $106.7 million for the event has not disclosed how much surplus money it still has or provided a final accounting of its finances.
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Adam Ciralsky / Vanity Fair:
“Harvey's Concern Was Who Did Him In”: Inside Harvey Weinstein's Frantic Final Days — Before the story of his alleged abuses broke in October, Harvey Weinstein hunkered down in his Tribeca bunker—even as the producer refused to believe the end was near. — HOLLYWOOD 2018
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
The GOV'T shuts down Fri.: What we see happening …
The GOV'T shuts down Fri.: What we see happening …
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Amazon.com:
Amazon Announces Candidates for HQ2 — Amazon expects to create 50,000 high-paying jobs and invest over $5 billion in the city where it opens HQ2, a full equal to its Seattle HQ — Amazon reviewed 238 proposals from across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico to host HQ2, the company's second headquarters in North America.
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Kim Kozlowski / Detroit News:
What MSU knew: 14 warned of Nassar abuse — 8 WOMEN REPORTED ABUSE CLAIMS, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH REACHED PRESIDENT — Reports of sexual misconduct by Dr. Larry Nassar reached at least 14 Michigan State University representatives in the two decades before his arrest, with no fewer …
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Julie Ray / Gallup:
World's Approval of U.S. Leadership Drops to New Low — WASHINGTON, D.C. — One year into Donald Trump's presidency, the image of U.S. leadership is weaker worldwide than it was under his two predecessors. Median approval of U.S. leadership across 134 countries and areas stands at a new low of 30%, according to a new Gallup report.
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NBC News:
The Mueller effect: FARA filings soar in shadow of Manafort, Flynn probes — WASHINGTON — The data firm whose work for Donald Trump's campaign attracted the interest of Robert Mueller's investigators recently filed paperwork showing it had helped spread negative information about Qatar …
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CBS News:
Dylan Farrow details her sexual assault allegations against Woody Allen — Only on “CBS This Morning,” Dylan Farrow is speaking candidly for the first time on television about her sexual assault allegations against her adoptive father, actor and director Woody Allen.
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Michael Grunwald / Politico:
Mulvaney requests no funding for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — Every quarter, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau formally requests its operating funds from the Federal Reserve. Last quarter, former director Richard Cordray asked for $217.1 million.
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Office of Civil Rights / Latest News Releases:
HHS Announces New Conscience and Religious Freedom Division — Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is pleased to announce the formation of a new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division in the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The announcement will take place …
Hayley Peterson / Business Insider:
‘Entire aisles are empty’: Whole Foods employees reveal why stores are facing a crisis of food shortages — Whole Foods employees say stores are suffering from food shortages because of a newly implemented inventory-management system called order-to-shelf, or OTS.
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Emily Heil / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi is going to be a guest judge on 'RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars' — She might be more familiar with democracy, but top House Democrat Nancy Pelosi is soon going to show her expertise on a certain kind of monarchy: The California congresswoman is slated to appear as a guest judge …
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The Guardian:
The boss, the boyfriend and the FBI: the Italian woman in the eye of the Trump-Russia inquiry — No wonder Robert Mueller's investigation came knocking — imona Mangiante never expected that a flirtation that began on LinkedIn would lead to a subpoena to appear before federal agents working …
Linda Borg / providencejournal.com:
Hendricken principal retires over racially charged video clip — WARWICK, R.I. — The principal of Bishop Hendricken High School has retired after school officials became aware of a brief video that shows him using racist and anti-Semitic language. — In an email that went out to Hendricken parents …
Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Majority Of Americans See Trump's First Year As A Failure — As President Trump approaches the one-year anniversary of his inauguration, a majority of Americans think his first year in office has been a failure — and that he's divided the nation. — A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds …
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Bloomberg:
The Fall of Travis Kalanick Was a Lot Weirder and Darker Than You Thought — Silicon Valley CEOs are supposed to be sacrosanct. So how did it all go wrong at Uber? — A year ago, before the investor lawsuits and the federal investigations, before the mass resignations …
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