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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Trump Assails Critics and Mocks #MeToo. What About Putin? 'He's Fine' — GREAT FALLS, Mont. — President Trump lobbed personal and derogatory attacks at two Democratic senators, mocked the #MeToo movement and vouched for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Thursday during a freewheeling …
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The 11 most dangerous things Donald Trump said in his Montana speech — (CNN)On Thursday night, President Donald Trump flew to Montana to headline a rally for Matt Rosendale, the Republican nominee against Sen. Jon Tester (D) this November. Trump's speech was, like most of his addresses …
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Matthew Rozsa / Raw Story:
A pillar of the American right predicts dire and catastrophic consequences for the Trump-Putin summit — Conservative columnist George F. Will, who has been a pillar of the American right for decades, has just predicted that President Donald Trump's upcoming meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin …
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The Atlantic, Twin Cities and Japan Times
Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
Trump Administration in Chaotic Scramble to Reunify Migrant Families — Faced with a court-imposed deadline to reunite families separated at the southwest border, federal authorities are calling in volunteers to sort through records and resorting to DNA tests to match children with parents.
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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Trump admin asks for more time to reunite kids and parents separated at border
Trump admin asks for more time to reunite kids and parents separated at border
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Andrew Desiderio / The Daily Beast:
Florida Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo Blasts HHS for Barring Him From Visiting Detained Kids
Florida Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo Blasts HHS for Barring Him From Visiting Detained Kids
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Axios
Politico:
Trump administration asks court to ease deadline to reunite separated children
Trump administration asks court to ease deadline to reunite separated children
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ThinkProgress, ABC News, NBC News, Joe.My.God. and Splinter
John Solomon / The Hill:
Memos detail FBI's ‘Hurry the F up pressure’ to probe Trump campaign — Multiple reviews of whether FBI agents' political bias affected the Russia-Trump collusion case remain in their infancy, but investigators already have unearthed troubling internal communications long withheld from public view.
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Daily Wire, Conservative News Today, The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Will the FBI Come Clean?
Peter Walker / The Guardian:
Donald Trump to almost entirely avoid London during UK visit — Meetings with Theresa May and the Queen to be held away from protests in capital — Donald Trump will almost entirely avoid London during his four-day visit to the UK next week, Downing Street has said, unveiling an itinerary likely …
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Ed Krassenstein / Hill Reporter:
Calls for Rep. Jim Jordan's Resignation Heat Up As 5th Witness — Former UFC Champion — Comes Forward — Things aren't looking all that good for Republican Congressman Jim Jordan. Jordan, who has been a staunch ally of President Trump, in his attempts to discredit the Special Counsel investigation …
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Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
A Fifth Wrestler Accuses Jordan Of Lying About Ignorance Of Sexual Abuse
A Fifth Wrestler Accuses Jordan Of Lying About Ignorance Of Sexual Abuse
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Wall Street Journal:
Former Ohio State Wrestlers Say Rep. Jim Jordan Knew of Team Doctor's Alleged Misconduct
Former Ohio State Wrestlers Say Rep. Jim Jordan Knew of Team Doctor's Alleged Misconduct
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin Supreme Court sides with Marquette professor John McAdams in free speech case, orders university to reinstate him — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that embattled Marquette University political science professor John McAdams was improperly suspended after he publicly criticized …
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FIRE:
Wisconsin Supreme Court: Marquette University wrongly fired professor for opinions on personal blog — Three and a half years after being fired for critiquing a graduate student's attempt to silence a student critical of gay marriage, professor John McAdams can return to the classroom
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David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
VA-07: Brat Moves from Lean Republican to Toss Up — In 2014, economics professor Dave Brat turned the political world upside-down when he upset House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the GOP primary by taking a hard line on illegal immigration. But four years later, he's at risk of getting swept …
New York Times:
Pruitt's Resignation Is Just the Beginning — There has never been a cabinet official who has survived as many scandals as Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency — until his resignation Thursday. Mr. Pruitt faced up to 19 separate investigations …
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Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Inside Scott Pruitt's Tumultuous Final Months as EPA Administrator
Inside Scott Pruitt's Tumultuous Final Months as EPA Administrator
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Media Matters for America, CNBC, Hill Reporter and The Guardian
Washington Post:
Most Americans oppose key parts of Trump immigration plans, including wall, limits on citizens bringing family to U.S., poll says — Americans overwhelmingly oppose the Trump administration's now-rescinded policy of separating immigrant children from their parents, and smaller majorities …
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The Week, Vox, POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire
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Wall Street Journal:
Chinese Tariffs Hit Trump Counties Harder — Beijing's retaliation would be felt by U.S. soybean farmers, auto makers and oil producers — The fallout from President Donald Trump's tariffs and China's countertariffs—which formally went into effect on Friday—will have the greatest impact …
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Adam K. Raymond / New York Magazine:
Manafort Kept in Solitary 23 Hours a Day to ‘Guarantee His Safety,’ Lawyer Says — Paul Manafort is being kept in solitary confinement in a Virginia jail in order to “guarantee his safety,” his lawyer said in court documents filed this week. “He is locked in his cell for at least 23 hours per day …
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Wall Street Journal:
Ex-Playmate Files Suit Against GOP Donor Elliott Broidy Over Hush-Money Deal — Shera Bechard sues Republican fundraiser after he said breach of nondisclosure agreement over their affair meant he would no longer pay — A former Playboy centerfold model has sued a prominent Republican fundraiser …
New York Post:
De Blasio used a $3M counterterrorism plane to zip home from vacation — The NYPD used a $3 million counterterrorism plane to shuttle Mayor Bill de Blasio back and forth from his Canada vacation to the Big Apple for an event Thursday, The Post has learned. — Hizzoner, who is in Quebec …
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
John Kelly, Scott Pruitt, and the Epic Turnover of the Trump Administration — What does the endless death watch for the President's chief of staff tell us about the worst-run White House of modern times? — Is John Kelly finally on his way out? Now that President Trump has accepted …
Michael Grunwald / Politico:
The Tunnel That Could Break New York — How politics, and Donald Trump, turned America's most important repair job into a $30 billion grudge match. — President Donald Trump was in an unusually bipartisan mood on September 7, when he convened a White House meeting about a massive project …
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New Republic and Scripting News
Tracy Jan / Washington Post:
Amazon continues to profit from the sale of white-supremacist propaganda, report says — Shoppers can purchase Amazon.com merchandise displaying symbols of white supremacy, such as a swastika necklace, a baby onesie with a burning cross, and a child's backpack featuring a neo-Nazi meme …
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The Daily Beast, New Republic and Gizmodo
Kang In-sun / Digital Chosunilbo:
Pompeo Brings ‘Rocket Man’ CD for Kim Jong-un — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo left for North Korea on Thursday for denuclearization talks and brought two gifts for leader Kim Jong-un. — One is a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump and the other an Elton John CD with his song “Rocket Man.”
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Virginia Man Sentenced for Obstructing Counterterrorism Investigation — Sean Andrew Duncan, 22, of Sterling, Virginia, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for obstructing a counterterrorism investigation and receipt of child pornography.
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The Daily Caller
38 North:
North Korea's Yongbyon Nuclear Research Center: Testing of Reactor Cooling Systems; Construction of Two New Non-Industrial Buildings — Recent commercial satellite imagery indicates that North Korea has finished work on the secondary cooling system for the 5 MWe reactor.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
What is Devin Nunes up to? House Trump-Russia probe expands as Intel chair focuses on informants — Devin Nunes is up to something. The House Intelligence Committee chairman has been writing letters lately, asking that two other House chairman — Bob Goodlatte of the Judiciary Committee …
NBC News:
Anne Frank's family tried to escape to U.S. but hit immigration roadblocks — BERLIN — Research suggests the family of Anne Frank, the world famous Jewish diarist who died in the Holocaust, attempted to immigrate to the United States and later also to Cuba, but their efforts were thwarted …
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
The Onion, Clickhole, A.V. Club Brace for Layoffs … When media giant Univision Communications Inc. bought a reported 40-percent stake in Onion Inc. in 2016, executives believed that being funnier would help connect the Spanish-language media company with a millennial audience.
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Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Divorcing Trump: Why some conservatives are now pushing Democrats (!) — The conservative commentators who absolutely despise President Trump are in a box. — During the campaign, many loudly proclaimed that they could never vote for Trump. But they said they didn't want Hillary Clinton to win either.
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neo-neocon, POLITICUSUSA, Fox News Insider and Talking Points Memo
Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
DHS & HHS Should Be Investigated for Destroying Immigrant Family Records — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Washington— The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) should be investigated for violating the Federal Records Act through …