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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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Trump admin asks for more time to reunite kids and parents separated at border
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Trump administration asks court to ease deadline to reunite separated children
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Trump administration seeks to extend deadline for reuniting some migrant families split at border
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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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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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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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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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A Fifth Wrestler Accuses Jordan Of Lying About Ignorance Of Sexual Abuse — Two more former Ohio State wrestlers came forward Thursday to assert that Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) certainly did know about the rampant sexual abuse carried out by the team doctor while Jordan was the assistant coach, despite his denials.
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Former Ohio State Wrestlers Say Rep. Jim Jordan Knew of Team Doctor's Alleged Misconduct
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Fourth Ohio State wrestler says Rep. Jim Jordan knew about sexual abuse when he was coach
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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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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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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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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 …


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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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 Daily 202: Trump's mockery of the #MeToo movement underscores the GOP's problem with women in 2018 — THE BIG IDEA: A new Washington Post-Schar School poll, published this morning, shows that only 32 percent of women approve of President Trump's job performance, compared to 54 percent of men.
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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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A pillar of the American right predicts dire and catastrophic consequences for the Trump-Putin summit
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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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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 …


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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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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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


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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Kavanaugh's unorthodox path to Trump's Supreme Court shortlist — Brett Kavanaugh's career had traveled a most unusual path through Washington's scandals. He had overseen an investigation into whether President Clinton's deputy counsel, Vincent Foster, had been murdered or committed suicide.


Sources: EPA blocks warnings on cancer-causing chemical — Burying the formaldehyde study is part of an effort by Pruitt and aides to undermine EPA's research program, current and former officials tell POLITICO. — The Trump administration is suppressing an Environmental Protection Agency report …
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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 …


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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Fox News Insider, POLITICUSUSA, Talking Points Memo and The Daily Caller


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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JeffCo woman shoots estranged husband during attempted sexual assault — A man has been arrested and charged for attempting to sexually assault his estranged wife. — Eric Austin, 31, was arrested and charged with second-degree attempted rape and second-degree domestic violence.
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Her job with the MS-13 robbery crew: Case the businesses and wipe down the guns. — Josselin Ramirez faced long odds as her trial drew to a close. — Prosecutors in Montgomery County had tied the 20-year-old to an armed MS-13 robbery crew, showing that she helped them case businesses ahead …
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The Daily Caller


US post must pay $3.5m for wrong Lady Liberty on stamp — The US Postal Service has been ordered to pay $3.5m (£2.6m) for copyright infringement after mistakenly using the wrong Statue of Liberty on a stamp. — The Postal Service used the image of sculptor Robert Davidson's Las Vegas replica …