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Denis Slattery / New York Daily News:
White House officials flagged Trump's behavior to psychiatrist last year — White House officials reached out to a noted Yale University psychiatrist last fall out of concern over President Trump's increasingly erratic behavior. — Dr. Bandy Lee, who edited the best-selling book …
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Mark Penn / The Hill:
White House in chaos — what's new? — The president decided the entire staff was working against him, running their own agenda, not his or the nation's. Poll ratings had plummeted, with job approval in the 30s. Leaks were commonplace as staffers hyped their own policy positions, even brazenly floated them in trial balloons.
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Crazytown: A Bob Woodward Book, an Anonymous New York Times Op-Ed, and a Growing Crisis for the Trump Presidency — The Republican “resistance” goes public (sort of), and everyone freaks out. — On Wednesday morning, the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders …
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
My Wife Has a Good Theory on Who the White House Mole Is — The family is in agreement. — As every room in the White House echoes with the sound of cocks crowing, I am going to subcontract the job of guessing who the Anonymous Op-Ed writer is to my wife, Margaret Doris—journalist,
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Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA, Mediaite and Fox News
John Wagner / Washington Post:
'I don't talk the way I am quoted': Trump offers fresh criticism of Woodward book — President Trump took fresh aim Friday at Bob Woodward's forthcoming book on his presidency, calling it “a scam” and disputing quotes attributed to him. — “I don't talk the way I am quoted,” Trump said in a tweet.
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New York Times:
'I Don't Talk' That Way, Trump Says. Except When He Does. — President Trump said he has never used terms like “mentally retarded” or “dumb Southerner,” as he is quoted in Bob Woodward's new book. But the record shows he has. — Numerous Trump officials denied writing the anonymous Op-Ed published by The New York Times.
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Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Jay Michaelson / The Daily Beast:
Newly Released Emails Show Brett Kavanaugh May Have Perjured Himself at Least Four Times — Formerly confidential emails have been released that show the Supreme Court nominee contradicting statements he made under oath to the Senate. — You can forgive Democratic senators for saying “I told you so.”
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Melania's Lament Rings Hollow in Trump's Glass House — Her husband has spent decades spreading anonymous - and damaging - gossip. — Melania Trump came to her husband's defense on Thursday, gamely letting meanies inside the White House and over at The New York Times know it was improper …
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Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
Exclusive: Psychiatrist Bandy Lee says White House officials told her Trump was “unraveling”
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
‘A never-ending cycle’: Some aides work to slow-walk or ignore Trump's directives
Newt Gingrich / Fox News:
Anonymous NY Times op-ed is a liberal media attack on President Trump
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Weekly Standard, CNN, American Greatness and MelaniePhillips.com, more at Mediagazer »
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
We are a superpower run by a simpleton
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Economy adds more jobs than expected in August, and wage growth hits post-recession high — Nonfarm payrolls grew by 201,000 in August. Economists surveyed by Reuters expected a 191,000 increase.
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Outside the Beltway, Daily Wire, Scared Monkeys and NTK Network
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Axios:
The U.S. jobs machine still chugging along — Data: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Chart: Axios Visuals — The U.S. economy added 201,000 jobs in August and the unemployment rate held at 3.9%. Wage growth accelerated to 2.9%. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg forecast 191,000 new jobs and the unemployment rate falling to 3.8%.
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Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
U.S. Added 201,000 Jobs in August; Unemployment Rate Is Steady at 3.9%
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ThinkProgress, Daily Kos, MSNBC, The Daily Caller and Wall Street Journal
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Giuliani to AP: Trump will not answer obstruction questions — NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump will not answer federal investigators' questions, in writing or in person, about whether he tried to block the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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Washington Post, BuzzFeed News, Daily Kos, Raw Story, Mother Jones and Splinter
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Axios:
Trump dares Mueller to subpoena him
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Giuliani says deal near for written questions from Mueller
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Washington Times
The Guardian:
Tesla shares crash after Elon Musk smokes joint on live web show — Two senior executives quit electric carmaker as market value falls 8% — Play Video — Tesla shares crashed 8% on Friday as two of its senior executives quit, just hours after the electric carmaker's chief executive …
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Steve Kovach / CNBC:
Another Tesla executive leaves, this time it's HR boss Gaby Toledano: Report
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New York Times:
Trump to Preside Over U.N. Security Council, Prompting Anxiety All Around — WASHINGTON — Three weeks from now, in New York, President Trump will find himself in the setting he most relishes: seated at the head of a polished table, calling on those seated around him, rewarding those he likes and cutting off those who displease him.
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David Crow / Financial Times:
Opioid billionaire granted patent for addiction treatment — A billionaire pharmaceuticals executive who has been blamed for spurring the US opioid crisis stands to profit from the epidemic after he patented a new treatment for drug addicts. — Richard Sackler, whose family owns Purdue Pharma …
Hannah Allam / BuzzFeed News:
For A Lot Of Muslim Republicans, Their Party's Over — Anwar Khalifa is about as Texan as you can get. He speaks in a sharp twang and cruises around in a Chevy truck with real longhorns mounted on the front. He never skips “worship day,” he taught his three daughters to shoot, and …
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Raw Story
John Wagner / Washington Post:
‘Unusual behavior’: McConnell says Booker could face Ethics Committee scrutiny — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said in an interview that aired Friday that Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) could face scrutiny from the Senate Ethics Committee for violating a rule that prohibits the release of confidential material.
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Politico, Axios and Political Wire
David Fickling / Bloomberg:
The Trade Slowdown Has Already Begun — As tariffs pile up, the world economy is starting to look holed below the waterline. — One of the paradoxes of this year's trade tensions is that in many parts of the world, it doesn't yet feel like a crisis. — For all the turmoil …
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Democrats bring in their closer against Kavanaugh: Felon and ‘master manipulator’ of Watergate, John Dean — In their final effort to derail the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh (because he doesn't pledge allegiance to Roe v. Wade) Democrats will drag out one of their favorite old props …
Sam Tanenhaus / Vanity Fair:
“I'm Tired of America Wasting Our Blood and Treasure”: The Strange Ascent of Betsy DeVos and Erik Prince — Since the 1970s, the DeVos family has been quietly advancing a plan to make government act more like a private business. Now, they appear ready to take the next step.
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Flashback: Obama prosecuted staff leakers, gave lie-detector tests, ‘paranoid’ — Should President Trump need a model to use to track down leakers inside his administration like the “anonymous” insider who challenged his authority in a New York Times op-ed, he need go no further …
Wall Street Journal:
Russia-Linked Money-Laundering Probe Looks at $150 Billion in Transactions — Transactions uncovered at Danske's Estonian branch highlight the growing concern about illicit money flows from the former Soviet Union — Investigators at Denmark's largest bank are studying around $150 billion …
Henrik Pryser Libell / New York Times:
A Security Expert Tied to WikiLeaks Vanishes, and the Internet Is Abuzz — OSLO — In a remote Norwegian town north of the Arctic Circle, a cybersecurity expert with ties to WikiLeaks checked out of a hotel, dressed in khaki hiking gear and carrying heavy baggage. — That was on Aug. 20.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Inside Washington's money machine — DRIVING THE DAY — PLAYBOOK EXCLUSIVE: INSIDE WASHINGTON'S MONEY MACHINE 60 DAYS BEFORE ELECTION DAY ... In the next few grafs, we're going to take you inside the money machines powering the Republican and Democratic parties …
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Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
Papadopoulos to be sentenced in Russia investigation — George Papadopoulos, the novice, unpaid foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump who rose to prominence when he became the first former campaign adviser arrested as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russian-influence probe, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday in Washington.
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Political Wire
New York Times:
Polling the 2018 Midterm Elections in Real Time — The Upshot has partnered with Siena College to poll dozens of the most competitive House and Senate races across the country. Our poll results are updated in real time, after every phone call. We hope to help you understand how polling works, and why it sometimes doesn't.
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Political Wire
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
In the Next Wave of Big Political Books, Mike Schmidt on Mueller, Jim Stewart on Trump and the Rule of Law — Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury and Bob Woodward's Fear set the market for Trump books ablaze. Now, one of the Times's most dogged investigative reporters has landed a deal …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems vow to grab Trump tax returns upon taking majority — Democrats are vowing to get their hands on President Trump — 's tax returns if they are able to win back the House majority in November. — “I'm definitely going to bring it up if we don't have them by then — that's a definite,” Rep. Bill Pascrell
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The Daily Caller
David Wasserman / NBC News:
Record-breaking 100 women may be elected to the House in 2018 — The wave is being driven entirely by Democrats, a new race-by-race analysis shows. On the GOP side, the number of women serving in office is expected to dip. — WASHINGTON — In November, Americans could elect more than 100 women …
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POLITICUSUSA
Willie Brown / Los Angeles Times:
How eight elite San Francisco families funded Gavin Newsom's political ascent — Gavin Newsom wasn't born rich, but he was born connected — and those alliances have paid handsome dividends throughout his career. — A coterie of San Francisco's wealthiest families has backed him at every step …
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Eagles Bring Out “Philly Special” To Win But NFL Kickoff Ratings Down From 2017 — The Heavens did not seem well disposed to the official beginning of the NFL season last night as rain and possible lightening in the City of Brotherly Love pushed back the start of the Philadelphia Eagles gridiron battle against the Atlanta Falcons.
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