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12:30 PM ET, September 9, 2018

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Sally Jenkins / Washington Post:
At U.S. Open, power of Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka is overshadowed by an umpire's power play  —  Chair umpire Carlos Ramos managed to rob not one but two players in the women's U.S. Open final.  Nobody has ever seen anything like it: An umpire so wrecked a big occasion that both players …
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Maureen Callahan / New York Post:
It's shameful what US Open did to Naomi Osaka  —  Naomi Osaka, 20 years old, just became the first player from Japan to win a Grand Slam.  —  Yet rather than cheer Osaka, the crowd, the commentators and US Open officials all expressed shock and grief that Serena Williams lost.
Discussion: CNN and Daily Wire
Gillian B. White / The Atlantic:
Serena Williams's U.S. Open Loss Was Humiliating—But Not for Her  —  On Saturday, many tennis fans witnessed an emotional, gut-wrenching conclusion to the U.S. Open.  They also witnessed exactly what women of color lifting each other up looks like—even during personal devastation.
Discussion: CNN, twitchy.com and USA Today
Steve Keating / Reuters:   Osaka claims U.S. Open title after Serena meltdown
Crispian Balmer / Reuters:
U.S. President Trump facing a ‘coup’: Bannon  —  ROME (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is facing a “coup”, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon told Reuters, pointing to an anonymous column in the New York Times detailing resistance within the Trump administration.
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
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CBS News:
Bob Woodward: “People better wake up to what's going on” in the Oval Office  —  Watergate journalist Bob Woodward made headlines once again this past week, with his new book about the Trump White House, entitled “Fear.”  This morning, in his first TV interview, Woodward paints a picture …
Mike Allen / Axios:
How “senior” is Anonymous?
Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
As Leslie Moonves Negotiates His Exit from CBS, Women Raise New Assault and Harassment Claims  —  Members of the board of the CBS Corporation are negotiating with the company's chairman and C.E.O., Leslie Moonves, about his departure.  Sources familiar with the board's activities …
Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
Trump campaign members were ‘fully aware’ of efforts to set Putin meeting: Papadopoulos  —  George Papadopoulos, the one-time foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump who became swept up in the special counsel investigation, says members of the Trump campaign team were “fully aware” …
Politico:
The growing GOP fears  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  IF YOU LISTEN TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, Republicans are poised to win big in the midterms, keep control in Washington and win in a landslide in 2020.  Nothing to worry about, folks.  —  BUT THAT'S A STARK CONTRAST to the vast majority …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Kareem Shaheen / New York Times:
3 Million People With Nowhere to Go  —  President Bashar al-Assad's forces are about to attack Idlib, the last rebel-held province in Syria.  Fear of mass slaughter is increasing.  —  Mr. Shaheen covered the Syrian war for The Guardian.  —  The first thing that struck me when I saw Idlib …
Discussion: CBS News
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Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Va. state senator who met with Assad says British are planning fake chemical attack
Suleiman Al-Khalidi / Reuters:   Russian and Syrian jets pound Idlib province after summit
Los Angeles Times:   Pentagon sends reinforcements to remote Syria base after Russia threatens attack
Ben Jacobs / The Guardian:
Cory Booker places staff in Iowa ahead of potential 2020 White House run  —  According to multiple sources, Cory Booker has placed four staffers on the ground in Iowa, helping Democratic candidates, as he moves to position himself for a potential presidential bid.
Discussion: Political Wire
Politico:
At-risk House Republicans say no to new tax bill  —  The White House and GOP House leaders are pushing a second tax reform before the midterms.  —  The White House and top congressional Republicans want to push for a House vote on a second round of tax cuts ahead of the midterms in hopes …
Christian Davenport / Washington Post:
Sen. Ben Sasse said he thinks about leaving the GOP ‘every morning’  —  Sen. Ben Sasse said Sunday morning that he probably thinks about leaving the Republican Party “every morning,” while decrying the way he said Republicans and Democrats get caught up in the political furors of the day instead of having a …
Discussion: Politico
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Prosecutors Admit They Wrongly Accused Russian of Offering Sex for Republican Access  —  WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors have admitted that they wrongly accused Maria Butina, a Russian citizen now in custody on charges of illegally acting as a foreign agent, of offering to trade sex for a job …
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Washington Post:   Prosecutors back off claim that accused Russian agent Maria Butina traded sex for access
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Trump to provide written answers under oath in Summer Zervos defamation lawsuit  —  President Trump will provide written answers under oath in the defamation lawsuit brought by former “Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos, who claims Trump sexually assaulted her in 2007, a new court filing stated.
Discussion: Raw Story
Tamar Auber / Mediaite:
Perjury Complaint Filed Against Kavanaugh to be Reviewed by...Merrick Garland!  —  The Democratic Coalition, a controversial PAC, claimed on Saturday it had filed a perjury complaint against President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.  —  The group announced in a statement …
BBC:
Sergei Skripal and the Russian disinformation game  —  When the UK authorities announced on Wednesday that they suspected two alleged Russian agents in the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury, they released CCTV images of the suspects arriving at Gatwick airport.
 
 
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Elliot Ackerman / Washington Post:
Two unfinished wars in all their thrill and horror
Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
With a shrinking EPA, Trump delivers on his promise to cut government
Discussion: Common Dreams
Chris Buckley / New York Times:
China Is Detaining Muslims in Vast Numbers. The Goal: ‘Transformation.’
Washington Post:
Trump colors the fall campaign landscape: 'He's been the only thing that matters'
Discussion: Althouse and The Daily Beast
The Times & The Sunday Times:
Warsaw ghetto vandal to speak at Momentum's Corbyn festival
Joe Mcdonald / Associated Press:
China's trade surplus with US hits record $31 billion
Kim Kelly / Teen Vogue:
What is anarchism?  —  Anarchism is a radical, revolutionary …
James Hill / ABC News:
Trump won't enforce Stormy Daniels nondisclosure agreement
Discussion: Mother Jones, CNN and HuffPost
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
She made the discovery, but a man got the Nobel.  A half-century later, she's won a $3 million prize.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Nature
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Sheriffs who cheered Trump's attack on press have their own media run-ins
John Harwood / CNBC:
House candidates in critical California district face off on Trump, taxes and the prospect of a Democratic Congress
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
They Killed Their Abusive Husbands. Their Acquittals Shocked Russia.
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Manchin Counts on Health Care to Stave Off Republican Tide in West Virginia
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Many lawmakers and aides who crafted financial regulations after the 2008 crisis now work for Wall Street
Patterico's Pontifications:
I Am an Idiot: Zina Bash's OK Sign Was Completely Innocent After All
Discussion: twitchy.com
 

 
From Mediagazer:

John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

 
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