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4:10 PM ET, September 9, 2018

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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 …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
How “senior” is Anonymous?  —  The whodunit over the Trump administration's “anonymous” hinges on the word “senior.”  The New York Times describes its mysterious Op-Ed contributor as “a senior official in the Trump administration.”  —  The big question: But how senior is “senior”?
Jamilah King / Mother Jones:
Trump Almost Sent a Tweet That Could Have Signaled War With North Korea  —  Bob Woodward reveals just how close the president came to a major provocation.
Discussion: Reuters and Balloon Juice
Crispian Balmer / Reuters:
U.S. President Trump facing a ‘coup’: Bannon
Discussion: Axios
Axios:
Omarosa claims White House staffers had hashtag to discuss 25th Amendment
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Breitbart
Politico:   At-risk House Republicans say no to new tax bill
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 …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Les Moonves is about to leave CBS, sources say  —  Farrow on new allegations against Moonves  —  Longtime CBS chief executive Les Moonves, facing new claims of sexual misconduct, will step down soon as part of a wide-ranging corporate settlement of a separate fight for control of CBS.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
New Moonves accusations prompt reports of his imminent departure
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Leslie Moonves Poised to Depart CBS as New Sexual Assault Allegations Surface in New Yorker Report
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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Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
Serena Williams and the Game That Can't Be Won (Yet) What rage costs a woman.  —  I don't care much about the rules of tennis that Serena Williams was accused of violating at Saturday night's U.S. Open final.  Those rules were written for a game and for players who were not supposed to look …
Maureen Callahan / New York Post:
It's shameful what US Open did to Naomi Osaka
Discussion: Daily Wire and Althouse
Gillian B. White / The Atlantic:
Serena Williams's U.S. Open Loss Was Humiliating—But Not for Her
Discussion: CNN, twitchy.com and USA Today
Vinnie Longobardo / Washington Press:
A new ethics complaint could have just put the fate of Brett Kavanaugh in Merrick Garland's hands  —  After watching Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testify under oath during his confirmation hearings about his knowledge of stolen Democratic emails when he was a White House lawyer …
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New York Times:
A Delayed Bridge Opening and an ‘Inappropriate’ Mailer Puts Cuomo on the Defensive  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — It must have seemed like such a fine idea.  —  On Friday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, was standing alongside his mother, Matilda, and Hillary Clinton celebrating “the grand opening” …
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” …
Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz / USA Today:
Dolphins' Kenny Stills, Albert Wilson first NFL players in Week 1 to kneel during anthem  —  NFL players' protests weren't widespread in Sunday's first games, but the demonstrations had not died out in Week 1.  —  Miami Dolphins wide receivers Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson became …
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Adam Schefter / ESPN:
NFL not expected to implement new national anthem policy this season
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 …
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: twitchy.com and Political Wire
Bernd Hüppauf / Salon:
A witch hunt or a quest for justice: An insider's perspective on disgraced academic Avital Ronell  —  Former NYU department chair who hired Ronell, now suspended for sexual harassment, on what led to her downfall … Justice is rare.  But once in a while there arises an unexpected situation …
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 and Breitbart
Thom Geier / The Wrap:
Miss America Contestant Slams Trump During Pageant: ‘He Has Caused a Lot of Division’  —  Miss West Virginia Madeline Collins was asked about the most serious issue facing the U.S.  —  A contestant in this year's Miss America contest slammed President Donald Trump during her onstage interview on Friday …
Discussion: Daily Wire
The Times & The Sunday Times:
Warsaw ghetto vandal to speak at Momentum's Corbyn festival  —  A woman who spray-painted graffiti “tainted with anti-semitism” on one of the last surviving walls of the Warsaw ghetto will speak at a Momentum event alongside the Labour Party conference this month.
 
 
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Michael Burke / The Hill:
Pence ‘more than willing’ to sit down with Mueller
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
We Are Trump's Hostages
Elliot Ackerman / Washington Post:
Two unfinished wars in all their thrill and horror
BBC:
Sergei Skripal and the Russian disinformation game
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Prosecutors Admit They Wrongly Accused Russian of Offering Sex for Republican Access
Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
With a shrinking EPA, Trump delivers on his promise to cut government
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Common Dreams
Chris Buckley / New York Times:
China Is Detaining Muslims in Vast Numbers. The Goal: ‘Transformation.’
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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Trump to provide written answers under oath in Summer Zervos defamation lawsuit
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 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Kareem Shaheen / New York Times:
3 Million People With Nowhere to Go
Discussion: CBS News
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
 

 
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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

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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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