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Boris Sanchez / CNN:
Trump inclined to declare national emergency if talks continue to stall — (CNN)President Donald Trump is inclined to declare a national emergency to secure military funding for his long-promised southern border wall if talks between administration officials and top lawmakers from both parties continue …
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ThinkProgress, Associated Press and The Week
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Axios:
Inside Trump's fake news recidivism — With the departure of White House chief of staff John Kelly, the misinformation emanating from President Trump has only escalated. — What's happening: Alumni of this White House see a possible reason. Although Kelly was thwarted in many of his efforts …
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Raw Story and Contemptor
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump: I'm nearing decision on emergency declaration to build wall — President Donald Trump again threatened Sunday to declare a national emergency as a means to construct his proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, saying he would first gauge the results of upcoming negotiations to end …
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One America News Network, Breitbart and Axios
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Mulvaney: Trump offering Democrats a steel border fence instead of concrete wall — Mulvaney said the president's gesture is “evidence of our willingness to solve” the weeks-long government shutdown. — Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Saturday that President Trump's willingness to …
Mike Allen / Axios:
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The Atlantic, Mediaite and The Guardian, more at Mediagazer »
Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
Mulvaney: Trump would build “steel fence” as concession to Democrats
Mulvaney: Trump would build “steel fence” as concession to Democrats
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The Guardian
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Fox's Chris Wallace Repeatedly Nails Sarah Sanders on Bogus Border Terror Threat Claims — White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders ran into a buzzsaw Sunday morning when Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace challenged the Trump administration's repeated false claims about terrorism …
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Talking Points Memo, Contemptor and Outside the Beltway
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Victoria Guida / Politico:
Sarah Sanders: Trump looking at ‘every option available’ to build wall
Sarah Sanders: Trump looking at ‘every option available’ to build wall
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Breitbart
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Trump aide: Syria withdrawal waiting on ‘conditions’ — JERUSALEM (AP) — President Donald Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, said Sunday that the U.S. military withdrawal from northeastern Syria is conditioned on defeating the remnants of the Islamic State group …
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Carol E. Lee / NBC News:
No Syria withdrawal without Turkish pledge not to attack Kurds, Bolton says — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would have to guarantee Turkey won't attack Kurdish forces after Americans exit, the national security adviser said. — JERUSALEM — President Donald Trump will not withdraw American troops …
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ThinkProgress and The Week
Margaret Talev / Bloomberg:
U.S. to Protect Kurds From Turks in Syria Exit, Bolton Says
Laura Kayali / Politico:
Theresa May urges MPs to back Brexit deal ahead of perilous vote — U.K. prime minister Theresa May used a television and print media blitz Sunday to reject calls for the second referendum on Britain's EU membership. — May urged members of parliament to back the Brexit deal she negotiated …
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Daily Mail, The Times & The Sunday Times and Bloomberg
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Ryan Heath / Politico:
UK Labour support to crash if it supports Brexit: poll
UK Labour support to crash if it supports Brexit: poll
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One America News Network
Inc.com:
In an Astonishing Letter, Delta and United Airlines Pilots Just Told President Trump To Stop and Think — Airline pilots are very worried about the government shutdown. — Will he react? — By Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek.
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abc11.com and MarketWatch
Denise Lu / New York Times:
The Border Wall: What Has Trump Built So Far? — The federal shutdown hinges on whether the United States should fund a large wall on its border with Mexico. While Trump has described the wall's progress, not a single mile of an extended wall has been built so far.
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Raw Story
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Biden: Rush Limbaugh and the ‘conservative blonde woman’ to blame for shutdown
Biden: Rush Limbaugh and the ‘conservative blonde woman’ to blame for shutdown
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Townhall and twitchy.com
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Democrats keep proving how detached they are from reality — In its common definition, the job of president of the United States is to deliver peace and prosperity. Donald Trump is doing well on both fronts, so let's impeach the bastard! — As insane as it sounds, that and only that is what many Democrats have in mind.
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Donald Trump is less popular than Nancy Pelosi for the first time during his presidency
Donald Trump is less popular than Nancy Pelosi for the first time during his presidency
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POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Bruce Ackerman / New York Times:
No, Trump Cannot Declare an ‘Emergency’ to Build His Wall — If he did, and used soldiers to build it, they would all be committing a federal crime. — Mr. Ackerman is a professor of law at Yale and author of “The Decline and Fall of the American Republic.”
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Splinter
Jack Bohrer / NBC News:
‘It is a pleasure to blog with you’: Elizabeth Warren's early years online — When a bankruptcy reform bill that contained favorable terms for the credit industry was moving through Congress in early 2005, Warren logged on. — Long before Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. …
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The Atlantic
Peter S. Goodman / New York Times:
Trump Has Promised to Bring Jobs Back. His Tariffs Threaten to Send Them Away. — HOLLAND, Mich. — Plants in every direction shut down and moved their operations to Mexico, succumbing to the relentless pressure to cut costs in an age of globalization. Not EBW Electronics.
Discussion:
Raw Story
Grace Wyler / BuzzFeed News:
A Man Has Been Arrested And Charged With The Fatal Shooting Of 7-Year-Old Jazmine Barnes — A suspect was arrested and charged Saturday with capital murder over the fatal shooting of seven-year-old Jazmine Barnes, who was killed as she was riding in a car with her family in what police described …
Discussion:
Vox, Nixle and The Daily Caller
ABC:
Saudi woman seeking asylum in Australia ‘detained in Bangkok airport’ — An 18-year-old Saudi woman on her way to seek asylum in Australia is being held in an airport hotel in Bangkok, and says her family will kill her if she is forced back to Saudi Arabia.
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Warren regains footing in Iowa blitz — DES MOINES, IOWA — Just two months ago, Sen. Elizabeth Warren risked political backlash here by opting to avoid a trip to Iowa during the critical midterm elections — the only major potential 2020 candidate to do so.
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