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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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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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Times Argus:
Don't run — That is an unfavorable opinion, especially among most Vermonters and progressives who support the platform that has come to define him. But at this point, there are more things about another Sanders run at the White House that concern us than excite us.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Axios AM — Subscribe — Good Sunday morning. I hope you'll sign up for two newsletters we're launching tomorrow morning, written by new in-house experts: Axios Markets and Axios Sports. — 1 big thing: Inside Trump's fake news recidivism — With the departure of White House chief …
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The Atlantic, Mediaite and The Guardian, more at Mediagazer »
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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Political Wire, The Week and NBC News
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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
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
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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
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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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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Washington Post:
Iowa Democrats fill events to the rafters with 13 months left before the 2020 caucuses
Iowa Democrats fill events to the rafters with 13 months left before the 2020 caucuses
Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Warren tests anti-corruption theme to cheers in Iowa debut
Warren tests anti-corruption theme to cheers in Iowa debut
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Politico, Honolulu Star-Advertiser and New York Times
Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
Elizabeth Warren talks Trump in Iowa: 'I can't stop him from hurling racial insults'
Elizabeth Warren talks Trump in Iowa: 'I can't stop him from hurling racial insults'
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Breitbart
New York Times:
The Border Wall: How a Potent Symbol Is Now Boxing Trump In — WASHINGTON — Before it became the chief sticking point in a government shutdown drama that threatens to consume his presidency at a critical moment, President Trump's promise to build a wall on the southwestern border was a memory trick for an undisciplined candidate.
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CNBC, Daily Kos, Raw Story and Washington Monthly
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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, Political Wire 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
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 and Outside the Beltway
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
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Economics of Soaking the Rich — What does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez know about tax policy? A lot. — I have no idea how well Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will perform as a member of Congress. But her election is already serving a valuable purpose. You see, the mere thought of having a young …
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POLITICUSUSA, Washington Monthly and Raw Story
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
AOC: How About A Tax Rate Of 70% To Fund My Green New Deal?
AOC: How About A Tax Rate Of 70% To Fund My Green New Deal?
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RedState, twitchy.com, BuzzMachine, American Greatness and No More Mister Nice Blog
Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
Vulnerable Republicans seek distance from Trump in new Congress — A handful of Republicans who face tough re-elections have bucked their party's leadership on the government shutdown. — WASHINGTON — While President Donald Trump adjusts to life with a Democratic-led House …
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American Greatness, The Hill, POLITICUSUSA and The Guardian, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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.
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.
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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.”