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Rick Noack / Washington Post:
Danes furious over postponement of Trump's visit, call his behavior ‘insulting’ — BERLIN — Danish lawmakers on Wednesday reacted in fury to President's Trump's postponement of his two-day visit in early September to Denmark after its prime minister said she was not interested in selling him the autonomous island of Greenland.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Says Danish Prime Minister Was ‘Nasty’ in Rejecting Greenland Offer — President Trump on Wednesday said that the new prime minister of Denmark was “nasty” to him when she rejected his interest in purchasing Greenland, as he explained why he abruptly canceled a trip to the European nation next month.
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Thomas Wright / The Atlantic:
Trump Has Defected — Yesterday, President Donald Trump canceled a meeting with the new Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, because she refuses to discuss the sale of Greenland. Greenland used to be a Danish colony but now belongs to the people of Greenland—the Danish government could not sell the island even if it wanted to.
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Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Defiant Trump digs in amid battles on trade, guns, Israel: ‘I am the chosen one’
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Trump cancels Denmark visit amid spat over sale of Greenland
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Jan M. Olsen / Associated Press:
Greenland fallout: Trump's canceled trip blindsides Denmark
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Says Jews Should Love Him Because He's Almost Literally Jesus — President Trump has been vexed recently by the refusal of the majority of the American Jewish community to support him. For insight into the mysterious paradox of why a traditionally liberal social minority remains unenthusiastic …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump quotes conspiracy theorist claiming Israelis ‘love him like he is the second coming of God’ — President Trump went on Twitter on Wednesday to quote a conservative radio host and known conspiracy theorist who praised him as “the greatest President for Jews” and claimed that Israelis “love him like he is the second coming of God.”
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
DisloyalToTrump Trends After President Accuses Jewish Americans of ‘Disloyalty’: 'We Know Exactly …
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Marc Schulman / Newsweek:
With His Accusation of ‘Disloyalty,’ Trump Reminded Jews Exactly Why They Vote Democratic | Opinion
Rafi Schwartz / Splinter:
Trump Is Gaslighting the Hell Out of Jews
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Trump and the fragile belonging of American Jews
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New York Times:
Deficit Will Reach $1 Trillion Next Year, Budget Office Predicts — The federal budget deficit is growing faster than expected as President Trump considers plans that would add to government debt, like tax cuts. — Breaking87 comments — Trump's Message: The Economy Is Great. But We Need a Big Stimulus.
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Julia Ioffe / GQ:
The Summer of Warren — Julia Ioffe joins Elizabeth Warren on the campaign trail, where the surging senator has spent the season overcoming her campaign's wobbly start and getting down to business—trouncing debate foes, climbing in the polls, and somehow making a slew of policy plans feel exciting.
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Ben Casselman / New York Times:
Job Growth Was Weaker Than Believed, Government Says — Employers added a half-million fewer jobs in 2018 and early 2019 than previously reported, the Labor Department said Wednesday. — The revisions, which are preliminary, are part of an annual process in which survey-based estimates …
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Washington Post:
Trump critics eye GOP primary race, even if defeating him seems ‘preposterous’ — Joe Walsh, a pugnacious former congressman, is preparing a Republican primary challenge to President Trump that he previewed as a daily “bar fight” with the incumbent over his morality and competency.
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
At least eight jail officials knew Jeffrey Epstein was not to be left alone in cell — At least eight Bureau of Prisons staffers knew that strict instructions had been given not to leave multimillionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein alone in his cell, yet the order was apparently ignored …
Jesse Paul / The Colorado Sun:
Colorado's presidential electors don't have to vote for candidate who wins the state, federal appeals court rules — Colorado's presidential electors do not have to vote for the candidate who wins the state's popular vote, the powerful 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver ruled Tuesday evening …
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Kendall Karson / ABC News:
ABC News announces details for third Democratic primary debate — The upcoming third Democratic primary debate, hosted by ABC News in partnership with Univision and slated for Sept. 12 and 13 in Houston, will feature four moderators, ABC News announced Wednesday.
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Jacqueline Mroz / New York Times:
Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm. The Doctors Used Their Own. — Scores of children born through artificial insemination have learned from DNA tests that their biological fathers were the doctors who performed the procedure. — Growing up in Nacogdoches, Tex., Eve Wiley learned at age 16 …
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Trump claims he hasn't shifted position on gun sale background checks after call with NRA — President Donald Trump insisted on Wednesday that he hasn't changed his position on gun sale background checks after a call with the NRA, even as he has walked back his previous call for “meaningful” …
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump to release gun control proposals, including background check updates
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New York Times:
Migrant Families Would Face Indefinite Detention Under New Trump Rule — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration unveiled a regulation on Wednesday that would allow it to detain indefinitely migrant families who cross the border illegally, replacing a decades-old court agreement that imposed …
CNN:
Donald Trump made 84 false claims last week — Trump falsely claims Google ‘manipulated’ votes in 2016 election — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump spent most of last week at his Bedminster golf club, where he sometimes retreats from the public eye.
CNN:
Brazil's Amazon rainforest is burning at a record rate, research center says — (CNN)Fires are raging at a record rate in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, and scientists warn that it could strike a devastating blow to the fight against climate change. — The fires are burning at the highest rate since …
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Trump Inflating Scottish Golf Resorts' Value By $165 Million, Per UK Filings — The president told British authorities the properties are a combined $65 million in the red. His U.S. disclosures say they're worth at least $100 million. — WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump …
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‘Dancing With the Stars’ 2019: Hannah B, Karamo and more to compete on new season — The celebrities who will battle it out this year on the dancefloor were revealed on “GMA.”
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Ted Nesi / WPRI-TV:
Langevin comes out for Trump impeachment inquiry — WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) — Democratic Congressman Jim Langevin announced Wednesday he now supports impeachment hearings against President Trump, becoming the latest House lawmaker to back a process that could lead to Trump's removal from office.
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Bloomberg:
Farm Tensions Escalate as USDA Staffer Threatened in Midwest — NASS crop chief Honig was scheduled to address a group on tour — 'It's clearly a stressful time right now,' tour organizer says — In a sign of rising tensions with the farm community, the Trump administration withdrew staff …
Steven Nelson / Washington Examiner:
‘What changed?’: Scaramucci hosted Trump Jr. for dinner days before break with president — Less than two weeks before Anthony Scaramucci broke with President Trump, the former White House communications director hosted a dinner in Manhattan with Donald Trump Jr. in a bid to impress clients of a business he owns.
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump says he wanted to give himself Medal of Honor — President Donald Trump claimed to laughter on Wednesday that he sought to give himself a Medal of Honor, but decided not to after being counseled against the move by aides. — The offhand remark from the president came during his address …
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Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed News:
A Mom Said Her Son Was “Just A Little Boy.” Police Said He Could Be The Next “Kid From Parkland.” — A 15-year-old high school student was arrested at his home in Volusia County, Florida, on Friday for allegedly making an online threat to shoot up a school.
Washington Post:
Hate crime reports have soared in D.C. Prosecutions have plummeted. … The hatred that day couldn't have been clearer to Ashly Taylor. — She had endured it ever since coming out as a teenager, when strangers said lewd things to her for holding another girl's hand and one of her own relatives called her a “dyke.”
Thomas Franck / CNBC:
Yield curve briefly inverts again with 2-year Treasury yield topping 10-year rate — The spread between the yield on the 10-year Treasury note and that of the 2-year note on Wednesday turned negative for the second time in one week, a recession warning that flashed for the first time since 2005 on Aug. 14.
Jake Thomas / The Intellectualist:
Graves Of U.S. Veterans To Be “Dug Up” For Trump's Border Wall — In Hildalgo County, Texas, residents are fighting to protect the graves of veterans under threat by President Donald Trump's border wall, according to local news station KVEO-TV. — The Eli Jackson Cemetery is the final resting place …
Brian Rosenwald / The Atlantic:
They Just Wanted to Entertain — No one set out to turn the airwaves into a political weapon—much less deputize talk-radio hosts as the ideological enforcers of a major American political party. Instead the story of how the GOP establishment lost its power over the Republican message …
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Trump signs executive order cancelling student loan debt for disabled veterans — President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that forgives all student loan debt for any permanently disabled U.S. military veterans. — The order, which Trump signed following a speech …
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