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Reuters:
Special Report: Hong Kong leader says she would ‘quit’ if she could, fears her ability to resolve crisis now ‘very limited’ — HONG KONG (Reuters) - Embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said she has caused “unforgivable havoc” by igniting the political crisis engulfing the city and would quit …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Hawkish Trump officials plot national security actions against China — As the Chinese government accelerates its crackdown on Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters, the Trump administration has sharpened its view of the world's most important bilateral relationship.
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Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
History will remember how Trump responded to Hong Kong — While President Trump plotted to annex Greenland, China's Xi Jinping — a serious man — spent August weighing a decision that could shape the future of his country, and its relations with the world, for years to come.
Associated Press:
Tens of thousands in Hong Kong boycott first day of school — HONG KONG (AP) — Clad in gas masks along with their formal white school uniforms, tens of thousands of students in Hong Kong boycotted the first day of classes Monday as part of a citywide strike following a violent weekend of demonstrations.
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Axios, New York Times and Political Wire
New York Times:
West Texas Shooting Spree Terrorized Two Towns and Killed 7 — ODESSA, Tex. — The 36-year-old man who terrorized two West Texas towns with an assault-style rifle Saturday had been fired from his trucking job a few hours before he led the authorities on a chaotic high-speed chase that ended …
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Richard Parker / New York Times:
Texas Is a Leader in Mass Shootings. Why Is the Governor Silent?
Texas Is a Leader in Mass Shootings. Why Is the Governor Silent?
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Odessa, Texas mayor blames ‘problem of the heart’ and video games for most recent mass shooting
Odessa, Texas mayor blames ‘problem of the heart’ and video games for most recent mass shooting
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CNN:
Texas loosens firearm laws hours after the state's latest mass shooting left five dead
Texas loosens firearm laws hours after the state's latest mass shooting left five dead
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Kolten Parker / KSAT-TV:
8 new Texas laws that loosen gun restrictions, starting Sept. 1
8 new Texas laws that loosen gun restrictions, starting Sept. 1
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Nathalie Baptiste / Mother Jones:
One Day After Mass Shooting, New Laws in Texas That Expand Gun Access Go Into Effect
One Day After Mass Shooting, New Laws in Texas That Expand Gun Access Go Into Effect
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WPIX 11 New York, Daily Kos and POLITICUSUSA
Samantha Wnek / ABC News:
Hurricane Dorian makes 3rd landfall, lays waste to Bahamas with record strength — Hurricane Dorian is a massive Category 5 hurricane Monday morning with sustained winds of 165 mph as it continues to batter the Bahamas in the Atlantic Ocean. — Dorian, which came ashore on Elbow Cay of the Abaco Islands …
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Timothy Burke / Burke Communications:
President Donald Trump, On Category 5 Hurricanes — Today Donald Trump stated in reference to Hurricane Dorian that “I'm not sure that I've even ever heard of a Category 5 [...] A Category 5 is something that I'm not even sure that I've ever heard the term.”
Devan Cole / CNN:
Trump doesn't think he's ‘ever even heard of a Category 5’ …
Trump doesn't think he's ‘ever even heard of a Category 5’ …
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Spectator USA
Washington Post:
Trump's lost summer: Aides claim victory, but others see incompetence and intolerance — When President Trump presided over the battle tanks and fighter jets, the fireworks and adoring fans on July 4, he couldn't have known that the militaristic “Salute to America” — as well to himself …
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Presidential hopefuls face a stubborn problem: how to bump Biden — Joe Biden's fellow candidates have compared him to Donald Trump, dismissed him as past his sell-by date and gone public in unison with concerns about his previous positions on race, abortion and even his physically affectionate campaign style.
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Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
From Icon to Just a Con — Most of us who came of age in the 1970s revered the university—even as it was still reeling from 1960s protests and beginning a process that resulted in its present chaos and disrepute. — Americans of the G.I. Bill-era first enshrined the idea of upward mobility through …
Bianca Quilantan / Politico:
Reporter calls White House ‘unprofessional’ in cutting off his access — Playboy reporter Brian Karem on Sunday called the White House's decision to suspend his press pass “unprofessional,” adding that he had just made “a joke.” “And I'll never apologize for a joke that got a laugh.”
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Unions shrink fast in swing states — AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has challenged 2020 Democratic candidates to prove their support and not to take the union vote for granted — but there are half as many union members today than there were just 35 years ago, according to the Pew Research Center.
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Breitbart
Alex Morales / Bloomberg:
Here's How Parliament Is Plotting to Stop a No-Deal Brexit — Follow @Brexit, sign up to our Brexit Bulletin, and tell us your Brexit story. — Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan to take Britain out of the European Union with or without a deal on Oct. 31 will be tested in a crunch battle in Parliament this week.
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Financial Times
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Top literary agents say Trump's ex-personal secretary could make millions — A couple of Washington's top literary agents say President Trump's former personal secretary, Madeleine Westerhout, could make millions if she writes a tell-all of her time working for the president.
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Acacia Coronado / The Texas Tribune:
After West Texas shooting, Texas House Rep. says “NO” to gun restrictions — Rep. Matt Schaefer, R-Tyler, has received a wave of reactions — and criticism — following his tweets reacting to Saturday's Permian Basin shooting. — After the state's second mass shooting in a month left eight people dead …
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New York Times:
How Much Will the Trade War Cost You by the End of the Year? — A new wave of tariffs by the Trump administration went into effect on Sunday, rendering the majority of goods imported to the United States from China subject to import taxes. — It is the latest move in a drawn-out conflict between the world's two largest economies.
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