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C.I.A. Informant Extracted From Russia Had Sent Secrets to U.S. for Decades — WASHINGTON — Decades ago, the C.I.A. recruited and carefully cultivated a midlevel Russian official who began rapidly advancing through the governmental ranks. Eventually, American spies struck gold …
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Possible Russian spy for CIA now living in Washington area — The former Russian government official, who had a job with access to secrets, was living openly under his true name. — A former senior Russian official is living in the Washington area under U.S. government protection …
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Jim Sciutto / CNN:
Exclusive: US extracted top spy from inside Russia in 2017 — Washington (CNN)In a previously undisclosed secret mission in 2017, the United States successfully extracted from Russia one of its highest-level covert sources inside the Russian government, multiple Trump administration officials with direct knowledge told CNN.
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Washington Post:
U.S. got key asset out of Russia following election hacking — In 2017, the United States extracted from Russia an important CIA source who had provided information about the Kremlin's interference in the 2016 presidential election, according to current and former officials.
New York Times:
Commerce Chief Threatened Firings at NOAA After Trump's Dorian Tweets, Sources Say — WASHINGTON — The Secretary of Commerce threatened to fire top employees at NOAA on Friday after the agency's Birmingham office contradicted President Trump's claim that Hurricane Dorian might hit Alabama …
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NOAA's chief scientist will investigate why agency backed Trump over its experts on Dorian, email shows
NOAA's chief scientist will investigate why agency backed Trump over its experts on Dorian, email shows
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Jay Reeves / Associated Press:
NWS chief backs forecasters who contradicted Trump
NWS chief backs forecasters who contradicted Trump
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Trump Had Deal With Scotland Airport That Sent Flight Crews to His Resort — WASHINGTON — Back in 2014, soon after acquiring a golf resort in Scotland, Donald J. Trump entered a partnership with a struggling local airport there to increase air traffic and boost tourism in the region.
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Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Air Force crews have lodged at Trump's Scottish resort at least 4 times
Air Force crews have lodged at Trump's Scottish resort at least 4 times
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump claims he'll release ‘extremely complete’ financial details
Trump claims he'll release ‘extremely complete’ financial details
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Martyn McLaughlin / Scotsman:
Donald Trump says he has ‘nothing to do’ with military bookings at his Turnberry resort
Donald Trump says he has ‘nothing to do’ with military bookings at his Turnberry resort
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Ossoff to run for US Senate in Georgia — Former congressional candidate Jon Ossoff said he will challenge Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue and “mount a ruthless assault on corruption in our political system” that's prevented Congress from addressing urgent issues.
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Michelle Theriault Boots / Anchorage Daily News:
Todd Palin files for divorce from former Alaska governor Sarah Palin — Todd Palin appears to have filed for divorce from former Alaska governor and one-time vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, his wife of 31 years. — In a document filed Friday in Anchorage Superior Court, Todd Palin …
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David Moye / HuffPost:
Todd Palin Reportedly Files For Divorce From Sarah Palin
Todd Palin Reportedly Files For Divorce From Sarah Palin
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Aaron Rupar / Vox:
Trump makes unfounded voter fraud claim — while campaigning for seat opened by GOP cheating — The height of irony in Fayetteville. — On Monday night, President Donald Trump was in North Carolina to stump for Dan Bishop, a Republican who is competing with Democrat Dan McCready …
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Jessica Contrera / Washington Post:
A controversial dog park that divided Chevy Chase will be dismantled — More than 100 people packed into a public hearing in Chevy Chase Village Monday to debate what one board member called “the most contentious and emotionally-charged issue” in the community's history: the barking of dogs.
Jack Shafer / Politico:
The Dynasty Ends With King Donald — The United States of America might not be a hereditary monarchy, but that doesn't keep us from willing political dynasties into existence. Speaking at a California Republican Party convention over the weekend, President Donald Trump's campaign manager …
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The Heir — The empire begins with a brothel.
The Heir — The empire begins with a brothel.
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Associated Press:
Tennessee Senator calls higher education a ‘liberal breeding ground,’ calls to remove it all together — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A Republican Tennessee lawmaker says he supports getting rid of higher education because he argues it would cut off the “liberal breeding ground.”
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YouTube:
“Undercover” — Valerie Plame for Congress — I'm running for Congress because we're going backwards on national security, health care, and women's rights. We need to turn our country around. https://val...
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Valerie Plame: Let's Just Forget about that Anti-Semitism Thing
Valerie Plame: Let's Just Forget about that Anti-Semitism Thing
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Washington Free Beacon
David Uberti / VICE:
Milo Yiannopoulos Says He's Broke — “I can't put food on the table this way.” — Silicon Valley appears to have blown up Milo Yiannopoulos's business model. — The disgraced right-wing troll is complaining that the major social media companies have effectively cut off his alt-right audience …
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
50 U.S. states and territories announce broad antitrust investigation of Google — Only California and Alabama have not signed onto the probe — Attorneys general for 50 U.S. states and territories on Monday officially announced an antitrust investigation of Google, embarking …
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Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Google faces a new antitrust probe by 50 attorneys general
Google faces a new antitrust probe by 50 attorneys general
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Madeline Peltz / Media Matters for America:
Jeanine Pirro went on C-SPAN. It didn't go well. — A September 8 appearance Fox News host Jeanine Pirro made on C-SPAN's Washington Week to promote her new book backfired after callers confronted her over various controversies she's generated. — The session began with host Steve Scully asking Pirro …
Dan Weil / Wall Street Journal:
Summers Sounds the Alarm — The Harvard economist says recession chance before 2021 is ‘just below 50%’; unemployment can't get any better — Harvard University economist Lawrence Summers sees economic danger ahead. — A Treasury secretary under President Clinton …
Nick Grube / Honolulu Civil Beat:
Why Is Tulsi Gabbard Paying This Obscure Consultant Big Bucks? — STEHEKIN, Wash. — Deep in the Washington state wilderness, a highly paid political consultant is raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars from U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's presidential campaign.
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Brandon Ambrosino / Politico:
'Someone's Gotta Tell the Freakin' Truth': Jerry Falwell's Aides Break Their Silence — At Liberty University, all anyone can talk about is Jerry Falwell Jr. Just not in public. — “When he does stupid stuff, people will mention it to others they consider confidants and not keep it totally secret …
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Arren Kimbel-Sannit / Politico:
Trump again jokes about extending his term past 2024
Trump again jokes about extending his term past 2024
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Controversial Trump Court Pick Gets Expedited Senate Confirmation Hearing — Steven Menashi, a White House aide with a record of denouncing feminism and diversity, is on track to become a lifetime federal judge. — WASHINGTON ― The White House and Senate Republicans on Monday quietly advanced …
Terry Spencer / Associated Press:
Trespassing trial of Chinese woman stalls over underwear — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The trial of a Chinese businesswoman charged with lying to a Secret Service agent and trespassing at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club bogged down Monday before jury selection over her lack of underwear …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: UK Parliament rejects holding snap elections — LONDON (AP) — The latest on Brexit (all times local): — British lawmakers have rejected Prime Minister Boris Johnson's request for an election before the country's scheduled departure from the European Union next month.
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Washington Post:
For the first time ever, most new working-age hires in the U.S. are people of color — When Mónica Hernández told her husband that her 2019 New Year's resolution was to go back to work, he was surprised. He kept asking her if that's what she really wanted to do.
Melody Gutierrez / Los Angeles Times:
California vaccine bills signed by Newsom as protesters are arrested at Capitol — California will enact sweeping new restrictions on medical exemptions for vaccines under bills signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday, despite near-constant protests in the state Capitol that resulted in arrests …
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Amanda Hess / New York Times:
Tina Turner Is Having the Time of Her Life — A Swiss chateau. A Broadway musical all about her. And absolutely nothing she has to do. — KÜSNACHT, Switzerland — There is a metal plaque on the gate to Tina Turner's estate that says “Vor 12.00 Uhr nicht läuten, keine Lieferungen …
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
As billions flow to farmers, Trump administration faces internal concerns over unprecedented bailout — Senior government officials, including some in the White House, privately expressed concern that the Trump administration's nearly $30 billion bailout for farmers needed stronger legal backing …
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Alexandra DeSanctis / National Review:
Tulsi Gabbard Says She Supports Regulating Abortion in the Third Trimester — In an interview with Dave Rubin yesterday, Hawaii congresswoman and Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard conceded that abortion should not be permitted during the last three months of pregnancy unless the mother was at severe risk.
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Melissa Boughton / The Progressive Pulse:
BREAKING: Republican attorneys send legislature prohibited partisan data during remedial mapmaking — The law firm representing Republican legislative leaders in an ongoing partisan gerrymandering case may have just polluted the remedial mapmaking process by sending them partisan data prohibited from use.