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Trump pushing for major crackdown on homeless camps in California, with aides discussing moving residents to government-backed facilities — President Trump has ordered White House officials to conduct a sweeping crackdown on homelessness in California, citing the state's growing crisis …
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As frustration with Bolton mounted, Trump reached out to ex-adviser McMaster — In phone calls to McMaster, Trump told his second national security adviser that he misses him. — WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump began losing confidence in national security adviser John Bolton …
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Bolton lost the latest Trump administration factional battle, but not the last — In every administration — but especially in the Trump administration — personalities are policy and internal factions form assorted alliances to exert influence and maintain power.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Ousts John Bolton as National Security Adviser — WASHINGTON — President Trump announced on Tuesday that he had fired John R. Bolton, his third national security adviser, amid fundamental disagreements over how to handle major foreign policy challenges like Iran, North Korea and most recently Afghanistan.
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Speak Up, John Bolton — Whatever else he has been through in his career, John Bolton is a patriot. He has been impelled by a strong vision of the national interest. He has run career risks and sacrificed life opportunities for the sake of his principles.
Graeme Wood / The Atlantic:
John Bolton Will Hold This Grudge — Donald Trump tweeted this morning that he had fired his national security adviser, John Bolton, and that Bolton's “services are no longer needed at the White House.” The cold language was not accidental, and it was a strategically odd way to fire …
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Brian Bennett / TIME:
Breaking Point: How Trump and Bolton Finally Hit Their Limit
Breaking Point: How Trump and Bolton Finally Hit Their Limit
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The Daily Beast, The Rush Limbaugh Show and Hot Air
Washington Post:
John Bolton's turbulent tenure comes to a Trumpian end
John Bolton's turbulent tenure comes to a Trumpian end
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Daily Wire, Mediaite, Breitbart and The Guardian
Alex Daugherty / Miami Herald:
Florida Republicans had no idea Venezuela hawk John Bolton was being fired
Florida Republicans had no idea Venezuela hawk John Bolton was being fired
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Breitbart, Politico, The Daily Dot, The Daily Caller and Slate
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Something is fishy about Trump's John Bolton announcement
Something is fishy about Trump's John Bolton announcement
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Little Green Footballs, Mediaite and Daily Wire
John Gans / New York Times:
How John Bolton Broke the National Security Council
How John Bolton Broke the National Security Council
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says John Bolton Is Leaving White House
Trump Says John Bolton Is Leaving White House
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Politico:
Live results: North Carolina elections — The latest vote count from North Carolina's 3rd and 9th districts — Voters in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District vote Tuesday in a re-do election, after the results of the 2018 midterm were thrown out over allegations of fraud against a consultant for the Republican candidate.
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New York Times:
North Carolina Special Election Results: Ninth House District — Candidate Party Votes Pct. — Dan Bishop — Rep. — 94,984 — Dan McCready — Dem. — 90,824 — Lib. — Green — 186,928 votes, 99% reporting (208 of 210 precincts) — 2018 North Carolina results ›
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Mother Jones, Breitbart, Mediaite and IJR
Drew McCoy / Decision Desk HQ:
NC-09 Special Election Results — You can watch DDHQ streaming analysis of tonight's election on Twitch, Twitter/Periscope, or YouTube. — Be sure to sign up for our free newsletter (right sidebar) to receive tomorrow's edition with a complete wrap up of tonight's elections.
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Li Zhou / Vox:
Republicans hold on to a North Carolina congressional seat plagued by election fraud
Republicans hold on to a North Carolina congressional seat plagued by election fraud
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Townhall, Mother Jones and Washington Post
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Republican Dan Bishop narrowly wins North Carolina special election
Republican Dan Bishop narrowly wins North Carolina special election
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Axios, NBC News and PBS NewsHour
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Antonio Brown Accused of Rape in a Lawsuit — The Patriots receiver is accused of three incidents of sexual assault, in 2017 and 2018, against a woman who attended college with him. — Antonio Brown of the New England Patriots, the most prominent receiver in the N.F.L. …
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Natalie Beach / The Cut:
I Was Caroline Calloway Seven years after I met the infamous Instagram star, I'm ready to tell my side of the story. — The author (right) with Caroline Calloway Photo: Courtesy of Natalie Beach — When I was a sophomore in college, I took a creative-nonfiction workshop and met a girl who was everything I wasn't.
Sarah Rankin / Associated Press:
Liberty's Falwell says he's target of ‘attempted coup’ — By SARAH RANKIN and ALAN SUDERMANyesterday — RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. said Tuesday that he is asking the FBI to investigate what he called a “criminal” smear campaign orchestrated …
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Seth Browarnik / World Red Eye:
Rebuke to Jerry Falwell Jr.'s Comment to Politico's “'Someone's Gotta Tell the Freakin' Truth' …
Rebuke to Jerry Falwell Jr.'s Comment to Politico's “'Someone's Gotta Tell the Freakin' Truth' …
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Saagar Enjeti / The Hill:
Falwell Jr. says FBI to investigate ‘criminal conspiracy’ at Liberty University
Falwell Jr. says FBI to investigate ‘criminal conspiracy’ at Liberty University
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Washington Post:
Ex-Russian official thought to have spied for the U.S. was hiding in plain sight — A former Russian government official thought to have spied for the United States was hiding in plain sight, living in a suburban neighborhood an hour outside of Washington. — The Russian Kommersant newspaper …
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CNN:
CNN Poll: 6 in 10 say Trump does not deserve a second term — WASHINGTON (CNN)Six in 10 Americans say President Donald Trump does not deserve to be reelected, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, and more now say he's doing a poor job than a good one of keeping important campaign promises.
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John Harwood / CNBC:
These are the three biggest warning signs for Trump's reelection bid
These are the three biggest warning signs for Trump's reelection bid
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Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
Flynn Hearing Reveals Existence of Bombshell DOJ Memo Exonerating Michael Flynn — A bombshell revelation was barely noticed at National Security Advisor Michael Flynn's hearing Tuesday, when his counsel revealed in court the existence of a Justice Department memo from Jan. 30, 2017 exonerating Flynn of any collusion with Russia.
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
Michael Flynn Is Looking For A Way Out Of His Guilty Plea
Michael Flynn Is Looking For A Way Out Of His Guilty Plea
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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Biden Aims to Use Debate to Question Warren's Corporate Work — Former vice president has released two decades of tax returns — Warren occasionally advised corporations on bankruptcy issues — Joe Biden plans to argue at this week's debate that all presidential candidates …
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Rick Newman / Yahoo Finance:
Trump's trade war has killed 300,000 jobs — winning big time, against China. " But his trade war is causing measurable damage to the U.S. economy, with the pain likely to worsen. — Forecasting firm Moody's Analytics estimates that Trump's trade war with China has already reduced U.S. employment …
New York Times:
Former FEMA Official Accused of Taking Bribes in Hurricane Maria Recovery — MIAMI — A former top administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency was arrested on Tuesday in a major federal corruption investigation that found that the official took bribes from the president of a company …
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Alana Goodman / Washington Examiner:
Secret Service arrested El Paso shooting ‘hero’ as he was about to be honored by Trump at White House — One of the people President Trump honored for his heroism during a mass shooting in an El Paso Walmart last month was arrested by the Secret Service during his visit to the White House …
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Adam Carlson / People.com:
Ivanka & Jared 'Aren't Good People,' Meghan McCain Says After Report of Trump Infighting — as White House Hits Back — “The idea that the hosts of The View ... have any factual reads on what goes on within the Trump family is completely asinine” a White House spokeswoman says
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Hot Air, New York Times and Breitbart
Texas Monthly:
Announcing Five New Hires, Including Our First Taco Editor! — Dallas-based writer José R. Ralat, known for his Taco Trail blog, joins the staff later this month. — Pass the tortillas. As of September 18, Texas Monthly will have a taco editor on staff.
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Fox News:
DOJ asks Supreme Court to allow enforcement of Trump's asylum restrictions — The Supreme Court is considering an emergency appeal from the Justice Department that would allow them to enforce, for now, the Trump administration's ban on asylum for anyone trying to cross the southern border by transiting through a third country.
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Ilya Shapiro / USA Today:
Liberal Supreme Court justices vote in lockstep, not the conservative justices
Liberal Supreme Court justices vote in lockstep, not the conservative justices
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