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The Daily Beast:
Trump Flirts With $15 Billion Bailout for Iran, Sources Say — Trump says he hates the Obama-era nuclear deal with Iran. But he's toying with a French proposal to get the Iranians to comply with it: a $15 billion line of credit to Tehran. — President Donald Trump has left the impression …
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Wall Street Journal:
After Bolton, Pompeo's Role Grows Larger, and Also More Solitary — Chief diplomat arrived as the last puzzle piece; now he's the only one left — WASHINGTON—When Mike Pompeo was confirmed as secretary of state 16 months ago, he was considered the last puzzle piece to President Trump's overhauled foreign policy team.
CNN:
Administration considers double-tapping Pompeo for national security adviser — Washington (CNN)Just one day after President Donald Trump dismissed national security adviser John Bolton, administration officials are discussing the possibility of replacing Bolton with his chief rival, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Sends Regards to Departed ‘Mr. Tough Guy’ Bolton
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Thomas Wright / The Atlantic:
Bolton's Departure Signals Trump's Foreign-Policy Pivot
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New York Times:
Trump Pressed Top Aide to Have Weather Service ‘Clarify’ Forecast That Contradicted Trump — WASHINGTON — President Trump, seeking to justify his claim of a hurricane threat to Alabama, pressed aides to intervene with a federal scientific agency, leading to a highly unusual public rebuke …
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President Trump ordered staff to correct statement that contradicted his inaccurate Alabama hurricane claim — Lawmakers, Commerce Department launch investigations into NOAA's decision to back President Trump over forecasters — President Trump told his staff that the National Oceanic …
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump denies asking Mulvaney to pressure federal agency on hurricane claims
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Reported White House involvement takes NOAA scandal to new level
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Raleigh News & Observer:
House overrides budget veto in surprise vote with almost half of lawmakers absent — In a surprise move Wednesday morning, the N.C. House of Representatives voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of the state budget with just over half of the 120 members present to vote.
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Raleigh News & Observer:
NC Republicans' shameless theft of democracy — The verdict is now plain. North Carolina's Republican legislative leaders — not actually leaders, but connivers — are beyond shame. — In a stunning display of contempt for democracy, House Speaker Tim Moore, a Cleveland County Republican …
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Biden leads as Warren and Sanders battle for second on eve of debate — This number should concern Trump's 2020 campaign — WASHINGTON (CNN)Joe Biden leads the Democratic presidential primary but a tight race for second place has formed behind him as Sen. Elizabeth Warren leads …
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: Democrats Most Like Warren, But Voters Overall Are Lukewarm On Democrats, Trump — Toggle more options — Elizabeth Warren is on the rise among Democratic voters, but she and other Democrats are less popular with the overall electorate, raising concerns about a bruising primary …
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Biden camp thinks the media just doesn't get it
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Fox News:
Supreme Court allows Trump asylum restrictions to take effect, ending 9th Circuit injunctions — In a major win for the Trump administration, the Supreme Court issued an order late Wednesday ending all injunctions that had blocked the White House's ban on asylum for anyone trying to enter …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court says Trump administration can begin denying asylum to migrants while legal fight continues
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court allows broad enforcement of asylum limits
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Backs New Trump Asylum Restrictions
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Washington Post:
'You're a prop in the back': Advisers struggle to obey Trump's Kafkaesque rules — In President Trump's renegade orbit, there are unspoken rules he expects his advisers to follow. He tolerates a modicum of dissent, so long as it remains private; expects advisers to fall in line and defend his decisions …
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Eliza Relman / Business Insider:
Meet Charlie Kupperman, Trump's acting national security adviser who advised a group …
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Adam Reiss / NBC News:
Source: Michael Cohen met with prosecutors investigating Trump Organization — Prosecutors are looking into whether or not the Trump Organization falsified business records. — The former personal attorney for President Donald Trump has entered into an agreement with New York City prosecutors …
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Kara Scannell / CNN:
Exclusive: Michael Cohen is interviewed for probe into Trump Organization — (CNN)Prosecutors with the New York district attorney's office interviewed Donald Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen in recent weeks as part of their investigation of the Trump Organization's handling …
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Cheryl Hall / Dallas Morning News:
T. Boone Pickens, larger-than-life energy tycoon and OSU diehard, dies at 91 — Pickens had an energy career that went from laborer to tycoon — and the Oklahoma State benefactor was among the few business elites granted “dual citizenship” on both sides of the Red River.
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ProPublica:
The Myths of the “Genius” Behind Trump's Reelection Campaign — Brad Parscale has said he's taking a relative pittance to run the president's reelection operation. But as with much of what Parscale has claimed about his work and life, that's not the full story. This is.
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JM Rieger / Washington Post:
The straightforward question House Democrats can't answer — Depending on whom you ask, on Thursday morning, the House Judiciary Committee will vote on procedures to investigate whether to open an impeachment inquiry or to continue an already opened impeachment inquiry. — Or maybe there is no inquiry at all.
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Joe Drape / New York Times:
Justify Failed a Drug Test Before Winning the Triple Crown — Bob Baffert guided Justify to the 2018 Triple Crown, but a month before the Kentucky Derby, the horse failed a drug test that could have ended that campaign before it began. — On June 9, 2018, a colt named Justify thundered home …
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New York Times:
Confusion and Defiance Follow California's New Contractor Law — SAN FRANCISCO — In a sign of the potential confusion and chaos set in motion by a landmark bill that the California Legislature passed on Wednesday to effectively require companies to reclassify their contract workers as employees …
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Monique O. Madan / Miami Herald:
12-year-old Bahamian girl separated from parents, ends up in Miami home for migrant kids — A 12-year-old Bahamian girl was separated from family at a South Florida airport after fleeing the destruction of Hurricane Dorian and was sent by U.S. Customs officials to a Miami Gardens shelter for abused or abandoned children.
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Alarm bells should be ringing at Trump HQ after N.C. House scare — Analysis: It's always better to win than lose — but Republicans holding onto a GOP seat by a hair is reason for the president to worry heading into 2020. — Does a tight win for NC Republican Dan Bishop spell 2020 trouble for Trump?
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Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
The Last Apple Keynote (Let's Hope) — The company's product launch pageant has become a parody. Time to call it quits. — Mr. Warzel is an Opinion writer at large. — Roughly six minutes into Apple's annual keynote presentation on Tuesday, I watched with grim fascination …
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Byline Times:
£8 Billion Bet on No Deal Crash-Out by Boris Johnson's Leave Backers — While the Prime Minister defies the law and insists Britain will leave the European Union on 31 October, his backers stand to make billions out of the disaster. — Boris Johnson's leadership campaign backers …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Girls who appeared to be 11 to 12 seen with Jeffrey Epstein getting off his plane in 2018 as authorities eyed his travel abroad — KEY POINTS — An air traffic controller saw financier Jeffrey Epstein getting off his private plane in the U.S. Virgin Islands with girls who appeared to be 11 to 12 years old in 2018.
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Matthew Jacobs / HuffPost:
The Steady Cultural Demise Of ‘American Beauty’ — How the Best Picture winner, which turns 20 this year, went from esteemed suburban satire to widespread punchline. — When “American Beauty” nabbed the Oscar for Best Picture in March 2000, its win seemed forward-thinking.
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