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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 …
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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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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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Trump Finally Fired John Bolton, but Does It Really Matter?
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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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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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Axios:
Bolton's chaotic White House departure
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court allows broad enforcement of asylum limits — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing nationwide enforcement of a new Trump administration rule that prevents most Central American immigrants from seeking asylum in the United States. — The justices' order late Wednesday …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court says Trump administration can begin denying migrants' asylum while legal fight continues — The Trump administration can begin denying asylum requests from migrants at the southern border who have traveled through Mexico or another country without seeking protection there …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Backs New Trump Asylum Restrictions
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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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's war on truth just got a lot more cult-like
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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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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 …
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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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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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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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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Kamini Ramdeen / AOL.com:
President Trump sparks anger with ‘never forget’ 9/11 tweet — President Donald Trump drew ire on Twitter Wednesday morning with the way he marked the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. — Trump shared a photograph of himself and first lady Melania Trump …
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James Barron / New York Times:
Remembering Those Lost 18 Years Ago on 9/11
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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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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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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Republicans and Democrats hammer Trump's judicial nominee — Republicans and Democrats on Wednesday castigated President Donald Trump's nominee to the powerful Second Circuit Court of Appeals for dodging their questions as well as his prior controversial writings.
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 …
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