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11:45 PM ET, August 29, 2017

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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Even in visiting hurricane-ravaged Texas, Trump keeps the focus on himself  —  The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights … As rescuers continued their exhausting and heartbreaking work in southeastern Texas on Tuesday afternoon, as the rain continued to fall …
Discussion: Politico and Outside the Beltway
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USA Today:
‘GET OUT NOW’: Levee breached near Houston in Hurricane Harvey aftermath  —  HOUSTON — Rescue boats, high-water vehicles, kayaks and even jet skis searched flood-swollen streets Tuesday for trapped, desperate residents as relentless Tropical Storm Harvey trudged east toward Louisiana.
Discussion: Splinter, IJR, The Daily Caller and The Root
Annie Karni / Politico:
Melania's stiletto sideshow  —  As the first lady departed to see storm fallout in Texas, Twitter erupted with critiques of her shoe choice.  —  Melania Trump, the former model and reluctant first lady, often lets her fashion choices do the talking for her.
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump relishes role as chief executive of Harvey response
Discussion: Washington Post and Balloon Juice
Eric Holthaus / Politico:
Harvey Is What Climate Change Looks Like
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Harvey Gives Trump a Chance to Reclaim Power to Unify
Fox News:
Family of six counted among the dead as Harvey death toll rises to 14
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Rep. Rohrabacher says ‘rendezvous’ being set up with Trump to relay info from WikiLeaks' Assange on DNC hack  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher said Monday that a “rendezvous” is being set up between him and President Donald Trump to relay information he received …
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Mattis freezes transgender policy; allows troops to continue serving, pending study  —  WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis late Tuesday announced that transgender troops will be allowed to continue serving in the military pending the results of a study by experts.
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G. Robert Hillman / Politico:
Mattis allows transgender troops to serve as Pentagon studies Trump's ban
Discussion: Axios and Associated Press
Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:
KKK Hoods & Russian Flags Appear In Trump Tower Gift Shop  —  Shoppers looking for MAGA hats at Trump Tower this week may have encountered a Ku Klux Klan hood or a photo of President Putin, and asked themselves whether what they were seeing was real merchandise.
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Evan Perez / CNN:
Special counsel subpoenas Manafort's former attorney and spokesman  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Special Counsel Robert Mueller has issued subpoenas to a former lawyer for Paul Manafort and to Manafort's current spokesman, an aggressive tactic that suggests an effort to add pressure on the former Trump campaign chairman.
St. John Barned-Smith / Houston Chronicle:
Houston Police officer drowns in Harvey floodwaters  —  A Houston police officer drowned in his patrol car in Harvey floodwaters, according to three department officials.  —  The officer, an HPD veteran who has been with the department for more than 30 years, was in his patrol car driving …
CNN:
Trump appointee: Comment calling Obama's mother a ‘w@!re’ result of ‘Internet crimes’ against me  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's appointee to a Department of Energy post says inflammatory comments that appeared to have been made by him online were the result of …
CNN:
Trump Jr. agrees to transcribed interview with Senate panel  —  Trump Jr., Manafort to testify before Senate  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)President Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has agreed to sit down for a transcribed interview with the Senate judiciary committee …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Donald Trump Jr. set to testify before Senate Judiciary panel
Discussion: The Daily Caller
The University of Tampa:
Statement Regarding Kenneth Storey  —  The following was sent to The University of Tampa community this morning:  —  On Sunday, Aug. 27, visiting assistant professor of sociology Kenneth Storey made comments on a private Twitter account that do not reflect UT's community views or values.
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Judge dismisses Sarah Palin's lawsuit against New York Times  —  Lawsuits against media outlets are piling up  —  A federal judge in Manhattan on Tuesday dismissed Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against the New York Times.  —  “Nowhere is political journalism so free, so robust …
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Fox News:
FBI shuts down request for files on Hillary Clinton by citing lack of public interest  —  The FBI is declining to turn over files related to its investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails by arguing a lack of public interest in the matter.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and TheBlaze
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:   FBI says lack of public interest in Hillary emails justifies withholding documents
Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
Georgia lawmaker: Talk of ditching Confederate statues could cause Democrat to ‘go missing’  —  A Georgia Republican lawmaker warned a Democratic former colleague who criticized his support for Civil War monuments on Facebook that she won't be “met with torches but something a lot more definitive” …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ted Mann / Wall Street Journal:
White House Won't Require Firms to Report Pay by Gender, Race  —  Obama-era proposal was aimed to address pay disparities  —  The White House on Tuesday said it will halt a planned Obama-era rule that would have required businesses to begin collecting data about how much they pay workers …
Discussion: The Hill, Mashable and Raw Story
Jack Shafer / Politico:
The Newseum Deserves to Die  —  You know that triumphant feeling that sweeps from your brain to your toes when one of your enemies stumbles and falls into a mass of his own excrement?  Such delight overwhelmed me yesterday as the Newseum—that gilded monument to journalistic vanity …
Sarah Zhang / The Atlantic:
Yes, That's a Huge Floating Mass of Live Fire Ants in Texas  —  When there is flooding along the Gulf Coast, there are fire ants.  The invasive ants congregate into living rafts, drifting through water until they reach solid ground again.  It's a time-honed survival strategy.
Discussion: The Verge, NBC News, Daily Wire and IJR
Caleb Howe / RedState:
Conservative Talker Neal Boortz Wins for Worst, Ugliest, Most Uncalled-for Hurricane Comment to Date  —  Just a short time ago, a woman suffering through the terrible flooding and loss in Texas was on camera on CNN when she unleashed what was not only surely pent-up rage and frustration at her situation …
Pelosi / Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement Condemning Antifa Violence in Berkeley  —  San Francisco — Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement denouncing the violent protests carried out this weekend in Berkeley, California:  —  “Our democracy has no room for inciting violence or endangering the public …
Discussion: Daily Wire and TheBlaze
Arizona Republic:
Judge won't vacate former Sheriff Joe Arpaio's contempt conviction without oral arguments … U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton canceled former Sheriff Joe Arpaio's upcoming sentencing hearing for his criminal contempt-of-court conviction, telling attorneys not to file replies to motions …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Splinter
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Body-slammed reporter wants to know why Rep. Gianforte still won't grant interview  —  Reporter recounts fight with GOP candidate  —  Ben Jacobs, the reporter who was assaulted by Montana congressional candidate Greg Gianforte, says Gianforte has reneged on what Jacobs believed was a commitment to grant him an interview.
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
James Mattis tells the troops that their president is failing them.  —  Want to listen to this article out loud?  Hear it on Slate Voice.  —  Fred Kaplan is the author of Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War.  —  President Trump has left us so numbed by his deceit and dishonor …
Discussion: IJR, Outside the Beltway and CNN
Michael J. O'Loughlin / americamagazine.org:
Sean Spicer finally gets to meet Pope Francis  —  Sean Spicer has finally met Pope Francis.  —  A group of legislators and politicians from around the world gathered in Italy this week for a meeting of the International Catholic Legislators Network, where they were received by Pope Francis at the Vatican.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz's claim that two-thirds of the Hurricane Sandy bill ‘had nothing to do with Sandy’  —  “The problem with that particular bill is it became a $50 billion bill that was filled with unrelated pork.  Two-thirds of that bill had nothing to do with Sandy.”  —  Hypocrisy watch!
Kaili Joy Gray / Shareblue:
“What a crowd, what a turnout”: Trump shocks by treating Texas visit like a campaign rally  —  Even when he is supposed to be giving comfort and assurance to Americans devastated by a natural disaster, Trump can't help his obsession with crowd size.  —  Donald Trump's response to Hurricane Harvey …
 
 
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Nancy Luna / Orange County Register:
In-N-Out sues Smashburger over alleged ‘Triple Double’ burger trademark infringement
Discussion: LAist and Eater
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
‘Alt-gov’ Twitter accounts pitch in to help Coast Guard and responders rescue hurricane victims
Discussion: NBC News
Chris Kenning / Reuters:
Confederate battle flag sales boom after Charlottesville clash
Mallory Ortberg / Slate:
Helping After Harvey  —  Prudie counsels a Houston native whose …
Discussion: Red Alert Politics, IJR and Daily Wire
Tuomas Forsell / Reuters:
Finland says no fighter deal with Boeing after Trump's comments
Discussion: Axios
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Josh Delk / The Hill:
Televangelist Jim Bakker: Christians will start a civil war if Trump is impeached
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
Professor Amy Wax / National Review:
Scandal Erupts over the Promotion of ‘Bourgeois’ Behavior
Charles Riley / CNNMoney:
Fox News pulled off the air in Britain