memeorandum: Seoul tries to ignore Trump's criticism: 'They worry he's kind of nuts,' one observer says (Anna Fifield/Washington Post)

2:50 PM ET, September 4, 2017

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Eliana Johnson / Politico:

Trump has decided to end DACA, with 6-month delay — President Donald Trump has decided to end the Obama-era program that grants work permits to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children, according to two sources familiar with his thinking.

Michael Grunwald / Politico:

Obama to speak out if Trump ends DACA — Former President Barack Obama plans to speak out if President Donald Trump declares his intention to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, according to a person close to Obama. — Trump is expected to announce on Tuesday that in six months …

Discussion: Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, IJR, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and AOL

Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:

Sen. Lankford on DACA: ‘We as Americans do not hold children’ accountable parents' actions — (R-Okla.) on Monday responded to a report that said President Trump will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, saying the United States does not “hold children legally accountable for the actions of their parents.”

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and IJR

Byron York / Washington Examiner:

Tom Cotton, top Senate immigration hawk, supports legalization in DACA deal — Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton, who after the departure of Jeff Sessions has emerged as the Senate's leading immigration hawk, says he would support the legalization of all current DACA recipients …

Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed:
Republican Party Autopsy Author Goes Off On GOP As Trump's DACA Decision Nears

Discussion: Raw Story and GOP.com

Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
GOP rep: Delaying the end of DACA is ‘Republican suicide’

Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story, Conservative News Today, KTLA and Mediaite

New York Times:
Trump Seriously Considering Ending DACA, With 6-Month Delay

Discussion: Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, The Hill and The Verge

Steve Holland / Reuters:
Trump to scrap protection for ‘Dreamers’, give Congress six months to fix

Discussion: Washington Post

Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside the DACA fight

Discussion: Washington Post, National Review, ABC News, IJR and Raw Story

Ken Klippenstein / The Daily Beast:

The Insane Gifts Saudi Arabia Gave President Trump … During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump attacked Hillary Clinton for accepting money from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, complaining during one of the debates, “These are people that kill women and treat women horribly and yet you take their money.”

Discussion: Raw Story

Anna Fifield / Washington Post:

Seoul tries to ignore Trump's criticism: 'They worry he's kind of nuts,' one observer says — TOKYO — South Korea's president tried late Sunday to dismiss talk of a dispute between Seoul and Washington over how to deal with North Korea following its sixth nuclear test …

Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Chinese Ambassador: China ‘will never allow chaos and war’ on the Korean Peninsula

Discussion: RedState and CNN

Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Haley: Kim Jong Un ‘begging for war’

Discussion: CNN, Politico, Foreign Policy, RedState, Axios and Associated Press

New York Times:
North Korean Nuclear Test Draws U.S. Warning of ‘Massive Military Response’

Discussion: Military.com, TheBlaze, The Guardian, Just Security, Defensetech, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Daily Caller, DoD Buzz, The Atlantic, The Hill, ITV, Shareblue, Washington Post, The National Interest, RedState, Political Wire, JustOneMinute and mid.ru

Houston Chronicle:

Missing volunteer pulled from Cypress Creek — Nearly four days after Harvey's record flooding slammed a rescue boat into an Interstate 45 frontage road bridge, family members of the final, missing volunteer pulled his body from Cypress Creek in Spring. — Alonso Guillen …

Discussion: Splinter

Ali Watkins / Politico:

Russia probes kick into high gear — Three congressional committees are pursuing investigations, and high-ranking Trump associates are expected to testify soon. — The congressional Russia investigations are entering a new and more serious phase as lawmakers return from the August recess …

Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:

All This ‘True Conservative’ Talk About ‘Principles’ Is Just Another Lie — After two years of lectures about “principles” and “the Rule of law” by the establishment-loving hacks furious that normal Americans rejected them and elected Donald Trump, their performance last week demonstrated …

Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:

Idaho police reveal patient defended by ‘heroic’ nurse was an officer — An Idaho police department on Friday revealed that the patient in a Utah hospital is one of its reserve officers and thanked the “heroic” nurse who informed law enforcement that it was against hospital policy to draw blood …

Discussion: IJR

Tim Starks / Politico:

Cash-strapped states brace for Russian hacking fight — The U.S. needs hundreds of millions of dollars to protect future elections from hackers — but neither the states nor Congress is rushing to fill the gap. — Instead, a nation still squabbling over the role Russian cyberattacks played …

Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:

CNN identifies white nationalist as supporter of ‘immigration reform’ — In the wake of reports that President Trump will repeal DACA, the executive order that protects 800,000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to the country as children, CNN hosted a debate on Monday morning.

Discussion: Raw Story

Russell Goldman / New York Times:

Why Aung San Suu Kyi's Nobel Peace Prize Won't Be Revoked — HONG KONG — Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the de facto leader of Myanmar and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who once embodied her country's fight for democracy, came under increased pressure on Monday to denounce a military operation …

Discussion: NPR and Press Association