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11:35 PM ET, September 4, 2017

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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Ending DACA would be Trump's most evil act  —  The Post reports: … Some in the media take seriously the notion that he is “conflicted” or “wrestling” with the decision, as though Trump were engaged in a great moral debate.  That would be a first for Trump, who counts only winners and losers …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Trump's punt to Congress on DACA threatens new GOP rift  —  President Donald Trump's expected decision to punt the fate of nearly 800,000 Dreamers to Congress promises to drive yet another rift through an already fractured Republican Party, which has for years struggled to coalesce around immigration reform proposals.
New York Times:
On DACA, Program Shielding ‘Dreamers,’ Trump Has No Easy Path  —  WASHINGTON — For months, an anxious and uncertain President Trump was caught between opposing camps in the West Wing prodding him to either scrap or salvage an Obama-era program allowing undocumented immigrants brought …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Tom Cotton, top Senate immigration hawk, supports legalization in DACA deal
New York Times:
The New York Daily News Is Said to Be Nearing Sale  —  The Daily News, the nearly 100-year-old tabloid owned by the real estate magnate Mortimer B. Zuckerman, is close to announcing an agreement for its sale to Tronc, the publisher of The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune.
Jon Schwarz / The Intercept:
UNDERCOVER IN NORTH KOREA: “ALL PATHS LEAD TO CATASTROPHE”  —  The most alarming aspect of North Korea's latest nuclear test, and the larger standoff with the U.S., is how little is known about how North Korea truly functions.  For 65 years it's been sealed off from the rest of the world …
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Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
Seoul tries to ignore Trump's criticism: 'They worry he's kind of nuts,' one observer says
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Chinese Ambassador: China ‘will never allow chaos and war’ on the Korean Peninsula
Discussion: RedState
Tom McKay / Gizmodo:
No One Asked for Verrit, but Here We Are  —  On Sunday evening, former secretary of state and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton endorsed Verrit, a “media platform for the 65.8 million” who supported her candidacy, immediately creating a minor Twitter firestorm.
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.”
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
18th charity pulls event from Trump's Mar-a-Lago after Charlottesville  —  An 18th charity has pulled its event from President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate since his controversial remarks on the violence in Charlottesville, Va., last month.  —  The Palm Beach Habilitation Center will no longer hold …
Chris Smith / New York Magazine:
In Conversation: Bill de Blasio  —  The mayor thinks New Yorkers appreciate real talk, even if some of it is bad news.  But also, he says, a lot of it isn't.  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio rounds the corner of a Gracie Mansion porch wearing a broad smile.  It's a Friday afternoon in late August, and he's had a good week.
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
EPA now requires political aide's sign-off for agency awards, grant applications  —  The Environmental Protection Agency has taken the unusual step of putting a political operative in charge of vetting the hundreds of millions of dollars in grants the EPA distributes annually …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Lawsuit filed to let Richard Spencer speak at Michigan State  —  The organizer of prominent white nationalist Richard Spencer's speaking tour is suing a university that denied him permission to speak on campus.  —  Kyle Bristow, the organizer of Spencer's tour, filed the lawsuit Sunday …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Florida governor declares state of emergency over Hurricane Irma  —  Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) has declared a state of emergency affecting every county in Florida in preparation for Hurricane Irma, which has been upgraded to a Category 4 storm.  —  Scott's order signed Monday notes …
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Tara Fowler / ABC News:
Hurricane Irma strengthens as it closes in on the Caribbean
Discussion: The Hill and IJR
ag.ny.gov:
Attorney General Schneiderman And Gov. Cuomo Announce That New York State Will Sue If President Trump Ends Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals Policy  —  Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today released the following statements regarding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy:
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Sen. Lankford on DACA: ‘We as Americans do not hold children’ accountable parents' actions
Discussion: Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and IJR
Frances Stead Sellers / Washington Post:
Pastors who stood by Trump after Charlottesville plead for him to show ‘heart’ for ‘dreamer’ immigrants  —  Pastor Jentezen Franklin looked at President Trump across his desk in the Oval Office last week and made an impassioned plea for empathy.  —  For several minutes, Franklin …
Donald Trump / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
We must fix our self-destructive tax code  —  President Donald Trump outlined his tax reform plan on Wednesday during a speech in Springfield, Mo. Bryon Houlgrave/The Register  —  As we celebrate Labor Day, we are reminded of the inherent dignity of work and the American worker.  In America, we honor grit.
Discussion: Shareblue, AOL, TheBlaze, Power Line and CNBC
Rachel Aviv / New Yorker:
The Trials of a Muslim Cop  —  Bobby Hadid joined the N.Y.P.D. after 9/11, to protect his new country.  But when he questioned the force's tactics, his life began to erode.  —  When Bobby Farid Hadid, an Algerian merchant marine, was twenty-three, he discovered that a pay phone in a train station near the Algerian shore was broken.
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 …
 
 
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Stan Collender / Forbes:
Last Week Was Trump's Worst Legislative Week Ever, And Congress Wasn't Even In Session
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Associated Press:
Texas expects EPA to ‘get on top of’ toxic water risk
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Here's the best thing the media can do when reporting on ‘antifa’
Teri Christoph / RedState:
Teacher Kicks Kids Out of Class for MAGA Shirts, Becomes Internet's Favorite New Punching Bag
Discussion: Daily Mail
Emily Esfahani Smith / New York Times:
You'll Never Be Famous — And That's O.K.
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Idaho police reveal patient defended by ‘heroic’ nurse was an officer
Discussion: IJR
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Ali Watkins / Politico:
Russia probes kick into high gear
New York Times:
The Same Agency That Runs Obamacare Is Using Taxpayer Money to Undermine It
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
CNN identifies white nationalist as supporter of ‘immigration reform’
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
U.S.-Backed Syrian Forces Retake Old City of Raqqa
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Tim Starks / Politico:
Cash-strapped states brace for Russian hacking fight
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Yon Goicoechea / New York Times:
I Am in Prison Because I Want Freedom for My Country
Lori Chung / NY1 News:
Property manager, under fire for imagery in Queens condo, is arrested
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