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10:40 PM ET, September 8, 2017

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FEMA.gov:
Hurricane Irma Rumor Control  —  Rumor: Pets in Shelters and Hotels  —  There are reports emergency shelters are required to accommodate pets and service animals belonging to people who have evacuated.  This is TRUE.  (September 8)  —  There are also reports hotels are required to accommodate pets for people who have evacuated.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Jason Samenow / Washington Post:
Extreme Hurricane Irma closing in on Florida, posing dire threat  —  (This story will be updated throughout Friday.  It was last updated to incorporate the 8 p.m. National Hurricane Center advisory; some more information about storm surge was added in section on Florida effects.)
CNN:
Forecasters: Hurricane Irma to regain Category 5 strength  —  (CNN)Hurricane Irma battered parts of Cuba and the central Bahamas, and forecasters predicted Friday evening the massive storm will strengthen into a Category 5 storm again before it slams into the Florida Keys.
Daniella Diaz / CNN:
EPA chief on Irma: The time to talk climate change isn't now
Addy Baird / ThinkProgress:
Limbaugh evacuates South Florida after claiming Hurricane Irma was a liberal hoax
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Limbaugh to evacuate after calling Irma climate change ploy
Discussion: Metro and Washington Times
The Hill:
GOP bristles at Mnuchin's debt plea: Do it for me  —  House Republicans bristled Friday at Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin  —  's pitch for them to vote for a three-month debt and spending extension “for me,” exacerbating divisions between Capitol Hill and the White House.
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CNN:
The White House tried to calm furious House Republicans. It didn't go well.
Discussion: FOX2now.com, FOX6Now.com and KFOR-TV
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Conservatives Seethe As House Passes Debt Deal Trump Struck With Dems
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
House passes Trump deal on majority Democratic vote
Discussion: Daily Kos and RedState
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House Republicans lash Mnuchin, Mulvaney behind closed doors
Discussion: The Atlantic, AOL and Business Insider
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Trump signs $15 billion Harvey aid package after Republicans booed top White House officials
Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi isn't apologizing to Democrats for cutting a deal with Trump
New York Times:
New White House Chief of Staff Has an Enforcer  —  Lost in the scramble to cope with Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the response to North Korea's nuclear provocations and the shock at President Trump's instant alliance with Democrats was a little-noticed bureaucratic earthquake that shook the White House this week.
Discussion: Politicus USA
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Reuters:
Trump anger at Cohn raises doubts about his White House tenure: sources
Discussion: RedState and Washington Monthly
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News Will Part Ways With Eric Bolling After Harassment Investigation  —  Fox News Channel will part ways with host Eric Bolling, a host and contributor whose on-air presence at the 21st Century Fox-owned network had been growing in recent months, after allegations surfaced …
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Eric Bolling is out at Fox News over sex pictures, while Charles Payne returns to Fox Business  —  Charles Payne, shown on the air at the Fox Business Network studios in New York in April 2015, is returning to Fox Business.  (John Lamparski / Getty Images)  —  Sexual harassment investigations …
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Eric Bolling Out At Fox News  —  The news comes a month after HuffPost reported the host sent unsolicited lewd texts to female colleagues.  —  Fox News has parted ways with host Eric Bolling, the network confirmed Friday, just over a month after an exclusive HuffPost report revealed Bolling …
Washington Post:
Spicer, Priebus, Hicks among six current and former Trump aides Mueller has expressed interest in interviewing for Russia probe … Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has alerted the White House that his team will likely seek to interview six top current and former advisers to President Trump …
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The Daily Beast:
Mueller Wants to Talk to Hope Hicks Over Misleading Russia Statement
Discussion: Business Insider
Gail Schontzler / Bozeman Daily Chronicle Audio:
Baucus backs single-payer health system  —  It's time for America to consider seriously a single-payer, government-run health system, says Max Baucus, Montana's longest serving U.S. senator, former ambassador to China and one of the chief architects of Obamacare.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Holy Crap. Max Baucus Now Supports Single Payer?
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
CNNMoney:
Chris Christie in talks to be cable news contributor after leaving office  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's possible career as a sports broadcaster may not have panned out, but he might still have a shot at a television gig.  Christie has had conversations with both MSNBC and CNN …
Joseph Lawler / Washington Examiner:
GOP outraged after Trump refuses to consider Lois Lerner prosecution … The Department of Justice told members of Congress Friday that it wouldn't reconsider the question of whether to prosecute former IRS official Lois Lerner for her role in the tax agency's targeting of conservative groups, eliciting criticism from House Republicans.
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John Bowden / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers furious after DOJ declines to prosecute ex-IRS official Lois Lerner
Discussion: Associated Press and IJR
Rosemary Feitelberg / WWD:
Will Joe Biden Run in 2020?  His Designer Daughter Ashley Sure Hopes So  —  Livelihood founder Ashley Biden is all about American manufacturing, a commitment she shares with her father Joe, who may run for president in 2020.  —  Ashley Biden and former Vice President Joe Biden
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Jennifer Hansler / CNN:   Joe Biden's daughter says ex-VP considering 2020 run
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Brian Fung / Washington Post:
Equifax finally responds to swirling concerns over consumers' legal rights  —  Update: Equifax issued a statement Friday evening.  “In response to consumer inquiries, we have made it clear that the arbitration clause and class action waiver included in the Equifax and TrustedID Premier terms …
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Ira Madison III / The Daily Beast:
Maria Sharapova's Vile, Racially Tinged Treatment of Serena Williams … To understand Maria Sharapova is to know that she had the gall to name her forthcoming memoir Unstoppable after she could not beat rival Serena Williams 18 times in a row, even with the aid of performance-enhancing drugs.
Discussion: East Bay Times and The Root
CNN:
Document details scrapped deal for Trump Tower Moscow  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Around the time presidential candidate Donald Trump was touting his real estate dealings at a Republican primary debate, a proposal was in the works to build a Trump Tower in Russia that would have given …
James Barrett / Daily Wire:
Berkeley Announces EXTREME Security Measures For Shapiro Event  —  Shutting down multiple buildings, parking lots; imposing strict ID checks; providing alternative spaces for faculty, students...  In what is a truly stunning response to the appearance of a single speaker …
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Azwar Shakeel / The Daily Californian:
ASUC Senate fails to pass resolution denouncing UC Berkeley subsidization of Ben Shapiro event
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Daily Wire
 
 
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More opioid prescriptions than people in some California counties
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James Hibberd / EW.com:
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Richard Cowan / Reuters:
Trump DACA decision followed months of meetings involving senior Democrat
John R. Bolton / National Review:
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Rachel Sherman / New York Times:
What the Rich Won't Tell You  —  “There's nobody who knows how much we spend.
Discussion: Daily Kos and CitizenVox
Reuters:
New Russian envoy describes ‘warm’ meeting with Trump: agencies
Will Doran / Raleigh News & Observer:
Two NC Republicans say they accidentally asked the Supreme Court to end gerrymandering
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
John Harwood / CNBC:
‘It helps not to lie in politics’: Sen. Al Franken talks Trump, ‘SNL’ and 2020
Discussion: Politicus USA
John Hudson / BuzzFeed:
Trump Official Freezes On Camera After A Question About Climate Change
Discussion: Raw Story and New Yorker
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
A stunning new study shows that Fox News is more powerful than we ever imagined
Discussion: aeaweb.org and Common Dreams