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6:50 PM ET, September 16, 2017

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Emre Peker / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Won't Withdraw from Paris Climate Deal  —  U.S. has stated it will ‘not renegotiate the Paris accord’ but will review its terms  —  NEW YORK—Trump administration officials said Saturday the U.S. wouldn't pull out of the Paris Agreement, offering to re-engage …
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Year / U2 > Home:
TONIGHT'S ST. LOUIS SHOW CANCELLED  —  Live Nation and U2 regrettably announce their St. Louis show scheduled for tonight, September 16, 2017 has been cancelled.  —  “We have been informed by the St. Louis Police Department that they are not in a position to provide the standard protection …
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Axios:
U2 cancels St. Louis concert amid protests  —  U2 canceled their concert scheduled for St. Louis tonight because of inadequate police available for the event, per AP.  Local police are attending to the protests over the acquittal of a police officer who shot and killed Anthony Lamar Smith, a black man, in 2011.
Discussion: Politico
Christine Byers / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Acquitted officer Stockley: 'Everyone wants someone to blame, but I'm just not the guy'  —  After almost six years, a judge confirmed Friday what Jason Stockley had always believed: He was not guilty of murder.  —  “It feels like a burden has been lifted, but the burden of having …
Amber Tamblyn / New York Times:
I'm Done With Not Being Believed  —  When I was 21, I went into the office of a producer of the television show I was starring in to discuss a big problem.  By this point I had been acting for more than a decade, and the show was very successful and beloved.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Another prosecutor joins Trump-Russia probe  —  An attorney working on the Justice Department's highest-profile money laundering case recently transferred off that assignment in order to join the staff of the special prosecutor investigating the Trump campaign's potential ties to Russia, POLITICO has learned.
The Hill:
Juggalos, pro-Trump activists descend on DC  —  Thousands of people flooded the streets of Washington, D.C. on Saturday for a pro-Trump rally and a so-called Juggalo March.  —  The convergence of the two groups in the nation's capital marks an unusually busy weekend for Washington.
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Deirdre Shesgreen / USA Today:
Juggalos descend on D.C. to fight FBI gang distinction as pro-Trump activists rally
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Mueller just obtained a warrant that could change the entire nature of the Russia investigation  — Robert Mueller obtained a search warrant for records of “inauthentic” Facebook accounts  — It's bad news for Russian election interference “deniers”  — Mueller may be looking to charge specific foreign entities with a crime
Steven Nelson / Washington Examiner:
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher: Someone leaked ‘very important’ call with John Kelly concerning WikiLeaks  —  Rep. Dana Rohrabacher said someone leaked information about his call this week with White House chief of staff John Kelly, possibly to undermine his ability to speak directly with President Trump about WikiLeaks.
Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
Russia probes leave Trump associates struggling with huge legal bills … An expanding special counsel probe into the Trump campaign's alleged Russian ties has saddled many of President Trump's current and former associates with hefty legal fees and left them few options for footing the bill.
Discussion: The Hill
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
GOP sees fresh opening with Dems' single payer embrace  —  Republicans are cheering on the Democrats' embrace of single-payer health care, believing the move to the left will be an albatross for candidates in next year's elections.  —  After playing defense on health care for months …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Politicians, Promises, and Getting Real
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Wall Street Journal:
Frustration With Republicans Drove Donald Trump to Deal With Democrats
Discussion: New York Times and Booman Tribune
Emma Ockerman / Bloomberg:
Hurricane Jose May Threaten New York, U.S. East Coast Next Week  —  Storm comes on the heels of damaging hurricanes Harvey, Irma  —  Norma targets popular Mexican tourist area; Lee now a storm  —  Hurricane Jose may threaten New York City and other areas of the East Coast by next week, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Josh Delk / The Hill:
Dem lawmaker warns of ‘political and moral limitations’ to working with Trump  —  (D-Va.) is warning Democratic leadership about working too closely with President Trump for fear that the party may cede too much ground to Republicans on key issues.  —  “Let's not fool ourselves,” Connolly told Politico.
Discussion: Politico and Hullabaloo
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Coulter defends CNN's Anthony Bourdain for joke about poisoning Trump  —  Conservative commentator Ann Coulter on Saturday defended CNN's Anthony Bourdain for joking that he would poison President Trump.  —  “Annoyed prissy conservatives forcing me to defend CNN & Bourdain but...Q: What would U serve Trump & NK dictator?
Jennifer Kabbany / The College Fix:
Evergreen State College settles claim with embattled professors for $500,000  —  Weinstein and his wife resign from school as part of agreement  —  Evergreen State College has settled a tort claim against it from embattled Professor Bret Weinstein and his wife, Professor Heather Heying …
Discussion: IJR and Clayton Cramer
Rex Reed / The New York Observer:
‘Mother!’  Is the Worst Movie of the Year, Maybe Century  —  From the idiotic drug-addict hokum Requiem for a Dream to the overrated, overwrought and over-hyped Black Swan, which I called “a lavishly staged Repulsion in toe shoes,” the films of wack job Darren Aronofsky have shown a dark passion for exploring twisted souls in torment.
Discussion: Althouse and The Last Tradition
Alicia Cohn / The Hill:
California asks Congress to officially censure Trump over Charlottesville  —  The lower house of the California legislature on Friday night voted on a resolution urging Congress to formally censure President Trump over his response to violence last month in Charlottesville, Va.
Discussion: Axios and Politicus USA
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Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Faced with an up-or-down choice on Charlottesville resolution, Trump chooses third option
Discussion: Occidental Dissent
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
New York Times publishes eye-popping correction on campus-sexual-assault book review  —  In reviewing Vanessa Grigoriadis's new book on campus sexual assault, Michelle Goldberg credits the author for some fine reporting.  “Her kaleidoscopic tour through the campus sexual assault controversy …
Mynewsdesk:
Parsons Green terrorist attack  —  BST  —  Police officers have evacuated and are searching a residential address in Sunbury, Surrey.  —  The evacuation is a precautionary measure following the arrest of a man in Dover, Kent, at approximately 07:50hrs this morning in connection …
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BBC:
Parsons Green: Armed police search house over Tube bombing
Discussion: Raw Story and Mynewsdesk
 
 
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
More Classmates of Treasury Secretary Hound Him to Quit Trump Post
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
J. Bradford DeLong / bradford-delong.com:
Do “They” Really Say: “Technological Progress Is Slowing Down”?
Leada Gore / al.com:
Sign language interpreter used gibberish, warned of bears, monsters during Hurricane Irma update
Discussion: IJR
Zainab Hamid / Yale Daily News:
Yale formalizes freshman to first year change
Discussion: IJR and Fox News Insider
Associated Press:
Tax cuts quiet once-deafening GOP call for fiscal discipline
Philip Galanes / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton and America Ferrera on Pain and Progress (and Hiking)
Discussion: Liberal Values, Axios and The Guardian
Middlebury:
Interim Procedures for Scheduling Events and Invited Speakers
Discussion: RedState
 Earlier Items: 
The Hill:
Trump makes good on pledge to donate to Harvey relief
Discussion: RedState
Jazmine Ulloa / Los Angeles Times:
California lawmakers approve landmark ‘sanctuary state’ bill to expand protections for immigrants
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Trump Gives Conservatives Their Just Comeuppance
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Trump administration working toward renewed drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Raw Story:
There is no such thing as a good Trump voter
Michelle Cottle / The Atlantic:
Cutting Taxes Will Be Harder Than Trump Thinks
Los Angeles Times:
Dealing with Democrats?  Protecting ‘Dreamers’?  Here in Arizona that's just fine with these Trump supporters
CNN:
Brooke Baldwin: Speaking like this to women in 2017? No way
 

 
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New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

 
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