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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump, at war with everyone, mocks McCain, McConnell — In private, President Trump has taken to physically mocking M&M: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (slumped shoulders; lethargic body language) and Sen. John McCain (imitating the thumbs-down of his historic health-care vote).
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Trump infuriated after backing Alabama loser — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)Returning from a high-dollar fundraiser in Manhattan on Tuesday evening, an infuriated President Donald Trump watched aboard Air Force One as Fox News called the Alabama Senate primary for Roy Moore against Trump's favored candidate, Luther Strange.
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
How Roy Moore's Win Roils Republicans — Jonathan Bernstein's morning links. — There are three big reasons why Roy Moore's defeat of President Donald Trump-endorsed Senator Luther Strange in the Alabama Republican primary on Tuesday matters. — RIP, Trump's Magic: Sure …
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Ed Rogers / Washington Post:
Roy Moore's win is bad for Alabama, and even worse for the GOP — As a proud Alabaman, I'm walking today with my shoulders slumped. Roy Moore is the Republican nominee to be the next U.S. senator from my state, and he is likely to be elected in December. Moore is bad for Alabama and worse for the GOP.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
After Alabama, GOP anti-establishment wing declares all-out war in 2018 — Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore spoke Sunday at a campaign rally in Fairhope, Ala. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) — The stunning defeat of President Trump's chosen Senate candidate in Alabama on Tuesday amounted …
Russell Goldman / New York Times:
Trump Deletes Tweets Supporting Luther Strange
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Jordan Gehrke:
Alabama Senate Memo: Return of the Civil War and the Fall of Mitch McConnell
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Mitch McConnell's epic losing streak
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Kelly Swanson / Vox:
Trump deletes tweets in support of Luther Strange after Strange's loss
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Ashley Feinberg / Wired:
Jared Kushner Voted As a Woman, According to His Registration — SINCE MOVING INTO the White House months ago, Jared Kushner—senior advisor and son-in-law to the President, savior of the Middle East, and possible person of interest in a federal investigation—has amassed a rather extensive project portfolio.
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Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
Kushner registered to vote in New York as a female — Presidential son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner is registered as a female voter in New York, according to public records. — Registration records show that when Kushner, who is married to first daughter Ivanka Ivanka …
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Josh Barro / Business Insider:
The ‘doubled standard deduction’ in the GOP tax plan is a lie — In selling their soon-to-be-released tax plan, Republicans have been leaning hard on what they say is a provision to cut and simplify taxes for the middle class: Doubling the standard deduction that income tax payers may take.
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Washington Post:
GOP tax document reveals plan for massive tax cuts, preserves key deductions — Republicans on Wednesday will propose slashing tax rates for the wealthy, middle class and businesses, while also preserving popular tax deductions that encourage buying homes and giving to charity …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Here's the GOP tax plan
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Washington Post:
Read the complete Republican tax plan released Wednesday
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Clarice Silber / Associated Press:
Famous fake news writer found dead outside Phoenix — https://apnews.com/dc0728173537459b9a1e 38009dd5c4b5 — Link copied! — PHOENIX (AP) — A leading purveyor of fake news in the 2016 presidential election has died outside Phoenix at the age of 38. — Maricopa County Sheriff's …
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Dialynn Dwyer / Boston Globe:
Michelle Obama: ‘Any woman who voted against Hillary Clinton voted against their own voice’ — Former First Lady Michelle Obama criticized women who voted for President Donald Trump during a wide-ranging conversation in Boston Wednesday that addressed life in the White House, her forthcoming book …
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Wall Street Journal:
Second-Class Puerto Rico — Trump declines to waive the Jones Act for hurricane relief. — The devastation in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria is awful to behold, and the Trump Administration will have to mobilize more resources to help. Here's one idea: Suspend the law that raises …
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Timothy Gardner / Reuters:
U.S. denies request for Puerto Rico shipping waiver
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Megan Cerullo / New York Daily News:
Pitbull sends private plane to Puerto Rico to bring cancer patients to U.S. for chemo
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Devin Henry / The Hill:
Pentagon: 44 percent of Puerto Ricans lack clean drinking water
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Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
Price's private-jet travels included visits with colleagues, lunch with son — Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price took a government-funded private jet in August to get to St. Simons Island, an exclusive Georgia resort where he and his wife own land, a day and a half before he addressed …
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Ivy League / ESPN:
Louisville's Rick Pitino and Tom Jurich placed on administrative leave — Louisville men's head basketball coach Rick Pitino has been placed on unpaid administrative leave interim president Greg Postel announced Wednesday. — Athletic director Tom Jurich has been placed on paid administrative leave Postel said at a news conference.
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
A majority of adults disagree with Trump on firing athletes who kneel during anthem: Reuters/Ipsos poll — NEW YORK (Reuters) - A majority of Americans disagree with President Donald Trump's assertion that football players should be fired for kneeling during the national anthem …
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Paul Gackle / Mercury News:
Sharks' Ward, one of NHL's few black players, may kneel for anthem
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Jemele Hill / The Undefeated:
Jemele Hill on doing the right thing — A lesson from her grandmother: Be better. No matter what. — I don't remember exactly how old I was, but let's just say I was 11. — I was spending the night at my grandmother's house with a couple of my close friends. And they had an idea.
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John DiStaso / WMUR:
Upset: Democrat flips NH House seat in 2-1 GOP district — Kari Lerner of Chester defeats former Rep. James Headd of Auburn — CONCORD, N.H. — Democrat Kari Lerner of Chester pulled off a surprising upset win in a Rockingham County special New Hampshire House election Tuesday …
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David Smiley / miamiherald:
Taddeo wins as Democrats pick up Florida Senate seat
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Corker: ‘Possible’ that Peyton Manning runs for Senate — It's “possible” but not necessarily likely that former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning will run for Tennessee's open U.S. Senate seat, retiring Sen. Bob Corker said Wednesday. — The outgoing GOP senator said he spoke with Manning …
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Dino Grandoni / Washington Post:
The Energy 202: Trump's hiring freeze shrank National Weather Service staff before hurricanes hit — THE LIGHTBULB — Ahead of what would turn out to be a potentially record-breaking hurricane season, the National Weather Service had 216 vacant positions it could not fill due …
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Julianna Goldman / CBS News:
3 Cabinet officials under fire for taking costly flights
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Fire chief who called Mike Tomlin a ‘n**ger’ resigns — and blames the media for making him look racist — Washington County fire chief Paul Smith has resigned in wake of his use of a racial slur to refer to Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin. — “The media dragged my fire company …
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CBS News:
Rep. Steve Scalise on his road to recovery after being shot — House Majority Whip Steve Scalise speaks for the first time since being shot and nearly killed on a Virginia ballfield last June — This Sunday on 60 Minutes — Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La), the House Majority Whip who was shot …
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