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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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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 …
Discussion: ABC News, Politico, Axios and Mickey Kaus
New York Times:
Roy Moore Wins Senate G.O.P. Runoff in Alabama  —  MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Roy S. Moore, a firebrand former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, overcame efforts by top Republicans to rescue his rival, Senator Luther Strange, defeating him on Tuesday in a special primary runoff, according to The Associated Press.
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Trump deletes tweets backing Strange after primary loss  —  President Trump on Tuesday began deleting his tweets supporting Sen. Luther Strange  —  (R-Ala.) in Alabama's Senate primary after Strange lost the race to former state Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore.
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
McConnell Says Republicans Are Giving Up on Health Bill  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leaders on Tuesday officially pulled the plug on the latest plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act, scrapping a planned vote on the measure and effectively admitting defeat in the last-gasp drive …
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Regrets?  In Alabama Senate race, Trump had a few  —  President Donald Trump began distancing himself from Sen. Luther Strange before ballots were even cast in Alabama's GOP Senate primary, saying at a dinner on Monday night that the candidate he backed was likely to lose …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Mitch McConnell's epic losing streak  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, once viewed as the wiliest politician in Washington, is on an epic losing streak:  —  His candidate, incumbent Sen. Luther Strange, got crushed by 10 points in last night's Republican primary in Alabama.
Discussion: Washington Post and New York Times
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
With lack of wins, GOP faces '18 primary woes
Discussion: Politico and Axios
Jordan Gehrke:
Alabama Senate Memo: Return of the Civil War and the Fall of Mitch McConnell
Discussion: BuzzFeed and The Federalist
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
The Republican Establishment And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Tuesday started as a bad day for Mitch McConnell. It only got worse.
Discussion: TheBlaze
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Moore's win spells trouble for GOP establishment in 2018
Discussion: Splinter
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Mitch McConnell's dreadful day
Discussion: Washington Post
McClatchy Washington Bureau:   Democrats suddenly wonder: Can they compete in Alabama?
Timothy Gardner / Reuters:
U.S. denies request for Puerto Rico shipping waiver  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Tuesday denied a request to waive shipping restrictions to help get fuel and supplies to storm-ravaged Puerto Rico, saying it would do nothing to address the island's main impediment to shipping, damaged ports.
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Death and Taxes:
Trump defaulted on payments for his Puerto Rico golf course, leaving the territory with a $33 million tax debt
CNN:
Exclusive: IRS shares information with special counsel in Russia probe  —  Washington (CNN)The IRS is now sharing information with special counsel Robert Mueller about key Trump campaign officials, after the two entities clashed this summer over both the scope of the investigation …
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John Bowden / The Hill:
IRS shares information with Mueller's special counsel probe
Discussion: CNN, RedState and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Republicans to unveil broad tax cuts, put off tough decisions  —  President Trump and top Republicans will promise a package of far-reaching tax cuts for companies and individuals, people briefed on the planning said, but the GOP leaders will stop short of labeling many of the tax breaks …
Discussion: Axios
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David Morgan / Reuters:
Trump's tax plan to propose deep U.S. rate cuts, lacks revenue details
Discussion: The Week
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Head of Drug Enforcement Administration to Leave, Alluding to Dismay Over Trump  —  WASHINGTON — The acting head of the Drug Enforcement Administration will resign at the end of the week, according to law enforcement officials, who said he had become convinced that President Trump had little respect for the law.
Wall Street Journal:
DirecTV Allows Some NFL Refunds After Anthem Controversy  —  Satellite broadcaster will let at least some customers get refunds for its Sunday Ticket package of NFL games if they cite players' national anthem protests.  —  DirecTV is letting at least some customers cancel subscriptions …
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:   A majority of adults disagree with Trump on firing athletes who kneel during anthem: Reuters/Ipsos poll
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 …
Twitter:
Giving you more characters to express yourself  —  Trying to cram your thoughts into a Tweet - we've all been there, and it's a pain.  —  Interestingly, this isn't a problem everywhere people Tweet.  For example, when I (Aliza) Tweet in English, I quickly run into the 140 character limit and have to edit my Tweet down so it fits.
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Julianna Goldman / CBS News:
3 Cabinet officials under fire for taking costly flights  —  WASHINGTON — For EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, June 7 was a busy day.  —  First, he had a trip to Cincinnati with President Trump.  Then, he went on to New York's JFK Airport on an Air Force jet, leaving behind $350 commercial flights …
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Rolling Stone 's Sales Pitch to Investors: Go Monthly, Slash Editorial Budget, Pivot to Video  —  Jann Wenner and his millennial son capitulate to magazine reality.  —  Last week, Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner put his iconic magazine on the market, a decision that represents …
Alex Pareene / Splinter:
You Are Jonathan Chait's Enemy  —  New York's Jonathan Chait writes today about the “dangerous consequences” of the left's use of the label “white supremacist” to describe Donald Trump, the alt-right, and American conservatism in general.  —  In the course of defending his piece on Twitter …
Discussion: The Root and Talking Points Memo
Tennessean.com:
Sen. Bob Corker will not seek re-election next year  —  Sen. Bob Corker said Tuesday he will not seek re-election next year.  —  “After much thought, consideration and family discussion over the past year, Elizabeth and I have decided that I will leave the United States Senate when my term expires …
 
 
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CNN:
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Paul Egan / Detroit Free Press:
State police director's FB post: NFL players who take knee during anthem are ‘degenerates’
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Renato Mariotti / Just Security:
Method to the “Madness”: Dissecting Roger Stone's Statement to Congress, by a Former Fed Prosecutor
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Russian-funded Facebook ads backed Stein, Sanders and Trump
Discussion: Political Wire
ABC News:
Special counsel probing flow of Russian-American money to Trump political funds
Discussion: Raw Story and Politicus USA
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