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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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.
New York Times:
Alabama Election Results: Roy Moore Advances in Race for U.S. Senate Seat — Roy Moore, a former State Supreme Court chief justice, defeated Senator Luther Strange on Tuesday in the Republican runoff to fill the United States Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions, now the attorney general.
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Jordan Gehrke:
Alabama Senate Memo: Return of the Civil War and the Fall of Mitch McConnell
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The Daily Beast:
Team Trump Prepares the Shiv for Mitch McConnell: ‘He Needs To Go.’
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Tuesday started as a bad day for Mitch McConnell. It only got worse.
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Moore crushes Strange in Alabama Senate primary
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Jeff Stein / Vox:
Judge Roy Moore wins Alabama Senate primary, dealing a huge blow to Mitch McConnell
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
The Republican Establishment And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Moore's win spells trouble for GOP establishment in 2018
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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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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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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
McConnell Says Republicans Are Giving Up on Health Bill
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Blumenthal: ‘99 percent sure’ of Russia indictments
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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
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John Bowden / The Hill:
US won't waive shipping restrictions for Puerto Rico relief
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Nelson A. Denis / New York Times:
The Law Strangling Puerto Rico
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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 …
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David Morgan / Reuters:
Trump's tax plan to propose deep U.S. rate cuts, lacks revenue details
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Ben White / Politico:
Trump hits the road to sell tax plan - but some worry what he'll say
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Heidi M Przybyla / USA Today:
Trump plans to enlist grassroots and Democrats to sell tax plan he will call biggest in history
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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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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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Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
EPA spending almost $25,000 to install a secure phone booth for Scott Pruitt
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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.
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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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Andrew / Be Nice To Bears:
Twitter Adds 280 Characters
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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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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 …
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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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 …
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Sean Spicer Lawyers Up As Russia Probe Heats Up … Sean Spicer has lawyered up. — The president's former press secretary has tapped Chris Mead, a high-powered criminal defense attorney based, to handle issues related to the special counsel Robert Mueller's probe, The Daily Beast has learned.
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Renato Mariotti / Just Security:
Method to the “Madness”: Dissecting Roger Stone's Statement to Congress, by a Former Fed Prosecutor — Dissecting Roger Stone's statement was a very different exercise than my prior dissections of statements by Jared Kushner, Donald Trump Jr., and Michael Cohen.
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Bill O'Reilly appears on Fox News for first time since his ouster — Bill O'Reilly addresses exit in new podcast — Bill O'Reilly appeared on Sean Hannity's Fox News show Tuesday evening, his first appearance on the network since he was ousted in April amid sexual harassment allegations.
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