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7:40 AM ET, September 27, 2017

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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
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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.
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 …
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.
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 …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
With lack of wins, GOP faces '18 primary woes
Discussion: Axios and Politico
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump, at war with everyone, mocks McCain, McConnell
Discussion: FIREHOUSE Strategies
The Daily Beast:
Team Trump Prepares the Shiv for Mitch McConnell: ‘He Needs To Go.’
Discussion: Washington Post, IJR, NPR and CNN
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Tuesday started as a bad day for Mitch McConnell. It only got worse.
Discussion: Politico and TheBlaze
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
North Korea seeks help from Republican analysts: 'What's up with Trump?'
Discussion: CNBC, The Week, AOL, Raw Story and Shakesville
Ben Jacobs / The Guardian:
Alabama Republican Senate primary: Roy Moore defeats Trump-backed Luther Strange
Discussion: The Week
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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John Bowden / The Hill:
US won't waive shipping restrictions for Puerto Rico relief
Discussion: DCReport.org, CNN and rubber hose
Death and Taxes:
Trump defaulted on payments for his Puerto Rico golf course, leaving the territory with a $33 million tax debt
mccain.senate.gov:   SENATOR JOHN McCAIN URGES DHS TO WAIVE THE ARCHAIC JONES ACT FOR PUERTO RICO TO AID HURRICANE RECOVERY EFFORTS
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:
In San Juan, ‘the aftermath is almost more horrific than the actual passing of the hurricane itself’
Discussion: The Week and CityLab
Alexia Fernández Campbell / Vox:
Here's what Trump could actually do to help Puerto Rico
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
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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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Acting DEA chief who criticized Trump plans to quit
Discussion: New York Magazine and ABC News
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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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 …
Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
EPA spending almost $25,000 to install a secure phone booth for Scott Pruitt  —  The Environmental Protection Agency is spending nearly $25,000 to construct a secure, soundproof communications booth in the office of Administrator Scott Pruitt, according to government contracting records.
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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:   E.P.A. to Spend Nearly $25,000 on a Soundproof Booth for Pruitt
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
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.
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.
ABC News:
Special counsel probing flow of Russian-American money to Trump political funds  —  WATCH: One of the FBI's top investigators, tapped by special counsel Robert Mueller just weeks ago to help lead the probe of Russian meddling in last year's presidential election, has left Mueller's team, sources tell ABC News.
Discussion: Raw Story and Politicus USA
 
 
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Paul Egan / Detroit Free Press:
State police director's FB post: NFL players who take knee during anthem are ‘degenerates’
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