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12:25 PM ET, September 30, 2017

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Washington Post:
Lost weekend: How Trump's time at his golf club hurt the response to Maria … At first, the Trump administration seemed to be doing all the right things to respond to the disaster in Puerto Rico.  —  As Hurricane Maria made landfall that Wednesday, there was a frenzy of activity publicly and privately.
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump slams Puerto Rico: ‘They want everything to be done for them’  —  President Trump on Saturday criticized Puerto Rico's “poor leadership” and defended his administration's response to the aftermath of Hurricane Maria's devastation on the island in an early morning series of tweets …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Lashes Out at Puerto Rico Mayor Who Criticized Storm Response  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump lashed out at the mayor of San Juan on Saturday for criticizing his administration's efforts to help Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, accusing her of “poor leadership” and implying that the island …
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
‘Not enough’ troops, equipment in Puerto Rico, says general in charge of relief  —  The Defense Department has not sent enough troops and vehicles to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico but will soon send more, according to the three-star general newly in charge of coordinating the military response.
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Did President Trump add $33 million to Puerto Rico's debt by bankrupting a golf course there?  —  “Trump Made Puerto Rico's Debt Worse After His Golf Course Filed For Bankruptcy — REPORT”  —  “One of Trump's S—y Golf Courses Cost Puerto Rican Taxpayers Millions of Dollars”
New York Times:
One Day in the Life of Battered Puerto Rico  —  6 a.m.  —  Near Corozal  —  The sun rose Wednesday morning in the low mountains of north-central Puerto Rico, near the town of Corozal, to reveal the world that Hurricane Maria has made: shattered trees, traffic lights dangling precipitously …
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
On Twitter, Trump attacks mayor of San Juan for ‘poor leadership’ amid deepening crisis  —  BRANCHBURG, N.J. — President Trump on Saturday accused the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, of demonstrating “poor leadership” amid the deepening crisis on the island that was devastated by Hurricane Maria.
Amanda Holpuch / The Guardian:
San Juan mayor's harrowing plea: ‘Mr Trump, I am begging. We are dying here’
Discussion: Axios
Amanda Holpuch / The Guardian:
Puerto Rico supply failure stops food and water reaching desperate residents
Discussion: The Week, CNN and Politicus USA
Omaya Sosa Pascual / miamiherald:
Hurricane Maria's death toll in Puerto Rico is higher than official count, experts say
Washington Post:
San Juan mayor slams Trump administration comments on Puerto Rico hurricane response
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
San Juan mayor: ‘I am begging, begging anyone who can hear us to save us from dying’
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
Wall Street Journal:
Officials Expressed Concerns White House Counsel Would Quit Over Donald Trump-Jared Kushner Meetings  —  Don McGahn was frustrated the parleys could be construed by investigators in the Russia probe as an effort to coordinate stories  —  WASHINGTON—White House Counsel Don McGahn this summer …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Kelly struggling to make sense of Kushner's West Wing role  —  As Secretary of Homeland Security, Gen. John Kelly spent months touting a hard line on immigration.  He argued publicly and privately with Congress that if there were objections to the laws, it was up to legislators to change them …
Discussion: The Hill, RedState and Raw Story
CBS News:
Trump kids' ski vacation incurs over $300,000 in security costs  —  The annual Aspen ski vacation taken in March by President Trump's children, Ivanka and Eric Trump, and their families, including son-in-law Jared Kushner, left taxpayers on the hook for security costs of at least $330,000, CBS News has learned.
Discussion: Raw Story and CBS Denver
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
White House hits reset in search for Homeland Security chief: Sources
Discussion: Politico
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Trump's breaking point with Price  —  Tom Price's downfall was his penchant for pricey jets.  —  But his demise was months in the making, as the president continued to lose trust in the Health and Human Services secretary who rarely attended Oval Office strategy meetings …
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New York Times:
‘Another Fantastic Week’: Tom Price's Celebratory Travelogues
Discussion: CNN
CNN:
Price out as HHS secretary after private plane scandal
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Health Secretary Tom Price Resigns After Drawing Ire for Chartered Flights
Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Trump asked Price to resign as Health and Human Services secretary: Source
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
ABC Poaches Tara Palmeri, a Politico Rising Star  —  The white-hot West Wing beat is minting new journalism name-brands.  —  Tara Palmeri, part of the new gaggle of White House reporters who have been churning out juicy scoops about the As-the-World-Turns Trump West Wing …
Discussion: TVNewser
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
U.S. in Direct Communication With North Korea, Says Tillerson  —  BEIJING — The Trump administration acknowledged on Saturday for the first time that it is in direct communication with the government of North Korea over its missile and nuclear tests.  —  “We are probing, so stay tuned,” …
Discussion: ABC News, Axios and The Week
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
With or without Trump, GOP insurgency plans for a civil war in 2018 midterms  —  The next Republican revolution began last week on a bright blue bus parked at a nighttime rally in Montgomery, Ala., days before a firebrand GOP candidate won the state's Senate primary.
TMZ.com:
Cops: Michael Bennett Body Cam Footage Justifies Police Takedown  —  The Las Vegas Metro Police Dept. says the body cam footage absolutely justifies why police took down Michael Bennett at gunpoint during a search for an active shooter ... saying it was NOT about race.
Discussion: IJR and Daily Wire
 
 
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