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12:10 PM ET, October 4, 2017

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NBC News:
Tillerson's Fury at Trump Required an Intervention From Pence  —  WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was on the verge of resigning this past summer amid mounting policy disputes and clashes with the White House, according to multiple senior administration officials who were aware of the situation at the time.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Furious Republicans are working hard to make Trump's Russia scandal disappear  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  The bipartisan leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee will hold a news conference on Wednesday afternoon to provide a “progress report” on its investigation into Russian sabotage …
Discussion: Politico, IJR and Mediaite
Nik Steinberg / Politico:
Rex Tillerson Is Running the State Department Into the Ground
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Tillerson: I have ‘never’ considered resigning
Discussion: ABC News, Talking Points Memo and IJR
David Reid / CNBC:
Tillerson reportedly described Trump as a ‘moron’ and was set to resign in July
Brian Ross / ABC News:
Portrait emerging of Las Vegas shooter as man ‘descending into madness’  —  In the months before his deadly rampage, 64-year old Stephen Paddock was a man “descending into madness,” according to a person briefed on new findings in the investigation.  —  New details are emerging …
Discussion: Associated Press
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Yahoo! News:
‘He sent her away’: Sisters of Las Vegas gunman's Australian girlfriend break their silence  —  Marilou Danley's sisters have said they believe she was “sent away” so she could not interfere with her boyfriend's plan to open-fire on thousands of people in the Las Vegas massacre.
Louis Sahagun / Los Angeles Times:
At his local Starbucks, Las Vegas shooter remembered for berating his girlfriend  —  The workers behind the counter at the Starbucks inside the Virgin River Casino in Mesquite, Nev., winced whenever Stephen Paddock and his girlfriend, Marilou Danley, lined up for their usual beverages.
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
If Only Stephen Paddock Were a Muslim  —  If only Stephen Paddock had been a Muslim ... If only he had shouted “Allahu akbar” before he opened fire on all those concertgoers in Las Vegas ... If only he had been a member of ISIS ... If only we had a picture of him posing with a Quran in one hand and his semiautomatic rifle in another ...
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
What a macho, gun-packing Instagram star did when he was caught in the Las Vegas shooting … Guns and women got Dan Bilzerian where he is today — the so-called “King of Instagram,” with nearly 23 million followers, a mansion full of guns and a hot tub full of women.
Discussion: IJR
David Smith / The Guardian:
Las Vegas shooter's girlfriend returns to US as police reveal details of his planning  —  Authorities investigating the Las Vegas mass shooting, the deadliest in modern US history, are preparing to question the girlfriend of gunman Stephen Paddock who has flown back to America after being named …
Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
Two strangers bond over country music and beer.  Then the gunshots started.  —  Up-and-coming country star Luke Combs had just started his set on the smaller of the two festival stages when Kody Robertson, an auto parts salesman from Columbus, Ohio, squeezed in at the end of the bar next to Michelle Vo …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and IJR
NBC News:
Marilou Danley, Girlfriend of Las Vegas Gunman, Back in the U.S. for Grilling  —  The girlfriend of the Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock is back in the U.S. and facing a grilling Wednesday by investigators seeking a motive for the worst mass murder in the nation's modern history.
CNN:
Las Vegas shooter's girlfriend ‘sent away’ before his massacre
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Rep. Lewis: ‘No amount of blood’ will push Congress on gun control
Discussion: ABC News, Vox, The Trace and Bloomberg
Washington Post:
Police say Las Vegas gunman planned ‘extensively,’ used cameras to monitor police as they approached
Politico:
The gun lobby: See how much your representative gets
Discussion: Daily Kos and twitchy.com
ProPublica:
Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. Were Close to Being Charged With Felony Fraud  —  New York prosecutors were preparing a case.  Then the D.A. overruled his staff after a visit from a top donor: Trump attorney Marc Kasowitz.  —  In the spring of 2012, Donald Trump's two eldest children …
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Trump Suggests Puerto Rico's Debt May Need to Be ‘Wiped Out’  —  ‘We are going to work something out,’ president says on Fox  —  Trump visited island earlier Tuesday to survey storm damage  —  President Donald Trump suggested that the government debt accumulated by bankrupt Puerto Rico …
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Associated Press:
AP-NORC Poll: Few approve of Trump's Puerto Rico response  —  Americans are more likely to approve than disapprove of how President Donald Trump is handling hurricane relief in Florida and Texas, but it's a different story when it comes to Puerto Rico.  —  According to a new poll …
Washington Post:   A tale of two Puerto Ricos: What Trump saw — and what he didn't
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Trump's Puerto Rico event was way worse than his tweets
CNN:
Exclusive: Russian-linked Facebook ads targeted Michigan and Wisconsin  —  (CNN)A number of Russian-linked Facebook ads specifically targeted Michigan and Wisconsin, two states crucial to Donald Trump's victory last November, according to four sources with direct knowledge of the situation.
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CNN:
Hill investigators to tell public what they've learned about Russia's interference and what happens next
Statesman Journal:
Ex-Trump adviser Paul Manafort conspired to mislead bankruptcy court, son-in-law charges  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller has issued two new subpoena in the investigation into President Trump's campaign ties to Russia.  Nathan Rousseau Smith (@FantasticMrNate) reports.  Buzz60  —  CONNECT
Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
Cummings questions White House about Conway's private jet travels  —  The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee wants the White House to provide details of private jet flights that counselor Kellyanne Conway took with former HHS Secretary Tom Price, who resigned last week in the wake …
Discussion: ABC News
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New York Times:
Equifax Breach Caused by Lone Employee's Error, Former C.E.O. Says  —  WASHINGTON — The Equifax data breach, which exposed the sensitive personal information of nearly 146 million Americans, happened because of a mistake by a single employee, the credit reporting company's former chief executive told members of Congress on Tuesday.
Discussion: RedState and Associated Press
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Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
6 Fresh Horrors From the Equifax CEO's Congressional Hearing
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Ginsburg Slaps Gorsuch in Gerrymandering Case  —  Toward the end of the Supreme Court's argument in Gill v. Whitford, about the future of partisan gerrymandering, there was a revealing moment about the place of the newest Justice in the esteem of at least one of his peers.
 
 
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Bloomberg:
Putin Says He Has ‘Zero Personal Relationship’ With Trump
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
Kareem Shaheen / The Guardian:
Santa Claus's tomb may have been uncovered beneath Turkish church
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Valerie Volcovici / Reuters:
Exclusive: EPA to propose repealing Obama's climate regulation - document
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Instapundit
Nassim Benchaabane / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
ST. LOUIS  • Police took scores of people into custody Tuesday night after a group …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Splinter
Nitsuh Abebe / New York Times:
The Golden Age of ‘Existential’ Dread
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump told UN head Netanyahu is bigger peace obstacle than Abbas: report
Discussion: RedState and Haaretz
Timothy Aeppel / Reuters:
Whirlpool's washer war is balancing act for Trump
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Joe Schoffstall / Washington Free Beacon:
Donors of Anti-Trump ‘Resistance’ Group Revealed
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Democrats: Senate budget cuts nearly $500B from Medicare
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Vox
Walter E. Williams / Townhall.com:
Blacks vs. Police
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
More GOP senators willing to tell Trump to take a hike
 

 
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