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12:30 PM ET, September 10, 2018

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Michael R. Gordon / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration to Close Palestine Liberation Organization Office in Washington  —  The Trump administration is expected to announce Monday it will close the Palestine Liberation Organization's office in Washington, widening a campaign of pressure amid stalled Middle East peace efforts.
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Washington Post:
White House expected to warn of sanctions, other penalties if international court moves against Americans  —  The United States will threaten Monday to punish individuals that cooperate with the International Criminal Court in a potential investigation of U.S. wartime actions in Afghanistan …
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Trump closing Palestinian mission in pro-Israel move
Discussion: Politico
CBS News:
Trump admin. closing Palestine Liberation Organization D.C. office
Washington Post:
GOP candidate for Fla. governor spoke at racially charged events  —  Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), a gubernatorial nominee who recently was accused of using racially tinged language, spoke four times at conferences organized by a conservative activist who has said that African Americans owe …
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Urgent Question of Trump and Money Laundering  —  How Bruce Ohr, President Trump's latest Twitter target, fits a suspicious pattern of behavior on Russia.  —  Donald Trump has a long history of doing what he thinks is best for Donald Trump.  If he needs to discard friends, allies or wives along the way, so be it.
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Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:   Bruce Ohr notes contradict Glenn Simpson on Donald Trump, Russia collusion theory
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Can Mark Zuckerberg Fix Facebook Before It Breaks Democracy?  —  The most famous entrepreneur of his generation is facing a public reckoning with the power of Big Tech.  —  At ten o'clock on a weekday morning in August, Mark Zuckerberg, the chairman and C.E.O. of Facebook …
Discussion: AOL, more at Techmeme »
Emily Goldberg / Politico:
Trump says he'll ‘write the real book’ to counter Woodward's  —  U.S. President Donald Trump promised Monday that he would “write the real book” to set the record straight on his administration, once again lashing out against veteran Washington reporter Bob Woodward, whose incendiary book …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
The stress on Trump's machine
Discussion: Politico
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Inside Trump's biggest hire
NBC News:
North Korea is still making nukes, and the Trump admin is taking a harder line  —  The newest intelligence shows Kim's regime has stepped up efforts to hide its nuclear weapons production, say three senior U.S. officials.  —  WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump issues a steady stream …
Tamar Auber / Mediaite:
Michael Caputo Says He Figured Out the Identity of NYT Op-Ed Writer: She ‘Believes that She is a Hero’  —  On Sunday, former Trump campaign director Michael Caputo claimed he knows who the author of the mysterious New York Times op-ed is and insisted the person behind the prose is a woman.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:   The Circus of Resistance  —  The resistance to Donald Trump …
Shervin Malekzadeh / HuffPost:
I Am The Anonymous Iranian The NYT Published In 2009. The Trump Op-Ed Writer Is No Hero.
Discussion: The Federalist, NPR and Raw Story
Jon Henley / The Guardian:
Sweden faces political impasse after inconclusive election  —  PM refuses calls to resign while second-placed Moderates rebuff overtures from far right  —  The leaders of Sweden's main left and rightwing parliamentary blocs have staked claims to form the next government …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Establishment survives far-right surge in Swedish election
Discussion: Politico
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
‘Scott Walker fatigue’ haunts Republicans  —  Signs that the Wisconsin governor is ripe to be taken down are everywhere.  —  GREEN BAY, Wisc.  — There's every reason to believe this is the beginning of the end for Scott Walker.  —  His presidential bid crashed and burned.
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
A Mathematician Says Activists Made His Paper Disappear Because Its Findings Offended Them  —  Theodore Hill, a retired professor of mathematics at Georgia Tech, claims that activists successfully pressured the New York Journal of Mathematics to delete an article he had written …
CNN:
Rep. Mia Love's campaign admits to improperly raising primary election funds  —  (CNN)Rep. Mia Love's campaign has informed the Federal Election Commission that it will refund or redesignate less than half of what the government says was more than a million dollars improperly raised for a primary …
Discussion: Political Wire and Roll Call
Matt Dixon / Politico:
DeSantis steps down from Congress to focus on governor's race  —  Rep. Ron DeSantis is resigning from his seat in Congress to focus on his race for Florida governor, his campaign confirmed Monday.  —  DeSantis is a three-term member of Congress representing the 6th District, a coastal seat just south of Jacksonville.
Christopher Bodeen / Associated Press:
Group: Officials destroying crosses, burning bibles in China  —  BEIJING (AP) — China's government is ratcheting up a crackdown on Christian congregations in Beijing and several provinces, destroying crosses, burning bibles, shutting churches and ordering followers to sign papers renouncing their faith …
Discussion: Reuters, Hit & Run and The Daily Caller
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Nancy Pelosi: As long as Trump is here, 'I'm here'  —  Christiane Amanpour's full interview with Nancy Pelosi airs on CNN International at 7 p.m. CET and 10 p.m. ET, and on PBS across the United States at 10 p.m. ET.  —  (CNN)Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who served as the first woman Speaker …
Robert Herguth / Chicago Sun-Times:
Cupich on scandal: ‘We have a bigger agenda than to be distracted by all of this’  —  The young man studying at Mundelein Seminary to become a Catholic priest seemed anguished as he vented to Cardinal Blase Cupich about the clergy sex-abuse scandal that threatens to topple Pope Francis and drive more people away from the faith.
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Killing an Executive Order Is Harder Than You Think … This has been sitting in a browser tab for a while, and it's about time I either closed it or used it.  So let's use it: … I only have one purpose here: to demonstrate the difficulty of repealing executive orders put in place by a previous administration.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Benjamin Hart / New York Magazine:
Democratic Party Mailer Associating Cynthia Nixon With Anti-Semitism Backfires  —  On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, just days before New York's gubernatorial primary on Thursday, a mailer sent by the New York Democratic Party misrepresenting Cynthia Nixon's views on Israel and accusing …
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New York Times:
Dirty Politics in New York
Discussion: Gothamist, New York Post and Splinter
Jedediah Purdy / New York Times:
A Progressive's Guide to Reclaiming the Constitution  —  Progressives should not just resist the erosion of important legal gains, but say what they believe the courts should do, and what they believe the Constitution means.  —  Mr. Purdy is a professor of law at Duke.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Claims Credit for the Economy.  Not So Fast, Says Obama.  —  WASHINGTON — The economy is doing quite well, thank you very much, and the president would naturally like to take credit.  Both of them.  —  Barely a day passes without President Trump boasting about the growing economy …
LOCALSYR:
Exclusive interview with Rep. Chris Collins  —  One month after being indicted on charges of insider trading and lying to the FBI, Congressman Chris Collins maintains his innocence.
 
 
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TMZ.com:
Broadway Star Carole Cook on Trump, 'Where's John Wilkes Booth When You Need Him?'
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Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
The Democrat Who Could Lead Trump's Impeachment Isn't Sure It's Warranted
New York Times:
A Spy Story: Sergei Skripal Was a Little Fish. He Had a Big Enemy.
Dana Rubinstein / Politico:
Mass transit absentia: Don't look for Cuomo on the subway platform
Discussion: Eschaton
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Avenatti would base his 2020 campaign in St. Louis
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Marc Bennetts / The Guardian:
Google pulls YouTube ads by Putin critic Alexei Navalny
Alene Tchekmedyian / Los Angeles Times:
Border Patrol agent shot at while sitting in patrol car near border
CNNMoney:
Why Russian trolls may be more excited that the NFL is back than you are
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U.S. Says Syria Plans Gas Attack in Rebel Stronghold
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Inside the GOP's rescue mission for Ted Cruz
William D. Cohan / Vanity Fair:
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