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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
E.P.A. to Roll Back Regulations on Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is set to announce on Thursday that it intends to sharply curtail the regulation of methane emissions, a major contributor to climate change, according to an industry official with knowledge of the plan.
Discussion: Daily Kos, Political Wire and The Week
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Washington Post:
Trump administration to reverse limits on methane, a powerful greenhouse gas  —  The oil and gas industry are split on the rollback.  —  The Environmental Protection Agency is set to announce Thursday that it will loosen federal rules on methane, a powerful greenhouse gas linked to climate change …
Discussion: The Guardian
Associated Press:
Trump admin to roll back rules on climate-changing methane  —  The plan would ease requirements on oil and gas sites to monitor for methane leaks and plug them.  —  WASHINGTON — Oil and gas companies would face looser controls on emissions of potent climate-changing methane gas under …
Haley Britzky / Task & Purpose:
Some children of US troops born overseas will no longer get automatic American citizenship, Trump administration says  —  Some children born to U.S. service members and government employees overseas will no longer be automatically considered citizens of the United States …
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Patricia Kime / Military.com:
Here's Who's Affected by New Citizenship Policy for Children of Troops Serving Overseas  —  A policy clarification from the U.S. Customs and Immigration Service published Wednesday does not revoke automatic citizenship for children of U.S. citizens born abroad, including troops and federal workers …
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:   Trump administration ends automatic citizenship for some children of military, federal workers born abroad
Business Insider:
Some children born overseas to certain US troops may not automatically have American citizenship …
Discussion: The Mahablog and The Week
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
The Man Who Couldn't Take It Anymore  —  On December 19 of last year, Admiral Michael Mullen, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met James Mattis for lunch at the Pentagon.  Mattis was a day away from resigning as Donald Trump's secretary of defense, but he tends to keep his own counsel …
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Kirsten Gillibrand Drops Out of 2020 Democratic Presidential Race  —  The New York senator anchored her candidacy in issues of women's equality, but she was unable to gain traction and her failure to qualify for the next debate convinced her to withdraw.  —  Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York …
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Democratic Candidates Jostle, and Gripe, as Debates Winnow the Field
Discussion: New York Times and Mediaite
John Solomon / The Hill:
Trump can change history by declassifying three Obama-era documents  —  My sources tell me President Trump is putting the finishing touches on a White House initiative to declassify documents that have remained hidden from the public for far too long.  —  This welcome effort to provide …
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Boris Johnson's constitutional crisis now resembles America's  —  You could call it a constitutional crisis, and many are doing so.  The speaker of the House of Commons has used the expression “constitutional outrage,” and some are going further: #stopthecoup is trending on British Twitter.
Discussion: The Independent
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The Guardian:
‘Stop the coup’: Protests across UK over Johnson's suspension of parliament
Discussion: NPR, BBC and The Week
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Stars Push Back as Trump Demands Loyalty: We Don't ‘Work for You’  —  The president on Wednesday morning had a tantrum about the network giving coverage to Democrats.  Fox News, he said, “isn't working for us anymore!”  —  Several Fox News personalities pushed back Wednesday …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:   Trump had better be careful about hate-tweeting Fox News
Kim Kozlowski / Detroit News:
Sasha Obama set to begin college career at University of Michigan  —  Ann Arbor — Former President Barack Obama's younger daughter, Sasha, is poised to begin her college career at the University of Michigan next week.  —  Sasha, whose legal name is Natasha, was seen by students attending …
Discussion: Page Six and Althouse
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
FBI studies two broken cameras outside cell where Epstein died: source  —  (Reuters) - Two cameras that malfunctioned outside the jail cell where financier Jeffrey Epstein died as he awaited trial on sex-trafficking charges have been sent to an FBI crime lab for examination, a law enforcement source told Reuters.
Discussion: The Intellectualist and Daily Wire
David Karpf / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: I made a joke about Bret Stephens and bedbugs.  His response was never about civility  —  I teach classes in strategic political communication.  Every week, for the last seven years, I have begun each class session with a simple question: “What happened in the news this week?”
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Rex Huppke / Chicago Tribune:   Column: Bret Stephens, Donald Trump and the epidemic of male fragility
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Justice Department inspector general has done separate report on James Comey  —  The Justice Department inspector general is preparing to release a report on the conduct of fired FBI Director James Comey in the Trump-Russia investigation, according to a number of sources with knowledge of the situation.
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KCRW:
The most commonly committed federal crime
Discussion: Popehat
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republicans grow anxious about the Trump economy  —  Republicans have sat patiently with President Donald Trump on his tariff roller-coaster ride with China.  Now they're starting to feel queasy.  —  Trump argues his escalating trade war will force China to the table for a deal.
Discussion: NBC News and Raw Story
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed News:
Texts With Donald Trump's New Challenger: (Woke?)  Joe Walsh  —  This is an excerpt from The Stakes 2020, BuzzFeed News' newsletter about what really matters in the 2020 campaign.  You can sign up here.  —  Joe Walsh came out of nowhere with the tea party surge in 2010 …
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Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
‘Bad Blood’ Author John Carreyrou on Why He Left The Wall Street Journal and What He'll Do Next  —  The man who exposed Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes has left the paper he's called home for 20 years.  —  The author of Bad Blood, one of the biggest books of the year, has left his day job.
New York Times:
The Israel-Iran Shadow War Escalates and Breaks Into the Open  —  JERUSALEM — Israel has carried out a series of attacks across the Middle East in recent weeks to prevent Iran from equipping its Arab allies with precision-guided missiles, drones and other sophisticated weapons that could challenge Israel's defenses.
Discussion: CNN and Washington Post
CBS News:
Woman angry at Biden buys $500,000 in ads against him  —  A wealthy private citizen named Shirley Shawe has purchased $500,000 in ad time in early-voting states to slam Joe Biden over a business dispute that negatively affected her son's company years ago.  The ad, which has little …
Steve Thompson / Washington Post:
The little firm that got a big chunk of D.C.'s lottery and sports gambling contract has no employees  —  The Greek company Intralot, which last month received a $215 million contract to bring sports gambling to the nation's capital and to continue running its lottery, says more than half …
Adam Gopnik / New Yorker:
Another Look at Impeachment, at the End of a Long Summer  —  A few months ago, when the question of the impeachment of the President began to be raised seriously, the arguments for and against it seemed to align themselves along a relatively neat axis of principles and prudence.
Discussion: Raw Story and Rolling Stone
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Most voters disapprove of Trump's Jewish ‘loyalty’ comment: poll  —  Most voters disapprove of President Trump's remarks calling American Jews who vote for Democrats disloyal, according to a new poll released Wednesday.  —  The Morning Consult/Politico poll found that 59 percent …
Discussion: Algemeiner.com
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Trump slow-walks Ukraine military aid meant to contain Russia  —  The Trump administration is slow-walking $250 million in military assistance to Ukraine, annoying lawmakers and advocates who argue the funding is critical to keeping Russia at bay.  —  President Donald Trump asked …
Discussion: CNN and The Week
CBS Boston:
Boston Teen Allegedly Planned School Shooting At North Carolina's High Point University  —  HIGH POINT, N.C. (CBS/AP) — A 19-year-old from Boston allegedly told police that he was plotting a school shooting at High Point University in North Carolina.  Freshman Paul A. Steber is charged …
Discussion: Raw Story
Nigel Jaquiss / Willamette Week:
“I smacked one of them with a hammer a couple of times,” said one man aboard a bus leaving Portland.  —  On Aug. 17, a crowd of right-wing Proud Boys met up with an extremist group called the American Guard for a march through Portland.  Some of them later boarded a black bus for a barbecue in Vancouver …
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Courtney Hagle / Media Matters for America:
Media presented far-right grifter Andy Ngo as a credible journalist. …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Poll: Public backs criticism of journalists, Trump's attacks ‘appropriate’
Discussion: Rasmussen Reports
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Isakson's retirement makes Georgia ‘ground zero’ for politics in 2020
Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos
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Discussion: Breitbart
Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Knights Of Columbus Face Accusations Of Self-Dealing Amid Insurance Fraud Lawsuit
Mike Spies / The Trace:
The NRA Shielded a Top Executive Accused of Sexual Harassment
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Beast
Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept:
When Ilhan Omar Is Accused of Anti-Semitism, It's News.  When a Republican Smears Muslims, There's Silence.
Discussion: USA Today and Breitbart
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Donald Trump Sends Legal Demand Over Comment From MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell
 

 
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