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Washington Post:
NOAA staff warned in Sept. 1 directive against contradicting Trump — Nearly a week before the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publicly backed President Trump over its own scientists, a top NOAA official warned its staff against contradicting the president.
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Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
NOAA assailed for defending Trump's Hurricane Dorian claim — WASHINGTON (AP) — Former top officials of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are assailing the agency for undermining its weather forecasters as it defends President Donald Trump's statement from days ago that Hurricane Dorian threatened Alabama.
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Washington Post:
NOAA's support of Trump over its own scientists provokes uproar in weather community — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's decision to back President Trump instead of its own scientists on the question of whether Alabama was at significant risk from Hurricane Dorian has led …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Taxpayers are funding the Trump White House's misinformation campaign
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Tracy Connor / The Daily Beast:
Federal Weather Workers ‘Shocked’ and ‘Irate’ by NOAA Backing Trump, Union Head Says
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New York Times:
Checking In at Trump Hotels, for Kinship (and Maybe Some Sway) — To ethics lawyers, the most extraordinary aspect of the daily merging of President Trump's official duties and his commercial interests is that it has now become almost routine. — WASHINGTON — At a table in the lobby bar …
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Warren and Clinton talk behind the scenes as 2020 race intensifies — Analysis: Neither camp wants to talk about it, but the two women have recently grown closer. — WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Warren's team doesn't want to talk about Hillary Clinton, but that doesn't mean the 2020 presidential candidate …
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New York Times:
Director of M.I.T.'s Media Lab Resigns After Outcry Over Jeffrey Epstein Ties — The director of M.I.T.'s prestigious Media Lab stepped down on Saturday after an outcry over his financial ties with the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, whose contributions to the proudly contrarian lab roiled and divided its members.
Matt Stout / BostonGlobe.com:
Suffolk/Globe poll finds Kennedy leading Markey in possible Senate primary matchup — Buoyed by youth and a dynastic name, Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III would hold an immediate edge over Senator Edward J. Markey should the 38-year-old congressman launch a primary challenge to the seasoned incumbent …
Christopher Hooks / New York Times:
Something Strange Is Going On With All Those Retiring Texans — A wave of G.O.P. House members leaving Congress is a political opportunity for hungry Democrats. — Mr. Hooks is a journalist who writes about politics for Texas Monthly and The Texas Observer.
Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
SC, Kansas GOP scrap 2020 presidential preference votes — COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican leaders in South Carolina and Kansas have voted to scrap their presidential nominating contests in 2020, while party officials in Nevada were deciding whether to follow suit as the GOP erects …
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Jon Brown / Washington Examiner:
‘A modern-day Pharisee’: Buttigieg's evangelical brother-in-law urges him to ‘repent’ of abortion views — The evangelical brother-in-law of Pete Buttigieg called on him to “repent” for using the Bible to justify late-term abortion and claimed the presidential candidate is “weaponizing” Christian teachings to promote a false religion.
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Military Stopover at Scottish Airport Sometimes Includes a Stay at a Trump Resort — WASHINGTON — United States military personnel have occasionally stayed at the Trump Turnberry golf resort in Scotland while Defense Department planes stop over and refuel at the nearby airport …
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Biden Wants to Work With ‘the Other Side.’ This Supreme Court Battle Explains Why. — In the clash over Robert H. Bork's nomination, Joe Biden's moderate instincts defined a winning strategy. — Joseph R. Biden Jr. was on the brink of victory, but he was unsatisfied.
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
Robert Mueller helped Saudi Arabia cover up its role in 9/11 attacks: suit — After a lengthy investigation, special counsel Robert Mueller charged Russia made “multiple, systematic efforts to interfere in our election” and said the incursion “deserves the attention of every American.”
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William Davis / The Daily Caller:
Bernie Sanders Trots Out Linda Sarsour As A Campaign Surrogate — Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders enlisted the services of far-left activist Linda Sarsour to campaign for him this week as he seeks the Democratic presidential nomination. … Sarsour has come under fire for her harsh criticism …
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Source Politics:
Lindsey Graham jets off to Europe as Hurricane Dorian batters his state of South Carolina — As Hurricane Dorian brought flooding and power outages to South Carolina, the state's senior senator was nowhere in sight. Instead, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was 5,000 miles away visiting Croatia and Montenegro …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Is China Trying to Elect a Democrat? — For the last three years, Democrats have obsessed over Russia's relatively trivial participation in the 2016 election. But if they have any concern about China's reported interest in 2020, they haven't shown it. Why?
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Lomi Kriel / Houston Chronicle:
Immigration agents arrest Houston father and community activist lauded by the city after he invited ICE to a town hall — Roland Gramajo organized a community town hall in Sharpstown last month to allay residents' fears after a tense few weeks this summer when President Donald Trump's promises …
The Daily Beast:
House Democrats Set to Grill Corey Lewandowski in Public — Lewandowski will answer questions in an open hearing with the cameras rolling—making him the first Trump associate to do so before Jerry Nadler's committee. — Corey Lewandowksi, Donald Trump's 2016 campaign manager and a key figure …
Sophia Nelson / New York Daily News:
Rebel without a clause: One president's serial violations of the Constitution — The saga continues and it is not good. — Now the Vice President of the United States has become embroiled in the ongoing controversy around President Trump's open and notorious abuse of the Emoluments Clause.
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United States Department of State:
In Defense of the American Rights Tradition — SECRETARY POMPEO: Good morning, everyone. How are you all doing? — AUDIENCE: Great. — SECRETARY POMPEO: Good, good. It's great to be back here in Kansas, and to quote the famous phrase, there is literally no place like home. (Laughter.)
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Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
Pompeo Decries Proliferation of ‘Human Rights’ Claims in Speech
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