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CNN reported that the two men clashed over immigration policy in the wake of a government report that found a record number of migrant families illegally crossed the U.S. border in September.
Bloomberg reported that the incident led some White House aides to wonder whether one of the senior officials might immediately resign in anger.
Twitter on Wednesday released a trove of 10 million tweets it says represents the full scope of foreign influence operations on the platform dating back nearly a decade — including Russia's consistent efforts to disparage Hillary Clinton and an initially erratic approach to Donald Trump that eventually settled on a concerted pro-Trump message during the 2016 campaign.
The huge data cache consists of tweets from some 3,400 accounts tied to the Kremlin troll farm known as the Internet Research Agency and 770 others linked to Iran. It also includes some two million gifs, videos and other pieces of visual content. Twitter said it's making the information available to "enable independent academic research and investigation," according to a company blog post.
Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke raised a record $38.1 million in the third quarter for his underdog campaign to defeat Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in Texas.
O'Rourke's massive haul easily surpassed the previous single-quarter record, set by Republican Rick Lazio in 2000, when he raised about $22 million in one quarter for his losing New York Senate bid against Hillary Clinton, who was then the first lady.
On Tuesday, the Associated Press reported that the Trump administration was quietly seeking to roll back the Environmental Protection Agency's regulations on radiation exposure.
The story took a closer look at a rule the EPA proposed back in April called "Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science." When it was released, most coverage focused on the proposal's potential limitation of what studies the EPA could and could not use in decision-making—it essentially demanded the EPA not use any studies based on data that isn't publicly available.
Tropical Storm Florence has claimed at least 11 lives in less than two days as the downgraded storm lumbers at snail pace through the area, forcing millions to flee as rivers threaten to overflow.
Authorities had warned residents not to let their guard down as Florence weakened slightly Saturday morning, with the real threat being walls of rain and storm surges that are expected to thrash the region into early next week.
The Trump administration has taken about $10 million away from the Federal Emergency Management Administration and given it to immigration authorities, documents of the plan show.
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., told MSBNC Tuesday a "Transfer and Reallocation" budget document he obtained outlines the reallocation of funds.
Merkley said the 39-page plan indicates the Department of Homeland Security requested $9.8 million from FEMA accounts. The documents said the money, about nine-tenths of one percent of FEMA's annual budget, would be transferred from FEMA's "Preparedness and Protection" and "Response and Recovery" undertakings to pay for detention beds and ICE's Transportation and Removal Program.
Two journalists - a reporter and cameraman - working for local Tolo News, were among the dead and others were wounded in the attack.
Writing on Twitter on Wednesday, the head of Tolo, Lotfullah Najafizada, paid tribute to Samim Faramarz, 28, and Ramiz Ahmadi, 23, who he described as "two of our best journalists".
Saad Mohseni, the head of MOBY Group, which Tolo News is part of, described the journalists as "young, fearless and thoughtful" in a Twitter post.
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