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Pompeo defends plan to host Taliban leaders at Camp David

"President Trump ultimately made the decision," Pompeo said. "He said: 'I want to talk to President Ghani. I want to talk to these Taliban negotiators.'"

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Tom Steyer appears to qualify for October Democratic debate

Steyer received 2 percent in a CBS News/YouGov's Sunday battleground poll of Nevada voters.

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Former Rep. Mark Sanford announces he will challenge Trump in GOP primary

Sanford is the third Republican to announce a primary challenge to Trump, joining former Rep. Joe Walsh, R-Ill., and former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld.

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Map: "Middle ground" America is disappearing

The number of "competitive" counties have decreased by 72 percent in the past 20 years.

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End child marriage in the U.S.? You might be surprised who's opposed.

Conservatives have found some surprising allies as they fight efforts to raise the marriage age.

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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.

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House stonewalled in probe of military sleepovers at Trump resort

The House Oversight Committee says that since 2017, the U.S. military has spent $11 million at the Scotland property.

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Family feud: Top gov't weather agency hits own forecasters for contradicting Trump on hurricane

The unusal statement from NOAA was released minutes before the president tweeted out a video mocking CNN about the bizarre controversy.

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Ex-CIA spy readies to publish book about undercover exploits without agency approval

Some former CIA agents question the veracity of "Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA," by Amaryllis Fox, which hits stores in October.

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'Show of force': 2020 Dems to court voters, endorsements at New Hampshire convention

The state campaign teams have been staffing up, mobilizing volunteers and getting creative in their outreach to Granite Staters.

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From crowd size to Sharpie-gate, it's all about debase

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

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Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz decides against running for president

"An independent campaign for the White House is not how I can best serve our country at this time," Schultz said in statement.

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Trump's envoy clashes with Afghan government over proposed Taliban deal

Afghan officials had "raging arguments" with U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad over the proposed troop withdrawal deal with the Taliban.

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Trump awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to NBA legend Jerry West

The basketball great received the nation's highest civilian honor at a White House ceremony on Thursday.

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Democrats blast Trump plan to use Puerto Rico funds for his border wall

Trump has a history of making disparaging remarks about the U.S. territory.

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Debra Messing called for outing Trump supporters. Trump likened her to McCarthy

Trump slammed Messing after a tweet in which she demanded the names of attendees at an upcoming Beverly Hills fundraiser for him be made public.

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The Sharpie is mightier: Trump mocked after that map of Dorian's path

Even the city council in Washington, D.C., got in on the act, tweeting that the White House has changed its mailing address to 1600 Alabama Avenue.

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Trump's Mideast envoy leaving administration ahead of peace plan release

Jason Greenblatt's departure is the latest sign that optimism for peace plan's prospects may be fading.

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Trump again defends claim Hurricane Dorian could have hit Alabama

"What I said was accurate!" Trump tweeted Thursday morning, a day after showing reporters a week-old, apparently doctored hurricane map.

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Elizabeth Warren won the summer, but still has a big challenge in front of her

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.