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<td align="left" class="feature_headline" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:22px;line-height:32px;color:#000001;font-weight:bold;">Morning Brief: Trump Rails Against ‘Resistance’ Op-Ed</td>
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<td align="left" class="body_text" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;color:#000001;"><p><span style="font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: regular;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><b>Top News:</b> U.S. President Donald Trump is <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/zmmsstqfqzskrrrbkbztdkgqcmkttgfbdbrfmdlrzpbbl_zmfrpbbrzkrsplmpdzrm.html">lashing out</a> at the anonymous author of a <i>New York Times </i><a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/ozjwwvnqnfwdtttkdkfvmdcnpzdvvcqkmktqzmltfjkkr_zmfrpbbrzkrsplmpdzrm.html">op-ed</a> that claimed a group of administration officials are trying to rein in the American leader’s worst impulses and policy proposals.</p><br />
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: regular;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">The anonymous author criticized Trump for his “amorality” and said the Trump administration’s foreign policy has taken on a two-track approach in which the president praises authoritarian leaders and his aides work to punish traditional American rivals. </p><br />
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: regular;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">The article has prompted a furious response, with Trump <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/akyhhwglgbhnmmmynybwsnvgcknwwvlysymlkspmbdyys_zmfrpbbrzkrsplmpdzrm.html">posting</a> a one-word all-caps message on Twitter Wednesday evening: “TREASON?” White House aides are reportedly scrambling to identify the author, and Trump <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/vvhhhtzyzrhnfffknkrtmnqzcvnttqykmkfyvmgfrpkky_zmfrpbbrzkrsplmpdzrm.html">urged</a> the paper to reveal his identity for “National Security purposes.”</p><br />
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: regular;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><b>India: </b>India’s top court <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/ldwjjychczjrmmmdrdzyqrfclkryyfhdqdmhkqnmzgdjz_zmfrpbbrzkrsplmpdzrm.html">overturned</a> a 157-year-old law criminalizing gay sex, a ruling hailed by civil rights groups as a major advance for gay rights in the country.</p><br />
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<p> • Gambian President Adama Barrow <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/ljkjjychczjrmmmdrdzyqrfclkryyfhdqdmhkqnmzgdjj_zmfrpbbrzkrsplmpdzrm.html">told</a> his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, that his country’s past ties with Taiwan were a mistake.</p><br /><br />
<p> • Voters in Rwanda <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/fjhjjflylqjwdddbwbqfrwclpswffcybrbdysrndqhbjn_zmfrpbbrzkrsplmpdzrm.html">elected</a> two opposition candidates to parliament for the first time.</p><br /><br />
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<p> • A judge in the United States <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/xrprrmqcqgrtdddptpgmstnqyvtmmncpspdcvsbdghprj_zmfrpbbrzkrsplmpdzrm.html">declared</a> a mistrial in the effort to convict a former Blackwater security guard for his role in a massacre in Iraq in 2007.</p><br /><br />
<p> • A Brazilian Supreme Court justice <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/qggggbrdrngtmmmvtvnbhtjrcwtbbjdvhvmdwhfmnsvgh_zmfrpbbrzkrsplmpdzrm.html">blocked</a> the latest attempt by imprisoned former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to run in next month’s presidential election. </p><br /><br />
<p> • Top executives from Facebook and Google <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/qgfggbrdrngtmmmvtvnbhtjrcwtbbjdvhvmdwhfmnsvgd_zmfrpbbrzkrsplmpdzrm.html">told</a> American lawmakers they are improving their efforts to fight influence operations on their platforms. </p><br /><br />
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<p> • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/ezpbbkwqwdbfrrrtftdkpfvwcsfkkvqtptrqsphrdythd_zmfrpbbrzkrsplmpdzrm.html">told</a> a South Korean envoy that he still trusts Trump as the two men laid plans for a summit meeting between the leaders of the North and South between September 18 and 20.</p><br /><br />
<p> • A British Royal Navy ship <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/incmmfqcqgmwyyybwbgfzwtqrhwfftcbzbychzdygvbdy_zmfrpbbrzkrsplmpdzrm.html">carried out</a> a freedom of navigation exercise in the South China Sea last month, sparking an angry reaction from Beijing. </p><br /><br />
<p> • The United States and India <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/ycmkkztvtmknsssfnfmzcnptwlnzzpvfcfsvlcgsmqfgl_zmfrpbbrzkrsplmpdzrm.html">signed</a> an agreement on secure military communications and announced plans to hold joint exercises off the eastern Indian coast in 2019. </p><br /><br />
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<p> • U.K. Security Minister Ben Wallace <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/xsdrrmqcqgrtdddptpgmstnqyvtmmncpspdcvsbdghpbh_zmfrpbbrzkrsplmpdzrm.html">said</a> Russian President Vladimir Putin is responsible for the use of a nerve agent by two alleged Russian intelligence operatives in an attempted assassination.</p><br /><br />
<p> • The British government <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/umqnndkckynshhhgsgydmszkjqsddzcgmghcqmfhywgfg_zmfrpbbrzkrsplmpdzrm.html">said</a> it would provide a new visa for agricultural workers impacted by Brexit, but farmers criticized the move as insufficient.</p><br /><br />
<p> • France and the United Kingdom <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/kfmvvgqpqtvjlllrjrtgfjbqzhjggbprfrlphfsltmrsv_zmfrpbbrzkrsplmpdzrm.html">announced</a> an agreement to resolve a dispute over access to scallop fishing waters.</p><br /><br />
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<p> • Israel armed and funded rebel groups in southern Syria in order to prevent advances by the Islamic State and militant groups backed by Iran from advancing toward the Israeli border, FP <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/jftvvdknksvwbbbtwtsdfwzkprwddzntftbnrfmbsjtmm_zmfrpbbrzkrsplmpdzrm.html?a=Morning+Brief+LiveIntent+9%2F6%2F2018&b=Morning+Brief+OC">reports</a>.</p><br /><br />
<p> • Iran’s currency <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/msnnnkvpvwnlccctltwkslzvjqlkkzptstcpqsdcwytdb_zmfrpbbrzkrsplmpdzrm.html">plunged</a> to a record low on Wednesday and has now dropped by 140 percent against the dollar since the United States withdrew from the nuclear agreement four months ago.</p><br /><br />
<p> • Up to 700,000 people could be displaced by an expected Syrian and Russian offensive in Idlib, aid agencies <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/msdnnkvpvwnlccctltwkslzvjqlkkzptstcpqsdcwytds_zmfrpbbrzkrsplmpdzrm.html">warned</a>.</p><br /><br />
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