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Mattis Says ISIS ‘Will Come Back’
NBC News by Phil McCausland

Former Defense Secretary James Mattis, who led the Pentagon through the first two years of the Trump administration, warned during an exclusive interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" that the president's decision to pull troops from Syria's border in advance of a Turkish incursion could have dire consequences and lead to ISIS's resurgence.

Anatomy of the phone call now imperiling Trump’s presidency
AP by DEB RIECHMANN

There were dozens of ears listening to President Donald Trump’s 30-minute phone call with the leader of Ukraine that is at the center of a House impeachment inquiry , and as many eyes that saw what he said.

Stop talking’: Trump advisers want Giuliani dumped
Politico.com by By ANITA KUMAR and DARREN SAMUELSOHN

For weeks, prominent Republican advisers have been privately imploring President Donald Trump to sideline Rudy Giuliani after a barrage of inconsistent, combative and occasionally cringe-inducing media interviews, according to three people familiar with the conversations.

After static summer, Democratic race enters a chaotic fall
AP by ULIE PACE, THOMAS BEAUMONT and STEVE PEOPLES

A Democratic presidential race that had been largely static through the summer has tumbled into a chaotic fall, shaped by unpredictable events and the deepening impeachment crisis surrounding President Donald Trump.

McAleenan departure highlights Homeland Security department in leadership disarray
CNN by Geneva Sands and Priscilla Alvarez

The Department of Homeland Security is in the throes of yet another bout of leadership turnover less than a year after officials in the top ranks of the agency were ousted.

On Friday, Kevin McAleenan, who assumed the post of acting Homeland Security Secretary in April, announced his resignation. He was the fourth secretary to serve under the Trump administration.

At 95, Jimmy Carter is still living his faith through service
cnn By Betsy Klein, CNN

Jimmy Carter isn't doing a photo opportunity. He's here to work.
The former president stands underneath a tent on a muddy lot on a recent rainy morning constructing corbels, a support structure made by gluing, drilling and nailing three pieces of wood together. His wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, stands a few feet away, painting them white.

英语政治和媒体词典 Dictionary of Politics & Media

caucus noun & verb [ C ] /ˈkɔː.kəs/

Meaning
An informal meeting of local party members to discuss candidates and choose delegates to their party’s convention.

美国政党领袖或当地选民的非公开会议，是州内的政党领导人召开的基层会议，讨论候选人并挑选出他们在政党的全国代表大会上所支持的侯选人。

一般翻译成：预选会议，或核心小组会议

caucus该词还可以指代众议院或参议院的非正式团体，用来讨论共同关心的问题并为其成员进行政策规划。

caucus一词可能最早来自弗吉尼亚州方言中阿尔贡金语（Algonquian)的单词caucauasu，意思是“聚在一起，商量方案，执行”。

威廉·哈里斯（William Harris）：“caucus”一词最早于1763年在约翰·亚当斯的日记中得到证实，是一个对政治事务感兴趣的小组的集会，但威廉·戈登（William Gordon）1788年的《美国独立史》谈到了建立 caucus political clubs 核心政治俱乐部要比他在1774年写作的时间早五十年，因此回想一下the caucus 核心小组的首次出现日期可以追溯到1724年。”

Citations
Four states are poised to cancel their 2020 GOP presidential primaries and caucuses, a move that would cut off oxygen to Donald Trump’s long-shot primary challengers.

Republican parties in South Carolina, Nevada, Arizona and Kansas are expected to finalize the cancellations in meetings this weekend, according to three GOP officials who are familiar with the plans.
---By ALEX ISENSTADT 9/06/2019 Politico