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New York Times:
Rocky First Weekend for Trump Troubles Even His Top Aides — WASHINGTON — President Trump's first weekend in office unfolded much the way things often did during his campaign: with angry Twitter messages, a familiar obsession with slights and a series of meandering and at times untrue statements …
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Put on Your Big-Boy Pants, Journos — Extraordinary times—and we are living in an extraordinary time—do not necessarily call for extraordinary measures on the part of the press, as comforting as a full berserking might make many of us feel. The opening minutes of the Trump administration …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump struggles to shake his erratic campaign habits
Trump struggles to shake his erratic campaign habits
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The traditional way of reporting on a president is dead. And Trump's press secretary killed it.
The traditional way of reporting on a president is dead. And Trump's press secretary killed it.
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NBC News:
Meet The Press 01/22/17 — CHUCK TODD: — This Sunday …
Meet The Press 01/22/17 — CHUCK TODD: — This Sunday …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
That time I caught Sean Spicer making a blatantly false claim
That time I caught Sean Spicer making a blatantly false claim
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New York Times:
Foreign Payments to Trump Firms Violate Constitution, Suit Will Claim — WASHINGTON — A team of prominent constitutional scholars, Supreme Court litigators and former White House ethics lawyers intends to file a lawsuit Monday morning alleging that President Trump is violating the Constitution …
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Cyra Master / The Hill:
Group will sue Trump over business's foreign profits — A Washington-based nonprofit will file a federal lawsuit against President Trump on Monday, the start of his first week in office. — Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) announced Sunday night it is bringing a suit …
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Eyes Michael Flynn's Links to Russia — U.S. counterintelligence agents have investigated communications that President Donald Trump's national security adviser had with Russian officials. Michael Flynn is the first person inside the White House whose links are known to have faced scrutiny …
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Cyra Master / The Hill:
Flynn's communications with Russia investigated: report
Flynn's communications with Russia investigated: report
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CNN:
TPP withdrawal Trump's first executive action Monday, sources say — (CNN)President Donald Trump's first executive action on Monday will be to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, two sources familiar with matter told CNN. — That withdrawal is consistent with campaign promises Trump made.
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CNBC:
Trump to sign executive order to renegotiate NAFTA and intent to leave TPP — U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday intends to sign an executive order that will put in motion the renegotiation of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). — President Trump is also expected to sign …
Simón Rios / WBUR:
WBUR Poll: Republican Gov. Baker More Popular Than Democrat Sen. Warren 04:56 — Play — Over four years in office, Elizabeth Warren has staked her claim as the Senate's liberal lion. And many Massachusetts voters like it — 51 percent view her favorably.
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Lauren Dezenski / Politico:
Polls shows Warren is no sure bet for re-election next year
Polls shows Warren is no sure bet for re-election next year
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Washington Free Beacon
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Hillary Clinton plots her next move — LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — In a series of private meetings and phone calls at their home in Chappaqua, in New York City and in Washington, Bill and Hillary Clinton are slowly starting to puzzle through their political future, according to over a dozen people …
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Trump's Health Plan Would Convert Medicaid to Block Grants, Aide Says — WASHINGTON — President Trump's plan to replace the Affordable Care Act will propose giving each state a fixed amount of federal money in the form of a block grant to provide health care to low-income people on Medicaid …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Why BuzzFeed News Published the Dossier — Since BuzzFeed News published a 35-page dossier of unverified allegations about ties between President Donald J. Trump and Russia, I've heard a chorus of criticism from journalists who say we abdicated our role as gatekeeper, and a chorus of thanks …
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BBC:
Madonna says White House comments ‘taken out of context’ — A row has erupted over Madonna's comments about US President Donald Trump during a speech at the weekend. — While taking part in a protest march in Washington DC on Saturday, the singer said she had thought “an awful lot about blowing up the White House”.
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Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich — Some of the wealthiest people in America—in Silicon Valley, New York, and beyond—are getting ready for the crackup of civilization. — Steve Huffman, the thirty-three-year-old co-founder and C.E.O. of Reddit, which is valued at six hundred million dollars …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
GOP senators to introduce ObamaCare replacement plan — Two Republican senators on Monday will introduce legislation to replace ObamaCare. — Sens. Susan Collins — (R-Maine) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said in a statement their new plan would afford more power to the states and help to cover Americans who currently aren't insured.
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
Meet the ‘New Ted Cruz’ — It was a sleepy Wednesday morning last June when Ted Cruz tipped his hand. — John McCain had sponsored an amendment to expand the FBI's online surveillance capabilities, and it was a no-brainer for the many devout constitutionalists on Cruz's Senate staff.
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
CIA officers give mixed reviews of Trump's strange visit — President Trump's visit to the CIA on his first day in office shocked some agency veterans because of its combative, political tone. But several said they were glad that Trump seemed to have stopped demonizing the intelligence community …
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