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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
No 'G'day, mate': On call with Australian prime minister, Trump badgers and brags — It should have been one of the most congenial calls for the new commander in chief — a conversation with the leader of Australia, one of America's staunchest allies, at the end of a triumphant week.
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Vivian Salama / Associated Press:
TRUMP TO MEXICO: TAKE CARE OF ‘BAD HOMBRES’ OR US MIGHT — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump threatened in a phone call with his Mexican counterpart to send U.S. troops to stop “bad hombres down there” unless the Mexican military does more to control them, according to an excerpt …
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Christopher Woody / Business Insider:
Report: In a ‘humiliating’ and ‘threatening’ tone, Trump lambasted Mexico's president during a phone call — During a phone call with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on Friday, US President Donald Trump disparaged Mexico and threatened to use military force against the drug trade …
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Politico:
What Could Gorsuch Mean for the Supreme Court? — On Tuesday, Donald Trump nominated conservative federal appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. After 11 days packed full of executive actions—on everything from immigration to military spending to trade …
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President Trump had the chance to select:
President Trump had the chance to select a consensus nominee to the Supreme Court.
President Trump had the chance to select a consensus nominee to the Supreme Court.
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Chris McDaniel / BuzzFeed:
Trump's Supreme Court Pick Determined That A Badly Botched Execution Was An “Innocent Misadventure”
Trump's Supreme Court Pick Determined That A Badly Botched Execution Was An “Innocent Misadventure”
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Lawrence K. Altman / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Longtime Doctor Says President Takes Hair-Growth Drug — WASHINGTON — President Trump takes medication for three ailments, including a prostate-related drug to promote hair growth, Mr. Trump's longtime physician, Dr. Harold N. Bornstein, said in a series of recent interviews.
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Bloomberg:
Republicans Rebrand Obamacare Strategy From ‘Repeal’ to ‘Repair’ — Lawmakers advised to shift to friendlier Obamacare messaging — Some try out ‘repair’ as others stick with stronger words — Some Republicans in Congress are starting to talk more about trying to “repair” Obamacare …
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
GOP talk shifts from replacing ObamaCare to repairing it
GOP talk shifts from replacing ObamaCare to repairing it
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Sarah Posner / The Nation:
Leaked Draft of Trump's Religious Freedom Order Reveals Sweeping Plans to Legalize Discrimination — If signed, the order would create wholesale exemptions for people and organizations who claim religious objections to same-sex marriage, premarital sex, abortion, and trans identity. — By ,
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Rick Klein / ABC News:
Trump Executive Order Draft Could Curtail LGBT Rights
Trump Executive Order Draft Could Curtail LGBT Rights
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Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Trump administration ‘officially putting Iran on notice’, says Michael Flynn — National security adviser issues statement in response to recent Iranian actions as expert warns the White House ‘could stumble into war’ — The Trump administration has said it was “officially putting Iran on notice” …
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
White House puts Iran ‘on notice,’ won't rule out military force
White House puts Iran ‘on notice,’ won't rule out military force
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WJBK-TV:
Man who claimed mom died in Iraq after Trump's ban lied, Imam confirms — DETROIT (WJBK) - The leader of a mosque in Dearborn has confirmed to FOX 2 that a man who claimed his mother died in Iraq after being barred from returning to the United States under a ban instituted by President Trump this weekend …
Hamilton Nolan / The Concourse:
A Full Transcript Of Donald Trump's Black History Month Remarks — February is Black History Month. This morning, Donald Trump held a White House event to mark the occasion. Below is an accurate transcript of his remarks. — [Daniel Dale of the Toronto Star published the first transcript …
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Nik DeCosta-Klipa / Boston Globe:
Read the full transcript of President Trump's unusual Black History Month remarks here
Read the full transcript of President Trump's unusual Black History Month remarks here
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Toronto Star and IJR
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Donald Trump's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Two GOP senators to vote ‘no’ on Betsy DeVos — in back-to-back speeches on the Senate floor announced Wednesday that they would oppose Betsy DeVos's nomination to be Education secretary. — They are the first two Republicans to break with Trump on any of his Cabinet picks …
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Kimberly Hefling / Politico:
DeVos nomination stands at 50-50
DeVos nomination stands at 50-50
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Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Rex Tillerson Is Confirmed as Secretary of State Amid Record Opposition — WASHINGTON — Rex W. Tillerson, the former chairman and chief executive of Exxon Mobil, was confirmed by the Senate on Wednesday in a 56-to-43 vote to become the nation's 69th secretary of state just as serious strains …
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New York Times:
How Senators Voted on Rex Tillerson
How Senators Voted on Rex Tillerson
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump to focus counter-extremism program solely on Islam - sources — The Trump administration wants to revamp and rename a U.S. government program designed to counter all violent ideologies so that it focuses solely on Islamist extremism, five people briefed on the matter told Reuters.
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Reuters:
Covering Trump the Reuters Way — In a message to staff today, Reuters Editor-in-Chief Steve Adler wrote about covering President Trump the Reuters way: — The first 12 days of the Trump presidency (yes, that's all it's been!) have been memorable for all - and especially challenging for us in the news business.
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Today and Tomorrow at UC Berkeley (Updated) — Today is Milo day at UC Berkeley. Yup, Milo Yiannopoulos is speaking tonight for the College Republicans at a sold out event, and the professional left is planning a huge protest this afternoon in an attempt to shut Milo down.
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Reddit Bans Alt-Right Group — Reddit, the enormous online community-run forum, announced on Wednesday night that it was banning the white nationalist subreddit r/altright, due to “posting of personal information,” otherwise known as doxxing. — “Reddit is the proud home …
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New York Post:
Boston Marathon bombing survivor to wed fireman who saved her — More On: — When Roseann Sdoia was laid up with an amputated leg in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing, love was the last thing on her mind. — But her mother, ever the matchmaker, saw a perfect opportunity as handsome firefighter Mike Materia hovered nearby.
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Joel Rubin / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. federal judge orders a temporary halt to Trump's travel ban — U.S. District Judge Andre Birotte Jr., in his prior job as the U.S. attorney for the Central District of California. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) — A federal judge in Los Angeles has added another legal challenge …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
DNC boots candidate from chairmanship race for criticizing Ellison's Islamic faith — The Democratic National Committee is kicking a candidate out of the chairmanship race after he told The Hill that Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) should not be the party's next leader because he is a Muslim.
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Trump transition email shows initial effort to oust all inspectors general — An email from the Trump transition team on the evening of Jan. 13 instructed all transition team leaders to “reach out tonight and inform” the inspectors general in their agencies “that they are being held over on a temporary basis.”
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Jedediah Purdy / New Republic:
America's New Opposition — From Occupy Wall Street to Black Lives Matter, the left has been reborn. Can it find a way to harness the populist uprising that brought Trump to power? — ILLUSTRATIONS BY ALEX NABAUM — In late October 2011, I was volunteering at the Occupy Wall Street library in lower Manhattan.
Anna Palmer / Politico:
Comstock a no-show at weekend town halls — Rep. Barbara Comstock stood up constituents over the weekend who attended two townhalls with questions about an Obamacare repeal and the Trump Administration's travel ban. — The centrist Virginia Republican invited people in her districts to …
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Cora Lewis / BuzzFeed:
New York City Bodegas Will Shut Down To Protest The Immigration Ban — Yemeni-run grocery stores across the city will close from 12-8 p.m. on Thursday in protest of the controversial executive order. — Michael Corey / Flickr / Via flic.kr — Days after New York yellow cab drivers went …
Cameron Knight / USA Today:
Nation's bacon reserves hit 50-year low as prices rise — The country's bacon reserves are at the lowest levels in half a century. — In other words, pig farmers can't keep up with the world's sizzling appetite for those fatty, smoky strips of sheer eating pleasure.
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