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New York Times:
After 2 Weeks, Trump's Bungles Have Aides Rethinking Strategy — WASHINGTON — President Trump loves to set the day's narrative at dawn, but the deeper story of his White House is best told at night. — Aides confer in the dark because they cannot figure out how to operate the light switches in the cabinet room.
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Michael G. Mullen / New York Times:
I Was on the National Security Council. Bannon Doesn't Belong There. — In his first weeks in office, President Trump has outlined plans to reorganize the White House's National Security Council. This is in keeping with tradition: New presidents regularly reconfigure the council to fit …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
No, President Trump, negative polls are not ‘fake news’
No, President Trump, negative polls are not ‘fake news’
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Kristen Mascia / Cosmopolitan:
That MSNBC Interview Was Not the First Time Kellyanne Conway Referred to the “Bowling Green Massacre” — Conway used the same wording in a conversation with Cosmopolitan.com on Jan. 29. — Kellyanne Conway took to Twitter on Friday to walk back her comments on MSNBC's Hardball …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
The Massacre That Wasn't, and a Turning Point for ‘Fake News’ — There were so many instant internet spoofs making fun of Kellyanne Conway's now-famous “Bowling Green Massacre” that it's hard to pick a favorite. Gun to my head, I'd say mine was the Twitter meme that showed a brass plaque dedicated …
Maria Tsvetkova / Reuters:
Kremlin says it wants apology from Fox News over Putin comments — The Kremlin said on Monday it wanted an apology from Fox News over what it said were “unacceptable” comments one of the channel's presenters made about Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump.
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump's continued defense of Putin confounds Republicans
Trump's continued defense of Putin confounds Republicans
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Pence Says It Would Be His ‘Honor’ To Lead Trump's Voter Fraud Commission
Pence Says It Would Be His ‘Honor’ To Lead Trump's Voter Fraud Commission
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Wall Street Journal:
Few Recall Gorsuch's Volunteer Work at Harvard — Questions arise over Trump Supreme Court pick's level of participation in programs to help less fortunate while in law school — When President Donald Trump introduced his Supreme Court pick on live television last week, he said Neil Gorsuch had …
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Sen. Mitch McConnell / Politico:
Give Neil Gorsuch an Up-Or-Down Vote
Give Neil Gorsuch an Up-Or-Down Vote
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John Fund / National Review:
Trump's Best Asset May Be His Unhinged Opponents
Trump's Best Asset May Be His Unhinged Opponents
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Trump sets Democratic field ablaze with anger
Trump sets Democratic field ablaze with anger
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Political Wire
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Sanders: Gorsuch needs 60 votes to pass the Senate
Sanders: Gorsuch needs 60 votes to pass the Senate
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John Yoo / New York Times:
Executive Power Run Amok — Berkeley, Calif. — Faced with President Trump's executive orders suspending immigration from several Muslim nations and ordering the building of a border wall, and his threats to terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement, even Alexander Hamilton …
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Torture Memos author John Yoo says Trump has gone too far
Torture Memos author John Yoo says Trump has gone too far
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Exclusive: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer Reacts to Melissa McCarthy's ‘SNL’ Skit — On Sunday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer spoke to “Extra's” AJ Calloway exclusively at the Super Bowl in Houston. — The White House Press Secretary gave his take on Melissa McCarthy's impression …
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Fox News:
Trump: Leaked transcripts of Mexico, Australia calls ‘disgraceful’ — PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Trump on Saturday denounced the leaks of transcripts of his telephone conversations with leaders of Australia and Mexico as “disgraceful” and said his administration was searching “very, very hard” for the leakers.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The Trump administration has sprung a leak. Many of them, in fact.
The Trump administration has sprung a leak. Many of them, in fact.
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The Week
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Does Trump Actually Want to Succeed? — HOUSTON—Democrats and Republicans agree on one thing: James A. Baker III was the gold standard when it came to running a White House. And so far he's not overly impressed when it comes to the troubled kickoff of the Trump administration.
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Bracing for Trump's Revenge — Donald Trump has never made a secret of his penchant for personal vengeance. He boasts about it, tweets about it, tells long, rambling stories about it on the transcontinental speaking circuit. When, last year, he was asked to identify a favorite Bible passage, he cited “an eye for an eye.”
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump 101: he is definitely not a health nut — Aides who travelled with Donald Trump during the campaign marveled at the lax health habits of a 70 year-old obsessed with appearance. Here was a man fixated on his personal brand and look like nobody they'd ever seen.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Justice Department demolishes case against Trump order — James Robart, the U.S. district judge in Washington State, offered little explanation for his decision to stop President Trump's executive order temporarily suspending non-American entry from seven terror-plagued countries.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
The President Has Much Power Over Immigration, but How Much?
The President Has Much Power Over Immigration, but How Much?
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Niraj Warikoo / Detroit Free Press:
GOP leader apologizes for tweeting: ‘Time for another Kent State’ — Marquette County Republican leader says he was trying to prevent violence, not promote it — A county Republican leader in the Upper Peninsula is under fire for seeming to suggest in his social media posts …
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Democrats Confront Lefty Fake News — Last year, in March, a group of Bernie Sanders voters spent days phone-banking staffers' cell phones, imploring the campaign to challenge the vote in four states because of speculation on social media about ballot irregularities.
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Michael Sainato / The New York Observer:
Chelsea Clinton Is the Last Thing the Democratic Party Needs — The only positive would be for Chelsea to lose a congressional race, teaching Dems a lesson they've continuously failed to learn — Since Hillary Clinton's presidential election loss, rumors have circulated that speculate about what she will do next.
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Abdul-Jabbar, Chelsea Handler bring star power to Democratic retreat
Abdul-Jabbar, Chelsea Handler bring star power to Democratic retreat
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Axios
Bloomberg:
Apple to Zynga File Legal Brief Against Trump Immigration Order — Ninety-seven companies, from Apple Inc. to Zynga Inc., filed an impassioned legal brief condemning President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration, stepping up the industry's growing opposition to the policy.
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Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Uber, Twitter, Netflix and other tech giants to call travel ban ‘unlawful’ in rare coordinated legal action
Uber, Twitter, Netflix and other tech giants to call travel ban ‘unlawful’ in rare coordinated legal action
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