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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell: Warren's blistering Sessions speech broke Senate rules — (D-Mass.) of breaking the Senate's rules with a blistering floor speech against Sen. Jeff Sessions — 's attorney general nomination. — The Senate's top Republican interrupted Warren's speech to argue that she was violating …
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Republicans vote to rebuke Elizabeth Warren, saying she impugned Sessions's character — Senate Republicans passed a party-line rebuke Tuesday night of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) for a speech opposing attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions, striking down her words for impugning the Alabama senator's character.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
More Democrats are familiar with Stephen Bannon than Charles Schumer
More Democrats are familiar with Stephen Bannon than Charles Schumer
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New York Times:
Yemen Withdraws Permission for U.S. Antiterror Ground Missions — WASHINGTON — Angry at the civilian casualties incurred last month in the first commando raid authorized by President Trump, Yemen has withdrawn permission for the United States to run Special Operations ground missions …
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Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Leaks Suggest Trump's Own Team Is Alarmed By His Conduct — White House leaks are common, but leakers suggesting the president might be unfit for office are not. — S.V. Date — Senior White House Correspondent, The Huffington Post — White House reporter, The Huffington Post
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Jim Acosta / CNN:
White House ramping up search for communications director after Spicer's rocky start — Washington (CNN)The White House is ramping up its search for a new communications director in an effort to lighten the load of embattled White House press secretary Sean Spicer, multiple sources told CNN.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Appeals Court Panel Appears Skeptical of Trump's Travel Ban — WASHINGTON — A three-judge federal appeals panel voiced skepticism Tuesday at the Justice Department's broad defense of President Trump's targeted travel ban during arguments over the president's power to impose immigration restrictions based on national security concerns.
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Ruthann Robson / Vox:
A constitutional expert explains the issues at stake in Trump's travel ban
A constitutional expert explains the issues at stake in Trump's travel ban
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Hina Shamsi / ACLU:
Flying Home From Abroad, a Border Agent Stopped and Questioned Me ... About My Work for the ACLU — Last week, I was flying home from a work trip and faced Customs and Border Protection questioning unlike anything I've ever experienced in over 25 years of travel into and out of this country …
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Department of Defense looks to rent space in Trump Tower — The Department of Defense is seeking to rent space in President Trump's New York skyscraper, Trump Tower, a move that could directly funnel government money into the president's business interests.
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Ryan Browne / CNN:
First on CNN: US military to rent space in Trump Tower — Washington (CNN)The US military is looking to lease space in Trump Tower. — “In order to meet official mission requirements, the Department of Defense is working through appropriate channels and in accordance with all applicable legal requirements …
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New York Times and Daily Kos
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Tapper, Conway have heated exchange in tense interview — CNN anchor Jake Tapper and President Trump's counselor, Kellyanne Conway, went toe-to-toe in a 25-minute-long interview on Tuesday that was punctuated by several heated exchanges over the accuracy of statements the president has made and the media's treatment of Trump.
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Chris Massie / CNN:
WH official: We'll say ‘fake news’ until media realizes attitude of attacking the President is wrong — (CNN)Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to President Donald Trump, said Monday that the administration will continue using the term “fake news” until the media understands that their …
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Julia Belluz / Vox:
No, Canadians do not flee en masse for US health care — Canada made a surprise appearance in a CNN health care debate between Senators Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz on Tuesday night. — Cruz, claiming he knows a lot about Canada because he was born there, said Canadians leave their country …
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New York Times:
One-Third Don't Know Obamacare and Affordable Care Act Are the Same — A sizable minority of Americans don't understand that Obamacare is just another name for the Affordable Care Act. — These findings, from a poll by Morning Consult, illustrate the extent of public confusion over a health law …
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Emmarie Huetteman / New York Times:
Betsy DeVos Confirmed as Education Secretary; Pence Breaks Tie — WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Betsy DeVos on Tuesday as education secretary, approving the embattled nominee only with the help of a historic tiebreaking vote from Vice President Mike Pence.
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Alia Wong / The Atlantic:
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Has Already Affected Public Education
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Has Already Affected Public Education
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Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Texas mystery: Who's the senator Trump offered to help Rockwall sheriff ‘destroy?’ — WASHINGTON — There's a Texas state senator with a new target on his back, courtesy of President Donald Trump and the Rockwall County sheriff. — At a meeting Tuesday morning with sheriffs from around the country …
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
How President Trump Could Seize More Power After a Terrorist Attack — Since September 11, 2001, ninety-four people have been killed in the United States in ten attacks carried out by a total of twelve radical Islamist terrorists. Each of the attackers was either an American citizen or a legal resident.
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Dan Morse / Washington Post:
Melania Trump reaches settlement in libel lawsuit against Maryland blogger — First lady Melania Trump has settled her defamation lawsuit against a Maryland blogger, who agreed to apologize to the Trump family and pay her a “substantial sum,” her lawyers said in a statement they released Tuesday morning.
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Victoria Bekiempis / New York Daily News:
Melania Trump claims she lost millions after Daily Mail story calling her ‘elite escort’
Melania Trump claims she lost millions after Daily Mail story calling her ‘elite escort’
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Media Matters for America:
After Breitbart Attacked An Author For Criticizing Trump, A Horde Of “Alt-Right” Trolls Harassed Her — A slew of online trolls attacked Rosa Brooks for an article she wrote in Foreign Policy discussing possible consequences of Donald Trump's historically abnormal presidency.
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Ari Berman / The Nation:
House Republicans Just Voted to Eliminate the Only Federal Agency That Makes Sure Voting Machines Can't Be Hacked — Republicans made it easier to steal an election by killing the Election Assistance Commission. — By , — In a little-noticed 6-3 vote today, the House Administration …
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Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
GOP Congressman Insists White Terrorist Attacks Are Totally Different — Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) also pointed to “the good things” that came from the shooting of black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina. — Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) vehemently defended President Donald Trump's ban …
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Make Haste — Deliberately — If Trump shows that his actions are a reaction to past extremes, his changes will win public support. — The emperor Augustus who oversaw the transition from the nonstop civil war of a collapsing republic to the Principate — with all the good and bad …
Jay Nordlinger / National Review:
An Iron Stomach, and Other Qualities — This is an age of much churning on the right, and this may particularly apply to conservative opinion journalism. I know a bit about this world. So does Ben Shapiro, the editor-in-chief of The Daily Wire. He used to work at Steve Bannon's Breitbart.
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Virgin:
Richard vs Barack - kiteboard and foilboard challenge — It was a huge honour to be able to invite President Barack and Michelle Obama down to the British Virgin Islands for a complete break after Barack finished his second term as President and the family left the White House.
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Keith Ellison Is Everything Republicans Thought Obama Was. Maybe He's Just What Democrats Need. … Last May, as Donald Trump was locking up the Republican nomination, a prophetic clip began circulating among portions of the left. It was a nearly one-year-old segment of ABC's Sunday show This Week …
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The Independent:
Donald Trump's staff get him to agree to policies by saying 'Obama wouldn't have done it' — Military officials got Donald Trump to agree to the botched Yemen raid by suggesting Barack Obama would never have had the courage to do it, it has been reported. The raid, which had been planned …
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Tony Romm / Politico:
Before immigration furor, tech giants donated to Trump inauguration — Some of the same technology giants that are waging a legal war against President Donald Trump's immigration policies quietly offered support to his inauguration in January — complete with some previously undisclosed checks, POLITICO confirmed Tuesday.
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Republicans fear for their safety as Obamacare protests grow — House Republicans during a closed-door meeting Tuesday discussed how to protect themselves and their staff from protesters storming town halls and offices in opposition to repealing Obamacare, sources in the room told POLITICO.
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Matt Pressberg / The Wrap:
Disney Q1 Revenue Weighed Down By ESPN Struggles — Media networks reported a dip in revenue and profit — The Walt Disney Company began its fiscal year with a whimper, as the entertainment giant was unable to successfully fend off headwinds facing its cable business, reporting revenue that fell short of expectations.
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Trump's Twitter feed ignored terror attacks that White House claims media neglected — The White House this week attempted to call out the media by releasing a list of 78 terror-related attacks that it said were “under-reported” by news organizations. — But not only did many of these …