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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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Emma Brown / Washington Post:
With historic tiebreaker from Pence, DeVos confirmed as education secretary
With historic tiebreaker from Pence, DeVos confirmed as education secretary
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Mark Bauerlein / Vox:
The job of the Education Secretary isn't to defend public schools. It's to help kids learn.
The job of the Education Secretary isn't to defend public schools. It's to help kids learn.
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CNN:
Betsy DeVos confirmed as education secretary; vice president casts historic tie-breaking vote
Betsy DeVos confirmed as education secretary; vice president casts historic tie-breaking vote
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Bloomberg:
Pence Set to Break Senate Tie on DeVos' Confirmation Vote
Pence Set to Break Senate Tie on DeVos' Confirmation Vote
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Franken: DeVos ‘fundamentally incompetent’ to lead Education Dept
Franken: DeVos ‘fundamentally incompetent’ to lead Education Dept
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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Approve the Cabinet — There is no serious case against DeVos, Price, or Mnuchin.
Approve the Cabinet — There is no serious case against DeVos, Price, or Mnuchin.
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Emmarie Huetteman / New York Times:
Mike Pence's Vote on a Cabinet Nominee Would Be Historic
Mike Pence's Vote on a Cabinet Nominee Would Be Historic
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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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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.
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Washington Post:
Here are the 78 terrorist attacks the White House says were largely under-reported — The White House on Monday night released a list of 78 terrorist attacks in response to an assertion earlier in the day by President Trump that the “very dishonest press” often doesn't report on them.
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
White House rattled by McCarthy's spoof of Spicer — As the press secretary for a president who's obsessed with how things play on cable TV, Sean Spicer's real audience during his daily televised press briefings has always been an audience of one. — And the devastating “Saturday Night Live” …
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Rosie O'Donnell: I'll play Bannon on ‘SNL’ if asked
Rosie O'Donnell: I'll play Bannon on ‘SNL’ if asked
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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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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Republican lawmakers face rising anger at town halls — Republican lawmakers hoping for a break from the politically charged atmosphere in Washington, D.C., have instead been met with protests at home. — From California to Florida, liberal activists are bringing the fight to the doorsteps …
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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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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump offers to ‘destroy career’ of Texas state senator at meeting with sheriff … President Trump on Tuesday offered to go after a Texas state senator who was the target of complaints from a local sheriff. — During a White House meeting, Rockwall County, Texas, Sheriff Harold Eavenson told …
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Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Texas mystery: Who's the senator Trump offered to help Rockwall sheriff ‘destroy?’
Texas mystery: Who's the senator Trump offered to help Rockwall sheriff ‘destroy?’
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Sen. Chuck Schumer / Politico:
Neil Gorsuch Needs 60 Votes — In a little more than two weeks, President Donald Trump has put an unprecedented strain on the Constitution. He's unleashed a flurry of legally dubious executive orders, including his travel ban designed to keep people from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering our country.
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Michael McConnell / Hoover Institution:
Neil Gorsuch: An Eloquent Intellectual
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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Chris Edelson / Baltimore Sun:
Ordinary Americans carried out inhumane acts for Trump — (Video by Ken Lam) … A week ago, men and women went to work at airports around the United States as they always do. They showered, got dressed, ate breakfast, perhaps dropped off their kids at school.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Cotton and Trump plot crackdown on legal immigration — Overlooked in Donald Trump's campaign crusade against illegal immigration was his vow to crack down on legal immigration, too. — Now, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), a reliable Trump ally, is taking steps to execute that part …
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Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Sorry: Trump's immigration order is totally legal — MORE FROM: — If the law means anything, the Trump administration will succeed in overturning the so-called court ruling against its travel ban. — The nationwide stay of the ban issued by Judge James Robart, a Washington state-based federal district judge, is tissue-thin.
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Andrew Puzder, Trump's Labor Pick, Admits to Hiring Undocumented Maid — WASHINGTON — Andrew F. Puzder, President Trump's pick to head the Labor Department, who has come under fire for criticizing worker protections, acknowledged on Monday that he previously employed an undocumented immigrant to clean his house.
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Donald Trump's Dangerous End Game — Why the president is accusing journalists and judges of enabling terrorists. — The term “fake news” outlived its usefulness almost as soon as it became common parlance, and is perhaps only valuable now as a marker for whether journalism …
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Ben Riley-Smith / Telegraph:
Exclusive: How Theresa May poked fun at the size of Donald Trump's hands — Theresa May has joked about the size of Donald Trump's hands at a private fundraiser as she made light of a photograph of the pair at the White House. — The Prime Minister's tongue-in-cheek remarks came after her visit …
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
'He'll never be back': CNN's Alisyn Camerota mocks GOP lawmaker after disastrous appearance — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — CNN's Chris Cuomo once again hammered a member of Congress on air for trying to dodge difficult questions. The interview was so contentious …
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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Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Plan to Overhaul Tax Code Gets Held Up at the Border — The linchpin of the GOP's potential tax-overhaul legislation is a concept known as ‘border adjustment,’ and the idea is splitting the business world into competing camps.