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New York Times:
Turmoil at the National Security Council, From the Top Down — WASHINGTON — These are chaotic and anxious days inside the National Security Council, the traditional center of management for a president's dealings with an uncertain world. — Three weeks into the Trump administration …
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CNN:
At Mar-a-Lago, Trump tackles crisis diplomacy at close range — Trump, Abe respond to N. Korea missile test — (CNN)The iceberg wedge salads, dripping with blue cheese dressing, had just been served on the terrace of Mar-a-Lago Saturday when the call to President Donald Trump came in …
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Political Wire, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Week
Wall Street Journal:
Mike Flynn's Position Grows Tenuous in White House — The White House is reviewing whether to retain National Security Adviser Mike Flynn amid a furor over his contacts with Russian officials before President Donald Trump took office.
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The Week
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Trump: Media won't report on ‘enthusiastic supporters’ at Mar-a-Lago — President Trump on Sunday again slammed the media, this time claiming that there were “enthusiastic supporters lining the roads” as he left his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. — “Just leaving Florida.
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Raw Story
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump reviews top White House staff after tumultuous start — President Donald Trump, frustrated over his administration's rocky start, is complaining to friends and allies about some of his most senior aides — leading to questions about whether he is mulling an early staff shakeup.
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Outside the Beltway
Washington Post:
As Flynn falls under growing pressure over Russia contacts, Trump remains silent — White House national security adviser Michael Flynn is under increasing political pressure and risks losing the confidence of some colleagues following reports that he misled senior administration officials …
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Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Talking Points Memo, Daily Wire and The Hill
John Wagner / Washington Post:
A hastily called news conference caps a surreal day for Trump in South Florida
A hastily called news conference caps a surreal day for Trump in South Florida
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New York Magazine and CNN
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Stephen Miller's bushels of Pinocchios for false voter-fraud claims — White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller appeared on ABC's “The Week” on Sunday, spouting a bunch of false talking points on alleged voter fraud. (He also repeated similar claims on other Sunday talk shows.)
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Top White House Advisor Claims Trump's Wall ‘Will Pay For Itself’
Top White House Advisor Claims Trump's Wall ‘Will Pay For Itself’
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Outside the Beltway
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 2-12-17: Stephen Miller, Bob Ferguson, and Rep. Elijah Cummings
‘This Week’ Transcript 2-12-17: Stephen Miller, Bob Ferguson, and Rep. Elijah Cummings
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Fox News, NBC News, Washington Post, Daily Wire, NPR, The Week and Talking Points Memo
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
White House adviser: We have provided ‘enormous’ evidence of voter fraud
White House adviser: We have provided ‘enormous’ evidence of voter fraud
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RedState
David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘Talking bag of pus’: Twitter rips Stephen Miller for ‘clearly reading from script’ on Sunday shows
‘Talking bag of pus’: Twitter rips Stephen Miller for ‘clearly reading from script’ on Sunday shows
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LAist, ThinkProgress, BizPac Review, ABC News and twitchy.com
Ryan Sabalow / Sacramento Bee:
BREAKING: Oroville under immediate evacuation as spillway collapse feared — “It's uncontrolled. It's uncontrolled.” — Fearing a gush from Lake Oroville if the emergency spillway collapses, officials are releasing as much as 100,000 cubic feet per second from the main …
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Los Angeles Times, Raw Story, RedState, Associated Press and Gizmodo
Hollywood Reporter:
Grammy Awards: A Pro-Trump Statement on the Red Carpet — Singer Joyce Villa wore a “Make America Great Again” gown. — Scandalous dresses on the Grammys red carpet aren't what they used to be. It wasn't deep cleavage or a thigh-high leg slit that had tongues wagging about singer Joyce Villa on Sunday night.
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Joy Villa / Breitbart:
Photos: Joy Villa Unveils Donald Trump Dress at Grammys — Pop singer Joy Villa arrived Sunday at the 2017 Grammy Awards wearing a simple white outfit- until she removed it on the red carpet, revealing a dress in the style of Donald Trump's “Make America Great Again” presidential campaign posters.
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump friend says Priebus is ‘in way over his head’ — One of President Trump's longtime friends made a striking move on Sunday: After talking privately with the president over drinks late Friday, Christopher Ruddy publicly argued that Trump should replace his White House chief of staff.
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The Hill, Mother Jones, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos, twitchy.com, Mediaite and Outside the Beltway
Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Trump's official inauguration poster has glaring typo — President Trump's official inauguration portrait offered by the Library of Congress had a glaring typo on it, social media users pointed out Sunday evening. — The print of Trump, which was sold on the Library of Congress's website …
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Little Green Footballs and Raw Story
Loren Grush / The Verge:
A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until he unlocked his phone — Two weeks ago, Sidd Bikkannavar flew back into the United States after spending a few weeks abroad in South America. An employee of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Bikkannavar had been on a personal trip …
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Mashable
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Rhett Jones / Gizmodo:
Border Agent Demands NASA Scientist Unlock Phone Before Entering the Country
Border Agent Demands NASA Scientist Unlock Phone Before Entering the Country
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Balloon Juice
John R. Schindler / The New York Observer:
The Spy Revolt Against Trump Begins — Intelligence Community pushes back against a White House it considers leaky, untruthful and penetrated by the Kremlin — In a recent column, I explained how the still-forming Trump administration is already doing serious harm to America's longstanding global intelligence partnerships.
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Raw Story, Instapundit, New York Magazine, Daily Kos, Washington Post and Booman Tribune
New York Times:
G.O.P. Lawmakers Like What They See in Trump. They Just Have to Squint. — WASHINGTON — Republican congressional aides have set their iPhones to flutter every time President Trump hurls a thunderbolt on Twitter. Senators nod politely at his false claims of mass voter fraud during private White House meetings.
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Franken: GOP colleagues question Trump's mental health — (D-Minn.) said early Sunday that Republican colleagues have expressed concern to him about President Trump's mental health. — “A few, yeah,” he said on CNN's “State of the Union.” — “We all have this suspicion that, you know, he lies a lot.
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Erin McCann / New York Times:
Trump Criticized Obama for Golfing. Now He Spends Weekends on the Links. — As a private citizen, Donald J. Trump was repeatedly critical of President Obama's fondness for relaxing with a round of golf. — “Can you believe that, with all of the problems and difficulties facing the U.S., President Obama spent the day playing golf.”
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The Gateway Pundit
Brian Chappatta / Bloomberg:
America's Biggest Creditors Dump Treasuries in Warning to Trump — Japanese investors cull U.S. government debt by most since '13 — Currency-hedged returns were worst on record last quarter — In the age of Trump, America's biggest foreign creditors are suddenly having second thoughts about financing the U.S. government.
UN Watch:
Walk of shame: Sweden's “first feminist government” don hijabs in Iran — Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Google+Share on LinkedinShare on PinterestShare on Xing — Trade minister Ann Linde and other members of Sweden's “first feminist government in the world” …
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New York Post:
$325K wedding nixed after brawl erupts at rehearsal dinner, suit says — Till death do us punch. — A ritzy Manhattan wedding-rehearsal dinner descended into a brawl after the groom's parents objected to a toast on the eve of the couple's $325,000 nuptials at The Pierre hotel, according to a lawsuit between warring would-be in-laws.
CBS News:
Face the Nation transcript February 12, 2017: Schumer, Flake, Miller — JOHN DICKERSON, CBS HOST: Today on FACE THE NATION: President Trump feels the limitations of the office and faces a foreign policy challenge from North Korea. — A North Korean ballistic missile test interrupted President …
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Mother Jones
Matt Latimer / Politico:
Hillary Clinton Is Running Again — Hillary Clinton will run for president. Again. — No inside information informs this prediction. No argument is advanced as to whether her run is a good or a bad idea—there are many ways to make a case either way.
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