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Yashar Ali / New York Magazine:
Here's a Video of Trump Crashing a Wedding Right After Giving His North Korea Statement — On Saturday, as President Donald Trump was hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, news broke that North Korea had launched a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump ran a campaign based on intelligence security. That's not how he's governing. — Close observers of the 2016 election will remember that, on occasion, President Trump liked to draw attention to his opponent's security practices as a way of criticism. There was, you may recall, something about an email server.
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Mar-a-Lago guest takes picture with nuclear ‘football’ briefcase — A visitor to President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida posted a Facebook photo with a person he says is responsible for carrying the black bag that contains the nuclear launch codes for the president of the United States.
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump turns Mar-a-Lago Club terrace into open-air situation room — Richard DeAgazio was already seated for dinner, on the Mar-a-Lago Club's terrace, when President Trump entered with the prime minister of Japan on Saturday night. The crowd — mostly paying members of Trump's private oceanfront club …
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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 …
New York Times:
Turmoil at the National Security Council, From the Top Down
Turmoil at the National Security Council, From the Top Down
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Paul Rogers / Mercury News:
Oroville Dam: Feds and state officials ignored warnings 12 years ago — More than a decade ago, federal and state officials and some of California's largest water agencies rejected concerns that the massive earthen spillway at Oroville Dam — at risk of collapse Sunday night and prompting …
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Jordan Smith / The Intercept:
Oklahoma Lawmakers Want Men to Approve All Abortions — Something unexpected happened in the Oklahoma Legislature on February 8 that had Karo Chowning feeling pretty optimistic. That morning, lawmakers in the House Public Health Committee blocked one anti-abortion bill and a second was tabled without discussion.
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Emily Crockett / Vox:
Oklahoma lawmaker: pregnant women's bodies aren't their own, because they are “hosts”
Oklahoma lawmaker: pregnant women's bodies aren't their own, because they are “hosts”
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Trump, Trudeau tout common ground in joint statement — With Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Washington for his first visit with President Donald Trump, the two leaders released a joint statement on Monday, touting their alliance and pledging to work together on issues like the environment and security.
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Media Matters for America:
A Dangerous Troll Is Now Reporting From The White House — The internet's most hapless political blogger now has his own White House correspondent — a regular contributor with little reporting experience but ample ties to “alt-right” harassment — sitting in the White House press briefing room.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Scarborough gives brutal review of Trump aide's Sunday show performance … MSNBC's Joe Scarborough is giving a brutal review of White House policy adviser Stephen Miller's performance on the Sunday morning talk show circuit. — “Oh my god. It was so much worse than I ever thought,” Scarborough said on “Morning Joe.”
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Priebus, Flynn, others on thin ice — Imagine you're Reince Priebus. Every day, you hear speculation that your days as White House chief of staff are numbered. You wake up on a Sunday and read that colleague Kellyanne Conway's dream job is, well, yours.
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Pat Rynard / Iowa Starting Line:
Police Officers: “We Didn't Vote Republican To Get Stabbed In The Back” — In the highly contentious battle to extinguish public worker rights, Iowa Republicans have attempted a divide-and-conquer approach to pit unions against each other. Their legislation splits public workers into two groups …
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Mallory Lane / WEARECENTRALPA:
Sandusky's son arrested for child sexual assault — Bellefonte, Centre County, Pa - Pennsylvania State Police arrested Jeffrey Sandusky, 41 and charged him with sexually assaulting a child. Sandusky is the adopted son of Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State football coach who was convicted on multiple counts of child sex abuse.
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Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Elon Musk: Humans must merge with machines or become irrelevant in AI age — Billionaire Elon Musk is known for his futuristic ideas and his latest suggestion might just save us from being irrelevant as artificial intelligence (AI) grows more prominent. — The Tesla and SpaceX CEO …
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Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Jake Tapper writing debut novel, scheduled for 2018 — NEW YORK (AP) — Jake Tapper is working on a book that you could call fake news: It's his debut novel. — The CNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent has a thriller scheduled to come out in the summer of 2018, Little, Brown and Company told The Associated Press on Monday.
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Playboy is featuring naked women again — No-nudes were apparently not good news at Playboy magazine. — The 63-year-old legendary men's magazine is bringing back nude models in its upcoming issue — one year after banning naked photos in an effort to boost circulation and attract more mainstream advertisers.
Andrew Tavani / New York Times:
Journalist facing ‘riot’ and ‘trespassing’ charges for covering Dakota Access Pipeline protests — Freelance journalist Jenni Monet has been covering the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline and the ongoing protests opposing the $3.8 billion project since September of 2016.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Gerry Baker to staff: Criticism of Wall Street Journal's Trump coverage is ‘fake news’ — Wall Street Journal editor in chief Gerry Baker on Monday mounted a vigorous defense of his newspaper's Donald Trump coverage, pushing back aggressively on months of internal criticism that the venerable broadsheet …
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Brent Johnson / New Jersey Online:
Christie gets called to D.C. for lunch Tuesday with Trump, sources reveal — TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie is scheduled to have a lunch meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, two sources with knowledge of the situation told NJ Advance Media.
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
The Power of Disruption — The Trump resistance movement is stretching its wings, engaging its muscles and feeling its power. It is large and strong and tough. It has moved past debilitating grief and into righteous anger, assiduous organization and pressing activism.
Kathryn Jean Lopez / National Review:
White House Strategists Are People, Too — Yes, even in the Trump administration — I — used to host a radio show with Steve Bannon. Yes, that Steve Bannon. — It was a Catholic radio show, and we talked about life and faith and how you integrate the two.
Wall Street Journal:
Commerce Nominee Wilbur Ross Will Keep His Stake in Chinese-Government-Backed Company — Wilbur Ross Jr. plans to keep millions of dollars invested in offshore entities whose values could be affected by policies that he implements as commerce secretary.
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Toronto Sun:
Black Lives Matter co-founder appears to label white people ‘defects’ — TORONTO - — A co-founder of Black Lives Matter Toronto argued that white people are “recessive genetic defects” and purportedly mused about how the race could be “wiped out” according to a post on what appears to be her Facebook page.
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
At least four GOP senators are on the fence about Labor Dept. nominee Andrew Puzder — At least four Republican senators are still on the fence about whether to support Andrew Puzder, President Trump's choice for labor secretary, putting more pressure on the restaurant executive and political novice …
Dana Nuccitelli / The Guardian:
Debunked David Rose doubles down, goes full Trump — On February 5th, Rose ran a story alleging scandalous behavior by NOAA scientists in a 2015 paper. The story was based on an interview with retired NOAA scientist John Bates, who was not involved in the study.
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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.
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