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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 …
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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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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Brent Johnson / New Jersey Online:
Christie gets called to D.C. for lunch Tuesday with Trump, sources reveal
Christie gets called to D.C. for lunch Tuesday with Trump, sources reveal
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Jon Karl's front-row seat to the Trump White House
Jon Karl's front-row seat to the Trump White House
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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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Anna M. Phillips / Los Angeles Times:
Evacuations ordered below Oroville Dam; failure of emergency spillway ‘expected’ — Millions of gallons of rushing water continued to pound and erode the massive Lake Oroville Dam spillway. — Residents of Oroville and nearby towns were ordered to immediately evacuate on Sunday afternoon …
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Los Angeles Times:
Live updates: Mass evacuation below Oroville Dam as officials frantically try to make repairs before new storms
Live updates: Mass evacuation below Oroville Dam as officials frantically try to make repairs before new storms
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Ryan Sabalow / Sacramento Bee:
BREAKING: Oroville under immediate evacuation as spillway collapse feared
BREAKING: Oroville under immediate evacuation as spillway collapse feared
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Reuters:
No rise yet in deportation of Mexicans from U.S.: foreign minister — Mexico's Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said on Monday there has not been a rise yet in the number of deportations of Mexicans from the United States under President Donald Trump, but that consulates were receiving more worried phone calls.
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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.
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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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.
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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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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Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
Disappointment: Trump rumored to be preparing to resurrect the Ex-Im Bank — I probably should have held on to a bit more of my innate cynicism following the swearing-in of the 45th president. Coming from a business background as he does, plenty of conservatives were rightly nervous …
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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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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Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Can a ‘Wrecking Ball’ of a President Evolve? — When Bob Corker went to Trump Tower in late November to interview for secretary of state, the disruptive new president and his team were not just idly talking about a potentially explosive start to the new administration.
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Jennifer G. Hickey / Fox News:
Libertarians split with Trump over controversial police tactic — The White House has riled the country's civil libertarian wing after President Trump enthusiastically voiced support for a controversial law enforcement tool that allows an individual's property or assets to be seized without a guilty verdict.
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
How Trump can be held accountable for violating the Constitution, even if Congress doesn't care — A legal breakthrough — Among legal scholars, there isn't much debate: President Trump is violating the Constitution. — Since Trump decided to retain full ownership of his business empire …
Human Rights Watch:
Syria: Coordinated Chemical Attacks on Aleppo — Security Council Should Impose Sanctions — (New York) - Syrian government forces conducted coordinated chemical attacks in opposition-controlled parts of Aleppo during the final month of the battle for the city, Human Rights Watch said today.
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