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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 …
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Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Trump returning to Mar-a-Lago for third straight weekend
Trump returning to Mar-a-Lago for third straight weekend
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Ignorance Is Strength — When I travel to Asia, I'm fairly often met …
Ignorance Is Strength — When I travel to Asia, I'm fairly often met …
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USA Today:
Flynn apologizes after admitting he may have discussed sanctions with Russia — WASHINGTON — National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has apologized amid reports that Flynn discussed U.S. sanctions against Russia with the Russian ambassador in the days before President Trump's inauguration, a White House official said.
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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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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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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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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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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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Hollywood Reporter:
Designer of Pro-Trump Grammys Dress Is an Immigrant — Designer Andre Soriano, who immigrated to the U.S. from the Philippines, is a big fan of the new president. — The designer behind Joy Villa's pro-Trump, “Make America Great Again” Grammys gown, Filipino immigrant Andre Soriano …
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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.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Police: KKK leader shot and killed while asleep by stepson — James Russell, 58, points to blood spots on the sidewalk that he says police investigated in front of Frank Ancona's house on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, in Leadwood, Mo. Russell, who lives next door, said he has been friends with Ancona for five years.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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.
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 …
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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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Sabrina Eaton / Plain Dealer:
President Donald Trump cancels planned visit to Northeast Ohio — President Donald Trump waves as he walks on the South Lawn upon arrival at the White House in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, from a trip to Florida. (Manuel Balce Ceneta, Associated Press)
New York Times:
Immigration Agents Arrest 600 People Across U.S. in One Week — Federal immigration officials arrested more than 600 people across at least 11 states last week, detaining 40 people in the New York City area, law enforcement officials said on Sunday. — It remained unclear whether the actions …
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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Emily Heil / Washington Post:
The White House still isn't open for tours — and Congress is getting annoyed — Want to get a peek inside the Trump White House? Keep checking Twitter and Instagram, because the more traditional method — a formal White House tour — isn't an option. The White House Visitors Office …
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.
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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