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Associated Press:
Trump Weighs Mobilizing National Guard for Immigration Roundups — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (GARANCE BURKE) — (AP) — The Trump administration is considering a proposal to mobilize as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants, including millions living nowhere near …
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Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
A suspicious pattern is emerging for how the White House handles its most controversial plans — The White House quickly denied an explosive Associated Press report published Friday morning that said the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was seeking to mobilize 100,000 National Guard troops …
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Homeland Security on AP's National Guard: ‘Absolutely Incorrect’
Homeland Security on AP's National Guard: ‘Absolutely Incorrect’
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
John McCain just systematically dismantled Donald Trump's entire worldview — John McCain is increasingly mad as hell about President Trump. And on Friday, he went after Trump — hard. — During a speech at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, the Arizona Republican delivered …
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mccain.senate.gov:
REMARKS BY SASC CHAIRMAN JOHN McCAIN AT THE 2017 MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE — Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, delivered the following remarks today at the 2017 Munich Security Conference: — “Thank you, Ian, for that kind introduction.
Steven Beutler / New Republic:
A Medical Theory for Donald Trump's Bizarre Behavior — Many mental health professionals believe the president is ill. But what if the cause is an untreated STD? — Al Franken recently raised a provocative question about Donald Trump: Is he mentally ill?
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Erin Gloria Ryan / New York Times:
The Downfall of Kellyanne Conway — As Kellyanne Conway sleepwalks her way through a series of increasingly embarrassing interviews, it's been hard not to feel sorry for her. It was difficult not to feel bad for her when “Saturday Night Live” depicted her as a craven hack driven to …
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Jen Psaki / CNN:
My unsolicited advice for Sean Spicer, Kellyanne Conway and the team
My unsolicited advice for Sean Spicer, Kellyanne Conway and the team
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Politico
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Team's Growth Forecasts Far Rosier Than Those of CBO, Private Economists — While there are often disparities between the White House and independent agencies on growth projections, they are rarely this large — WASHINGTON—The Trump administration has drafted preliminary economic growth forecasts …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Report: Trump transition ordered government economists to cook up rosy growth forecasts
Report: Trump transition ordered government economists to cook up rosy growth forecasts
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Washington Monthly and Raw Story
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump ignores ‘the grown-ups’ in his Cabinet — President Donald Trump this week abruptly dropped the nation's commitment to a two-state solution for Middle East peace — without reviewing the specifics of his new strategy with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
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Margaret Brennan / CBS News:
State Dept. carries out layoffs under Rex Tillerson
State Dept. carries out layoffs under Rex Tillerson
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CBS News:
Trump yells at CIA director over reports intel officials are keeping info from him — CBS News has learned that on Thursday, an angry President Trump called CIA Director Mike Pompeo and yelled at him for not pushing back hard enough against reports that the intelligence community was withholding information from the commander-in-chief.
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Business Insider and Raw Story
Oliver Holmes / The Guardian:
Suspect in North Korea killing ‘thought she was taking part in TV prank’ — Indonesian Siti Aisyah, 25, duped and ‘not aware it was assassination attempt by alleged foreign agents’, says head of police — An Indonesian woman arrested for suspected involvement in the killing …
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Simon Denyer / Washington Post:
In China, a sense of betrayal after the assassination of Kim Jong Nam
In China, a sense of betrayal after the assassination of Kim Jong Nam
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Outside the Beltway, Hot Air, AOL and Reuters
Darren Sands / BuzzFeed:
Source Says Dr. Ben Carson “Baffled” At Firing Of HUD Staffer — One of Carson's closest aides was fired from the agency after writings critical of Trump from October resurfaced. — WASHINGTON — Dr. Ben Carson was “baffled” and “speechless” that one of his most loyal aides was walked …
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Wall Street Journal:
Jared Kushner Delivers Critique of CNN to Time Warner Executive — Trump's son-in-law and adviser complains that coverage has been slanted against the president — Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and close adviser, met with a senior Time Warner Inc. executive in recent weeks …
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Betsy Rothstein / The Daily Caller:
CNN Reporter Compares Trump To Hitler While Her Boss Buys Obama Photos
CNN Reporter Compares Trump To Hitler While Her Boss Buys Obama Photos
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
CBS's John Dickerson: Donald Trump Didn't Ruin the Press's Reputation, We Did That Ourselves — CBS's Face the Nation host John Dickerson was critical of President Donald Trump's haranguing of the press during a Thursday press conference, but told conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt …
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The Hugh Hewitt Show, The Federalist and Washington Free Beacon
Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Voters divided over trusting Trump or the media — Slightly more voters find the White House more truthful than the media, according to the latest Fox News Poll. — In addition, most feel the press is tougher on President Trump than it was on President Obama.
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The Hill, Hot Air, Fox News Insider and Mediaite
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
Creationist Ken Ham: Dinosaurs fought gladiator battles against humans and giants — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Creationist and Christian fundamentalist Ken Ham believes that in ancient times humans and dinosaurs co-existed with a race of giants and they all did battle with each other in gladiator-style combat.
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Alex Guillén / Politico:
Democrats: GOP will ‘rue the day’ it pushed Pruitt vote for EPA — The Senate confirmed Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency Friday, installing one of the agency's fiercest critics as the nation's leading environmental regulator just hours …
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Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
Scott Pruitt, longtime adversary of EPA, confirmed to lead the agency
Scott Pruitt, longtime adversary of EPA, confirmed to lead the agency
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
'I'm a Dead Man Walking' — None of this feels normal. The congressman greets me inside his Washington office wearing a wrinkly collared shirt with its top two buttons undone, faded denim jeans and grungy, navy blue Crocs that expose his leather-textured feet.
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Leaked Emails: Dem State Leaders Think Obama's New Organizing Army is ‘Grade A Bulls**t’ — It is difficult to overstate just how enraged state Democratic activists and leaders are with Organizing for Action (OFA), the political and community-organizing army that grew out of Barack Obama's presidential campaigns.
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Bloomberg:
Conservatives Object to Obamacare Replacement's Tax Credits — Refundable tax credit would help people buy insurance coverage — Debate underscores difficulty in agreeing on a new plan — Some conservative House Republicans are objecting to a major part of the Obamacare replacement outline presented …
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The Daily Caller, Axios and Vox
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump says he's killing it; GOP wants intervention — Top Republicans tell us they're as rattled as ever by President Trump and his White House — and want an intervention. Their gravest long-term concern (beyond the Russia scandal): Trump's devil-may-care effort to run the free world …
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David French / National Review:
The Rise of the Tough-Guy Right — Too many conservatives mistake the admission of inconvenient truths for weakness. — It's not worth spending much time talking about Donald Trump's press conference yesterday. He was the same guy we've watched since he came down that escalator on June 16, 2015.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
In Trump Era, Censorship May Start in the Newsroom — This is how the muzzling starts: not with a boot on your neck, but with the fear of one that runs so deep that you muzzle yourself. — Maybe it's the story you decide against doing because it's liable to provoke a press-bullying president …
Cory Bennett / Politico:
Nunes asks FBI to investigate Trump leaks — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes on Friday sent a letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation asking it to investigate the leaks of classified information that have produced a series of damaging media reports …
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New York Magazine and War in Context
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Congress keeps Trump grounded — The Senate left town Friday with Trump's administration barely staffed, Republicans' legislative agenda stuck in neutral and Democrats using parliamentary tactics to make senators and staffers' life a blur of partisan fights and all-night debates.
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Politicus USA
Michael Georgy / Reuters:
Captive Islamic State militant says mass rapes were ‘normal’ — Islamic State militant Amar Hussein says he reads the Koran all day in his tiny jail cell to become a better person. He also says he raped more than 200 women from Iraqi minorities, and shows few regrets.
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Geller Report and Hot Air
Matthew Rozsa / Salon:
President Trump's family is living large — and American taxpayers are paying for it — The Trump family is footing Americans with an ever-increasing bill so they can maintain their lifestyle — President Donald Trump may have been elected as the nominee of a party that prides itself …
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Democrats raise questions about Trump's mental health — A growing number of Democrats are openly questioning President Trump's mental health. — Rep. Earl Blumenauer — (D-Ore.) in a floor speech this week called for a review of the Constitution's procedures for removing a president.
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Christopher Mele / New York Times:
You've Been Accepted to Columbia. Oops, Our Error. — When an applicant to the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health got an email on Wednesday saying it was “delighted to welcome” her, she said she was overcome with euphoria. — She began sobbing, and her body shook.