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Wall Street Journal:
Trump and Candidates for National Security Adviser Spar Over Staffing — Retired Vice Adm. Bob Harward and retired Gen. David Petraeus have dropped out of consideration — President Donald Trump won't guarantee that his next national security adviser will have full control over staffing and process …
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France 24, Axios, Washington Free Beacon, Political Wire, Business Insider, Politico, Hot Air, FOX News Radio, The Daily Caller, Sputnik International and NBC News
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
White House dismisses NSC aide after harsh criticism of Trump — The White House abruptly dismissed a senior National Security Council aide on Friday after receiving reports that he had publicly laced into the president and his senior aides, including son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka …
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Mother Jones and Mediaite
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Flynn replacement pick dropped out over Trump's press conference: report — President Trump's pick to replace former national security adviser Michael Flynn turned down the position Thursday partly because of Trump's combative press conference that day, according to MSNBC's Chris Hayes.
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IJR
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Reports: Petraeus off the list, Trump down to three candidates to replace Flynn — Retired general and former CIA Director David Petraeus has reportedly pulled his name from consideration to replace Michael Flynn as National Security Adviser. — According to a report by the Wall Street Journal Friday …
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Axios, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze and RedState
Julian E. Barnes / Wall Street Journal:
Petraeus Says National Security Adviser Should Hire Own Staff
Annie Karni / Politico:
Leaked Trump tape: ‘You are the special people’ — President Donald Trump, living alone inside the White House, often hungers for friendly interaction as he adjusts to the difficult work of governance. At his clubs, he finds what's missing. — That showed last November at a cocktail …
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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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New York Times:
Sun, Sand and Influence: For Mar-a-Lago Members, Proximity Is Power — On any given weekend, you might catch President Trump's son-in-law and top Mideast dealmaker, Jared Kushner, by the beachside soft-serve ice cream machine, or his reclusive chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, on the dining patio.
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New York Magazine, ThinkProgress, The Week and NPR
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Leaked tape reveals Trump invited club guests to ‘come along’ during cabinet interviews
Leaked tape reveals Trump invited club guests to ‘come along’ during cabinet interviews
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alan.com and Joe.My.God.
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Milo Yiannopoulos Tapped as Keynote Speaker at Conservative Political Action Conference (Exclusive) — The controversial figure, known as a harsh critic of Hollywood liberalism, will get more stage time at the conservative event than any other speaker, inlcuding VP Mike Pence and Sen. Ted Cruz.
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Axios, Politico, Washington Times, Mediaite and Joe.My.God.
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Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Bill Maher and Milo Yiannopoulos Find Common Ground
Bill Maher and Milo Yiannopoulos Find Common Ground
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Breitbart, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Townhall.com
James Hibberd / EW.com:
Milo Yiannopoulos spars with Bill Maher, attacks female comics
Milo Yiannopoulos spars with Bill Maher, attacks female comics
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Daily Wire, American Thinker and Washington Times
Nicholas Schmidle / New Yorker:
Michael Flynn, General Chaos … Two days before the Inauguration of Donald Trump as the forty-fifth President of the United States, Michael Flynn, a retired lieutenant general and former intelligence officer, sat down in a Washington restaurant. On the tablecloth, he placed a leather-bound folder …
Jerry Zremski / The Buffalo News:
Raucous crowds overwhelm Reed town hall meetings — Huge crowds of raucous progressives and quieter conservatives overwhelmed Rep. Tom Reed's town hall meeting in Ashville and Cherry Creek Saturday morning, with the progressives repeatedly interrupting and shouting down the congressman's comments …
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The Huffington Post, Common Dreams, alan.com and Washington Post
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Emily Langer / Washington Post:
Norma McCorvey, Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion, dies at 69 — Norma McCorvey, who was 22, unwed, mired in addiction and poverty, and desperate for a way out of an unwanted pregnancy when she became Jane Roe, the pseudonymous plaintiff of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision …
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LifeNews.com, New York Post, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, TheBlaze, Refinery29, Axios, AOL, New York Magazine and The Resurgent
Emma Brown / Washington Post:
DeVos criticized teachers at D.C. school she visited — and they are not having it — Newly minted Education Secretary Betsy DeVos had a hard time getting inside the District's Jefferson Middle School Academy last week when protesters briefly blocked her from entering.
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NPR, Townhall.com, garnetnews.com, Hot Air and AOL
Marc Champion / Bloomberg:
Four NATO Nations Would Pick Russia to Defend Them If Threatened: Poll — Gallup poll of 66 nations shows shifting global alliances — China and Russia prefer each other's support, survey shows — Who you gonna call? For the citizens of four NATO countries asked which military power …
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RT and Sputnik International
WNYW-TV:
Ivanka Trump brand tops Amazon Best Sellers list — NEW YORK (FOX5NY) - First Daughter Ivanka Trump could be getting the last laugh at brick and mortar stores that have dropped her brand of clothing, shoes, perfumes and more. — On Friday morning, Ivanka Trump Eau de Parfum Spray For Women …
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The Gateway Pundit
Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. / Breitbart:
Pope Francis: ‘Muslim Terrorism Does Not Exist’ — In an impassioned address Friday, Pope Francis denied the existence of Islamic terrorism, while simultaneously asserting that “the ecological crisis is real.” — “Christian terrorism does not exist, Jewish terrorism does not exist, and Muslim terrorism does not exist.
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The Gateway Pundit, Geller Report and BizPac Review
New York Times:
Popular Domestic Programs Face Ax Under First Trump Budget — WASHINGTON — The White House budget office has drafted a hit list of programs that President Trump could eliminate to trim domestic spending, including longstanding conservative targets like the Corporation for Public Broadcasting …
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Los Angeles Times, Common Dreams, The Root and Political Wire
NBC News:
'That's How Dictators Get Started': McCain Defends the Free Press - February 17, 2017 Everything — Even the NBA — Has Become Political - February 17, 2017 How Can Trump Woo Labor Away from Democrats? — February 17, 2017 Chuck Todd: A ‘Toxic Fog’ is Descending on U.S. Politics
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Ariz. sheriff ending policy of holding immigrants past release date — The Phoenix area's new sheriff is scrapping the policy of holding inmates past their release date, which was used to assist federal authorities on immigration background checks. — According to the Associated Press …
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Raw Story
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
CNN host abruptly ends segment after guest makes ‘fake news’ claim — CNN host Don Lemon abruptly ended his show Friday night after a commentator continued to call a story they were discussing “fake news” while defending President Trump. — Lemon was moderating a discussion on the cost …
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RedState
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
John McCain the Republican vs. John McCain the Patriot — John McCain (ambivalently, agonizingly) takes on the president. — John McCain was hustling down the hallway in the Russell Senate Office Building with the purpose of an Aaron Sorkin character. It was not yet two weeks …
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Talking Points Memo and No More Mister Nice Blog