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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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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.
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Gen. Barry McCaffrey: Trump can't find a Flynn replacement because no one wants to ‘risk their career’ — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Appearing on MSNBC, retired Gen. Barry McCaffery said the Trump administration is having difficulties replacing ousted National Security Adviser Mike Flynn …
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Senior White House Officials Support Bolton To Replace Flynn — Senior White House officials and members of the National Security Council are pushing former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton as a replacement for ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn, according to multiple sources …
CBS News:
White House chief of staff says take Trump seriously when he calls press “the enemy” — Reince Priebus, the White House chief of staff, advised Americans to take President Trump's attacks on the media “seriously,” following the president's denunciations of the press as the “enemy.”
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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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Christine Rousselle / Townhall.com:
CPAC Keynote Speaker Announced — It was announced on Saturday that Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos will deliver next Saturday's keynote address at CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference. Reports that he will be the keynote speaker leaked early Saturday morning on The Hollywood Reporter.
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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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Eugene Scott / CNN:
McCain: Dictators ‘get started by suppressing free press’ — (CNN)Sen. John McCain slammed President Donald Trump's attacks on the media this week by noting dictators “get started by suppressing free press.” — It was a startling observation from a sitting member of Congress against the President …
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
'That's how dictators get started': McCain criticizes Trump for calling media ‘the enemy’
'That's how dictators get started': McCain criticizes Trump for calling media ‘the enemy’
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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Top Democrat says Trump's calling media ‘the enemy’ is something ‘you hear tin-pot dictators say’
Top Democrat says Trump's calling media ‘the enemy’ is something ‘you hear tin-pot dictators say’
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
John McCain the Republican vs. John McCain the Patriot
John McCain the Republican vs. John McCain the Patriot
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Joseph Menn / Reuters:
U.S. inquiries into Russian election hacking include three FBI probes — The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is pursuing at least three separate probes relating to alleged Russian hacking of the U.S. presidential elections, according to five current and former government officials with direct knowledge of the situation.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump takes feud with press to campaign rally in Florida — MELBOURNE, Fla. - President Trump took his feud with the press to his first major campaign rally in a steamy airplane hangar outside of Orlando, Fla., on Saturday, vowing to achieve his legislative agenda despite the “lies …
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Memos signed by DHS secretary describe sweeping new guidelines for deporting illegal immigrants — Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly has signed sweeping new guidelines that empower federal authorities to more aggressively detain and deport illegal immigrants inside the United States and at the border.
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New York Times:
Trump's ‘Winter White House’: A Peek at the Exclusive Members' List at Mar-a-Lago — 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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Annie Karni / Politico:
Leaked Trump tape: ‘You are the special people’
Leaked Trump tape: ‘You are the special people’
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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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Susan B. Glasser / New York Times:
Our Putin — Don't worry too much about whether Trump and the Russian leader are working together. Worry about what they have in common. — WASHINGTON — On June 18, 2001, I attended Vladimir V. Putin's first meeting with the American news media. We were seated at a large round table in the wood-paneled Kremlin Library.
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Washington Post:
German defense chief hits Trump attitudes on torture, Russia and Muslims — MUNICH — Germany's defense chief on Friday hit President Trump's dismissive attitude toward Washington's European allies, giving a frosty reception to U.S. envoys at the largest conclave of U.S. and European officials since the inauguration.
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Lawmakers say Trump's words matter — and hurt the country's standing abroad
Lawmakers say Trump's words matter — and hurt the country's standing abroad
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Fox News:
F-15s scramble to intercept unresponsive aircraft over restricted airspace over West Palm Beach — Two F-15s caused a ‘sonic boom’ as they raced from their base in Homestead, Fla., Friday to intercept an unresponsive general aviation aircraft that flew near Palm Beach during a stay by President Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
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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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