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Daniel Marans / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Appears To Make Up Sweden Terror Attack — It didn't happen. — President Donald Trump falsely suggested at a Florida rally Saturday that Sweden had suffered a terror attack the previous night. — After announcing that the White House planned to renew its efforts to restrict immigration …
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Sewell Chan / New York Times:
‘Last Night in Sweden’? Trump's Remark Baffles a Nation — LONDON — Swedes reacted with confusion, anger and ridicule on Sunday to a vague remark by President Trump that suggested that something terrible had occurred in their country. — During a campaign-style rally on Saturday in Florida …
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Associated Press
Alexandra Topping / The Guardian:
‘Sweden, who would believe this?’: Trump cites non-existent terror attack — At Florida rally president refers to attack in Sweden that did not happen, possibly confusing it with Sehwan in Pakistan … Donald Trump appeared to invent a terrorist attack in Sweden during a campaign-style rally …
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Hullabaloo and TheBlaze
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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Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Business Insider and Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »
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Aaron Short / New York Post:
Christie tells his staff he is taking White House job — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is telling friends and staff he is taking a role with the Trump administration, according to a source close to the White House. — The GOP governor's position has not been worked out …
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Political Wire
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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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 …
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Flynn replacement pick dropped out over Trump's press conference: report
Flynn replacement pick dropped out over Trump's press conference: report
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Politico, CANNONFIRE and IJR
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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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Axios and Political Wire
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New York Times:
Breaking the Anti-Immigrant Fever — Americans have been watching the Trump administration unfold for almost a month now, in all its malevolent incompetence. From morning tweets to daytime news to late-night comedy, many watch and fret and mock, and then sleep, sometimes fitfully.
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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Talking Points Memo, The Resurgent, NBC News, Mediaite, The Last Tradition, Power Line, Washington Examiner, ABC News, Liberal Values and Japan Times
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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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Joe.My.God., TheBlaze, No More Mister Nice Blog, Talking Points Memo and New York Magazine, more at Mediagazer »
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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The Hill, Dallas Morning News, RedState, Associated Press, Raw Story, Politico, twitchy.com, Mediaite, IJR and BuzzFeed
Ralph Ellis / CNN:
Surprise! Trump hands the mic to supporter at Florida rally — (CNN)In what appeared to be an improvised moment, President Donald Trump invited one of his supporters to join him on stage and take the microphone during a rally in Melbourne, Florida, on Saturday night.
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BizPac Review
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Trump gets what he wants in Florida: Campaign-level adulation
Trump gets what he wants in Florida: Campaign-level adulation
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Balloon Juice and The Gateway Pundit
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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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Hot Air
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Are Liberals Helping Trump? — Jeffrey Medford, a small-business owner in South Carolina, voted reluctantly for Donald Trump. As a conservative, he felt the need to choose the Republican. But some things are making him feel uncomfortable — parts of Mr. Trump's travel ban, for example …
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twitchy.com
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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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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Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
Exclusive Kerry Offered Netanyahu Regional Peace Plan in Secret 2016 Summit With al-Sissi, King Abdullah — Kerry's outline included Arab recognition of Israel as a Jewish state. Netanyahu claimed he couldn't get his coalition to back it.
Discussion:
The Week and Israpundit
David Caplan / ABC News:
Mike Pence, family visit Nazi concentration camp in Germany — Vice President Mike Pence, along with second lady Karen Pence and their eldest daughter Charlotte, visited a Nazi concentration camp Sunday near Munich, Germany. — They were met by Karl Freller, the director of the Foundation of Bavarian Memorial Sites.