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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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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 …
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
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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Politico and Political Wire
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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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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Priebus: Top levels of the intel community assured me no collusion between Trump camp and Russia — White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus on Sunday denied that members of President Trump's campaign had contact with Russia before Trump's victory. — “The New York Times last week put …
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Hanna Trudo / Politico:
Priebus denies any Trump campaign, Russia connections — White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus on Sunday flatly denied any involvement between President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and Russian officials. — “No,” Priebus said when asked by host Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday” …
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Political Wire and The Week
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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No More Mister Nice Blog, alicublog, Booman Tribune, Lawyers, Guns & Money, twitchy.com and Unfogged
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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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
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump takes feud with press to campaign rally in Florida
Trump takes feud with press to campaign rally in Florida
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New York Magazine, RedState, The Gateway Pundit and Vox
Stan Collender / Forbes:
Trump's Very Dark Budget Black Magic Began Last Week — The Wall Street Journal's ace economy reporter Nick Timiraos had the story this past Friday: The Trump administration is planning to use unrealistically optimistic assumptions about how fast GDP will grow to make it look like its spending …
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.
Bloomberg:
China Message to Trump With North Korea Coal Ban: Let's Deal — Beijing's move effectively cuts neighbor's exports in half — China wants to restart talks on North Korea's nuclear program — China's move to ban coal imports from North Korea, effectively slicing the country's exports by about half …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Rand Paul: We're very lucky John McCain's not in charge — (Ky.) ripped fellow Republican Sen. John McCain — (Ariz.) on Sunday after McCain criticized President Trump's escalating war of words with the media. — He argued that the nation is “very lucky” that Trump is president and not McCain …
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The Gateway Pundit and The Week
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 …
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
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.
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Israpundit and The Week
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
'That's how dictators get started': McCain criticizes Trump for calling media ‘the enemy’ … Sen. John McCain spoke out Saturday in defense of the free press after President Trump lashed out against the news media several times over the past week, at one point declaring it “the enemy of the American People!”
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Democrats seek to quell Trump impeachment talk — They call it the ‘I’ word. — Just a month into Donald Trump's presidency, Democratic Party leaders are trying to rein in the talk of impeachment that's animating the grass roots, the product of a restive base demanding deeper …
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 …
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
White House dismisses NSC aide after harsh criticism of Trump
White House dismisses NSC aide after harsh criticism of Trump
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