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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Kellyanne Conway sidelined from TV after Flynn debacle — Kellyanne Conway, once the most visible spokesperson for the Trump White House, has been sidelined from television appearances for making statements that were at odds with the administration's official stance, White House sources told CNNMoney on Wednesday.
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Media more trustworthy than Trump, poll finds — Republicans trust Donald Trump. Everyone else trusts the media. — That is the finding of a Quinnipiac University poll which shows a dramatic split between Republicans and other Americans when it comes to matters of trust.
New York Times:
Fight Erupts in Trump Administration Over Transgender Students' Rights — WASHINGTON — A fight over a draft order that would rescind protections for transgender students in public schools has erupted inside the Trump administration, pitting Attorney General Jeff Sessions against the secretary of education, Betsy DeVos.
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
NYT: Sessions And DeVos Clashed Over Protections For Transgender Students
NYT: Sessions And DeVos Clashed Over Protections For Transgender Students
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
How Trump's campaign staffers tried to keep him off Twitter — President Donald Trump's former campaign staffers claim they cracked the code for tamping down his most inflammatory tweets, and they say the current West Wing staff would do well to take note. — The key to keeping Trump's …
kansascity:
Cowardly members of Congress should show up and face the public at town-hall meetings — By The Kansas City Star editorial board — If you're a member of Congress, Facebook is no longer about your “friends.” — Not this week. — Posts lately are testy, leveled at senators and representatives who are dodging constituents.
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CNN:
Constituents search for ‘missing’ representatives
Constituents search for ‘missing’ representatives
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Rep. Jason Chaffetz: People at my town hall ‘intended to bully and intimidate’ me
Rep. Jason Chaffetz: People at my town hall ‘intended to bully and intimidate’ me
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New York Times:
The Pruitt Emails: E.P.A. Chief Was Arm in Arm With Industry — WASHINGTON — During his tenure as attorney general of Oklahoma, Scott Pruitt, now the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, closely coordinated with major oil and gas producers, electric utilities and political groups …
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Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
New EPA head Scott Pruitt's emails indicate close ties to oil and gas producers
New EPA head Scott Pruitt's emails indicate close ties to oil and gas producers
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Pamela Engel / Business Insider:
Sebastian Gorka, Trump's combative new national security aide, is widely disdained within his own field — It was May 2016 and Sebastian Gorka, a former editor at Breitbart News who is now a senior official in President Donald Trump's White House, had been invited to speak at a Defense Intelligence Agency conference.
Dustin Racioppi / NorthJersey.com:
Christie among candidates for sports radio job — After spending the better part of the last three years competing for a future life in politics - president, vice president or a senior role in the White House - Gov. Chris Christie could soon be in contention for a job that would keep …
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The Daily Caller, Political Wire, The Week and Mediaite
John Harwood / CNBC:
Congressional Republicans don't expect Trump to offer his own health or tax plans — Last year, candidate Donald Trump promised to repeal Obamacare and give Americans a better, cheaper replacement. Last month, President-elect Trump vowed, “we'll be filing a plan” as soon as the Senate confirmed his Health secretary.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Support for Obamacare is rising
Poll: Support for Obamacare is rising
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Will Oremus / Slate:
15 Metal Albums Whose Titles Are Less Dark Than the Washington Post's New Motto — The Washington Post unveiled a cheery new motto this week: “Democracy dies in darkness.” The phrase now appears beneath the newspaper's name on its website and Snapchat Discover page, although it has yet to make its way into the print edition.
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Philip Wegmann / Washington Examiner:
The Washington Post forgets that American democracy was born in the darkness
The Washington Post forgets that American democracy was born in the darkness
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Associated Press:
DNC race remains tight as energized Democrats combat Trump — ATLANTA (AP) — Just days before Democratic activists pick a new party chair, the contest to head the Democratic National Committee remains fluid, as national leaders grapple with how to turn an outpouring of liberal protest …
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Tegna / KHOU-TV:
Man kicked off flight to Houston for racist remarks — HOUSTON- A man was taken off a United flight headed to Houston after making racist remarks towards passengers on Saturday. … HOUSTON- A man was taken off a United flight headed to Houston after making racist remarks towards passengers on Saturday.
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Esther Yu Hsi Lee / ThinkProgress:
GOP congressman worries about terrorists using bales of marijuana to smuggle nukes into the U.S. — Rep. Trent Frank's claim is dubious. — While defending the need to build a costly wall along the southern U.S. border, Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) claimed on Wednesday that nuclear bombs …
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Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Bill Maher, Faulted for Booking Milo Yiannopoulos, Takes Credit for His Fall — If you were disappointed that Bill Maher brought Milo Yiannopoulos onto his HBO show “Real Time” last week, Mr. Maher is not especially bothered. — In a telephone interview on Tuesday night …
CBS News:
Woman's warning about shirt wrapped around car windshield goes viral — While getting into her car after work at Genesee Valley Mall in Flint, Michigan, Thursday night, Ashley Hardacre spotted a piece of bunched-up clothing sitting on her windshield. Someone had draped a blue flannel shirt …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Chief digital officer steps down from White House job over background check — White House Chief Digital Officer Gerrit Lansing was among the six staffers who were dismissed from the White House last week after being unable to pass an FBI background check, according to sources.
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The Hill and The Daily Caller
Associated Press:
Remnants of pipeline protest camp go up in flames — CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — Some of the last remnants of the Dakota Access pipeline protest camp went up in flames Wednesday as opponents of the project set fire to makeshift wooden housing as part of a leaving ceremony ahead of a government deadline to get off the federal land.
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Lea Speyer / Algemeiner.com:
Texas Pre-School Teacher Removed From Classroom After Twitter Calls to ‘Kill Some Jews’ Come to Light — A pre-school teacher in Texas has been suspended from the classroom pending an investigation into her encouraging social media followers to “kill some Jews,” The Algemeiner has learned.
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Rachel Bishop / Mirror.co.uk:
FARM SPARKS FURY FOR FEEDING A HORSE IN A HIGHCHAIR — Get Daily updates directly to your inbox — A video of a miniature horse sitting in a high chair like a baby has sparked outrage online - as people branded it animal abuse. — The little pony was filmed eating carrots from a bowl …
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Shannon Najmabadi / Chronicle of Higher Education:
Meet the Math Professor Who's Fighting Gerrymandering With Geometry — A Tufts University professor has a proposal to combat gerrymandering: give more geometry experts a day in court. — Moon Duchin is an associate professor of math and director of the Science, Technology and Society program at Tufts.
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
I Ignored Trump News for a Week. Here's What I Learned. — I spent last week ignoring President Trump. Although I am ordinarily a politics junkie, I didn't read, watch or listen to a single story about anything having to do with our 45th president. — What I missed, by many accounts …
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Jason L. Riley / Wall Street Journal:
The Media Do Battle With a Pragmatic New President — Trump talked policy in his Florida rally, but journalists thought it was about them. — During labor disputes at major newspapers, it's not uncommon for reporters to withhold their bylines from stories to demonstrate frustration with management and win sympathy from readers.
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Joe Biden Campaigns for Delaware Candidate in Crucial State Race — NEWARK, Del. — Joseph R. Biden Jr. is pleading again with the voters of Delaware. His brow furrowed and his voice urgent, he urges them in a new television commercial to rouse themselves to the polls.
John Gramlich / Pew Research Center:
5 facts about crime in the U.S. — Donald Trump made crime-fighting an important focus of his campaign for president, and he cited it again during his inaugural address in January. With the White House and Justice Department announcing steps to address violence in American communities …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge blocks California law limiting publication of actors' ages — A federal judge has barred the State of California from enforcing a new law limiting online publication of actors' ages. — Acting in a case brought by online movie information website IMDb, U.S. District Court Judge Vince …
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