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Danielle Lerner / Courier-Journal:
Muhammad Ali Jr. detained by immigration at Fla. airport — The son of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali was detained for hours by immigration officials at a Florida airport, a family friend told the Courier-Journal. — Muhammad Ali Jr., 44, and his mother Khalilah Camacho-Ali …
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Miami New Times:
Muhammad Ali's Son Illegally Detained at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Attorney Says … The Muslim son of America's most famous boxer says he was stopped at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, questioned twice about his religion, and then held for about two hours this past February 7.
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Shane Harris / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Rejects Intelligence Report on Travel Ban — Tension with intelligence officials rises as Homeland Security contradicts White House on terror — An intelligence report by the Department of Homeland Security contradicts the White House's assertion that immigrants …
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Democrats brace for backlash as they vote on new party chairman — ATLANTA — After a string of televised debates, four party-sponsored “future forums” and three months of person-to-person lobbying, the race to lead the Democratic National Committee is coming to an end …
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Grass-roots fury masks intense Democratic anxiety
Grass-roots fury masks intense Democratic anxiety
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Alan M. Dershowitz / The Hill:
I will leave the Democrats if Keith Ellison is elected its chairman
I will leave the Democrats if Keith Ellison is elected its chairman
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Jeff Stein / Vox:
The key question of the DNC race: how broken is the Democratic Party?
The key question of the DNC race: how broken is the Democratic Party?
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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Trump administration sought to enlist intelligence officials, key lawmakers to counter Russia stories — The Trump administration has enlisted senior members of the intelligence community and Congress in efforts to counter news stories about Trump associates' ties to Russia …
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Ricky Young / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Issa calls for special prosecutor on Russian interference in election — (Screen grab) … Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, said on Friday that a special prosecutor needs to lead an investigation into the alleged ties between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russian leader Vladimir Putin's regime.
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Majority of Americans Say Congress Should Probe Contact Between Trump, Russia: Poll — About half of Americans believe that Congress should investigate whether Donald Trump's presidential campaign had contact with the Russian government in 2016, while only a quarter say that lawmakers …
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Christine Burroni / Page Six:
Leslie Jones makes fun of white women supporting Black Lives Matter — More On: — Nothing is off-limits for Leslie Jones' stand-up routine. — “If I see another 45-year-old white woman from Williamsburg saying ‘black lives matter,’ I'm going to punch you in the mouth,” the …
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Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
In a Stand-Up Act, Leslie Jones Finds the Humor in Being Hacked
In a Stand-Up Act, Leslie Jones Finds the Humor in Being Hacked
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Los Angeles Times:
Great white sharks spotted off two Orange County beaches; swimming ban in effect — Lifeguards are keeping a stretch of shoreline between Sunset Beach and Bolsa Chica State Beach closed to swimmers and surfers after a shark sighting. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Axios:
Exclusive: Bloomberg cancels WHCA dinner afterparty — Bloomberg L.P., host of the premier afterparty for the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, will not host an event this year, Axios has learned. — Planners for events surrounding the April 29 scholarship dinner …
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White House blocks news organizations from press briefing
White House blocks news organizations from press briefing
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Bloomberg scraps annual correspondents' dinner soiree
Bloomberg scraps annual correspondents' dinner soiree
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Anderson Cooper calls out Donald Trump for hypocrisy: You cite anonymous sources all the time — CNN host Anderson Cooper called out President Donald Trump on Friday's “AC36.” Trump spent much of his speech at CPAC railing against the media for using anonymous sources, which he believes the media should be able to use.
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Fox's Shepard Smith: CNN is not ‘fake news’ — Fox News anchor Shepard Smith defended CNN on Friday after the news organization was barred from spokesman Sean Spicer's question-and-answer session at the White House. — “For the record, ‘fake news’ refers to stories that are created …
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David Gasten / American Thinker:
Joy Villa, the woman who wore the pro-Trump dress at the 2017 Grammy Awards, has just had her self-released album I Make the Static go to Number 12 on the Billboard 200. This is a victory both for conservatives who bought the album to support her and for American culture in general …
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New York Times:
H.R. McMaster Breaks With Administration on Views of Islam — WASHINGTON — President Trump's newly appointed national security adviser has told his staff that Muslims who commit terrorist acts are perverting their religion, rejecting a key ideological view of other senior Trump advisers …
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Kristina Wong / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Took Future Green Berets into Oval Office in Q-Course First — President Trump, in his third week in office, met with a class of Green Beret candidates and brought them into the Oval Office for the first time in the course's history. — The 18 Army officers …
Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Presidential Executive Order on Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to lower regulatory burdens on the American people by implementing and enforcing regulatory reform, it is hereby ordered as follows:
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The Wrap:
Jodie Foster Leads Two Thousand at Hollywood's Anti-Trump Rally: 'It's Time to Engage' — Oscar-winner addresses crowd at talent agency UTA's “United Voices” event — Industry pros, entertainers and civilians assembled by the hundreds today for United Talent Agency's “United Voices” …
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