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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Perez fires back at Trump: I'll be your worst nightmare — Tom Perez fired back at President Trump on Saturday after the president offered the newly elected Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman a mock-congratulatory tweet. — “Call me Tom. And don't get too happy,” tweeted Perez …
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Thomas Perez elected the first Latino leader of Democratic Party — ATLANTA — Former labor secretary Thomas Perez was elected the first Latino chair of the Democratic National Committee on Saturday, narrowly defeating Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) at the end of a contentious battle over the fate …
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Perez appoints Ellison deputy DNC chair
Perez appoints Ellison deputy DNC chair
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Democrats Elect Thomas Perez, Establishment Favorite, as Party Chairman
Democrats Elect Thomas Perez, Establishment Favorite, as Party Chairman
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Daily Mail:
‘Keep fighting, I will be with you every step of the way’: Hillary surfaces in extraordinary …
‘Keep fighting, I will be with you every step of the way’: Hillary surfaces in extraordinary …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
DNC chair vote: live coverage
DNC chair vote: live coverage
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Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Top Democrats poised to choose next party chair
Top Democrats poised to choose next party chair
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Perez elected DNC chairman
Perez elected DNC chairman
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Perez wins bid to lead Democratic Party
The Hill:
Trump: I won't attend White House correspondents' dinner — President Trump announced Saturday he will not be attending this year's White House Correspondents' Association dinner, a break with past presidents. — “I will not be attending the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner this year.
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Arlene Washington / Hollywood Reporter:
Donald Trump Says He Will Not Attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner — The president tweeted his announcement on Saturday. — Donald Trump will be skipping the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 29. — “I will not be attending the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner this year.
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Erik Hayden / Hollywood Reporter:
Bloomberg Cancels White House Correspondents' Dinner Party — The business outlet has co-hosted the event with ‘Vanity Fair,’ but the Conde Nast magazine backed out earlier this month. — Another major media outlet has decided to scrap a glitzy White House Correspondents' Dinner-themed event …
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Maquita Peters / NPR:
Trump Will Be First President In 36 Years To Skip White House Correspondents Dinner
Trump Will Be First President In 36 Years To Skip White House Correspondents Dinner
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Leaked report suggests millions could lose coverage under GOP health proposal — Republican replacement plans for Obamacare would lead to significant declines in the number of Americans with health insurance coverage, according to an analysis presented Saturday at the National Governors Association and obtained by Vox.
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New York Times:
Trump Ruled the Tabloid Media. Washington Is a Different Story. — WASHINGTON — The White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, has taken to slapping journalists who write unflattering stories with an epithet he sees as the epitome of low-road, New York Post-style gossip: “Page Six reporter.”
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NEWS.com.au:
Australian children's author Mem Fox detained by US border control: ‘I sobbed like a baby’ — BEST-SELLING Australian author Mem Fox may never return to the United States after being detained by immigration officials at Los Angeles Airport, saying she has never been “treated with such disdain”.
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DN.SE:
Fake Sweden expert on Fox News - has criminal convictions in US, no connection to Swedish security — Fox News continues to focus on the debate about how immigration is breaking Sweden. One guest last night, described as a “Swedish defense and national security advisor” …
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Sources: U.S. considers quitting U.N. Human Rights Council — The Trump administration is considering pulling the United States out of the United Nations Human Rights Council, a body that has been accused of being biased against Israel and criticized for including abusive governments …
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
House Democrats plan to troll Trump at big speech — House Democrats are seizing on President Donald Trump's first major speech to Congress Tuesday as an opportunity to troll the new president in prime time. — Many of the same Democrats who boycotted Trump's inauguration are choosing …
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Occupy Democrats, BizPac Review and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Immigration Agents Discover New Freedom to Deport Under Trump — In Virginia, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents waited outside a church shelter where undocumented immigrants had gone to stay warm. In Texas and in Colorado, agents went into courthouses, looking for foreigners who had arrived for hearings on other matters.
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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Lynne F. Stewart, Lawyer for Omar Abdel Rahman, Unexpectedly Outlives Him — When Omar Abdel Rahman died last Saturday while serving a life sentence for a 1995 conviction in a plot to blow up New York City landmarks, it came as little surprise that the nearly universal view of him as a dangerous terrorist …
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Peter Holley / Washington Post:
Thousands of furious Trump fans can't stop visiting a website that pretends Clinton won — It's just over a month into Hillary Clinton's historic presidency, and Milo Yiannopoulos works as a Starbucks barista, the Koch brothers have fled the country and the first woman to occupy the Oval Office is the sober …
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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
O'Rourke on Cruz challenge in 2018: “I really want to do this” — U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso, is sailing toward a 2018 Senate campaign, an uphill battle that would pit the little-known congressman against one of the state's most prominent Republicans in the unpredictable era of President Donald Trump.