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CNN:
Source: Trump would like to see compromise immigration bill — Official: Trump eager for immigration bill — The President envisions a bill where those who haven't committed any serious crimes could stay in the US legally — (CNN)President Donald Trump is eager to pass an immigration bill …
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BuzzFeed:
Trump Gets Anonymity After Dissing Anonymous Sources — On Friday, Trump said the media “shouldn't be allowed to use sources unless they use somebody's name.” On Tuesday, he spoke as a “senior administration official” in stories. — Donald Trump on Friday railed against the media's use of anonymous sources in stories.
New York Times:
Trump Says He's Open to Legal Pathway for Undocumented Immigrants — WASHINGTON — President Trump, signaling a potential major shift in policy, told news anchors on Tuesday that he is open to a broad immigration overhaul that would grant legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants who have not committed serious crimes.
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Politicus USA
David Muir / ABC News:
Trump: ‘Time is right for immigration bill,’ open to giving some legal status
Trump: ‘Time is right for immigration bill,’ open to giving some legal status
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Mediaite
Facebook:
Trump Says “Sometimes It's The Reverse,” When Asked About Anti-Semitic Threats And Attacks — WASHINGTON — Asked about the recent wave of anti-Semitic attacks and threats across the nation, President Trump on Tuesday told a group of state attorneys general that “sometimes it's the reverse …
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Washington Post, Hullabaloo, Political Wire and Gothamist
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump may be hinting that anti-Semitic incidents are false flags. It wouldn't be the first time. — President Trump seemed to suggest Tuesday that the recent bomb threats and vandalism at Jewish community centers and cemeteries across the country might be false flags, according to a Democratic attorney general who met with him.
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Raw Story, Billy Penn, The Hill, Mediaite, Vox, New York Times, Political Insider blog, NBC News, The Slot, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Business Insider, Daily Kos and JCC Association
Adam Edelman / New York Daily News:
President Trump suggests anti-Semitic threats across U.S. are coming from within Jewish community
President Trump suggests anti-Semitic threats across U.S. are coming from within Jewish community
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Hot Air, Talking Points Memo and The Atlantic
Inae Oh / Mother Jones:
Report: Trump Says of Anti-Semitic Crimes, “Sometimes It's the Reverse”
Report: Trump Says of Anti-Semitic Crimes, “Sometimes It's the Reverse”
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Gothamist and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg:
In Video, Uber CEO Argues With Driver Over Falling Fares — Travis Kalanick tells a driver to take responsibility for his problems and boasts about a tough culture. — by — When Uber Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick takes an Uber, he prefers a black car, the high-end service his company introduced in 2010.
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
FBI once planned to pay former British spy who authored controversial Trump dossier — The former British spy who authored a controversial dossier on behalf of Donald Trump's political opponents alleging ties between Trump and Russia reached an agreement with the FBI a few weeks before the election …
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CNN, Axios, NO QUARTER USA NET, Business Insider, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, The Week and Political Wire
Lindsey Bever / Washington Post:
‘I certainly meant no disrespect’: Kellyanne Conway addresses her pose in the Oval Office photo — Amid a debate over a photo showing White House adviser Kellyanne Conway's casual posture while sitting on an Oval Office couch, she stressed to The Washington Post on Tuesday that the focus …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The ‘Kellyanne Conway on the couch’ controversy is so incredibly dumb
The ‘Kellyanne Conway on the couch’ controversy is so incredibly dumb
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Breitbart, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Hot Air, Daily Mail, Mashable, twitchy.com, Instapundit, Business Insider and Althouse
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The Conway picture is only a small error in Trump's swing-and-a-miss black college event
The Conway picture is only a small error in Trump's swing-and-a-miss black college event
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Walter M. Kimbrough, The Concourse, Raw Story, ThinkProgress and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
Charles Ventura / USA Today:
Kellyanne Conway puts feet on Oval Office couch; Twitter freaks
Kellyanne Conway puts feet on Oval Office couch; Twitter freaks
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Washington Free Beacon, USA TODAY College, Mediaite and Snopes.com
Matt Vespa / Townhall.com:
Pelosi: Why Yes-We're Looking At Ways To Impeach Trump — Yesterday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) held a prebuttal conference in the First Amendment Lounge of the National Press Club. At the presser, Pelosi was asked …
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Dana Bash / CNN:
Pelosi to Democrats: Treat Trump voters like a friend whose boyfriend is a jerk
Pelosi to Democrats: Treat Trump voters like a friend whose boyfriend is a jerk
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RedState, Mediaite and Washington Free Beacon
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Democratic women plan to wear white to Trump's address
Democratic women plan to wear white to Trump's address
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RedState, WTVR-TV, Hollywood Life, KTLA, Western Journalism, Washington Free Beacon, NPR, Talking Points Memo, Hot Air and The Week
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Trump passes blame for Yemen raid to his generals: ‘They lost Ryan’ — Weeks after a U.S. naval officer was killed in a covert mission in Yemen, Trump has resisted accepting responsibility for authorizing the mission and the subsequent death of Senior Chief Petty Officer William “Ryan” Owens.
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The Moderate Voice, The Week and Political Wire
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Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post:
Jeff Sessions Didn't Read DOJ's Chicago Police Report. But He Thinks It's ‘Anecdotal.’ — The attorney general signaled a change in the Justice Department's approach to civil rights. — WASHINGTON Calling police officers the “frontline soldiers” in the fight against crime …
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U.S. Department of Justice, Wall Street Journal, Democracy Journal, Washington Post, Hit & Run, ThinkProgress and Reuters
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The Huffington Post:
Jeff Sessions Issues Ominous Warning On State Marijuana Legalization
Jeff Sessions Issues Ominous Warning On State Marijuana Legalization
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Reno Gazette-Journal, Politico, ThinkProgress, Raw Story, Mediaite and Hit & Run
Pete Williams / NBC News:
AG Sessions Says DOJ to ‘Pull Back’ on Police Department Civil Rights Suits
AG Sessions Says DOJ to ‘Pull Back’ on Police Department Civil Rights Suits
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Vox, Daily Kos and ThinkProgress
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
Does Stephen Miller Speak for Trump? Or Vice Versa? — The 31-year-old is a driving force behind the White House's policies. — by — From Subscribe Reprints — Stephen Miller's corner office in the West Wing of the White House is utterly barren—no pictures on the walls …
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Washington Post, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, ABC News, The Week and Axios
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Daniel Nussbaum / Breitbart:
Report: Leonardo DiCaprio Flew ‘Eyebrow Artist’ 7,500 Miles for Oscars — Leonardo DiCaprio apparently spared no expense while getting ready for last weekend's Academy Awards — the Oscar-winning actor and environmental activist reportedly flew a renowned “eyebrow artist” …
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The Independent, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and MichelleMalkin.com
Politico:
Excerpts: Trump's address to Congress — Excerpts from President Donald Trump's Tuesday remarks to Congress as prepared for delivery . — Each American generation passes the torch of truth, liberty and justice - in an unbroken chain all the way down to the present.
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ABC News and The Gateway Pundit
Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
GOP senator: Trump budget ‘dead on arrival’ … Sen. Lindsey Graham — (R-S.C.) said Tuesday that President Trump's first budget was “dead on arrival” and wouldn't make it through Congress. — “It's not going to happen,” said Graham, according to NBC News. “It would be a disaster.”
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Mother Jones, Politico, Business Insider, Talking Points Memo and New York Times
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Felicia Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Proposes Cutting State Department Budget by 37%
Trump Proposes Cutting State Department Budget by 37%
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The Hill, The Daily Caller, Axios, Mother Jones and CNN
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Holder: Obama is ‘ready to roll’ — Barack Obama is getting closer to making his public reappearance in politics, his friend and former Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday. — Holder said he's been talking to the former president about ways — including fundraising and interacting …
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Western Journalism and Mediaite
Tom Newton Dunn / The Sun:
DONALD DUCKS VISIT Donald Trump postpones state visit to Britain in attempt to avoid controversy after protests and MPs' objections — The US President and PM Theresa May agreed to delay the visit in the hope that outrage over Trump's travel ban would die down
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Washington Times
Politico:
New NSC chief pushed Trump to moderate his language on terrorism — What words the president uses from the podium tonight will give a hint about McMaster's clout. — President Donald Trump's new national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, advised him in a closed-door meeting last week …
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Washington Post, The Week, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Mediaite and Hot Air
Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
President plans to issue new executive order restricting travel at White House Wednesday — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump plans to sign a revised executive order banning travel Wednesday, which is likely to apply only to future visa applicants from seven majority Muslim countries tabbed as terror risks …
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Washington Post and Political Wire
The Hill:
GOP leader: Leaked ObamaCare replacement ‘no longer’ viable — A day after House conservatives panned a leaked GOP draft ObamaCare replacement plan, a top Republican leader on Tuesday described the proposed legislation as “no longer even a viable draft that we're working off of.”
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Axios, Politico, Raw Story, Daily Kos, The Daily Signal, Morning Consult and ThinkProgress
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Female engineer sues Tesla, describing a culture of ‘pervasive harassment’ — Exclusive: AJ Vandermeyden paints picture of a hostile work environment that promoted less-qualified men and retaliated against her for raising concerns — A female engineer at Tesla has accused Elon Musk's car company …
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HBR.org, The Verge, Axios, The Daily Caller, ThinkProgress, NESN.com and CBS San Francisco
Yoni Appelbaum / The Atlantic:
A Note About Rumana Ahmed — On Monday, the Weekly Standard published an article by Lee Smith titled “Fake News, Exposed.” It alleged that Rumana Ahmed, a former National Security Council staffer and the author of an Atlantic essay about why she left the Trump administration, had misled readers about the nature of her position.
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alicublog, Power Line and Informed Comment
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The White House's Politico slime job, from start to finish — Politico reporter Alex Isenstadt paid a certain price for his Sunday scoop about White House press secretary Sean Spicer's treatment of his underlings in the White House communications office. Under the headline …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Most Say Democrats Hurt Themselves With Anti-Trump Strategy — Most voters agree that it's bad for America and bad for the Democratic Party if Democrats continue to flat out oppose everything President Trump does. Even Democrats are conflicted about their party's scorched earth policy.
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Mediaite and Washington Times
Nancyl / Washington Monthly:
Trump Won't Be Filling Hundreds of Agency Jobs — During an interview with Fox and Friends, Donald Trump made a statement that is very significant in understanding his plans for this administration. … A lot of publications have been reporting that, while Trump complains …
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New York Magazine, Washington Examiner and Mother Jones
Jeet Heer / New Republic:
The Failure of Pro-Trump Intellectualism — The new American Affairs journal whitewashes the president's politics and aims to hoodwink elite conservatives into believing that he's just like them. — President Donald Trump doesn't care much for reading, but he does like magazines—when his face is on the cover.