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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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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Fight for Obamacare Has Turned — The campaign to let 20 million Americans keep their health insurance is working. — It still has a long way to go, and it's not guaranteed to succeed. But the progress of the last couple months is remarkable. — Thanks in part to a surge of activism …
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Are Republicans Ready To Charge Ahead On Obamacare Repeal?
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Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
Snyder praises Trump, says Obamacare not working
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Trump's speech can't mend GOP schisms on Obamacare
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The ‘Kellyanne Conway on the couch’ controversy is so incredibly dumb — On Monday night, this photo began making the rounds on the Internet: — The photo, taken Monday, shows White House counselor Kellyanne Conway perched on a couch in the Oval Office as President Trump stands behind …
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James Gordon / Daily Mail:
Make yourself at home, Kellyanne! White House adviser is taken to task after she makes herself comfortable on the Oval Office couch while wearing her heels as Trump hosts leaders of black colleges — Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Trump, was seen in a series of photos in the Oval Office on Monday
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump says Obama is helping to organize protests against his presidency
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Chris Graham / Telegraph:
‘Show some class’: Kellyanne Conway accused of lacking respect after kneeling on Oval Office couch
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — President Trump: Oscars ‘Were Focused so Hard on Politics’ They Could Not Get the Basics of the Ceremony Right — WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump, in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News in the Oval Office, said that the Academy Awards failure on Sunday evening …
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Alex Guillén / Politico:
Sources: White House proposes to cut EPA budget by quarter — The White House has proposed slashing EPA's budget by about a quarter and eventually eliminating 1 in 5 of the agency's workers, according to sources familiar with the budget proposal sent to EPA on Monday.
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Kansas City Star:
Trump's silence on deadly Olathe shooting is disquieting — By The Kansas City Star editorial board — At some point, embarrassingly late begins to verge on something more disquieting. — President Donald Trump has silently planted himself in that space.
Michael Kruse / Politico:
'He's a Performance Artist Pretending to be a Great Manager' — More than 27 years before Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, Bruce Nobles, then the president of the Trump Shuttle airline, assessed with some befuddlement the business and managerial practices of his boss.
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NBC News:
Yemen SEAL Raid Has Yielded No Significant Intelligence: Officials — Last month's deadly commando raid in Yemen, which cost the lives of a U.S. Navy SEAL and a number of children, has so far yielded no significant intelligence, U.S. officials told NBC News.
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Trump Plans to Begin E.P.A. Rollback With Order on Clean Water — WASHINGTON — President Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday aimed at rolling back one of former President Barack Obama's major environmental regulations to protect American waterways, but it will have almost …
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CBS San Francisco:
Storm Runoff In California Gold Country Exposing New Motherlode? — JAMESTOWN, Tuolumne County (KPIX 5) — Weeks of rainy weather across Northern California and the storm runoff through the hills of gold country have triggered a new gold rush. — “Miner Gary” Thomas said he always finds …
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Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
George W. Bush Breaks His Silence on the Direction of the Country Under President Trump: 'I Don't Like the Racism and Name-Calling' — For eight years since leaving the White House, George W. Bush has refused to criticize publicly those who succeeded him, saying he didn't want to make an already tough job …
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Trump budget faces GOP resistance — Congressional Republicans on Monday panned Donald Trump's call to finance a military buildup by slashing domestic agencies and ignoring entitlement programs — undermining the president's budget even before it's been finalized.
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Trump and Paul Ryan Head for a Clash Over the Budget, and Ideology
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Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml:
Minimum Wage Massacre: Wendy's Unleashes 1,000 Robots To Counter Higher Labor Costs — In yet another awkwardly rational response to government intervention in deciding what's “fair”, the blowback from minimum wage demanding fast food workers has struck again.
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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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Rachel Bishop / Mirror.co.uk:
EDELMIRA BARREIRA, SPAIN'S ‘SEX TSAR ’ TALKS OF DEMOGRAPHIC EVOLUTION — Get Daily updates directly to your inbox — Spain has appointed a ‘sex tsar’ to help boost the country's “catastrophically low” birth rate . — Young couples have reportedly blamed being “too tired after a full day at work” …
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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
FCC chairman says net neutrality was a mistake — He's ready to roll it back — FCC chairman Ajit Pai said today that net neutrality was “a mistake” and that the commission is now “on track” to return to a much lighter style of regulation. — “Our new approach injected tremendous uncertainty …
Wall Street Journal:
North Korea Executes Five Senior Officials With Antiaircraft Guns — South Korea reports purge, makes fresh charges in killing of dictator's brother Kim Jong Nam — SEOUL—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un executed at least five senior officials in the country's Ministry …
Doina Chiacu / Reuters:
Trump says ‘revved up economy’ will pay for budget proposals: Fox — President Donald Trump said he believes the extra $54 billion dollars he has proposed spending on the U.S. military will be offset by a stronger economy as well as cuts in other areas. — “I think the money is going to come …
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Udall floats plan to confirm Gorsuch, Garland to SCOTUS together — (CNN)Sen. Tom Udall has an idea that could place both Judge Neil Gorsuch and Judge Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court at the same time. — The Democrat from New Mexico presented the plan Monday morning to Gorsuch …
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CBS News:
GOP Rep. Darrell Issa backtracks on call for Trump special prosecutor — Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) backtracked his call for a special prosecutor to look into Russian involvement in the 2016 Presidential election. “I certainly could see where if there is an allegation of a crime at some point …
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Hundreds allege sex harassment, discrimination at Kay and Jared jewelry company — Hundreds of former employees of Sterling Jewelers, the multibillion-dollar conglomerate behind Jared the Galleria of Jewelry and Kay Jewelers, claim that its chief executive and other company leaders presided …
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