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7 in 10 Speech-Watchers Say Trump Boosted Optimism — (CNN)President Donald Trump's first address to Congress received largely positive reviews from viewers, with 57% who tuned in saying they had a very positive reaction to the speech, according to a new CNN/ORC poll of speech-watchers.
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
5 Key Takeaways From President Trump's Speech — WASHINGTON — In President Trump's world, boring is disruptive. — After five-plus weeks of gleefully setting the Washington establishment ablaze and declaring a new war with virtually every public utterance, Mr. Trump took the radical step …
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CBS News:
Viewers strongly approve of Trump's speech to Congress — Viewers nationwide strongly approved of President Trump's speech Tuesday night, with many Democrats joining Republicans in calling it “presidential” and positive in tone. Republicans and Independents found it “unifying,” …
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Ben Casselman / FiveThirtyEight:
Trump's Speech Was Quiet — And Quietly Radical — Reviews of President Trump's first address to Congress on Tuesday night seem to be converging around a single theme: It was Trump at his most subdued. “Trump Softens Tone in Outlining Goals,” read the lead headline on The New York Times homepage Wednesday morning.
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Kimberly Dozier / The Daily Beast:
Generals May Launch New ISIS Raids Without Trump's OK — The White House is considering delegating more authority to the Pentagon to greenlight anti-terrorist operations like the SEAL Team 6 raid in Yemen that cost the life of a Navy SEAL, to step up the war on the so-called Islamic State, multiple U.S. officials tell The Daily Beast.
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Diving into Trump's first address to Congress
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New York Times:
Trump's Speech to Congress: Video and Transcript
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Key moments from Trump's speech
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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Trump on generals in Yemen raid: They ‘lost’ Navy SEAL
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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.
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Travis / Uber Global:
A profound apology — Uber CEO Travis Kalanick sent the following note to all Uber employees Tuesday evening. — By now I'm sure you've seen the video where I treated an Uber driver disrespectfully. To say that I am ashamed is an extreme understatement.
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Daniel Halper / New York Post:
Was Kellyanne Conway raised in a barn? — Photos of White House adviser Kellyanne Conway kneeling on an Oval Office couch with her shoes on have sparked an online debate about decorum in the executive mansion. AP — White House counselor Kellyanne Conway has been ridiculed for making herself …
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Cortney O'Brien / Townhall.com:
Hey Dems, Trump and the GOP Just Signed Bills to Help Women, Black Colleges
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CNN:
Donald Trump's Congress speech (full text) — PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP'S ADDRESS TO A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS — TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: — Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States, and Citizens of America:
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Breitbart:
Livewire** President Trump's First Address to a Joint Session of Congress
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Politico:
Excerpts: Trump's address to Congress
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Fact-checking President Trump's address to Congress — An address to Congress is such an important speech that presidents generally are careful not to stretch the truth. The “16 words” in George W. Bush's 2003 State of the Union address that falsely claimed Iraq's Saddam Hussein sought uranium …
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New York Times:
Fact Check: Trump's First Address to Congress — Reporters from The New York Times are fact checking President Trump's first address to Congress. Watch live video and get real-time updates, too. — Families of people killed by undocumented immigrants have been “ignored by our media.”
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Jason Kurtz / CNN:
Van Jones on Trump: ‘He became President of the United States in that moment, period’ — (CNN)Shortly after President Donald Trump addressed a Joint Session of Congress for the first time since taking the oath of office, CNN's Van Jones called one particularly moving moment from the speech …
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Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Congressional Republicans Were Desperately Hoping for More Information From Trump. He Gave Them None. — President Donald Trump gave a pretty good speech to a joint session of Congress tonight. He followed the script, and threw in some unexpected rhetorical flourishes …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Trump is performing the role of president, not doing the job — He doesn't want to be president, he just wants to play one on TV. — The Donald Trump Show is getting stale, old, and, frankly, a little bit boring. — President Trump's big speech before Congress on Tuesday night was the epitome of the show.
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The Guardian:
Police chiefs object to Trump's efforts to involve them in immigrant deportations — Exclusive: letter from more than 60 law enforcement heads asks to soften push to include police in round-ups, saying it makes their communities less safe — Police chiefs from across the US …
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Warner Todd Huston / Breitbart:
Target Retailer Hits $15 Billion Loss Since Pro-Transgender Announcement — The stock value of transgender-champion Target Corp. crashed by 13.5 percent this week after the company's sales again fell below investors' expectations. — Target's stock value is now down by 30 percent since …
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump's speech to Congress highlights influence of Ivanka, Bannon — THE BIG IDEA: There's Twitter Trump, and then there's Teleprompter Trump. The president has proven adept at reading from a script when the moment calls for some self-discipline. It is a very low bar but one that he's learned to clear.
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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.
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Fred Imbert / CNBC:
Dow breaks above 21,000 as stocks hit all-time highs after Trump's speech — U.S. equities kicked off Wednesday trading sharply higher, with the Dow Jones industrial average climbing above 21,000 for the first time, on the back of President Donald Trump's speech to Congress.
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Bill Nye / National Review:
Bill Nye's Embarrassing Face-off with Tucker Carlson on Climate Change — It didn't end well for the ‘Science Guy.’ — Climate-change alarmists who have been largely unchallenged by the media over the past decade have finally met their match in Fox News host Tucker Carlson. And it ain't pretty.
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