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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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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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The Daily Caller, The Week and Hit & Run
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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The Atlantic, PolitiFact and NBC News
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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ABC News:
Trump gives GOP leaders rallying cry, roadmap for change
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CNN:
Donald Trump's Congress speech (full text)
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Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Congressional Republicans Were Desperately Hoping for More Information From Trump. He Gave Them None.
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Vox
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Key moments from Trump's speech
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New York Times:
Trump's Speech to Congress: Video and Transcript
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New York Times:
Trump, in Optimistic Address, Asks Congress to End ‘Trivial Fights’
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Politico:
Excerpts: Trump's address to Congress
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CNN:
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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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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CBS New York and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
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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Politico
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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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Trump passes blame for Yemen raid to his generals: ‘They lost Ryan’
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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Trump on generals in Yemen raid: They ‘lost’ Navy SEAL
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Missy Ryan / Washington Post:
Widow of Navy SEAL takes spotlight as President Trump addresses Congress
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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 — The liberal narrative against Republicans has long relied on charges of racism and sexism. The new GOP-led Congress is blowing those characterizations out of the water. Just this week, they took steps …
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Balloon Juice, Washington Post and U.S. Department of Education
Washington Times:
Trump signs order supporting historically black colleges
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Politico
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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New York Times, The Verge, Mediaite, Mashable and Instapundit
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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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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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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Trump delays signing new travel ban order, officials say — President Donald Trump won't sign a revised travel ban on Wednesday as had been anticipated, two senior administration officials confirmed. — One of the officials indicated that the delay was due to the busy news cycle …
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Talking Points Memo and IJR
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CNN:
Sources: New travel ban will exempt existing visa holders
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ThinkProgress, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine and Politico
Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
Trump to remove Iraq from travel ban list in revised executive order: report
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Political Wire
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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Business Insider and Western Journalism
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 …
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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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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