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Washington Post:
Trump federal budget 2018: Massive cuts to the arts, science and the poor — President Trump on Thursday will unveil a budget plan that calls for a sharp increase in military spending and stark cuts across much of the rest of the government including the elimination of dozens …
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Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
Trump's budget calls for seismic disruption in medical and science research — President Trump's budget calls for a seismic disruption in government-funded medical and scientific research. The cuts are deep and broad. — They also go beyond what many political observers expected.
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Vox, Daily Kos, NPR and Common Dreams
The Forward:
EXCLUSIVE: Nazi-Allied Group Claims Top Trump Aide Sebastian Gorka As Sworn Member — Sebastian Gorka, President Trump's top counter-terrorism adviser, is a formal member of a Hungarian far-right group that is listed by the U.S. State Department as having been “under the direction …
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Mulvaney justifies budget: We can't ask a coal miner to pay for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting — As they fleshed out the budget blueprint released Thursday morning by the White House, Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney said officials from the administration …
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Trump to release ‘hard power budget’ with cuts to State Dept, EPA
Trump to release ‘hard power budget’ with cuts to State Dept, EPA
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Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
Trump's budget takes a sledgehammer to the EPA
Trump's budget takes a sledgehammer to the EPA
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Elaine Lies / Reuters:
Tillerson says State Department spending ‘simply not sustainable’
Tillerson says State Department spending ‘simply not sustainable’
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Talking Points Memo
Benjamin Locke / Occupy Democrats:
Trump Just Announced Plan To End ‘Meals On Wheels’ For Seniors
Trump Just Announced Plan To End ‘Meals On Wheels’ For Seniors
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Scott Horsley / NPR:
Trump Unveils ‘Hard Power’ Budget That Boosts Military Spending
Trump Unveils ‘Hard Power’ Budget That Boosts Military Spending
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Trump to Tucker Carlson: “I know” counties that voted for me will lose under the Republican health plan — “A lot of things aren't consistent.” — Tucker Carlson's sit-down with Donald Trump Wednesday night was not exactly a hard-hitting interview, but the Fox News host did speak …
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Fox News:
Trump says he will submit evidence of wiretapping to House committee ‘very soon’ — President Trump discussed his tweeted accusation that President Obama ordered “wires” at Trump Tower tapped during last year's presidential campaign in an exclusive interview with Fox News' “Tucker Carlson Tonight” Wednesday.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Acknowledges Repeal Bill Wouldn't Be Great For His Supporters
Trump Acknowledges Repeal Bill Wouldn't Be Great For His Supporters
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Business Insider, ThinkProgress and The Daily Caller
Nivea Serrao / EW.com:
Chelsea Clinton announces new picture book, She Persisted — Count Chelsea Clinton among the many people whom Elizabeth Warren inspired when she refused to be silenced in the Senate. — Clinton, the daughter of former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former U.S. President Bill Clinton …
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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
McDonald's tweets to Trump: ‘You are actually a disgusting excuse of a President’ — McDonald's' in a tweet on its corporate account called President Trump “a disgusting excuse of a President” on Thursday morning. — The tweet, which was briefly pinned to the top of the account before being deleted …
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The Hill:
Conservative RSC says it's close to backing ObamaCare repeal bill — The conservative Republican Study Committee (RSC) says it is very close to supporting the House GOP's healthcare plan if changes are made to its Medicaid provisions. — Vice President Pence met with members …
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Lizzie Dearden / The Independent:
Dutch elections: Turkish minister claims ‘holy wars will soon begin in Europe’ after Geert Wilders beaten — Minister claims there is no difference between liberal politicians and ‘fascist’ far-right leader — A Turkish minister has claimed “holy wars will soon begin” in Europe …
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Jon Henley / The Guardian:
GreenLeft proves to be big winner in Dutch election
GreenLeft proves to be big winner in Dutch election
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Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:
Geert Wilders Falls Short as Wary Dutch Scatter Their Votes
Geert Wilders Falls Short as Wary Dutch Scatter Their Votes
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Clinton Ally Says Smoke, But No Fire: No Russia-Trump Collusion — Former Acting CIA Director Michael Morell, who endorsed Hillary Clinton and called Donald Trump a dupe of Russia, cast doubt Wednesday night on allegations that members of the Trump campaign colluded with Russia.
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The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon and Political Wire
J. D. Vance / New York Times:
Why I'm Moving Home — COLUMBUS, Ohio — In recent months, I've frequently found myself in places hit hard by manufacturing job losses, speaking to people affected in various ways. Sometimes, the conversation turns to the conflict people feel between the love of their home and the desire to leave in search of better work.
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Althouse
Yashar Ali / Mother Jones:
Secret Service Agents Under Investigation for Taking Photos of Donald Trump's Sleeping Grandson — A source with knowledge of the information tells Mother Jones that two Secret Service agents who were assigned to protect Donald Trump III, President Donald Trump's grandson, took selfies with the eight year old while he was sleeping.
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CNN:
Paul Ryan: ‘No such wiretap existed’ — Ryan: Trump ‘bridging gaps’ in bill process — The House Intelligence Committee has requested any evidence of a wiretap from the Justice Department — Washington (CNN)House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that “no such wiretap existed,” …
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The Week, Media Matters for America, Vox, Mediaite and TheBlaze
Sara Chodosh / Popular Science:
Humpback whales are organizing in huge numbers, and no one knows why — It flies in the face of typical humpback behavior — The world is ending and only the whales know. At least, that's one explanation. Humpback whales are normally pretty solitary—scientists used to call groups of 10 to 20 “large.”
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Increasing Significance of the Decline of Men — At one end of the scale, men continue to dominate. — In 2016, 95.8 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs were male and so were 348 of the Forbes 400. Of the 260 people on the Forbes list described as “self-made,” 250 were men.
CNN:
Former top Trump aide Flynn paid over $30,000 by Russian TV, top House Dem says — Washington (CNN)Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, was paid more than $33,750 by Russia's state-run broadcaster RT TV-Russia for a speech in Moscow in December 2015 …
Sam Knight / The Guardian:
Operation London Bridge: the secret plan for the days after the Queen's death — She is venerated around the world. She has outlasted 12 US presidents. She stands for stability and order. But her kingdom is in turmoil, and her subjects are in denial that her reign will ever end.
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Dem lawmaker: Trump might've leaked classified information — The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee suggested Thursday President Trump disclosed classified information during a Fox News interview the night before. — “In his effort to once again blame Obama …
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Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Trump nominates Boeing VP for deputy Defense secretary — President Trump on Thursday nominated a top Boeing executive to be the second-highest-ranking civilian at the Pentagon. — Trump announced Patrick Shanahan's nomination to be deputy Defense secretary, along with nominations for five …
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RedState and Shakesville
Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
Debt ceiling returns, creating new headache for GOP — The legal limit on how much the United States government can borrow returns on Thursday, potentially setting up an intense political battle in Congress. — Lawmakers will have until sometime this autumn to raise the debt ceiling …
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Political Wire
Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
Immigrants are now canceling their food stamps for fear that Trump will deport them — Luisa Fortin sometimes sits up at night, wondering what her clients are eating. She is the SNAP Outreach Coordinator for the Chattanooga Food Bank — but lately she has done less outreaching.
Rich Lowry / Politico:
How the GOP Crackup Happens — Less than two weeks after the unveiling of the GOP Obamacare replacement, the party is already staring into the abyss. — The bill has had the worst rollout of any major piece of legislation in memory, and failure is very much an option.
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Amanda Whiting / Washingtonian:
Trump Places Personal Call To Tomi Lahren, Thanking Her After Hannity Appearance — Turns out, if you want a personal phone call from the President of the United States, say something nice about him on Hannity. That's precisely what Tomi Lahren did on February 7, when she appeared …
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Mediaite and New York Magazine
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Obama chief of staff: ‘The president cannot order a wiretap’ … Former President Barack Obama — 's chief of staff on Thursday pushed back against President Trump's wiretapping allegations. — “The president cannot order a wiretap, president does not order a wiretap, the president did not order a wiretap,” Denis McDonough
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
2 Federal Judges Rule Against Trump's Latest Travel Ban — A federal judge in Hawaii issued a nationwide order Wednesday evening blocking President Trump's ban on travel from parts of the Muslim world, dealing a stinging blow to the White House and signaling that Mr. Trump will have to account …