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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 …
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Liel Leibovitz / Tablet Magazine:
Sebastian Gorka Denies Reported Affiliations with Vitézi Rend — Lord knows I've had my differences with The Forward before. I have them still, and often. They rarely unsettle me, if only because robust disagreements, especially on things that matter, are what we journalists should seek, not shun.
Eli Clifton / BuzzFeed:
Top Trump Adviser Sebastian Gorka Stonewalled When Asked If He Belongs To A Nazi-Allied Group — “Send a request to White House press,” Gorka told BuzzFeed News. — Sebastian Gorka, a top national security adviser to President Trump, stonewalled when BuzzFeed News asked about a report that he belongs to a Nazi-allied group.
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Jessica Estepa / USA Today:
Jewish organizations call for Sebastian Gorka's resignation for ties to far-right group
Jewish organizations call for Sebastian Gorka's resignation for ties to far-right group
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Spicer says Trump ‘stands by’ unproven allegation that Obama ordered wiretapping of Trump Tower — White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Thursday that President Trump “stands by” his allegation that former president Barack Obama ordered wiretapping surveillance of Trump Tower last fall …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
CNN's Chalian: Trump ‘looked like a third-grader’ in Fox interview — President Trump “looked like a third grader” trying to “squirm out of a lie” when asked about his wiretapping claims during a Fox News interview, CNN's political director said Thursday. — David Chalian …
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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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Austin Wright / Politico:
Congress' wiretap slap leaves White House fuming
Congress' wiretap slap leaves White House fuming
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CNN:
Paul Ryan: ‘No such wiretap existed’
Paul Ryan: ‘No such wiretap existed’
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Politico, The Verge, The Week, Death and Taxes and Media Matters for America
Jenny Bertolette / Meals on Wheels America:
MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA STATEMENT ON BUDGET BLUEPRINT — Today, the President sent his Budget Blueprint, also known as the “skinny budget,” to Congress with a plan to release further details in the coming months. This blueprint focuses on discretionary spending levels for Fiscal Year 2018 …
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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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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
A day in the life of a poor American under Trump's proposed budget
A day in the life of a poor American under Trump's proposed budget
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Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
Trump's budget calls for seismic disruption in medical and science research
Trump's budget calls for seismic disruption in medical and science research
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Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
If you're a poor person in America, Trump's budget is not for you
If you're a poor person in America, Trump's budget is not for you
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Sources: Sean Hannity once pulled a gun on Juan Williams — Sean Hannity is surrounded by jackasses. — The Wall Street Journal columnist who called Hannity the “dumbest anchor” on Fox News is a “jackass,” according to Hannity. The forensic psychologist who suggested a blood vessel had popped inside Hannity's brain is a “jackass.”
Wall Street Journal:
Mike Flynn Worked for Several Russian Companies, Was Paid More Than $50,000, Documents Show — Former Trump national security adviser had business connections with Russia beyond RT that hadn't been previously known — President Trump's former national security adviser, Mike Flynn …
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Moscow paid $45,000 for Flynn's 2015 talk, documents show — RT, the Russian state-owned television network described by U.S. intelligence officials as “the Kremlin's principal international propaganda outlet,” paid $45,386 for former Defense Intelligence Agency Director Michael Flynn to fly …
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Trump adviser Flynn paid by multiple Russia-related entities, new records show
Trump adviser Flynn paid by multiple Russia-related entities, new records show
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Bloomberg:
Trump's Steep Cuts Face Rebuff in Congress Even With GOP Control — President's deep domestic cuts get few takers on Capitol Hill — Budget plan ‘cannot pass the Senate,’ John McCain says — Donald Trump is offering an audacious budget with steep cuts to nearly every domestic department …
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Politico and Refinery29
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Mulvaney justifies budget: We can't ask a coal miner to pay for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Mulvaney justifies budget: We can't ask a coal miner to pay for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Trump Budget Is ‘Heavy Lift,’ Even for G.O.P. Congress
Trump Budget Is ‘Heavy Lift,’ Even for G.O.P. Congress
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Internal Trump administration data undercuts travel ban — At least two sets of internal data that have been available to the Trump administration — but which have never been publicized — appear to undercut the government's argument for a travel ban that it had hoped would take effect Thursday …
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Dara Lind / Vox:
Trump's attacks on judges who don't agree with him might be alienating the judges who do
Trump's attacks on judges who don't agree with him might be alienating the judges who do
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
5 Problems With The Hawaii Judge Halting Trump's Travel Ban
5 Problems With The Hawaii Judge Halting Trump's Travel Ban
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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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IJR:
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Daniel Victor / New York Times:
Lack of Oxford Comma Costs Maine Company Millions in Overtime Dispute — A class-action lawsuit about overtime pay for truck drivers hinged entirely on a debate that has bitterly divided friends, families and foes: The dreaded — or totally necessary — Oxford comma, perhaps the most polarizing of punctuation marks.
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Snejana Farberov / Daily Mail:
Pro-Trump radio host Michael Savage claims he was assaulted while having dinner with his toy poodle Teddy — Savage, 74, says he was having dinner in Tiburon, California, with his 12-year-old pooch when a man began taunting him by saying, ‘weener, weener’
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Martha Ross / Mercury News:
Pro-Trump radio host Michael Savage claims he was assaulted outside Marin County restaurant
Pro-Trump radio host Michael Savage claims he was assaulted outside Marin County restaurant
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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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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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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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Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
Stephen Bannon Is a Fan of a French Philosopher...Who Was an Anti-Semite and a Nazi Supporter — Stephen Bannon, President Donald Trump's chief strategist, recently spoke approvingly of the ideas of an anti-Semitic French intellectual who was sentenced to life in prison for cooperating with the Nazis during World War II.
Eleanor Ainge Roy / The Guardian:
New Zealand river granted same legal rights as human being — After 140 years of negotiation, Māori tribe wins recognition for Whanganui river, meaning it must be treated as a living entity — In a world-first a New Zealand river has been granted the same legal rights as a human being.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Nervous GOP senators rooting for Ryan to fail — A growing number of GOP senators are hoping the House fails to pass its bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare so they won't be blamed for killing it in the upper chamber. — Support for the House legislation has “disintegrated” …
Associated Press:
Google adds tool to flag ‘offensive’ search results — NEW YORK (AP) — Google is trying to improve the quality of its search results by directing review teams to flag content that might come across as upsetting or offensive. — With the change, content with racial slurs could now get flagged under …
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Marcie Bianco / Vox:
Wendy Davis on why women need to drop the “being nice” act — For feminism's future, former Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis says it's time to set the stage for women to succeed. — Back in 2014, Wendy Davis was simply a Democratic lawmaker in a red state. But an 11-hour filibuster …
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