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TIME:
Read President Trump's Interview With TIME on Truth and Falsehoods — President Trump spoke with TIME Washington Bureau Chief Michael Scherer on March 22 for a cover story about the way he has handled truth and falsehood in his career. — This is a transcript of the exchange, with some minor edits.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Defense of His Lies: 'I'm President and You're Not' — It is remarkable — and perhaps praiseworthy — that Donald Trump gave a long and detailed interview on the subject of his being a pathological liar. The interview, with Time's Michael Scherer, covers a wide range of Trump's lies …
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Michael Scherer / TIME:
Can President Trump Handle the Truth? — Generations of American children have learned the apocryphal tale of young George Washington, bravely admitting to his father that he chopped down the cherry tree. The story sprang from a culture that wanted even its fables to serve the ideal of truth.
Matt Fuller / The Huffington Post:
Freedom Caucus Closing In On Deal To Rewrite Health Care Bill At 11th Hour — Republicans are considering changes that could doom the bill in the Senate and save face in the House. — WASHINGTON Just hours before an expected Thursday vote in the House, congressional Republicans …
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Peter Suderman / Hit & Run:
Republicans Are Rushing To Vote on a Health Care Bill They Haven't Read. They Learned Nothing From Obamacare. — On the eve of a major vote on the House health care plan, Republicans, fearing that the bill lacks enough support to pass, have apparently settled on a new plan …
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The Hill:
Freedom Caucus, Trump reach ‘agreement in principle’ on ObamaCare repeal bill — Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) said Wednesday night he and President Trump have come to an “agreement in principle” on a plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare, just one day before a historic House vote on the bill.
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NBC News:
Four Reasons the Health Care Bill Might Pass — and 7 Reasons It Might Not — First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter — GOP health care plan showdown: Will bill pass the House?
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Obamacare repeal in jeopardy as Trump offers 11th-hour concessions
Obamacare repeal in jeopardy as Trump offers 11th-hour concessions
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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Kochs to withhold millions for health care ‘yes’ votes
Kochs to withhold millions for health care ‘yes’ votes
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
White House moves to tweak health care bill to win over conservatives
White House moves to tweak health care bill to win over conservatives
Reuters:
Vote looming, Trump struggles to win Obamacare repeal
Vote looming, Trump struggles to win Obamacare repeal
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Morning Call, The Daily Caller and USA Today
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Inside Trump's last-ditch bid to avoid a health care disaster
Inside Trump's last-ditch bid to avoid a health care disaster
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Dylan Matthews / Vox:
The latest health care cut Republicans are weighing, explained
The latest health care cut Republicans are weighing, explained
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CNN:
US Officials: Info suggests Trump associates may have coordinated with Russians — Washington (CNN)The FBI has information that indicates associates of President Donald Trump communicated with suspected Russian operatives to possibly coordinate the release of information damaging to Hillary Clinton's campaign, US officials told CNN.
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Jerusalem Post:
‘Dual US-Israeli citizen behind most JCC bomb threat calls’ — Israeli authorities have arrested an 19-year-old suspect on suspicion of instigating a series of threats to Jewish communities in the US, Europe, Australia and New Zealand over the past six months.
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Yaniv Kubovich / Haaretz:
Israel's Cyberattack Unit Arrests Israeli-American Teen for ‘Hundreds’ of Bomb Threats Against Jewish Institutions Worldwide — A resident of Israel in his late teens with both American and Israeli citizenship is suspected of being behind a host of fake bomb threats directed at Jewish institutions and other targets worldwide.
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Axios:
Russia erupts: “I'm President and you're not” — In an interview out this morning, President Trump tells TIME Washington Bureau Chief Michael Scherer, in response to a question about the risk to his reputation caused by false and ever-changing utterances: “Hey, look, I can't be doing so badly, because I'm President and you're not.”
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Political Wire
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: The crucial health care vote
The Note: The crucial health care vote
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Politico and Political Wire
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump tweets NBC, ABC broadcast ‘biased and fake’ Russia stories
Trump tweets NBC, ABC broadcast ‘biased and fake’ Russia stories
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The Hill and Occupy Democrats
Elizabeth Preza / Raw Story:
DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Sen. John McCain …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Democrats weigh deal to let Gorsuch through — A group of Senate Democrats is beginning to explore trying to extract concessions from Republicans in return for allowing Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch to be confirmed, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Schumer: Democrats will filibuster Gorsuch nomination — As the Senate Judiciary Committee was hearing from witnesses for and against Judge Neil Gorsuch, his Supreme Court nomination was delivered a critical blow: Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced he would oppose Gorsuch …
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Political Wire and Business Insider
The Guardian:
London attack: police confirm seven people arrested - live — Seven arrested in six counter-terrorism raids in London, Birmingham and elsewhere following Wednesday's terrorist attack on London … French authorities have launched an inquiry into the London attack after it became clear three …
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New York Times, Occupy Democrats and AOL
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Liam Stack / New York Times:
Donald Trump Jr. Criticizes London Mayor After Deadly Attack
Donald Trump Jr. Criticizes London Mayor After Deadly Attack
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Anthony Bond / Mirror.co.uk:
PEOPLE MOWN DOWN BY CAR ON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE
PEOPLE MOWN DOWN BY CAR ON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE
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Paul Ryan / Wall Street Journal:
Keeping Our Promise to Repeal ObamaCare — Our bill guts the failing law and enacts conservative reform without pulling the rug out from under anyone. — The election of Donald Trump and a Republican Congress provides an opportunity: We can immediately halt the leftward drift of American social policy …
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Trump's weak closing argument on health care — and why it matters
Trump's weak closing argument on health care — and why it matters
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Politico, NBC News, Townhall.com, New York Times and bradford-delong.com
Rep. Daniel Donovan / Staten Island Advance:
Why I will vote ‘no’ on the American Health Care Act
Why I will vote ‘no’ on the American Health Care Act
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The Atlantic, Congressman Lou Barletta and NBC News
Brookings Institution:
Senior Scholar - Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs — In “Mortality and morbidity in the 21st Century,” Princeton Professors Anne Case and Angus Deaton follow up on their groundbreaking 2015 paper that revealed a shocking increase in midlife mortality among white non …
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Betsy McKay / Wall Street Journal:
Death Rates Rise for Wide Swath of White Adults, Study Finds
Death Rates Rise for Wide Swath of White Adults, Study Finds
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Graydon Carter / Vanity Fair:
The Trump Presidency Is Already a Joke — But it's no laughing matter. — It can reasonably be said that our dear leader is now the most ridiculed man on the planet. In fact, he may well be the most ridiculed man in history. For a preening narcissist who takes himself terribly seriously …
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Jia Tolentino / New Yorker:
The Gig Economy Celebrates Working Yourself to Death — Last September, a very twenty-first-century type of story appeared on the company blog of the ride-sharing app Lyft. “Long-time Lyft driver and mentor, Mary, was nine months pregnant when she picked up a passenger the night of July 21st,” the post began.
Houston Chronicle:
Rick Perry blasts election of Texas A&M's first gay SGA president — U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, a former Texas governor and Texas A&M University Aggies Yell Leader, said Wednesday the election of the first openly gay president of the institution's student body was “stolen” …
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Naomi Leach / Daily Mail:
Now THAT'S loopy! Behold The Big Bend - the incredible U-shaped New York skyscraper dubbed the ‘longest building in the world’ is unveiled — Oiio studio has unveiled designs for curved skyscraper ‘The Big Bend’ as solution to expensive zoning laws — Manhattan tower was imagined …