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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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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.
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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Politico
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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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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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 even 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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Vox
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Robert Wall / Wall Street Journal:
Vehicles Becoming Favored Terrorist Attack Weapon
Vehicles Becoming Favored Terrorist Attack Weapon
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The Gateway Pundit
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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Geller Report and The Gateway Pundit
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 BIG STORY: Since there's no Plan B, Plan A may have to wait a bit. Unless Plan A gets rewritten in ways House leaders have claimed was impossible, and in ways that would mean major changes (no “tweaks,” here) to the bill that's been floating around …
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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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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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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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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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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 …
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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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.