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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.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
9 bonkers things Donald Trump said in his new exclusive interview with Time — “I can't be doing so badly, because I'm president, and you're not.” — In an exclusive interview with Time's Michael Scherer, published Thursday, President Donald Trump basically gives three types of explanations …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
President Trump's cascade of false claims in Time's interview on his falsehoods
President Trump's cascade of false claims in Time's interview on his falsehoods
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Thursday vote on health care bill canceled — President Donald Trump and conservative House Freedom Caucus members failed to strike a deal on the GOP Obamacare replacement Thursday, endangering the prospects of passage and all but assuring any immediate vote on the measure would fail.
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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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Ezra Klein / Vox:
The health care bill could be Donald Trump's Iraq War — Sold on lies, poorly planned, deadly to thousands, and a catastrophe for its authors. — If it passes, the American Health Care Act will be Donald Trump and Paul Ryan's Iraq War. It's been sold with lies.
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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.
Republicans Are Rushing To Vote on a Health Care Bill They Haven't Read. They Learned Nothing From Obamacare.
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
What the GOP's plan to kill essential health benefits means
What the GOP's plan to kill essential health benefits means
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Daily Wire
Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
Late G.O.P. Proposal Could Mean Plans That Cover Aromatherapy but Not Chemotherapy
Late G.O.P. Proposal Could Mean Plans That Cover Aromatherapy but Not Chemotherapy
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
GOP health-care plan: Passage in doubt after hard-liners rebuff White House offer
GOP health-care plan: Passage in doubt after hard-liners rebuff White House offer
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Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler:
U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler Statement on House Health Care Bill
U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler Statement on House Health Care Bill
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Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
No Deal on Health Care Bill After Conservative Meeting With Trump
No Deal on Health Care Bill After Conservative Meeting With Trump
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CNN:
Nunes apologizes to House Intel Committee, member says — “Basically what he has done is he has scuttled and put a cloud over his own investigation,” Cummings said — (CNN)House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes apologized to committee members Thursday, a Democrat on the panel told reporters …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
McCain: Nunes actions ‘very disturbing’
McCain: Nunes actions ‘very disturbing’
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Nunes apologizes for going directly to White House with monitoring claims
Nunes apologizes for going directly to White House with monitoring claims
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Nunes shows why he's incapable of running an investigation
Nunes shows why he's incapable of running an investigation
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Nunes regrets briefing Trump before Intelligence panel
Nunes regrets briefing Trump before Intelligence panel
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Bwittes / Lawfare:
What The Heck Is Devin Nunes Talking About? A Guide for the Perplexed
What The Heck Is Devin Nunes Talking About? A Guide for the Perplexed
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Vox and Washington Post
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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Schumer says Dems will filibuster Gorsuch
Schumer says Dems will filibuster Gorsuch
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Jay Caruso / RedState:
Democrats Choose Stupidity: They Will Filibuster Neil Gorsuch Nomination
Democrats Choose Stupidity: They Will Filibuster Neil Gorsuch Nomination
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers leave Trump White House with no deal — GOP lawmakers leaving the White House after a meeting with President Trump said they have not reached a deal that would allow them to support an ObamaCare repeal-and-replace bill set for a vote Thursday.
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Centrists balk at GOP ObamaCare bill
Centrists balk at GOP ObamaCare bill
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The Hill:
GOP lawmakers say ObamaCare repeal vote may be delayed
GOP lawmakers say ObamaCare repeal vote may be delayed
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Laura Olson / Morning Call:
Charlie Dent says he'll vote against Obamacare repeal bill
Charlie Dent says he'll vote against Obamacare repeal bill
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Rick Perry / Houston Chronicle:
Did A&M shun due process in the name of ‘diversity’? — As Texas' first Aggie governor and as someone who was twice elected Yell Leader of Texas A&M University, I am deeply troubled by the recent conduct of A&M's administration and Student Government Association (SGA) during the Aggie student-body president elections for 2017-2018.
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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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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
'There's a Smell of Treason in the Air'
'There's a Smell of Treason in the Air'
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Hunter under criminal investigation for alleged campaign finance violations — Rep. Duncan Hunter is under criminal investigation by the Justice Department over alleged campaign finance violations, the House Ethics Committee announced Thursday. — The California Republican spent tens …
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House Committee on Ethics:
Statement of the Chairwoman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Duncan Hunter — Pursuant to Committee Rule 7(g), the Chairwoman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics (Committee) determined on March 23, 2017, to release the following statement:
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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.
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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Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
4-Year-Old Brings Shell Casing to Preschool. Principal Suspends Him for 7 Days, Calls Child Services. — An Illinois preschool is teaching a 4-year-old boy quite the lesson. Officials suspended him for a full week—and also called the Department of Children and Family Services on his parents.
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Andy Banker / FOX2now.com:
4-year-old suspended for bringing a shell casing to preschool daycare, goes viral on Facebook
4-year-old suspended for bringing a shell casing to preschool daycare, goes viral on Facebook
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Shachar Peled / CNN:
White stabbing suspect targeted black men, police say — Police: Stabbing was racially motivated — (CNN)A 66-year-old man was stabbed to death in Manhattan late Monday, police said, for one reason: being black. — In the early hours of Wednesday morning, James Harris Jackson walked …
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James Hibberd / EW.com:
Rotten Tomatoes is ‘the destruction of our business,’ says director — Director and producing mogul Brett Ratner says film critic aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes is a destructive force in Hollywood. — Speaking at the Sun Valley Film Festival last weekend, the Rush Hour director wanted …
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 …