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New York Times:
Ivanka Trump, Shifting Plans, Will Become a Federal Employee — Ivanka Trump, the elder daughter of President Trump, is becoming an official government employee, joining her husband in serving as an unpaid adviser to her father in the White House. — Ms. Trump already has an office in the West Wing …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Dem senators press ethics office over Ivanka Trump's role
Dem senators press ethics office over Ivanka Trump's role
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Devin Nunes Is Dangerous — Representative Devin Nunes obviously fancies himself Jason Bourne. To sneak onto the White House grounds for that rendezvous with an unnamed source last week, he switched cars and ditched aides, vanishing into the night. — But Senator Lindsey Graham looks at him and sees a different character.
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Sean Spicer's kiss of death: ‘Phenomenal’ — The health care debacle, the travel ban setback, difficulties with Mexico, a slew of empty positions across the government — all are symptoms or causes of President Donald Trump's rocky first few weeks in office.
Fox News:
Former Obama official discloses rush to get intelligence on Trump team — A former top Obama administration official has acknowledged efforts by her colleagues to gather intelligence on Trump team ties to Russia before Donald Trump took office and to conceal the sources of that intelligence from the incoming administration.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Nunes tries to blame Democrats for troubled Russia probe
Nunes tries to blame Democrats for troubled Russia probe
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Kristina Wong / Breitbart:
Democrats Target Nunes After He Reveals Trump Transition Team Was Surveilled
Democrats Target Nunes After He Reveals Trump Transition Team Was Surveilled
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Matt Hamilton / Los Angeles Times:
Antiabortion activists face 15 felony charges over undercover videos that targeted Planned Parenthood — David Daleiden, right, leaves a courtroom after a hearing in Houston last year. (Pat Sullivan / AP) — Two antiabortion activists whose controversial undercover videos accused Planned …
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David Daleiden / The Center for Medical Progress:
PLANNED PARENTHOOD'S POLITICAL CRONIES FILE DISCREDITED CHARGES AGAINST DAVID DALEIDEN — The bogus charges from Planned Parenthood's political cronies are fake news. They tried the same collusion with corrupt officials in Houston, TX and failed: both the charges and the DA were thrown out.
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Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
Two activists who filmed undercover videos of Planned Parenthood charged with 15 felonies
Two activists who filmed undercover videos of Planned Parenthood charged with 15 felonies
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YouTube:
Planned Parenthood Abortionist: “Pay Attention to Who's In the Room” to Deal With Infants Born Alive
Planned Parenthood Abortionist: “Pay Attention to Who's In the Room” to Deal With Infants Born Alive
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California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris:
Attorney General Xavier Becerra Announces Charges Filed Against David Robert Daleiden for Criminal Invasion of Privacy
Attorney General Xavier Becerra Announces Charges Filed Against David Robert Daleiden for Criminal Invasion of Privacy
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Andrew Dalton / USA Today:
Felony charges for 2 who secretly filmed Planned Parenthood
Felony charges for 2 who secretly filmed Planned Parenthood
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Health care debacle takes toll on Trump — Voter perceptions of President Donald Trump's job performance have eroded following the failure of a long-promised health care bill through Congress, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. — Trump's approval rating dropped …
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Damon Linker / The Week:
The futility of filibustering Neil Gorsuch
The futility of filibustering Neil Gorsuch
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Kaili Joy Gray / Shareblue:
Red state Dems say no to Gorsuch, refuse to surrender stolen Supreme Court seat without a fight
Red state Dems say no to Gorsuch, refuse to surrender stolen Supreme Court seat without a fight
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Politico
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump's agenda is now squarely in Mitch McConnell's, and the Senate's, hands
Trump's agenda is now squarely in Mitch McConnell's, and the Senate's, hands
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Political Wire
Garrett Epps / The Atlantic:
The Fundamental Dishonesty of the Gorsuch Hearings
The Fundamental Dishonesty of the Gorsuch Hearings
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Bloomberg:
House GOP Weighing Another Try on Obamacare Vote Next Week — Two Republicans say leaders discussing new vote after setback — Trump and Ryan pulled the bill last week, citing lack of votes — House Republicans are considering making another run next week at passing the health-care bill …
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Ramin Setoodeh / Variety:
Chelsea Clinton: ‘I Am Not Running for Public Office’ (EXCLUSIVE) … Since the election, there's been endless chatter that Chelsea Clinton might follow in her parents' footsteps. But in an interview with Variety, she quashed those rumors. — “I am not running for public office,” Clinton said.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Interior secretary hints border wall could be on Mexican land — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Tuesday said America can't give away the Rio Grande to Mexico in the process of building President Trump's signature border wall, implying the structure could wind up standing partially on Mexican land.
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Corbin Hiar / E&E News:
Zinke looks West for deputies and priorities, rejected VA job
Zinke looks West for deputies and priorities, rejected VA job
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Corbin Hiar / E&E News:
Zinke looks West for deputies and priorities, rejected VA job
Zinke looks West for deputies and priorities, rejected VA job
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T.C. Sottek / The Verge:
The 265 members of Congress who sold you out to ISPs, and how much it cost to buy them — They betrayed you for chump change — Republicans in Congress just voted to reverse a landmark FCC privacy rule that opens the door for ISPs to sell customer data. Lawmakers provided no credible reason …
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Houston Chronicle:
Beto O'Rourke to challenge Ted Cruz in Texas' 2018 Senate race — WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, a Democrat and ex-punk rocker who pulled a stunning upset to win his House seat six years ago, plans to declare his candidacy on Friday for the Senate seat held by Ted Cruz, according to Democratic sources in Texas.
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
2 Christie Allies Are Sentenced in George Washington Bridge Scandal — NEWARK — Bridget Anne Kelly, a former top aide to Gov. Chris Christie, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Wednesday for her role in closing access lanes to the George Washington Bridge as a form of political retribution …
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Ryan Hutchins / Politico:
Former Christie ally sentenced to 24 months in Bridgegate scandal
Former Christie ally sentenced to 24 months in Bridgegate scandal
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ABC News
Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
How to lose friends and ‘exfoliate’ people — Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is caught between 2 worlds, and his friends are cutting ties — Signing up to carry out Donald Trump's vision of America has come at a cost to many of the president's closest allies.
The Hill:
How North Korea could kill 90 percent of Americans — The mainstream media, and some officials who should know better, continue to allege North Korea does not yet have capability to deliver on its repeated threats to strike the U.S. with nuclear weapons. False reassurance is given …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Clayton Cramer
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump not concerned about Mar-a-lago costs, criticism — President Trump isn't concerned about the rising costs associated with his regular trips to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., the White House press secretary said Wednesday. — Sean Spicer addressed the topic during his briefing …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
State Department Employee Arrested and Charged With Concealing Extensive Contacts With Foreign Agents — A federal complaint was unsealed today charging Candace Marie Claiborne, 60, of Washington, D.C., and an employee of the U.S. Department of State, with obstructing an official proceeding …
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Talking Points Memo and Daily Wire
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
A former Trump administration appointee who left without signing ethics pledge is now a lobbyist — He is the second known Trump appointee who left the administration without signing a pledge to limit his lobbying activities.
Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
2 Black Women Sue Fox News, Claiming Racial Discrimination — Fox News, whose chairman, Roger Ailes, was ousted last year after a string of sexual harassment claims, is facing new allegations of discrimination. — In a lawsuit filed Tuesday night in State Supreme Court in the Bronx …
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Michelle Krupa / CNN:
Russian dressing is actually from Nashua, New Hampshire — (CNN)The White House press secretary tried to twist a cap on reporters' questions Tuesday about the Trump team's alleged ties to the Kremlin. — “If the President puts Russian salad dressing on his salad tonight, somehow that's a Russia connection,” Sean Spicer said.
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Robert Lafranco / Bloomberg:
Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person — Amazon's founder adds $10.2 billion to his net worth this year — Warren Buffett falls $4.7 billion from peak during Trump rally — Jeff Bezos has leapt past Amancio Ortega and Warren Buffett to become the world's second-richest person.
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Axios
Ashley Collman / Daily Mail:
Christian student is suspended for ‘threatening’ his Muslim professor after he ‘confronted her for saying the Crucifixion was a hoax and Jesus’ disciples didn't believe he was God' — Marshall Polston, 20, was suspended from Rollins College on March 24, after his Middle Eastern humanities professor filed a police report about him
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Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Dems Could Take House in 2018 — GOP majority looks shaky with Trump deeply unpopular, Democrats highly energized, and vulnerable Republicans facing tough votes. — The defeat of the Republicans' health care overhaul was a painful reminder …
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Boston Herald:
Lawmaker's post warning of raids in Brockton roils ICE officials — Federal immigration officials are blasting a Brockton lawmaker for inciting “panic” after she took to Facebook to warn illegal immigrants about a rumored ICE sweep — a brazen move one fellow lawmaker said could put “lives in danger.”
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ABC News:
Woman in custody after ‘criminal’ incident near Capitol; police say ‘no nexus to terrorism’ — U.S. Capitol Police have apprehended a female driver after she nearly hit several officers and struck another vehicle near the U.S. Capitol, police said this morning.