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4:00 PM ET, April 2, 2017

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A judge rules Trump may have incited violence ... and Trump again has his own mouth to blame  —  The courts keep taking Donald Trump both seriously and literally.  And the president's word choices are proving to be a real headache.  —  A federal judge in Kentucky is the latest …
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Judge: Trump incited violence at rally in 2016  —  A federal judge ruled that President Trump during his campaign incited violence at a rally in Louisville, Ky., allowing the case against him and three supporters to proceed, the Courier-Journal reported.  —  Judge David J. Hale on Friday rejected …
Discussion: RedState
Los Angeles Times:
Editorial Donald Trump's train-wreck presidency  —  The Times Editorial Board  —  It was no secret during the campaign that Donald Trump was a narcissist and a demagogue who used fear and dishonesty to appeal to the worst in American voters.  The Times called him unprepared and unsuited …
Donald Trump / Financial Times:
Donald Trump in his own words  —  The US president speaks to Lionel Barber, Gillian Tett and Demetri Sevastopulo  —  Read next … You are the master of ‘the art of the deal’ . .  . can you cut a deal with Xi Jinping when you see him in Mar-a-Lago?  —  I have great respect for him.
Discussion: Politico, Axios, The Guardian and Raw Story
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
China Learns How to Get Trump's Ear: Through Jared Kushner  —  WASHINGTON — When President Trump welcomes President Xi Jinping of China to his palm-fringed Florida club for two days of meetings on Thursday, the studied informality of the gathering will bear the handiwork of two people …
Discussion: Axios
Stan Collender / Forbes:
This Is The Clown Show That Could Lead To A Government Shutdown This Month  —  Try to read this without groaning, cursing or weeping...or seeing clowns.  —  Funding for the federal government will run out at midnight on April 28.  If some type of new appropriation isn't enacted by then …
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Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Democrats have a new and surprising weapon on Capitol Hill: Power
Discussion: Hot Air
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump aide accused of Hatch Act violation after urging Amash primary challenge
Elana Schor / Politico:
Donnelly becomes third Democrat to back Gorsuch  —  Neil Gorsuch on Sunday picked up a third red-state Democratic backer, Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly, but remains short of the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster.  —  Donnelly declared his support for Gorsuch as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …
Discussion: Axios
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
'That's an absurd question': Mitch McConnell melts down as Chuck Todd grills him for blocking Merrick Garland  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Sunday blamed the American people for the decision of Senate Republicans …
Discussion: TheBlaze
Associated Press:
Washington's high-court fights date to Washington himself
Discussion: Politico
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Bill O'Reilly: An awful, awful man  —  As Fox News last year was plowing through the sexual harassment scandal involving now-former network chief Roger Ailes, King of Cable News Bill O'Reilly couldn't have been more dismissive of the victims.  “In this country, every famous, powerful or wealthy person is a target.
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Bill O'Reilly and Fox News Parent Paid $13 Million to Settle Five Harassment Claims
Salena Zito / New York Post:
This is the next Democratic stronghold to crack like the Rust Belt  —  MORE FROM: … WASHINGTON — Nigel works three jobs to make ends meet.  —  He is black, single, progressive politically and determined to live the American dream — “as long, of course, that it does not kill me first …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Senate committee targets FBI No. 2 in Trump dossier probe  —  Sen. Charles Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has sent a letter to FBI Director James Comey demanding the story behind the FBI's reported plan to pay the author of a lurid and unsubstantiated dossier on candidate Donald Trump.
Donald Trump / ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 4-2-17: Ambassador Nikki Haley, Ash Carter, Sen. John McCain, and Dmitry Peskov  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ on April 2, 2017 and it will be updated.  —  MARTHA RADDATZ: But we begin with the first Sunday morning interview with a member …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and AOL
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: White House staff rise, fall after healthcare loss  —  The internal dynamics of the White House have been shaken by the failed push to repeal ObamaCare.  —  The White House at large took a hit when Republicans were forced to withdraw their bill to repeal and replace President Obama's Affordable Care Act.
Ross Mcdonagh / Daily Mail:
Tina Fey blasts white, college-educated women who voted for Donald Trump and now want to ‘forget about it and watch HGTV’  — She also claimed those same women would like to forget about what happened at the election and go back to watching Home & Garden Television
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Nicole Bitette / New York Daily News:
Tina Fey blasts white women who voted for Trump for wanting to ‘go back to watching HGTV’
Discussion: IJR and New York Magazine
Michael Crowley / Politico:
Trump to welcome Egypt's dictator  —  Egypt's military ruler Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was never invited to the Obama White House, where he was viewed as a brutal tyrant with little regard for human rights and democracy.  —  On Monday, President Donald Trump will roll out the red carpet for him.
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
U.S. Officials Chastise Judge Who Complained of Agents ‘Stalking’  —  LOS ANGELES — Top law enforcement officials from the Trump administration chastised California's chief judge this week, saying that it was “troubling” that she described federal immigration agents as “stalking” …
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
 
 
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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Hacked NY Post sends April Fool's Day push alert: ‘Heil President Donald Trump’
Discussion: RedState, IJR and Mashable
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The Republican Identity Crisis
CNN:
More than 200 dead, many missing in Colombia mudslides
Discussion: Daily Wire and New York Magazine
Bloomberg:
All the President's Millionaires: Trump Aides Unveil Assets
Discussion: Business Insider
Bari Weiss / Wall Street Journal:
Jonathan Haidt on the Cultural Roots of Campus Rage
Discussion: Instapundit
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
DNC chairman: Republicans 'don't give a s— about people'
Discussion: Political Wire
 Earlier Items: 
Richard Whittle / New York Post:
Soon you'll be able to go to work in a flying taxi
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Texas Dem enters race to challenge Cruz in 2018
Discussion: RedState
Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
Michael Flynn Failed to Disclose Income From Russia-Linked Entities
Discussion: Power Line
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Devin Nunes, Trump and the Russia probe: A timeline
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Omarosa's White House gig is her first steady job in a while
Discussion: Political Wire
Fox News:
Without Obama, once-booming gun industry poised to shrink
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
In Trump Country, Shock at Trump Budget Cuts, but Still Loyalty