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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.
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Trump will deal with Dems on healthcare 'if we don't get what we want' — President Trump will “make a deal with the Democrats” if Republicans can't get their way on healthcare. — In an interview published Sunday in the Financial Times, Trump said negotiations on healthcare are ongoing …
Mark Landler / New York Times:
China Learns How to Get Trump's Ear: Through Jared Kushner
China Learns How to Get Trump's Ear: Through Jared Kushner
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Axios
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 …
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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 …
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Leah McElrath / Shareblue:
Watching the hearings, I learned my “Bernie bro” harassers may have been Russian bots — When it was revealed during the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing that Russian bots (computer algorithm controlled social media accounts) on Twitter had masqueraded as “Bernie Bros” …
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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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
Democrats have a new and surprising weapon on Capitol Hill: Power
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Hot Air
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
Judge: Trump incited violence at rally in 2016
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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 …
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
What Makes Sheldon Whitehouse Angry? — Sheldon Whitehouse is a politician with a great name, a bad haircut, and a pissed-off attitude. The second-term Democratic junior senator from Rhode Island has built his career around two seemingly unrelated issues—climate change and money in politics …
Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
IRS chief is unexpected survivor in Trump era — One of Republicans' least favorite Obama administration officials remains in his position: IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. — Some Republicans lawmakers have asked President Trump to ask for Koskinen's resignation.
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Political Wire
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.
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Adam Schiff's Weak CNN Interview Supports Nunes, Trump Claims on Surveillance — Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, told CNN's Jake Tapper on State of the Union on Sunday morning that he “can't say whether anything was masked or unmasked properly” …
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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’
Tina Fey blasts white women who voted for Trump for wanting to ‘go back to watching HGTV’
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IJR and New York Magazine
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 …
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Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
UN envoy Nikki Haley says 'there's no love' in US relationship with Russia
UN envoy Nikki Haley says 'there's no love' in US relationship with Russia
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Washington Post and The Week