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Financial Times:
Trump ready to tackle North Korea alone — FT exclusive — President says US will act unilaterally if China does not pressure Pyongyang … Donald Trump has warned that the US will take unilateral action to eliminate the nuclear threat from North Korea unless China increases pressure on the regime in Pyongyang.
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North Korean Defector Tells Lester Holt ‘World Should be Ready’ — SEOUL, South Korea — A senior North Korean defector has told NBC News that the country's “desperate” dictator is prepared to use nuclear weapons to strike the United States and its allies. — Thae Yong Ho is the most high …
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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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Politico, KTLA, BizPac Review, The Daily Caller, The Guardian, Business Insider, NBC News, Raw Story, The Daily Beast and Axios
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Trump will deal with Dems on healthcare 'if we don't get what we want'
Trump will deal with Dems on healthcare 'if we don't get what we want'
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Financial Times, Politico, Talking Points Memo, RedState and Axios
Reuters:
ADVISORY: Story on Kushner visiting Iraq withdrawn — The story “Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner visits Iraq, U.S. official says”, the accompanying alert and subsequent update are wrong and are withdrawn. — CARACAS Venezuela's opposition lawmakers said on Sunday they will push for the removal …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Jared Kushner Visits Iraq on Invitation From Joint Chiefs Chairman — Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law, made a trip to Iraq over the weekend, visiting the country as the American military is aiding Iraqi forces in their brutal fight to retake Mosul from the Islamic State.
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Politico, Political Wire, New York Daily News, Mediaite, New York Magazine, KTLA, RedState and Axios
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Trump's risk of impeachment rises — Liberal Democrats could yet see their dreams come true. — Last week, a new poll from the liberal outfit Public Policy Polling (PPP) asked Americans if President Trump should resign if evidence emerges that his campaign worked with Russia to help defeat Hillary Clinton
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Jonathan Allen / Roll Call:
Opinion: The S.S. Trump Is Sinking — Find a Lifeboat
Axios:
A possible Trumpcare comeback — There have been a lot of recent signals that some quiet Trumpcare negotiations are still going on, but what do they really add up to? My best read, from talking to GOP sources over the weekend: Don't bet on a Trumpcare comeback just yet, but don't be shocked if it happens.
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Mark Meckler / The Hill:
Why is Trump attacking the Freedom Caucus? Simple: They won, he lost
Why is Trump attacking the Freedom Caucus? Simple: They won, he lost
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CNN, Raw Story and BizPac Review
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Trump remains the center of attention, but he's increasingly isolated politically
Trump remains the center of attention, but he's increasingly isolated politically
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Raw Story, IJR, The Daily Caller and NPR
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
The Russiagate Scam Will Blow Up In The Democrats' Smug Faces — If you're stressed out about this whole Russian nonsense, relax - Donald Trump didn't do anything wrong, and he's not going be impeached, arrested, or ritually disemboweled. When the truth comes out and it explodes in the Democrats' soft …
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Talking Points Memo
USA Today:
Gorsuch merits confirmation: Our view — Supreme Court nominee is well qualified and within the broad judicial mainstream. — One way or another, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reiterated Sunday, Neil Gorsuch will be confirmed this week to a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court.
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Kailani Koenig / NBC News:
Sen. Schumer Says It's Unlikely Gorsuch Will Reach 60 Votes
Sen. Schumer Says It's Unlikely Gorsuch Will Reach 60 Votes
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Washington Post, SCOTUSblog, USA Today, Scared Monkeys and Political Wire
Pam Key / Breitbart:
Schumer: Trump Should Ditch Gorsuch for a ‘Mainstream Nominee’
Schumer: Trump Should Ditch Gorsuch for a ‘Mainstream Nominee’
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Kelefa Sanneh / New Yorker:
Tucker Carlson's Fighting Words — On Fox News, an unlikely star thrives in the tumult of Trump-era politics. — Tucker Carlson started wearing a bow tie in 1984, when he was in tenth grade at St. George's, a Rhode Island prep school with a dress code. He stopped wearing a bow tie on April 11 …
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Axios
ProPublica:
Trump Can Pull Money From His Businesses Whenever He Wants — Without Ever Telling Us — When President Donald Trump placed his businesses in a trust upon entering the White House, he put his sons in charge and claimed to distance himself from his sprawling empire.
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Political Wire
Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: Two nail bombs on St Petersburg metro rip through carriages, killing at least 10 as Putin visits city for meeting — Two nail bombs on the metro in St Petersburg ripped through train carriages killing at least 10 people today. — The incident occurred at two separate locations …
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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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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Fox braces for fallout from Bill O'Reilly scandal
Fox braces for fallout from Bill O'Reilly scandal
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Axios, BizPac Review, Raw Story, Media Matters for America, Politicus USA, Daily Kos, NewsHounds blog, Showbiz411, Mediaite and IJR, more at Mediagazer »
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Tom Perez won't apologize for insulting Trump and GOP leaders. Here's why. — On Friday, Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez told activists in New Jersey that their protests were hitting the Trump administration where it hurt. He pointed to Jan. 21, the day of the Women's March …
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Fox News
Mike Cernovich / Medium:
Susan Rice Requested Unmasking of Incoming Trump Administration Officials — Susan Rice, who served as the National Security Adviser under President Obama, has been identified as the official who requested unmasking of incoming Trump officials, Cernovich Media can exclusively report.
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The Gateway Pundit and Vox Popoli
Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
How Uber Uses Psychological Tricks to Push Its Drivers' Buttons — The secretive ride-hailing giant Uber rarely discusses internal matters in public. But in March, facing crises on multiple fronts, top officials convened a call for reporters to insist that Uber was changing its culture and would no longer tolerate “brilliant jerks.”
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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Trump makes little headway filling out Pentagon jobs — The nomination hearing this week for President Trump's Air Force secretary nominee was a rare sight for those monitoring Trump's progress filling Pentagon positions. — Former Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) - whose hearing …