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7:55 AM ET, April 3, 2017

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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: KTLA, BizPac Review, The Daily Caller, The Guardian, Business Insider, NBC News, Politico, Raw Story, The Daily Beast and Axios

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.

Discussion: The Sun, Political Wire, AOL, Reuters, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, RT and The Daily Caller

Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Trump will deal with Dems on healthcare 'if we don't get what we want'

Discussion: Financial Times, 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ADVISORY: Story on Kushner visiting Iraq withdrawn — The story “Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner visits Iraq, U.S. official says”, the accompanying alert and subsequent update are wrong and are withdrawn.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 …

Discussion: Gizmodo, New York Magazine, The Week, IJR and New York Times

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.

Discussion: Political Wire, RedState, New York Daily News, KTLA and Axios

Associated Press:
Jared Kushner travels to Iraq

Discussion: ABC News

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.

Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Trump remains the center of attention, but he's increasingly isolated politically

Discussion: Raw Story, IJR, The Daily Caller and NPR

Mark Meckler / The Hill:
Why is Trump attacking the Freedom Caucus? Simple: They won, he lost

Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and BizPac Review

Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Fox braces for fallout from Bill O'Reilly scandal — If Bill O'Reilly weren't the biggest star at Fox News, would he still have a job at Fox News? — Many media industry observers, reading about the harassment allegations that have cost O'Reilly and Fox millions of dollars, are saying he would not.

Discussion: Axios, BizPac Review, Raw Story, Media Matters for America, Politicus USA, Daily Kos, NewsHounds blog, Showbiz411, Mediaite, The Week and IJR, more at Mediagazer »

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.

Discussion: Raw Story, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Media Matters for America

Kailani Koenig / NBC News:

Sen. Schumer Says It's Unlikely Gorsuch Will Reach 60 Votes — WASHINGTON — As the Senate gears up to consider President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer predicted Sunday that “it looks like Gorsuch will not reach the 60-vote margin” needed to overcome a filibuster.

Discussion: Washington Post, SCOTUSblog, USA Today and Political Wire

Pam Key / Breitbart:
Schumer: Trump Should Ditch Gorsuch for a ‘Mainstream Nominee’

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News

David Edwards / Raw Story:
'That's an absurd question': Mitch McConnell melts down as Chuck Todd grills him for blocking Merrick Garland

Discussion: TheBlaze

U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly of Indiana:
Donnelly Announces Support for Gorsuch

Discussion: TheBlaze, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Talking Points Memo, twitchy.com and IJR

Elana Schor / Politico:
Donnelly becomes third Dem to back Gorsuch; Tester to vote no

Discussion: Axios

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.

Discussion: 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.”

Discussion: Axios and naked capitalism, more at Techmeme »

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 …

Discussion: Politico

Josh Dawsey / Politico:

Former Trump staffers hunt for foreign lobbying work — Some of President Donald Trump's former campaign hands are rushing to sign lucrative deals with foreign clients, shrugging off their own pledges to avoid foreign lobbying and the president's vow to “drain the swamp.”

Discussion: Political Wire

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 …

Discussion: Axios

Eliana Johnson / Politico:

Haley eclipses Tillerson on Trump's foreign policy ladder — In Donald Trump's first meeting with Nikki Haley, on November 17, he asked her to serve as his secretary of state. Haley turned him down, according to two sources familiar with the conversation, telling the president-elect …

Discussion: Washington Post, RT, Talking Points Memo, AOL and ABC News

Axios:

Hell Week looms for Republicans — On Capitol Hill, the last week of April is already being called Hell Week. That's when Congress returns from Easter break, with just days to prevent a government shutdown on April 29 — Day 100 of the Trump presidency. — This Friday, Trump is expected …

Discussion: Forbes

Associated Press:

Atlanta traffic horror: Crews razing fallen highway overpass — As crews rushed to clear debris from a major Atlanta interstate span that collapsed in a raging fire, commuters in the Southeast's largest city braced for the first full workweek without the key link to some of the city's biggest suburbs.

Discussion: Vox Popoli