Top Items:
Axios:
Exclusive: Trump eyes new chief of staff; House Leader on short list — President Trump is considering a broad shakeup of his White House that could include the replacement of White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and the departure of chief strategist Steve Bannon, aides and advisers tell us.
RELATED:
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Considering Major Shake-up of Senior White House Team — The president is said to be unhappy with the infighting among his top aides — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is considering a major shake-up of his senior White House team, a senior administration official said Friday.
Discussion:
Politicus USA and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
In Battle for Trump's Heart and Mind, It's Bannon vs. Kushner — WASHINGTON — Thick with tension, the conversation this week between Stephen K. Bannon, the chief White House strategist, and Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, had deteriorated to the point of breakdown.
Discussion:
The Daily Beast, The Guardian, Daily Kos, Hit & Run, Naked Politics, Gizmodo, Mediaite, Politicus USA, NBC News and Raw Story
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Trump's Syria Strike Is Latest Sign of Steve Bannon's Waning Influence — Donald Trump's surprise decision to launch missile strikes against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's forces in response to Tuesday's horrific chemical attack represented a reversal from Trump's noninterventionist campaign message.
Discussion:
Political Wire, New York Times and The Daily Caller
Marc Caputo / Politico:
GOP Congresswoman: Trump should oust Bannon
Discussion:
Fox News Insider and Towleroad
Haider Newmani / ABC News:
Eyewitness says Syrian military anticipated U.S. raid — Syrian military officials appeared to anticipate Thursday's night raid on Syria's Shayrat airbase, evacuating personnel and moving equipment ahead of the strike, according to an eyewitness to the strike.
Discussion:
Washington Post, New York Times, Salon, The Hill, CNN, Balloon Juice, CNBC, The Guardian, The Root, ThinkProgress, Business Insider and IJR
RELATED:
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Russia Suspends Cooperation With U.S. in Syria After Missile Strikes — MOSCOW — Russia on Friday froze a critical agreement on military cooperation with the United States in Syria after an American military strike, warning that the operation would further corrode already dismal relations between Moscow and Washington.
Discussion:
CNN, Washington Monthly, The Independent, Jerusalem Post, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera English, ThinkProgress, Press Herald, Vox, Los Angeles Times, The Nation, WTKR-TV, Reuters, CNBC, Business Insider, FiveThirtyEight, Vocativ, The Daily Caller, Booman Tribune, TheStreet, Politico, Althouse, Washington Post and WhoWhatWhy
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
The Obama Doctrine, R.I.P. — President Obama's foreign policy doctrine, like many foreign policy doctrines, was contradictory at times, and it sometimes lacked coherence. Obama himself resisted the desire of others (including yours truly) to corral his various foreign policy …
Discussion:
CNN, Washington Post, RedState, Axios, Politico, Politicus USA, vice and FOX News Radio
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Seven Lessons From Trump's Syria Strike — When the Electoral College elevated Donald Trump to the presidency, it conferred on him the awesome life-and-death powers that attend the office. It was inevitable that President Trump would use those powers sooner or later. Now he has.
JGoldsmith / Lawfare:
The Constitutionality of the Syria Strike Through the Eyes of OLC (and the Obama Administration) — “The opinions of judges, no less than executives and publicists, often suffer the infirmity of confusing the issue of a power's validity with the cause it is invoked to promote …
CNN:
Top Republicans who opposed Syria attack under Obama are now praising Trump's strike
Discussion:
Vox, Politico, Talking Points Memo and RedState
Mark Landler / New York Times:
On Syria Attack, Trump's Heart Came First
Discussion:
Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, BuzzFeed, CNN, The Nation, Politico, The Daily Caller, Slate, AOL, Vox, Washington Monthly, Common Dreams, The Guardian, Sputnik International, NBC News, Mediaite, Lawfare and Shadowproof
Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Trump's Far-Right Supporters Turn on Him Over Syria Strike
Discussion:
Patterico's Pontifications, Washington Post, The Atlantic, NewsHounds blog, IJR, American Greatness, Vox, CNN, France 24, Common Dreams, Daily Wire, Daily Kos, The Week and Politicus USA
Elliott Abrams / Weekly Standard:
The Strike At Syria — The Trump administration has had a rocky start.
Discussion:
Politico, New York Post, Talking Points Memo and Hit & Run
NBC News:
U.S. Launches Missiles at Syrian Base After Chemical Weapons Attack
Discussion:
USA Today, Daily Mail, BBC, Shareblue, CNN, CNBC, The Hill, Media Matters for America, Washington Free Beacon, neo-neocon, NBC News, Washington Post, AOL, IJR, Reuters, vice, Defense One, New York Magazine, Refinery29, RedState, Daily Wire, Salon, No More Mister Nice Blog, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Infowars, CBS News, JONATHAN TURLEY and twitchy.com
Rex W. Tillerson / US Department of State:
Remarks With National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster
Discussion:
CNN, Telegraph, Washington Post, Just Security and FOX6Now.com
Daniel R. DePetris / The Hill:
The US just attacked Syria. So where's Congress?
Discussion:
ABC News
New York Times:
Senate Confirms Gorsuch as Supreme Court Justice — WASHINGTON — Judge Neil M. Gorsuch was confirmed by the Senate on Friday to become the 113th justice of the Supreme Court, capping a political brawl that lasted for more than a year and tested constitutional norms inside the Capitol's fraying upper chamber.
Discussion:
Little Green Footballs, National Review, Outside the Beltway, Friendly Atheist and Daily Wire
RELATED:
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Senate confirms Neil Gorsuch to Supreme Court
Discussion:
New York Magazine, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Gateway Pundit
Elana Schor / Politico:
Senate confirms Gorsuch to Supreme Court
Discussion:
Washington Post, ABC News, New York Times and vice
Daily Mail:
Above are the scenes in the city currently, where dozens of emergency services vehicles are tending to injured people — Anna who witnessed the incident, said: 'I saw hundreds of people ran, they ran for their lives. — ‘I turned and ran as well.’ — Eyewitness Jan Granroth was inside a shoe shop when he heard screams.
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit and Power Line
RELATED:
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Maggie Haberman: The New York Times reporter Trump can't quit — Several days before Donald Trump announced his bid for the presidency in June 2015, he invited New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman to lunch at Trump Grill. — Haberman was late. Trump waited, as did his soon-to-be campaign aides …
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump's Troll Army Isn't Ready for War in Syria — The fractured elements of what was once called the alt-right were unified once more on Thursday night in condemning Donald Trump's airstrike in Syria as a mistake. Or as Milo Yiannopoulos put it, “FAKE and GAY.”
Discussion:
Mother Jones, The Atlantic, The Slot, Washington Times and Raw Story
RELATED:
Facebook:
To see more from on Facebook, log in or create an account. — . . - (« ») , . , . , , . . — That's it. The last remaining election fog has lifted. Instead of an overworked statement about a joint fight against the biggest enemy, ISIS (the Islamic State) …
RELATED:
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Russian PM: Moscow, US on ‘the verge of a military clash’
Discussion:
RedState
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Haley says U.S. ‘prepared to do more’ in Syria
Discussion:
Washington Post and ABC News
Naomi Martin / Dallas Morning News:
Tomi Lahren sues Glenn Beck, The Blaze for wrongful termination — Tomi Lahren, the young incendiary conservative commentator, is suing her former boss, Glenn Beck and his media firm, The Blaze, for wrongful termination involving her pro-choice comments. — According to Lahren's suit …
Discussion:
RedState, Raw Story and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
Job Growth Loses Steam as U.S. Adds 98,000 in March — The Labor Department released hiring and unemployment figures for March. It is the latest official snapshot of the state of the American economy. — The Numbers — • 98,000 jobs were added last month.
RELATED:
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
US created only 98,000 jobs in March, vs 180,000 expected
Discussion:
Politico, Occupy Democrats and IJR
Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
Russian warship steams toward US destroyers that launched Syria strikes — A Russian warship entered the eastern Mediterranean Friday and was heading toward the area where two U.S. Navy destroyers launched missile strikes into Syria, Fox News has learned. — The Russian frigate …
Discussion:
Reuters, The Gateway Pundit, Hot Air, TheBlaze, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and BizPac Review
Emma Brown / Washington Post:
The cost of Betsy DeVos's security detail — nearly $8 million over nearly 8 months — Federal marshals are protecting Education Secretary Betsy DeVos at a cost to her agency of nearly $8 million over nearly eight months, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
Chris Perez / New York Post:
Uber bans rider for life over threat to accuse driver of rape — The young Bronx woman who threatened to call police and falsely accuse an Uber driver of rape has been banned from the app for life, a spokesperson says. — SEE ALSO — Dash-cam footage, which was posted online this week …
Discussion:
The Root, Gothamist, Heat Street and TheBlaze
New York Times:
Kushner Omitted Meeting With Russians on Security Clearance Forms — When Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, sought the top-secret security clearance that would give him access to some of the nation's most closely guarded secrets, he was required to disclose …
Discussion:
RedState, Foreign Policy, Business Insider, Shakesville, Daily Kos, CANNONFIRE, Raw Story, Joe.My.God., Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, Towleroad and The Week
Jennifer Kabbany / The College Fix:
Angry mob shuts down Blue Lives Matter speech at Claremont McKenna College — A throng of angry protesters converged at Claremont McKenna College on Thursday and effectively shut down a pro-police speech as they surrounded the building, forcing the speaker to give the talk via livestream …
Discussion:
Washington Post, The Daily Caller and TheBlaze
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Coming Incompetence Crisis — I just read that the Trump administration has filled only 22 of the 553 key positions that require Senate confirmation. This makes me worry that the administration will not have enough manpower to produce the same volume and standard of incompetence that we've come to expect so far.
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
