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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Bannon and Kushner hold sit-down in attempt to bury the hatchet — Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner, two warring senior White House aides, had a bury-the-hatchet meeting ordered by President Donald Trump, after arriving at Mar-a-Lago this week. — The sit-down, which was confirmed …
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The Week, Balloon Juice and Axios
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New York Times:
Trump Fires Warning Shot in Battle Between Bannon and Kushner — WASHINGTON — As he grappled on Thursday with his first major decision involving military action, a fed-up and frustrated President Trump turned to his two top aides and told them he had had enough of their incessant knife-fights in the media.
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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.
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CNBC, The Daily Caller, Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo, Politicus USA, The Week and Fox News Insider
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Even as the White House furiously tries to tamp down rumors that it is torn by inner strife and teetering on the verge of firing adviser Stephen Bannon, President Donald Trump's far-right supporters have launched a hashtag campaign calling for the ouster …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
White House frustrated by palace intrigue — The White House is increasingly frustrated by the never-ending stream of stories about palace intrigue, warring internal factions and imminent staff shake-ups. — Administration officials say these “false narratives” — which they say are driven …
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Raw Story
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Alex Jones brands Jared and Ivanka ‘enemies of the republic’ after Trump ally blames them for Syria strike
Alex Jones brands Jared and Ivanka ‘enemies of the republic’ after Trump ally blames them for Syria strike
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Joe.My.God. and Washington Times
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Trump's Syria Strike Is Latest Sign of Steve Bannon's Waning Influence
Trump's Syria Strike Is Latest Sign of Steve Bannon's Waning Influence
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The Daily Beast, The Guardian, Hot Air, Daily Wire, The Daily Caller, CNBC, Naked Politics, BizPac Review, Daily Kos, Vox, Political Wire, Mediaite, Just Security and Hit & Run
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The media loved Trump's show of military might. Are we really doing this again? — The cruise missiles struck, and many in the mainstream media fawned. — “I think Donald Trump became president of the United States last night,” declared Fareed Zakaria on CNN, after firing of 59 missiles …
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New York Magazine and Politico
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New York Times:
Syria Strike Puts U.S. Relationship With Russia at Risk — WASHINGTON — The American military strike against Syria threatened Russian-American relations on Friday as the Kremlin denounced President Trump's use of force and the Russian military indicated it would suspend an agreement …
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Trump Badly Wants Pundits' Approval. TV Loves His Syria Strike. So What Comes Next?
Trump Badly Wants Pundits' Approval. TV Loves His Syria Strike. So What Comes Next?
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The Atlantic, Daily Kos, The Nation, Crooked Timber, Washington Post, Axios and Mother Jones
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Riddle of Trump's Syria Attack
The Riddle of Trump's Syria Attack
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The Mahablog, Axios, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Towleroad, ThinkProgress and RedState
John Hayward / Breitbart:
Pentagon: Russia May Have Directly Participated in Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack
Pentagon: Russia May Have Directly Participated in Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack
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CNN, Hot Air, Business Insider, IJR, Lawfire, Politico, The Gateway Pundit, Associated Press, Fox News Insider and Vox
Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
Nikki Haley warns the US is ‘prepared to do more’ in Syria
Nikki Haley warns the US is ‘prepared to do more’ in Syria
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Washington Monthly, Vanity Fair, Washington Free Beacon, CNN, Red Alert Politics and Just Security
New York Times:
Which Countries Support and Which Oppose the U.S. Missile Strikes in Syria
Which Countries Support and Which Oppose the U.S. Missile Strikes in Syria
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, NPR, Business Insider, The Intercept and Al Jazeera English
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Trump's foreign policy is dangerously impulsive
Trump's foreign policy is dangerously impulsive
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The Atlantic, Shareblue, Telegraph, Politico and IJR
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
President Not-Obama — Is this the week Donald Trump found a foreign policy?
President Not-Obama — Is this the week Donald Trump found a foreign policy?
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IJR, Weekly Standard and Hit & Run
Matthew Rozsa / Salon:
Donald Trump, who's totally not Vladimir Putin's puppet, warned Russia before airstrikes on Syria
Donald Trump, who's totally not Vladimir Putin's puppet, warned Russia before airstrikes on Syria
NBC News:
Trump's Options for North Korea Include Placing Nukes in South Korea — The National Security Council has presented President Trump with options to respond to North Korea's nuclear program — including putting American nukes in South Korea or killing dictator Kim Jong-un …
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Washington Examiner and RedState
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Reuters:
Chinese state media cheer Xi-Trump meeting, say confrontation not inevitable — Chinese state media on Saturday cheered the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping as one that showed the world that confrontation between the two powers was not inevitable.
Discussion:
The Week
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 …
Enrique Krauze / New York Times:
Will Mexico Get Half of Its Territory Back? — MEXICO CITY — The United States invasion of Mexico in 1846 inflicted a painful wound that, in the 170 years that followed, turned into a scar. Donald Trump has torn it open again. — Among the many lies that he has constructed …
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CNN:
Japanese scientists want to be first to drill into the Earth's mantle — (CNN)Humans have been to the Moon and explored almost every corner of the planet — but there's one place they have never been. — A group of Japanese scientists said they plan to be the first group to successfully drill …
NBC4 Washington:
Man Accidentally Shoots Himself at NRA Headquarters: Police — The employee suffered a minor wound to his lower body and was taken to a hospital for treatment, according to Fairfax county police — A National Rifle Association employee accidentally shot himself while doing firearms training …
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The Hill and Talking Points Memo
Elana Schor / Politico:
Bipartisan pitch to save filibuster gets 61 senators' endorsement — Sixty-one senators urged their party leaders to preserve the filibuster for legislation on Friday, backing the procedural tool after Republicans scrapped the minority's power to block Supreme Court nominees.
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Political Wire
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Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Google accused of ‘extreme’ gender pay discrimination by US labor department — Allegations of possible employment violations emerge at court hearing as part of lawsuit to compel company, a federal contractor, to provide compensation data … Google has discriminated against its female employees …
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The Texas Tribune:
Here's where Texans in Congress stand on Trump's Syrian airstrikes — Texans in Congress mostly backed President Donald Trump's recent airstrikes in Syria, according to a Tribune survey of the delegation. — WASHINGTON - In the immediate aftermath of President Donald Trump ordering airstrikes …
Thomas Adamson / Yahoo:
‘Pinkwashing’ populism: Gay voters embrace French far-right — PARIS (AP) — A political party that would abolish same-sex marriage — one whose founder wanted AIDS patients rounded up and branded homosexuality “a biological and social anomaly” — is now winning LGBT votes in France.
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The Gateway Pundit
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 …