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Syria strikes: Site of chemical attack hit again — (CNN)New airstrikes have targeted a town in northwest Syria that was hit by a deadly chemical attack earlier this week, activists said. — It wasn't immediately clear who conducted the strikes on Khan Sheikhoun, which hit on Friday and Saturday …
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Washington Post:
Warplanes return to Syrian town devastated by chemical attack — BEIRUT — Residents of the Syrian town devastated by a chemical-weapons attack last week said that warplanes had returned to bomb them Saturday as Turkey described a retaliatory U.S. assault as “cosmetic” unless it removed President Bashar al-Assad from power.
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Tulsi Gabbard ‘skeptical’ Assad regime behind gas attack … (D-Hawaii) said Friday she was “skeptical” that Syrian leader Bashar Assad's regime was behind this week's chemical weapons attack in northern Syria. — “There are a number of theories that are out there,” Gabbard said during …
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Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
Obama Administration Knew Syria Still Had Chemical Weapons, Despite Saying Otherwise — DNI James Clapper said as much last February. — Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster is announced as national security adviser, Feb. 20, 2017. — National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster delivered remarks …
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Trump's foreign policy is dangerously impulsive
Trump's foreign policy is dangerously impulsive
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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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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Bannon's Views Can Be Traced to a Book That Warns, ‘Winter Is Coming’ — WASHINGTON — Stephen K. Bannon has read the book three times. He still keeps a copy of it — one that's creased and copiously underlined — in a library with the rest of his favorites at his father's house in Richmond, Va.
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Even as the White …
Tom Cotton / New York Times:
A Strike in Syria Restores Our Credibility in the World — After President Bashar al-Assad of Syria once again attacked his own citizens with poison gas, the civilized world recoiled in horror at images of children writhing in pain and suffocating to death.
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Shot in the Dark and Daily Wire
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Alyssa Madruga / Fox News:
Expert: Watch to see if Kim Jong-Un goes into hiding after Syria strike
Expert: Watch to see if Kim Jong-Un goes into hiding after Syria strike
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NBC News:
Trump's Options for North Korea Include Placing Nukes in South Korea
Trump's Options for North Korea Include Placing Nukes in South Korea
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Washington Examiner, Hot Air, The Last Tradition and RedState
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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John Sharp / al.com:
Rebekah Mason suggested closure of DMV offices in majority black counties, report shows — Governor Robert Bentley's former top advisor and secret paramour Rebekah Mason led a politically-motivated effort in 2015 to close 31 driver's license offices in mostly black counties, a move that embarrassed the state and was later reversed.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Inside the failed secret mission to save the filibuster — A week before Republicans gutted the filibuster to put Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court, nine senators gathered in John McCain's office to see whether they could save the Senate from spiraling further into disrepair.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Mitch McConnell, the man who broke America
Mitch McConnell, the man who broke America
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Claire Ballor / Dallas Morning News:
Hacking blamed for emergency sirens blaring across Dallas early Saturday — City officials have determined that hacking is to blame for the emergency sirens that went off throughout Dallas early Saturday. — Rocky Vaz, the director of the city's Office of Emergency Management …
Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Stockholm terror attack: Suspect reportedly posted ISIS videos on Facebook — The suspect in Friday's deadly truck attack in Stockholm posted videos of ISIS atrocities on Facebook and “liked” a picture showing the bloody aftermath of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, a Swedish newspaper reported.
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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
EPA may seek to repeal Obama ozone pollution rule — The Trump administration told an appeals court late Friday that it is considering whether it wants to repeal former President Obama's 2015 ozone pollution rule. — Justice Department attorneys are asking the Court of Appeals for the District …
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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, ThinkProgress and Talking Points Memo
Dan Rather:
The President of the United States is the Commander in Chief. It is an awesome responsibility. Committing the use of force and American men and women in uniform is about as serious as it gets. But the truly great presidents understand that knowing when NOT to act is as important as knowing when to act.
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Bettina Elias Siegel / New York Times:
New Mexico Outlaws School ‘Lunch Shaming’ — What is “lunch shaming?” It happens when a child can't pay a school lunch bill. — In Alabama, a child short on funds was stamped on the arm with “I Need Lunch Money.” In some schools, children are forced to clean cafeteria tables in front of their peers to pay the debt.