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3:45 PM ET, April 9, 2017

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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
McFarland to Exit White House as McMaster Consolidates Power  —  Former Fox News commentator will become envoy to Singapore  —  Trump's second national security advisor making his mark  —  K. T. McFarland has been asked to step down as deputy National Security Advisor to President Donald …
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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Deputy National Security Adviser KT McFarland ousted from role: report  —  Deputy National Security Adviser K.T. McFarland has been asked to step down in another shakeup within President Trump's administration, according to a new report.  —  McFarland will become the U.S. ambassador to Singapore …
USA Today:
K.T. McFarland to leave White House amid NSC shakeup
Discussion: Politico
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Obama's Syria strike plan was much bigger than Trump's  —  The Trump administration's strike on one of Bashar al-Assad's air bases was similar in style and objectives to the strike plan that President Barack Obama prepared in 2013 — except that Obama's attacks were to be several times bigger than President Trump's.
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Ryan and McConnell flip-flop on the use of force in Syria to deter chemical weapons  —  “This was a strike that was well-planned, well- executed, went right to the heart of the matter, which is using chemical weapons.”  —  “I've concluded that being credible on Syria requires presenting a credible response …
Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times:
Column An untraditional president's very traditional military strike  —  President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. on April 6, after the U.S. fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria in retaliation for its gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Joy Lin / ABC News:
Rubio says US can't defeat ISIS until Syria's Assad is removed
Discussion: Associated Press and Politico
Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Schiff says Russia is absolutely ‘complicit’ in Syrian chemical attack
Discussion: Politico
Colin Wilhelm / Politico:
McMaster: U.S. eager for regime change in Syria
Discussion: Business Insider
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Tillerson, Haley issue differing statements on future of Assad in Syria
Discussion: Hot Air and Politico
CNN:
Blasts at Christian churches in Egypt kill dozens on Palm Sunday  —  (CNN)Bombs targeted two Coptic churches in Egypt as the Christian faithful observed Palm Sunday, one of the most important days on the religion's calendar.  —  A powerful blast rippled through a Palm Sunday service …
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Daily Mail:   Coptic churches are devastated by double ISIS bombers as 38 Christians are killed at two Palm Sunday services in Egypt
Bloomberg:
Dozens Killed in Two Egyptian Church Bombings on Palm Sunday
Discussion: Politico
CNBC:
North Korea says Syria airstrikes prove its nukes justified  —  North Korea has vowed to bolster its defenses to protect itself against airstrikes like the ones President Donald Trump ordered against an air base in Syria.  —  The North called the airstrikes “absolutely unpardonable” …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
The Emerging Trump Doctrine: Don't Follow Doctrine
Discussion: The Hill
Jay Rayner / The Guardian:
Le Cinq, Four Seasons Hôtel George V, 31 avenue George V, 75008 Paris (00 331 49 52 71 54).  Meal for two, including service and modest wine: €600 (£520)  —  There is only one thing worse than being served a terrible meal: being served a terrible meal by earnest waiters …
The Hill:
Dems winning fight over wall  —  Democrats are winning the war over the wall.  —  Despite President Trump's request for more than $1 billion to fund the Mexican border wall this year, GOP leaders are expected to exclude the money in the spending bill being prepared to keep the government open beyond April 28.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Despite Trump campaign promise, Tillerson had ‘no conversation’ with Mexico paying for border wall
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Daily Caller
Axios:
Trump plans centrist push and Priebus is on board  —  Steve Bannon, the engine and soul of President Trump's hard-edged approach to his first months in office, is increasingly isolated and will be forced out unless he can adopt a more cooperative approach, a top source told me.
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
WATCH: Ex-Breitbart executive warns that if Kushner forces out Bannon it will be ‘open warfare’ on Trump
Discussion: AOL
Elana Schor / Politico:
Why Democrats have no regrets after McConnell's ‘nuclear’ blast  —  Democrats heard the argument throughout the Senate's bitter debate over Neil Gorsuch: Don't filibuster this Supreme Court nominee — save your leverage for President Donald Trump's next pick, the one who could change the court's balance of power for a generation.
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats' Conditions for Tax Overhaul Make Bipartisan Deal Unlikely  —  GOP attempts to reach across the aisle are complicated by lack of agreement on priorities  —  WASHINGTON—Democrats are starting to settle on a price for participating in a tax-code overhaul, and many Republicans won't want to pay it.
Nature:
Why people prefer unequal societies  —  Abstract  —  There is immense concern about economic inequality, both among the scholarly community and in the general public, and many insist that equality is an important social goal.  However, when people are asked about the ideal distribution …
Discussion: Crooked Timber
palmbeachdailynews:
Private helicopter lands, uses helipad at Mar-a-Lago  —  A Donald Trump helicopter landed for the first time Saturday at the president's Mar-a-Lago Club since the helipad was completed.  —  However, it wasn't Marine One.  —  A white and blue helicopter with TRUMP in big red letters on the side flew in Saturday afternoon.
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
The Happy-Go-Lucky Jewish Group That Connects Trump and Putin  —  The Port Washington Chabad, a Jewish community center on Long Island's Manhasset Bay, sits in a squat brick edifice across from a Shell Gas station and a strip mall.  The Chabad is an unexceptional building on an unexceptional street …
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Talking Dog
Stacy Brown / Page Six:
Janet Jackson splits with billionaire husband … She's having a marriage malfunction!  —  Just months after giving birth to her first child at age 50, Janet Jackson has split with billionaire husband Wissam Al Mana.  —  While one source said the split is amicable and the couple will co-parent their son …
Discussion: The Root and New York Magazine
 
 
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller
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