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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 …
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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
Colin Wilhelm / Politico:
McMaster: U.S. eager for regime change in Syria
McMaster: U.S. eager for regime change in Syria
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Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times:
Column An untraditional president's very traditional military strike
Column An untraditional president's very traditional military strike
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Tillerson, Haley issue differing statements on future of Assad in Syria
Tillerson, Haley issue differing statements on future of Assad in Syria
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Haley on Syria: No political solution with Assad in power
Haley on Syria: No political solution with Assad in power
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
As Georgia Vote Nears, G.O.P. Asks if Ideological Purity Matters Anymore — ATLANTA — When Michael Fitzgerald, a local Republican leader, took a break from packing up the signs after a candidate forum here last week, he appeared momentarily flummoxed about the state of his party under President Trump.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Trump's Shadow Is Looming Over This Special Election — SANDY SPRINGS, Georgia — Amy King, an accountant in this Atlanta suburb, said she's always been a Republican. — But when a Republican, Judson Hill — the first candidate to enter the first competitive congressional race …
David B. Larter / Navy Times:
Korea crisis deepens as the US dispatches the Carl Vinson strike group to the region — The head of all U.S. forces in the Pacific canceled a planned carrier exercises and port visits in Australia and redirected the Carl Vinson carrier strike group to the waters off the Korean Peninsula …
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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Tillerson: China agrees on ‘action’ on North Korea as navy strike group sails — As the US navy deployed a strike group towards the western Pacific Ocean, to provide a presence near the Korean peninsula, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said China agrees with the Trump administration that “action has to be taken” regarding North Korea.
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CNBC:
North Korea says Syria airstrikes prove its nukes justified
North Korea says Syria airstrikes prove its nukes justified
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Idrees Ali / Reuters:
U.S. Navy strike group to move toward Korean peninsula: U.S. official
U.S. Navy strike group to move toward Korean peninsula: U.S. official
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Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Schiff says Russia is absolutely ‘complicit’ in Syrian chemical attack — The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said Russia is absolutely “complicit” in the chemical attack in Syria that killed at least 86 civilians, including many children. — “Absolutely they're complicit …
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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 4-9-17: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Sen. Marco Rubio, and Rep. Adam Schiff
‘This Week’ Transcript 4-9-17: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Sen. Marco Rubio, and Rep. Adam Schiff
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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Despite Trump campaign promise, Tillerson had ‘no conversation’ with Mexico paying for border wall
Despite Trump campaign promise, Tillerson had ‘no conversation’ with Mexico paying for border wall
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Joy Lin / ABC News:
Rubio says US can't defeat ISIS until Syria's Assad is removed
Rubio says US can't defeat ISIS until Syria's Assad is removed
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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 …
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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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Jeremy Scahill Slams Fareed Zakaria on CNN: If He Could Have Sex With That Missile Strike, He Would — On CNN's Reliable Sources this morning, The Intercept's Jeremy Scahill went off on the “atrocious” media coverage of the Syria missile strikes, even calling out CNN's Fareed Zakaria in particular.
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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.
Patrick McGreevy / Los Angeles Times:
Nearly $1 billion in side deals by Gov. Brown and Democratic leaders cemented the legislative vote to raise the gas tax — Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Paramount), left, Gov. Jerry Brown and Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) were the forces pushing for a new transportation funding bill.
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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 …
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
The Happy-Go-Lucky Jewish Group That Connects Trump and Putin — Chabad of Port Washington, 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 center is an unexceptional building on an unexceptional street …
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US Food and Drug Administration:
Precautionary Recall of a Limited Quantity of Organic Marketside Spring Mix Salad is Announced by Fresh Express … For Immediate Release — Orlando, Fla., — Fresh Express is announcing a precautionary recall of a limited number of cases of Organic Marketside Spring Mix. — The item subject to the recall is 5 oz.
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