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Lucas Aulbach / Courier-Journal:
Video shows man forcibly removed from United flight from Chicago to Louisville — A video posted on Facebook late Sunday evening shows a passenger on a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Louisville being forcibly removed from the plane before takeoff at O'Hare International Airport.
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Alicia Melville-Smith / BuzzFeed:
A Man Was Dragged Off A United Plane After The Airline Overbooked The Flight — Several videos have been posted online of a man being dragged off a United Airlines plane after the flight was overbooked. — Facebook: video.php — Videos posted to Twitter and Facebook show a man being pulled …
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Jeff Goldman / New Jersey Online:
WATCH: Man forcibly removed from overbooked United flight … A man who refused to surrender his seat on an overbooked United Airlines flight on Sunday was dragged off the plane by security, according to a video and an account provided by a witness. — Four passengers on a flight scheduled …
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Avi Selk / Washington Post:
A man wouldn't leave an overbooked United flight. So he was dragged off, battered and limp. — United Airlines says a man wouldn't give up his spot on an overbooked flight Sunday. — So, according to witnesses and videos of the incident, he was pulled screaming from his seat by security …
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
White House on edge as 100-day judgment nears — President Donald Trump has far more than three years left in his first term. But inside his pressure cooker of a White House, aides and advisers are sweating the next three weeks. — The symbolic 100-day mark by which modern presidents …
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In Trump's World, Family Always Comes First — Factions inside Donald Trump's White House have knives out for one another. Or guns. — “I love a gunfight,” is how the administration's dark knight, Steve Bannon, apparently described a looming confrontation between his loyalists …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Priebus made Bannon, Kushner make up: report — White House chief of staff Reince Priebus arranged a recent meeting to soothe tensions between White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon and senior adviser Jared Kushner, according to a new report. — The meeting took place at President Trump's Mar …
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: The split on Syria strategy
The Note: The split on Syria strategy
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CBS News:
What Americans think about U.S. strike on Syria — Fifty-seven percent of Americans approve of the airstrike against Syrian military targets - calling immoral the Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons that led to the strike - but most are leery of any military involvement beyond airstrikes, a CBS News poll shows.
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Ben Westcott / CNN:
Trump administration sends mixed signals on Syria ahead of G7 meeting
Trump administration sends mixed signals on Syria ahead of G7 meeting
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CBS News:
McCain says administration rhetoric “partially to blame” for chemical attack in Syria
McCain says administration rhetoric “partially to blame” for chemical attack in Syria
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Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Trump officials tell Russia to drop its support for Syria's Assad
Trump officials tell Russia to drop its support for Syria's Assad
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Fox News:
Gorsuch sworn in as Supreme Court justice ahead of key cases — Justice Neil Gorsuch, vowing to be a “faithful servant” to the Constitution, was sworn in Monday to the Supreme Court, capping a grueling confirmation process and filling the seat once held by the late Antonin Scalia.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Neil M. Gorsuch sworn in as 113th Supreme Court justice
Neil M. Gorsuch sworn in as 113th Supreme Court justice
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John Sides / Washington Post:
Neil Gorsuch's confirmation shattered political conventions. Here is why.
Neil Gorsuch's confirmation shattered political conventions. Here is why.
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
In historic moment, Neil Gorsuch sworn in as Supreme Court justice
In historic moment, Neil Gorsuch sworn in as Supreme Court justice
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Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
‘People Just Flat-Out Lie’ — President Trump called her “Hillary Clinton's P.R. person” when she got a scoop he didn't like last week. — Controversial Fox News host Bill O'Reilly called her “unruly” when she shouted questions at Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
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YouTube:
Issa Wouldn't :30 — Congressman Issa promised to protect our health care, but when Congress tried to pass a disastrous repeal bill, Issa wouldn't oppose it. Stop trying to repeal our health care.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
TV ads slam Republicans over would-be Obamacare repeal
TV ads slam Republicans over would-be Obamacare repeal
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Trump sued for not releasing White House visitor logs — Three organizations are suing President Trump's administration for not making public the logs that show who is visiting the White House. — The National Security Archive, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Who's visiting the White House? Watchdog groups are suing to find out.
Who's visiting the White House? Watchdog groups are suing to find out.
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John Archibald / al.com:
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley expected to resign this week — It Is becoming clear that Robert Bentley will not last the week as governor. — Sources in Montgomery say his lawyers have been involved in negotiations to step down from the governorship and plead to lesser charges, allowing Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey to step up as governor.
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Financial Times:
China offers concessions to avert trade war with US — Xi affords Trump prospect of quick wins on market access in finance and beef — Read next … China will offer the Trump administration better market access for financial sector investments and US beef exports to help avert a trade war …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Publicity Stunts Aren't Policy — Does anyone still remember the Carrier deal? Back in December President-elect Donald Trump announced, triumphantly, that he had reached a deal with the air-conditioner manufacturer to keep 1,100 jobs in America rather than moving them to Mexico.
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Polly Mosendz / Bloomberg:
The Seven Types of People Who Tweet at Trump — I love Twitter," Donald Trump once tweeted. That love is manifest in more than 34,000 tweets since he took up the mantle @realDonaldTrump and over 350 in the weeks since he became the U.S. president. Trump has more than 27 million followers on Twitter …
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The Guardian:
Trump aide drew plan on napkin to partition Libya into three — Exclusive: Sebastian Gorka told proposal would be ‘the worst solution’ when he suggested it to senior European diplomat … A senior White House foreign policy official has pushed a plan to partition Libya …
Associated Press:
SEARCH FOR CONSENSUS ON TAXES VEERS INTO UNEXPECTED CORNERS — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has scrapped the tax plan he campaigned on and is going back to the drawing board in a search for Republican consensus behind legislation to overhaul the U.S. tax system.
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Penny Starr / Breitbart:
Donald Trump's Pick For Top Economic Adviser Is Pro-Immigration, Pro-Outsourcing — President Donald Trump has picked an economic advisor who believes in growing the nation's economy by importing workers and consumers, and by expanding free-trade outsourcing, despite Trump's “buy American, hire American” campaign promises.