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3:35 PM ET, April 11, 2017

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Alexander Smith / NBC News:
Eric Trump Says Syria Strike Was Swayed By ‘Heartbroken’ Ivanka  —  Donald Trump's decision to bomb Syria was influenced by his daughter, Ivanka, being “heartbroken and outraged” at the country's alleged chemical weapons attack, one of the president's sons told a British newspaper.
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
White House Accuses Russia of Cover-up in Syria Chemical Attack  —  WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday accused the Russian government of engaging in a cover-up of the chemical weapons attack last week by Syrian forces that prompted American airstrikes, saying that United States intelligence …
Discussion: UPI, IJR, Associated Press and Mediaite
Simon Johnson / Telegraph:
Ivanka Trump encouraged my father to launch air strikes against Assad in Syria after chemical weapons attack, says Eric Trump  —  Eric Trump has said he is “sure” his sister Ivanka used her influence over their father to encourage the US president to launch military action against Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
What Reset?  White House to Call Out Russia's Fake News on Syria  —  President Donald Trump's Russian reset is in big trouble.  —  That's one message of a four-page dossier on the Syrian government's April 4 chemical weapons attack that killed up to 100 people and injured many more.
Discussion: Hot Air
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Putin: US plans to fake chemical weapons in Syria  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin will reportedly press the United Nations to officially investigate last week's chemical attack in Syria, claiming, without evidence, that there are plans to fake the use of chemical weapons.
Discussion: RedState, ABC News, Politico, CNN and Reuters
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Reflexive partisanship drives polling lurch on Syria strikes
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
U.S. Accuses Russia of ‘Cover-Up’ in Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack
Discussion: Mediaite
Justin Bachman / Bloomberg:
United Airlines Tumbles After Social-Media Storm Goes Global  —  Passenger's removal becomes trending item on Chinese platform  —  Carrier's CEO says man was ‘disruptive’ and ‘belligerent’  —  United Continental Holdings Inc. tumbled early Tuesday as outrage on social media over the removal …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Daily Mail:
PICTURED: The internal medicine specialist father-of-five who was beaten and dragged off an overbooked United flight as CEO pens ‘tone deaf’ email DEFENDING staff  — The 69-year-old Vietnamese-American is married to a pediatrician who has a clinic in Elizabethtown, Kentucky - about 40 miles south of Louisville
Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
Petition calls for United CEO to resign after passenger dragged off flight  —  A petition is calling for the top executive at United Airlines to resign after one of the airline's passengers was violently dragged off an overbooked flight Sunday evening, sparking widespread public outrage.
Discussion: ABC News, Politico and The Daily Caller
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
United CEO, facing boycott calls, defends booting passenger so crew could take his seat  —  United Airlines' chief executive is defending his employees after a passenger who refused to give up his plane seat to a crew member was pulled screaming into the aisle by security, battered …
CNBC:
United shares slide as PR nightmare catches up with investors
New York Times:
Video of United Airlines Passenger Creates Furor in China, Too
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump and Paul Ryan are the problem — a staff shake-up won't fix anything  —  It's not Steve Bannon's fault the GOP's policy agenda is incoherent.  —  The Trump administration knows it hasn't gotten off to a very impressive start, with Shane Goldmacher reporting that officials …
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Eliza Collins / USA Today:
Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows pursues health care deal with Speaker Ryan
Discussion: Political Wire and Axios
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
The Latest Test for the White House?  Pulling Off Its Easter Egg Roll  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump received an urgent warning in February, informing him of a crucial date he was about to miss.  —  “FYI manufacturing deadlines for the Easter eggs are near,” said a Twitter post directed at Mr. Trump …
Jim O’Sullivan / BostonGlobe.com:
Remember Mitt Romney's ‘binders full of women?’  They're real.  And we got them.  —  In the world of important political documents — from the Magna Carta to the Pentagon Papers — there are also those known for more pedestrian reasons.  Count Mitt Romney's “binders full of women” in that category.
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Schumer: If Trump doesn't release his tax returns, 'it's going to make tax reform much harder'  —  Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) is warning that President Trump needs to release his personal tax returns if he hopes to achieve comprehensive tax reform in the coming months.
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Samuel Osborne / The Independent:
US election ‘hacking’: Russian man arrested in Spain at request of American authorities  —  Arrested man reportedly told wife he had created a computer virus 'linked to Trump's election win'  —  An alleged Russian hacker has been arrested in Spain at the request of American authorities.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Israpundit
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Rich Lowry / New York Post:   Turns out Obama was the real Russian stooge
Maya T. Prabhu / Post and Courier:
Attendees chant ‘you lie’ at U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson during Graniteville town hall … GRANITEVILLE — U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson received some protests Monday like other Republican congressmen nationwide during town halls this year, getting drowned out at times with loud boos and receiving 30 seconds of “You Lie” chants.
Jacqueline Alemany / CBS News:
Pennsylvania congressman to be named drug czar by Trump  —  Pennsylvania Congressman Tom Marino is expected to step down from his seat to take on a new role in the Trump administration.  Multiple sources tell CBS News that Marino will head up the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), assuming the informal title of drug czar.
Discussion: Washington Post and Hit & Run
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Ginsburg refers to Graham as one of ‘the women of the Senate’  —  Ruth Bader Ginsburg appears to have been caught up in a gender-swapping snafu, mistakenly dubbing Sen. Lindsey Graham  —  (R-S.C.) one of the “women of the Senate.”  —  The 84-year-old Supreme Court justice delivered remarks …
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Spicer claims even Hitler didn't use chemical weapons against his people  —  Addressing Syria's use of chemical weapons last week in an attack against a rebel-controlled region of his own country, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Syrian dictator Bashar Assad's behavior was worse …
Discussion: ABC News and Balloon Juice
Ashe Schow / Watchdog.org:
Texas student commits suicide after Title IX kangaroo court  —  If every other egregious example of a male student denied due process after being accused of sexual misconduct gets ignored - this one should not be.  —  A male student who was accused of sexual harassment committed suicide …
Rick Perlstein / New York Times:
I Thought I Understood the American Right.  Trump Proved Me Wrong.  —  A historian of conservatism looks back at how he and his peers failed to anticipate the rise of the president.  —  Until Nov. 8, 2016, historians of American politics shared a rough consensus about the rise of modern American conservatism.
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Why the Trump administration has so many vacancies  —  Hundreds of key jobs across the federal government remain vacant as a result of an overworked White House personnel office that is frustrating Cabinet secretaries and hampering President Donald Trump's ability to carry out his ambitious legislative agenda.
Daily Mail:
Belgian psychologist who helped failed asylum seekers being deported is named as Stockholm terror attack victim  —  A Belgian psychologist and mother-of-one who worked with asylum seekers facing deportation has been named as the latest victim of Friday's jihadi atrocity in Stockholm.
sandiegouniontribune.com:
Trump's border wall will get its start in San Diego County  —  The border between San Diego, left, and Tijuana is already heavily fortified and patrolled by the U.S. Border Patrol.  (John Gibbins / San Diego Union-Tribune)  —  President Trump's proposed wall with Mexico will kick off …
Discussion: Vox and The Daily Caller
 
 
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Variety:
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