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11:50 AM ET, April 11, 2017

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Simon Johnson / Telegraph:
Donald Trump's action in Syria proves he is not in league with Putin, says his son Eric  —  Donald Trump's decision to launch a cruise missile attack on Syria proved he is not in league with Russia and will not be “pushed around” by Vladimir Putin, the US President's son has told The Daily Telegraph.
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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.
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Turns out Obama was the real Russian stooge  —  Barack Obama and Donald Trump.  —  AP; Getty Images  —  MORE FROM: … The circumstantial evidence is mounting that the Kremlin succeeded in infiltrating the US government at the highest levels.  —  How else to explain a newly elected president looking …
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Reflexive partisanship drives polling lurch on Syria strikes
Discussion: al.com, New York Magazine and Axios
Elizabeth Preza / Raw Story:
Eric Trump is ‘sure’ Ivanka encouraged their father to strike Syria: 'I think that's a great thing'
Discussion: Telegraph
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 …
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CNBC:
United shares slide as PR nightmare catches up with investors  — The airline's stock had climbed nearly 1 percent Monday, not reacting much initially to the internet's response to an ugly video of a passenger being dragged off an overbooked flight.  —  Shares of United Continental slipped …
New York Times:
Video of United Airlines Passenger Creates Furor in China, Too
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.
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 …
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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Lauren Gibbons / MLive.com:
50-80 Republicans would have voted no on health care proposal, Justin Amash says
Discussion: Political Wire and Axios
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 …
Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
Republicans sweat surprisingly close Kansas congressional race  —  Kansas has been reliably Republican in federal elections, but GOP operatives head into Tuesday uncertain of an easy victory when the deep-red state holds the first congressional election since President Donald Trump's inauguration.
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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.
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.
Dan Merica / CNN:
Trump on pace to surpass 8 years of Obama's travel spending in 1 year  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump's travel to his private club in Florida has cost over an estimated $20 million in his first 80 days as president, putting the president on pace in his first year of office …
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Cuomo's free tuition program comes with a major catch  —  Gov. Andrew Cuomo's much-heralded new program for free tuition at state colleges comes with a huge catch: You have to sign years of your life away to get it.  —  Under a provision that was added to the tuition bill at the last moment …
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Airline Industry Is a Starving Giant That's Gnawing At Our Economy  —  By now, you've probably seen this video of United Airlines refusing to let one of its passengers “fly the friendly skies.”  —  The airline had overbooked a Sunday night flight from Chicago to Louisville, Kentucky.
Jim Malewitz / The Texas Tribune:
Texas intentionally discriminated with 2011 voter ID law, judge rules (again)  —  A federal judge has ruled — for the second time — that Texas lawmakers intentionally discriminated against Latino and black voters in passing a strict voter identification law in 2011.
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Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
Federal Judge Says Texas Voter ID Law Intentionally Discriminates
Discussion: The Nation and The Daily Caller
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.
Brendan Cole / International Business Times:
Migrants are being sold at open slave markets in Libya  —  Vulnerable refugees from West Africa often arrive in the country with no money and no papers.  —  Migrants from West Africa are being openly traded in “public slave markets” across Libya.  —  As a departure point for refugees trying …
Discussion: Shot in the Dark
Heidi M Przybyla / USA Today:
Republicans avoid town halls after health care votes  —  WASHINGTON — Reps. Leonard Lance of New Jersey and Ryan Costello of Pennsylvania appear to be the only swing-district Republicans who voted for their party's bill to replace Obamacare who will directly face constituents over the April recess …
Discussion: The Nation
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Obama heading to Germany in May to talk democracy with Merkel  —  Former President Barack Obama plans to reemerge on the international stage in late May, sitting down with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in her home country for a panel discussion about democracy.
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Trump Administration to Pay Health Law Subsidies Disputed by House  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration says it is willing to continue paying subsidies to health insurance companies under the Affordable Care Act even though House Republicans say the payments are illegal because Congress never authorized them.
Reuters:
Exclusive: North Korean ships head home after China orders coal returned  —  A fleet of North Korean cargo ships is heading home to the port of Nampo, the majority of it fully laden, after China ordered its trading companies to return coal from the isolated country, shipping data shows.
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Donald Trump Jr nixes 2018 NY bid, but maybe later  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump Jr., rumored to be eyeing a move to follow his father's footsteps into politics, will not be a candidate for governor of New York next year but is not ruling out a possible run for office in the future.
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
LGBT advocates launch effort to block Trump's ‘appalling’ Army secretary nominee
Kimberly Redmond / lohud.com:
West Point cadet dismissed from Army after drug probe
Discussion: Military News
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The Senate may be developing an electoral college issue
Tommy Christopher / Shareblue:
Breaking: Panicked White House forbids reporting on Russia briefing
Discussion: RedState
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Secret A.T.F. Account Paid for $21,000 Nascar Suite and Las Vegas Trip
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Trump takes control of the GOP machine
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Why the Trump administration has so many vacancies
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Comedian Hasan Minhaj to perform at WHCD
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Ricochet:
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Discussion: National Review
John M. Donnelly / Roll Call:
Stop-Loss an Option for Air Force to Keep Departing Pilots
Lauren Gardner / Politico:
Why Trump's $1 trillion infrastructure plan could wind up in a ditch
Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
Will London Fall?  —  The metropolis that globalization created …
Discussion: Heat Street and Guido Fawkes
Vindu Goel / New York Times:
That Fingerprint Sensor on Your Phone Is Not as Safe as You Think
Discussion: Daily Mail
Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
Column Trump's proposal to eliminate the Social Security payroll tax may be his worst idea yet
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Bloomberg:
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