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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 …
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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
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USA Today:
United Airlines CEO doubles down, says employees followed procedures, flier was ‘belligerent’ — LOUISVILLE — The intense firestorm roaring against United Airlines and its unrepentant CEO raged on Tuesday after his letter to the airline's employees lauded the behavior of the flight's crew when a …
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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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Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
United passenger David Dao says he's still in the hospital
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United shares slide as PR nightmare catches up with investors
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Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
Petition calls for United CEO to resign after passenger dragged off flight
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Matt Rosoff / CNBC:
United CEO doubles down in email to employees, says passenger was ‘disruptive and belligerent’
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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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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.
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Spicer under fire for claiming Hitler didn't use chemical weapons — White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Tuesday again found himself in hot water, after ham-handedly claiming that Adolf Hitler did not use chemical weapons, seemingly minimizing the atrocities of the Holocaust.
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CNN:
Spicer: Hitler ‘was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing’ — (CNN)White House press secretary Sean Spicer, in an effort to shame Russia's alliance with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his use of chemical weapons, said Tuesday Adolf Hitler …
Joy Lee / Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on White House Press Secretary's Statements on Holocaust
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Sean Spicer takes his questionable claims to a new level in Hitler-Assad comparison
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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.
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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 …
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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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Eliza Collins / USA Today:
Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows pursues health care deal with Speaker Ryan — HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. — Rep. Mark Meadows intends to deliver an Obamacare repeal and replacement plan to House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., on Tuesday that would leave in place the existing law's mandates …
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Freedom Caucus chair: Deal ‘close’ on ObamaCare repeal
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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.
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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.
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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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Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Can Democrats cuss their way back to the White House? — WASHINGTON — An old political maxim holds that politicians campaign in poetry but govern in prose. — But after voters rewarded Donald Trump despite - or perhaps because of - his plain, often expletive-prone rhetoric …
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William McGurn / Wall Street Journal:
The Silencing of Heather Mac Donald — Lofty college statements on free speech are worthless without enforcement. — No one who knows her could ever describe Heather Mac Donald as a victim. — Still, last Thursday night the Manhattan Institute scholar became the latest target of the latter …
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Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
Does Kansas Special Election Signal Trouble for GOP? — Since the inauguration of Donald Trump, speculation has abounded as to whether his unpopularity could drag down the Republican House majority in 2018. We've seen massive protests in liberal enclaves, but we haven't had a whole lot …
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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 …
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Maya Lau / Los Angeles Times:
He was a pastor and a gentleman: ‘She thought she had a wonderful husband’ — A school shooting has left San Bernardino reeling from violence once again. (April 11, 2017) (Sign up for our free video newsletter here http://bit.ly/2n6VKPR) — Karen Smith tied the knot in January with a man she had known for years.
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Kevin Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump promised an ‘unpredictable’ foreign policy. To allies, it looks incoherent. — Back during his presidential campaign, Donald Trump summed up his approach to foreign policy this way: “We must as a nation be more unpredictable.” — But now that he is commander in chief …
Scott Thistlestaff / Press Herald:
Sen. Collins says she may run for Maine governor in 2018 — The state's senior U.S. senator says she's looking at where she can do the most good for citizens. — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said Tuesday she was seriously contemplating a run for Maine governor in 2018, her most definitive statement yet …
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Aruna Viswanatha / Wall Street Journal:
Undocumented Immigrants Who Commit Crimes Face Tougher Policy — Attorney General Jeff Sessions wants to add 125 judges to address a backlog of immigration cases — Attorney General Jeff Sessions directed federal prosecutors to pursue harsher charges against undocumented immigrants who commit crimes …
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