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Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
United passenger David Dao says he's still in the hospital — This image made from a video provided by Audra D. Bridges shows David Dao, the passenger who was forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight in Chicago on Sunday. (Associated Press) — David Dao, a Kentucky physician …
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David Lazarus / Los Angeles Times:
Column United passenger threatened with handcuffs to make room for ‘higher-priority’ traveler — Geoff Fearns, an Irvine investment manager, was threatened with being handcuffed when he refused to vacate his first-class seat on a United flight to Los Angeles. (Valerie Fearns)
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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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Gary Leff / View from the Wing:
The Real Reason a Man Was Dragged Off That United Flight, and How to Stop It From Happening Again — Sunday's incident where a man was dragged off a United Express plane and bloodied was terrible. It's excruciating to watch the video of the incident unfolding, and later of the disoriented man mumbling “just kill me.”
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Avi Selk / Washington Post:
United CEO, facing boycott calls, defends booting passenger so crew could take his seat
United CEO, facing boycott calls, defends booting passenger so crew could take his seat
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Daily Mail:
PICTURED: The internal medicine specialist father-of-five who was beaten and dragged off …
PICTURED: The internal medicine specialist father-of-five who was beaten and dragged off …
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WLKY-TV:
Kentucky man pulled from United flight remains hospitalized
Kentucky man pulled from United flight remains hospitalized
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Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
Petition calls for United CEO to resign after passenger dragged off flight
Petition calls for United CEO to resign after passenger dragged off flight
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Max Nesterak / PBS NewsHour:
How Delta masters the game of overbooking flights
How Delta masters the game of overbooking flights
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor Trump adviser Carter Page — The FBI obtained a secret court order last summer to monitor the communications of an adviser to presidential candidate Donald Trump, part of an investigation into possible links between Russia and the campaign, law enforcement and other U.S. officials said.
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CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Classified docs contradict Nunes surveillance claims, GOP and Dem sources say — Republican and Democratic lawmakers and aides have so far found no evidence that Obama administration officials did anything unusual or illegal — Their private assessment contradicts …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Spicer apologizes for claiming Hitler didn't use chemical weapons — White House press secretary Sean Spicer had to do something Tuesday night his boss deeply dislikes: He apologized. — Hours after seemingly minimizing the Holocaust in an attempt to explain the atrocities of chemical attacks …
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CNN:
Spicer: Hitler ‘was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing’
Spicer: Hitler ‘was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing’
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Alexander Smith / NBC News:
Eric Trump Says Syria Strike Was Swayed By ‘Heartbroken’ Ivanka
Eric Trump Says Syria Strike Was Swayed By ‘Heartbroken’ Ivanka
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Joy Lee / Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on White House Press Secretary's Statements on Holocaust
Pelosi Statement on White House Press Secretary's Statements on Holocaust
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Anne Frank Center calls for Spicer to be fired
Anne Frank Center calls for Spicer to be fired
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Nick Giampia / Fox Business:
Assad is Worse Than Hitler: Syrian Chemical Weapon Survivor
Assad is Worse Than Hitler: Syrian Chemical Weapon Survivor
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Trump won't definitively say he still backs Bannon — MORE FROM: … Washington's rumor mill is working overtime on the fate of aide Steve Bannon, who is said to be at the center of the rampant White House in-fighting. When I asked the President Tuesday afternoon if he still has confidence in Bannon …
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Bill O'Reilly Is Going on Vacation. Will His Show Return? — Embattled Fox News host Bill O'Reilly announced tonight that he is taking a vacation. O'Reilly's decision to go off the air in the midst of a sexual harassment scandal and advertiser boycott arguably has the appearance of a suspension …
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New York Times:
Live Results: Republicans Defend House Seat in Kansas Special Election — Candidate Party Votes Pct. — Dem. — 28,646 — Ron Estes — Rep. — 27,105 — Lib. — 32% reporting (199 of 620 precincts) — Republicans are wary of a close race to fill the seat of the new C …
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Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
Does Kansas Special Election Signal Trouble for GOP?
Does Kansas Special Election Signal Trouble for GOP?
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Fox News Insider:
Watch Maria Bartiromo's Must-See Interview With President Trump on Fox Business Network — President Donald Trump will sit down with Maria Bartiromo for an interview that will air Wednesday at 7:00 a.m. ET on Fox Business Network. — It will be Trump's first Fox Business interview since he's taken office.
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Trump: I want to pass health care before doing tax reform — President Donald Trump still wants to pass a health care bill before he turns to tax reform. — “We're going to have a phenomenal tax reform, but I have to do health care first,” Trump said, according to an excerpt of an interview …
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
BREAKING: Sessions Announces Illegal Aliens Who Illegally Re-Enter The U.S. Will Be Charged With a Felony — Speaking from the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced major changes to Justice Department protocol when it comes to charging and prosecuting illegal aliens.
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Ted Hesson / Politico:
Sessions signals immigration crackdown: ‘This is the Trump era’
Sessions signals immigration crackdown: ‘This is the Trump era’
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Aruna Viswanatha / Wall Street Journal:
Undocumented Immigrants Who Commit Crimes Face Tougher Policy
Undocumented Immigrants Who Commit Crimes Face Tougher Policy
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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Sean Moran / Breitbart:
Justin Amash: ‘We Need a Change in Direction from this Speaker or We Need a New Speaker’
Justin Amash: ‘We Need a Change in Direction from this Speaker or We Need a New Speaker’
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Bloomberg:
Tillerson Asks Why U.S. Taxpayers Should Care About Ukraine — Offhand remark an unexpected moment as foreign ministers meet — Top diplomat still finding footing in protocol-rich meetings — With one offhand remark, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson left European diplomats befuddled at a gathering in Italy.
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Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml:
China Threatens To Bomb North Korea's Nuclear Facilities If It Crosses Beijing's “Bottom Line” — With everyone putting down new and/or revised “red lines”, be it on Syria or North Korea, it was now China's turn to reveal its “red” or rather “bottom line”, and in a harshly worded editorial titled …
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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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CBS North Carolina / WNCN:
NC bill looks to ban gay marriage — RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) - A bill filed by three Republican lawmakers looks to ban gay marriage in North Carolina. — The “Uphold Historical Marriage Act” says the U.S. Supreme Court over stepped its “constitutional bounds” when in 2015 it struck down what was known as Amendment One.
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Daily Mail:
What United claimed: The document attached to his passenger file which claimed Dr David Dao, 69, a grandfather, had tried to strike police officers — The father of five, who has won sympathy globally over the incident, was given a suspended jail sentence for illegally obtaining …
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