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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says Dollar ‘Getting Too Strong,’ Won't Label China a Currency Manipulator — President leaves open possibility of renominating Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said Wednesday the U.S. dollar “is getting too strong” and he would prefer the Federal Reserve keep interest rates low.
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Trump Says He Offered China Better Trade Terms in Exchange for Help on North Korea — President doesn't demand departure of Syria's Assad but says it's likely — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said Wednesday he has offered Chinese President Xi Jinping a more favorable trade deal …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Threatens to Withhold Payments to Insurers to Press Democrats on Health Bill — Almost three weeks after canceling a vote on his health-care package over infighting among his fellow Republicans and the opposition of the Democrats, President Donald Trump dug back into the fight …
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
New Front In White House Civil War as Kushner Asserts Authority at NSC — White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner is leading an unprecedented effort to meddle in the White House's National Security Council, causing mayhem for senior staff who say the president's son-in-law is interfering …
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New York Times:
Trump Undercuts Top Adviser Stephen K. Bannon, Whose Job May Be in Danger — WASHINGTON — Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump's grenade-lobbing pugilist of a chief strategist, has a fitting nickname for his West Wing office: “The war room.” — But more and more, war is being waged on Mr. Bannon himself.
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Trump backer met with Bannon about post-WH options: report — White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon reportedly met with a key backer of President Trump last week to discuss opportunities for the senior aide should he leave the White House. — Two two sources briefed on the meeting told …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump kneecaps Bannon
Trump kneecaps Bannon
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Mike McIntire / New York Times:
After Campaign Exit, Manafort Borrowed From Businesses With Trump Ties — That morning, he stepped down from guiding Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign, after a brief tenure during which Mr. Trump won the Republican nomination, Democrats' emails were hacked and the campaign's contacts with Russia came under scrutiny.
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Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
I was wrong about Jeff Sessions — An apology for a tweet about the attorney general that has gone viral — Full disclosure: The hard-working staff here at Spoiler Alerts does not like Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Not one little bit. — I didn't like him when he was the first Senator to endorse Donald Trump.
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Prosecutor: Jeff Sessions's New Immigration Plan Is ‘F*cking Horrifying’ — NOGALES, Arizona—The crowd was small, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions's speech was short. But his message couldn't have been clearer: — “This is a new era,” said Sessions, who sported a dark suit in the hot Arizona sun.
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Wall Street Journal:
GOP Pours Money Into Montana House Race — Close call in Kansas special election fires up Republicans — WASHINGTON—Republican leaders may have been caught off guard by the weakness of their candidate in the Kansas special election, but they won't let it happen again in Montana, where another House election will be held May 25.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
If the Kansas shift happened nationally, Democrats would have a stranglehold on the House
If the Kansas shift happened nationally, Democrats would have a stranglehold on the House
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
A Republican Wins in Kansas. It's Still a Loss for the G.O.P.
A Republican Wins in Kansas. It's Still a Loss for the G.O.P.
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John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump's budget director on what's on, and off, the table for cuts — As President Donald Trump's budget director, Mick Mulvaney sits in the center of the storm. — He is drafting a White House budget that members of both parties call dead on arrival. He's still trying to help bridge …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Budget Director Admits Their Goal Is High Inequality, Not Low Deficits
Trump Budget Director Admits Their Goal Is High Inequality, Not Low Deficits
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Trump surrogate says Trump's own adviser being a Russian agent isn't evidence of ‘collusion’ — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Kayleigh McEnany went on CNN on Wednesday to defend President Donald Trump from charges that he and his presidential campaign colluded with the Russian government.
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Associated Press:
Lobbyists tied to ex-Trump aides register as foreign agents
Lobbyists tied to ex-Trump aides register as foreign agents
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Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Manafort is expected to register as a foreign agent
Manafort is expected to register as a foreign agent
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
President Trump's thoroughly confusing Fox Business interview, annotated — President Trump spoke with Fox Business Network's Maria Bartiromo in an interview airing Wednesday morning, and it was par for the course for Trump. — By which I mean he rewrote history (on his views of attacking Syria) …
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Trump hammers FBI's Comey for not jailing Clinton: ‘She was guilty of every charge’
Trump hammers FBI's Comey for not jailing Clinton: ‘She was guilty of every charge’
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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Burger King's new ad forces Google Home to advertise the Whopper — Oh no, Google — Burger King is unveiling a horrible, genius, infuriating, hilarious, and maybe very poorly thought-out ad today that's designed to intentionally set off Google Homes and Android phones.
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Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
Burger King TV Ad Asks, Hoping Google Home Devices Answer — In the latest example of marketers entering the living room, Burger King will release television commercials on Tuesday that are intended to prompt voice-activated smart speakers from Google into describing its burgers — after the 15-second spots end.
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Media Matters for America:
White Nationalists And Neo-Nazis Use Sean Spicer's Hitler Comments To Validate Holocaust Conspiracy Theories, Attack Jews — Sean Spicer Claimed Hitler “Didn't Even Sink To Using Chemical Weapons” And “Was Not Using The Gas On His Own People The Same Way That Assad Is Doing”
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Sean Spicer Is the Perfectly Awful Spokesman That Donald Trump Deserves
Sean Spicer Is the Perfectly Awful Spokesman That Donald Trump Deserves
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Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
President Trump on NATO: 'It's no longer obsolete' — President Donald Trump reversed course on his view of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Wednesday, saying the organization is “no longer obsolete” after months of bashing the defense alliance as no longer relevant during his campaign.
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Tillerson and Putin Find Little More Than Disagreement in Meeting — MOSCOW — Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson met with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia for nearly two hours Wednesday, but the two men appeared unable to agree on the facts involving the deadly chemical weapons assault …
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump administration moving quickly to build up nationwide deportation force — The Trump administration is quickly identifying ways to assemble the nationwide deportation force that President Trump promised on the campaign trail as he railed against the dangers posed by illegal immigration.
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Aaron Smith / CNNMoney:
Standoff: ‘Charging Bull’ artist wants ‘Fearless Girl’ out of the way — State Street: Why we commissioned the Wall St. ‘Fearless Girl’ — The artist behind “Charging Bull,” the bronze sculpture that has come to symbolize Wall Street, wants “Fearless Girl” out of the way.
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Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
‘Charging Bull’ sculptor says ‘Fearless Girl’ distorts his art. He's fighting back.
‘Charging Bull’ sculptor says ‘Fearless Girl’ distorts his art. He's fighting back.
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The Sun:
KIM'S FATE SEALED Elite US Navy Seal squad that killed Osama bin Laden ‘is training up in South Korea to take out Kim Jong-un’ — Seal Team Six has been taking part in drills in South Korea as tensions with Kim's regime mount, according to reports — By Victoria Craw for news.com.au and Danny Collins
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New York Post:
Judge washes up dead along the Hudson River — Medical examiners remove Abdus-Salaam's body. — Robert Miller — A pioneering judge, who became the first Muslim woman in US history to serve on the bench, was found dead Wednesday — washed up on the Manhattan side of the Hudson River, sources said.
The Intercept:
MSNBC'S RACHEL MADDOW SEES A “RUSSIA CONNECTION” LURKING AROUND EVERY CORNER — One day after her network joined the rest of corporate media in cheering for President Trump's missile attack on Syria, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow was back to regular business: seeing Russian collaboration with Trump at work.
The Hill:
Clinton campaign plagued by bickering — The following is an excerpt adapted from “Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign,” which will be released on April 18. Copyright © 2017 by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes. Published by Crown, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC.
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