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12:15 PM ET, April 12, 2017

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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’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  President Donald Trump is not happy with FBI Director James Comey for not arresting former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton.
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump: I won't ask for Comey's resignation
Discussion: ABC News
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.
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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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump kneecaps Bannon  —  Allies of Steve Bannon fear the White House chief strategist is about to be pushed out, following the posting last night of an ominous interview with Trump by Michael Goodwin, a New York Post columnist and someone the president has been comfortable with over many years.
Discussion: Hot Air and US News
Chris Buskirk / American Greatness:   Don't Fall for Morning Joe's Propaganda on Bannon
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump discusses North Korean ‘menace’ with Xi
Discussion: Politico
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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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
A Republican won in Kansas. But here's why the GOP is not celebrating.
Discussion: Hot Air and New York Times
Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
Republican Ron Estes prevails in tough Kansas congressional race
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.
John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump's budget director is at home in the eye of the storm  —  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 the gap between …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Budget Director Admits Their Goal Is High Inequality, Not Low Deficits
Discussion: CNBC
Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Budget chief: Trump's promise to eliminate debt was ‘hyperbole’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Chicago Tribune:
United faces more questions as dragged passenger hires high-powered attorney  —  This video posted on social media shows a passenger on an April 9, 2017, United Airlines flight from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Louisville being removed by security.  (Jayse D. Anspach)
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Nicole Gelinas / City Journal:
May I Drag You from Your Seat?
Oscar Munoz / United Hub:
Statement from United Airlines CEO, Oscar Munoz, on United Express flight 3411
Daily Mail:
Melania Trump - An Apology  —  The Mail Online website and the Daily Mail newspaper published an article on 20th August 2016 about Melania Trump which questioned the nature of her work as a professional model, and republished allegations that she provided services beyond simply modelling.
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Sky News:
Melania Trump accepts damages from Daily Mail over model claims
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Sean Spicer Is the Perfectly Awful Spokesman That Donald Trump Deserves  —  The president often says stupid, impulsive, indefensible things.  Why shouldn't his press secretary do the same?  —  President Donald Trump's decision to launch a missile attack against Syria last week rallied Republicans …
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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 …
Rene Rodriguez / miamiherald:
Ben Carson visits Miami public housing development — and gets stuck in elevator  —  Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson's two-day visit to Miami — his third stop on a national listening tour — started with a big glitch.  —  Carson, Miami-Dade County Public Housing Director Michael Liu …
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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 …
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.
Casey Quinlan / ThinkProgress:
Betsy DeVos rescinds protections for student loan borrowers  —  Student loan servicers have a poor track record of helping borrowers pay back their loans.  —  On Tuesday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos reversed Obama administration directives that were supposed to make it easier for borrowers to pay back their student loans.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Common Dreams
Anna Edgerton / Bloomberg:
Trump Meddling Leaves Ryan's Clout in Doubt After Health Fiasco  —  Speaker was face of health-care bill until Trump stepped in  —  Republicans still making changes to bill and hoping for vote  —  Paul Ryan was the public face of Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare until two weeks ago.
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Meadows Revives Health Care Negotiations: ‘Confident’ Republicans Will Pass Bill, Maybe Before Recess
Fox Business:
Trump Exclusive: We're Not Going Into Syria  —  President Trump said he has no plans to enter Syria, despite ordering airstrikes on a Syrian military base last week.  —  “We're not going into Syria,” Trump told Maria Bartiromo during an exclusive interview on FOX Business.
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Erin Blasko / South Bend Tribune:
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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 …
Kassem Eid / Wall Street Journal:
Where Were the Pro-Refugee Protesters When Assad Gassed Syrians?
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
How Trump Is Changing What ‘Conservative’ Means
The Hill:
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T. Rees Shapiro / Washington Post:
Rolling Stone settles with former U-Va. dean in defamation case
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
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