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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.
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.
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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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Putin Meets With Tillerson in Russia After Keeping Him Waiting
Putin Meets With Tillerson in Russia After Keeping Him Waiting
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Kremlin: Putin won't meet with Tillerson Wednesday
Kremlin: Putin won't meet with Tillerson Wednesday
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CNN:
Russia's Lavrov warns US over Syria in heated start to talks
Russia's Lavrov warns US over Syria in heated start to talks
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Kassem Eid / Wall Street Journal:
Where Were the Pro-Refugee Protesters When Assad Gassed Syrians?
Where Were the Pro-Refugee Protesters When Assad Gassed Syrians?
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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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Alexis Levinson / BuzzFeed:
Republicans Just Barely Won The First Post-Trump Congressional Election — Democrat James Thompson gave Republicans a big scare in a deep-red district in Kansas, in the first congressional race of the Trump era. — WASHINGTON — The GOP breathed a huge sigh of relief Tuesday night …
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New York Times:
Live Results: Republicans Defend House Seat in Kansas Special Election
Live Results: Republicans Defend House Seat in Kansas Special Election
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New York Times:
Ron Estes, a Republican, Survives Tight House Race to Win Kansas Seat
Ron Estes, a Republican, Survives Tight House Race to Win Kansas Seat
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sos.ks.gov:
Please note the following before viewing election results:
Please note the following before viewing election results:
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
A Republican won in Kansas. But here's why the GOP is not celebrating.
A Republican won in Kansas. But here's why the GOP is not celebrating.
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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 — For more than a generation, the Republican Party has single-mindedly pursued the goal of maximizing economic inequality. They have been almost as single-minded about not describing this as their priority.
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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Budget chief: Trump's promise to eliminate debt was ‘hyperbole’ — The White House's budget chief says President Trump's campaign promise to eliminate the national debt was “hyperbole.” — Asked Wednesday by CNBC's John Harwood asked about Trump's “goal of eliminating the debt” …
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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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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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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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Samantha Reyes / CNN:
Ben Carson rescued from a Miami elevator while Alonzo Mourning waits
Ben Carson rescued from a Miami elevator while Alonzo Mourning waits
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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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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Spicer on skipping Correspondents' dinner: 'I don't think we should fake it' — White House press secretary Sean Spicer blamed media coverage for the Trump administration's decision to skip the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) annual dinner, though he left the door open to the president attending next year.
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Spicer admits he ‘let the president down’ with Hitler comments
Spicer admits he ‘let the president down’ with Hitler comments
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Spicer's slip-up
The Note: Spicer's slip-up
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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?
May I Drag You from Your Seat?
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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.
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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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