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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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CNN, Common Dreams, U.S. Department of Justice, America's Voice and Politico
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Civil Rights Groups Warn Against Return To Bush-Era Politicization Of DOJ Hiring
Civil Rights Groups Warn Against Return To Bush-Era Politicization Of DOJ Hiring
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United to Protect Democracy and Daily Kos
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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Little Green Footballs, Mother Jones, AOL, Business Insider, Daily Kos and Politicus USA
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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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The Hill, Business Insider and Political Wire
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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CNBC and The Daily Caller
Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Budget chief: Trump's promise to eliminate debt was ‘hyperbole’
Budget chief: Trump's promise to eliminate debt was ‘hyperbole’
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RedState, Business Insider, Axios and The Daily Caller
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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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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The Daily Caller
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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New York Times, The Gateway Pundit, East Bay Times, The Slot, Joe.My.God., NBC News and Axios, more at Mediagazer »
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Owen Bowcott Legal affairs / The Guardian:
Melania Trump accepts Daily Mail damages and apology in libel case
Melania Trump accepts Daily Mail damages and apology in libel case
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Washington Post, Sky News, KFOR-TV, NPR, Daily Wire, New York Magazine and Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »
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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Above the Law, Common Dreams, New York Times, United Hub and NPR
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Wall Street Journal:
United Says It Won't Use Police to Remove Paid Passengers
United Says It Won't Use Police to Remove Paid Passengers
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Hit & Run, Breitbart and USA Today, more at Mediagazer »
Nicole Gelinas / City Journal:
May I Drag You from Your Seat?
May I Drag You from Your Seat?
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RedState, The Atlantic, ThinkProgress and The Daily Caller
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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Washington Post, New York Times, No More Mister Nice Blog and Political Wire
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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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Washington Free Beacon and Althouse
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Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Manafort firm received Ukraine ledger payout — WASHINGTON (AP) — Last August, a handwritten ledger surfaced in Ukraine with dollar amounts and dates next to the name of Paul Manafort, who was then Donald Trump's campaign chairman. — Ukrainian investigators called it evidence …
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Politico
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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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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Roger Stone convinced Obama administration got FISA warrant to monitor him
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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Infowars, Daily Mail, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml
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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 …
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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Hot Air, Washington Free Beacon and Instapundit
Amber Athey / Campus Reform:
‘White Privilege Checklist’ appears in Minnesota dorm — A display in a University of Minnesota residence hall provides an 11-point “checklist” to help students identify their “white privilege.” — The “White Privilege Checklist,” found hanging in Mark G. Yudof Hall and photographed by a current student …
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Fox News Insider
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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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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Bloomberg and Common Dreams
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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Political Wire