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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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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump backs off fiscal pledges and adopts centrist policies that he once fought — President Trump is abandoning a number of his key campaign promises on economic policy, adopting instead many of the centrist positions he railed against while campaigning as a populist.
Wall Street Journal:
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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Washington Post:
Inside Bannon's struggle: From ‘shadow president’ to Trump's marked man — When Stephen K. Bannon reported for work Wednesday, he did not act like a man who had just been publicly humiliated by his boss. — The chief White House strategist cycled in and out of the Oval Office for meetings …
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
When Jared Wins — Can someone reacquaint Donald Trump with Steve Bannon, his ideologist whom the president now professes barely to know? — Trump's jaw-dropping public distancing from Bannon in the New York Post the other day is the latest twist in a struggle that is astonishing …
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New York Times:
Trump Undercuts Bannon, Whose Job May Be in Danger
Trump Undercuts Bannon, Whose Job May Be in Danger
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
New Front In White House Civil War as Kushner Asserts Authority at NSC
New Front In White House Civil War as Kushner Asserts Authority at NSC
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Trump backer met with Bannon about post-WH options: report
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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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump dangles Obamacare payments to force Dems to the table
Trump dangles Obamacare payments to force Dems to the table
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Threatens to Torch More Republicans
Trump Threatens to Torch More Republicans
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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.
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Fox News:
Fast and Furious scandal: Suspected triggerman in border agent's murder arrested — EXCLUSIVE - The cartel member suspected of shooting and killing Border Patrol agent Brian Terry in 2010 with a gun supplied by the U.S. government was arrested in Mexico Wednesday, senior law enforcement …
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Ben Brown / Fox Business:
Border Patrol Union President: Illegal Immigration Decline ‘Strictly’ Due to Trump
New York Times:
To Detain More Immigrants, Trump Administration to Speed Border Hiring
To Detain More Immigrants, Trump Administration to Speed Border Hiring
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump administration moving quickly to build up nationwide deportation force
Trump administration moving quickly to build up nationwide deportation force
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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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Evan Perez / CNN:
Manafort expected to register as foreign agent for past Ukraine work
Manafort expected to register as foreign agent for past Ukraine work
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Coffman pummeled at town hall over GOP Obamacare repeal — AURORA, Colo. — Nearly every other constituent brought up health care at a town hall here on the outskirts of Denver Wednesday night, in one of the most competitive House districts in the country. — But not a single one did it to thank …
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Chicago Tribune:
Letter: I was on United flight 3411. Here's what I saw. — 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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Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
United CEO feels ‘shame,’ passengers will be compensated
United CEO feels ‘shame,’ passengers will be compensated
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Sofia Petkar / Daily Express:
Kim Jong-Un ‘orders IMMEDIATE EVACUATION of Pyongyang’ as tensions with US escalate — NORTH Korea leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly ordered residents of the country's capital Pyongyang to leave the city immediately, sparking fears he may be preparing for war. — GETTY
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Foreign journalists in North Korea told to expect a ‘big and important event’ — Foreign journalists in North Korea have reportedly been told to prepare for a “big and important event” on Thursday. — North North Korean officials provided no details about the nature of the event or its location, according to a report by Reuters.
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Melissa Etehad / Los Angeles Times:
Boy battled rare disorder with enthusiasm before being gunned down in his San Bernardino classroom — North Park Elementary School student Jonathan Martinez, 8, was killed along with his teacher by a gunman at the San Bernardino school Monday. (Handout) — Many who knew Jonathan Martinez remembered …
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New York Times:
Court Approved Wiretap on Trump Campaign Aide Over Russia Ties — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department obtained a secret court-approved wiretap last summer on Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign, based on evidence that he was operating as a Russian agent …
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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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Christina Farr / CNBC:
Apple has a secret team working on the holy grail for treating diabetes — Apple has a secret group of biomedical engineers developing sensors to monitor blood sugar levels, sources tell CNBC — If successful, the advance could help millions of diabetes patients and turn devices like the Apple Watch into a must-have
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Washington Post:
Tillerson meets with Putin amid deepening tensions over U.S. missile strikes in Syria — MOSCOW — The rift between the United States and Russia was laid bare Wednesday when Secretary of State Rex Tillerson held his first direct talks with Russia's president.
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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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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
‘I Screwed Up’: Sean Spicer Apologizes for Holocaust Comments
‘I Screwed Up’: Sean Spicer Apologizes for Holocaust Comments
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Media Matters for America, Sputnik International, TalkLeft, Althouse and The Atlantic