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9:00 AM ET, April 14, 2017

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NBC News:
U.S. May Launch Strike If North Korea Reaches For Nuclear Trigger  —  The U.S. is prepared to launch a preemptive strike with conventional weapons against North Korea should officials become convinced that North Korea is about to follow through with a nuclear weapons test, multiple senior U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News.
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John Pomfret / Washington Post:
China is suddenly leaning on North Korea — and it might be thanks to Trump  —  Something interesting is happening in China and perhaps President Trump deserves some credit.  —  For the first time, the Chinese government appears to have laid down a bottom-line with North Korea …
Roberta Rampton / Reuters:
Vice President Pence heads to Seoul as North Korea tensions flare
Discussion: The Slot
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
If Trump Fired Bannon, Would He Seek Revenge?  —  When Steve Bannon vacated a home in Florida in 2015, his landlord complained that an entire Jacuzzi had apparently been coated in acid.  After conservative media star Dana Loesch left Bannon's employ at Breitbart News in 2012 …
Discussion: Raw Story, Joe.My.God. and Vox
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump's got a new favorite Steve  —  President Donald Trump once affectionately called them “my two Steves,” a reference not only to their ideological kinship but to their central role in his administration.  —  But while Steve Bannon is on the ropes in Trump's fractious White House …
Discussion: ABC News
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
'People's hopes are dashed': Ex-Breitbart writer says Trump's nationalist fanbase is in despair  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  President Donald Trump has gone through some major reversals over the past week, including his decision to attack the government of Bashar al-Assad …
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Trump's base turns on him
Discussion: CBS Boston, Power Line and Salon
CNN:
36 ISIS fighters killed by US ‘mother of all bombs’: Afghan official  —  (CNN)In its second major display of military might in one week, the US dropped its most powerful non-nuclear bomb on ISIS positions in a remote part of Afghanistan.  —  Afghan officials said 36 militants were killed …
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CNN:
First on CNN: US drops largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Bombs Away!  —  One of the liberal media's themes these days …
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Trump: I don't know if ‘mother of all bombs’ sends message to North Korea
Discussion: ABC News
Peter Baker / New York Times:
For Trump, a Steep Learning Curve Leads to Policy Reversals  —  WASHINGTON — For President Trump, the road to changing his mind on China included a discussion with corporate executives in the State Dining Room of the White House in February.  When the conversation turned to China's currency …
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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Within Trump's inner circle, a moderate voice captures the president's ear  —  As power struggles and ideological battles engulfed the White House, an unlikely player is exercising new influence on the direction of President Trump's administration.  —  Gary Cohn, a former Goldman Sachs president …
New York Times:
Jeff Sessions, Unleashed at the Border  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions went to the border in Arizona on Tuesday and declared it a hellscape, a “ground zero” of death and violence where Americans must “take our stand” against a tide of evil flooding up from Mexico.
Jee Lee / The Wellesley News:
Free speech is not violated at Wellesley  —  Many members of our community, including students, alumnae and faculty, have criticized the Wellesley community for becoming an environment where free speech is not allowed or is a violated right.  Many outside sources have painted us as a bunch …
WXYZ-TV:
Detroit emergency room doctor charged with child genital mutilation  —  (WXYZ) - A Henry Ford Hospital emergency room doctor has been arrested and charged in connection to performing female genital mutilation on young girls.  —  Jumana Nagarwala, 44, of Northville Michigan is accused …
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Detroit-area doctor charged with performing genital mutilation on girls
Discussion: Breitbart and The Root
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Shifts Back to Health Care  —  President says his plan to change the tax code will have to wait  —  WASHINGTON—After losing a fight to revamp the health-care system, President Donald Trump said last month he was prepared to put the setback behind him and move on to the next challenge, rewriting the tax code.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Trump's threat prompts Democrats to play hardball over Obamacare payments
Discussion: CNN and Talking Points Memo
Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Sen. Jeff Flake weathers brutal, 2 1/2-hour Mesa town hall  —  The Arizona senator was battered with questions about Trump's proposed border wall; internet privacy; taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood; and his opposition to ‘Obamacare.’  —  U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake endured a brutal face …
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Pompeo mocks microwave surveillance claims  —  CIA Director Mike Pompeo on Thursday mocked those who fear intelligence officials conduct surveillance through microwaves, saying the agency tries to ignore such claims.  —  While White House counselor Kellyanne Conway suffered blowback last month …
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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
CIA head: WikiLeaks a ‘non-state hostile intelligence service’
Shoko Oda / Bloomberg:
The Great Japan Potato-Chip Crisis: Panic Buying, $12 Bags  —  Companies halt sales of some chip brands after bad potato crop  —  Calbee says it doesn't know when chips supply will be restored  —  Demand for potato chips has surged in Japan this week, with products on offer for 6 times …
Discussion: Daily Mail
Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
Assad Says Videos of Dead Children in Syria Chemical Attack Were Faked  —  Syria's president intensified on Thursday a propaganda counterattack against Western accusations that he had ordered a lethal chemical weapons bombing last week on civilians, asserting that videos of victims …
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Fox News:
Syrian First Lady Asma Assad's social media posts reflect ‘alternate reality,’ critics say
Discussion: Daily Mail
Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
Sexual Abuse at Choate Went On for Decades, School Acknowledges  —  Choate Rosemary Hall, an elite boarding school in Wallingford, Conn., acknowledged decades of sexual abuse by former teachers against the students entrusted to their care in a report on Thursday.
Tracy McNicoll / France 24:
Mélenchon: Far-leftist surges in French polls, shocking the frontrunners  —  In a presidential campaign with more twists than a French braid, Jean-Luc Mélenchon's sudden play to become France's third man — or better — is shaking up the race.  —  With ten days to go before April 23's …
Discussion: Samizdata
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
For Neil Gorsuch, Supreme Court job may seem subordinate  —  WASHINGTON — Newly minted Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch will take his place Thursday inside the storied conference room where his eight colleagues have labored shorthanded for the past 14 months.  But he'll likely have one eye on the door.
Discussion: SCOTUSblog
Brian Resnick / Vox:
How many American atheists are there really?  —  “There's a lot of atheists in the closet” — why most polls on religious belief are probably wrong.  —  Here's a simple question: How many Americans don't believe in God?  —  Pew and Gallup — two of the most reputable polling firms in America — both come to a similar figure.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest:
The Magic Disappearing $100 Billion Climate Fund  —  Shocking news—the magic $100 billion climate fund appears not to be taking shape!  Even optimistic estimates sat the fund is $40 billion short, and developing countries say that understates the problem.  The Financial Times:
Christina Cauterucci / Slate:
The Charging Bull Sculptor Is Right.  Fearless Girl Should Go.  —  Wall Street's Fearless Girl statue has weathered more than her fair share of mischief since she was erected the night before International Women's Day.  Just two days after her arrival in the Big Apple, she got humped by a man in a suit miming child rape.
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Overseas Adoptions by Americans Continue to Decline  —  They have spent thousands of dollars in fees, scaled a mountain of paperwork and waited nearly five years, but Caroline and Jason Lankford have yet to be matched with the Ethiopian child they long to adopt.
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Trump Nominates Salesman To Run Military Draft  —  Don Benton has a long record of controversies, but no record of military service.  —  Late Monday night, when many Americans were in bed, President Donald Trump quietly announced his intention to nominate former Washington state senator Don Benton …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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RRH Elections/Decision Desk HQ GA-6 Poll: Ossoff (D) leads Handel (R) 39-15
Discussion: RedState
Ashley Strickland / CNN:
NASA: Nearby ocean worlds could be best bet for life beyond Earth
Ryan Browne / CNN:
US sending ‘dozens’ more troops to Somalia
Tommy Christopher / Shareblue:
Maxine Waters has called for Trump's impeachment 22 times — and she's just getting started
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
Bernie Marcus / Real Clear Politics:
Trump's Results  —  The business community is brimming …
Discussion: Breitbart
Shaun Walker / The Guardian:
Chechens tell of prison beatings and electric shocks in anti-gay purge: ‘They called us animals’
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Donald Rodham Clinton
Discussion: ABC News and Political Wire
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Tommy Christopher / Shareblue:
Spicer refuses to say if Trump was in Situation Room for Afghanistan strike, flees amid questions
Matt Friedman / Politico:
Vulgar video causes Republicans to pull support from Assembly candidate in competitive district
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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