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BBC:
N Korea missile launch fails, says South Korea — North Korea has attempted to launch a missile on its east coast which is believed to have failed, South Korea's military says. — It comes a day after the state warned the US that it was “ready to hit back with nuclear attacks” amid mounting tension in the region.
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Scott Campbell / Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: North Korea ‘attempts to launch missile but fails’ just hours after flaunting military might amid escalating global tensions — But the launch failed according to local media in what could prove to be embarrassing for the country — Comes hours after North Korea unveiled …
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Infowars
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
N. Korea didn't test a nuclear weapon, but it did try to launch another missile — TOKYO — There was a sense of relief when April 15, the most important day in the North Korean calendar, passed without a nuclear test. That relief didn't last long, as North Korea fired a ballistic missile early Sunday morning.
Jonathan Cheng / Wall Street Journal:
North Korea Parades New Long-Range ‘Frankenmissile’ — Pyongyang displays military hardware, including apparently new intercontinental ballistic missile — SEOUL—North Korea showed off what appeared to be at least one new long-range missile at a military parade Saturday …
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RedState, BBC, The Diplomat, The National Interest, American Power and Booman Tribune
Brad Lendon / CNN:
North Korea surprises with display of new missiles
North Korea surprises with display of new missiles
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New York Times:
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump: Pillars of Family-Driven West Wing — WASHINGTON — One has an office down the hall from the president in the White House; the other just moved into an office a floor up. One recently visited war-torn Iraq as the president's emissary; the other will soon head …
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Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
The Inside Story of the Kushner-Bannon Civil War — West Wing sources come clean about the backstabbing, the bullying, the distrust, and the buzzing flies. — I. BUZZING FLIES — The West Wing of the White House is a cramped collection of tiny offices, some of them windowless, linked by narrow hallways.
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Politicus USA, Axios and CANNONFIRE
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Report: Kushner found Trump advisor Navarro by browsing Amazon
Report: Kushner found Trump advisor Navarro by browsing Amazon
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RedState
Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
Maxine Waters rallies Tax March crowd for Trump's impeachment — Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) renewed her call for impeaching President Trump during Saturday's Tax March in Washington. — “I don't respect this president. I don't trust this president. He's not working in the best interests of the American people,” Waters said.
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Jackie Wattles / CNNMoney:
14 arrested at Berkeley protest over Trump tax returns
14 arrested at Berkeley protest over Trump tax returns
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Clare Foran / The Atlantic:
Are Anti-Trump Protests Losing Steam?
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Trump takes route to Mar-a-Lago that misses Tax March protesters
Trump takes route to Mar-a-Lago that misses Tax March protesters
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Los Angeles Times:
Berkeley braces for another pro-Trump rally, counter protests — Pro-Trump supporters and counter-protesters clash in Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park in Berkeley in March. (Dan Honda / East Bay Times) — Berkeley officials are bracing for a “Patriots Day” rally Saturday …
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KRON4.com:
WATCH LIVE: Violent pro, anti-Trump protest happening in Berkeley — BERKELEY (KRON) — Twenty-one people are in custody and 11 people were injured after an enormous group of pro and anti-Trump demonstrators clashed in Berkeley. — Hundreds of President Trump supporters and anti …
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The Times & The Sunday Times:
Trump demands gold-plated welcome — President insists on a carriage journey down The Mall to Buckingham Palace — Donald Trump waving from the Queen's royal carriage is not a scenario many would have foreseen a year ago, but it has become a very real prospect, forcing security services to plan an unprecedented lockdown.
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NBC Bay Area:
Twenty-One People Arrested as Clashes Break Out at Opposing Rallies in Berkeley — In what has become an eerily familiar scene in Berkeley, supporters and detractors of President Donald Trump on Saturday exchanged blows, burned flags, and set off fireworks at opposing rallies, resulting in at least 21 arrests, police said.
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The Huffington Post:
Hiring Anti-Trump Conservative Is Part Of New York Times' Effort To Expand Opinion — Bret Stephens won over progressive critics of the president, but his climate change views have sparked backlash. — The New York Times' decision to hire Bret Stephens, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Wall Street …
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ThinkProgress, Washington Monthly and Grist
Michael Corkery / New York Times:
Is American Retail at a Historic Tipping Point? — Along the cobblestone streets of SoHo, Chanel handbags and Arc'teryx jackets are displayed in shops like museum pieces, harking back to the height of the neighborhood's trendiness. But rents there are softening, and the number of vacant storefronts is rising.
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National Review
Serafin Gómez / Fox News:
First lady Melania Trump, son moving to Washington this summer, WH confirms — President Trump's wife and their young son will officially be moving into the White House this summer, following the end of the school year, a senior White House official tells Fox News.
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Krissah Thompson / Washington Post:
Melania Trump seemed like a rebellious first lady. She's turning out to be a retro one.
Melania Trump seemed like a rebellious first lady. She's turning out to be a retro one.
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Electric Grid Study Ordered by U.S. Energy Chief to Boost Coal — Review to consider how renewable subsidies affect electric mix — Keeping the lights on even when the wind isn't blowing — U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry is ordering a study of the U.S. electric grid …
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The Daily Caller
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Privacy group sues IRS for not disclosing Trump's taxes — A privacy group is suing the IRS for not disclosing President Trump's tax returns. — The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on Saturday, as rallies around the country …
Alan Yuhas / The Guardian:
Man accused of assaulting woman at election rally says Trump inspired him — Lawyers for veteran being sued over an altercation at a Trump campaign rally in Kentucky says he acted at the candidate's urging — Steve Bannon: is Trump's right-hand man falling from grace? — Read more
Maria LaMagna / MarketWatch:
Why American men may have less luck finding a job than women — If you're searching for a job, the odds of finding one may depend on your gender. — Overall, occupations that are more than 80% female are projected to grow at nearly twice the rate of jobs that are at least 60% male between 2014 and 2024 …
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New York Times:
With Trump Appointees, a Raft of Potential Conflicts and ‘No Transparency’ — WASHINGTON — President Trump is populating the White House and federal agencies with former lobbyists, lawyers and consultants who in many cases are helping to craft new policies for the same industries in which they recently earned a paycheck.
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Caroline Alphonso / Globe and Mail:
Anxiety intensifies in Toronto's suburbs as anti-Muslim rhetoric escalates — Hamza Aziz makes sure to stay close to a friend at all times, and his parents have told him not to be outside after dark - precautions the student never imagined would be needed in his quiet corner of suburban Toronto.
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