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Jim Norman / Gallup:
Majority in US No Longer Thinks Trump Keeps His Promises — WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's image among Americans as someone who keeps his promises has faded in the first two months of his presidency, falling from 62% in February to 45%. The public is also less likely to see him as a …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
This brutal new poll shows that fewer and fewer people believe Trump's lies — THE MORNING PLUM: — The 100-day mark of the Trump presidency is approaching, and his aides are worried that the media narrative will depict his historically awful lack of accomplishments with highly unflattering levels of accuracy.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Handicapping The Georgia 6 Special Election — If the polls are right, then Democrat Jon Ossoff will receive by far the most votes in Georgia's 6th Congressional District, which is holding a special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Tom Price on Tuesday.
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Jena McGregor / Washington Post:
The number of Americans who think Trump keeps his promises is plummeting
The number of Americans who think Trump keeps his promises is plummeting
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Numbers / Pew Research Center:
Public Dissatisfaction With Washington Weighs on the GOP — Ryan job rating at 29%; Republicans view their party as divided — Nearly three months after the Republican Party took control of the White House and Congress, the public gives low job ratings to the president and even lower ratings to the speaker of the House.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Conway calls on Democratic party leaders to calm violent anti-Trump protesters
Conway calls on Democratic party leaders to calm violent anti-Trump protesters
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Sanders: Dems didn't do enough in Kansas special election
Sanders: Dems didn't do enough in Kansas special election
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Elizabeth Warren: ‘Fearless’ foe against a charging Donald Trump?
Elizabeth Warren: ‘Fearless’ foe against a charging Donald Trump?
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Pew Research Center:
2. Views of the parties — Public assessments of the Republican …
2. Views of the parties — Public assessments of the Republican …
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The Daily Caller
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Democrats welcome Bernie takeover
BBC:
North Korea ‘will test missiles weekly’, senior official tells BBC — North Korea will continue to test missiles, a senior official has told the BBC in Pyongyang, despite international condemnation and growing military tensions with the US. — “We'll be conducting more missile tests on a weekly …
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The Guardian:
North Korea warns ‘thermonuclear war may break out at any moment’ — Country's deputy UN ambassador Kim In-ryong makes declaration as Trump tells Kim Jong-un he has ‘gotta behave’ … A senior North Korean official has accused the US of turning the Korean peninsula into “the world's biggest hotspot” …
CNN:
On North Korean border, Pence tells CNN US will drop ‘failed policy’ — Panmunjom, South Korea (CNN)With North Korean soldiers standing less than 100 feet behind him at the Korean Demilitarized Zone, Vice President Mike Pence told CNN that Pyongyang should understand that the Trump …
Bloomberg:
Russian State TV Says Trump Is More Dangerous Than Kim Jong-Un — Russia warns U.S. not to use force unilaterally in dispute — Kremlin disillusionment with Trump grows after Syria strike — Russian state television has no doubt who is unpredictable enough to bring the world to war …
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Jane Perlez / New York Times:
Pence Talks Tough on North Korea, but Adds a Sweetener
Pence Talks Tough on North Korea, but Adds a Sweetener
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Financial Times:
US admits Trump tax reforms will be hit by healthcare setback — Treasury secretary Mnuchin rejects currency war fears, plans new Syria sanctions — Read next … The US Treasury secretary has conceded that the administration's timetable for ambitious tax reforms is set to slip following setbacks …
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Rachel Stockman / LawNewz:
BREAKING: Glenn Beck Countersues Tomi Lahren, Claims She Mistreated Staff, Offended Blaze Audience — Glenn Beck, and his conservative network, The Blaze, have filed a counter claim against firebrand conservative news personality Tomi Lahren after she sued the organization for wrongful termination.
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Thomas Wood / Washington Post:
Racism motivated Trump voters more than authoritarianism or income inequality — During the 2016 presidential campaign, many observers wondered exactly what motivated voters most: Was it income? Authoritarianism? Racial attitudes? — Let the analyses begin.
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Amy Howe / SCOTUSblog:
Justice Neil Gorsuch takes the bench, jumps into the fray — During his March confirmation hearing, then-Judge Neil Gorsuch repeatedly professed his belief that judges should adhere to the plain language of a law, without considering other factors such as the law's history or what Congress might have intended when it enacted the law.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Why Gorsuch May Not Be So Genteel on the Bench
Why Gorsuch May Not Be So Genteel on the Bench
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
White House: Trump still under IRS audit — President Donald Trump's tax returns are still under audit, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Monday. — Protesters across the country marched over the weekend to push Trump to release his taxes as Tax Day approaches.
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CNN:
Search for suspect in Facebook homicide video widens to 5 states — Cleveland, Ohio (CNN)A manhunt for a suspect who authorities said killed an elderly man and then posted the video on Facebook expanded outside Ohio, with authorities calling on residents of nearby states to be on alert.
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Why We Shouldn't Celebrate Trump's “Centrism” — It blinds us to the ways in which the institutions constraining Trump are themselves flawed. — Donald Trump's recent policy reversals, and reports that he's exasperated with right-wing advisers like chief strategist Steve Bannon in favor …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump's big problem is he doesn't know what he's talking about — At least it's one of his problems. — Donald Trump doesn't know what he's talking about. This became clear when he said he realized dealing with North Korea was “not so easy” after 10 minutes with the Chinese president.
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mystatesman:
In Travis County custody case, jury will search for real Alex Jones — Highlights — Alex Jones and his ex-wife, Kelly, will be locked in a child custody trial the next two weeks in Austin. — Alex Jones' lawyers will make the case that their client should not be judged by his on-air persona.
Michiko Kakutani / New York Times:
‘Shattered’ Charts Hillary Clinton's Course Into the Iceberg — Donald J. Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton in November came as a shock to the world. Polls, news reports and everything the Clinton campaign was hearing in the final days pointed to her becoming the first female president in American history.
CNN:
White House bounces into spring with 139th annual Easter Egg Roll — The White House Easter Egg Roll gives each first lady the opportunity to put her thumbprint on the event — (CNN)Eggs will roll — nearly 18,000 of them — Monday at the White House. — First lady Melania Trump …
Independent.ie:
Eric Trump: ‘The world will be a safer place because of my dad’ — From Rory McIlroy to Kim Jong-un, Eric Trump talks to Niamh Horan about his famous father and everyday life inside the first family — It's slightly hard to grasp the fact that the man sitting opposite …
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Zach Swaim / The College Fix:
University of Wisconsin-Madison offers free tampons in men's bathrooms — The University of Wisconsin-Madison is rolling out a new pilot program to provide free menstrual products in several of its campus bathrooms — including some men's restrooms. — The public university will offer …
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Trump Voters in a Swing District Wonder When the ‘Winning’ Will Start — BENSALEM, Pa. — One after another, the gamblers totter along the twisting walkway, bathed in artificial purple light — burdened, at least occasionally, by the instinct that they should have known better.
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USA Today:
United Airlines boots bride and groom traveling to their wedding from half-empty plane … HOUSTON — A bride and groom headed to Costa Rica for their wedding Saturday got kicked off a United flight out of Houston following an issue with seating on the plane.
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Rasmussen Reports:
in Politics — The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that 50% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump's job performance. Fifty percent (50%) disapprove. — This is the first time the president's overall approval rating has been back in the 50s in nearly a month.
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