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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Sources: The Murdochs Are Turning Against Bill O'Reilly — With only six days remaining in Bill O'Reilly's vacation, the pressure on the Murdoch family to decide the embattled commentator's fate is intensifying. Three sources with knowledge of the discussions said that …
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Ashley Cullins / Hollywood Reporter:
New Bill O'Reilly Accuser Says He Called Her “Hot Chocolate” and Leered — Another woman is telling Fox News her story of harassment at the hands of O'Reilly, according to attorney Lisa Bloom. — Bill O'Reilly used to leer at an African-American Fox News clerical worker and called her …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Source: Fox News and Bill O'Reilly are talking exit — Fox News will no longer even respond to questions about whether Bill O'Reilly will return to his show. — A well-placed source said Tuesday afternoon that representatives for Fox and O'Reilly have begun talking about an exit.
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Matthew Sheffield / Salon:
Roger Ailes' fake news empire: Former Fox News head presided over a panoply of phony “sock puppet” blogs
Roger Ailes' fake news empire: Former Fox News head presided over a panoply of phony “sock puppet” blogs
Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
Report: The Murdochs Are ‘Fighting’ About Possibly Firing O'Reilly
Report: The Murdochs Are ‘Fighting’ About Possibly Firing O'Reilly
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New York Times:
Aircraft Carrier Wasn't Sailing to Deter North Korea, as U.S. Suggested — WASHINGTON — As worries deepened last week about whether North Korea would conduct a missile test, the White House declared that ordering an American aircraft carrier into the Sea of Japan would send a powerful deterrent signal …
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Trump companies don't always follow his ‘buy American, hire American’ pledge — President Donald Trump will promote his “buy American, hire American” policy again Tuesday — but his family's companies haven't always followed that pledge themselves. — After touring a Snap-on tools facility …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump issues bold new promises on health care, tax, infrastructure
Trump issues bold new promises on health care, tax, infrastructure
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USA Today:
First protected DREAMer is deported under Trump — Federal agents ignored President Trump's pledge to protect from deportation undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children by sending a young man back to his native Mexico, the first such documented case …
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Jim Guy / Fresno Bee:
Three dead in central Fresno shooting spree; suspect caught, linked to Motel 6 slaying — Three people were shot and killed after a man went on a shooting spree Tuesday in Fresno, randomly shooting at four white men, killing three, before he was taken into custody, police Chief Jerry Dyer said.
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Fox News:
Fresno shooting spree: 3 people killed, suspect who yelled ‘Allahu Akbar,’ says he ‘hates white people’ in custody — DEVELOPING: Three people were killed after a man went on a shooting spree in downtown Fresno, California on Tuesday while shouting “God is great” in Arabic before he was tackled and taken into custody, police said.
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Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
Man kills 3 people in shootings in downtown Fresno
Man kills 3 people in shootings in downtown Fresno
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David K. Li / New York Post:
Crazed gunman targeted whites in deadly shooting rampage: cops
Crazed gunman targeted whites in deadly shooting rampage: cops
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Sanders on Clinton's 'I'm with her' slogan: 'It's so phony' — (I-Vt.) called former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton — 's “I'm with her” slogan “phony,” according to a new book. — In “Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign,” The Hill's Amie Parnes …
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Barton Swaim / Wall Street Journal:
How Hillary Lost the White House
How Hillary Lost the White House
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Tamar Hallerman / Political Insider blog:
Live updates: Georgia's 6th District special election — Atlanta's affluent, leafy northern suburbs are the scene of the biggest electoral vote in the nation since Donald Trump's victory. — Outside groups have poured millions into the special election to replace Rep. Tom Price …
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Georgia Dem: No issue I don't live in district
Georgia Dem: No issue I don't live in district
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Democratic enthusiasm may not be enough to capture GOP House seat in Georgia
Democratic enthusiasm may not be enough to capture GOP House seat in Georgia
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Five things to watch in the Georgia special election
CNN:
FBI used dossier allegations to bolster Trump-Russia investigation — Washington (CNN)The FBI last year used a dossier of allegations of Russian ties to Donald Trump's campaign as part of the justification to win approval to secretly monitor a Trump associate, according to US officials briefed on the investigation.
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Donald Judd / CNN:
Republican senator wishes Trump spent less time at Mar-a-Lago — (CNN)Republican Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday that President Donald Trump's frequent trips to Florida have been “bothering” her, saying, “I do wish he would spend more time in Washington.” — Her comments came during a Wall Lake …
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
GOP senator: Trump should spend less time at Mar-a-Lago
GOP senator: Trump should spend less time at Mar-a-Lago
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New York Times:
Hunt for Facebook Killer Ends With McDonald's Sighting and a Suicide — Two days after an extraordinary crime, a murder that the killer recorded on video and posted to Facebook, it was a hankering for something as reassuringly normal as a McDonald's meal that tripped him up on Tuesday …
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Washington Post:
Despite talk of a military strike, Trump's ‘armada’ actually sailed away from Korea — BEIJING — As tensions mounted on the Korean Peninsula, Adm. Harry Harris made a dramatic announcement: An aircraft carrier had been ordered to sail north from Singapore on April 8 toward the Western Pacific.
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Clare Malone / FiveThirtyEight:
‘Reluctant’ Trump Voters Swung The Election. Here's How They Think He's Doing. — Over the past 14 months, no group has made America more alive to its rebellious streak than the Trump voter. The visual trope of this number is cling-wrapped to our brains: red hats, stadium crowds, rippling flags, chanting.
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
The Continuing Fallout from Trump and Nunes's Fake Scandal — Recently, several members and staffers on the House Intelligence Committee, which is investigating Russia's role in the Presidential election, visited the National Security Agency, in Fort Meade, Maryland.
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Elizabeth Elizalde / New York Daily News:
Oregon man dies thinking President Trump was impeached after being lied to by ex-wife — A man died peacefully in his Oregon home after his ex-wife lied to him that President Trump was impeached from office. — Michael Garland Elliott, 75, passed away on April 6 and was surrounded by his caregivers …
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Sean Higgins / Washington Examiner:
Hike in minimum wage prompts more closings of San Francisco restaurants — San Francisco's higher minimum wage is causing an increasing number of restaurants to go out of business even before it is fully phased in, a new study by the Harvard Business School found.
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Associated Press:
Kelly has simple message to critics: change law or shut up — Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly says members of Congress who don't like the Trump administration's aggressive approach to immigration enforcement should change the laws or “shut up.” — The tough-talking retired Marine general …
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Andrew Rafferty / NBC News:
Homeland Sec. Kelly: Marijuana is a ‘Dangerous Gateway Drug’
Homeland Sec. Kelly: Marijuana is a ‘Dangerous Gateway Drug’
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Ross Cavitt / WSB-TV:
Equipment stolen days before special election; Sec. of State: ‘Unacceptable’ — Twtter — COBB COUNTY, Ga. - Channel 2 Action News has learned that critical voting machines were stolen just days before polls will open for a special election. — State officials are investigating …
Fox News:
Russian bombers fly near Alaska; Air Force scrambles jets — A pair of Russian nuclear-capable bombers flew near Alaska Monday night, two U.S. officials told Fox News, coming as close as 100 miles from Kodiak Island — the first time since President Trump took office that Moscow has sent bombers so close to the U.S.
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