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Surain Adyanthaya:
OMG! AA Flight attendant violently took a stroller from a lady with her baby on my flight, hitting her and just missing the baby. Then he tried to fight a passenger who stood up for her. AA591 from SFO to DFW.
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Eli Rosenberg / New York Times:
American Airlines Suspends Flight Attendant After Altercation Over Stroller — American Airlines suspended a flight attendant after an altercation on Friday in which the attendant took a stroller from a woman traveling with two young children and then argued with other passengers.
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David Caplan / ABC News:
American Airlines flight attendant put on leave after clash with passengers captured on video — It's been less than two weeks since a video of a bloodied passenger being dragged off a United Airlines aircraft ignited a national discussion about the airline industry's treatment of passengers …
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New York Times:
Trump Reaches Beyond West Wing for Counsel — WASHINGTON — Relationships have always been President Trump's currency and comfort, helping him talk his way into real estate deals over three decades in New York. Those who know him best say that his outer confidence has always belied an inner uncertainty …
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Why Trump likes his freewheeling Oval Office schedule
Why Trump likes his freewheeling Oval Office schedule
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Raw Story and Political Wire
Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Ryan promises to keep government open — and makes no promises on health care — House leaders told GOP lawmakers Saturday that they plan to devote their energy this week to keeping the federal government open, conspicuously avoiding an immediate commitment to take up health care despite pledges …
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
History tells us that Republicans are taking on too much this week — and that it isn't likely to end well — It seems like forever and a day since Congress could walk and chew gum at the same time. — That's a lesson that President Trump and his advisers are struggling to grasp …
Billy House / Bloomberg:
Health Care Vote Likely in Early May, House Conservative Says
Health Care Vote Likely in Early May, House Conservative Says
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Evgenia Peretz / Vanity Fair:
Inside the Trump Marriage: Melania's Burden — Until November 8, Melania Trump's marriage provided her with a golden Fifth Avenue fortress, at a price—putting up with her husband's humiliations and boorishness. From Melania's ill-fated campaign appearances to her apparent reluctance …
New York Times:
Comey Tried to Shield the F.B.I. From Politics. Then He Shaped an Election. — As the F.B.I. investigated Hillary Clinton and the Trump campaign, James B. Comey tried to keep the bureau out of politics but plunged it into the center of a bitter election. — WASHINGTON — The day before he upended …
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Hrafnkell Haraldsson / Politicus USA:
Marches for Science Outdraw Donald Trump's Inauguration — The American people have rejected Donald Trump's rejection of science and global warming. And they have done it in overwhelming numbers. — Millions of people are marching today for science. Police estimate 40,000 people marched …
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Vivek Murthy:
Two years and four months ago, I was honored to be sworn in as the 19th Surgeon General of the United States. For the grandson of a poor farmer from India to be asked by the President to look out for the health of an entire nation was a humbling and uniquely American story.
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Trump to hold rally on night of White House Correspondents Dinner — President Trump will hold a rally in Pennsylvania the night of the White House Correspondents Dinner, he said Saturday. — “Next Saturday night I will be holding a BIG rally in Pennsylvania. Look forward to it!”
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump to hold 100th-day rally on same night as White House correspondents' dinner
Trump to hold 100th-day rally on same night as White House correspondents' dinner
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump to hold rally same night as White House Correspondents' Dinner
Trump to hold rally same night as White House Correspondents' Dinner
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Maureen Callahan / New York Post:
Why can't the Clintons just go away? — MORE FROM: … Since losing the most winnable presidential election in modern American history, Hillary Clinton has, among other things: given a series of high-profile speeches, joined Gov. Cuomo at his public unveiling of tuition-free college …
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Amber Randall / The Daily Caller:
Clinton Camp Instituted ‘Loyalty Scores’ Following 2008 Loss
Clinton Camp Instituted ‘Loyalty Scores’ Following 2008 Loss
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IJR, SARAH PALIN and Instapundit
Erin Moran / TMZ.com:
‘HAPPY DAYS’ STAR DEAD AT 56 — Erin Moran who famously played Joanie Cunningham on “Happy Days” and its spinoff “Joanie Loves Chachi” has died ... TMZ has learned. — We're told authorities in Indiana got a call just after 4 PM ET Saturday from someone reporting an “unresponsive female.”
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T.A. Frank / Vanity Fair:
Please, God, Stop Chelsea Clinton from Whatever She Is Doing — The last thing the left needs is the third iteration of a failed political dynasty. — Amid investigations into Russian election interference, perhaps we ought to consider whether the Kremlin, to hurt Democrats, helped put Chelsea Clinton on the cover of Variety.
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Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
Volleyball Over, North Koreans Go Back to Work at Nuclear Site, Analysts Say — SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea appears to have resumed work at its nuclear test site after a perplexing series of volleyball matches were held there, according to analysts who studied satellite images of the site …
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Daily Mail and 38 North
Tim Alberta / Politico:
'The Ideas Made It, But I Didn't' — His first date with his future wife was spent in a New Hampshire motel room drinking Wild Turkey into the wee hours with Hunter S. Thompson. He stood several feet away from Martin Luther King Jr. during the “I Have a Dream” speech.
New York Times:
‘A Shortage of Coffins’ After Taliban Slaughter Unarmed Soldiers — KABUL, Afghanistan — They looked like Afghan Army soldiers returning from the front lines, carrying the bodies of wounded comrades as part of the ruse. — Dressed in military uniforms, a squad of 10 Taliban militants drove …
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