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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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CBS Philly
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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Hot Air, WKRG-TV, Refinery29, Q13 FOX News and KTLA
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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Mediaite and Daily Mail
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Why Trump likes his freewheeling Oval Office schedule — President Donald Trump leaves large blocks of “private time” on his Oval Office schedule for spontaneous meetings and phone chats with ex-aides, friends, media figures, lawmakers and members of his Cabinet — an old habit he's carried …
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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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Politico
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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Mother Jones, The Daily Caller, Axios, New York Magazine, Mediaite, Hot Air, Daily Kos and The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
Nurse Replaces Surgeon General After Obama Appointee Resigns — America's doctor was fired on Friday and replaced by a nurse. — Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, an Obama administration holdover, was asked to resign by the Trump administration. He was replaced by his deputy …
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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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NBC News, The Guardian, The Daily Caller, STAT and USA Today
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 …
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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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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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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New York Magazine, Axios and Political Wire
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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BizPac Review, Vox Popoli and twitchy.com
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.
Suzanne Kapner / Wall Street Journal:
Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Shuttering at a Record Pace — Years of overbuilding and the rise of online shopping have come to a head; malls as ‘energy suckers’ — American retailers are closing stores at a record pace this year as they feel the fallout from decades of overbuilding and the rise of online shopping.
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CNBC and The Daily Caller
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Trump Vows to Unveil Tax-Cut Plan Next Week, Surprising Staff — WASHINGTON — President Trump ordered his Treasury Department on Friday to review measures put in place by the Obama administration, setting the stage for a rollback of regulations that were intended to curtail corporate tax evasion and prevent another financial crisis.
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Pence: U.S. to honor refugee deal with Australia — The United States will honor an Obama-era agreement with Australia to help resettle Syrian refugees, despite the Trump administration not favoring the arrangement, Vice President Mike Pence announced Saturday.
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The Week
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
US to honor Australia refugee deal Trump called ‘dumb’
US to honor Australia refugee deal Trump called ‘dumb’
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ThinkProgress