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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Nearing 100 days, Trump's approval at record lows but his base is holding — President Trump nears the 100-day mark of his administration as the least popular chief executive in modern times, a president whose voters remain largely satisfied with his performance, but one whose base of support …
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Politico, The Week, Political Wire, Axios and Balloon Juice
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Trump at 100 days: 96 percent of his voters say they'd do it again (POLL) — There's no honeymoon for Donald Trump in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, but also no regrets: He approaches his 100th day in office with the lowest approval rating at this point of any president in polls since 1945 …
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Mediaite, BizPac Review and Instapundit
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Disapproval of President Donald Trump Grows in Latest WSJ/NBC News Poll — The president risks losing the political middle ground, as disapproval outweighs approval by 14 points and independents move away from him — Americans have become increasingly dissatisfied with President Donald Trump …
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Political Wire
Stan Collender / Forbes:
A Government Shutdown This Week Will Depend On What Trump Considers A Win — A government shutdown won't happen this week because of a specific spending cut, tax hike or policy rider. The real, and perhaps only, issue will be Donald Trump's need to record a “win.”
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
House Democrats grow bullish after Trump's stumbles — House Democrats are heading toward the 100th day of Donald Trump's presidency with the kind of feel-good unity they haven't experienced since the election. — Coming off a rowdy recess where Republicans continued to be skewered …
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Political Wire
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
History tells us that Republicans are taking on too much this week — and that it isn't likely to end well
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CNN
Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Ryan promises to keep government open — and makes no promises on health care
Ryan promises to keep government open — and makes no promises on health care
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Axios, Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
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
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Bill O'Reilly Is Gone, But Fox News's Legal Nightmare Continues — The Murdochs hoped firing Bill O'Reilly would signal a changing culture at Fox News. “We want to underscore our consistent commitment to fostering a work environment built on the values of trust and respect,” Rupert and his sons …
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ThinkProgress, The Root and USA Today
Yonhap News Agency:
Third U.S. citizen detained in North Korea: sources — A former Korean-American professor was arrested in North Korea last week, becoming the third U.S. citizen to be detained by the communist country as of late, according to sources Sunday. — The U.S. citizen, identified only by his surname Kim …
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The Daily Caller and Al Jazeera English
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Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
Volleyball Over, North Koreans Go Back to Work at Nuclear Site, Analysts Say
Volleyball Over, North Koreans Go Back to Work at Nuclear Site, Analysts Say
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Daily Mail
Michael Kruse / Politico:
How Trump Succeeds Without Succeeding — Earlier this month, 11 weeks after his inauguration, in the aftermath of bungled attempts at instituting a Muslim travel ban and “repealing and replacing” the Affordable Care Act, and in the midst of sinking approval ratings, steady reports …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump's Fake War on the Fake News — Seven days before Donald Trump took office, the inauguration festivities got off to a low-key start inside a modest conference room at the Capitol Hill offices of the American Trucking Association. There, a hundred-odd familiar faces from the Washington set gathered …
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Raw Story
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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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Hot Air
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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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Sanders denounces threats against Ann Coulter — (I-Vt.) denounced the threats made against conservative pundit Ann Coulter that forced the University of California, Berkley to postpone her appearance this week. — “I don't like this. I don't like it,” Sanders told The Huffington Post for a story published Saturday.
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Daniel Marans / The Huffington Post:
Bernie Sanders Condemns Threats Against Ann Coulter Speech At Berkeley
Bernie Sanders Condemns Threats Against Ann Coulter Speech At Berkeley
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Hit & Run
Jonathan Taplin / New York Times:
Is It Time to Break Up Google? — In just 10 years, the world's five largest companies by market capitalization have all changed, save for one: Microsoft. Exxon Mobil, General Electric, Citigroup and Shell Oil are out and Apple, Alphabet (the parent company of Google), Amazon and Facebook have taken their place.
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Axios
Salena Zito / New York Post:
How Trump voters feel about his first 100 days — MORE FROM: … Last fall, just weeks before Election Day, I traveled the old Lincoln Highway, from the Appalachian Mountains to the Rockies, to learn the attitudes of voters who lived miles from the off-ramps of the main interstates and coastal America.
Jonah Bennett / The Daily Caller:
Congressman Tells Girl That Trump Is More Dangerous Than A Terrorist — Democratic Rep. Mark DeSaulnier told an 11-year-old girl at a middle school in California Wednesday that President Donald Trump is more dangerous than a terrorist. — While speaking at a town hall at Stanley Middle School …
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SARAH PALIN and Geller Report
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