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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, Political Wire, The Week, 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
Salena Zito / New York Post:
How Trump voters feel about his first 100 days
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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The Root
CNN:
American detained in North Korea — (CNN)North Korea detained an unidentified US citizen for unknown reasons as he was planning to fly out of Pyongyang International Airport on Saturday morning. — The detention was confirmed by Martina Aberg, deputy chief of mission at the Embassy of Sweden in Pyongyang.
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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
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 …
Bill Nye / CNN:
Science made America great — Bill Nye, known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, is an American science educator, television presenter, and mechanical engineer. He is the CEO of The Planetary Society, the world's largest non-profit space interest group. The opinions expressed are his own.
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 and The Federalist
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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Hot Air
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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The Atlantic and Raw Story
Miranda Green / CNN:
Trump: ‘Dreamers’ should rest easy — DREAMers fearful of immigration crackdown — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump remarked Friday that undocumented immigrants known as “dreamers” should “rest easy,” the latest of his statements to indicate his administration won't take a hardline approach to dealing with the group.
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ImmigrationProf Blog
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Young Immigrants / Associated Press:
Excerpts from AP interview with President Donald Trump
Excerpts from AP interview with President Donald Trump
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Talking Points Memo