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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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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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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Wash Post poll hides: Trump still beats Clinton, 43%-40% — A new Washington Post poll that declares President Trump as “the least popular president in modern times,” waits until the second to last paragraph to reveal another tidbit: He'd still beat Hillary Rodham Clinton if the election …
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Geller Report, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Post and Instapundit
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Trump at 100 days: 96 percent of his voters say they'd do it again (POLL)
Trump at 100 days: 96 percent of his voters say they'd do it again (POLL)
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Public Gives Trump Low Marks for First 100 Days: NBC News/WSJ Poll
Public Gives Trump Low Marks for First 100 Days: NBC News/WSJ Poll
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Associated Press:
THE LATEST: EARLY FRENCH COUNT CONTINUES TO SHOW LE PEN LEAD — PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the first round of France's presidential election (all times local): — With 34 percent of the vote counted, France's Interior Ministry says that far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen …
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Henry Samuel / Telegraph:
Live Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen win first round of French elections - early polls — Live: French election 2017 — Centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen are set to face each other in a May 7 runoff for the French presidency after coming first and second …
Jon Henley / The Guardian:
French election: Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen estimated to be through to second round - live
French election: Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen estimated to be through to second round - live
Thomas Adamson / Associated Press:
FRANCE BEGINS PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN TEST FOR POPULISM
FRANCE BEGINS PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN TEST FOR POPULISM
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Yasmeen Serhan / The Atlantic:
Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron Advance
France 24:
Live: Le Pen, Macron victories push mainstream parties to the sidelines
Live: Le Pen, Macron victories push mainstream parties to the sidelines
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
CNN's Alisyn Camerota: Roger Ailes sexually harassed me — For a long time Alisyn Camerota was reluctant to describe the dark side of working at Fox News. — She respects many of her former colleagues. She has close friends who work there. But she perceives that something has changed …
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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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Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
Is Ann Coulter The Last Conservative With Guts?
Ramesh Ponnuru / National Review:
Kate Walsh O'Beirne R I P — Kate O'Beirne was part of National Review's world before she joined the staff. When she became the magazine's Washington editor in 1995 her resume already included stints at Senator Jim Buckley's office, the Reagan administration, and the Heritage Foundation.
Molly Nagle / ABC News:
After controversial Hawaii comment, Sessions says ‘nobody has a sense of humor’ — Attorney General Jeff Sessions says people should lighten up about controversial comments he made earlier this week about the state of Hawaii. — When asked by ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos …
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Jeff Sessions brushes off criticism over Hawaii comments: ‘Nobody has a sense of humor anymore’
Jeff Sessions brushes off criticism over Hawaii comments: ‘Nobody has a sense of humor anymore’
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Uber's C.E.O. Plays With Fire — Travis Kalanick's drive to win in life has led to a pattern of risk-taking that has put his ride-hailing company on the brink of implosion. — SAN FRANCISCO — Travis Kalanick, the chief executive of Uber, visited Apple's headquarters in early 2015 to meet …
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump and his aides take hard line on border wall, as threat of government shutdown looms — President Trump and his top aides applied new pressure Sunday on lawmakers to include money for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border in a must-pass government funding bill, raising the possibility of a federal government shutdown this week.
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
House Democrats grow bullish after Trump's stumbles
House Democrats grow bullish after Trump's stumbles
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Political Wire and Bloomberg
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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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Trump eyeing second Supreme Court seat — Talk is already heating up that President Trump could have a chance to appoint a second person to the Supreme Court. — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley — (R-Iowa) said this week that another opening could come as soon as this summer …
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 …
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Raw Story
Fox News:
North Korea threatens to strike US aircraft carrier to show 'military's force' — North Korea threatened Sunday to sink a U.S. aircraft carrier to demonstrate its military prowess as two Japanese Navy ships joined a U.S. strike group for exercises in the Philippine Sea.
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Gary Peterson / East Bay Times:
Child's Donald Trump question elicits congressman's heartfelt reply — U.S. Rep. Mark DeSaulnier's town hall was winding down, and as usual his audience had gotten its money's worth. — And not just because it was free. — DeSaulnier, D-Concord, treated the audience during a recent event …
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Jonah Bennett / The Daily Caller:
Congressman Tells Girl That Trump Is More Dangerous Than A Terrorist
Congressman Tells Girl That Trump Is More Dangerous Than A Terrorist
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Geller Report and SARAH PALIN