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Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
Exclusive interview: Trump ‘absolutely’ looking at breaking up 9th Circuit — President Trump said Wednesday that he has “absolutely” considered proposals that would split up the 9th Circuit, where judges have blocked two of his executive actions. — “There are many people that want to break up the 9th Circuit.
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
A Ruling about Nothing — U.S. President Donald Trump (Reuters: Yuri Gripas)
A Ruling about Nothing — U.S. President Donald Trump (Reuters: Yuri Gripas)
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The Daily Signal, Power Line and The Guardian
CNN:
Pentagon warned Flynn in 2014 against taking foreign payments; IG launches investigation — (CNN)Former national security adviser Michael Flynn was warned by the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2014 against accepting foreign payments as he entered retirement, according to new documents obtained by the House oversight committee.
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RedState, Axios, Raw Story and Right Wing Watch
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Austin Wright / Politico:
Pentagon inspector general launches Flynn investigation — The Pentagon's inspector general is now investigating Michael Flynn over payments he received from foreign governments after retiring from the Army, according to documents released Thursday by the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee.
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ABC News
David Choi / Business Insider:
Fox News' Jesse Watters takes abrupt vacation after controversial remarks about Ivanka Trump — Fox News' Jesse Watters reportedly is taking a vacation, one day after making what some saw as suggestive remarks about Ivanka Trump. — CNN's Brian Stelter and the CNNMoney media team reported …
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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Fox host Jesse Watters announces vacation following backlash over Ivanka Trump remark
Fox host Jesse Watters announces vacation following backlash over Ivanka Trump remark
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RedState and The Daily Beast
Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Coincidence? Jesse Watters Announces He's Going On Vacation Following Ivanka Flap
Coincidence? Jesse Watters Announces He's Going On Vacation Following Ivanka Flap
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The Week
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
The education of Donald Trump — The 70-year-old leader of the free world sat behind his desk in the Oval Office last Friday afternoon, doing what he's done for years: selling himself. His 100th day in office was approaching, and Trump was eager to reshape the hardening narrative of a White House veering off course.
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The Week, Mediaite, Shakesville and Raw Story
CRFB Papers and Blog Posts:
Fiscal FactCheck: How Much Will Trump's Tax Plan Cost? — The White House released principles and a framework for tax reform today. We applaud the President's focus on tax reform, but the plan includes far more detail on how the Administration would cut taxes than on how they would pay for those cuts.
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The Guardian, Mother Jones, The Week, NBC News, New York Times and The Atlantic
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Neil Irwin / New York Times:
Winners and Losers in the Trump Tax Plan
Winners and Losers in the Trump Tax Plan
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Bloomberg, Washington Post, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Week, Business Insider and Hot Air
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Trump's Tax Plan Is a Reckoning for Republican Deficit Hawks
Trump's Tax Plan Is a Reckoning for Republican Deficit Hawks
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CNBC, Geller Report, The Week, Washington Free Beacon, CRFB Papers and Blog Posts, Raw Story, American Prospect and The Guardian
Mark Landler / New York Times:
The Drumbeats Don't Add Up to Imminent War With North Korea — WASHINGTON — President Trump summoned all 100 members of the Senate for a briefing by his war cabinet on the mounting tensions with North Korea. An American submarine loaded with Tomahawk missiles surfaced in a port in South Korea.
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Vera Bergengruen / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Hawaii threatened by North Korea now, U.S. commander tells Congress
Hawaii threatened by North Korea now, U.S. commander tells Congress
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Washington Free Beacon, The Gateway Pundit and Daily Mail
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump administration talks tough on North Korea, but frustrated lawmakers want details
Trump administration talks tough on North Korea, but frustrated lawmakers want details
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BuzzFeed, The Week, Business Insider, Reuters, Just Security, CNN, AOL, Associated Press, Politicus USA and Talking Points Memo
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
A Chilling Threat of Political Violence in Portland — On the day after Donald Trump was inaugurated, perhaps 3 million Americans took to the streets in peaceful protest to register their opposition. When news of his travel ban broke, I stood at LAX watching Angelenos sing the Star Spangled Banner and Amazing Grace.
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Washington Post, Portland Mercury and Instapundit
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Portlandia: City of the Petty, Bankrupt, Vindictive Left
Portlandia: City of the Petty, Bankrupt, Vindictive Left
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Oregonian, Willamette Week, Hit & Run and KOIN-TV
Max Jaeger / New York Post:
Lawyers sue Times, CNN, Fox News for racial discrimination — Three of nation's largest media organizations are being sued — two by the same lawyer — for racial discrimination. — A half-dozen people have filed suits against The New York Times and Fox News, while as many as 175 current …
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Felix Gillette / Bloomberg:
And Then There Was Hannity — Bill O'Reilly. Roger Ailes. Megyn Kelly. One by one, the biggest personalities at Fox News have left the building. — From Subscribe Reprints — During commercial breaks on his Fox News program, Sean Hannity likes to wing around a football with anyone in the vicinity of his desk.
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Jim Stingl / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Urgent trip to restroom gets man kicked off Delta flight — The way Kima Hamilton sees it, his urgent need to visit the restroom as a Milwaukee-bound Delta jet awaited takeoff was a misunderstanding blown all out of proportion. — In fellow passenger Krista Rosolino's view …
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AJC@ATLAJC@ATL, New York Times, The Root and Daily Mail
Mitch Prothero / BuzzFeed:
The Hungarian Rise And Fall Of Sebastian Gorka — Before Sebastian Gorka was an adviser to President Donald Trump, he was a man with a dream to rise to the top of Hungarian politics. It didn't quite work out. — Reporting From — Budapest — BUDAPEST — Sebastian Gorka …
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Washington Post, Boing Boing and Religion News Service
Click2Houston.com:
School district slams sixth grader with suspension over haircut — BAYTOWN, Texas - Xavier Davis had no idea his hair could cause him so much trouble. — Xavier is a sixth grader at Cedar Bayou Junior High School in Baytown. — When he walked into class last Thursday, he said he was promptly sent to the office.
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The Root, Refinery29 and KFOR-TV
Washington Post:
‘My rights as a mom have been violated.’: Mother is asked to find private room while breast-feeding in church — Annie Peguero was trying to soothe her agitated 19-month-old baby in church on Sunday when she did what she often does — she nursed her. But her efforts to calm her daughter caused …
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Althouse
James Michael Nichols / The Huffington Post:
Troll This Politician And He Just Might Call Your Grandma — Literally — Don't mess with Rep. Brian Sims — When Pennsylvania House Rep. Brian Sims (D-PA) woke up Wednesday morning, he followed his usual morning routine: checking the news, and then deleting the hate speech left on his Facebook by trolls overnight.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Towleroad and Refinery29
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Lawmaker goes after internet troll by calling his grandmother
Lawmaker goes after internet troll by calling his grandmother
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Daily Kos
UVA Center / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Center for Politics Poll Takes Temperature of Trump Voters at 100-Day Mark — A new University of Virginia Center for Politics poll of Trump voters shows his approval rating at 93% with these voters, though just 42% “strongly approve” while 51% “somewhat approve.”
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Politico
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Alarmed by Government's Hard-Line Stance in Citizenship Case — WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. tried to test the limits of the government's position at a Supreme Court argument on Wednesday by confessing to a criminal offense. — “Some time ago, outside the statute …
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SCOTUSblog and Daily Kos
Pardes Seleh / Red Alert Politics:
Rand Paul will teach a class at GWU — and it's not a politics course — Professor Rand Paul will teach an English class next fall at George Washington University. — That is not a proofreading error. — A representative for GW's Columbian College of Arts and Sciences tells Red Alert …
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The Resurgent
Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin can't guarantee middle class wouldn't pay more under tax plan — Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin today declined to guarantee that middle-class families wouldn't pay more under President Trump's sweeping tax overhaul plan. — “I can't make any guarantees until …
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Political Wire and Associated Press
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
I Am a Victim of Your Hateful Hate Crimes, You Hate-Criminals — As a person of absolutely no color who embodies an intersectional reality that includes my utter lack of genderfluidity and my unemployment-questioning, differently-veteraned, and non-pagan experiences, I am totally oppressed by progressivism's hegemonic power structure.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
UN contacted Trump administration on ObamaCare repeal: report — The United Nations contacted the Trump administration earlier this year about its efforts to repeal ObamaCare, according to a new report. — The U.N.'s “urgent appeal” asked whether scrapping ObamaCare without a suitable replacement …
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Evan Siegfried / New York Post:
Democrats are still rushing to extremes … You would think that after losing over 1,000 elected positions at the federal, state and local levels since 2010, Democratic Party leaders — now out of power in the White House and both houses of Congress — might be hard at work crafting a message …
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Instapundit
Fox News:
Fox News Poll: President Trump's first 100 days getting mixed reviews — A Fox News Poll taken as the Trump administration nears its 100-day milestone gives mixed messages to the president. — President Trump's job ratings are underwater by three percentage points. Currently 45 percent approve of the job he's doing.
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Washington Times, The Week, Occupy Democrats, Politicus USA, Political Wire and Axios
Bloomberg:
Trump Aides Embroiled in Debate on How Soon to Move on Nafta — Some advisers said to push to action before 100 days is up — Other faction urging slower approach through formal notice — President Donald Trump's top advisers are embroiled in a debate over how aggressively to proceed …
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Trump resistance tries to channel its anger — In the middle of mass protests against Donald Trump's travel ban in January, the crowds outside the White House chanted at the president: “We will not go away! Welcome to your ninth day!” — The Trump resistance hasn't gone away …
The Guardian:
Isis faces exodus of foreign fighters as its ‘caliphate’ crumbles — Exclusive: Two Britons and one US citizen are among dozens who have surrendered or been caught at Turkish border … Martin Chulov in Istanbul, Jamie Grierson in London and Jon Swaine in New York
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Defense One, Daily Mail and The Week
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump tweets draw ‘tidal wave of threats’ — It's never easy for a new president to transition into his security bubble, but Donald Trump comes with unconventional protection challenges — including his active Twitter life — that are testing the Secret Service in unpleasant and costly ways.