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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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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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ThinkProgress, ABC News and Oversight Democrats
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Is a Management Shake-up Looming at Fox News? — As Fox News is roiled by lawsuits and the ouster of Bill O'Reilly, the network's co-president Bill Shine has retained the backing of the Murdochs. On Monday, Rupert Murdoch took network co-presidents Shine and Jack Abernethy to lunch at Marea …
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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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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems threaten to oppose short-term spending bill if GOP pushes healthcare vote — House Democrats will oppose a short-term spending bill if Republican leaders attempt to expedite an ObamaCare repeal bill this week, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) warned Thursday. — Hoyer, the Democratic whip …
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The Hill:
The Hill's Whip List: Who to watch on GOP's new ObamaCare bill
The Hill's Whip List: Who to watch on GOP's new ObamaCare bill
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, CNN, Hot Air, Washington Post, FiveThirtyEight, Occupy Democrats, Vox, Townhall.com, The Daily Caller and The Week
Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
House Republicans introduce one-week spending bill to continue budget talks
House Republicans introduce one-week spending bill to continue budget talks
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Business Insider and Post On Politics
David Nather / Axios:
Revival of unpopular health care plan divides GOP
Revival of unpopular health care plan divides GOP
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Washington Post, The Hill, New York Magazine, Common Dreams, Daily Kos and The Daily Caller
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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Jamie Hale / Oregonian:
Organizers cancel 82nd Avenue of Roses Parade, after protesters threaten to shut it down — A threatening email has derailed one of the Portland Rose Festival's signature events, and spurred new debate about the ongoing political protests in Portland. — Organizers of the 82nd Avenue …
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Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
Portland rose parade canceled after ‘antifascists’ threaten GOP marchers
Portland rose parade canceled after ‘antifascists’ threaten GOP marchers
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Althouse and Washington Times
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
A Chilling Threat of Political Violence in Portland
A Chilling Threat of Political Violence in Portland
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Portland Mercury and Instapundit
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 News host Jesse Watters announced late Wednesday that he is taking an abrupt vacation from “The Five” following backlash over sexually charged remarks about first daughter Ivanka Trump.
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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
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Trump's Tax Plan Is a Reckoning for Republican Deficit Hawks — WASHINGTON — As President Trump's top economic advisers faced a barrage of questions on Wednesday about the tax plan they had just unfurled, there was one that they struggled most to answer: how to keep the “massive tax cuts” …
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Fiscal FactCheck: How Much Will Trump's Tax Plan Cost?
Fiscal FactCheck: How Much Will Trump's Tax Plan Cost?
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The Guardian, Mother Jones, The Week, The Atlantic, NBC News and New York Times
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, Media Matters for America, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Week, Wall Street Journal, AOL and Hot Air
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 White House, The Daily Signal, Power Line, The Guardian and RedState
Tom Nichols / USA Today:
Are Trump voters ruining America for all of us?: Tom Nichols — First 100 days suggest our democracy is more likely to die in dumbness than in darkness. — President Trump's record in his first 100 days, by any standard of presidential first terms, is one of failure.
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Vera Bergengruen / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Hawaii threatened by North Korea now, U.S. commander tells Congress — WASHINGTON — The Pentagon needs to consider deploying new anti-ballistic missile systems and a defensive radar to Hawaii to protect against a growing threat from North Korea, the top U.S. military officer in the Pacific told Congress on Wednesday.
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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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Mark Landler / New York Times:
The Drumbeats Don't Add Up to Imminent War With North Korea
The Drumbeats Don't Add Up to Imminent War With North Korea
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CNN and Common Dreams
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, IJR, NBC News, Daily Mail and The Root
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
NBC News President on Megyn Kelly's New Show, Trump and Fox News Turmoil — “I would never allow a culture like that to exist,” Noah Oppenheim says of the recent Bill O'Reilly allegations. — Noah Oppenheim's career in TV news (with a stop in Hollywood along the way) began back in 2000, when he was a senior at Harvard.
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AOL
United:
United Airlines Announces Changes to Improve Customer Experience — United Airlines (UAL) today announced 10 substantial changes to how it flies, serves and respects its customers. The changes are the result of United's thorough examination of its policies and procedures …
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The Atlantic, East Bay Times, IJR, The Guardian and AOL
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Hugo Martin / Los Angeles Times:
United Airlines' policy changes include paying bumped passengers up to $10,000
United Airlines' policy changes include paying bumped passengers up to $10,000
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New York Magazine, NPR and New York Times
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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ThinkProgress, Mediaite, Washington Post, Boing Boing and Religion News Service
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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The Resurgent and Althouse
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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Refinery29, The Root and KFOR-TV
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.
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, Shakesville and Daily Kos