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MJ Lee / CNN:
First on CNN: Ahead of Trump's 100th day mark, Obama says Obamacare is more popular than Trump — One moment from each of Trump's first days — New York (CNN)Former President Barack Obama hailed the political resilience of his signature health care law at a private event Thursday …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why can't House repeal Obamacare? Because a lot of Republicans don't want to — “We're going to go when we have the votes,” Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday when asked when the House will pass a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare. Lawmakers will not be constrained by any “artificial deadline,” Ryan declared.
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Fox News:
‘The First 100 Days’: Trump says he's ‘disappointed’ with congressional Republicans — President Trump told Fox News' Martha MacCallum on Friday that he's “disappointed” with how congressional Republicans have handled big legislation on health care and other issues, as he reflected on his first 100 days in office.
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CNN:
CNN/ORC poll: Expectations plummet for health care overhaul — Trump supporter: Paul Ryan not helping Trump — Washington (CNN)Three months ago, just before Donald Trump took office, about half of Americans said it was very likely that the new President, armed with a Republican majority …
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Bloomberg:
If Republicans Can't Get This Lawmaker, Obamacare Repeal May Be Dead
If Republicans Can't Get This Lawmaker, Obamacare Repeal May Be Dead
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CNBC:
No government shutdown for now: Senate passes short-term funding bill
No government shutdown for now: Senate passes short-term funding bill
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Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
GOP shuts out doctors, experts, Democrats — pretty much everybody — as they work on Obamacare repeal
GOP shuts out doctors, experts, Democrats — pretty much everybody — as they work on Obamacare repeal
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
White House eyeing Clarke for Homeland Security post — The White House is considering David Clarke, the sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, for a position at the Department of Homeland Security, three people familiar with the administration's planning told POLITICO.
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Raw Story:
Trump admits he thought being president would be a lot easier than his old life — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — He misses driving, feels as if he is in a cocoon, and is surprised how hard his new job is. — President Donald Trump on Thursday reflected on his first 100 days …
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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Political Media Earns Poor Marks From Americans
Political Media Earns Poor Marks From Americans
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Josiah Ryan / CNN:
Journalist: Trump brought Electoral map handouts of his wins to interview
Journalist: Trump brought Electoral map handouts of his wins to interview
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Politico:
What It's Really Like to Cover Trump
What It's Really Like to Cover Trump
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
DeMint to be ousted from Heritage Foundation — The controversial president of The Heritage Foundation, former Sen. Jim DeMint, will soon be out of a job, following a dispute with board members about the direction of conservative think tank, according to three people with knowledge of the situation.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
N.S.A Halts Collection of Americans' Emails About Foreign Targets — WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency is stopping one of the most disputed forms of its warrantless surveillance program in which it collects Americans' emails and texts to and from people overseas and that mention …
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Dustin Volz / Reuters:
U.S. spy agency abandons controversial surveillance technique
U.S. spy agency abandons controversial surveillance technique
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NSA.gov:
NSA Stops Certain Foreign Intelligence Collection Activities Under Section 702
NSA Stops Certain Foreign Intelligence Collection Activities Under Section 702
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Just Security, The Daily Caller, Business Insider and Lawfare
NSA.gov:
NSA Stops Certain Section 702 “Upstream” Activities
NSA Stops Certain Section 702 “Upstream” Activities
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Kasich: Trump should ‘eradicate’ North Korean leadership — Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a former Republican presidential candidate, said Friday that President Trump ought to “eradicate” North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his top lieutenants in a surgical military strike designed to give rise to a more benign leadership in Pyongyang.
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Rachel Stockman / Mediaite:
EXCLUSIVE: Advanced Talks Underway For New Conservative Network Amid Fears Fox News Moving Too Far Left — On the heels of major shakeups at the Fox News Network, an alternative conservative network is being actively discussed amongst conservative fat cats.
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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Murdochs Exploring Fox News Options as Pressure on Bill Shine Mounts
Murdochs Exploring Fox News Options as Pressure on Bill Shine Mounts
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Yashar Ali / New York Magazine:
Conservative Radio Host Hugh Hewitt in Talks for MSNBC Show, Sources Say — MSNBC is in talks with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt about creating a show for him on weekend evenings, four well-placed sources at the network tell Daily Intelligencer. Initially MSNBC was keen on having Hewitt host …
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The Daily Beast:
White House Weighs Kicking Out Sebastian Gorka — The Trump administration is actively exploring options to remove controversial national security aide Sebastian Gorka from the White House and place him at another federal agency, multiple sources tell The Daily Beast.
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Alex Young / Consequence of Sound:
$12,000 luxury Fyre Festival is basically a disaster zone — This weekend was to mark the launch of Fyre Festival, a boutique, luxury music festival taking place in Exumas, Bahamas. Tickets to the festival ran between $4,000 and $12,000, with the price of admission including a chartered flight from Miami …
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Alex Jones Suffers Defeat In Custody Hearing — “Mr. Jones is like a cult leader,” the conspiracy blogger's ex-wife told the jury. “And we've seen the horrific damage cult leaders do to their followers.” — Reporting From — AUSTIN — After a grueling 10-day trial …
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Austin American-Statesman:
VERDICT: Ex-wife of Alex Jones wins joint custody after bitter trial
VERDICT: Ex-wife of Alex Jones wins joint custody after bitter trial
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Ben Hartman / The Daily Beast:
InfoWars' Alex Jones Loses Custody Case, Ex-Wife Wins Right to Decide Where Children Live
InfoWars' Alex Jones Loses Custody Case, Ex-Wife Wins Right to Decide Where Children Live
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Tina Nguyen / Vanity Fair:
Milo Yiannopoulos Is Starting a New, Ugly, For-Profit Troll Circus — With what he says is a $12 million stake from secret investors, the former Breitbart tech editor is launching Milo Inc., a live-event touring company, dedicated to making progressives' lives a “living hell.”
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Dems withhold cash from Montana special election — As early voting kicks off in Montana this week, national Democrats are holding back from heavy investments in the state's May 25 special House election, believing Democratic candidate Rob Quist still has a steep hill to climb to win a state …
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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The Democrats' First 100 Days — Let's reverse angle.
The Democrats' First 100 Days — Let's reverse angle.
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Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
The Convicted Con Artist Of The Winter White House … WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — An admitted fraudster who owes hundreds of thousands of dollars to his victims has had access to President Donald Trump through his wife, who is the guest reception manager of Mar-a-Lago, the Winter White House.
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Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Maybe America Wasn't Crazy to Elect Donald Trump — A confession: I'm much less afraid of Trump than I was a year ago. His rhetoric, his unfettered far-right agenda, his love of violence, and his loathing of constitutional limits during the campaign were indeed things to be terrified by.
Erin Kelly / USA Today:
Congress passes short-term funding bill to avoid government shutdown — WASHINGTON — With just hours left until a government shutdown at midnight, Congress passed a stopgap funding bill Friday that will keep the government open for another week. — House members voted 382-30 to approve the legislation …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Schumer blocks one-week stopgap funding bill
Schumer blocks one-week stopgap funding bill
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Morgan Eads / Lexington Herald-Leader:
‘You are safe,’ Transylvania attacker says to Republican student in coffee shop — A man who used a machete to attack a Transylvania University student in a campus coffee shop Friday first asked people about their political affiliations, a witness said. — The assailant, thought …
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Johana Bhuiyan / Recode:
Here's the first look at how Elon Musk's ‘boring’ car tunnels will work — Cars will be lowered into the tunnel from the roads on what Musk calls a car “skate.” — At the TED conference today, Elon Musk gave a first look at the underground tunnels his new company, The Boring Company, is shooting to develop in the future.
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