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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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RedState, ABC News, New York Magazine, Mediaite, Raw Story, Right Wing Watch, TheBlaze, Joe.My.God., Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, FOX6Now.com and Daily Kos
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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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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Politico:
What It's Really Like to Cover Trump
What It's Really Like to Cover Trump
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The Week and Mother Jones, more at Mediagazer »
Yonhap News Agency:
(LEAD) N. Korea fails in missile test: S. Korean military — North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Saturday, which apparently exploded seconds after liftoff, South Korea's military said. — “North Korea fired an unidentified missile from a site in the vicinity of Bukchang in Pyeongannam-do …
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The Atlantic, The Hill, Telegraph, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, Reuters and BBC
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Kasich: Trump should ‘eradicate’ North Korean leadership
Kasich: Trump should ‘eradicate’ North Korean leadership
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The Week and Political Wire
CNN:
Tillerson urges world to act on North Korea, says US willing to use military force
Tillerson urges world to act on North Korea, says US willing to use military force
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, NPR, Hot Air, ThinkProgress, Mediaite, Washington Post, Common Dreams, Washington Free Beacon and New York Times
Christine Wang / CNBC:
North Korea ballistic missile test fails: Report
North Korea ballistic missile test fails: Report
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New York Magazine
Ryan Browne / CNN:
North Korea's missile test fails, US military says
North Korea's missile test fails, US military says
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Sputnik International, The Daily Caller, Q13 FOX News, Business Insider, TheBlaze, Washington Free Beacon, Mediaite and twitchy.com
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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Washington Post, IJR, Raw Story, The Week, Hot Air, Shareblue, Politicus USA, Occupy Democrats, Business Insider and Political Wire
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Bloomberg:
If Republicans Can't Get This Lawmaker, Obamacare Repeal May Be Dead — An architect of previous years' repeal bills not ready to back — Vote count could be close as backers claim ‘great progress’ — Representative Fred Upton helped guide dozens of Obamacare repeal measures through …
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Talking Points Memo
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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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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and Reuters, more at Mediagazer »
CNN:
CNN/ORC poll: Expectations plummet for health care overhaul
CNN/ORC poll: Expectations plummet for health care overhaul
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Politicus USA, The Week and Political Wire
Kenneth P. Vogel / 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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New York Times, Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine, Daily Wire, The Week, Washingtonian, Mediaite, FITSNews, RedState, Washington Times, Political Wire and Axios
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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Electronic Frontier Foundation, Mashable, Raw Story, Common Dreams, The Verge, The Guardian, Hit & Run, New York Magazine and Axios, more at Techmeme »
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NSA.gov:
NSA Stops Certain Section 702 “Upstream” Activities
NSA Stops Certain Section 702 “Upstream” Activities
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TechCrunch, Politico, Just Security, Lawfare, NPR and The Atlantic
Dustin Volz / Reuters:
U.S. spy agency abandons controversial surveillance technique
U.S. spy agency abandons controversial surveillance technique
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The Gateway Pundit and SARAH PALIN
Chloe Gordon / New York Magazine:
I Worked at Fyre Festival. It Was Always Going to Be a Disaster. — In early March, a friend of mine texted me to ask if I wanted to be a talent producer for the Fyre Festival. I'd never heard of it, but the gig involved going to the Bahamas and being paid extremely well. So I said yes and packed my bags.
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Page Six:
A-listers told to avoid disastrous Fyre Festival before it began
A-listers told to avoid disastrous Fyre Festival before it began
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Breitbart and New York Magazine
Julian Robinson / Daily Mail:
'It's worse than a refugee camp': Disastrous Bella Hadid-backed Bahamas Fyre Festival is CANCELLED …
'It's worse than a refugee camp': Disastrous Bella Hadid-backed Bahamas Fyre Festival is CANCELLED …
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The FADER, Refinery29 and Althouse
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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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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Political Wire, Mediaite and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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Mediaite, IJR, New York Magazine, LGBTQ Nation, Occupy Democrats, Business Insider, The Stranger … and Joe.My.God., more at Mediagazer »
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.
New York Times:
Trump Could Save Tens of Millions of Dollars in One Year Under His Proposed Tax Plan — President Donald Trump could save tens of millions of dollars in a single year under his proposed changes to the tax code, a New York Times analysis has found. — On Wednesday, the White House announced …
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Liberal Values, PRI and Media Matters for America
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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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Occupy Democrats, Daily Kos and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
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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
Discussion:
The Week and New York Magazine
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.
Discussion:
Shakesville and The Week
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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Motherboard, Mashable and Eschaton
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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Raw Story, Occupy Democrats and Washington Post
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
UK was given details of alleged contacts between Trump campaign and Moscow — In December the UK government was given reports by former MI6 officer Christopher Steele on possible collusion between Trump camp and the Kremlin — The UK government was given details last December …
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
ICE data shows half of immigrants arrested in raids had traffic convictions or no record — About half of the 675 immigrants picked up in roundups across the United States in the days after President Trump took office either had no criminal convictions or had committed traffic offenses …