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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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Christine Wang / CNBC:
North Korea ballistic missile test fails: Report
North Korea ballistic missile test fails: Report
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New York Magazine
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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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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Politico:
What It's Really Like to Cover Trump
What It's Really Like to Cover Trump
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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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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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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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Alex Young / Consequence of Sound:
$12,000 luxury Fyre Festival is basically a disaster zone
$12,000 luxury Fyre Festival is basically a disaster zone
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump blames Obama for not vetting former national security adviser Michael Flynn — President Donald Trump is blaming former President Barack Obama for not fully vetting Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn after it was revealed that Flynn received payments …
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Fox News:
‘The First 100 Days’: Trump says he's ‘disappointed’ with congressional Republicans
‘The First 100 Days’: Trump says he's ‘disappointed’ with congressional Republicans
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Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
On Michael Flynn, Attorney General Sessions says vetting can't ‘catch everything’
On Michael Flynn, Attorney General Sessions says vetting can't ‘catch everything’
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Talking Points Memo, Associated Press, The Week and Hullabaloo
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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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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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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NSA.gov:
NSA Stops Certain Section 702 “Upstream” Activities
NSA Stops Certain Section 702 “Upstream” Activities
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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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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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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 …
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Occupy Democrats and Raw Story
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Climate of Complete Certainty — This is Bret Stephens's first column. — When someone is honestly 55 percent right, that's very good and there's no use wrangling. And if someone is 60 percent right, it's wonderful, it's great luck, and let him thank God. — But what's to be said about 75 percent right?
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
USDA to ease school meal standards — Newly minted Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is expected to unveil a new rule Monday aimed at giving schools more flexibility in meeting federal nutrition standards for school lunches. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Friday that Perdue and Sen. Pat Roberts
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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