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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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Exclusive: Trump says ‘major, major’ conflict with North Korea possible, but seeks diplomacy — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday a major conflict with North Korea is possible in the standoff over its nuclear and missile programs, but he would prefer a diplomatic outcome to the dispute.
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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Political Media Earns Poor Marks From Americans — As political journalists prepare to gather at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday to celebrate their work, a new Morning Consult poll is likely to make many of them cringe.
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Hot Air and The Gateway Pundit
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump now agrees with the majority of Americans: He wasn't ready to be president — Donald Trump spent a great portion of 2016 insisting that being president would be easy — at least for him. HuffPost compiled a number of examples of him dismissing the problems that accompany the job as being easily dispatched.
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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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Matt Fuller / The Huffington Post:
Republicans Still Don't Have The Votes To Replace Obamacare
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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
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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Murdochs Exploring Fox News Options as Pressure on Bill Shine Mounts — The company has quietly put out feelers for a possible new head of Fox News with the preference, say sources, that it be a woman. — The Murdochs may be preparing for a leadership change at Fox News.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Exclusive: Federal probe of Fox News expands — Fox News still under grand jury probe — The U.S. Justice Department's investigation of Fox News has widened to include a second law enforcement agency. — Financial crimes experts from the United States Postal Inspection Service are now involved …
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New York Times:
State Department Wants to Clear Nikki Haley's Remarks Before She Speaks — UNITED NATIONS — The United States ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki R. Haley, has often been the first, most outspoken member of the Trump administration to weigh in on key foreign policy issues …
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Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
Tillerson Seeking 9% Cut to U.S. State Department Workforce, Sources Say
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
State Dept. wants Haley to get approval for public remarks: report
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Schumer blocks one-week stopgap funding bill — (D-N.Y.) on Thursday objected to a deal on passing a one-week stopgap government funding bill, citing concerns about ongoing negotiations over a larger spending agreement. — Schumer said there were still unresolved “poison pill riders” …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell: Senate will pass short-term funding bill to avoid shutdown
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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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Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones loses primary custody of his kids — A Texas jury has stripped right-wing radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones of primary custody of his children and awarded joint custody to his ex-wife. — A Travis County jury returned the decision shortly …
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The Daily Caller
Sho Chandra / Bloomberg:
U.S. Economy Grew 0.7% in First Quarter, Slowest in Three Years — Consumption is worst since 2009 on auto demand, utilities — Investment is bright spot, including housing and oil drilling — The U.S. economy expanded at the slowest pace in three years as weak auto sales …
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Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
G.D.P. Report Shows U.S. Economy Off to Slow Start in 2017
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Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
U.S. first-quarter growth weakest in three years as consumer spending falters
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Washington Post:
‘I was all set to terminate’: Inside Trump's sudden shift on NAFTA — President Trump was set to announce Saturday, on the 100th day of his presidency, that he was withdrawing from the North American Free Trade Agreement — the sort of disruptive proclamation that would upend both global …
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Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Next Tax Battle: Trump's Bid to Ax a Favorite Blue State Deduction — White House blueprint proposes repealing deduction for state and local taxes — WASHINGTON—A big tax break skewed toward Democratic-controlled blue states is the next major battleground as President Donald Trump …
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Trump tax plan would hit blue states hardest
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Associated Press:
American Airlines announces pay raises, and investors balk — American Airlines expects its raises for pilots and flight attendants will total close to $1 billion over three years. (Alan Diaz / Associated Press) — American Airlines is giving pay raises to its pilots and flight attendants …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump's first 100 days have been a moneymaking success story — He's getting what he cares about. — Donald Trump attracted a reputation over the years as a ruthless and unscrupulous businessman. He said on the campaign trail that having been “greedy all my life,” …
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Lewandowski's firm appears to offer Trump meetings — A firm co-founded by Donald Trump's original campaign manager Corey Lewandowski appears to have been pitching clients around the world by offering not only policy and political advice, but also face time with President Trump …
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Mark Penn / The Hill:
Why the polls are wrong about Trump. Again. — Today we live in a polling bubble - surveys taken from the perches in New York, Washington and Los Angeles may be obscuring rather than illuminating many of the underlying views and trends of the American electorate.
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Amy Davidson / New Yorker:
The Global Effort to Flatter Ivanka — The international project of flattering Ivanka Trump—which some of the world's most notable women, from Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, to Queen Máxima, of the Netherlands, engaged in at a panel discussion during the W20 conference …
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Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Ivanka Trump's White House role is a symbol of democratic decline
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Sessions recuses himself from any Michael Flynn investigation — Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Friday that his recusal from Justice Department investigations into the 2016 campaign for president will extend into inquiries into the activities of former national security adviser Michael Flynn …
Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Obama scores another $400K speaking fee amid criticism … Even as President Obama faced criticism for getting $400,000 for a speech to a Wall Street bank, he pocketed the same amount of money for a second speech, The Post has learned. — Obama made another $400,000 on Thursday when he appeared …
Scott Johnson / Hollywood Reporter:
48 Hours With the Media Troll Who Is Now Part of the White House Press Corps — Lucian Wintrich, a writer for The Gateway Pundit who mocks “serious journalists,” admits: “Half of what I do is f—ing with people.” — Lucian Wintrich paced in front of the White House, a cellphone pinned to his ear.
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
'He's Pretty Close to Perfect': Lou Dobbs and Hannity Take Turns Gushing Over Trump — Now, it's no secret that Fox News host Sean Hannity is an unabashed supporter and champion of President Donald Trump. And Fox Business host Lou Dobbs has pretty much worn his pro-Trump leanings directly on his sleeve.
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Yochi Dreazen / Vox:
After 100 days, Donald Trump's new world order looks like the old one — On January 17, just three days before the inauguration, a reporter for Israel's largest newspaper approached President-elect Donald Trump at a black-tie event to ask about his promise to break with decades …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
After 100 days, the media are still embarrassing themselves covering Trump. Just not as much. — Eons ago — yes, way back before Jan. 20 — I urged the American press to “scrutinize, not normalize” the actions of the new administration. — Given the unusual background of President Trump …
Joshua Rhett Miller / New York Post:
Alt-right thugs want to bring muscle to liberal protests … An alt-right group apparently is trying to build a small street army — vowing to use violence if necessary to defend free speech from leftist extremists. — Kyle Chapman — a “proud American nationalist” who became a conservative hero …
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