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2:45 PM ET, April 28, 2017

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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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Reuters:
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.
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.
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
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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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 …
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire and Politicus USA
Kimberly Leonard / Washington Examiner:
Kasich comes out against GOP's Obamacare repeal bill: 'I'm not for it'
Discussion: Axios
Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
GOP shuts out doctors, experts, Democrats — pretty much everybody — as they work on Obamacare repeal
Discussion: Mother Jones and IJR
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
DeMint set to be ousted from Heritage Foundation  —  The controversial president of The Heritage Foundation, former Sen. Jim DeMint, may 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.
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  —  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.
Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
'He's Pretty Close to Perfect': Lou Dobbs and Hannity Take Turns Gushing Over Trump
Discussion: RedState and Joe.My.God.
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: The Week
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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Politico:
What It's Really Like to Cover Trump
Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
The Ad Hoc Presidency
Discussion: Washington Post
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
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
Trump names anti-abortion leader Yoest to top HHS post  —  President Donald Trump on Friday said he would name one of the most prominent anti-abortion activists in the nation to a top communications post at the Department of Health and Human Services.  —  Charmaine Yoest, tapped …
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Jeffry Bartash / MarketWatch:
U.S. economy bogs down in first quarter with slowest growth in 3 years, GDP shows  —  The government's official scorecard for the U.S. economy in the first quarter pointed to the weakest growth in three years, but the slowdown appeared tied to temporary effects that are likely to give way a rebound in the coming months.
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Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
G.D.P. Report Shows U.S. Economy Off to Slow Start in 2017
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.
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 …
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 …
Peter Weber / The Week:
Trevor Noah wants you to cut the outrage over Obama's $400,000 Wall Street speech  —  “Obama's back, and so are the haters,” Trevor Noah said on Thursday's Daily Show.  The former president is taking a lot of heat for giving a speech to Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald for a fat paycheck, but Noah wasn't buying the outrage.
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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 …
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,” …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Living in the Trump Zone  —  Fans of old TV series may remember a classic “Twilight Zone” episode titled “It's a Good Life.”  It featured a small town terrorized by a 6-year-old who for some reason had monstrous superpowers, coupled with complete emotional immaturity.
Discussion: Raw Story and CNN
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 …
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” …
Discussion: Politico, ThinkProgress and Daily Kos
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: 'No reason there's not peace between Israel and the Palestinians'  —  President Trump says there is “no reason” Israelis and Palestinians cannot end their longstanding animosity.  —  “I want to see peace with Israel and the Palestinians,” Trump told Reuters Thursday.
Discussion: RedState, Reuters and The Daily Caller
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.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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 …
 
 
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
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The White House:
President Donald J. Trump Announces Key Additions to his Administration
Jonathan Shorman / Wichita Eagle:
Brownback wants $24 million to keep guns out of psychiatric hospitals
Discussion: Raw Story and ABC News
Matthew Chapman / Shareblue:
Trump holds emergency fundraiser in Georgia for his ideological twin Karen Handel
Discussion: Daily Kos and Zpolitics
Philip Shenon / Politico:
Will Trump Release the Missing JFK Files?
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The Huffington Post:
Jason Chaffetz Has Become A Fixture Of TMZ's Expanded Washington Footprint
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Chaffetz resting after ‘successful’ foot surgery
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
After 100 days, the media are still embarrassing themselves covering Trump. Just not as much.
Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
Tillerson Seeking 9% Cut to U.S. State Department Workforce, Sources Say
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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Financial Times:
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