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Eric Levenson / CNN:
Climate protest takes on Trump's policies — and the heat — in DC march — (CNN)Protesters backing action on climate change are braving the sweltering heat Saturday in the nation's capital as part of the People's Climate March. — The march began at 12:30 p.m. near the Capitol …
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ThinkProgress, Vox, New York Magazine and Politicus USA
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Chris Mooney / Washington Post:
EPA website removes climate science site from public view after two decades — The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday evening its website would be “undergoing changes” to better represent the new direction the agency is taking, triggering the removal of several agency websites …
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ABC News, The Hill, NBC News, Occupy Democrats, Rolling Stone, New York Magazine, ThinkProgress, Washington Monthly, Axios, US EPA, Mashable, Politico and Climate Depot
Chris Mooney / Washington Post:
Climate March draws massive crowd to D.C. in sweltering heat
Climate March draws massive crowd to D.C. in sweltering heat
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Fusion, ABC News, Refinery29, The Guardian, Common Dreams, NPR, The Root, Daily Kos, The FADER and 350.org
Chris Perez / New York Post:
Times columnist blasted by ‘nasty left’ for climate change piece … A New York Times columnist who was “harangued” for months by “bullying Trump supporters” says he's now being blasted by the “nasty left” — after he penned a piece about how absurd it was to blindly support climate change …
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Business Insider, The Last Tradition, Instapundit, Mashable and New York Times
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Trump team did background check on Flynn, knew of Turkey ties: report … The White House and President Trump's transition team reportedly did a background check on former national security adviser Michael Flynn in addition to his already approved security clearance, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow reported Friday evening.
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Washington Examiner and portal.liberalamerica.org
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump blames Obama for not vetting former national security adviser Michael Flynn
Trump blames Obama for not vetting former national security adviser Michael Flynn
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Politico and Political Wire
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Trump: 'I couldn't care less about golf' — President Trump on Friday defended his frequent weekend trips to his luxury properties, saying he does not care about golfing as much as people might think he does. — “I have a lot of property. So if I go to my clubs like in New Jersey …
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portal.liberalamerica.org, Hullabaloo and Joe.My.God.
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TMZ.com:
Delta Air Lines Pilot Hits Passenger During Fight at Atlanta Airport (UPDATE: NEW VIDEO OF CONFRONTATION) — Delta Air Lines — Pilot Hits Passenger During Fight at Atlanta Airport — EXCLUSIVE — 9:30 AM PT — A rep for Delta tells us ... “We became aware of this incident and a video …
Turkey Blocks:
Wikipedia blocked in Turkey — The Turkey Blocks monitoring network has verified restrictions affecting the Wikipedia online encyclopaedia in Turkey. A block affecting all language editions of the website detected at 8:00AM local time Saturday 29 April. The loss of availability is consistent …
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The Atlantic, The Verge, The Daily Caller, Motherboard, RT, IJR and Mashable, more at Mediagazer »
Ben White / Politico:
Trump's mad dash to 100 days — President Donald Trump has dismissed the idea of measuring the success of his first 100 days in office as “ridiculous.” But the president and his top officials have made a number of startling moves this week with the deadline in mind, and Trump has privately obsessed …
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The Moderate Voice, Raw Story, Breitbart and ABC News
Justin Wier / Vindicator:
Zuckerberg pays surprise visit to Falls family — A Newton Falls family was in shock when Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg showed up for dinner at their home Friday evening. — Daniel Moore said he didn't know who was coming for dinner until about 20 minutes before Zuckerberg arrived.
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The Guardian
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Hacker Leaks Stolen ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Season 5 Episodes to Piracy Network — An anonymous hacker has carried through on a threat to release “Orange Is the New Black” season five episodes online — after Netflix allegedly failed to respond to the cybercriminal's shakedown demands.
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The Hill, Refinery29, IJR, Fox News, The Verge, Mashable, CBS San Francisco, AOL, PinkNews and The Last Tradition, more at Mediagazer »
Kate Nocera / BuzzFeed:
Chuck Schumer Sees Himself As Trump's Chief Opponent — But Hey, At Least They're Talking Again — The top Democrat in Congress says he's “fueled” by fighting Trump and offered a new idea for opposing the president in his hometown. — Bureau Chief, BuzzFeed DC — Reporting From — Washington, D.C.
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PRI, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Axios, ABC News, TheBlaze, Daily Kos, Media Matters for America, Balloon Juice and Raw Story
Ben Jacobs / The Guardian:
GOP candidate has financial ties to US-sanctioned Russian companies — A Republican congressional candidate has financial ties to a number of Russian companies that have been sanctioned by the United States, the Guardian has learned. — Greg Gianforte, who is the GOP standard bearer …
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mtcowgirl.com, ThinkProgress, Raw Story, Occupy Democrats, USA Today and Politico
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Florence Finch, Unsung War Hero Who Took On Japanese, Dies at 101 — Florence Finch was an atypical hometown hero. For nearly 50 years after World War II, virtually no one outside of her family knew that she was a highly decorated Coast Guard veteran and a former prisoner of war whose exploits had been buried in time.
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JustOneMinute
Liz Robbins / New York Times:
On Long Island, Sessions Vows to Eradicate MS-13 Gang — CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — The attorney general of the United States, Jeff Sessions, came on Friday to this Long Island area besieged by the transnational gang known as MS-13, and in a 20-minute speech to local police commissioners …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, SARAH PALIN, Fox News Insider and The Last Tradition