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FULL TRANSCRIPT: President Donald Trump's interview with “Face the Nation” — On his 100th day in office Saturday, President Donald Trump spoke to CBS News' chief Washington correspondent and host of “Face the Nation,” John Dickerson, about his accomplishments at the traditional milestone and beyond …
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Patricia Mazzei / miamiherald:
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen to retire from Congress — U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the dean of the Florida legislative delegation and the first Cuban American elected to Congress, is retiring at the end of her term next year, saying it's time to move on after more than 35 years in elected office.
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NPR, The Guardian, Politico, IJR, Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
Sebastian Gorka to accept role outside White House … Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to President Trump, will soon accept a position outside the White House, two sources told the Washington Examiner on Sunday. — Gorka's new role will deal with the “war of ideas” involved …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Sebastian Gorka to accept position outside White House: report — An aide to President Trump is reportedly accepting a role outside of the White House. — Sebastian Gorka, a deputy assistant to the president, will take a position that deals with the “war of ideas” regarding radical Islamic extremism …
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump's ‘Very Friendly’ Talk With Duterte Stuns Aides and Critics Alike — WASHINGTON — When President Trump called President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines on Saturday, the American leader's national security aides saw it as part of a routine diplomatic outreach to Southeast Asian leaders.
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Invites Rodrigo Duterte to the White House
Trump Invites Rodrigo Duterte to the White House
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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
White House official says 'we've looked at' changes to libel laws that would restrict press freedom — White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said the Trump administration has “looked at” changes to libel laws that would curtail press freedoms, but said “whether that goes anywhere is a different story.”
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Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Pelosi slams Trump at 100-day mark: 'He hasn't really proposed anything'
Pelosi slams Trump at 100-day mark: 'He hasn't really proposed anything'
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Washington Post, twitchy.com, Politico and The American Mirror
Reuters:
South Korea says U.S. reaffirms it will pay THAAD costs; joint drills wrap up — South Korea said the United States had reaffirmed it would shoulder the cost of deploying the THAAD anti-missile system, days after President Donald Trump said Seoul should pay for the $1-billion battery designed to defend against North Korea.
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David Wright / CNN:
McCain to allies: Watch what Trump does, not what he says
McCain to allies: Watch what Trump does, not what he says
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New York Times, Political Wire and The Week
Jonathan Cheng / Wall Street Journal:
National Security Chief Tells South Korea U.S. Will Pay for Defense System
National Security Chief Tells South Korea U.S. Will Pay for Defense System
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Ben Kew / Breitbart:
Yale College Republicans Hold Barbecue Next to Union Hunger Strike — Members of the Yale College Republicans held a barbecue on Friday next to eight graduate student teachers on a hunger strike over the Yale University's refusal to negotiate with its newly formed union.
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Kate Ramunni / New Haven Register:
Yale grad students still fasting while College Republicans feast
Yale grad students still fasting while College Republicans feast
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, BizPac Review and ThinkProgress
Stan Collender / Forbes:
Trump's Next 100 Days Won't Be Any Better — The three major failures of Donald Trump's first one hundred days in office set him up for even more spectacular failures in the next significant period of his presidency: the approximately 150 days between now and the start of fiscal 2018 on October 1.
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Biden keeps 2020 options open — Joe Biden has been saying yes to nearly all the political invitations coming his way, with new ones arriving almost daily. Privately, the former vice president and his staff have started talking about how to begin planning a strategy with a roughly 18-month timeline …
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AOL and Politicus USA
Jeremy Gerard / Deadline:
No Omerta As Coppola, Pacino And Cast Recall ‘Godfather’ Shoot - Tribeca — Al Pacino had to jump through hoops - including at least six screen tests - before securing the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather. Marlon Brando was so into playing Vito Corleone that during an early reading …
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Spell Hasn't Worn Off—And It Might Never — HARRISBURG, PA—Towards the end of a nearly hour-long speech on Saturday night, the President of the United States read a 266-word sonnet by Al Wilson called “The Snake.” — It was a callback for the truest believers to a simpler time …
Eugene Scott / CNN:
10 memorable lines from comedian Hasan Minhaj at the WHCA dinner — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump was a no-show at the first White House Correspondents' Association dinner of his presidency. But that didn't keep “Daily Show” comedian Hasan Minhaj from addressing “the elephant not in the room.”
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump says rally crowd broke records despite empty seats
Trump says rally crowd broke records despite empty seats
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ThinkProgress and Raw Story
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Trump assails media, Obama, at 100-day rally while skipping Correspondents' Dinner
Trump assails media, Obama, at 100-day rally while skipping Correspondents' Dinner
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Politico and Associated Press
Sarah D / Los Angeles Times:
How Maxine Waters became ‘Auntie Maxine’ in the age of Trump — Rep. Maxine Waters knows what “throwing shade” means now. She urges people to “stay woke.” — In the past few months, young people have embraced 78-year-old Waters and her acerbic comments about President Trump …
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