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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump's dizzying day of interviews — President Donald Trump questioned why the Civil War— which erupted 150 years ago over slavery — needed to happen. He said he would be “honored” to meet with Kim Jong-Un, the violent North Korean dictator who is developing nuclear missiles and oppresses his people …
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Historians see a dark underside to Trump's Civil War riff — President Donald Trump on Monday once again defied the history books, this time claiming that Andrew Jackson was “really angry” about the Civil War - despite having died 16 years before the first shots were fired …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump keeps praising international strongmen, alarming human rights advocates
Trump keeps praising international strongmen, alarming human rights advocates
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Kyle Feldscher / Washington Examiner:
Trump: ‘Why was there the Civil War?’
Trump: ‘Why was there the Civil War?’
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Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
Sean Hannity Eyes Fox News Exit, Insiders Say … Sean Hannity is looking to leave Fox News, according to sources, following the resignation of Fox News co-president Bill Shine officially on Monday. — Shine was Hannity's his long-time ally whom he personally recommended the network hire two decades ago to produce Hannity & Colmes.
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Murdochs Might Not Be Done Cleaning House at Fox News — Last Monday, Rupert Murdoch invited embattled Fox News co-president Bill Shine to lunch. The public outing to Marea, a high-end Italian restaurant near Fox News headquarters, was designed to signal that Shine was secure in his job …
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Rachel Stockman / Mediaite:
EXCLUSIVE: New Conservative Network Now Actively Trying to Lure Sean Hannity — Late last week, we broke the story that there could soon be another game in town for conservative news viewers looking for a competitor to Fox News. — As we reported Friday:
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Fox Pushes Back On Report That Hannity Seeking Exit After Shine's Resignation
Fox Pushes Back On Report That Hannity Seeking Exit After Shine's Resignation
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New York Times:
Fox News Executive Departs Amid Turmoil
Fox News Executive Departs Amid Turmoil
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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Bill Shine Out at Fox News, Suzanne Scott Becomes President of Programming
Bill Shine Out at Fox News, Suzanne Scott Becomes President of Programming
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Wilbur Ross Says Syria Missile Strike Was ‘After-Dinner Entertainment’ at Mar-a-Lago — Speaking at the Milken Institute Global Conference on Monday, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross recalled the scene at Mar-a-Lago on April 6, when the summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping was interrupted by the strike on Syria.
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New York Times:
Ivanka Trump's West Wing Agenda — A month before Donald J. Trump was elected president, he and his aides watched his daughter's coolly composed surface crack open. — Inside Trump Tower, the candidate was preparing for a debate when an aide rushed in with news that The Washington Post …
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Jill Disis / CNNMoney:
Ethics office says it wasn't consulted about Ivanka Trump job — Ivanka's White House role called into question — The White House brought Ivanka Trump on as an adviser without consulting the Office of Government Ethics, the ethics office says. — The New York Times and Politico reported March 20 …
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CNN:
First on CNN: Trump administration ending Michelle Obama's girls education program — Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is discontinuing a signature girls education initiative championed by former first lady Michelle Obama, according to officials. — The “Let Girls Learn” program …
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Tawnell D. Hobbs / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Unwinds Some School Lunch Standards
Trump Administration Unwinds Some School Lunch Standards
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USDA:
Ag Secretary Perdue Moves to Make School Meals Great Again
Ag Secretary Perdue Moves to Make School Meals Great Again
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Lauren Fox / CNN:
GOP on verge of losing health care vote — Washington (CNN)The White House and congressional Republicans are in serious danger of not having enough votes to pass their health care bill. — Several Republicans have come out Monday against the current measure to repeal and replace Obamacare …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
GOP suffers surprise defection on Obamacare repeal
GOP suffers surprise defection on Obamacare repeal
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CNN:
The FBI translator who went rogue and married an ISIS terrorist — 8pm ET TONIGHT: Watch AC 360 to learn more about the FBI employee who married an ISIS terrorist. — An FBI translator with a top-secret security clearance traveled to Syria in 2014 and married a key ISIS operative …
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Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Democrats confident they can block Trump's agenda after spending-bill win — Democrats believe they have set the stage to block President Trump's legislative priorities for years to come by winning major concessions in a spending bill to keep the government open.
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Laura Bassett / HuffPost:
Donald Trump Taps Anti-Contraceptive Activist To Oversee Family Planning Program — Teresa Manning once said “contraception doesn't work.” — WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has appointed Teresa Manning, an anti-abortion activist who has argued that “contraception doesn't work,” …
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George Prayias / The Rush Limbaugh Show:
Why Do We Vote Republican? What Trump Must Do to Avoid More Disastrous Budget Deals
Why Do We Vote Republican? What Trump Must Do to Avoid More Disastrous Budget Deals
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump to name anti-abortion advocate to lead federal family planning programs
Trump to name anti-abortion advocate to lead federal family planning programs
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
G.O.P. Likely to Go It Alone on Tax Overhaul Legislation — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are increasingly resigned to a strategy of hammering through tax overhaul legislation by themselves, without the Democrats, reprising the approach that has failed them in their efforts to pass a new health law.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Says He'd Meet With North Korea's Kim If Situation's Right — ‘I would be honored to do it’ under the right circumstances — North Korea has become Trump's top foreign policy challenge — President Donald Trump said he would meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un amid heightened tensions …
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Trump's warm words for strongmen set off alarms
Trump's warm words for strongmen set off alarms
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Ryan Grim / HuffPost:
With Trump In The White House, MSNBC Is Resisting The Resistance — For a TV executive, Andy Lack has an unusual problem: sky-high ratings. — WASHINGTON On Friday, readers of the new morning email put out by Mike Allen awoke to a little nugget of news. “One of your favorites is getting …
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Naomi Martin / Dallas Morning News:
Exclusive: Tomi Lahren, Glenn Beck settle lawsuit — Tomi Lahren settled her lawsuit Monday with her former boss, Glenn Beck, and his conservative media firm The Blaze. — The deal allows the 24-year-old pundit to be freed from her employment contract — which was to expire in September …
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YouTube:
Jimmy Kimmel Reveals Details of His Son's Birth & Heart Disease … Jimmy and his wife Molly welcomed their second child together, William “Billy” Kimmel. At three days old, Billy had successful open heart surgery at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and is now home with his family.
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Congress Allocates $120 Million for Trump Family's Security Costs — WASHINGTON — Congress would allocate more than $120 million to help cover the escalating costs of protecting the first family and Trump Tower under a bipartisan spending agreement that appears poised to pass this week.
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