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Ivanka Trump Has the President's Ear. Here's Her 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 …
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
White House aims for Thursday signing of religious liberty executive order — President Donald Trump has invited conservative leaders to the White House on Thursday for what they expect will be the ceremonial signing of a long-awaited—and highly controversial—executive order on religious liberty …
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Trump set to sign religious liberty order: report
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Robert Bluey / Heritage Foundation:
Statement From the Chairman of Heritage's Board of Trustees — Vice President, Publishing & Editor in Chief, Daily Signal … The Heritage Foundation's Board of Trustees, by a unanimous vote, has asked for and received the resignation of Jim DeMint as president and CEO of the organization.
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
The real reason Jim DeMint got the boot — Jim DeMint's ouster from The Heritage Foundation came as a shock to the hundreds of scholars and staffers who've seen the organization's political influence grow thanks to DeMint's controversial decision to align the leading conservative think tank closely with Donald Trump.
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Coup Against Jim DeMint Threatens To Tear Apart Heritage Foundation
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Fred Upton's cynical reversal on repealing Obamacare shows why people distrust Republicans — If you want to gain an understanding of why it's so difficult for many people to trust Republicans on healthcare, look no further than the cynical decision of Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich. …
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Former GOP chairman ‘cannot support’ new healthcare bill
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
House Republicans floundering on Obamacare repeal
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Mark Graham / Decider:
Stephen Colbert's Shocking Attack On Trump Concludes With A Homophobic Slur … Once the clock struck midnight on Donald Trump's 100 days in office, Stephen Colbert's claws came out. He delivered his most vicious attack on the President to date during the monologue of Monday night's …
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Stephen Colbert Demolishes Trump for Insulting ‘Face The Nation’ Host John Dickerson … President Donald Trump insulted Face The Nation host John Dickerson and Stephen Colbert is pissed. — As the Late Show host explained in his monologue on Monday, during his CBS colleague's Sunday morning interview …
Dan Merica / CNN:
Clinton: ‘If the election had been on October 27, I would be your president’ — New York (CNN)Hillary Clinton said Tuesday she takes personal responsibility for her 2016 loss, but also pointed to the timing of a letter from FBI Director James Comey and Russian interference as factors.
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Associated Press:
Full public FBI reveal is rare for Trump-Russia type probes
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Clinton: ‘I was on the way to winning’ until Comey, Russia intervened
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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.
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CNN:
Sources: Former Acting AG Yates to contradict administration about Flynn at hearing — Washington (CNN)Former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates is prepared to testify before a Senate panel next week that she gave a forceful warning to the White House regarding then-National Security Advisor …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republican Blurts Out That Sick People Don't Deserve Affordable Care — Republicans usually defend their health care position with an array of buzzwords like choice, patient-centric, or competition. In a CNN interview, Representative Mo Brooks, an Alabama Republican, makes the case …
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Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
Jimmy Kimmel Might Have Struck the Final Blow Against the GOP Health-Care Plan
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Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Republican Says Obamacare Repeal Will Help People Who Have ‘Done Things The Right Way’
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Adviser Jared Kushner Didn't Disclose Startup Stake — Investments show ties to Goldman Sachs, George Soros and Peter Thiel as well as a number of loans — Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, didn't identify on his government financial disclosure form …
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Video captures fistfight between passengers on flight to Los Angeles — (CNN)One minute passengers were settling into their seats for the 11-hour flight from Tokyo, Japan, to Los Angeles. — The next they were scrambling out of the way as a male passenger became irate and began throwing punches …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House scrambles to rebrand spending bill as Trump ‘win’ — The Trump administration is doing damage control as Congress inches toward passage of a massive spending deal that ducks the president's most contentious demands. — Less than 48 hours after the funding bill's release …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump tries to claim border wall win in budget deal
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Orioles' Adam Jones berated by racist taunts at Fenway Park — BOSTON — Baltimore Orioles All-Star center fielder Adam Jones was berated by racist taunts at Fenway Park while a bag of peanuts was thrown at him Monday night, calling it one of the worst cases of fan abuse he has heard in his career.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell shoots down Trump's call to end the filibuster — (R-Ky.) is shooting down President Trump's push for Republicans to change the Senate's rules for blocking legislation. — Asked if Republicans would nix the 60-vote filibuster to allow legislation to pass by a simple majority …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
GOP senators reject Trump's call to end the filibuster
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump praise for Kim Jong Un baffles South Koreans — South Koreans were taken aback by President Trump when he referred to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a “pretty smart cookie.” — The South Korean newspaper Segye Times referred to Trump as a “rugby ball” — a metaphor for someone …
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Historian: Trump said he could have made a deal to avoid the Civil War … Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham said on Monday that President Trump once told him that he thought he could have made a deal to avert the Civil War. — “It's a projection of the president's fundamental …
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Art Tavana / Playboy:
Tomi Lahren Exclusively Talks To Playboy After Her Blaze Fallout — Tomi Lahren came of age at the altar of Fox News, a product of the YouTube generation who's been endowed with a Facebook platform and Instagram looks. She was born at the start of the Clinton years—around …
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Sarah Jones / New Republic:
Bret Stephens Isn't the Only Problem at the New York Times Op-Ed Page — From Friedman to Bruni, the paper of record's columnists are abysmal. — At this point the case against the New York Times's decision to give Bret Stephens an op-ed column is well-known.
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
A Woman Is On Trial For Laughing During A Congressional Hearing — Activist was arrested by a rookie cop after laughing at a claim that Jeff Sessions treated “all Americans equally.” … WASHINGTON The U.S. Capitol Police officer who decided to arrest an activist because she briefly laughed …
Donald J Trump for President:
FAKE NEWS STATION REFUSES TO RUN AD HIGHLIGHTING THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST 100 DAYS — NEW YORK, NY - Today, Donald J. Trump for President, Inc was stopped by the mainstream media from running a new television ad on CNN. The new television ad entitled “First 100 Days” highlights the President's …
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
There are at least 22 Democrats thinking about running for president in 2020 — (CNN)There are 1,281 days between today and the Nov. 3, 2020 presidential election. But, with Donald Trump in the White House, Democratic politicians are already eagerly jockeying for position with the expectation …
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