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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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Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
Jimmy Kimmel Might Have Struck the Final Blow Against the GOP Health-Care Plan — After weeks of negotiations, last week House Republicans reached a compromise that they said could finally allow them to repeal and replace Obamacare. It involves letting states opt out of certain Obamacare provisions …
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Washington Post and Politico
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
GOP suffers surprise defection on Obamacare repeal
GOP suffers surprise defection on Obamacare repeal
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Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Week, Bloomberg, Daily Kos, NBC News, Political Wire and Business Insider
Matt Fuller / HuffPost:
GOP Says It's Getting Close On Health Care, But The Votes Still Aren't There
GOP Says It's Getting Close On Health Care, But The Votes Still Aren't There
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Bloomberg, New York Times, NBC News, CNN and Politico
Lauren Fox / CNN:
GOP on verge of losing health care vote
GOP on verge of losing health care vote
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AOL, Washington Free Beacon, Talking Points Memo, Vox, Mother Jones and Media Matters for America
Elizabeth Preza / Raw Story:
GOP Congressman: People who ‘lead good lives’ should pay less than those with pre-existing conditions
GOP Congressman: People who ‘lead good lives’ should pay less than those with pre-existing conditions
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ThinkProgress and Axios
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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Talking Points Memo, Political Wire, Raw Story, The Week, Washington Free Beacon and Washington Post
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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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Talking Points Memo, Joe.My.God., The Week, Raw Story, Politicus USA, alicublog, Mediaite, CNBC, The Guardian, Mother Jones, The Hill and Althouse
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: For whom the president saves his praises
The Note: For whom the president saves his praises
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Bloomberg and Associated Press
Kyle Feldscher / Washington Examiner:
Trump: ‘Why was there the Civil War?’
Trump: ‘Why was there the Civil War?’
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New York Times, The Atlantic, TheBlaze, Politicus USA, Common Dreams, Mediaite, Political Wire, The Week and No More Mister Nice Blog
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 …
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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CNN, Politicus USA, The Guardian, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, RT, New York Magazine, KTLA, The Week, Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
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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 …
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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Fox News Insider, Hot Air, TheBlaze, The Last Tradition and Political Wire
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Josh Magness / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
No money for Trump's wall, plus 6 other GOP issues missing from $1T spending bill
No money for Trump's wall, plus 6 other GOP issues missing from $1T spending bill
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Power Line and The Last Tradition
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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Rachel Stockman / Mediaite:
EXCLUSIVE: New Conservative Network Now Actively Trying to Lure Sean Hannity
EXCLUSIVE: New Conservative Network Now Actively Trying to Lure Sean Hannity
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Murdochs Might Not Be Done Cleaning House at Fox News
Murdochs Might Not Be Done Cleaning House at Fox News
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Breitbart, TheBlaze, BizPac Review, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, Mediaite, NBC News, Politicus USA, The Hill, The Atlantic and Gothamist
Yeganeh Torbati / Reuters:
U.S. issues travel alert for Europe, citing threat of terrorist attacks — The U.S. State Department issued a travel alert for Europe on Monday, saying U.S. citizens should be aware of a continued threat of terrorist attacks throughout the continent. — In the alert, the State Department …
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Scared Monkeys
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Europe Travel Alert — The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the continued threat of terrorist attacks throughout Europe. — This Travel Alert expires on September 1, 2017. — Recent, widely-reported incidents in France, Russia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom demonstrate …
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Mediaite
Dan Merica / CNN:
Pro-Trump farmers now worry he was serious about NAFTA repeal — Washington (CNN)Bob Hemseath, whose corn-farming business hinges on the whims of mother nature, is comfortable with uncertainty. — But as the fourth-generation farmer heads onto his northeast Iowa farm for the 2017 planting season …
David Freddoso / Washington Examiner:
DNC argues in court: We don't owe anyone a fair primary process — The Democratic National Committee is currently defending itself in court against a lawsuit brought by Bernie Sanders supporters over the Democratic presidential primary process. And the proceedings, including an April 25 hearing …
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Michael Sainato / The New York Observer:
DNC Lawyers Argue DNC Has Right to Pick Candidates in Back Rooms
DNC Lawyers Argue DNC Has Right to Pick Candidates in Back Rooms
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Hot Air
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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RedState, The Daily Caller, The Guardian, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Hot Air and Axios
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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Raw Story
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USA Today:
Campus mobs muzzle free speech: Our view — Administrators and student groups play a role in the growing intolerance. — Respect for free speech is withering on campus. — At Claremont McKenna College in California, protesters blocked the doors to a lecture hall preventing conservative author Heather Mac Donald from speaking.
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Althouse and Inside Higher Ed
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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Eschaton
Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
Poll: Ossoff in dead heat with Handel in Georgia's 6th — An internal poll conducted for Democrat Jon Ossoff's campaign shows him locked in a dead heat with Republican Karen Handel in the June 20 runoff to represent Georgia's 6th District. — The poll was conducted by Anzalone Liszt Grove Research …
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Political Insider, Political Wire, Politicus USA, Talking Points Memo and Zpolitics
Conrad Black / New York Sun:
Over Economic Growth — It is often hard to discern, but, despite an unprecedented amount of friction and the continued implacable hostility of the discredited post-Reagan political establishment, Donald Trump is continuing to gain ground in his holy crusade against them.
Jim O’Sullivan / BostonGlobe.com:
Speculation is stirring about a Seth Moulton presidential bid — He has won praise from a neoconservative magazine editor, taken star turns on HBO and “This American Life,” and likened President Trump's political ascendance to that of Adolf Hitler's. — Just months into his second term …
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
The past 100 days have been a disaster — for Democrats — Let's face it: The past 100 days have been a disaster . . . for Democrats. — While much ink has been spilled in the past week assessing President Trump's first 100 days in office, the Democrats' abysmal performance has largely escaped scrutiny.
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Power Line and Instapundit
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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Dawn Rhodes / Chicago Tribune:
Northwestern journalism school lets accreditation lapse — Northwestern University's main campus in Evanston. — In a nontraditional move, officials at Northwestern University's prestigious journalism and communications school have decided not to renew the program's accreditation, letting the designation lapse.
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Mediaite
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump, Putin to hold phone call today — President Donald Trump will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone Tuesday, a conversation that comes as the relationship between Washington and Moscow is strained over Syria's long-running civil war.
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ABC News