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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
WH officials eager to toss Flynn overboard — If West Wing officials could make one person disappear, it would be Mike Flynn. Sources from all factions of the White House seem unified in their distrust of the President's former national security adviser — and their willingness to throw him under the bus.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump wants his staff to stop dumping on Flynn — On the eve of Sally Yates' testimony before the Senate on her warnings about Mike Flynn, the President wants any of his staff who've been feeding negative lines about Flynn to the media to stop immediately. — White House officials …
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Washington Post, Mediaite, Business Insider and Political Wire
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
White House health care victory short-lived as Russia probe looms
White House health care victory short-lived as Russia probe looms
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Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
Why Macron Won: Luck, Skill and France's Dark History — PARIS — The French presidential runoff transcended national politics. It was globalization against nationalism. It was the future versus the past. Open versus closed. — But in his resounding victory on Sunday night …
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Emmanuel Macron / New York Times:
Results of the French Presidential Election — Results are expected after polls close at 2 p.m. eastern time, 8 p.m. in France.
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The Gateway Pundit, The Federalist, Jerusalem Post, Daily Kos, Washington Post and The FADER
Nicholas Vinocur / Politico:
National Front will change its name after Le Pen's defeat
National Front will change its name after Le Pen's defeat
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Business Insider, Washington Monthly, The Daily Caller and AOL
Susan Page / USA Today:
Condoleezza Rice: Don't be reassured by Marine Le Pen's expected defeat in France
Condoleezza Rice: Don't be reassured by Marine Le Pen's expected defeat in France
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Washington Post
Washington Post:
With Europe on the line, polarized French voters choose between Macron and Le Pen
With Europe on the line, polarized French voters choose between Macron and Le Pen
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The Daily Beast, Outside the Beltway and Political Wire
Rory Mulholland / Telegraph:
Live French election results: Emmanuel Macron beats Marine Le Pen with 65 per cent of vote - exit polls
Live French election results: Emmanuel Macron beats Marine Le Pen with 65 per cent of vote - exit polls
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Breitbart, BBC, France 24, The Daily Caller, Deadline, The Gateway Pundit, KFOR-TV, IJR and TheBlaze
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
E.P.A. Dismisses Members of Major Scientific Review Board — WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency has dismissed at least five members of a major scientific review board, the latest signal of what critics call a campaign by the Trump administration to shrink the agency's regulatory reach …
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Washington Post, FiveThirtyEight and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama urges ‘political courage’ to save Affordable Care Act — BOSTON — Barack Obama on Sunday night called on members of Congress to exercise the “political courage” to not repeal Obamacare — his first public comments about the law since the House voted to repeal it on Thursday …
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ABC News, The Moderate Voice and Axios
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Decoding HHS Secretary Price's spin on the American Health Care Act
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Ryan says it's ‘a bogus attack from the left’ to claim health care bill was rushed
Ryan says it's ‘a bogus attack from the left’ to claim health care bill was rushed
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Raw Story, RedState and Washington Times
Susan Stamper Brown / Townhall.com:
Cleaning Up Democrats' Healthcare Mess
Taylor Gee / Politico:
Collins: Senate won't be tied down by House health care bill
Collins: Senate won't be tied down by House health care bill
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RedState, Talking Points Memo and The Hill
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Trump to Announce Slate of Conservative Federal Court Nominees — WASHINGTON — Having filled a Supreme Court vacancy, President Trump is turning his attention to the more than 120 openings on the lower federal courts. On Monday, he will announce a slate of 10 nominees to those courts …
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James Barragán / Dallas Morning News:
Gov. Greg Abbott signs ‘sanctuary cities’ ban into law on Facebook Live — This is a developing story. Check back in for updates. — AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott has signed the state's sanctuary city ban into law, achieving one of his major goals for the legislative session and enacting …
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Cyra Master / The Hill:
Trump voters lament deportation of their neighbor — A Sunday “60 Minutes” report detailed the story of Roberto Beristain, an immigrant deported to Mexico after being in the U.S. for nearly 20 years. — Family and friends of the Granger, Ind., business owner spoke with the CBS News program …
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Raw Story
Nicole Gelinas / New York Post:
The debt-bubble landmine Obama left for Trump — MORE FROM: … President Trump came in for much jeering when he told reporters he had “inherited a mess” from President Barack Obama. On the economy, though, Obama did indeed leave behind a hidden mess: a seemingly healthy jobs market dependent on cheap debt.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
George Will joins MSNBC — Washington Post columnist George Will has joined MSNBC and NBC News as a contributor. — Will, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, was most recently a contributor at Fox News, though he became a free agent in January when Fox declined to renew his contract.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's agenda will take longer than planned — With Dems fired up by the messy process and result of the House health-care fight, everything on President Trump's agenda is likely to take longer than strategists had planned. — Here's the latest on how the Hill calendar looks:
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Republicans Party Like It's 1984 — There have been many bad laws in U.S. history. Some bills were poorly conceived; some were cruel and unjust; some were sold on false pretenses. Some were all of the above. — But has there ever been anything like Trumpcare, the health legislation Republicans rammed through the House last week?
BBC:
North Korea ‘detains US citizen Kim Hak-song’ — North Korea says it has detained a US citizen on suspicion of “hostile acts” against the state. — Kim Hak-song worked at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) and was held on 6 May, state-run news agency KCNA said.
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