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The Election Is Over, But Trump Can't Seem to Get Past It — WASHINGTON — In the small dining room next to the Oval Office where he works much of the time, President Trump keeps a stack of color-coded maps of the United States representing the results of the 2016 election.
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‘Looking Like a Liar or a Fool’: What It Means to Work for Trump — WASHINGTON — President Trump has never shown any reluctance to sacrifice a surrogate to serve a short-term political need, so he apparently did not think twice this week about exposing a series of staff members to ridicule …
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Cutout of Sean Spicer in the bushes becomes Internet meme — Cutouts of press secretary Sean Spicer in bushes have quickly become a new Internet meme. — The joke began after a report from The Washington Post on Tuesday following President Trump's stunning decision to fire FBI Director James Comey.
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A Top Trump Official Just Flunked The Jimmy Kimmel Test — It's fine to pay for sick kids, Mulvaney says, but diabetics are another story. — You've heard of the undeserving poor? Get ready for the undeserving sick. — A top Trump administration official defended the American Health Care Act …
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Jason Chaffetz Has Been Telling House Republicans He Will Join Fox News — When House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz announced in April that he would not seek reelection, speculation reigned—did the powerful Utah Republican have his eyes on another office?
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Hacking Attack Has Security Experts Scrambling to Contain Fallout — Governments, companies and security experts from China to Britain raced on Saturday to contain the fallout from an audacious global cyberattack amid fears that if they did not succeed, companies would lose their data unless they met ransom demands.
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Gingrich urges Trump: ‘Close down the press room’ — Former Speaker Newt Gingrich is urging President Trump to follow through on his threat to cancel daily White House press briefings, accusing news media of being “dishonest opponents” of the president. — “What they ought …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Hannity: Trump Should End Press Briefings and ‘Tweet Out All of His Accomplishments’ Instead
Hannity: Trump Should End Press Briefings and ‘Tweet Out All of His Accomplishments’ Instead
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Sinclair Requires TV Stations to Air Segments That Tilt to the Right — They are called “must-runs,” and they arrive every day at television stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group — short video segments that are centrally produced by the company. Station managers around the country …
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Donald Trump's Financial Ties to Russian Oligarchs and Mobsters Detailed In Explosive New Documentary from the Netherlands — Dutch TV did what no American TV network dares, suggesting Trump's past includes illegal racketeering. — Donald Trump's business partners have included Russian oligarchs …
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Raw Story
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump meltdown sets off GOP alarms over 2018 midterm — CORONADO, Calif. — With the White House in meltdown mode, top Republican Party officials and operatives gathered at a posh oceanside resort here and contemplated a 2018 midterm election that will test them in unimaginable ways.
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Raw Story and Political Wire
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WATCH: Christie blasts protestors of drug-treatment center near school — SHREWSBURY BOROUGH - Gov. Christie visited the borough on Thursday morning to celebrate the opening of a new Seabrook House outpatient drug and alcohol-treatment facility. — Not everyone was as delighted as the governor …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Trump stokes fears of how he'd handle real crisis — So, what if there's a real crisis? — A real war — not a war with the media, or James Comey. A real showdown — not a political showdown. A real surprise that's out of the White House's control — not a situation …
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Pope Francis previews meeting with Trump — Although he once said anyone who wants to keep migrants out of their country “is not Christian,” Pope Francis said today he won't try to get Trump to soften his tone when they meet on May 24, per AP. — Pope Francis told reporters he'd listen respectfully …
Adam Davidson / New Yorker:
The Senate Starts to Look at Trump's Businesses — I spoke recently to a longtime business associate of Donald Trump's, and asked his thoughts about the various investigations into collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. He laughed and said that there is no way Trump could have been part of such a conspiracy.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Candidates interview for FBI director post — Top Justice Department officials are scheduled to interview four candidates Saturday to serve as FBI director on a permanent basis, a source familiar with the process told POLITICO Friday night. — The four potential nominees set to be interviewed are …
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New York Magazine, The Week and Axios
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