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CNN:
Sheriff David Clarke plagiarized portions of his master's thesis on homeland security — Controversial Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, who this week announced he will be joining Donald Trump's administration as assistant secretary in the Department of Homeland Security …
Fox News:
Trump to call for ‘stamping out extremism’ in speech to Muslim leaders — President Trump Sunday in a highly-anticipated speech to Muslim leaders during his first foreign trip is expected to call for unity in the fight to “stamp out extremism.” — During his second day of his first trip abroad …
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TheBlaze, Fox News Insider and Mediaite
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Mike Allen / Axios:
In speech to Muslims, Trump to push teamwork against terror — Seeking to reset both his own and his country's relationship with the Muslim world, President Trump will declare Sunday during a major speech in Saudi Arabia that he hopes the United States and Islamic countries can share …
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Washington Post, HuffPost, ABC News, Sputnik International, New York Times, twitchy.com and New York Magazine
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
Trump mocked Obama for bowing to a Saudi king. And then he ... After two weeks of what one Washington Post writer calls “nearly unrelenting disaster of bad decisions and bad news,” Trump embarked on his first overseas trip as president to visit Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Trump to summon Muslim nations to confront ‘the crisis of Islamist extremism’
Trump to summon Muslim nations to confront ‘the crisis of Islamist extremism’
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CNN, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, ABC News, The Mahablog and Politico
Fox News:
Trump shakes hands with Saudi leader, doesn't bow as Obama appeared to do
Trump shakes hands with Saudi leader, doesn't bow as Obama appeared to do
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Slate, AOL and The American Mirror
Associated Press:
Melania Trump skips headscarf as she arrives in Saudi Arabia
Melania Trump skips headscarf as she arrives in Saudi Arabia
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Associated Press, Conservative News Today and The Daily Caller
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Conservative media coverage gap on Trump, Obama bows
Conservative media coverage gap on Trump, Obama bows
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Mediaite and Hullabaloo
Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
McMaster won't say if President Trump confronted Russian officials about election interference — President Donald Trump's national security adviser declined to say if the president confronted Russian officials about the country's interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election during …
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Axios, Political Wire, Washington Free Beacon, Power Line and New York Times
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Comey's father rips Trump: 'He's nuts'
Comey's father rips Trump: 'He's nuts'
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Politico, ABC News, RedState, NorthJersey.com and Politicus USA
Miranda Green / CNN:
Comey's father: Trump was ‘scared to death’ of FBI director
Comey's father: Trump was ‘scared to death’ of FBI director
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Conservative News Today, Mediaite, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Axios, New York Times and AOL
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
From ‘Nut job’ to ‘Wacko,’ Trump's history of using insulting words mocks mental health
From ‘Nut job’ to ‘Wacko,’ Trump's history of using insulting words mocks mental health
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Republicans fearing for their safety as anger, threats mount — A growing number of House Republicans are facing physical threats from angry constituents in their districts, leading many to fear for their safety. — In the last few weeks alone, the FBI arrested a man threatening Rep. Martha McSally's …
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
At the Pentagon, overpriced fuel sparks allegations — and denials — of a slush fund — The Pentagon has generated almost $6 billion over the past seven years by charging the armed forces excessive prices for fuel and has used the money — called the “bishop's fund” by some critics …
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The Daily Caller and RT
Matt Latimer / Politico:
President Mike Pence Would Be in for a World of Pain — If any political pundit has learned anything over the last year—which is doubtful—that lesson is never to write off Donald Trump, who has time and again shown a Road Runner-like resilience that has both surprised and just plain ticked off his critics.
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Outside Washington's ‘Blazing Inferno,’ Democrats Seek an Agenda — WASHINGTON — As the nation's capital was rocked by revelation after revelation from the investigation into any connection between the Trump campaign and Russia, Democrats in Washington were focused on what they saw as nothing less than saving the republic.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Harvard study: CNN, NBC Trump coverage 93 percent negative — How negative was press coverage of President Trump's first 100 days in office? Far more than that of Barack Obama, George W. Bush, or Bill Clinton, according to a new report from the Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.
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Weasel Zippers, TheBlaze and Mediaite
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Chaffetz: Jail individuals leaking information — (R-Utah), the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, on Sunday said individuals leaking information to the press should go to jail. — “You cannot have that happen,” Chaffetz told ABC's “This Week,” referencing the information leaking …
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RedState
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
House Inquiry Turns Attention to Trump Campaign Worker With Russia Ties — Michael Caputo, who served as a communications adviser to the Trump campaign, has been asked by the House committee investigating Russian election meddling to submit to a voluntary interview and to provide any documents …
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The Guardian, Raw Story and Mediaite
Reuters:
Exclusive: North Korea's Unit 180, the cyber warfare cell that worries the West — North Korea's main spy agency has a special cell called Unit 180 that is likely to have launched some of its most daring and successful cyber attacks, according to defectors, officials and internet security experts.
patribotics:
EXCLUSIVE: Judiciary Committee Considering Articles of Impeachment — Multiple sources close to the intelligence, justice and law enforcement communities say that the House Judiciary Committee is considering Articles of Impeachment against the President of the United States.
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CANNONFIRE and Mediaite