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Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
HBO Says Bill Maher's Use of the N-Word “Completely Inexcusable” — The comment will be removed from future episode airings. — HBO officials on Saturday morning said Bill Maher's use of the N-word on Friday night's show was “completely inexcusable.” — The network also said in a statement …
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Mediaite, Raw Story, IndieWire, twitchy.com, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, IJR and Scripting News
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Bill Maher Apologizes for Using N-Word on HBO's ‘Real Time’ … Bill Maher has issued an apology for using the N-word on Friday's edition of HBO's “Real Time with Bill Maher.” — Maher said in a statement: “Friday nights are always my worst night of sleep because I'm up reflecting on the things …
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Mediaite
Nicole Chavez / CNN:
Bill Maher apologizes for using racial slur during ‘Real Time’ interview
Bill Maher apologizes for using racial slur during ‘Real Time’ interview
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Washington Post, Politicus USA, Conservative News Today, The Right Scoop, CBS Boston, Mediaite, Gothamist, RedState, IJR, theGrio, The FADER, TheBlaze, CBS New York and The Week
Monique Judge / The Root:
Bill Maher Apologizes For Calling Himself ‘House Nigger’ on Live TV
Bill Maher Apologizes For Calling Himself ‘House Nigger’ on Live TV
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The Daily Caller, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, TheBlaze, Vox and RedState
BBC:
‘Van hits pedestrians’ on London Bridge in ‘major incident’ — Police are responding to reports that a van has hit a number of pedestrians on London Bridge in central London. — Witnesses have said that armed officers are understood to be at the scene after a white van mounted the pavement before driving into people.
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CNN, Daily Wire, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, WREG-TV, Mediaite, The FADER and The Resurgent
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Ekin Karasin / Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: Fears of new terror attack after a white van ‘mows down 20 people’ on London Bridge amid unconfirmed reports of gunfire and stabbing — A white van has reportedly ploughed into 20 people in a suspected ‘terror attack’ on London Bridge station, amid unconfirmed reports of gunfire and stabbing.
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RedState and Geller Report
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump plans week-long focus on infrastructure, starting with privatizing air traffic control — President Trump will seek to put a spotlight on his vows to privatize the nation's air traffic control system and spur $1 trillion in new investment in roads, waterways and other infrastructure …
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Politico
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New York Times:
Trump Plans to Shift Infrastructure Funding to Cities, States and Business — WASHINGTON — President Trump will lay out a vision this coming week for sharply curtailing the federal government's funding of the nation's infrastructure and calling upon states, cities and corporations to shoulder …
Alicia Cohn / The Hill:
‘Pittsburgh Not Paris’ rally at White House thanks Trump — Republicans and Republican supporters gathered near the White House on Saturday for a “Pittsburgh Not Paris” rally supporting President Trump's decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement.
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Protestors spell out ‘investigate Trump’ on National Mall — Protestors in Washington, D.C. at Saturday's “#MarchForTruth” rally gathered for an aerial photo spelling out “INVESTIGATE TRUMP.” … The protestors were demanding an independent investigation into possible collusion between President Trump's election campaign and Russia.
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Politicus USA
Landon Thomas Jr / New York Times:
Small Businesses Cheer ‘New Sheriff in Town’ After Climate Pact Exit — As news that President Trump was pulling out of the Paris climate accord hit at a luncheon for small-business owners in Toledo, Ohio, on Thursday, an already happy crowd suddenly turned euphoric.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, IJR, The Last Tradition, The Independent and Axios
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Editorials / New York Daily News:
Trump to World: Drop Dead! Donald's jobs con won't bring back the economy of the past
Trump to World: Drop Dead! Donald's jobs con won't bring back the economy of the past
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Politicus USA and ThinkProgress
Ben Chapman / The Independent:
Michael Bloomberg offers to pay $15m that UN stands to lose after Donald Trump quits Paris Agreement
Michael Bloomberg offers to pay $15m that UN stands to lose after Donald Trump quits Paris Agreement
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twitchy.com and CNNMoney
New York Times:
How G.O.P. Leaders Came to View Climate Change as Fake Science — WASHINGTON — The campaign ad appeared during the presidential contest of 2008. Rapid-fire images of belching smokestacks and melting ice sheets were followed by a soothing narrator who praised a candidate who had stood …
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The Mahablog and Mother Jones
Miranda Green / CNN:
Haley: ‘President Trump believes the climate is changing’ — Watch Jake Tapper's full interview with Nikki Haley on CNN's “State of the Union” Sunday at 9 a.m. ET. — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump does believe in climate change and that humans have a role in it …
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Washington Post, The Guardian, Business Insider, IJR, The FADER, Common Dreams, Hot Air and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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Wall Street Journal:
Connecticut's Tax Comeuppance — With the rich tapped out, the state may resort to Puerto Rico bonds.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Instapundit
New York Times:
‘Last Secret’ of 1967 War: Israel's Doomsday Plan for Nuclear Display — On the eve of the Arab-Israeli war, 50 years ago this week, Israeli officials raced to assemble an atomic device and developed a plan to detonate it atop a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula as a warning to Egyptian and other Arab forces …
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The Times of Israel
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Obama Unwittingly Handed Trump a Weapon to Cripple the Health Law — WASHINGTON — Obama administration officials knew they were on shaky ground in spending billions of dollars on health insurance subsidies without clear authority. But they did not think a long-shot court challenge by House Republicans was cause for deep concern.
T.A. Frank / Vanity Fair:
For Trump, Is there Life After Jared Kushner? — Kushner may be becoming political kryptonite, and the White House may be happier without him. But do we really want the “deep state” handling H.R.? — Let's agree that one of the finest qualities of Jared Kushner is his tailoring. The fit is so good.
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The Guardian
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New York Times:
The Problem With Jared Kushner
The Problem With Jared Kushner
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Reuters, CNN, Politico, Mashable and The Guardian
Annie Karni / Politico:
America's CEOs fall out of love with Trump — NEW YORK - The relationship between corporate America and Donald Trump's White House has chilled. — The regular parades of business titans into the West Wing are gone. A gathering of executives led by Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman initially planned …
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Raw Story
Keith Edwardsstaff / Kennebec Journal & …:
Augusta City Center closes after angry man unleashes 100 live bedbugs — A man upset that he didn't qualify for General Assistance reportedly slammed a cup of 100 or so bugs on a counter, prompting City Hall's closure and pest control measures. — AUGUSTA — A reportedly disgruntled man slammed …
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The Guardian and CBS Pittsburgh