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Wall Street Journal:
The Buck Stops Everywhere Else — Trump undermines his own travel ban and Justice Department.
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New York Times:
Trump Grows Discontented With Attorney General Jeff Sessions — WASHINGTON — Few Republicans were quicker to embrace President Trump's campaign last year than Jeff Sessions, and his reward was one of the most prestigious jobs in America. But more than four months into his presidency …
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Has anyone told Donald Trump that he runs the government? — The buck clearly does not stop with Donald Trump. — On Monday, President Trump tweeted something strange. “The Justice Dept. should have stayed with the original Travel Ban, not the watered down, politically correct version they submitted to …
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump signals to his base that he is a man of action
The Daily 202: Trump signals to his base that he is a man of action
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
As Trump lashes out, Republicans grow uneasy
As Trump lashes out, Republicans grow uneasy
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Daily Kos, Hot Air and Political Wire
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Four top law firms turned down requests to represent Trump … Top lawyers with at least four major law firms rebuffed White House overtures to represent President Trump in the Russia investigations, in part over concerns that the president would be unwilling to listen to their advice …
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Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Marc Kasowitz, ‘Toughest of the Tough Guys,’ Stands Beside Trump
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Trump will live-tweet during testimony of former FBI Director James Comey: report — President Donald Trump will reportedly respond live on Twitter as former FBI Director James Comey testifies to a Senate committee this week. — On Thursday, Comey is expected to testify …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
It's Comey time, and Trump's war room has no soldiers — With CNN's clock already counting down to fired FBI Director Jim Comey's testimony on Thursday morning, where's the White House war room? Remember the scandal-containment unit that was supposed to quarantine the rest of the White House …
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
How Trump is stalling his own nominees — President Donald Trump is lashing out at Democrats for allegedly stalling his appointments and agenda, but it's his own administration that is frequently sitting on the necessary paperwork for nominees. — Trump tapped Kevin McAleenan on March 30 …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Trump's legislative director acknowledges Russia is overwhelming his agenda
Trump's legislative director acknowledges Russia is overwhelming his agenda
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
White House ices Russia war room idea
Henry Samuel / Telegraph:
Notre Dame: Man shot by French police after attacking them with hammer — Live: security operation near Notre Dame — French police have shot a man outside the Notre Dame in Paris after he tried to attack them with a hammer, according to local media. One policeman was injured in the attack.
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Toluse Olorunnipa / Bloomberg:
In Trump's White House, Everything's Coming in ‘Two Weeks’ — The president has a penchant for making and missing deadlines — Tax and infrastructure plans are taking longer than promised — President Donald Trump has a plan. It'll be ready in two weeks.
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Lawfare:
The $110 Billion Arms Deal to Saudi Arabia is Fake News — Editor's note: This post originally appeared on Markaz. — Last month, President Trump visited Saudi Arabia and his administration announced that he had concluded a $110 billion arms deal with the kingdom. Only problem is that there is no deal.
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Stuff.co.nz:
Bird-flipping welcome for US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in New Zealand — US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at Premier House on a bleak Wellington day. — The weather was awful and the mood of the locals wasn't much better when US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Wellington.
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Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
US officials downplay Arab nations splitting with Qatar
US officials downplay Arab nations splitting with Qatar
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Talking Points Memo, CNBC, rubber hose, CNN and The Guardian
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Nevada's legislature just passed a radical plan to let anybody sign up for Medicaid — Nevada, with little fanfare or notice, is inching toward a massive health insurance expansion — one that would give the state's 2.8 million residents access to a public health insurance option.
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
The Trump effect: Everyone's thinking of running for president. — When former vice president Joe Biden announced a few days ago that he was setting up a new political action committee called American Possibilities, the political world read it as a signal: He's seriously thinking of running for president in 2020.
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Former Vice President Biden to headline Romney summit
Former Vice President Biden to headline Romney summit
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The Resurgent
Matthew Walther / The Week:
Ben Sasse is insufferable — The Vanishing American Adult, Sen. Ben Sasse's slick new paean to hard work and old-fashioned middle-class American family values, is the most boring book I've ever read. — The Nebraska Republican is, if not absolutely insufferable, the least sufferable person in the Senate.
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Washington Post and The Resurgent
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Lawless Presidency — Democracy isn't possible without the rule of law — the idea that consistent principles, rather than a ruler's whims, govern society. — You can read Aristotle, Montesquieu, John Locke or the Declaration of Independence on this point. You can also look at decades of American history.
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The Atlantic
Errata Security:
How The Intercept Outed Reality Winner — Today, The Intercept released documents on election tampering from an NSA leaker. Later, the arrest warrant request for an NSA contractor named “Reality Winner” was published, showing how they tracked her down because she had printed out the documents and sent them to The Intercept.
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Scott Greer / The Daily Caller:
NSA Leaker: ‘Being White Is Terrorism’ — The woman charged by the Department of Justice with stealing “Top Secret” information from the National Security Agency apparently believes being white is a form of terrorism. — That's according to a tweet the alleged leaker, Reality Winner, sent in February.
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
London mayor calls for cancellation of Trump visit to UK — London Mayor Sadiq Khan is calling on the British government to cancel a state visit from President Trump after Trump criticized his response to this weekend's terror attacks in London. — “I don't think we should roll …
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Victoria Friedman / Breitbart:
Sadiq Khan: 'Cancel President Donald Trump's State Visit'
Sadiq Khan: 'Cancel President Donald Trump's State Visit'
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
“Show them a body”: Senate Republicans prepared to take a failed vote on Obamacare repeal — It's not their first choice, but it may be their only option. — Senate Republicans are pushing desperately this week to find a health care plan they can coalesce around — but hopes are fading, even among lawmakers.
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New York Times:
Where Are the United States Attorneys? — Three months after President Trump abruptly fired half of the nation's 93 United States attorneys, following the resignations of the other half, he has yet to replace a single one. — It's bizarre — and revealing — that a man who called himself the …
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Daniel Burke / CNN:
More than 130 British imams refuse to bury London attackers — (CNN)More than 130 imams from Britain are refusing to offer Islamic burials to the three men who launched attacks Saturday night in London, killing seven and wounding dozens more. — “We will not perform the traditional Islamic funeral prayer …
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Christine Mai-Duc / Los Angeles Times:
Voters head to the polls to pick L.A.'s next congressman in under-the-radar special election — Attorney Robert Lee Ahn, left, and Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez are running to replace Xavier Becerra in the 34th Congressional District. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)
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Marc Santora / New York Times:
How Did the Subway Get So Bad? Look to the C Train — More than half a century ago, a 20-piece marching band in green and gold uniforms assembled near Track 37 at Grand Central Terminal to herald the arrival of what was hailed as an engineering marvel: the city's first stainless-steel subway cars, known as Brightliners.
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Bloomberg:
Macho Putin in Driver's Seat as He Takes Oliver Stone for a Ride — Director quizzes president on U.S., Snowden in four-part film — Putin says he's 'not a woman, so I don't have bad days' — He could be just another Moscow commuter driving home from the office.
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The Daily Caller
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Pruitt's claim that ‘almost 50,000 jobs’ have been gained in coal — “Since the fourth quarter of last year until most recently, we've added almost 50,000 jobs in the coal sector. In the month of May alone, almost 7,000 jobs.” — Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency …
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Kelly Yamanouchi / AJC@ATLAJC@ATL:
Emotional support dog bites passenger on Delta flight — Airline industry, airport, Atlanta, Delta, Hartsfield-Jackson, health, planes. — A passenger on a Delta Air lines flight was bitten by another passenger's emotional support dog. — The incident happened Sunday during boarding …
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