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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Scaramucci: Trump still doesn't accept intelligence conclusion on Russia — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)Newly minted White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci said on CNN's “State of the Union” Sunday that President Donald Trump still does not accept …
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Scaramucci vows to take ‘drastic action’ to stop White House leaks — Anthony Scaramucci, the new White House communications director, said Sunday that stopping damaging West Wing leaks is a top priority and that he will take “drastic action” to achieve that goal.
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Scaramucci wrote ‘America deserves better’ than ‘unbridled demagoguery’ in early 2016 op-ed aimed at Trump — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — “Unbridled demagoguery has driven the GOP to an inflection point from which there is no turning back,” Scaramucci wrote in January 2016.
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Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
Kellyanne Conway thinks Donald Trump's lies are ok because 'he doesn't think he's lying' — The White House would rather be portrayed as clueless than criminal. — On Sunday morning's broadcast of CNN's Reliable Sources, White House advisor Kellyanne Conway continued to wage war on the media …
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Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
Seconds after quoting an anonymous source, Anthony Scaramucci admits the source was Donald Trump — The White House's new communications director just threw his boss under the bus. — Anthony Scaramucci has been on the job for less than 72 hours, and on Sunday he made his first appearance …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump wishes Reince would take the hint — A much-discussed question at the top of the White House: just what magnitude of indignity would it take for Chief of Staff Reince Priebus to resign? — President Trump knew that appointing Anthony Scaramucci as communications director would humiliate Reince, who fought hard against it.
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Scaramucci makes liar out of Trump lawyer: I talked pardons ‘in the Oval Office with the president last week’ — White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci on Sunday appeared to contradict official Trump administration talking points when he revealed that he had spoken …
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Scaramucci promises ‘dramatic action’ to stop White House leaks — New White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci pledged Sunday “to take drastic” action to stop leaks coming out of the White House. — “I will take dramatic action to stop those leaks,” Scaramucci told Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.”
Peter Baker / New York Times:
White House Signals Acceptance of Russia Sanctions Bill
White House Signals Acceptance of Russia Sanctions Bill
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The Hill and The Daily Caller
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Scaramucci: New White House communications strategy needed
Scaramucci: New White House communications strategy needed
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Axios, The Daily Caller and Outside the Beltway
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Trump had ‘The Art of the Deal.’ Now Democrats say their economic agenda is ‘A Better Deal.’ — Completely sapped of power in Washington, top leaders of the Democratic Party now believe that the best way to fight a president who penned “The Art of the Deal” is with an economic agenda that they plan to call “A Better Deal.”
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Schumer: Democrats were ‘namby-pamby’
Schumer: Democrats were ‘namby-pamby’
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Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller and The Week
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Dems to announce ‘A better deal’ economic agenda on Monday: report
Dems to announce ‘A better deal’ economic agenda on Monday: report
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Washington Post and Washington Free Beacon
Charles Sykes / The Contrarian Conservative:
What Trump Is Doing To The Conservative Character — Curious minds want to know: how would conservatives react if Donald Trump fired special prosecutor Robert Mueller? If he issued sweeping pardons of his family members and cronies, or even himself? — Would that cross a red line …
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RedState
Kimberly Hutcherson / CNN:
Hospital treating baby Charlie Gard is receiving death threats — (CNN)The London hospital where baby Charlie Gard is being treated for a rare genetic disorder has been receiving death threats. — “The GOSH community has been subjected to a shocking and disgraceful tide of hostility and disturbance …
Simon Walters / Daily Mail:
Donald Trump has been asked to make a ‘dummy run’ visit to Britain later this year for brief talks with Theresa May to show he can avoid embarrassing Queen — Donald Trump has been asked to make a ‘dummy’ State visit to Britain this year to show he can avoid embarrassing the Queen.
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Political Wire and Axios
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Trump's ‘Great National Infrastructure Program’? Stalled — WASHINGTON — As a candidate, President Trump billed himself as a new breed of think-big Republican, pitching a $1 trillion campaign pledge to reconstruct the nation's roadways, waterworks and bridges — along with a promise to revive the lost art of the bipartisan deal.
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Political Wire
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Trump's DOJ gears up for crackdown on marijuana — The Trump administration is readying for a crackdown on marijuana users under Attorney General Jeff Sessions — President Trump's Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety, led by Sessions, is expected to release a report next week …
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NewsMax.com and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Glenn Beck Dishes on Tomi Lahren: 'I Would've Fired Her the Day I Met Her' — During a conversation with Mediaite columnist John Ziegler, Glenn Beck offered some harsh words and significant insight into Tomi Lahren's departure from TheBlaze. Not the least significant detail was that Beck …
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David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
De Blasio Compared to ‘Cowardly Lion’ After Fleeing Confrontation With Angry Queens Woman — A CBS New York reporter compared Mayor Bill de Blasio to the “cowardly lion” from The Wizard of Oz after he fled a confrontation on Thursday with an angry 63-year-old Queens woman.
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IJR and Conservative News Today
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