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Priebus Wasn't the Problem — Trump names a new chief of staff but will he listen to John Kelly?

Andrew deGrandpre / Washington Post:

John Kelly, Trump's new chief of staff, 'won't suffer idiots and fools' — Twelve days after Donald Trump's election victory, the president-elect asked John Kelly to meet with him at the stately Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., to discuss the roles of secretaries of State and Homeland Security.

Discussion: Political Wire, neo-neocon, Politico, The Week and Business Insider

Brandon Carter / The Hill:

Trump once summoned Priebus to kill a fly in Oval Office: report — President Trump reportedly once summoned former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus to kill a fly in the Oval Office during a meeting, according to a Friday report. — A source told The Washington Post that once during …

Discussion: RedState, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Post, Political Wire and New York Magazine

Emily Smith / Page Six:

Anthony Scaramucci's wife files for divorce — MORE FROM: … Anthony Scaramucci, the White House's potty-mouthed new communications director, has been dumped by his beautiful blond wife because of his “naked political ambition,” multiple sources exclusively tell Page Six.

Niall Stanage / The Hill:

The Memo: GOP in shock over White House drama — Republicans are in shock this weekend as the chaos around the Trump White House reaches a new intensity. — Recent days have brought a deluge of drama. — Embattled chief of staff Reince Priebus was ousted, in news that broke late Friday afternoon.

Discussion: Raw Story

Mike Allen / Axios:

Reince's final humiliation — White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus told me last weekend that the arrival of Anthony Scaramucci would mean “a fresh start” for the West Wing. This wasn't what he had in mind. — Landing in the rain at Andrews Air Force Base, Trump tweeted that his new chief …

Discussion: ABC News, Politico, Mashable, FiveThirtyEight and neo-neocon

Fox News:

If Kelly and Trump can become a real team, it will be a game changer — I first met then-Lt. Col. John Kelly when he was the Marine Corps liaison to the House of Representatives, and I was speaker of the House. We traveled together on a number of overseas trips.

Associated Press: Trump's six-month stall sparks a White House shake-up

Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Anthony Scaramucci Executive Producing HBO Movie While in White House

Discussion: Mediaite

Washington Post:
Trump names Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly as White House chief of staff, ousting Reince Priebus

New York Times:
John Kelly, New Chief of Staff, Is Seen as Beacon of Discipline

Discussion: TheBlaze, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Daily Kos, IJR, New York Post, AOL, Fox News, Slate, The Nation, Vox, ABC News and Conservative News Today

Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump unhappy with Priebus for not ‘returning fire’ at Scaramucci: report

Discussion: Power Line and RedState

John Bowden / The Hill:
Sessions: Officials holding briefing next week on intel leaks

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Wall Street Journal:
Trump Names Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly as New Chief of Staff

Discussion: Axios, CNBC, Geller Report, The Gateway Pundit and Vox

Matt Richardson / Fox News:
Reince Priebus said he's ‘Team Trump all the time’

Discussion: Vox, CNN, Breitbart, FOX6Now.com, The Guardian, Alabama Today, ABC News, The Daily Caller, Daily Wire, IJR, NPR and The Gateway Pundit

Avik Roy / National Review:

For Conservatives, Health-Care Reform Is Not Optional — The proximate reason, of course, for the failure of the GOP effort to repeal and replace Obamacare is that moderate Republican senators voted against it: in the most recent instance, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and John McCain.

Discussion: bradford-delong.com and CNBC

Peter Suderman / Hit & Run:
On Obamacare, Republicans Achieved Nothing

Discussion: CNBC

David Mack / BuzzFeed:
Watch The Shocking Moment John McCain Killed The Republican Health Care Bill

Discussion: Liberal Values, The Atlantic and Washington Post

Michael Grunwald / Politico: McConnell's Strange Achievement

Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:

Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the Pakistani IT Scammers — There's more than bank fraud going on here. — In Washington, it's never about what they tell you it's about. So take this to the bank: The case of Imran Awan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz's mysterious Pakistani IT guy, is not about bank fraud.

Discussion: Red Alert Politics, New York Times and Instapundit

Wayne Washington / Palm Beach Post:

‘Trump Divorce’ cited in split between ex-NFL cheerleader and Florida state attorney — A former NFL cheerleader's split from her state attorney husband is described as the “Trump Divorce,” according to an unusual press release from the woman's PR firm. — The release notes that Dave Aronberg …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and IJR

New York Times:

Behind Legislative Collapse: An Angry Vow Fizzles for Lack of a Viable Plan — WASHINGTON — The closing argument was a curious one: Vote yes, Republican leaders told the holdouts in their conference. We promise it will never become law. — After seven years of railing against the evils …

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Talking Points Memo

Sara A. Carter / circa.com:

FBI lawyer allegedly under investigation for purportedly leaking about Yahoo, Inc. program — The FBI's top lawyer is allegedly under investigation for purportedly leaking classified material featured in a Reuters report last year that disclosed a top-secret U.S. surveillance program built by Yahoo Inc …

Discussion: Power Line

David Wright / All Things Nuclear:

North Korean ICBM Appears Able to Reach Major US Cities — Based on current information, today's missile test by North Korea could easily reach the US West Coast, and a number of major US cities. — Reports say that North Korea again launched its missile on a very highly lofted trajectory …

Discussion: New York Times, RedState, The Diplomat, KTLA, BBC, Task & Purpose, Gizmodo, Reuters, The Daily Caller, CNN, Sputnik International, The Atlantic, RT, Politico, Outside the Beltway and VICE News

Joe Concha / The Hill:

Fox News host floats Sessions to replace Kelly at Homeland Security — Fox News co-host Dana Perino on Friday night suggested former Homeland Security head John Kelly was named new White House chief of staff to clear a path for President Trump to remove Attorney General Jeff Sessions

Discussion: RedState

George F. Will / Washington Post:

Trump is something the nation did not know it needed — Looking, as prudent people are disinclined to do, on the bright side, there are a few vagrant reasons for cheerfulness, beginning with this: Summer love is sprouting like dandelions. To the list of history's sublime romances …

Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:

What Is “Good Trolling?” — I first met Stephen Miller on Twitter in the relatively gentle days of 2012, when he called me a “ridiculous hack” in the course of criticizing our coverage of Mitt Romney. — Miller, who writes under the name @redsteeze and isn't to be confused …