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Daniel Dale / Toronto Star:
Donald Trump made 25 false claims in his latest New York Times interview — Trump made nearly one false claim per minute in the 30-minute interview in Florida on Thursday. — WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump sat down Thursday for a rare interview with a media outlet other than Fox News …
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Incoherent, authoritarian, uninformed: Trump's New York Times interview is a scary read — The president of the United States is not well. — The president of the United States is not well. That is an uncomfortable thing to say, but it is an even worse thing to ignore.
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New York Times:
Excerpts From Trump's Interview With The Times — President Trump spoke on Thursday with a reporter from The New York Times, Michael S. Schmidt. The interview took place in the Grill Room of his golf club in West Palm Beach, Fla., whose noise made some portions at times hard to hear.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Bipartisan DACA, spending talks set to commence with White House
Bipartisan DACA, spending talks set to commence with White House
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
Association health plans: Trump's attack on Obamacare, explained
Association health plans: Trump's attack on Obamacare, explained
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump unchained: staff leaves, hardline ideas rise — If you ask some close to President Trump what worries them most about 2018, it's not Robert Mueller's probe. It's that establishment guardrails of 2017 come down — and Trump's actual instincts take over.
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Trump's ‘No collusion!’ cry is getting increasingly desperate — You know how if you repeat a word over and over, eventually it starts to sound strange to your ear, like merely a random collection of sounds? That is apparently what President Trump is doing with the word “collusion.”
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New York Times:
Trump Says Russia Inquiry Makes U.S. ‘Look Very Bad’
Trump Says Russia Inquiry Makes U.S. ‘Look Very Bad’
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Martin Gould / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: White power at the White House - Trump intern flashes ‘alt-right’ symbol used by notorious extremists during group photo with the president — Former White House intern Jack Breuer held up a ‘white power’ sign during a photo-op with President Trump and fellow interns in the East Room in November
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Saagar Enjeti / The Daily Caller:
White House Intern Accused Of White Nationalism Clears The Air — The former White House intern accused of flashing a white power symbol in a group photo with the president was simply mimicking Trump's signature “OK” hand gesture and denies any association with far right groups, he tells The Daily Caller.
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Nichole Manna / Wichita Eagle:
Call of Duty gaming community points to ‘swatting’ in deadly Wichita police shooting — Online gamers have said in multiple Twitter posts that the shooting of a man Thursday night by Wichita police was the result of a “swatting” prank involving two gamers. — Swatting is an internet prank …
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Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
Trump fires all members of HIV/AIDS council without explanation — With no explanation, the White House has terminated members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS amid widespread discontent with President Trump's approach to the epidemic. — After six members of PACHA resigned in June …
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The Weather Channel:
Trump Tweets About the Bitter Cold and Global Warming, Confusing Weather and Climate — President Trump tweeted about the cold snap hitting the East Coast. — He seemed to confuse the difference between weather and climate. — President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that …
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Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
Weather Channel Schools Trump On Difference Between Weather, Climate
Weather Channel Schools Trump On Difference Between Weather, Climate
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Russian tankers fueled North Korea via transfers at sea — Guy Faulconbridge, Jonathan Saul, Polina Nikolskaya — LONDON/MOSCOW - Russian tankers have supplied fuel to North Korea on at least three occasions in recent months by transferring cargoes at sea …
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CNN:
No, Trump's approval rating hasn't caught up to Obama's — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)President Donald Trump claimed Friday that his approval ratings at this point in his presidency rival those of Barack Obama, citing a report from “Fox & Friends.” — “While the Fake News loves to talk …
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BBC:
Iran cities hit by anti-government protests — Anti-government demonstrations that began in one city on Thursday have now spread to several major cities in Iran. — Large numbers reportedly turned out in Rasht, in the north, and Kermanshah, in the west, with smaller protests in Isfahan, Hamadan and elsewhere.
Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: Jailed pervert Anthony Weiner had CLASSIFIED emails belonging to wife Huma Abedin on his laptop - which the FBI seized after he sexted 15-year-old girl — The FBI found 2,800 of Huma Abedin's work-related emails and documents on disgraced husband Anthony Weiner's computer
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Sam Amick / USA Today:
Warriors coach Steve Kerr: There's an ‘assault on our institutions and on our core values’ — SAN FRANCISCO - Outspoken Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr sat down with USA TODAY Sports recently following a tour of the team's Chase Center construction site.
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
'Don't screw with me on this': Mattis defends U.S. efforts to prevent civilian casualties in Yemen — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis gave a full-throated defense Friday of U.S. efforts to prevent civilian casualties in the conflict in Yemen, making the case that without American involvement, there would be more.
David Wasserman / NBC News:
Key races for control of the House as Democrats take slight edge into 2018 — WASHINGTON — Democrats ended 2016 dejected and despondent after Donald Trump shocked Hillary Clinton — and the world — by a tiny combined margin of 77,744 votes in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to win the presidency.
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The News-Press:
In Q&A, Sen. Marco Rubio lauds child tax credit expansion, wants Mueller probe to continue — Senator Marco Rubio says he's pleasantly ‘encouraged’ at the support from his party to help Puerto Rico recover from the devastation brought on by Hurricane Maria. Rubio visited the island and says the challenges there are extraordinary.
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Makini Brice / Reuters:
Trump targets Amazon in call for postal service to hike prices — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump targeted online retailer Amazon(AMZN.O) on Friday in a call for the country's postal service to raise prices of shipments in order to recoup costs.
Chris Smith / Vanity Fair:
“They'll Have to Destroy Him”: Why Trump's Legal Team Will Turn on Flynn — Is there a second, secret plea agreement between Flynn and Mueller, one that contains more explosive evidence of a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia? — In a year of the nonstop bizarre …
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Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Heckler of Donald Trump Animatronic at Disney World Responds to Haters: ‘Check Your Privilege’ — “I wanted to show their kids what a protest looks like before Trump destroys democracy,” Jay Malsky says after disrupting performance at theme park's Hall of Presidents
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Melissa Gray / CNN:
Drexel professor resigns amid threats over controversial tweets — (CNN)A Drexel University professor who received death threats after posting several controversial tweets said Thursday he is resigning because the year-long harassment has made his situation “unsustainable.”
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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Trump to repeal Obama fracking rule — The Trump administration will take its final step to repeal the Obama administration's 2015 rule setting standards for hydraulic fracturing on federal land. — A formal notice from the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) …
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Alexandra Glorioso / Politico:
Billionaire kingmakers swarm Florida governor's race after Trump endorsement — After Donald Trump appeared to endorse Ron DeSantis' campaign for Florida governor last week, a handful of the biggest and most influential billionaires in Republican politics threw their support behind …