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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump attacks protections for immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries in Oval Office meeting — President Trump grew frustrated with lawmakers Thursday in the Oval Office when they floated restoring protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries as part …
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Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
There is nothing ‘professional’ about this president — The past seven days have matched some of the Trump era's most frantic and maniacal weeks. Washington headlines have been driven by Michael Wolff's Swampland confessional, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, ” …
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New York Times:
Trump Alarms Lawmakers With Disparaging Words for Haiti and Africa — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday balked at an immigration deal that would include protections for people from Haiti and African countries, demanding to know at a White House meeting why he should accept immigrants from …
Benjamin Freed / Washingtonian:
Washington Post: “When the President Says It, We'll Use It Verbatim” — How the DC paper and other media outlets covered President Trump's “shithole” remark. — Profanity is a tricky thing for newsrooms. Many publications and broadcasters, clinging to sensibilities that they deliver …
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Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Trump laments immigration from ‘s—hole countries’ in Oval Office negotiations
Trump laments immigration from ‘s—hole countries’ in Oval Office negotiations
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Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
President Trump reportedly blasts protections for immigrants from ‘s—thole countries’
President Trump reportedly blasts protections for immigrants from ‘s—thole countries’
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Wall Street Journal:
Transcript of Donald Trump Interview With The Wall Street Journal — President Donald Trump sat down for an interview Thursday morning with four reporters from The Wall Street Journal: Rebecca Ballhaus, Michael C. Bender, Peter Nicholas and Louise Radnofsky.
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Donald Trump Signals Openness to North Korea Diplomacy in Interview — President cites a positive relationship with nation's leader; also accuses Steve Bannon of betrayal — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump suggested he has developed a positive relationship with North Korea's leader despite …
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Accuses FBI Agent of ‘Treason’ — U.S. is taking steps to ensure Russia doesn't interfere with future elections, president says — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said Thursday that an FBI agent once involved in the special counsel's Russia probe committed “treason,” …
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Is Expected to Stop Short of Reimposing Strict Sanctions on Iran
Trump Is Expected to Stop Short of Reimposing Strict Sanctions on Iran
Facebook:
News Feed FYI: Bringing People Closer Together — Facebook was built to bring people closer together and build relationships. One of the ways we do this is by connecting people to meaningful posts from their friends and family in News Feed. Over the next few months …
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Facebook Overhauls News Feed to Focus on What Friends and Family Share
Facebook Overhauls News Feed to Focus on What Friends and Family Share
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Pelosi: ‘Five white guys’ leading DACA talks should open a ‘hamburger stand’ — Her No. 2, Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, called the Californian's comments ‘offensive.’ — Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi complained Thursday that immigration negotiations are being led by “five white guys” …
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Josh Delk / The Hill:
Hoyer calls Pelosi's ‘five white guys’ remark offensive
Hoyer calls Pelosi's ‘five white guys’ remark offensive
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Trump rebuffs Dreamers deal reached by senators
Trump rebuffs Dreamers deal reached by senators
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Heather Stewart / The Guardian:
Donald Trump visit to London called off amid fears of mass protests — President will not now open new US embassy next month, with secretary of state Rex Tillerson likely to take his place … Donald Trump has backed off the idea of visiting Britain next month to open the new US embassy in London amid fears of mass protests.
Andrea Mandell / USA Today:
Exclusive: Mark Wahlberg refused to approve Christopher Plummer unless he was paid — Mark Wahlberg refused to approve Christopher Plummer as a replacement for Kevin Spacey in All the Money in the World unless he was paid over a million dollars for the reshoot, USA TODAY has learned.
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The Wrap:
Why Mark Wahlberg Got ‘All the Money in the World’ for Reshoots and Michelle Williams Didn't — It may look like obvious sexism, but it's complicated — Mark Wahlberg received $1.5 million to take part in reshoots for “All the Money in the World,” while Michelle Williams got next to nothing.
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New Yorker:
Carrier Employees, Soon to Be Laid Off, Feel Betrayed by Donald Trump — Last night, at Sully's Bar & Grill, which sits across the street from the Carrier Corporation's furnace plant, on the west side of Indianapolis, and serves as the de-facto company bar, two of Carrier's soon …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama: Presidents need to watch their behavior — Barack Obama's advice on the presidency: Watch your behavior — because everyone else is watching it, and taking cues from it. — “One of the things that Michelle figured out, in some ways faster than I did — was part of your ability …
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Emily Wood / WLWT-TV:
Mason teacher admits to making lynching comment to student — Student's mother wants the district to take more action — HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT — MASON, Ohio — A Mason mother is frustrated and upset after a teacher admitted to using a racially charged remark about lynching to her son.
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Oliver Willis / Shareblue Media:
Watch: Top intel Republican can't name a single falsehood in the Trump-Russia dossier — Republicans insist the Russia dossier is false, but the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee can't name a single false finding in the document. — Donald Trump's biggest defender …
Paul Biggar:
That party was way worse than it sounds — Last week Vanity Fair published a pretty intense article (an excerpt from Emily Chang's upcoming “Brotopia") about Silicon Valley's sex parties. One particular party mentioned was “a party on the edge of the earth”. I was there, and it's way way worse than it sounds.
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David Dayen / The Intercept:
Behind the Duck: Former Aflac Employees Allege Fraud and Abuse in Nearly Every Aspect of Company — The insurance firm Aflac has exploited workers, manipulated its accounting, and deceived shareholders and customers, according to nine former employees. This article is based on interviews …
Washington Post:
Trump's ‘ping-pong’ on surveillance law sets off a 101-minute scramble … At 6:46 Thursday morning, Andrew Napolitano — a Fox News Channel personality and supporter of President Trump — opined about a critical government surveillance program on “Fox & Friends,” the show that is part alarm clock …
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Jonathan Alter / The Daily Beast:
Trump Epitomizes ‘Conduct Unbecoming’ a President—Will Congress Step Up and Say So? … On Dec. 28, Army Pvt. Emmanuel Mensah rushed twice into a burning building in the Bronx and rescued four people. On his third trip in, he died. Mensah was from Ghana, one of President Trump's “shithole countries.”
Ashley Feinberg / HuffPost:
Exclusive: Here Is A Draft Of Trump's Nuclear Review. He Wants A Lot More Nukes. — His first Nuclear Posture Review: more nukes, more posturing. — In his first year in office, President Barack Obama gave a landmark address in Prague in which he famously affirmed “clearly …
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Matt Labash / Weekly Standard:
The Book That Ate Washington — Here's what happens when you let a Wolff loose in the West Wing — Like any dutiful Washington swamp creature, I've spent the last few days holed up with Fire and Fury. Which is not, if you've been in news-cycle hibernation, the new fragrance from Ivanka.
Tanya Basu / The Daily Beast:
Will President Trump's Physical Show That He's Obese? … Donald Trump's physical will take place Friday, his first as president. He'll be examined by Dr. Ronny Jackson, a rear admiral in the Navy and the White House physician since 2013, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda.
Jessica Gelt / Los Angeles Times:
Man Ray's Los Angeles: An outsider's view of Hollywood — When Man Ray left Paris for America at the dawn of World War II, the Surrealist and Dadaist publicly declared that he was no longer going to do any fashion photography — an audacious declaration from an artist best known for just that.