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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Pence: The United States is ready to talk with North Korea — Despite the mutual chilliness between U.S. and North Korean officials in South Korea last week, behind the scenes real progress was made toward a new diplomatic opening that could result in direct talks without preconditions between Washington and Pyongyang.
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The Daily Caller and The Week
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New York Times:
Kim Jong-un's Sister Turns on the Charm, Taking Pence's Spotlight — PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — When the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, decided to send a large delegation to the Winter Olympics in South Korea this month, the world feared he might steal the show.
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Washington Post, NewsBusters, The Korea Times, TheBlaze, Mediaite, The Guardian and Mashable
BuzzFeed:
PSA: Kim Jong Un's Sister Is Not Your New Fave Shade Queen. She's A Garbage Monster. — During the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics on Friday, Vice President Mike Pence was seated near North Korean delegate Kim Yo Jong, who is Kim Jong Un's sister.
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The Week
Bloomberg:
Kim's Smiling Sister Exploits Trump-Moon Divide — Charm offensive aimed at undermining sanctions, war talk — Pence says there's ‘no daylight’ between U.S. and South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un deployed a new weapon at the Olympics to fight back against the Trump administration's sanctions …
Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
North Korea's 200-plus cheerleaders command spotlight at 2018 Winter Olympics with synchronized chants
North Korea's 200-plus cheerleaders command spotlight at 2018 Winter Olympics with synchronized chants
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CNN, The Daily Caller, NewsBusters, TheBlaze, New York Times, twitchy.com, Mediaite and ThinkProgress
Reuters:
North Korea judged winner of diplomatic gold at Olympics
North Korea judged winner of diplomatic gold at Olympics
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Axios, twitchy.com and CNN
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Twisted: Trump says Porter sick, guilty; defends him publicly — President Trump is defending Rob Porter even though, privately, he says he's guilty. — Behind closed doors: The president has told multiple people that he believes the accusations about Porter, and finds him “sick.”
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
White House can't gets its story straight on Rob Porter exit — Consider this: It's been five days since domestic violence allegations toward Rob Porter surfaced. Within 24 hours, Porter was out of a job. The scandal has rocked the White House and one of its most astonishing components …
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ABC News, Shareblue Media, AOL and The Week
New York Times:
Abuse Case Exposes Fissures in a White House in Turmoil
Abuse Case Exposes Fissures in a White House in Turmoil
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Political Wire, AOL and Washington Free Beacon
Axios:
Scoop: Rob Porter telling different story than John Kelly
Scoop: Rob Porter telling different story than John Kelly
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Raw Story, Politico, The Week, Vox, Mother Jones, New York Magazine, ABC News, Jezebel, New York Post, TMZ.com and Washington Post
CBS News:
Transcript: OMB Director Mick Mulvaney on “Face the Nation,” Feb. 11, 2018
Transcript: OMB Director Mick Mulvaney on “Face the Nation,” Feb. 11, 2018
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CNN, Weekly Standard and CBS New York
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Kelly under pressure to defend handling of Porter abuse allegations
Kelly under pressure to defend handling of Porter abuse allegations
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Axios, ABC News and ThinkProgress
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
In big reversal, new Trump budget will give up on longtime Republican goal of eliminating deficit … President Trump on Monday will offer a budget plan that falls far short of eliminating the government's deficit over 10 years, conceding that huge tax cuts and new spending increases …
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Political Wire
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Washington Post:
Trump plan will drop GOP's traditional goal of balancing budget within 10 years … President Trump is remaking the Republican economic playbook in his own image, abandoning ideological consistency in favor of a debt-busting strategy that will upend how Washington taxes and spends trillions of dollars each year.
Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
Trump to demand tough budget cuts for domestic programs
Trump to demand tough budget cuts for domestic programs
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TheBlaze
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
He Predicted The 2016 Fake News Crisis. Now He's Worried About An Information Apocalypse. — “What happens when anyone can make it appear as if anything has happened, regardless of whether or not it did?” technologist Aviv Ovadya warns. — In mid-2016, Aviv Ovadya realized …
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Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »
Wall Street Journal:
Senate Conservatives Offer Immigration Plan Heavy on Border Security, Quick Deportations — Package aligns with President Trump's proposal but has uphill battle to 60 votes — WASHINGTON—Heading into an open-ended immigration debate, some of the Senate's most conservative members …
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National Review
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Matt Kibbe / Reason:
The Tea Party Is Officially Dead. It Was Killed By Partisan Politics.
The Tea Party Is Officially Dead. It Was Killed By Partisan Politics.
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EconLog
Tal Kopan / CNN:
GOP senators introduce version of White House immigration framework
GOP senators introduce version of White House immigration framework
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Axios
Russell Mokhiber / Common Dreams:
Woman Dragged Out of West Virginia House Hearing For Listing Oil and Gas Contributions to Members — “The people who are going to be speaking in favor of this bill are all going to be paid by the industry.” — Lissa Lucas traveled the 100 miles from her home in Cairo …
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Raw Story
Tommy Christopher / Shareblue Media:
GOP candidate and Trump ally faces global backlash for racist attack on Meghan Markle — Republican congressional candidate Paul Nehlen's response to the denouncement was just as repugnant as his hateful tweet. — Congressional candidate and prominent Trump supporter Paul Nehlen (R-WI) …
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The Guardian and twitchy.com
CNN:
Sen. Bob Corker's second thoughts on retiring — John King, CNN Chief National Correspondent and Rebecca Schatz, CNN — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — CNN has learned Sen. Bob Corker is mulling over changing his mind on retirement and running for re-election — Washington (CNN) …
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Splinter
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David Siders / Politico:
Devin Nunes creates his own alternative news site — LOS ANGELES — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, a relentless critic of the media, has found a way around the often unflattering coverage of his role in the Trump-Russia investigation — by operating his own partisan news outlet.
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The Hill, Instapundit, KTLA, Splinter, Mother Jones, RedState, Hullabaloo, Politicus USA, TheBlaze, Axios, Vox and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Christian Davenport / Washington Post:
The Trump administration wants to turn the International Space Station into a commercially run venture, NASA document shows. … The Trump administration wants to turn the International Space Station into a kind of orbiting real estate venture run not by the government, but by private industry.
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Fox News, New York Times, SpaceNews.com, New York Magazine, Vox, The Daily Caller, Gizmodo, The Verge, Engadget and Axios
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump Shows Us the Way — WASHINGTON — Donald Trump slipped into the Oval Office through a wormhole of confusion about the American identity. — We weren't winning wars anymore. They just went on and on and on, with inexplicable and deceptive aims and so many lives and limbs and trillions lost.
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Power Line
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Let's Ban Porn
Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Intelligence Shuts Down Damning Report on Whistleblower Retaliation … The nation's top intelligence watchdog put the brakes on a report last year that uncovered whistleblower reprisal issues within America's spy agencies, The Daily Beast has learned. The move concealed a finding …
ag.ny.gov:
A.G. Schneiderman Files Civil Rights Lawsuit Against The Weinstein Companies, Harvey Weinstein, And Robert Weinstein — News from Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman — Attorney General's Press Office / 212-416-8060 … NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today filed suit …
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Axios
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Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:
New York attorney general sues Weinstein Co. for civil rights ‘violations,’ throwing sale into question
New York attorney general sues Weinstein Co. for civil rights ‘violations,’ throwing sale into question
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NPR and ThinkProgress