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Trump's real plan for 2018 — President Trump today will unveil a $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan that his own aides don't think will pass, and a $4 trillion budget that Axios' Jonathan Swan calls “science fiction.” — It's the strangest of year-ahead plans for a party that controls …
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
A Reckoning with Women Awaits Trump — Donald Trump is the least mysterious figure in the history of the American Presidency. His infantile character, duplicity, cold-heartedness, and self-dealing greed are evident not merely to the majority of the poll-answering electorate but …
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Washington Monthly, Philly.com and Hullabaloo
Rick Noack / Washington Post:
Hungary no longer wants to arrest former White House aide Gorka, but mystery lingers
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Rob Porter's ex-wife says she ‘was floored’ by Trump's response
Rob Porter's ex-wife says she ‘was floored’ by Trump's response
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Jake Pearson / Associated Press:
Police: Donald Trump Jr.'s wife exposed to white powder — NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump Jr.'s wife was taken to a New York City hospital as a precaution Monday after she opened an envelope addressed to her husband that contained an unidentified white powder, police said.
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NBC News:
Vanessa Trump taken to hospital as precaution after suspicious letter sent to her home — President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law was taken to a Manhattan hospital as a precaution on Monday after a suspicious letter containing an unidentified substance was sent to her apartment, senior law enforcement and city officials told NBC News.
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CBS New York, Breitbart, CNBC, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon and Mediaite
Katherine Lam / Fox News:
Donald Trump Jr.'s wife hospitalized after opening envelope with white powder
Donald Trump Jr.'s wife hospitalized after opening envelope with white powder
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RedState
Holland Cotter / New York Times:
Obama Portraits Blend Paint and Politics, and Fact and Fiction — WASHINGTON — With the unveiling here Monday at the National Portrait Gallery of the official presidential likenesses of Barack Obama and the former first lady, Michelle Obama, this city of myriad monuments gets a couple of new ones …
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Obamas' official portraits unveiled — Washington (CNN)Barack and Michelle Obama re-emerged on the public stage Monday in Washington, only this time for an event that has nothing to do with politics. — The former first couple's official portraits were unveiled at the Smithsonian's National …
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CBS News, Women in the World, The Week, Fashionista, Mother Jones, The Daily Caller, Towleroad and theGrio
Philip Kennicott / Washington Post:
The Obamas' portraits are not what you'd expect and that's why they're great
The Obamas' portraits are not what you'd expect and that's why they're great
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ThinkProgress, Baltimore Sun, Racked, NewsBusters and twitchy.com
Bloomberg:
U.S. Budget Director Warns Interest Rates May ‘Spike’ on Deficit — Mulvaney says Trump's economic moves ‘not a sugar high’ — OMB is adjusting 2018, 2019 budgets after spending bill passed — The U.S. will post a larger budget deficit this year and could see a “spike” …
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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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The Federalist, Outside the Beltway, The Week, Political Wire and Axios
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Trump Proposes to Cut Medicare and Spend Big on Wall, Defense
Trump Proposes to Cut Medicare and Spend Big on Wall, Defense
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RedState, Politico, Common Dreams and Reuters
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Top Justice Department official Brand quit partly over fear she might be asked to oversee Russia probe — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department's No. 3 attorney had been unhappy with her job for months before the department announced her departure on Friday, according to multiple sources close to Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand.
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Talking Points Memo, Business Insider and Political Wire
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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Christine Kim / Reuters:
Head held high, Kim's sister returns to North Korea
Head held high, Kim's sister returns to North Korea
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NewsBusters
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Kim Jong Un, North Korea's ‘10-Foot-Tall Baby’
Kim Jong Un, North Korea's ‘10-Foot-Tall Baby’
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Breitbart, One America News Network and Raw Story
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
First-class travel distinguishes Scott Pruitt's EPA tenure … Just days after helping orchestrate the United States' exit from a global climate accord last June, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt embarked on a whirlwind tour aimed at championing President Trump's agenda at home and abroad.
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
PLAYBOOK SCOOP: PELOSI pulls in nearly 50 million bucks for House Dems in 2017 …
PLAYBOOK SCOOP: PELOSI pulls in nearly 50 million bucks for House Dems in 2017 …
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israelhayom.com, Joe.My.God., thecut, The Week, New York Times and Mediaite
Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Sessions invokes ‘Anglo American heritage’ of sheriff's office — Sessions: Crime rate going up is not a blip — Washington (CNN)Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday brought up sheriffs' “Anglo-American heritage” during remarks to law enforcement officials in Washington.
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Wired:
INSIDE THE TWO YEARS THAT SHOOK FACEBOOK—AND THE WORLD — How a confused, defensive social media giant steered itself into a disaster, and how Mark Zuckerberg is trying to fix it all. — ONE DAY IN late February of 2016, Mark Zuckerberg sent a memo to all of Facebook's employees to address some troubling behavior in the ranks.
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The Week and Gizmodo, more at Mediagazer »
Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed:
The Education Department Officially Says It Will Reject Transgender Student Bathroom Complaints — Department officials have said they were considering the issue since last February — now, a department spokesperson tells BuzzFeed News the agency's position is set.
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ThinkProgress, LGBTQ Nation and Splinter
New York Times:
Is Devin Nunes Obstructing Justice? — As public scrutiny exposes deep flaws in the memo from the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Devin Nunes, about alleged F.B.I. surveillance abuses, the committee's Republicans are increasingly downplaying its significance.
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Matthew Chapman / Shareblue Media:
Devin Nunes becomes laughingstock after launching fake ‘news’ site
Devin Nunes becomes laughingstock after launching fake ‘news’ site
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
In Louisville, Schumer Talks Bipartisanship, ‘Brooklyn Bourbon’ — Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer used a visit to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's hometown Monday as a set up for this week's freewheeling immigration debate back at the Capitol. — The Democrat from New York …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell's immigration gamble
McConnell's immigration gamble
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
He Predicted The 2016 Fake News Crisis. Now He's Worried About An Information Apocalypse. — In mid-2016, Aviv Ovadya realized there was something fundamentally wrong with the internet — so wrong that he abandoned his work and sounded an alarm. A few weeks before the 2016 election …
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Washington Post and Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »
Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
Analysis: The Generic Is Falling! The Generic Is Falling! — I hear it all the time these days. The Democratic electoral wave is petering out. The generic ballot shows the Democrats' advantage is cratering. President Donald Trump's job approval ratings are up.
Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
Exclusive: CIA Ex-Director Brennan's Perjury Peril — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes next plans to investigate the role former CIA Director John Brennan and other Obama intelligence officials played in promoting the salacious and unverified Steele dossier on Donald Trump …
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RedState, The Gateway Pundit and Real Clear Politics
Washington Post:
Trump takes ‘shackles’ off ICE, which is slapping them on immigrants who thought they were safe … A week after he won the election, President Trump promised that his administration would round up millions of immigrant gang members and drug dealers. And after he took office …
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Splinter, New York Magazine, The Moderate Voice and The Week
USA Today:
Harvey Weinstein forced staff to manage his sexual conquests, civil rights suit says — Harvey Weinstein was once at the very top of Hollywood. As accusations of his sexual predation came to light, it didn't just trigger his downfall. It ushered in a tidal wave of exposure of sexual impropriety in the film industry.
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