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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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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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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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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
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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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
In big reversal, new Trump budget will give up on longtime Republican goal of eliminating deficit
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Trump's infrastructure proposal, explained
Trump's infrastructure proposal, explained
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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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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
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Dear America: Your News Media Absolutely Hates You
Dear America: Your News Media Absolutely Hates You
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The Daily Caller, National Review and Breitbart
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
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
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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Cristina Cabrera / Talking Points Memo:
Sessions Praises Sheriffs For Upholding ‘Anglo-American Heritage’ Of Policing
Sessions Praises Sheriffs For Upholding ‘Anglo-American Heritage’ Of Policing
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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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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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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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The Root, Talking Points Memo, Breitbart, The Week and Booman Tribune
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.
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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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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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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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
Jacey Fortin / New York Times:
Sony Apologizes After ‘Peter Rabbit’ Movie Exploits a Food Allergy, Upsetting Parents — Sam Rose has a son who loves Peter Rabbit, a character from a children's book by Beatrix Potter, but she won't take him to see “Peter Rabbit,” the new movie loosely based on it. — The issue?
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