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New York Times:
Trump's Chaos Theory for the Oval Office Is Taking Its Toll — WASHINGTON — For 13 months in the Oval Office, and in an unorthodox business career before that, President Trump has thrived on chaos, using it as an organizing principle and even a management tool.
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CNN:
The great unraveling: Trump's allies are really worried about him — (CNN)Not since Richard Nixon started talking to the portraits on the walls of the West Wing has a president seemed so alone against the world. — One source — who is a presidential ally — is worried, really worried.
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CNN:
When Jeff Sessions finally called Trump's bluff — Washington (CNN)The walk down Pennsylvania Avenue was short, but the image was a show of force. — The top three officials at the Justice Department strolled to dinner together Wednesday evening with smiles less than eight hours …
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Nicolle Wallace / NBC News:
White House preparing for McMaster exit as early as next month
White House preparing for McMaster exit as early as next month
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Neil Irwin / New York Times:
The Real Risks of Trump's Steel and Aluminum Tariffs — A higher price for the metals isn't the main concern; it's the chance that the global trade system will be undermined. — President Trump announced today that his administration would impose a 25 percent tariff on imported steel …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Tariff Folly — His tax on aluminum and steel will hurt the economy and his voters. — Donald Trump made the biggest policy blunder of his Presidency Thursday by announcing that next week he'll impose tariffs of 25% on imported steel and 10% on aluminum.
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Trump confidant dumped millions in steel-related stock last week, days before tariff announcement
Trump confidant dumped millions in steel-related stock last week, days before tariff announcement
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Trump's trade war could erase all the tax-cut gains
Trump's trade war could erase all the tax-cut gains
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CNN:
GOP senators blast Trump's tariffs announcement
GOP senators blast Trump's tariffs announcement
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump's tariff war nudges Cohn toward White House exit
Trump's tariff war nudges Cohn toward White House exit
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William Mauldin / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Steel-Tariffs Plan Rattles GOP Lawmakers
Trump's Steel-Tariffs Plan Rattles GOP Lawmakers
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The Intercept:
Jared Kushner's Real-Estate Firm Sought Money Directly From Qatar Government Weeks Before Blockade — The real estate firm tied to the family of presidential son-in-law and top White House adviser Jared Kushner made a direct pitch to Qatar's minister of finance in April 2017 in an attempt …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Trump-Russia Story Gets Even Weirder
The Trump-Russia Story Gets Even Weirder
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Jerry Oppenheimer / Daily Mail:
Get stylish like Hope Hicks in a Veronica Beard jacket … Hicks, who turns 30 next October, revealed she was leaving the White House on Thursday. She is Trump's longest surviving aide and helped guide his early shoestring campaign operation after working for the Trump Organization
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
‘Jared has faded’: Inside the 28 days of tumult that left Kushner badly diminished … They were the ascendant young couples of the Trump White House: Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, and Rob Porter and Hope Hicks. They enjoyed rarefied access to the president and special privileges in the West Wing.
Associated Press:
Trump adrift: Tumult in West Wing amid exits, investigation
Trump adrift: Tumult in West Wing amid exits, investigation
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump ignored ‘bright line’ on discussing Russia with Hicks
Trump ignored ‘bright line’ on discussing Russia with Hicks
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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Report Is Expected to Criticize Andrew McCabe Over Media Disclosures — WASHINGTON — A Justice Department review is expected to criticize the former F.B.I. deputy director, Andrew G. McCabe, for authorizing the disclosure of information about a continuing investigation to journalists …
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NBC News:
Mueller eyes charges against Russians who stole, spread Democrats' emails — WASHINGTON — Special Counsel Robert Mueller is assembling a case for criminal charges against Russians who carried out the hacking and leaking of private information designed to hurt Democrats in the 2016 election …
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CNN:
Exclusive: FBI counterintel investigating Ivanka Trump business deal — (CNN)US counterintelligence officials are scrutinizing one of Ivanka Trump's international business deals, according to two sources familiar with the matter. — The FBI has been looking into the negotiations …
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Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Alec Baldwin on His ABC Talk Show, Woody Allen Fallout and ‘SNL’ Future — “Every time I do it now, it's like agony,” Baldwin says of his Trump parody. — Beginning this weekend, ABC will start spending its Sundays With Alec Baldwin. — Earlier this week, the network ordered a nine-episode …
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J. Freedom Du Lac / Washington Post:
Alec Baldwin says portraying Trump is ‘agony.’ Trump says watching Baldwin is the real agony.
Alec Baldwin says portraying Trump is ‘agony.’ Trump says watching Baldwin is the real agony.
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Tim Mak / NPR:
Depth Of Russian Politician's Cultivation Of NRA Ties Revealed — A prominent Kremlin-linked Russian politician has methodically cultivated ties with leaders of the National Rifle Association, and documented efforts in real time over six years to leverage those connections and gain access deeper into American politics, NPR has learned.
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Cindy Watts / Tennessean.com:
Read: Mike Huckabee's CMA Foundation resignation letter — Mike Huckabee and TBN president Matthew Crouch talk about the new show in Nashville — Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee resigned from his position on the CMA Foundation board of directors Thursday amid criticism from members of the country music industry.
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
White House softens tone on gun-control measures after Trump meets with NRA … The White House appeared to soften its tone on gun-control measures Friday after President Trump met privately with officials from the National Rifle Association the night before.
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New York Times:
Oil Was Central in Decision to Shrink Bears Ears Monument, Emails Show — Want the latest climate news in your inbox? You can sign up here to receive Climate Fwd:, our new email newsletter. — WASHINGTON — Even before President Trump officially opened his high-profile review last spring …
Detroit Free Press:
Police: 2 shot at Central Michigan University, gunman still at large — Sheriff Wayne Ivey of the Brevard County Sheriff's Office gives tips on how to survive an active shooter situation. Video provided by Brevard County Sheriff's Office. Wochit — CONNECT
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CNNMoney:
Longtime Fox News exec who wrote controversial Olympics column out at network — Fox News exec slams Olympic committee's focus on diversity — John Moody, the longtime Fox News executive who wrote a controversial column about the US Olympic committee last month, is no longer with Fox News …
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The Daily Beast:
Leaked: Secret Documents From Russia's Election Trolls … The Kremlin-backed troll farm at the center of Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. election has quietly suffered a catastrophic security breach, The Daily Beast has confirmed, in a leak that spilled new details of its operations onto obscure corners of the internet.
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John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump's embrace of Russia: The evidence on public display already paints a jarring picture — Trump's in-plain-sight embrace of Russia gets obscured by the Trump news avalanche. It's worth reviewing what's been established so far. — As Robert Mueller accumulates guilty pleas …