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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Is Said to Accept North Korea's Invitation to Discuss Its Nuclear Program — WASHINGTON — North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, has invited President Trump to meet for negotiations over its nuclear program, an audacious diplomatic overture that would bring together two strong-willed …
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Washington Post:
Trump's North Korea gambit blindsides U.S. diplomats … President Trump's high-wire gambit to accept a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sets off a scramble among U.S. officials to assemble a team capable of supporting a historic summit of longtime adversaries and determine a viable engagement strategy.
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The National Interest, Shakesville and Hullabaloo
Victor Cha / New York Times:
What Will Trump Give Up for Peace with North Korea? — The announcement at the White House on Thursday evening that President Trump will meet the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, within two months raises more questions than it answers. While the unpredictability of a meeting between …
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Politicus USA
Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Tillerson says ‘talks,’ but no ‘negotiations’ with NKorea
Tillerson says ‘talks,’ but no ‘negotiations’ with NKorea
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Talking Points Memo
Ankit Panda / The Daily Beast:
Trump Meeting Is Just What Kim Jong Un Has Always Wanted
Trump Meeting Is Just What Kim Jong Un Has Always Wanted
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Politico, Associated Press, One America News Network and ABC News
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump's Meeting With Kim Jong-un Is Another Pledge to Do What Nobody Else Can
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Kim Jong Un invites President Trump to meet
Kim Jong Un invites President Trump to meet
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USA Today, Axios, Raw Story, Bustle, Mediaite, Little Green Footballs, RedState, New York Magazine, FOX6Now.com and VICE News
Washington Post:
Trump accepts invitation to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
Trump accepts invitation to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
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Axios, Politico, Financial Times, CNN, Just Security, VICE News, Hit & Run, HeraldScotland, Vox, Mediaite and TheBlaze
Joe Tacopino / New York Post:
Trump agrees to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
Trump agrees to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
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Bloomberg, The Guardian, The Last Tradition and HeraldScotland
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Donor's Meeting With Russian Executive Draws Scrutiny of Special Counsel Mueller — Witness testimony appears to conflict with Blackwater founder's account to House panel — A meeting in the Seychelles weeks before Donald Trump's inauguration between a Russian executive …
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Fox News, Politico, Washington Post, USA Today, Vox and Liberal Values
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Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
An Operative With Trump Ties Was Once Indicted on an Obscenity Charge
An Operative With Trump Ties Was Once Indicted on an Obscenity Charge
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The Intercept, Raw Story and Boing Boing
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller tight-lipped as media leaks shape Russia narrative
CNN:
Woman named in Stormy Daniels' document accused Trump of unwanted advances — (CNN)A woman who previously accused Donald Trump of inappropriate sexual contact was named in the non-disclosure agreement signed by porn star Stormy Daniels as having “confidential information” about Daniels' alleged affair with Donald Trump.
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Washington Press and Political Wire
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Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
Trump's legal team adds ‘pit bull’ NYC lawyer to fight porn star
Trump's legal team adds ‘pit bull’ NYC lawyer to fight porn star
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Politico
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Anderson Cooper interviews Stormy Daniels for ‘60 Minutes’
Anderson Cooper interviews Stormy Daniels for ‘60 Minutes’
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The Hill, Daily Wire and Axios
New York Times:
Obama in Talks to Provide Shows for Netflix — WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama is in advanced negotiations with Netflix to produce a series of high-profile shows that will provide him a global platform after his departure from the White House, according to people familiar with the discussions.
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Associated Press:
Interior mum on whether Zinke spent $139K on office door — WASHINGTON (AP) — Records show the Interior Department spent nearly $139,000 last year for construction at the agency that was labeled on a work order as “Secretary's Door.” — A spokeswoman for Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke …
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Nonfarm payrolls increase by 313,000 in February vs. 200,000 est. — Nonfarm payrolls rose by 313,000 in February while the unemployment rate remained at 4.1 percent, the lowest since December 2000. — Wage growth was muted, however, with average hourly earnings up 2.6 percent on an annualized basis …
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The Gateway Pundit and Scared Monkeys
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Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
U.S. Added 313,000 Jobs in February. Here's What That Means.
U.S. Added 313,000 Jobs in February. Here's What That Means.
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Political Wire and NPR
Burgess Everett / Politico:
The endangered GOP senator who thinks Justice Kennedy could save him — Dean Heller knows he's the most vulnerable Republican senator in the country. But he thinks Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy might just help him hang on to his seat. — “Kennedy is going to retire around sometime early summer …
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New York Daily News, ThinkProgress, RedState, LifeNews.com, Bustle and The Stream
Oleg Deripaska / The Daily Caller:
The Ever-Changing ‘Russia Narrative’ In American Politics Is Cynically False Public Manipulation — In the comedy movie “Wag the Dog,” a fictitious U.S. president is on the cusp of losing an election over a real scandal. So a political spin doctor and Hollywood producer hired …
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Mediaite, ThinkProgress, Raw Story and emptywheel
Katherine Mangu-Ward / New York Times:
When Smug Liberals Met Conservative Trolls — It's hard to tell who started it. — Was it the populist right, reared in the meme swamps of Reddit and 4chan, who emerged blinking into the daylight of politics and set about baiting anyone who disagreed with their chosen Republican king?
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
DNC vice chair Keith Ellison and Louis Farrakhan: ‘No relationship’? … Ellison, vice chair of the Democratic National Committee and one of two Muslim members of Congress, faced questions about his association with Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, when he sought the chairmanship of the DNC in 2017.
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The Stream, The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon, Fox News Insider and Mediaite
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Third-Highest House Democrat Shared Stage With Farrakhan, Now Refuses To Denounce
Third-Highest House Democrat Shared Stage With Farrakhan, Now Refuses To Denounce
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Betsy's Page, Politico, Weekly Standard and ABC News
Linda Tirado / The Daily Beast:
Dear Dana Loesch: How Do You Sleep at Night? … I live with my family in a rural part of Appalachia. I have two small girls, one in second grade and one who'll start school this fall. Their dad is a Marine, a combat vet. I was raised on firearms. I'm from the country; I couldn't tell you when I shot my first round.
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Raw Story
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Inside Trump's private meeting with the video-game industry — and its critics … Republican lawmakers and conservative media critics pressed President Trump on Thursday to explore new restrictions on the video-game industry, arguing that violent games might have contributed to mass shootings …
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CNN, The Verge, YouTube, Associated Press, New Republic, Vox, Polygon, IJR, Mediaite and New York Times
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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
'Daily Show's' Trevor Noah Destroys Trump's Claim That Video Games Cause Gun Violence
'Daily Show's' Trevor Noah Destroys Trump's Claim That Video Games Cause Gun Violence
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Bustle
miamiherald:
Disgraced Parkland deputy heard shots inside school building, told cops to stay away — Roundly vilified for not entering a Parkland high school during a mass shooting, Broward Deputy Scot Peterson insisted publicly that he believed that gunfire was happening outside on campus — not from inside the building.
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RedState, The Resurgent, twitchy.com, IJR and Daily Wire
Mother Jones:
“Why the Hell Are We Standing Down?” — Looking for news you can trust? — This is the second of two excerpts adapted from Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump (Twelve Books), by Michael Isikoff, chief investigative correspondent for Yahoo News …
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Mediaite, Washington Press, Raw Story and Daily Kos
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Newsweek Exec in Secret Tape: We Gotta Turn the Business Around or We're Dead … Two weeks ago, Newsweek Media Group Chief Content Officer Dayan Candappa said the company had just five weeks to turn around its business, or it might have to shutter for good.
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Wall Street Journal, more at Mediagazer »
Erica Pandey / Axios:
This time, China can fight back against tariffs — In 2002, President George W. Bush slapped steep tariffs on steel imports, warning about the collapse of the U.S. steel industry, then lifted them 21 months later to avoid a trade war with the European Union and Japan.
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Foster Friess / USA Today:
We can stop school shootings. I'll match your donations up to $2.5 million. — Nikolas Cruz, like many shooters, lacked positive role models. Donating to these organizations can provide the help to avert similar tragedies. — If we are going to help avoid new generations of school violence …
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Treat Russia Like the Terrorist It Is — Whether the Skripal poisoning can be conclusively pinned on Moscow is beside the point. — It's too soon to conclude whether the former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia are Moscow's latest overseas victims.
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CNN, RedState and The Daily Beast
Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
Amazon Knows Why Alexa Was Laughing at Its Customers — For weeks, users of Amazon's digital assistant, Alexa, have reported versions of the same unsettling event: being startled as they went about their day by Alexa letting out an eerie laugh. — Now, Amazon says that it knows why that's …
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CBS San Francisco, Breitbart and The Daily Caller