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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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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 and HeraldScotland
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
Ali Vitali / NBC News:
President Trump agrees to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un
President Trump agrees to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un
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Bloomberg, The Hill, Politico, CNN, Just Security, Roll Call, The Guardian and TVNewser
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump's Meeting With Kim Jong-un Is Another Pledge to Do What Nobody Else Can
Trump's Meeting With Kim Jong-un Is Another Pledge to Do What Nobody Else Can
Discussion:
Politico and Financial Times
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
Fox News:
Trump will accept Kim Jong Un's invitation to meet, White House says
Trump will accept Kim Jong Un's invitation to meet, White House says
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Bloomberg, Washington Post, CNN, Politico, New York Post, CNBC, CBS News, The Guardian, HeraldScotland, emptywheel, Vox, The American Spectator, Hit & Run, Roll Call, Mediaite, VICE News, Breitbart, TheBlaze, Jewish Journal, CBS New York, France 24, Washington Free Beacon and The Daily Caller
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, Washington Post, Politico, 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 — A political operative who frequented the White House in the early days of President Trump's administration, George Nader, was indicted in 1985 on charges of importing to the United States obscene material …
Discussion:
The Intercept, Raw Story and Boing Boing
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller tight-lipped as media leaks shape Russia narrative
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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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
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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Washington Post, ABC News, Politico, Washington Press, FOX 61, Shareblue Media, New Republic, thecut, ThinkProgress, Splinter, Mediaite and Mother Jones
Politico:
Job growth surged in February as wage growth slackened — Economists anticipate that unemployment will drop lower over the course of 2018. — The Labor Department reported 313,000 new jobs in February, the largest single-month gain of Donald Trump's presidency.
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Breitbart
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Nonfarm payrolls increase by 313,000 in February vs. 200,000 est.
Nonfarm payrolls increase by 313,000 in February vs. 200,000 est.
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Scared Monkeys
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.
Discussion:
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 …
Discussion:
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
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, ABC News and Fox News Insider
David Brooks / New York Times:
Understanding Student Mobbists — Students across the country continue to attack and shut down speakers at a steady pace, from Christina Hoff Sommers to Jordan Peterson. I confess that I find their behavior awful. My gut reaction is that these student mobbists manage to combine snowflake fragility …
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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, twitchy.com, The Resurgent, 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
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
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
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.
Discussion:
CNN, RedState and The Daily Beast
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 »
Mark Lennihan / RealClearInvestigations:
U.S. Media Long Carried Putin's Water - Odd Given Today's Hysteria — With special counsel Robert Mueller's latest indictments of alleged Russian trolls, Facebook is facing heavy fire from prominent critics at the New York Times, Washington Post, and other legacy media for uncritically spreading Russian misinformation.
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Real Clear Politics
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
'It's killing the agency': Ugly power struggle paralyzes Trump's plan to fix veterans' care — Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin is managing the government's second-largest bureaucracy from a fortified bunker atop the agency's Washington headquarters.
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Raw Story