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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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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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The Atlantic, Washington Post and Politicus USA
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
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, Defense One, France 24 and HeraldScotland
CNN:
Talks bombshell sets up stunning Kim-Trump summit
Talks bombshell sets up stunning Kim-Trump summit
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The Hill, JustOneMinute, Home Page Rotator, CBS Miami, Washington Free Beacon and Jewish Journal
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, 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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Associated Press:
The Latest: Dennis Rodman hails planned Trump-Kim meeting
The Latest: Dennis Rodman hails planned Trump-Kim meeting
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Breitbart, Daily Wire, Victory Girls Blog, twitchy.com, TheBlaze and HeraldScotland
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
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Politico and Financial Times
Tom Nichols / USA Today:
North Korea sets a dangerous trap for Trump. Disaster is far more likely than a Nobel.
North Korea sets a dangerous trap for Trump. Disaster is far more likely than a Nobel.
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National Review, NBC News, Mediaite and KTLA
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
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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Wall Street Journal, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, 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, NPR and Washington Free Beacon
Ian Kullgren / Politico:
Job growth surged in February as wage growth slackened
Job growth surged in February as wage growth slackened
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Breitbart
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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New York Times:
Stormy Daniels Lawsuit Opens Door to Further Trouble for Trump — In the blur of news coming out of Washington, the legal maneuvers involving a pornographic film actress who says she had an affair with President Trump and the president's lawyer who paid her hush money may seem …
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CNN:
Woman named in Stormy Daniels' document accused Trump of unwanted advances
Woman named in Stormy Daniels' document accused Trump of unwanted advances
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Talking Points Memo, New York Daily News, CNNMoney, Washington Press and Political Wire
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Stormy Daniels' attorney argues ‘cover-ups matter’
Stormy Daniels' attorney argues ‘cover-ups matter’
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The Hill, FOX2now.com, Mediaite and FOX 61
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, Above the Law, Bustle, The Stream and Washington Times
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?
Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
EXCLUSIVE: Dem Leads In New Poll Of Hotly Contested Pennsylvania House Race — Democrats are on the verge of a major upset victory deep in Trump country, according to a new bipartisan poll shared first with TPM. — Democrat Conor Lamb leads Republican Rick Saccone by 48 percent to 44 percent …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Why G.O.P. Is Spending Millions on a Soon-to-Vanish Seat in Trump Country
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Team Biden mulls far-out options to take on Trump in 2020
Team Biden mulls far-out options to take on Trump in 2020
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Political Wire
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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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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National Review, Axios, twitchy.com, RedState, The Resurgent, IJR and Daily Wire
AOL:
GOP Jewish Coalition demands resignation of 7 Democrats over ‘ties’ to Farrakhan — He's the controversial leader of the Nation of Islam, and an accused anti-semite. — Now, the Republican Jewish Coalition is calling for the resignation of seven Democratic members of Congress, alleging ‘their connection’ to Louis Farrakhan.
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
DNC vice chair Keith Ellison and Louis Farrakhan: ‘No relationship’?
DNC vice chair Keith Ellison and Louis Farrakhan: ‘No relationship’?
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The Stream, The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon, Fox News Insider, Politico and Mediaite
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
David Corn / Mother Jones:
“Why the Hell Are We Standing Down?” — 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, and David Corn, Washington bureau chief of Mother Jones.
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emptywheel, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Washington Press, Raw Story and Bustle
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
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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Mediaite and Wall Street Journal, more at Mediagazer »
Sacramento Bee:
Hugging banned for California lawmaker after harassment investigation — The California Senate has reprimanded Sen. Bob Hertzberg and told him to stop initiating his trademark hugs after an investigation determined that his behavior made two female legislators and a male sergeant-at-arms uncomfortable.
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Washington Free Beacon
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
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
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
Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
A Quiet Exodus: Why Blacks Are Leaving White Evangelical Churches — FORT WORTH — Charmaine Pruitt wrote the names of 12 churches on a sheet of paper, tore the paper into 12 strips, and dropped them into a Ziploc bag. It was Sunday morning and time to pick which church to attend.