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New York Times:
McMaster to Resign as National Security Adviser, and Will Be Replaced by John Bolton — WASHINGTON — Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, the battle-tested Army officer tapped as President Trump's national security adviser last year to stabilize a turbulent foreign policy operation …
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
McMaster firing upends plan to oust other top Trump officials — President Donald Trump's decision to abruptly fire national security adviser H.R. McMaster surprised senior White House aides who had been preparing a single statement announcing the departure of multiple top Trump officials …
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Outside the Beltway, The Week and Political Wire
Bloomberg:
Inside Trump's Snap Decision to Oust McMaster — McMaster Ousted Days After His Briefing to Trump on Putin Call — Trump names ex-U.S. envoy Bolton as national security adviser — President Donald Trump made a snap decision to oust H.R. McMaster as national security adviser …
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Politico
Cory Bennett / Politico:
Bolton, McMaster present contrast on Russian hacking — John Bolton, President Donald Trump's pick to replace H.R. McMaster as his national security adviser, could bring a vastly different approach on Russia's election meddling to the White House. — In their public comments …
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
John Bolton, Trump's ultra-hawkish new national security adviser, explained — Bolton has recently called for war with both Iran and North Korea. — President Donald Trump finally jettisoned National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster on Thursday afternoon. His replacement is John Bolton …
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Fred Kaplan / Slate:
It's Time to Panic Now — It's time to push the panic button. — John Bolton's appointment as national security adviser—a post that requires no Senate confirmation—puts the United States on a path to war. And it's fair to say President Donald Trump wants us on that path.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Bolton bombshell: the clashes to come — Sources close to President Trump say he feels John Bolton, hurriedly named last night to replace H.R. McMaster as national security adviser, will finally deliver the foreign policy the president wants — particularly on Iran and North Korea.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
How Trump finally pulled the trigger to oust McMaster — The reason John Kelly and White House communications officials insisted late last week that McMaster wasn't going anywhere for now — despite a WaPo story saying he was done — was because the president told them to say that.
NBC News:
Amid White House turmoil, Trump mused about life without a chief of staff
Amid White House turmoil, Trump mused about life without a chief of staff
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Politicus USA and Political Wire
Mark Davis / Townhall.com:
John Bolton: The Wisdom of This Choice Is Made Clear in the Panic of Liberals
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
President Trump hires a talking head - again
President Trump hires a talking head - again
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Bryan Bender / Politico:
Bolton pick underscores Trump's foreign policy confusion
Bolton pick underscores Trump's foreign policy confusion
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The Daily Beast, CANNONFIRE and Axios
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Why Trump Hasn't Fired Mattis
Khorri Atkinson / Axios:
China slaps reciprocal tariffs on U.S. imports
China slaps reciprocal tariffs on U.S. imports
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
With Bolton, Trump Creates a Historically Hard-Line Foreign Policy Team
With Bolton, Trump Creates a Historically Hard-Line Foreign Policy Team
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Wall Street Journal, NBC News and The Guardian
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Trump names former ambassador John Bolton as his new national security adviser
Trump names former ambassador John Bolton as his new national security adviser
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Bannon: If Kelly leaves White House, Trump won't replace him
Bannon: If Kelly leaves White House, Trump won't replace him
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Axios and Political Wire
Uri Friedman / The Atlantic:
McMaster Is Out, an Even Bigger North Korea Hawk Is In
McMaster Is Out, an Even Bigger North Korea Hawk Is In
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The Daily Beast:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Lone DNC Hacker’ Guccifer 2.0 Slipped Up and Revealed He Was a Russian Intelligence Officer … Guccifer 2.0, the “lone hacker” who took credit for providing WikiLeaks with stolen emails from the Democratic National Committee, was in fact an officer of Russia's military intelligence directorate …
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Wall Street Journal:
John Dowd Resigns as Trump's Top Lawyer in Russia Probe — Departure comes after he called for end to special counsel's investigation — John Dowd, the lead lawyer representing President Donald Trump in the special counsel's Russia investigation, left the legal team on Thursday partly …
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Now I'm F—ing Doing It My Way”: Jubilant and Self-Liberated, the President Prepares for War with Mueller — With John Dowd out, John Kelly and Ty Cobb marginalized, Joseph diGenova on board, and Marc Kasowitz possibly returning, the next battle comes into focus.
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Victoria Toensing joins husband Joseph diGenova on Trump's legal team in Russia probe
Victoria Toensing joins husband Joseph diGenova on Trump's legal team in Russia probe
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Mediaite and Fox News Insider
Shannon Pettypiece / Bloomberg:
Trump Lawyer Resigned After Friction Over DiGenova, Sources Say
Trump Lawyer Resigned After Friction Over DiGenova, Sources Say
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The Gateway Pundit
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Karen McDougal tells CNN Trump tried to pay her after sex — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump once tried to offer Karen McDougal money after they had been intimate, the former Playboy model told Anderson Cooper Thursday in an exclusive interview on CNN. — “After we had been intimate …
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Eli Watkins / CNN:
McDougal says she was intimate with Trump ‘many dozens’ of times
McDougal says she was intimate with Trump ‘many dozens’ of times
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Rachel Wolfe / Vox:
How to watch the 60 Minutes interview with Stormy Daniels
How to watch the 60 Minutes interview with Stormy Daniels
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The Guardian:
Our manifesto to fix America's gun laws — After the massacre at our high school, our lives have changed forever - so we're proposing these changes to halt mass shootings — by The editorial staff of the Eagle Eye … As a student publication, the Eagle Eye works to tell the stories of those who do not have a voice.
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Matthew Dowd / ABC News:
Analysis: Will current leaders believe gun lobby fiction or the truth of youth?
Analysis: Will current leaders believe gun lobby fiction or the truth of youth?
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Matt Egan / CNNMoney:
Dow plunges 724 points as trade war fears rock Wall Street — U.S. trade moves could spark Chinese retaliation — Trade war fears rocked Wall Street on Thursday after President Trump launched a crackdown on China. — The Dow plummeted 724 points, or 2.9%, underlining mounting concerns among investors …
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The Sun:
The shooter is believed to be holed up in a Super U store in Trèbes, near Carcassonne — A SUSPECTED ISIS gunman has killed two and wounded a dozen others as he took eight hostages at a French supermarket, according to police. — The attacker, who screamed “Vengeance for Syria!” …
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Bloomberg:
Trump Fundraiser Offered to Help Lift Sanctions on Russian Firms — Elliott Broidy proposed work for clients of Moscow lawyer — Pre-inauguration discussions didn't lead to Broidy's hiring — Elliott Broidy, a top fundraiser for President Donald Trump, offered last year to help …
Phil Mattingly / CNN:
Idaho senator holds up bill over political rivalry with deceased governor — Congress facing government shutdown, yet again — (CNN)As Congress raced toward another spending deadline, most were watching Sen. Rand Paul's objections to a proposed spending plan.
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Stormy, Summer and Karen are the GOP's worst nightmares — Greg Sargent had a good piece this morning about how the Stormy Daniels hurricane might trip Trump up more than he realizes. It's a thought I've had as well: … It's impossible to know for sure whether women as a group will rise to the occasion.
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New York Times
BBC:
France hostage taking: ‘One dead’ in Trèbes supermarket — A gunman is believed to have killed at least one person during a hostage-taking at a supermarket in Trèbes, southern France. — Elite police have rushed to the Super U shop, and there are unconfirmed reports of another death.
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Katie Langin / Science:
Exclusive: 'I've never seen anything like it.' Video of mating deep-sea anglerfish stuns biologists — Anglerfish, with their menacing gape and dangling lure, are among the most curious inhabitants of the deep ocean. Scientists have hardly ever seen them alive in their natural environment.
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