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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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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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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 …
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.
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NBC News:
Amid White House turmoil, Trump mused about life without a chief of staff — WASHINGTON — In the midst of a Cabinet shake-up and a possible staff upheaval, President Donald Trump considered firing his chief of staff this month and not naming a successor, according to three people familiar with the discussions.
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Bryan Bender / Politico:
Bolton pick underscores Trump's foreign policy confusion — For the Donald Trump who preaches an “America First” foreign policy with little patience for international treaties and organizations, John Bolton is a logical choice for national security adviser.
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Khorri Atkinson / Axios:
China slaps reciprocal tariffs on U.S. imports — China announced plans to impose reciprocal tariffs on $3 billion of imports from the U.S., hours after President Trump ordered levies on a range of Chinese goods. — The details: China's plan includes a 25% tariff on U.S. pork imports …
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Mark Davis / Townhall.com:
John Bolton: The Wisdom of This Choice Is Made Clear in the Panic of Liberals — With one presidential decision, America gained one of its boldest National Security Advisers, and lost one of its best cable news guests. — Roughly an hour after John Bolton, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. …
Cory Bennett / Politico:
Bolton, McMaster present contrast on Russian hacking
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Bolton bombshell: the clashes to come
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
President Trump hires a talking head - again
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
With Bolton, Trump Creates a Historically Hard-Line Foreign Policy Team
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Bannon: If Kelly leaves White House, Trump won't replace him
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Uri Friedman / The Atlantic:
McMaster Is Out, an Even Bigger North Korea Hawk Is In
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Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Trump names former ambassador John Bolton as his new national security adviser
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Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
McMaster Out As National Security Adviser; Bolton 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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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 — Washington (CNN)Karen McDougal confirmed to CNN in an interview on Thursday that she had a 10-month sexual relationship with Donald Trump before he was President, saying they were together “many dozens of times.”
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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
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Matthew Dowd / ABC News:
Analysis: Will current leaders believe gun lobby fiction or the truth of youth? — In nearly every major political or social movement in the last 100 years, we have seen the youngest generation provide the enthusiasm and energy to accomplish required change.
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CNBC:
Trump slaps China with tariffs on up to $60 billion in imports: ‘This is the first of many’ — The Trump administration says China's trade practices involve stealing American companies' intellectual property. — China recently argued that it should not be punished if it doesn't want to buy what the U.S. is selling.
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Shawn Donnan / Financial Times:
Donald Trump to impose 25% tariffs on $60bn of Chinese imports
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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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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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Rachel Wolfe / Vox:
How to watch the 60 Minutes interview with Stormy Daniels
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Ian Duncan / Baltimore Sun:
16-year-old victim of Maryland school shooting to be taken off life support, family says — The 16-year-old victim of Tuesday's shooting at Great Mills High School will be taken off life support, her family announced Thursday night. — Jaelynn Willey was one of two students who were injured …
Brian M. Rosenthal / New York Times:
De Blasio Donor Says He Steered Thousands in Bribes to Mayor's Campaigns — CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A Long Island restaurateur testified under oath on Thursday that he steered tens of thousands of dollars to Mayor Bill de Blasio's political campaigns in return for favorable treatment by the city.
Zachary Cohen / CNN:
US dropped charges against Turkish bodyguards over DC brawl before Tillerson trip — Erdogan watches brawl outside Turkish embassy — Washington (CNN)The US has dropped charges against 11 of the 15 bodyguards for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who were indicted after a brawl …
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