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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Laura Ingraham Says She'll Take Planned Vacation Amidst Controversy — Laura Ingraham is taking avacation next week. Now the question is whether a controversy swirling around the host will go on hiatus as well. — The popular Fox News Channel host - her “Ingraham Angle” …
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The Hill:
Ingraham announces break from her show amid backlash over Parkland student … Fox News host Laura Ingraham is taking vacation time even as advertisers flee her show “The Ingraham Angle” over a feud with a high school student who advocates gun control. — Ingraham on her show Friday night described …
Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Parkland survivor David Hogg to John McCain: ‘Why do you take so much money from the NRA?’
Parkland survivor David Hogg to John McCain: ‘Why do you take so much money from the NRA?’
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Media Matters for America:
NRA board member Ted Nugent calls Parkland students poor, pathetic liars with no soul — Nugent: “The evidence is irrefutable, they have no soul” — From the March 30 edition of Newsmax's The Joe Pags Show: — Loading the player reg... TED NUGENT: The level of ignorance goes beyond stupidity.
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The Daily Beast:
Ted Nugent: Parkland's Student-Activists Are ‘Soulless’ Liars — Classic rocker and NRA board member Ted Nugent has attacked Parkland's teenage school shooting survivors-turned-gun control activists, calling them “mushy brained” and “soulless” liars. In an appearance on The Joe Pags Show late Friday …
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Mediaite and Joe.My.God.
Will Sommer:
Roseanne Barr is tweeting about QAnon, a new Pizzagate-style conspiracy theory — The success of ABC's “Roseanne” reboot has brought new attention to comedian Roseanne Barr's belief in the absolutely crazy “QAnon” conspiracy theory. — Barr alluded to the theory on Twitter on Friday night, baffling her followers.
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The Guardian:
Palestinians hold day of mourning after 773 ‘shot with live ammunition’ — At least 15 killed when Israeli soldiers open fire during mass demonstrations in Gaza — Hazem Balousha in Gaza City and Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem … Gaza hospitals, running low on blood and overstretched …
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
The Outrage Over Kevin Williamson — You had the right to remain silent. Now every word you've ever uttered, and every one you ever will, can and will be held against you. — I'm sorry to have to write you, for two reasons. Sorry, first, that you have to endure having your character assailed …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump accuses Amazon of ‘Post Office scam,’ falsely says The Post is its lobbyist … WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump escalated his assault on Amazon on Saturday, accusing the online retail giant of a “Post Office scam” and falsely stating that The Washington Post operates as a lobbyist for Amazon.
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Randall D. Eliason / Washington Post:
Why Robert Mueller could be considering bribery charges — Randall D. Eliason teaches white-collar criminal law at George Washington University Law School. He blogs at Sidebarsblog.com. Follow @rdeliason. — President Trump's now-former attorney John Dowd allegedly told lawyers …
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CNN:
Internal FBI report shows discrepancy between McCabe and Comey accounts — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)The internal FBI report that served as grounds for the firing of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe includes key testimony from his former boss that shows a discrepancy with McCabe's public statements …
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Aaron Smith / CNNMoney:
Megachurch pastor charged with defrauding elderly investors — Federal authorities have charged the pastor of a Texas megachurch and a Louisiana financial planner with defrauding elderly investors out of more than $1 million. — Kirbyjon Caldwell of Houston and Gregory Alan Smith of Shreveport …
Alexei Koseff / Sacramento Bee:
Jerry Brown pardons five immigrants facing deportation — Amid a brewing legal battle with the Trump administration over California's liberal immigration policies, Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday granted pre-Easter pardons to five immigrants facing possible deportation.
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New York Times:
Trump Advisers Urge Tougher Russia Policy After Expulsions — WASHINGTON — Some senior Trump administration officials are pressing for more aggressive action toward Russia, hoping to persuade a reluctant President Trump to change his approach after a week of mass diplomatic expulsions …
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New York Times:
Russian Accused of Hacking U.S. Technology Firms Is Extradited
Russian Accused of Hacking U.S. Technology Firms Is Extradited
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Matthew Bodner / Washington Post:
One by one, European ambassadors learn they're being expelled from Russia
One by one, European ambassadors learn they're being expelled from Russia
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The Atlantic
Washington Post:
From Mueller to Stormy to ‘emoluments,’ Trump's business is under siege … The carefully maintained secrecy around President Trump's finances is under unprecedented assault a year into his presidency, with three different legal teams with different agendas trying to pry open the Trump Organization's books.
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Ann Coulter to Donald Trump: Beware the Former Trumpers — Donald Trump has a boatload of problems. Ann Coulter, the author of a 2016 book titled “In Trump We Trust,” is now one of them. — A week ago, when he signed a $1.3 trillion spending bill with nothing for his promised border wall …
Cathie Anderson / Sacramento Bee:
Stephon Clark ‘deserved it,’ nurse wrote on Facebook. Now she's no longer working for Kaiser. — Kaiser Permanente has parted ways with a nurse whose Facebook comments about Stephon Clark, the unarmed black man killed by Sacramento police on March 18, incited a social media firestorm after an activist put them in the spotlight.
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Law & Crime, JONATHAN TURLEY, theGrio and Raw Story
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Did Shulkin get fired or resign? This is why it matters — Trump potentially opened the door to legal challenges that could hobble the VA. — The White House is now asserting that recently departed Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin resigned. Shulkin has made it clear in his public comments that he was forced out.
Fox News Insider:
Teacher Anti-Trump Rant: Georgia Student Records Teacher Ripping MAGA Make America Great Again — On “Fox & Friends,” Abby Huntsman interviewed a Georgia middle school student who captured audio of her teacher ripping President Donald Trump and his “Make America Great Again” slogan.
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Marlena Baldacci / CNN:
He's 13 and he's running to be the next governor of Vermont — He's running to be Vermont's next governor — (CNN)Ethan Sonneborn is an eighth grader who loves basketball, fishing and writing. — He also wants to be governor of Vermont. Not when he grows up, but now.
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The Daily Caller, twitchy.com and thecut
Felicia Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Freezes Funds for Syrian Recovery, Signaling Pullback — Order to State Department to hold off on spending jibes with president's call for an early exit — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump froze more than $200 million in funds for recovery efforts in Syria as his administration …
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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Caught Up in a Killing Spree, and Facing Charges — ATLANTA — Friday's acquittal of Noor Salman, the widow of the gunman who killed 49 people at an Orlando, Fla., nightclub in 2016, on charges that she helped carry out and cover up the attack, likely means that no one will ever be convicted in connection with the siege.
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Ema O'Connor / BuzzFeed:
A Judge Just Ruled That The Trump Administration Cannot Block Undocumented Pregnant Teens From Getting Abortions — The decision, which will stay in place while a larger class action suit moves forward, is a big win for the American Civil Liberties Union, who have been fighting a lawsuit …
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ThinkProgress and San Francisco Chronicle
Paresh Dave / Reuters:
Exclusive: Google employees organize to fight cyber bullying at work — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - About 100 Google U.S. employees concerned about cyber bullying inside the company have organized into a group proposing new policies for conduct at the unit of Alphabet Inc, five people involved in the effort said in recent interviews.