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6:50 PM ET, April 1, 2018

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Devan Cole / CNN:
New book alleges Kellyanne Conway is the ‘number one leaker’ in Trump White House  —  Author: Kellyanne Conway is the No. 1 leaker  —  (CNN)The author of a new book on the current state of affairs in the White House claims that Kellyanne Conway is the “number one leaker” in President Donald Trump's White House.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's island of misfit toys  —  As President Trump increasingly tunes out formal advisers, there's a growing list of misfits and hangers-on that he just can't seem to quit — and whose advice he seems to welcome and even adopt.  —  Why it matters: Trump is successfully resisting …
Tom Hancock / Financial Times:
China slaps new duties on US nuts, pork, fruit and wine  —  China has unveiled retaliatory duties on US food imports including pork, fruit, nuts and wine of up to 25 per cent as a response to the Trump administration's new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.
Discussion: Axios
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CBS News:
China imposing new tariffs on U.S. products in retaliation of Trump tariffs  —  China says it's rolling out new tariffs on U.S. meat, fruit and other products as retaliation against taxes approved by President Trump on imported steel and aluminum.  —  The Chinese finance ministry says in a statement that the new tariffs begin Monday.
Discussion: New York Magazine
New York Times:
The Kushners Saw Redemption in the White House.  It Was a Mirage.  —  It was sweet redemption for Charles Kushner last year when his son Jared was named senior White House adviser.  A dozen years earlier, a sordid scandal stemming partly from a family falling-out had reduced the senior …
Discussion: Raw Story and Axios
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
‘No more DACA deal,’ Trump says as he threatens to ‘stop’ NAFTA if Mexico doesn't better secure border … PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump said Sunday that there would be no deal to legalize the status of millions of “dreamers,” undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children …
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Venting on Immigration, Trump Vows ‘No More DACA Deal’ and Threatens Nafta
Max Seddon / Financial Times:
Trump adviser's Russian contact closely linked to Putin family  —  Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater private security group and a close campaign adviser to Donald Trump, met a Russian financier with direct ties to Vladimir Putin's family in the weeks leading up to Mr Trump's inauguration …
Discussion: Washington Press
Erica Pandey / Axios:
From Shulkin to Christie: the best of this week's Sunday shows  —  After a week punctuated by Trump administration exits and tensions with Russia and North Korea, lawmakers and politicos took to the Sunday shows to make sense of it all.  —  One key quote: When asked by CNN's Jake Tapper on …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Breitbart
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Donovan Slack / USA Today:
David Shulkin, recently fired VA secretary: Donald Trump ‘not being well served’ by team
Discussion: AOL and Politico
Washington Post:
Sacramento sheriff's cruiser hits woman during Stephon Clark protest and speeds away, video shows … SACRAMENTO — A woman was struck by a police vehicle as it peeled away from protesters demonstrating against the police killing of Stephon Clark in what was described by the victim and protesters …
Discussion: KXTV
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Laura Ingraham goes on vacation as more advertisers drop her Fox News show over David Hogg comment  —  Fox News host Laura Ingraham is taking a weeklong vacation as advertisers continue to abandon her program over her remarks about Parkland high school shooting survivor David Hogg.
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Jaweed Kaleem / Los Angeles Times:
First it was Confederate monuments.  Now statues offensive to Native Americans are poised to topple across the U.S. … Over the decades, this quiet coastal hamlet has earned a reputation as one of the most liberal places in the nation.  Arcata was the first U.S. city to ban the sale …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Christie: If Trump uses ‘hyperbolic’ style with Mueller it could send him to jail … Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Sunday warned that President Trump  —  's “hyperbolic” style could have consequences if he testifies for special counsel Robert Mueller  —  's Russia investigation.
Discussion: RedState
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Trump blasts Amazon — but his campaign used it regularly for office supplies  —  President Trump has blasted Amazon the last few days, alleging the e-commerce giant is taking advantage of the U.S. Postal Service and failing to pay enough in state and local taxes.
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:   Bernie Sanders: Amazon Has Gotten Too Big, We Should Look At Its ‘Power and Influence’
Mark Osborne / ABC News:
Trump International Golf Club sign splattered with red paint by vandals  —  Someone in West Palm Beach, Florida, took the term “paint the town red” a bit too literal on Saturday night.  —  The entrance to Trump International Golf Club, the president's course du jour while at the so-called Winter White House …
Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
'I don't know how you survive this one': Chris Christie on Pruitt's condo deal  —  EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt likely faces trouble over reports of his living in a condo co-owned by the wife of a top lobbyist for energy firms, said Chris Christie, an ABC News contributor and former governor of New Jersey.
New York Times:
After Gun Control Marches, 'It'll Go Away' vs. ‘We Are Not Cynical Yet’  —  BERRYVILLE, Va. — For more than a month now, the questions have ricocheted down this Main Street culled from a Norman Rockwell dreamscape — past the dueling barbershops and the outdoor broom sale and the mural with the horse …
Anna Sanders / New York Post:
Congressman allegedly used position to get baby mama's son out of heroin bust  —  Congressman Dan Donovan has been accused of using his official position to get his baby mama's son out of a heroin arrest on Staten Island.  —  Donovan, a former district attorney who now represents Staten Island …
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
Onstage, South Korean K-Pop Stars.  In the Balcony, Kim Jong-un, Clapping.  —  SEOUL, South Korea — He clapped and he smiled, even posing for a group photo with a K-pop band.  —  The appearance by North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, on Sunday at a concert by South Korean musicians in Pyongyang …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Paid maternity leave?  Your baby will get the bill. … The recent bipartisan budget agreement, which signals that 12-digit deficits are acceptable to both parties even when the economy is robust, indicates government's future.  So does government's pregnancy, which was announced nine months ago …
Discussion: The Mahablog
 
 
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Democrats Are Christians, Too  —  Now that Stormy Daniels …
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Tillerson Scrubbed From State Dept Website
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At Pruitt's E.P.A.: No Studies, No Data, No Rules
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Scott Maxwell / Orlando Sentinel:
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
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