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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.
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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.
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RedState and New York Magazine
Megan Cassella / Politico:
China to slap tariffs on 128 U.S. goods
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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Hullabaloo, Jezebel, Washington Press, Deadline and Washington Times
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Author busts Kellyanne Conway as ‘number one leaker’ in White House: She tells ‘mean ugly lies’ — In an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, the author of a new book on the Trump White House revealed that Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway is the top leaker in the administration and would spread …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's island of misfit toys
Trump's island of misfit toys
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Daily Kos, Political Wire and Washington Post
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
This Trump legal defeat may force Trump to decide: His presidency or his businesses? … In a decision with far-reaching implications for President Trump, a federal court ruled this week that a lawsuit could go forward claiming he unconstitutionally received foreign emoluments — that is …
Mike Barnes / Hollywood Reporter:
Steven Bochco, Creative Force Behind ‘Hill Street Blues,’ ‘L.A. Law’ and ‘NYPD Blue,’ Dies at 74 — The unwavering TV writer-producer, winner of 10 Emmys, butted heads with networks and almost always won. — Steven Bochco, the strong-willed writer and producer who brought gritty realism …
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The Week and news.avclub.com
Ray Sanchez / CNN:
Former NBA player leads Stephon Clark protest rally — Protesters rally for justice for Stephon Clark — (CNN)Former Sacramento Kings forward Matt Barnes on Saturday led demonstrators in California's capital in a protest rally over the police killing of an unarmed black man who …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Corruption, Not Russia, Is Trump's Greatest Political Liability — “My whole life I've been greedy, greedy, greedy,” declared Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign. “I've grabbed all the money I could get. I'm so greedy. But now I want to be greedy for the United States.”
Elaina Plott / Washingtonian:
Is DC Being Too Mean to Louise Linton? — Trumpworld sees the actress-turned-cabinet-spouse as a victim of the Beltway's mean-girl social set. Le tout Washington disagrees. — They were just gloves, Louise Linton says. “I didn't take the bloody gloves off because it was cold!
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 …
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Washington Press
New York Times:
Poisoned Door Handle Hints at High-Level Plot to Kill Spy, U.K. Officials Say — LONDON — British officials investigating the poisoning of Sergei V. Skripal, a former Russian double agent, believe it is likely that an assassin smeared a nerve agent on the door handle at his home.
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Raw Story
Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Trump: ‘NO MORE DACA DEAL’ — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump again called for an end to the filibuster and said there will be no deal with Democrats on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, also known as DACA. — “Border Patrol Agents are not allowed to properly do their job …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
‘No more DACA deal,’ Trump says as he threatens to ‘stop’ NAFTA if Mexico doesn't better secure border
‘No more DACA deal,’ Trump says as he threatens to ‘stop’ NAFTA if Mexico doesn't better secure border
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sinclair tells stations to air media-bashing promos - and the criticism goes viral — Sinclair forces stations to air media-bashing promos, criticism goes viral — Sinclair Broadcast Group's corporate mandates are exacerbating tensions between the company's local stations and its management.
The Times of Israel:
IDF: At least 10 of the 15 killed at Gaza border were members of terror groups — Army publishes list of names, positions of men shot dead during violence at the security fence; Hamas acknowledges that five of them were gunmen from its military wing — The Israeli military …
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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 …
David Alire Garcia / Reuters:
Costa Rica center-left easily wins presidency in vote fought on gay rights — David Alire Garcia, Enrique Andres Pretel — SAN JOSE (Reuters) - The center-left's Carlos Alvarado Quesada decisively defeated a conservative Protestant singer in Costa Rica's presidential runoff election …
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The Week
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Brian Stelter on Laura Ingraham: ‘Dangerous’ to See Ad Boycotts Happening More Often — CNN's Brian Stelter discussed the current ad boycott being waged against Laura Ingraham's Fox News show by Parkland student David Hogg — and proposed that such boycotts are dangerous.
New York Times:
‘2 Bitter Options’ for Syrians Trapped Between Assad and Extremists — BEIRUT, Lebanon — When pro-government forces retook her hometown from Syrian rebels, Nisrine accepted the same surrender deal the government has offered tens of thousands of Syrians: a one-way bus trip to a place she had never been …
Dean Balsamini / New York Post:
Museum slammed after hiring white curator for African art exhibit — The Brooklyn Museum has sparked outrage in the black community after tapping a white woman to curate its vast African art collection. — On Monday the museum appointed Kristen Windmuller-Luna, 31, who has a Ph.D …
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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 …
Daily Mail:
By , TIM STICKINGS FOR MAILONLINE and RORY TINGLE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM — Chinese space authorities say its defunct Tiangong 1 space station re-entered the earth's atmosphere over the South Pacific and crashed near Tahiti early on Monday. — The craft re-entered the atmosphere around 8.15am Beijing time …
Frank Miles / Fox News:
Google snubbed Easter with no doodle for 18th year in a row, Christians say — For the 18th year in a row, Google has no doodle to celebrate Easter, and Christians are angry on this holy day. — Paul Joseph Watson, Infowars editor-at-large, tweeted Sunday about Christianity's most joyful day …
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