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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Scott running for Senate in epic showdown with Nelson, test of Trump's popularity — TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Rick Scott makes his long-awaited Senate candidacy official Monday, setting up an epic battle against incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson and testing the limits of whether a close alliance …
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
GOP increasingly fears loss of House, focuses on saving Senate majority — Republicans are increasingly worried they will lose control of the House in the midterm elections, furiously directing money and resources to hold and potentially boost their narrow majority in the Senate.
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Daily Kos
John Fund / National Review:
The Great Scott of Florida
mccain.senate.gov:
STATEMENT BY SASC CHAIRMAN JOHN McCAIN ON CHEMICAL ATTACK IN SYRIA — Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today on the chemical attack in Syria: — “President Trump last week signaled …
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Associated Press:
Israel blamed for missile strike in Syria; 14 reported dead
Israel blamed for missile strike in Syria; 14 reported dead
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Kathy Gilsinan / The Atlantic:
The Terrible Cost of Obama's Failure in Syria
The Terrible Cost of Obama's Failure in Syria
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Reuters:
Syria, Russia say Israeli war planes carried out strike on Syrian air base
Syria, Russia say Israeli war planes carried out strike on Syrian air base
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Politico
Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Airstrikes hit Syria after deadly chemical attack, state TV reports
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump's top national security spokesman to leave White House — National Security Council spokesman Michael Anton said Sunday that he plans to leave the White House — a move that will leave President Donald Trump without one of the earliest and sharpest defenders of his “America First” foreign policy.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
How Trumpworld is winging a trade war — When the president threatened China with $100 billion in new tariffs, there had hardly been any White House discussion. — What I'm hearing: There wasn't one single deliberative meeting in which senior officials sat down to debate the pros and cons of this historic threat.
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
White House has no plan for countering Comey
White House has no plan for countering Comey
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Political Wire
USA Today:
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says he's left Facebook over data collection — SAN FRANCISCO — Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak told USA TODAY he's leaving Facebook out of growing concern for the carelessness with which Facebook and other Internet companies treat the private information of users.
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Clint Watts / The Daily Beast:
How Every Campaign Will Have a Troll Farm of Its Own
How Every Campaign Will Have a Troll Farm of Its Own
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
Zuckerberg to meet with U.S. lawmakers Monday: sources
Zuckerberg to meet with U.S. lawmakers Monday: sources
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
The Sam Harris debate — Ezra and Sam Harris debate race, IQ, identity politics, and much more. — There's a lot of backstory to this podcast, which is covered in more detail in this piece. — The short version is that Sam Harris, host of the Waking Up podcast, and I have been going back and forth …
New York Times:
Art Collector and Bon Vivant Dies in Trump Tower Home He Couldn't Sell — Todd Brassner, who died in a fire at Trump Tower on Saturday, loved fast cars, electric guitars, expensive watches and making long, erudite pronouncements about art and art history. He was an art dealer with health problems …
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Esha Ray / New York Daily News:
Close friend of man killed in Trump Tower fire says President once called victim ‘crazy Jew’ — He died in the home he hated, which was owned by a man who apparently hated him. — Todd Brassner, a 67-year-old art dealer who lost his life Saturday in the Trump Tower fire …
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Robert Burgess / Bloomberg:
Trump Has Lost the Confidence of Investors — Equities, bonds and the dollar are showing anything but trust in the president's stewardship. — President Donald Trump likes to equate the rally in stocks since the November 2016 elections with confidence in him and his policies.
Associated Press:
To hell with it: Trump increasingly weary of staff advice — WASHINGTON (AP) — The speech was written. A cast of relatable Americans with emotional stories was standing by to reinforce the message. But President Donald Trump was in no mood to play along.
Ksenia Galouchko / Bloomberg:
Russian Stocks Take Worst Hit Since Crimea on Sanctions, Syria — Ruble falls most globally; stocks drop most since 2014 — Analysts warn other companies could be next for penalties — Russian stocks headed for their biggest drop in four years and the ruble slumped the most in the world …
Reuters:
Exclusive: As elections near, many older, educated, white voters shift away from Trump's party — (Reuters) - Older, white, educated voters helped Donald Trump win the White House in 2016. Now, they are trending toward Democrats in such numbers that their ballots could tip the scales …
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
We're in a battle to defend democracy — and Trump is on the wrong side … What if the West found itself “engaged in a fundamental contest between our free and open societies and closed and repressive systems” — and the U.S. president was on the wrong side? — This is not a hypothetical question.
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Horror of Being Governed by ‘Fox & Friends’ — During the early days of the Obama administration, I did a few appearances on “Fox & Friends.” — The conversations were predictably shallow, tilted and exploitive. The hosts had a particular knack for asking the idiotic with chipper earnestness …
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Raw Story
Moriah Balingit / Washington Post:
Betsy DeVos to Oklahoma teachers: ‘Serve the students’ … Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Oklahoma teachers who walked out of their classrooms to protest school funding cuts should “keep adult disagreements and disputes in a separate place.” — “I think about the kids,” DeVos said Thursday, according to The Dallas Morning News.
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Jazmine Hughes / New York Times:
Cynthia Nixon Wants to Legalize It — What would you say is harder: appearing in two concurrent Broadway shows when you were a full-time college student, or running for governor of New York State when most people know you only from “Sex and the City”? I think that running for office …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
In John Bolton, Trump Finds a Fellow Political Blowtorch. Will Foreign Policy Burn? — WASHINGTON — Shortly after Ambassador John R. Bolton was sent to represent the United States at the United Nations, an institution he had long scorned as an anti-American citadel of corruption, he hosted President George W. Bush for a visit.
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Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Trump vs Putin? Time to Be ‘Scared’ — In an early morning tweet exactly one year and 77 days into his presidency, Donald Trump on Sunday finally criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin by name. — It took a chemical weapons attack in Syria by Putin's ally ("Animal Assad," …
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Raw Story
Allison Klein / Washington Post:
On the cusp of 112, a whirlwind tour for World War II's oldest veteran … Richard Overton, the grandson of a slave, worked in a furniture store and as a courier for decades until he finally retired when he was 85. That was more than 25 years ago. — Now, Overton — the country's oldest …
Peggy Grande / Fox News:
Has the California backlash against liberal craziness finally begun? — In a state consumed by conservation and environmental issues, one highly endangered species has long gone unnoticed and unprotected - the California Conservative. Is it still possible to rescue them from the brink of extinction?
Facebook:
Facebook Launches New Initiative to Help Scholars Assess Social Media's Impact on Elections — By Elliot Schrage, Vice President of Communications and Public Policy, and David Ginsberg, Director of Research — Today, Facebook is announcing a new initiative to help provide independent …
Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
'I know I don't need it' — Fabian Rodriguez was cradling his new rifle when he stopped at one of the gun-show booths to purchase a $5 chicken fajita MRE. — The “Meal Ready to Eat” is a mainstay for troops on combat missions. But Rodriguez, a 28-year-old San Antonio native who sells auto paint …
GQ:
Cardi B's Money Moves — The rapper responsible for last year's most unexpected hit emerged from a singular New York City story of strip clubs, gangs, and below-board basement butt injections. Navigating new fame and a new record, Invasion of Privacy, Cardi B is fighting to stay true …
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Sessions Has Asked A Federal Prosecutor To Oversee Document Production From The Clinton Email Investigation After Trump Criticism — US Attorney John Lausch will be overseeing the production of documents to a House committee relating to the Justice Department's investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private server.
Financial Times:
The dawn of the superstar lawyer — Scott Barshay had just closed out the finest year of his career. The acclaimed corporate lawyer had advised on roughly $300bn worth of transactions in 2015, most notably AB InBev's $103bn takeover of rival brewer SABMiller.
Stan Collender / Forbes:
Trump Trillion Dollar Budget Deficits Officially Begin This Week — The new U.S. normal of $1 trillion or more annual federal budget deficits will officially begin this week when the Congressional Budget Office releases its economic and budget outlook report showing that the deficit …
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Instapundit and Axios
Alan Shipnuck / Golf.com:
‘My son is a Masters champion’: Patrick Reed's estranged mother endures a complex mix of emotions — Reed's game plan preparation key to Masters win — Patrick Reed and his coach got granular in their approach to Augusta, and it paid off. — AUGUSTA, Ga. — It didn't fall on Easter …
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Wall Street Journal:
China Installed Military Jamming Equipment on Spratly Islands, U.S. Says — Disclosure comes as Chinese military conducts what U.S. officials describe as its largest military exercise to date in South China Sea — China has installed equipment on two of its fortified outposts …