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5:05 AM ET, April 9, 2018

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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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Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Airstrikes hit Syria after deadly chemical attack, state TV reports  —  Syrian state TV and witnesses said late Sunday that airstrikes had hit a military airport near the city of Homs shortly after a suspected chemical attack that killed at least 40 people in a suburb of the capital city, Damascus, over the weekend.
Associated Press:
The Latest: Syrian news agency reports missile attack  —  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local):  —  Syria's state-run news agency says the military's air defenses have confronted a missile attack on air base in central Syria and shot down eight missiles.
Discussion: Mediaite
i24NEWS:
Strike on Syria air base kills 14, including Iranian forces: monitor
Joyce Karam / The National:
White House holds Syria meeting to discuss options
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Vox
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Vows ‘Big Price’ for Syria Attack, Raising Prospect of Missile Strike
Kathy Gilsinan / The Atlantic:
The Terrible Cost of Obama's Failure in Syria
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
The Hill:
Trump national security spokesman to depart White House  —  National Security Council spokesman Michael Anton is leaving the White House, a senior White House official confirmed to The Hill on Sunday evening.  —  It is the latest move in a wide-ranging shakeup of President Trump
Lauren Meier / Axios:   Top national security spokesman to leave the White House
Mike Allen / Axios:
Netanyahu couldn't convince Trump to rethink Syria policy
Discussion: Politico
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 …
Discussion: NY State of Politics and Raw Story
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Peter Mellado / Washington Press:
Reporters just uncovered a scandal that places Trump Tower fire death at Trump's feet  —  A tragic fire on the 50th floor of Trump Tower in Manhattan broke out shortly before 6 PM Saturday.  Before it was over, one resident perished and 6 firefighters suffered injuries in the 4 alarm fire.
New York Times:
Art Collector and Bon Vivant Dies in Trump Tower Home He Couldn't Sell
Discussion: The Week
USA Today:
Fatal Trump Tower fire: No sprinkler system in apartments
Discussion: Mediaite
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump bragged that his tower withstood a fire — but has been silent about the man who died in it
Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
Facebook suspends another data analytics firm after CNBC discovers it was using tactics like Cambridge Analytica  — Data analytics firm CubeYou used personality quizzes clearly labeled for “non-profit academic research” to help marketers find customers.  — One of its quizzes …
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William Alden / BuzzFeed:   Palantir Had No Policy On Social Media Data Collection Prior To 2015
New York Times:   ‘You Are the Product’: Targeted by Cambridge Analytica on Facebook
Ginger Hervey / Politico:
Viktor Orbán celebrates (another) electoral victory  —  Also on Europe's front pages: Mourning in Germany and France's ‘rail is in the rough.’  —  Hungary  —  Hungary's general election on Sunday saw Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's right-wing Fidesz party emerge with a landslide victory …
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James McAuley / Washington Post:
Hungarian prime minister wins reelection
Discussion: Axios
Marc Santora / New York Times:
Orban Wins Sweeping Majority, and Control of Hungary's Constitution
Discussion: The Guardian and Politico
Pablo Gorondi / Associated Press:   Hungary's Viktor Orban wins re-election, gets super majority
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.
Discussion: CNN and The Daily Caller
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Adam Bagni / providencejournal.com:
My Turn: Adam Bagni: Sinclair messes with R.I. landmark  —  If there's one thing I've learned after more than a decade in journalism, it's that the facts are rarely black and white.  Newsworthy stories are often complicated.  And the truth is seldom easily explained.
Discussion: Splinter
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sinclair allows critical ad to air, sandwiched between its defense
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Conservative pollster: ‘I think the Republicans are in deep trouble’  —  Conservative pollster Frank Luntz said on Sunday that he believes Republicans are in danger of losing both chambers of Congress in this year's midterm elections.  —  “I think the Republicans are in deep trouble in the House and the Senate as well.
Discussion: Mediaite
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 …
David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
The Man Who Is Glitterbombing New York City Politics  —  We've met only a few hours before and already New York City's second-most powerful politician has told me about the moment he found out he was HIV positive, his former cocaine habit, the night he decided to get sober …
Bill Whitaker / CBS News:
When Russian hackers targeted the U.S. election infrastructure  —  Russian operatives launched a widespread cyberattack against state voting systems during the 2016 presidential election.  Former officials say no votes were changed but an Election Day attack could have created chaos at the polls
Discussion: Raw Story
i24NEWS:
Slamming Gaza violence, Corbyn demands review of UK arms sales to Israel  —  Veteran socialist Jeremy Corbyn drew fire for once having referred to Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups as “friends”  —  HO (PRU/AFP)  —  The Labour leader did not mention Hamas in his statement posted on Facebook
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
How Trump thrives in ‘news deserts’  —  President Donald Trump's attacks on the mainstream media may be rooted in statistical reality: An extensive review of subscription data and election results shows that Trump outperformed the previous Republican nominee, Mitt Romney …
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.
 
 
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