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U.S., Britain and France Strike Syria Over Suspected Chemical Weapons Attack — WASHINGTON — The United States and European allies launched airstrikes on Friday night against Syrian research, storage and military targets as President Trump sought to punish President Bashar al-Assad …
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Washington Post:
Damascus defiant as U.S. strikes prove more limited than feared … BEIRUT — Syria, Russia and Iran shrugged off strikes on Saturday by the United States and its allies against three Syrian chemical weapons facilities, which drew angry condemnations but no indication that there would be a wider escalation.
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Trump supporters slam decision to launch strikes against Syria — Prominent supporters of President Trump — are expressing skepticism over his decision to launch airstrikes against Syria, slamming the move as overly aggressive and unnecessary. — Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson …
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Laila Bassam / Reuters:
Pro-Assad official says targeted bases were evacuated on Russian warning — BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian government and its allies have absorbed a U.S.-led attack on Saturday and the targeted sites were evacuated days ago thanks to a warning from Russia, a senior official in a regional alliance that backs Damascus said.
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Washington Post:
After Syria attack, U.S. and Russia tensions rise but fears ease of wider military confrontation … Western leaders warned Syria on Saturday that they could launch further missile strikes if chemical weapons are used again, while the pre-dawn attacks were denounced by Damascus and its backers …
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New York Times:
President Trump Talked Tough. But His Strike on Syria Was Restrained. — WASHINGTON — In sending missiles and bombs at Syria, President Trump hit more targets and used more firepower than he did in a similar military strike last year. But in the end, he opted for what was still …
U.S. Department of Defense:
Assad Chemical Weapons — President Donald J. Trump announced combined U.S., French and British forces launched precision strikes April 13, 2018, against chemical weapons capabilities in Syria to deter Syrian leader Bashar Assad from using banned chemical weapons. … RELATED LINKS
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Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap:
Rachel Maddow Raises ‘Wag the Dog’ Possibility as Trump Orders Syria Strikes
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CBS News:
U.S. launches military strike on Syria in response to chemical attack — live updates
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NBC News:
Trump announces strikes on Syria following suspected chemical weapons attack by Assad forces
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump strikes Syria
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New York Times:
President Trump on Syria Strikes: Full Transcript and Video
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Seeks Large Strike in Syria; Mattis Urges Caution
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Vera Bergengruen / BuzzFeed:
The US And Allies Have Launched Military Strikes On Syria After A Chemical Weapons Attack
Paul Sonne / Washington Post:
Trump's strikes on Syria risk retaliation, escalation in a war he wants to avoid
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Kalina Oroschakoff / Politico:
Broad support from EU leaders for Syria strikes
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Sources: Mueller has evidence Cohen was in Prague in 2016, confirming part of dossier — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department special counsel has evidence that Donald Trump's personal lawyer and confidant, Michael Cohen, secretly made a late-summer trip to Prague during the 2016 presidential campaign …
CNN:
Exclusive: FBI seized recordings between Trump's lawyer and Stormy Daniels' former lawyer — (CNN)The FBI seized recordings President Donald Trump's attorney made of his conversations with a lawyer representing two women who had alleged affairs with Trump, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN.
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The Real Investigation — The one in the Southern District of New York, involving Michael Cohen and apparent hush-money payoffs, is a serious peril for Trump. — President Trump now has real legal peril. The potential jeopardy stems from the investigation that came to light this week …
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Marcy Wheeler / New York Times:
Trump Pardoned Libby to Protect Himself From Mueller — “There is a cloud over the White House as to what happened. Don't you think the F.B.I., the grand jury, the American people are entitled to a straight answer?” — With those words, uttered over a decade ago, Patrick Fitzgerald …
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The Daily Beast:
Prosecutors Probing Michael Cohen Have Nailed Financial Frauds, Corrupt Pols, and Organized Crooks
Fox News Insider:
‘A Scapegoat’ for the Iraq War: Judith Miller Says Pardon of Scooter Libby ‘Long Overdue’
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Pardons Scooter Libby in a Case That Mirrors His Own
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DOJ Alumni Statement:
DOJ Alumni Statement Regarding Rod Rosenstein, Robert Mueller, and the Rule of Law — We, the undersigned, are proud alumni of the United States Department of Justice. We served this institution out of a commitment to the founding American principles that our democratic republic depends upon …
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Liam Daniel Pierce / VICE Sports:
Mexican Boxer Destroys American Fighter Wearing Trump Wall Shorts — American super-featherweight Rod Salka came in rocking a wall-themed set of trunks with “America 1st” written on them. He left with the same shorts and a big old L, by way of Mexico's Francisco Vargas.
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Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
‘New Yorker’ Columnist: Chick-Fil-A Is Evil And Must Be Banned From Our Holy City — On Friday, The New Yorker honed in on a serious threat to the lives of all New Yorkers: the arrival of Chick-Fil-A in their homey little corner of the universe. In a 1400-word diatribe titled …
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Dan Piepenbring / New Yorker:
Chick-fil-A's Creepy Infiltration of New York City
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BuzzFeed:
A Former Russian Spy Worked On A Trump Moscow Deal While Trump Was Running For President — While Trump was running for president, his business team was trying to develop a Trump tower in Moscow — with the help of a former Russian military intelligence officer.
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Avi Selk / Washington Post:
Kakistocracy, a 374-year-old word that means ‘government by the worst,’ just broke the dictionary … Today was a productive vocabulary day in the United States of America. — The learning began in the morning, when former CIA director John O. Brennan tweeted at President Trump …
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Risks loom for Comey's book blitz — James Comey's new memoir is already a pre-publication media hit, but the former FBI director's tell-all assault on President Donald Trump also poses major risks—not only for Comey's personal reputation but for the wider Russia investigation he helped launch.
Katie Leslie / Dallas Morning News:
It's official: Rep. Beto O'Rourke has raised at least twice as much as Sen. Ted Cruz so far this year — WASHINGTON — El Paso Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke has raised more than twice as much as Sen. Ted Cruz so far this year in their closely watched Senate contest.
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