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CNN:
VA nominee drunkenly banged on female employee's door during overseas trip, sources say — (CNN)During an overseas trip in 2015, Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, the White House physician, was intoxicated and banged on the hotel room door of a female employee, according to four sources familiar with the allegation.
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Associated Press:
Watchdog report points to power struggle involving VA pick — WASHINGTON (AP) — A watchdog report ordered in 2012 by Dr. Ronny Jackson — President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs — found that he and a rival physician exhibited “unprofessional behaviors” …
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Kelsey Snell / NPR:
President Trump Opens Door For VA Nominee To Drop Out, Says It's ‘His Decision’
President Trump Opens Door For VA Nominee To Drop Out, Says It's ‘His Decision’
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Ronny Jackson, Trump's V.A. Nominee, Faces Claims of Overprescription and Hostile Work Environment
Ronny Jackson, Trump's V.A. Nominee, Faces Claims of Overprescription and Hostile Work Environment
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Mulvaney's Advice to Bankers: Up Campaign Donations to Diminish Consumer Watchdog — WASHINGTON — Mick Mulvaney, the interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, told banking industry executives and lobbyists on Tuesday that they should increase their campaign donations …
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
A National Security Aide's Departing Wish: Cooking for the State Dinner — WASHINGTON — In the ceaseless churn of the Trump administration, there are many ways to leave the White House. Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, the ousted national security adviser, exited to the applause of colleagues who lined the West Wing parking lot.
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CNN:
Melania Trump masters the moment
Melania Trump masters the moment
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Barbara Slavin / Axios:
Macron proposes new, bigger Iran deal to stave off U.S. exit
Macron proposes new, bigger Iran deal to stave off U.S. exit
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Body politic: Trump puts personal ‘touch’ on diplomacy with Macron
Body politic: Trump puts personal ‘touch’ on diplomacy with Macron
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
‘Playful dominance’: The touchy-feely relationship between Trump and Macron
‘Playful dominance’: The touchy-feely relationship between Trump and Macron
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Politico
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Federal judge: Trump administration must accept new DACA applications … A federal judge in Washington on Tuesday delivered the toughest blow yet to the Trump administration's efforts to end deportation protections for undocumented immigrants known as “dreamers,” ordering the administration …
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Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
U.S. Must Resume DACA and Accept New Applications, Federal Judge Rules — In the biggest setback yet for the Trump administration in its decision to end a program that protects undocumented young adults from deportation, a federal judge ruled Tuesday that the government must resume accepting new applications.
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Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
Sessions Declines to Recuse Himself From Probe Into Trump Lawyer — Attorney general's recusal from Mueller probe angered Trump — Sessions still may step back from some issues involving Cohen — Attorney General Jeff Sessions has decided against recusing himself from the investigation …
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Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Jeff Sessions Is Serving, and Doing His Best to Ignore, Trump
Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
Miss Universe 2013 Host Thomas Roberts Confirms: Trump Stayed Overnight in Moscow … In a fateful private White House dinner early last year, President Donald Trump raised with then-FBI Director James Comey the issue of “the golden showers thing”—a particularly salacious portion …
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Chris Butler / Internet Archive Blogs:
Addressing Recent Claims of “Manipulated” Blog Posts in the Wayback Machine — Some recent press stories (1, 2) have discussed archived blog posts of a prominent journalist, Joy Ann Reid, in the Wayback Machine and her claims that some of these posts were “manipulated” by an “unknown, external party”.
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Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
EXCLUSIVE: Comey Has Brought On Former U.S. Attorney Pat Fitzgerald As One Of His Lawyers — This story was updated at 8:40 p.m. with Fitzgerald's and Comey's confirmations of TPM's previously reported information. — Fired FBI Director James Comey has retained former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald …
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New York Times:
Pruitt's Security Chief Moonlighted for Tabloid Publisher That Helped Trump — WASHINGTON — The former Secret Service agent who leads the security detail for Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, worked on assignments for the tabloid news publisher American Media Inc. during …
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Charlie Smith / Georgia Straight Vancouver's …:
Toronto mass-murder suspect Alek Minassian linked to incel rebellion and praise for misogynistic killer Elliot Rodger — Was today's mass murder in Toronto motivated by hatred of women? — That's a question being asked after a social-media account with the suspect's name praised an obscure movement of men.
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NBC News:
After Toronto attack, online misogynists praise suspect as ‘new saint’ — Online communities of men are celebrating — and committing — acts of violence — Before allegedly killing 10 people with a van in Toronto, Alek Minassian appeared to have posted a message on Facebook that linked …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump White House Offered to Help Prep Scott Pruitt for Hearings. EPA Told the White House to ‘Get Lost’ … Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt faces a make-or-break moment on Thursday, when he's slated for a pair of congressional hearings, but he'll be heading to the Hill without …
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Ted Sherman / New Jersey Online:
Video shows Port Authority commissioner telling cops: ‘You may shut the f— up!’ — Full video: Port Authority commissioner confronts police during N.J. traffic stop — Flashing her commissioner's gold badge and boasting of her influence during a routine traffic stop involving her daughter …
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Politico and Talking Points Memo
Travis Fedschun / Fox News:
Broward sheriff's deputies cowered behind cars, tree with Parkland shooter believed in school, report says — Broward County Sheriff's Dept. wants to clarify ‘misinformation’ on Parkland massacre response. Fox News' Matt Finn reports on this and the latest new developments. #Tucker
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WFAA-TV:
2 Dallas PD officers critically wounded in shooting in north Dallas; suspect at large — A civilian was also shot in the incident, which happened at a Home Depot store off U.S. 75 and Forest Lane. — Two Dallas Police Department officers have been critically wounded in a shooting …
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The Babylon Bee:
Prime Minister Issues Friendly Reminder To UK Parents That The State Owns Their Children — LONDON—Upon the news of a high court ordering life support removed from 2-year-old Alfie Evans, English Prime Minister Theresa May issued a brief, friendly reminder to citizens of the U.K …
Tom Porter / Newsweek:
ERIC TRUMP VOWS TO FIGHT RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO STRIP ‘VISIONARY’ FATHER'S NAME FROM NEW YORK CONDO — Eric Trump has vowed to fight the residents of a New York condo who want the Trump name removed from the building's façade. — Residents of Upper West Side apartment block 200 Riverside Blvd. voted …
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Washington Post
Alana Goodman / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: My Trump campaign lover wanted to abort baby we conceived when his wife was pregnant and said Kellyanne Conway had ‘shriveled up fun bags’, claims his ex in bitter court case which he calls ‘harassment’ — Former Trump communications director Jason Miller and ex-campaign adviser …
Tyler Cowen / Bloomberg:
Holding Up a Mirror to the Intellectuals of the Left — Tending toward conformity and enforcing political correctness, the left wing is missing out on the contributions of many of its own thinkers. — Paul Krugman recently made a splash in a New York Times column by suggesting there are no …
New York Times:
Arizona Special Election Results: Eighth House District — CandidatePartyVotesPct. — Rep. — 82,294 — Hiral Tipirneni — Dem. — 73,188 — 155,482 votes, <1% reporting (0 of 143 precincts) — The former Arizona state senator Debbie Lesko fended off an energetic Democratic challenge …
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Grant Stern / Washington Press:
Hannity's shady real estate deals just came back to bite him in humiliating fashion — A quicksand of conflicts of interest has enveloped Fox News entertainer Sean Hannity in the wake of revelations that he hired President Trump's hush money fixer Michael Cohen as his attorney.
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Ryan Moore / Des Moines Register:
How a lifelong anti-gun liberal became an NRA life member — One guy held a gun in my face and the other held a gun to the back of my head. But after 33 years of being an anti-gun advocate, my views didn't change overnight. — I was 14 years old when John Lennon was killed …
Alex Daugherty / mcclatchydc:
The NRA just broke a 15-year fundraising record — WASHINGTON — As the student-led March for Our Lives movement captured the nation's attention in the weeks after the Parkland shooting, the other side of the gun control debate enjoyed a banner month of its own.
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Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
The New York Times with one hell of a correction about Israel — The New York Times may have the correction of the year, and it's only April. — The paper published a report this weekend detailing the steady rise of Facebook's head of news partnerships, Campbell Brown.
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