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White House Withdraws Jackson Nomination for V.A. Chief Amid Criticism — WASHINGTON — The White House withdrew the nomination of Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, the White House physician, to lead the Veterans Affairs Department on Thursday after lawmakers went public with a torrent of accusations leveled …
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Ronny Jackson withdraws as nominee to lead Veterans Affairs after wave of misconduct allegations — White House physician Ronny L. Jackson has withdrawn himself from consideration to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs following numerous allegations of professional misconduct …
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
New Allegations Emerge Against Ronny Jackson as White House Digs In — WASHINGTON — Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, the White House physician nominated to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, provided “a large supply” of Percocet, a prescription opioid, to a White House military office staff member …
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Axios:
Ronny Jackson withdraws as VA Secretary nominee — Ronny Jackson has withdrawn his nomination as President Trump's nominee for VA Secretary, calling the allegations against him of alcohol abuse and overprescription of medication “false and fabricated.” — Why it matters: While Jackson's …
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Washington Post:
VA nominee considers withdrawing as new allegations emerge of drinking, wrecking government vehicle … White House physician Ronny L. Jackson has grown frustrated with the nomination process to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs and has told colleagues he may remove his name from consideration …
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Washington Post:
Scott Pruitt heads to Capitol Hill as White House probes signal his shaky status … On the eve of critical hearings on Capitol Hill, top White House officials are intensifying efforts to document wasteful spending by Scott Pruitt as President Trump weighs whether to keep supporting …
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CNN:
White House prepares for possible Jackson withdrawal
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The Daily Beast:
White House Aides Wouldn't All Mind if Pruitt Bombs Before Congress
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Ronny Jackson looks ready to withdraw
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Playbook: How long will Ronny Jackson last?
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Mulvaney could at least feel some shame
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Mueller likely to find Trump offenses, Trump likely to fire him — Most voters think it is important to continue investigating whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia — but more believe President Trump will fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller before he's done.
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Giuliani reopens negotiations about presidential interview with Mueller, but cautions special counsel …
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Lawyers Seek to Determine Whether Mueller Has ‘Open Mind’
Kevin D. Williamson / Washington Post:
Kevin Williamson: The punishment I favor for abortion — Kevin D. Williamson is a Texas-based writer. — As a libertarian, I fully accept the motto that what a woman chooses to do with her own body is her business. As someone who can count, I believe that abortion involves two bodies.
Sarah Mimms / BuzzFeed:
The Center For American Progress Staff Was Shocked After Neera Tanden Named The Anonymous Harassment Victim In An All-Staff Meeting — The meeting comes after BuzzFeed News reported on allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation against those who reported at the progressive organization.
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The Daily Beast:
Joy Reid's Lawyer: FBI Now Investigating Alleged ‘Hack’ — MSNBC weekend host Joy Reid's lawyer claimed Wednesday evening that the FBI has opened a probe into her claim that her old blog was hacked to make her appear homophobic. “We have received confirmation the FBI has opened an investigation …
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Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic:
The Evidence Is Not With Joy Reid
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Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Media Matters Says No Boycott for Joy Reid, Blasts ‘Right-Wing Chicanery’
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Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
Joy Reid's ‘Cyber Security Expert’ Bragged About Affiliations With Neo-Nazis
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Macron Says Trump Will Likely Kill The Iran Deal — US flip-flops on treaties are “insane,” says the French president. — BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief — French President Emmanuel Macron believes President Donald Trump will pull out of the Iran nuclear deal as part of “a strategy of increasing tension …
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Wes Kosova / Bloomberg:
Macron Says He Thinks Trump Will Pull Out of Iran Nuclear Deal
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New York Times:
Michael Cohen to Take Fifth Amendment in Stormy Daniels Lawsuit — Michael D. Cohen, President Trump's longtime personal lawyer, will invoke his Fifth Amendment right in a lawsuit filed against the president by Stephanie Clifford, the pornographic film star better known as Stormy Daniels.
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Cohen to plead the Fifth in Stormy Daniels lawsuit
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Josh Margolin / ABC News:
President Trump will personally review documents in Cohen case — In a filing Wednesday afternoon, attorneys for President Donald Trump told the federal judge overseeing the investigation of his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, that Trump would, as necessary, personally review documents …
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Ian Mohr / Page Six:
Tina Brown wants no part of Charlie Rose's #MeToo redemption series — Disgraced CBS anchor Charlie Rose is being slated to star in a show where he'll interview other high-profile men who have also been toppled by #MeToo scandals. — The move was revealed by editor, writer and women's advocate Tina Brown …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump says Comey ‘guilty of crimes,’ warns DOJ he won't ‘stay away’ forever — President Trump, in a fiery exclusive interview with “Fox & Friends,” blasted former FBI Director James Comey on Thursday morning as a “liar and a leaker” who is “guilty of crimes” — while issuing a stern warning …
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Exclusive poll: GOP Senate seats threatened in Arizona, Nevada — Data: SurveyMonkey poll conducted April 2-23, 2018. Poll Methodology; Note: “No answer” responses not shown; Chart: Axios Visuals — Democrats have a real shot at winning two of the three Senate seats where Republicans …
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NBC News:
Trump's biggest problem might be the competency question — First Read is your briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter — WASHINGTON — This morning, President Trump's pick to head the Department …
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Meet the New Boss. Actually Quite Different From the Old Boss. — In the end, the wheelers and dealers faded away, trying to get what they could under cover of darkness. Their loss of stature was abrupt. Only those willing to soldier on as subordinates remained, ceding authority to their leader, President Trump.
The Daily Beast:
Top Trump Fundraiser Caught Working for Assad Ally … Brian Ballard, viewed by some as the lobbyist closest to President Donald Trump, is working for an ally of Syria's brutal dictator, Bashar al-Assad. — Ballard's firm, Ballard Partners, disclosed on March 15 that it has taken …
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National Review:
Let Alfie Evans Go to Rome — Alfie Evans, 23 months old, is hospitalized with a rare neurodegenerative disorder. Against his parents' wishes, his doctors at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool removed him from life support on Monday evening, maintaining that further treatment would be futile.
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Reuters:
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall to lowest level since 1969 — WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - New applications for U.S. unemployment benefits dropped to their lowest level in more than 48 years last week, suggesting that March's slowdown in job growth was probably temporary.
Scott Calvert / Wall Street Journal:
Hit-and-Run Fatalities Soar as More People Bike to Work — Report finds close to 70% of fatalities are cyclists or pedestrians — Hit-and-run crash deaths are rising nationwide, and pedestrians and bicyclists account for close to 70% of the victims, according to a new report …
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Emily Saul / Page Six:
Bill Cosby's lawyer falls asleep during testimony — NORRISTOWN, Pa.-As rapt jurors listened to the judge overseeing Bill Cosby's sex assault retrial read back prior testimony, the entertainer's lead lawyer snoozed in his chair. — Tom Mesereau, mouth agape, drifted in and out of consciousness Wednesday …
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