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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Ronny Jackson won't return to old job as Trump's physician — White House physician Ronny Jackson will not return to his role as the president's personal physician, according to two senior administration officials, after a string of allegations caused the Navy rear admiral to withdraw …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Playbook: Pelosi's giant first quarter — NEW: HOUSE MINORITY LEADER NANCY PELOSI raised $16.1 million for House Democrats in the first quarter of 2018, a massive pile of cash that brings her total this cycle to $66.7 million. She is outpacing her fundraising of the 2016 cycle by nearly $10 million …
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STAT, Political Wire and Washington Times
Washington Post:
‘Ready, shoot, aim’: President Trump's loyalty tests cause hiring headaches
‘Ready, shoot, aim’: President Trump's loyalty tests cause hiring headaches
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Talking Points Memo, Above the Law and Splinter
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump tweets White House Correspondents' Dinner ‘is DEAD as we know it’
Trump tweets White House Correspondents' Dinner ‘is DEAD as we know it’
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Associated Press
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Ronny Jackson won't return to job as Trump's physician
Ronny Jackson won't return to job as Trump's physician
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Talking Points Memo, The Week, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, New York Times, Daily Wire, The Gateway Pundit and NBC News
BBC:
Kabul bombings: Photographer Shah Marai among 25 dead — At least 25 people have been killed in two bombings in the Afghan capital Kabul, including several journalists documenting the scene. — AFP chief photographer in Kabul, Shah Marai, is among the victims.
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Al Jazeera English and New York Magazine
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CNN:
Famed photographer among 29 killed in twin Afghanistan blasts — Journalists among dozens killed in Kabul bomb attacks — Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)Eight journalists were among 29 people killed in a suicide attack in Kabul Monday, including a famed photographer who had written of the dangers of reporting in the Afghan capital.
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Craig Nelson / Wall Street Journal:
Nine Journalists Among Dozens Killed by Kabul Bombs
Nine Journalists Among Dozens Killed by Kabul Bombs
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The Daily Caller, Al Jazeera English, France 24 and Sputnik International
Molly Roberts / Washington Post:
Michelle Wolf got it just right … “Thank you!” — That's how comedian Michelle Wolf answered Sean Spicer's declaration that her headlining stand-up set at the the White House Correspondents' Association dinner was “a disgrace.” Her response is instructive: To Wolf …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Michelle Wolf's Routine Sets Off a Furor at an Annual Washington Dinner
Michelle Wolf's Routine Sets Off a Furor at an Annual Washington Dinner
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Hyonhee Shin / Reuters:
Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize, says South Korea's Moon — SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in said U.S. President Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the standoff with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program, a South Korean official said on Monday.
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Rory Cooper / The Daily Beast:
Trump Is Unethical, Dishonest, and Norm-Busting. So What Do We Say if He Helps Solve North Korea?
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump has already been ‘played’
Trump has already been ‘played’
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The Guardian and Outside the Beltway
Arthur Allen / Politico:
‘Who the hell is this person?’ Trump's Mar-a-Lago pal stymies VA project — A West Palm Beach doctor's ties to Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago social circle have enabled him to hold up the biggest health information technology project in history — the transformation of the VA's digital records system.
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Exclusive: Democrats lose ground with millennials - Reuters/Ipsos poll — MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) - Enthusiasm for the Democratic Party is waning among young voters - so-called millennials - as its candidates head into the crucial midterm congressional elections, according to the Reuters/Ipsos national opinion poll.
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Political Wire and Axios
Associated Press:
Trump to attend the NRA convention in Dallas — President Donald Trump will be at the National Rifle Association convention in Dallas on Friday. — A White House official said Monday that Trump will attend the group's annual meeting. Trump has been a strong supporter of the NRA and enjoyed their backing in his 2016 campaign.
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Frank Rich / New York Magazine:
The Original Donald Trump — Amid the aftershocks of Donald Trump's firing of James Comey last May, I went to see Angels in America at the same theater in London, the National, where I'd first seen it as a New York Times drama critic some 25 years earlier. The play didn't transport me quite …
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New York Times
Paul Walsh / Star Tribune:
Former George W. Bush ethics lawyer ditches GOP, to seek U.S. Senate in Minn. as Democrat — Richard Painter will take on Tina Smith, who holds the seat now as Al Franken's successor. — Richard Painter, a longtime Republican who was chief ethics lawyer for George W. Bush's White House …
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Political Wire, Splinter, Washington Free Beacon, Roll Call, The Week and Power Line
Christopher Miller / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
U.S. Confirms Delivery Of Javelin Antitank Missiles To Ukraine — KYIV — The United States has confirmed to RFE/RL its delivery of American-made, Javelin antitank missile systems to Ukraine in a move that is welcome in Kyiv but will almost certainly enrage Moscow amid a four-year conflict …
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Josh Hawley is trying to reassure Republicans he can still beat Claire McCaskill — Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley moved Monday to quell spiraling anxiety among senior Republicans and top party donors that his bid to oust vulnerable Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is slowly slipping away.
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Political Wire
Ben Taub / New Yorker:
The Spy Who Came Home — Why an expert in counterterrorism became a beat cop. — Shortly after an evening nap, Patrick Skinner drove to the police station in the Third Precinct in Savannah, Georgia, wearing ill-fitting body armor. It was late December, and bitterly cold …
NBC News:
GOP candidates' circular firing squad ahead of Indiana Senate primary — GNAW BONE, Ind. — Drunken driving, self-dealing and false advertising. — Those are just some of the charges voters here are sifting through in a brutal three-way Republican primary that will determine who gets …
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National Journal
Elena Schneider / Politico:
GOP civil war in Ohio threatens another special election loss — Republicans' latest special election headache is unfolding in central Ohio, where a chaotic primary has divided the party and stoked fears of losing another seat in Donald Trump territory to Democrats.
Jerusalem Post:
WATCH: Syrian army says ‘enemy’ rocket attacks strike at military bases — An opposition source said one of the locations hit was an army base widely known as a recruitment center for Iranian-backed Shi'ite militias who fight alongside Bashar Assad. — The Syrian army said on Sunday …
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Streiff / RedState:
BREAKING. Huge Mother of All Explosions Hits Syrian City of Hama (VIDEO)
BREAKING. Huge Mother of All Explosions Hits Syrian City of Hama (VIDEO)
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Zero Hedge, Reuters and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Jon Street / Mediaite:
Exclusive: Fired RedState Writer Slams Site Over Hypocrisy of Layoffs: We Were ‘Insufficiently Partisan’ — The conservative blog RedState experienced “mass firings” Friday because of what its parent company, Salem Media, characterized as a decision influenced by finances.