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Bloomberg:
Trump Eyes Radical Move to Escape Impasse Over Wall and Shutdown — Reiterated threat of declaring national emergency to fund wall — Move would prompt immediate legal challenge by Democrats — Donald Trump edged closer toward a radical move to fund his border wall after the prospect …
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Axios:
Inside Trump's fake news recidivism — With the departure of White House chief of staff John Kelly, the misinformation emanating from President Trump has only escalated. — What's happening: Alumni of this White House see a possible reason. Although Kelly was thwarted in many of his efforts …
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Raw Story, Contemptor and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Boris Sanchez / CNN:
Trump inclined to declare national emergency if talks continue to stall — (CNN)President Donald Trump is inclined to declare a national emergency to secure military funding for his long-promised southern border wall if talks between administration officials and top lawmakers from both parties continue …
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WGN-TV, Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA, KTLA, The Week, ThinkProgress, Daily Kos and Associated Press
Quint Forgey / Politico:
White House asks Congress for $5.7 billion for ‘steel barrier’
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Associated Press, Axios, Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA, Times of San Diego, One America News Network and Breitbart
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Trump says he's ‘in no hurry’ to replace acting Cabinet members
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Political Wire
Bruce Ackerman / New York Times:
No, Trump Cannot Declare an ‘Emergency’ to Build His Wall
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Splinter
Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
Mulvaney: Trump would build “steel fence” as concession to Democrats
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One America News Network, The Guardian and Breitbart
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Fox's Chris Wallace Repeatedly Nails Sarah Sanders on Bogus Border Terror Threat Claims — White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders ran into a buzzsaw Sunday morning when Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace challenged the Trump administration's repeated false claims about terrorism …
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Washington Post, Daily Kos, IJR, Talking Points Memo and Contemptor
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Victoria Guida / Politico:
Sarah Sanders: Trump looking at ‘every option available’ to build wall
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The Daily Beast and Breitbart
New York Times:
Biden Sees Himself as Democrats' Best Hope in 2020, Allies Say — WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is in the final stages of deciding whether to run for president and has told allies he is skeptical the other Democrats eyeing the White House can defeat President Trump …
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Axios
Eliza Relman / INSIDER:
THE TRUTH ABOUT ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ: The inside story of how, in just one year, Sandy the bartender became a lawmaker who triggers both parties — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was a bartender when she pulled together a scrappy populist campaign for US Congress and stunned the political world …
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New York Times:
Liberal Freshmen Are Shaking the Capitol Just Days Into the New Congress — WASHINGTON — It took less than 48 hours into the new Congress for some of the most liberal freshmen of the now Democratic-controlled House to upend Capitol Hill — and they see no reason to slow down.
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Louder With Crowder, Spectator USA and IJR
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Bolton promises no troop withdrawal from Syria until ISIS contained, Kurds' safety guaranteed — President Trump's national security adviser sought to reassure allies Sunday that the United States would be methodical about withdrawing troops from Syria, promising that the pullout …
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Splinter and Hullabaloo
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Carol E. Lee / NBC News:
No Syria withdrawal without Turkish pledge not to attack Kurds, Bolton says
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ThinkProgress and The Week
Inc.com:
In an Astonishing Letter, Delta and United Airlines Pilots Just Told President Trump To Stop and Think — Airline pilots are very worried about the government shutdown. — Will he react? — By Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek.
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Park Service takes ‘extraordinary step’ of dipping into entrance fees to bolster operations at popular sites — Critics say the unprecedented move, which comes as trash and other problems mount, could be illegal. — The National Park Service will take the unprecedented step of tapping entrance fees …
Guy Faulconbridge / Reuters:
WikiLeaks tells reporters 140 things not to say about Julian Assange — LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks on Sunday advised journalists not to report 140 different “false and defamatory” statements about its founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London since June 2012.
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Tucker Carlson's Monologue Insults His Viewers — Conservatives are abuzz about a long monologue delivered on Fox News by the host Tucker Carlson, who intimated solidarity with “normal Americans” while accusing U.S. elites of callously betraying their countrymen.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, American Greatness and twitchy.com
Michael Brice-Saddler / Washington Post:
A family felt a black child's killing was a hate crime. An arrest gave police a ‘new direction.’ — Texas authorities have charged a man in the fatal shooting of a black 7-year-old girl, whose death captured national attention and sparked a manhunt for the killer.
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abc13.com, The Gateway Pundit and Click2Houston.com
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Human Rights Watch:
Thailand: Allow Fleeing Saudi Woman to Seek Refuge — Threat to Send Her Back to Family in Saudi Arabia — (Bangkok) - Thailand authorities should immediately halt the planned deportation of a Saudi woman who says she is fleeing domestic abuse and fears for her safety if forcibly returned to Saudi Arabia …
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New York Times
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Neil Dwyer / Washington Examiner:
We need more GOP women, but not in the mold of Rep. Elise Stefanik — The Republican Party heads into 2019 having lost its House majority. Much like in the aftermath of Mitt Romney's loss in the 2012 presidential election, some are calling for an autopsy of what went wrong.
Xavier Hamilton / Complex:
R. Kelly Says He Didn't Watch ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ But Plans to ‘Sue Everybody’ — R. Kelly has reemerged as one of music's most controversial figures due largely to Lifetime's Surviving R. Kelly. However, unlike the rest of the country, the singer has made it clear that he did not watch any of the six-part docu-series.
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TMZ.com
Maureen Callahan / New York Post:
TV special glosses over the truth behind JFK Jr.'s doomed flight — This year marks the 20th anniversary of John F. Kennedy Jr.'s fatal flight. Three days in and already the hagiographic retellings have begun. — “The Last Days of JFK Jr.,” a two-hour special promising new details …
Jacob Magid / The Times of Israel:
Detained Jewish teenagers suspected of murdering Palestinian woman — Shin Bet — Partially lifting gag order, security service says students at northern West Bank yeshiva were involved in hurling stone that struck Aisha Rabi in the head, killing her — The Shin Bet security service …
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