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Gabby Orr / Politico:
Trump's China grudge match may be spinning out of control — NEW YORK — Donald Trump the Dow Man and Donald Trump the Tariff Man found themselves back on a collision course Monday as U.S. markets tanked and fear of a full-scale trade war between the world's two largest economies reemerged with a vengeance.
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Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Trump Seeks New $15 Billion Subsidy To Protect Farmers From His Own Trade War — The president falsely claims that tariffs are paid “directly” to the U.S. Treasury by China and indicates these nonexistent Chinese funds will cover the subsidy cost. — President Donald Trump is seeking …
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Splinter, Associated Press and Washington Post
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
China to retaliate on $60B in U.S. goods, defying Trump's warning — China is set to fire the next salvo in the escalating trade conflict with the United States, announcing on Monday it will raise tariffs on $60 billion in U.S. goods at the start of next month.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump is staking reelection on one of his biggest lies — President Trump has spent the past 24 hours tweeting manically about trade, repeating the absurd falsehood that China is paying us billions in tariffs. We keep hearing that this shows Trump “doesn't understand” how tariffs work.
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ABC News, Bloomberg, POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump's trade approach under attack as China readies retaliation; markets poised for big sell-off
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CNN, Political Wire and Daily Kos
Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
Chinese State Media Calls Donald Trump's Tariffs ‘Irrational’ Because They Will ‘Hurt the U.S. Economy’
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Bloomberg, New York Times and ABC News
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Call Tlaib Anti-Semitic for Saying Something Nice About Israel — The Republican Party, which has a hair-trigger sensitivity to left-wing anti-Semitism as censorious as any social justice warrior, has whipped itself into its latest frenzy over comments by Representative Rashida Tlaib.
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Jerusalem Post:
Rashida Tlaib says Palestinians created ‘safe haven’ for Jews after Holocaust
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Republicans are ignoring reality to twist Rep. Tlaib's ‘calming’ Holocaust remarks
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National Review, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo and twitchy.com
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Rashida Tlaib's Lies Remind Us Why Israel Must Exist
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NB Blog, Yahoo News and Washington Post
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Angry That the FBI Won't Endorse His Theory of Victimhood — On March 24, Attorney General William Barr released a summary of the findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report that stressed positive news for President Donald Trump. The redacted text of the report …
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American Greatness, Raw Story, HillReporter.com and Mediaite
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Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
What's the Real Reason Trump Is Stonewalling Congress? — Maybe he wants to avoid more bad publicity. Or maybe it's something worse. — If President Donald Trump thinks he's been totally exonerated, as he says, why is he stonewalling Congress? Why wouldn't he want special counsel Robert Mueller …
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Hullabaloo, Raw Story, New York Times, Los Angeles Times and The Moderate Voice
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed News:
YouTube's Newest Far-Right, Foul-Mouthed, Red-Pilling Star Is A 14-Year-Old Girl — “Soph” has nearly a million followers on the giant video platform. Its executives only have themselves to blame. — What does a 14-year-old girl dressed in a chador have to say on YouTube to amass more than 800,000 followers?
New York Daily News:
Mayor de Blasio's NYPD vehicle was driving wrong way when it crashed with truck, sparking cover-up — Mayor de Blasio's NYPD SUV was cruising the wrong way with lights and sirens blaring when it got into a car crash, sparking a frantic cover-up by his security detail, a new accident report obtained by the Daily News shows.
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Gothamist, The Gateway Pundit and Fox News
Anna Flagg / New York Times:
Is There a Connection Between Undocumented Immigrants and Crime? — It's a widely held perception, but a new analysis finds no evidence to support it. — A lot of research has shown that there's no causal connection between immigration and crime in the United States.
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Mother Jones, Rolling Stone, TalkLeft, ImmigrationProf Blog, Splinter and twitchy.com
Jessica Sidman / Washingtonian:
Inside the Pampered and Personalized World of DC's VIP Diners — The big restaurant lie: Everyone is treated the same. — Sometimes maître d' Michael Arnaud has to play bad cop. Granted, he wears a wide smile above his green bow tie and greets every customer of Joe's Seafood …
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HillReporter.com, Vanity Fair and The Daily Beast
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Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
Elizabeth Warren: “Betsy DeVos is the worst secretary of education we've seen”
CNN:
How Donald Trump Jr. and Richard Burr hit an impasse — Erin Burnett: Why is Trump afraid of Don Jr. subpoena? — (CNN)Donald Trump Jr. is balking at answering more questions about the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting and the pursuit of a Trump Tower Moscow project, two sources familiar …
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Contemptor, Raw Story and Mediaite
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Bloomberg:
Pompeo Fails to Sway Allies on Iran in Awkward Surprise Visit — Cites intel threats in meeting U.K., French, German envoys — Defying Trump, Europeans say Iran nuclear deal must stand — U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo made scant progress persuading European Union counterparts …
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Elie Mystal / The Nation:
How Does Donald Trump Keep Getting Away With It? — Hint: From Congress to the courts, people keep treating Trump like a “normal” president. It's time to stop. — Every day, President Donald Trump or his minions say something stupid, wrong, or demonstrably false.
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Rolling Stone and No More Mister Nice Blog
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump praises authoritarian Hungarian prime minister as “highly respected” — President Trump on Monday praised far-right Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for his immigration policies, telling reporters: “Probably like me a little bit controversial, but that's okay.
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Breitbart and One America News Network
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump welcomes Hungary's far-right nationalist prime minister after past presidents shunned him
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Washington Post, Slate, Common Dreams, VICE News, Vox and The American Conservative
Olivia Messer / The Daily Beast:
Omarosa Accuses Trump of Pay Discrimination: 'The Numbers Don't Lie' — The ex-Trump aide claims she was paid substantially less per month than her male counterpart for the same work. — Omarosa Manigault-Newman, the former Apprentice star who campaigned for President Trump and then followed …
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BuzzFeed News, Mediaite, Shareblue Media, The Week and Raw Story
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Irin Carmon / The Cut:
We Have No Idea How Scary Our Abortion Future Will Get — No one used to take Janet Porter seriously. The Ohio activist who pioneered so-called “heartbeat” six-week abortion bans was mostly known for the gags — a YouTube video with a tinny voice singing “Have a heart …
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Many Democrats fear Trump is laying an impeachment trap — (CNN)It seems a crazy idea that any president would actually want to be impeached. — But Donald Trump has so subverted Washington logic with his wild, norm-crushing presidency that there is now a serious conversation …
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The Resurgent, Outside the Beltway and Front Page Magazine
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Heather Digby Parton / Salon:
Impeaching Donald Trump is risky: But not impeaching him might be even riskier
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Hullabaloo
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Biden slams Trump over escalating trade war with China — HAMPTON, N.H. - Joe Biden took aim at President Trump on Monday over the president's escalating trade war with China, as well as the way he has handled the nation's debt and deficit. — Speaking to reporters during a campaign stop …
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Politico, Los Angeles Times and New York Magazine
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Popular Information:
EXCLUSIVE: How money flows from Amazon to 8chan — Follow the money from the world's most valuable company to a racist troll haven — You may or may not know about the 8chan website—but you are familiar with its work. The rudimentary message board is a wellspring of racism, violence …
Lynh Bui / Washington Post:
Coast Guard officer accused of plotting terrorist attack to remain jailed, judge says — A federal judge ordered a U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant accused of plotting a widespread terrorist attack to remain in jail pending trial, overturning an earlier magistrate judge's decision to release Christopher Paul Hasson on home arrest.
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BuzzFeed News, Talking Points Memo, Law & Crime and Raw Story
Akane Otani / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Stocks Close Sharply Lower on Renewed Trade Anxiety — Dow drops more than 600 after China says it will raise tariffs on some U.S. imports — U.S. stocks slid Monday, heading for one of their worst days of the year, after officials in Beijing and the White House exchanged fresh threats …
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