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Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
Does Stephen Miller Speak for Trump?  Or Vice Versa?  —  The 31-year-old is a driving force behind the White House's policies.  —  by  —  From Subscribe Reprints  —  Stephen Miller's corner office in the West Wing of the White House is utterly barren—no pictures on the walls …
Discussion: ABC News and Mediaite
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Axios:
The ministers of Trump's truths  —  Forget the theater, the palace intrigue, the stumbles.  One thing you should know on Day 40 (and soon the 40th night) of President Trump: This is Bannon-Miller presidency in the making.  Think about the dark view of the state of the world, of the state of our nation, of the state of media.
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — President Trump: Oscars ‘Were Focused so Hard on Politics’ They Could Not Get the Basics of the Ceremony Right  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump, in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News in the Oval Office, said that the Academy Awards failure on Sunday evening …
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — President Trump: New York Times ‘Intent Is so Evil and so Bad,’ ‘They Write Lies’  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald J. Trump told Breitbart News in an exclusive Oval Office interview that the “intent” of the New York Times in its negative coverage of him is “so evil and so bad” and that “they write lies.”
Wall Street Journal:
PwC Partner at Oscars Tweeted Backstage Minutes Before Best Picture Mix-Up
Alex Guillén / Politico:
Sources: White House proposes to cut EPA budget by quarter  —  The White House has proposed slashing EPA's budget by about a quarter and eventually eliminating 1 in 5 of the agency's workers, according to sources familiar with the budget proposal sent to EPA on Monday.
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CNN:
Sources: Trump signed off on checking White House staffers' phones
Stan Collender / Forbes:
Trump Will Have To Break The Law To Pass His Budget
Discussion: Mother Jones
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Poll: Trump is delivering on his campaign promises  —  A majority of voters say they believe President Donald Trump is keeping his campaign promises, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll that confirms what is expected to be the central theme of his first speech to a joint session of Congress.
Discussion: The Week
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Trump and Paul Ryan Head for a Clash Over the Budget, and Ideology
Discussion: The Last Tradition
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Trump's Budget Is Aspirational. Reality in Congress Will Change It.
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump to Seek $54 Billion Increase in Military Spending
MJ Lee / CNN:
Freedom Caucus chair would vote against draft Obamacare repeal bill  —  Trump: health care is ‘unbelievably complex’  —  Washington (CNN)Republican Rep. Mark Meadows, the chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, told CNN on Monday that he will vote against a draft of the GOP Obamacare repeal bill that was leaked last week.
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Trump's speech can't mend GOP schisms on Obamacare
Rachael Bade / Politico:   Republicans beg Trump for direction with Capitol Hill address
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James Gordon / Daily Mail:
Make yourself at home, Kellyanne! …
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump says Obama behind some political protests  —  The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):  —  President Donald Trump acknowledges that there remains hundreds of unfilled jobs in his administration, but says “they're unnecessary to have.”
Discussion: Politico
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump says Obama is helping to organize protests against his presidency
Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
George W. Bush Breaks His Silence on the Direction of the Country Under President Trump: 'I Don't Like the Racism and Name-Calling'  —  For eight years since leaving the White House, George W. Bush has refused to criticize publicly those who succeeded him, saying he didn't want to make an already tough job …
NBC News:
Yemen SEAL Raid Has Yielded No Significant Intelligence: Officials  —  Last month's deadly commando raid in Yemen, which cost the lives of a U.S. Navy SEAL and a number of children, has so far yielded no significant intelligence, U.S. officials told NBC News.
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Udall floats plan to confirm Gorsuch, Garland to SCOTUS together  —  (CNN)Sen. Tom Udall has an idea that could place both Judge Neil Gorsuch and Judge Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court at the same time.  —  The Democrat from New Mexico presented the plan Monday morning to Gorsuch …
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Social Media Ban for Sex Offenders Questioned at U.S. Supreme Court
Discussion: The Verge
Wall Street Journal:
North Korea Executes Five Senior Officials With Antiaircraft Guns  —  South Korea reports purge, makes fresh charges in killing of dictator's brother Kim Jong Nam  —  SEOUL—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un executed at least five senior officials in the country's Ministry …
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Focuses On Violent Crime And Police Morale  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions pledged to devote federal resources to combat violent crime and to shore up morale across the nation's police departments, on Monday in his first on-the-record briefing as the top U.S. law enforcement officer.
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Alice Ollstein / Talking Points Memo:
The Sessions Effect: Trump DOJ Reverses Course In Major Texas Voter ID Case
Michael Kruse / Politico:
'He's a Performance Artist Pretending to be a Great Manager'  —  More than 27 years before Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, Bruce Nobles, then the president of the Trump Shuttle airline, assessed with some befuddlement the business and managerial practices of his boss.
Discussion: Raw Story
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Monday pro-Trump rallies a massive flop as event photos show tiny crowds  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  President Donald Trump last week called on his supporters to hold massive rallies on his behalf, and on Monday some of them did their best to meet his demands.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
SpaceX:
SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond the Moon Next Year  —  We are excited to announce that SpaceX has been approached to fly two private citizens on a trip around the moon late next year.  They have already paid a significant deposit to do a moon mission.
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Trump Plans to Begin E.P.A. Rollback With Order on Clean Water  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday aimed at rolling back one of former President Barack Obama's major environmental regulations to protect American waterways, but it will have almost …
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Hundreds allege sex harassment, discrimination at Kay and Jared jewelry company  —  Hundreds of former employees of Sterling Jewelers, the multibillion-dollar conglomerate behind Jared the Galleria of Jewelry and Kay Jewelers, claim that its chief executive and other company leaders presided …
Brendan O'Connor / Gizmodo:
Leaked Audio: Trump Cares About Food Safety But Only If the Food Is Foreign  —  President Donald Trump intends to intensify enforcement of food safety regulations as a cudgel in international trade negotiations, according to leaked recordings of a what appears to be a phone conversation between …
Discussion: Mother Jones
CBS News:
GOP Rep. Darrell Issa backtracks on call for Trump special prosecutor  —  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) backtracked his call for a special prosecutor to look into Russian involvement in the 2016 Presidential election.  “I certainly could see where if there is an allegation of a crime at some point …
Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml:
Minimum Wage Massacre: Wendy's Unleashes 1,000 Robots To Counter Higher Labor Costs  —  In yet another awkwardly rational response to government intervention in deciding what's “fair”, the blowback from minimum wage demanding fast food workers has struck again.
 
 
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Bannon's reckless pursuit of ethno-nationalist greatness
Associated Press:
The Latest: Bomb threats target 20 Jewish institutions
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Josh Meyer / Politico:
Manafort's Ukrainian ‘blood money’ caused qualms, hack suggests
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
Trump's First Month: An Evaluation
Discussion: CNBC, CNN and Common Dreams
Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal:
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Katie McHugh / Breitbart:
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Liam Ford / Chicago Tribune:
Defendant in 2012 murder case mistakenly released from prison
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New York Times:
An executive order barring immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries as well as refugees from Syria
Discussion: Political Wire
Jimmy Vielkind / Politico:
Cuomo tiptoes toward 2020 run
Discussion: Political Wire
Lauren Enriquez / New York Times:
How the New Feminist Resistance Leaves Out American Women
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Mother Jones:
Trump Just Sold a $15.8 Million Condo to a Consultant Who Peddles Access to Powerful People
Discussion: Raw Story
Axios:
Democrat Joe Manchin gets in with Breitbart
 

 
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Connor Jones / The Register:
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Abner Li / 9to5Google:
YouTube strengthens its “enforcement on third-party apps” violating its ToS, “specifically ad-blocking apps”, leading to error messages and “buffering issues”
 
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