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1:10 PM ET, April 9, 2017

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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
McFarland to Exit White House as McMaster Consolidates Power  —  Former Fox News commentator will become envoy to Singapore  —  Trump's second national security advisor making his mark  —  K. T. McFarland has been asked to step down as deputy National Security Advisor to President Donald …
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Obama's Syria strike plan was much bigger than Trump's  —  The Trump administration's strike on one of Bashar al-Assad's air bases was similar in style and objectives to the strike plan that President Barack Obama prepared in 2013 — except that Obama's attacks were to be several times bigger than President Trump's.
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Ryan and McConnell flip-flop on the use of force in Syria to deter chemical weapons  —  “This was a strike that was well-planned, well- executed, went right to the heart of the matter, which is using chemical weapons.”  —  “I've concluded that being credible on Syria requires presenting a credible response …
Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Schiff says Russia is absolutely ‘complicit’ in Syrian chemical attack  —  The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said Russia is absolutely “complicit” in the chemical attack in Syria that killed at least 86 civilians, including many children.  —  “Absolutely they're complicit …
Discussion: Politico
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
MSNBC host's conspiracy theory: What if Putin planned the Syrian chemical attack to help Trump?  —  A volley of U.S. cruise missiles had barely been launched into Syria before the Internet filled up with fact-free theories about the real reason for an international crisis.
Axios:
Trump plans centrist push and Priebus is on board  —  Steve Bannon, the engine and soul of President Trump's hard-edged approach to his first months in office, is increasingly isolated and will be forced out unless he can adopt a more cooperative approach, a top source told me.
Discussion: Booman Tribune and CANNONFIRE
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
WATCH: Ex-Breitbart executive warns that if Kushner forces out Bannon it will be ‘open warfare’ on Trump
Discussion: AOL
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld / Politico:
Trump's White House Is a Family Business. That's Not a Bad Thing.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
NBC News:
Steve Bannon 'Ain't Going Anywhere' Despite Negative Press: Sources
Reuters:
Feuding Trump aides meet and agree to end ‘palace intrigue’: source
CNN:
Blasts at Christian churches in Egypt kill dozens on Palm Sunday  —  (CNN)Bombs targeted two Coptic churches in Egypt as the Christian faithful observed Palm Sunday, one of the most important days on the religion's calendar.  —  A powerful blast rippled through a Palm Sunday service …
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Bloomberg:
Dozens Killed in Two Egyptian Church Bombings on Palm Sunday
Discussion: Politico
Daily Mail:   Coptic churches are devastated by double ISIS bombers as 38 Christians are killed at two Palm Sunday services in Egypt
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 4-9-17: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Sen. Marco Rubio, and Rep. Adam Schiff  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ on April 9, 2017 and it will be updated.  —  GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Mr. Secretary, thank you for joining us.  —  REX TILLERSON: It's my pleasure George.
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Tillerson, Haley issue differing statements on future of Assad in Syria
Discussion: Hot Air and Politico
Colin Wilhelm / Politico:
McMaster: U.S. eager for regime change in Syria
Discussion: Business Insider
James P. Rubin / New York Times:
59 Missiles Don't Equal a Foreign Policy
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Elana Schor / Politico:
Why Democrats have no regrets after McConnell's ‘nuclear’ blast  —  Democrats heard the argument throughout the Senate's bitter debate over Neil Gorsuch: Don't filibuster this Supreme Court nominee — save your leverage for President Donald Trump's next pick, the one who could change the court's balance of power for a generation.
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
How Mitch McConnell Won the Battle to Confirm Gorsuch
Discussion: Power Line, neo-neocon and Politico
Paul Kane / Washington Post:   Republicans on Capitol Hill leave town with most of their agenda stuck in limbo
The Hill:
Dems winning fight over wall  —  Democrats are winning the war over the wall.  —  Despite President Trump's request for more than $1 billion to fund the Mexican border wall this year, GOP leaders are expected to exclude the money in the spending bill being prepared to keep the government open beyond April 28.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Despite Trump campaign promise, Tillerson had ‘no conversation’ with Mexico paying for border wall
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats' Conditions for Tax Overhaul Make Bipartisan Deal Unlikely  —  GOP attempts to reach across the aisle are complicated by lack of agreement on priorities  —  WASHINGTON—Democrats are starting to settle on a price for participating in a tax-code overhaul, and many Republicans won't want to pay it.
Stacy Brown / Page Six:
Janet Jackson splits with billionaire husband … She's having a marriage malfunction!  —  Just months after giving birth to her first child at age 50, Janet Jackson has split with billionaire husband Wissam Al Mana.  —  While one source said the split is amicable and the couple will co-parent their son …
Discussion: The Root and New York Magazine
palmbeachdailynews:
Private helicopter lands, uses helipad at Mar-a-Lago  —  A Donald Trump helicopter landed for the first time Saturday at the president's Mar-a-Lago Club since the helipad was completed.  —  However, it wasn't Marine One.  —  A white and blue helicopter with TRUMP in big red letters on the side flew in Saturday afternoon.
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
The Happy-Go-Lucky Jewish Group That Connects Trump and Putin  —  The Port Washington Chabad, a Jewish community center on Long Island's Manhasset Bay, sits in a squat brick edifice across from a Shell Gas station and a strip mall.  The Chabad is an unexceptional building on an unexceptional street …
Discussion: The Talking Dog
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
How Jeff Sessions wants to bring back the war on drugs  —  When the Obama administration launched a sweeping policy to reduce harsh prison sentences for nonviolent drug offenders, rave reviews came from across the political spectrum.  Civil rights groups and the Koch brothers praised Obama for his efforts …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
 
 
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Cornyn: 'There's not going to be a shutdown'
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Nature:
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
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Discussion: Palmer Report
John Wisely / Detroit Free Press:
Betsy DeVos' brother, Blackwater founder Erik Prince, sparks headlines
DFRLab:
How the alt-right brought #SyriaHoax to America
Discussion: Business Insider and Hot Air
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Progressives Hit Trump Ed Sec with Death Threats, Security Costs $7.8 Million
Bob Price / Breitbart:
Obama's DOJ Protected Alien Child Rapist Now Accused of Murder
Ryan Browne / CNN:
US aircraft carrier-led strike group headed towards Korean Peninsula
Discussion: Townhall.com
Associated Press:
Alabama Supreme Court Orders Impeachment Hearings for Gov. Robert Bentley