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Simon Johnson / Telegraph:
Donald Trump's action in Syria proves he is not in league with Putin, says his son Eric  —  Donald Trump's decision to launch a cruise missile attack on Syria proved he is not in league with Russia and will not be “pushed around” by Vladimir Putin, the US President's son has told The Daily Telegraph.
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Simon Johnson / Telegraph:
Ivanka Trump encouraged my father to launch air strikes against Assad in Syria after chemical weapons attack, says Eric Trump  —  Eric Trump has said he is “sure” his sister Ivanka used her influence over their father to encourage the US president to launch military action against Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
New York Times:
On Trump's Syria Strategy, One Voice Is Missing: Trump's  —  WASHINGTON — In the days since President Trump ordered a cruise missile strike against Syria in retaliation for a chemical attack on civilians, his administration has spoken with multiple voices as it seeks to explain its evolving policy.
Elizabeth Preza / Raw Story:
Eric Trump is ‘sure’ Ivanka encouraged their father to strike Syria: 'I think that's a great thing'  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Donald Trump's son Eric Trump told the Telegraph he's “sure” his sister, Ivanka Trump, played a role in the president of the United States deciding to attack a Syrian air base.
Discussion: Telegraph
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
May, Merkel express support after U.S. airstrike in Syria
Discussion: Politico
Justin Bachman / Bloomberg:
United Airlines Tumbles After Social-Media Storm Goes Global  —  Passenger's removal becomes trending item on Chinese platform  —  Carrier's CEO says man was ‘disruptive’ and ‘belligerent’  —  United Continental Holdings Inc. tumbled early Tuesday as outrage on social media over the removal …
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New York Times:
Video of United Airlines Passenger Creates Furor in China, Too  —  BEIJING — A day after the forced removal of a passenger from a United Airlines flight provoked a social media furor in the United States, a similar outcry followed in China, after state-run news outlets here described the man as being of Chinese descent.
Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post:
Officer who dragged bloodied passenger off flight placed on leave
Discussion: twitchy.com
New York Times:
United Airlines Passenger Is Dragged From an Overbooked Flight
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump and Paul Ryan are the problem — a staff shake-up won't fix anything  —  It's not Steve Bannon's fault the GOP's policy agenda is incoherent.  —  The Trump administration knows it hasn't gotten off to a very impressive start, with Shane Goldmacher reporting that officials …
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Trump Administration to Pay Health Law Subsidies Disputed by House
Discussion: Mother Jones
Lauren Gibbons / MLive.com:
50-80 Republicans would have voted no on health care proposal, Justin Amash says
Discussion: Political Wire and Axios
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
House Freedom Caucus member Justin Amash suggests time for Ryan ouster, blasts Trump
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
The Latest Test for the White House?  Pulling Off Its Easter Egg Roll  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump received an urgent warning in February, informing him of a crucial date he was about to miss.  —  “FYI manufacturing deadlines for the Easter eggs are near,” said a Twitter post directed at Mr. Trump …
Ashe Schow / Watchdog.org:
Texas student commits suicide after Title IX kangaroo court  —  If every other egregious example of a male student denied due process after being accused of sexual misconduct gets ignored - this one should not be.  —  A male student who was accused of sexual harassment committed suicide …
Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
Republicans sweat surprisingly close Kansas congressional race  —  Kansas has been reliably Republican in federal elections, but GOP operatives head into Tuesday uncertain of an easy victory when the deep-red state holds the first congressional election since President Donald Trump's inauguration.
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:   As a House Race Tightens in Kansas, Republicans See a Possible Warning Sign
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Republicans undertake unexpected rescue mission in deep red Kansas
Jim O’Sullivan / BostonGlobe.com:
Remember Mitt Romney's ‘binders full of women?’  They're real.  And we got them.  —  In the world of important political documents — from the Magna Carta to the Pentagon Papers — there are also those known for more pedestrian reasons.  Count Mitt Romney's “binders full of women” in that category.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Dan Merica / CNN:
Trump on pace to surpass 8 years of Obama's travel spending in 1 year  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump's travel to his private club in Florida has cost over an estimated $20 million in his first 80 days as president, putting the president on pace in his first year of office …
Jim Malewitz / The Texas Tribune:
Texas intentionally discriminated with 2011 voter ID law, judge rules (again)  —  A federal judge has ruled — for the second time — that Texas lawmakers intentionally discriminated against Latino and black voters in passing a strict voter identification law in 2011.
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Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
Federal Judge Says Texas Voter ID Law Intentionally Discriminates
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Airline Industry Is a Starving Giant That's Gnawing At Our Economy  —  By now, you've probably seen this video of United Airlines refusing to let one of its passengers “fly the friendly skies.”  —  The airline had overbooked a Sunday night flight from Chicago to Louisville, Kentucky.
Discussion: Mashable and Mediaite
Mary Emily O'Hara / NBC News:
New York Becomes Only State to Offer Free Four-Year College  —  New York will be the only state in the country to offer universal public college tuition coverage for working- and middle-class residents after the program was included in the budget package approved Sunday night.
Discussion: IJR, Gothamist, WIVB-TV, KFOR-TV, AOL and CNNMoney
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Brendan Cole / International Business Times:
Migrants are being sold at open slave markets in Libya  —  Vulnerable refugees from West Africa often arrive in the country with no money and no papers.  —  Migrants from West Africa are being openly traded in “public slave markets” across Libya.  —  As a departure point for refugees trying …
Discussion: Shot in the Dark
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Why the Trump administration has so many vacancies  —  Hundreds of key jobs across the federal government remain vacant as a result of an overworked White House personnel office that is frustrating Cabinet secretaries and hampering President Donald Trump's ability to carry out his ambitious legislative agenda.
Vindu Goel / New York Times:
That Fingerprint Sensor on Your Phone Is Not as Safe as You Think  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Fingerprint sensors have turned modern smartphones into miracles of convenience.  A touch of a finger unlocks the phone — no password required.  With services like Apple Pay or Android Pay …
Discussion: Daily Mail
Heidi M Przybyla / USA Today:
Republicans avoid town halls after health care votes  —  WASHINGTON — Reps. Leonard Lance of New Jersey and Ryan Costello of Pennsylvania appear to be the only swing-district Republicans who voted for their party's bill to replace Obamacare who will directly face constituents over the April recess …
Discussion: The Nation
New York Times:
Trump Tops Obama, Bush and Clinton in Golfing and Private Getaways So Far  —  After years of criticizing former President Barack Obama for playing golf and going on private getaways, President Trump has already done more of both in his first 81 days than Mr. Obama, as well as former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
Ricochet:
Ep.  129: Making It  —  Fifty years ago, the New York Review of Books savaged Making It, the 1967 memoir by Norman Podhoretz-and now, amazingly, the New York Review's book imprint is bringing out a new edition.  —  In a 10-minute conversation with The Bookmonger, Podhoretz explains …
Discussion: National Review
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Turns out Obama was the real Russian stooge  —  Barack Obama and Donald Trump.  —  AP; Getty Images  —  MORE FROM: … The circumstantial evidence is mounting that the Kremlin succeeded in infiltrating the US government at the highest levels.  —  How else to explain a newly elected president looking …
Tommy Christopher / Shareblue:
Breaking: Panicked White House forbids reporting on Russia briefing  —  Earlier, we reported that a senior U.S. official says that Russia knew, in advance, of Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons attack on civilians, despite Donald Trump's initial insistence that Russia was not involved.
Discussion: RedState
Rick Perlstein / New York Times:
I Thought I Understood the American Right.  Trump Proved Me Wrong.  —  A historian of conservatism looks back at how he and his peers failed to anticipate the rise of the president.  —  Until Nov. 8, 2016, historians of American politics shared a rough consensus about the rise of modern American conservatism.
 
 
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Kimberly Redmond / lohud.com:
West Point cadet dismissed from Army after drug probe
Discussion: Military News
Declan Walsh / New York Times:
Attacks Shows ISIS' New Plan: Divide Egypt by Killing Christians
Discussion: RedState and Washington Post
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The Senate may be developing an electoral college issue
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Secret A.T.F. Account Paid for $21,000 Nascar Suite and Las Vegas Trip
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Trump takes control of the GOP machine
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Comedian Hasan Minhaj to perform at WHCD
Discussion: ABC News
Lee Fang / The Intercept:
Big Pharma Funds “Independent” Advocacy Groups Attacking Drug-Price Reduction Bill
John M. Donnelly / Roll Call:
Stop-Loss an Option for Air Force to Keep Departing Pilots
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Lauren Gardner / Politico:
Why Trump's $1 trillion infrastructure plan could wind up in a ditch
Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
Will London Fall?  —  The metropolis that globalization created …
Discussion: Guido Fawkes
Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
Column Trump's proposal to eliminate the Social Security payroll tax may be his worst idea yet
Discussion: Daily Kos
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Cops: Woman, 23, Charged In Sex Attack On Cabbie
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
The Trouble With Trump's White House Is Donald Trump
Discussion: Raw Story and Politicus USA
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Gorsuch sworn in as Supreme Court justice
 

 
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