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4:00 PM ET, April 11, 2017

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Alexander Smith / NBC News:
Eric Trump Says Syria Strike Was Swayed By ‘Heartbroken’ Ivanka  —  Donald Trump's decision to bomb Syria was influenced by his daughter, Ivanka, being “heartbroken and outraged” at the country's alleged chemical weapons attack, one of the president's sons told a British newspaper.
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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.
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
White House Accuses Russia of Cover-up in Syria Chemical Attack  —  WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday accused the Russian government of engaging in a cover-up of the chemical weapons attack last week by Syrian forces that prompted American airstrikes, saying that United States intelligence …
Discussion: UPI, IJR, Associated Press and Mediaite
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
What Reset?  White House to Call Out Russia's Fake News on Syria  —  President Donald Trump's Russian reset is in big trouble.  —  That's one message of a four-page dossier on the Syrian government's April 4 chemical weapons attack that killed up to 100 people and injured many more.
Discussion: Hot Air
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Putin: US plans to fake chemical weapons in Syria  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin will reportedly press the United Nations to officially investigate last week's chemical attack in Syria, claiming, without evidence, that there are plans to fake the use of chemical weapons.
Discussion: RedState, ABC News, Politico, CNN and Reuters
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Reflexive partisanship drives polling lurch on Syria strikes
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
U.S. Accuses Russia of ‘Cover-Up’ in Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack
Discussion: Mediaite
Daily Mail:
PICTURED: The internal medicine specialist father-of-five who was beaten and dragged off an overbooked United flight as CEO pens ‘tone deaf’ email DEFENDING staff  — The 69-year-old Vietnamese-American is married to a pediatrician who has a clinic in Elizabethtown, Kentucky - about 40 miles south of Louisville
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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 …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
United CEO, facing boycott calls, defends booting passenger so crew could take his seat  —  United Airlines' chief executive is defending his employees after a passenger who refused to give up his plane seat to a crew member was pulled screaming into the aisle by security, battered …
USA Today:
United Airlines CEO doubles down, says employees followed procedures, flier was ‘belligerent’  —  LOUISVILLE — The intense firestorm roaring against United Airlines and its unrepentant CEO raged on Tuesday after his letter to the airline's employees lauded the behavior of the flight's crew when a …
Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
Petition calls for United CEO to resign after passenger dragged off flight
Discussion: ABC News, Politico and The Daily Caller
CNBC:
United shares slide as PR nightmare catches up with investors
New York Times:
Video of United Airlines Passenger Creates Furor in China, Too
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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Eliza Collins / USA Today:
Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows pursues health care deal with Speaker Ryan
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.
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 …
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Spicer claims even Hitler didn't use chemical weapons against his people  —  Addressing Syria's use of chemical weapons last week in an attack against a rebel-controlled region of his own country, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Syrian dictator Bashar Assad's behavior was worse …
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 …
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Samuel Osborne / The Independent:
US election ‘hacking’: Russian man arrested in Spain at request of American authorities
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Israpundit
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Schumer: If Trump doesn't release his tax returns, 'it's going to make tax reform much harder'  —  Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) is warning that President Trump needs to release his personal tax returns if he hopes to achieve comprehensive tax reform in the coming months.
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Maya T. Prabhu / Post and Courier:
Attendees chant ‘you lie’ at U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson during Graniteville town hall … GRANITEVILLE — U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson received some protests Monday like other Republican congressmen nationwide during town halls this year, getting drowned out at times with loud boos and receiving 30 seconds of “You Lie” chants.
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Ginsburg refers to Graham as one of ‘the women of the Senate’  —  Ruth Bader Ginsburg appears to have been caught up in a gender-swapping snafu, mistakenly dubbing Sen. Lindsey Graham  —  (R-S.C.) one of the “women of the Senate.”  —  The 84-year-old Supreme Court justice delivered remarks …
Jacqueline Alemany / CBS News:
Pennsylvania congressman to be named drug czar by Trump  —  Pennsylvania Congressman Tom Marino is expected to step down from his seat to take on a new role in the Trump administration.  Multiple sources tell CBS News that Marino will head up the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), assuming the informal title of drug czar.
Discussion: Washington Post and Hit & Run
Aruna Viswanatha / Wall Street Journal:
Undocumented Immigrants Who Commit Crimes Face Tougher Policy  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions wants to add 125 judges to address a backlog of immigration cases  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions directed federal prosecutors to pursue harsher charges against undocumented immigrants who commit crimes …
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.
Scott Thistlestaff / Press Herald:
Sen. Collins says she may run for Maine governor in 2018  —  The state's senior U.S. senator says she's looking at where she can do the most good for citizens.  —  U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said Tuesday she was seriously contemplating a run for Maine governor in 2018, her most definitive statement yet …
 
 
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Trump's border wall will get its start in San Diego County
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Brian Naylor / NPR:
More Travelers Entering U.S. Are Being Asked For Their Cellphones And Passwords
Discussion: RedState
Eileen Kelley / Florida Times Union:
Jury finds pastor Kenneth Adkins guilty of 8 charges in child molestation case
Discussion: Raw Story
Variety:
Bill O'Reilly Sexual Harassment Scandal, Advertiser Defections a Test for Fox News' Future
Discussion: Washington Post and Mediaite
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Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Can Democrats cuss their way back to the White House?
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump administration suspends public disclosures of ‘sanctuary cities’
Discussion: Vox
Brigette Namata / KHON2:
State confirms 9 rat lungworm cases; researchers seek funding to combat ‘epidemic’
Heidi M Przybyla / USA Today:
Republicans avoid town halls after health care votes
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Why the Trump administration has so many vacancies
 

 
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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Twitch streamers are growing their audiences as they stream student protests, and some viewers and protesters see them as more trustworthy than traditional news

Reuters:
Al Jazeera source and Israeli official: police raided a Jerusalem hotel room used by Al Jazeera as its de facto office, following a government shutdown order

Tom McArthur / BBC:
RSF publishes its World Press Freedom Index and places Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in the top three, the US down 10 spots at 55, and Eritrea in last place
 
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