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10:40 AM ET, April 13, 2017

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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump backs off fiscal pledges and adopts centrist policies that he once fought  —  President Trump is abandoning a number of his key campaign promises on economic policy, adopting instead many of the centrist positions he railed against while campaigning as a populist.
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says Dollar ‘Getting Too Strong,’ Won't Label China a Currency Manipulator  —  President leaves open possibility of renominating Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said Wednesday the U.S. dollar “is getting too strong” and he would prefer the Federal Reserve keep interest rates low.
Washington Post:
Inside Bannon's struggle: From ‘shadow president’ to Trump's marked man  —  When Stephen K. Bannon reported for work Wednesday, he did not act like a man who had just been publicly humiliated by his boss.  —  The chief White House strategist cycled in and out of the Oval Office for meetings …
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Spicer: Trump wanted to clear up ‘blurred’ line between him and Bannon
Associated Press:
Is Bannon in peril? Trump comments worry his populist base
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Post:
Judge washes up dead along the Hudson River  —  Medical examiners remove Abdus-Salaam's body.  —  Robert Miller  —  A pioneering judge, who became the first Muslim woman in US history to serve on the bench, was found dead Wednesday — washed up on the Manhattan side of the Hudson River, sources said.
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New York Times:
Sheila Abdus-Salaam, Judge on New York's Top Court, Is Found Dead in Hudson River  —  Sheila Abdus-Salaam, an associate judge on New York State's highest court and the first African-American woman to serve on that bench, was found dead on Wednesday in the Hudson River, the authorities said.
Discussion: Above the Law and NPR
Jose Lambiet / miamiherald:
Undercooled meat.  Dangerous fish.  Health inspectors zing Trump's Mar-a-Lago kitchen  —  Just days before the state visit of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's Palm Beach private club, Florida restaurant inspectors found potentially dangerous raw fish …
Agence France-Presse:
Syria's Assad says chemical attack ‘100 percent fabrication’  —  A handout picture released by the Syrian presidency's press office shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during an interview with AFP in the capital Damascus on April 12, 2017  —  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Graham: Time for Congress to pass Russia sanctions
Discussion: Politico
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump: 'I'd like to think' Russia didn't know about Syrian chemical attack
Discussion: Politico
Barbara Starr / CNN:
US intelligence intercepted communications between Syrian military and chemical experts
Discussion: Business Insider and The Nation
The Guardian:
British spies were first to spot Trump team's links with Russia  —  Exclusive: GCHQ is said to have alerted US agencies after becoming aware of contacts in 2015  —  Britain's spy agencies played a crucial role in alerting their counterparts in Washington to contacts between members …
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Jay Elwes / Prospect Magazine:
Interview: Richard Dearlove—I spy nationalism
Discussion: Daily Mail and Politicus USA
Jim Morrill / The Charlotte Observer:
NC lawmaker calls Abraham Lincoln a ‘tyrant’ like Hitler  —  A day after setting off one firestorm, a Cabarrus County lawmaker set off another Wednesday by calling Abraham Lincoln “the same sort (of) tyrant” as Adolf Hitler.  —  Republican Rep. Larry Pittman of Cabarrus County made the comparison …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Threatens to Withhold Payments to Insurers to Press Democrats on Health Bill  —  Almost three weeks after canceling a vote on his health-care package over infighting among his fellow Republicans and the opposition of the Democrats, President Donald Trump dug back into the fight …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Threatens to Torch More Republicans
Chicago Tribune:
Letter: I was on United flight 3411.  Here's what I saw.  —  This video posted on social media shows a passenger on an April 9, 2017, United Airlines flight from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Louisville being removed by security.  (Jayse D. Anspach)
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Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
No, the media did not identify the wrong David Dao as United's passenger
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Above the Law
Tegna / WXIA-TV:
Teen accidentally kills himself as friends watch on Instagram Live … “I heard a big boom.  I couldn't tell if it was a gun shot or what.”  —  Shaniqua Stephens had just watched her 13-year-old son take out the trash Monday evening when she heard a noise.  —  “I just knew that it was something that was wrong,” she said.
Discussion: The Root, Daily Mail, KFOR-TV and KTLA
Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
Carter Page: ‘Something may have come up in a conversation’ with Russians about lifting US sanctions  —  Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump's presidential campaign, said that when he was in Moscow last summer, “something may have come up in a conversation” with Russians about lifting U.S. sanctions.
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
After Campaign Exit, Manafort Borrowed From Businesses With Trump Ties  —  That morning, he stepped down from guiding Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign, after a brief tenure during which Mr. Trump won the Republican nomination, Democrats' emails were hacked and the campaign's contacts with Russia came under scrutiny.
Christian Gollayan / New York Post:
Why I won't date hot women anymore  —  When it came to dating in New York as a 30-something executive in private equity, Dan Rochkind had no problem snagging the city's most beautiful women.  —  “I could have [anyone] I wanted,” says Rochkind, now 40 and an Upper West Sider with a muscular build and a full head of hair.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Sofia Petkar / Daily Express:
Kim Jong-Un ‘orders IMMEDIATE EVACUATION of Pyongyang’ as tensions with US escalate  —  NORTH Korea leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly ordered residents of the country's capital Pyongyang to leave the city immediately, sparking fears he may be preparing for war.  —  GETTY
Discussion: UPI and The Gateway Pundit
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Kiyoshi Takenaka / Reuters:
North Korea may be capable of sarin-tipped missiles: Japan PM
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
The Broken Supreme Court  —  When he was discussing military strategy or diplomacy, Gen. Colin Powell, the former secretary of state, liked to invoke what he called the Pottery Barn rule: “If you break it, you own it.”  —  Well, the Republicans broke the Supreme Court confirmation process.
Discussion: Althouse, SCOTUSblog and Reuters
Christina Farr / CNBC:
Apple has a secret team working on the holy grail for treating diabetes  — Apple has a secret group of biomedical engineers developing sensors to monitor blood sugar levels, sources tell CNBC  — If successful, the advance could help millions of diabetes patients and turn devices like the Apple Watch into a must-have
Mike Allen / Axios:
Operation Normal: Trump goes -al  —  Operation Normal achieved supremacy yesterday — and a new phase of Trump's presidency begins.  —  Sound smart: conservatives should have seen this coming.  Trump goes where the applause is loudest.  If that means being a full-throated birther, fine!
 
 
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The Times & The Sunday Times:
Facebook publishing child pornography
Discussion: Axios and Daily Mail
Tim Ciesco / NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth:
Police Call Qurans Found in Toilet at UTD ‘Shocking and Unusual’
Bill Vlasic / New York Times:
Bigger, Faster, More Lavish: Americans Crave S.U.V.s, and Carmakers Oblige
Fox News:
Congress expands ‘unmasking’ probe amid questions over Rice role
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and RedState
Mark Steyn / Steyn Online:
The Incoming Roar  —  Last week was a fairly typical one in 21st century headlines:
Discussion: Instapundit
New York Times:
The Murdochs Assess the O'Reilly Damage
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
How to Stand Up to Trump and Win
New York Times:
Suburban G.O.P. Voters Sour on Party, Raising Republican Fears for 2018
 Earlier Items: 
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Crucified man had prior run-in with authorities
Discussion: Snopes.com
Melissa Etehad / Los Angeles Times:
Boy battled rare disorder with enthusiasm before being gunned down in his San Bernardino classroom
Discussion: Associated Press