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4:05 PM ET, April 14, 2017

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New York Times:
China Warns of ‘Storm Clouds Gathering’ in U.S.-North Korea Standoff  —  HONG KONG — North Korea said on Friday that nuclear war could break out on the Korean Peninsula “at any moment,” accusing the United States of escalating tensions that have set off fears of war and calls for calm by countries in the region.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
For Trump, a Steep Learning Curve Leads to Policy Reversals  —  WASHINGTON — For President Trump, the road to changing his mind on China included a discussion with corporate executives in the State Dining Room of the White House in February.  When the conversation turned to China's currency …
Bloomberg:
China Warns of War Risk as Trump Rattles Saber at North Korea
Discussion: Axios
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:   Does Steve Bannon Have Something to Offer?
CNN:
As North Korea brews, Trump again in Mar-a-Lago
Discussion: The Root
NBC News:
U.S. May Launch Strike If North Korea Reaches For Nuclear Trigger
Julian Zelizer / CNN:
Bannon's departure would rip the mask off the ‘blue-collar Trump’
Discussion: Washington Post and Booman Tribune
Annie Waldman / ProPublica:
DeVos Pick to Head Civil Rights Office Once Said She Faced Discrimination for Being White  —  The new acting head of the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights once complained that she experienced discrimination because she is white.  —  As an undergraduate studying calculus …
CNN:
36 ISIS fighters killed by US ‘mother of all bombs’: Afghan official  —  (CNN)In its second major display of military might in one week, the US dropped its most powerful non-nuclear bomb on ISIS positions in a remote part of Afghanistan.  —  Afghan officials said 36 militants were killed …
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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Why the US dropped the ‘mother of all bombs’ in Afghanistan
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Amanda Prestigiacomo / Daily Wire:
New Video: The Moment The ‘Mother Of All Bombs’ Killed 36 ISIS Members
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
White House says it won't make visitor logs public  —  President Donald Trump's week of reversals continued Friday, as his administration bucked recent precedent to announce that the White House won't release records of its visitors.  —  The decision not to voluntarily disclose White House visitor logs …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump will keep list of White House visitors secret  —  The Trump administration announced Friday that it would not follow former president Barack Obama's policy of voluntarily disclosing the names of most visitors to the White House complex, citing “grave national security risks and privacy concerns.”
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House showdown on Paris deal set for next week  —  President Donald Trump's most senior advisers will huddle next week to resolve long-simmering tensions over whether the United States should stay in the Paris climate change agreement, a major point of dispute between the moderate …
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
If Trump Fired Bannon, Would He Seek Revenge?  —  When Steve Bannon vacated a home in Florida in 2015, his landlord complained that an entire Jacuzzi had apparently been coated in acid.  After conservative media star Dana Loesch left Bannon's employ at Breitbart News in 2012 …
Jee Lee / The Wellesley News:
Free speech is not violated at Wellesley  —  Many members of our community, including students, alumnae and faculty, have criticized the Wellesley community for becoming an environment where free speech is not allowed or is a violated right.  Many outside sources have painted us as a bunch …
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Why Do Democrats Feel Sorry for Hillary Clinton?  —  Every day, the incoherence deepens: He's going to cover “everyone,” but he's going to push 24 million people off their health insurance.  He's going to wipe out the debt, but his tax cuts and spending spree will add trillions to it.
Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Sen. Jeff Flake weathers brutal, 2 1/2-hour Mesa town hall  —  The Arizona senator was battered with questions about Trump's proposed border wall; internet privacy; taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood; and his opposition to ‘Obamacare.’  —  U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake endured a brutal face …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
How to fix the Supreme Court  —  The way we choose Supreme Court nominees is broken.  Here's how to fix it.  —  It's worth taking a step back to realize just how broken the process for selecting Supreme Court justices now is.  —  In 2016, Senate Republicans responded to Antonin Scalia's death …
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Richard Wolf / USA Today:
For Neil Gorsuch, Supreme Court job may seem subordinate
Discussion: SCOTUSblog
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump Is Just George W. Bush But Racist  —  Donald Trump ran an ethnonationalist cult-of-personality presidential campaign, in which his status as a (real) nonpolitician and (imaginary) business genius would allow him to transcend and solve every policy problem.
Matthew Chapman / Shareblue:
Small-town resistance: Dems pull off shocking red-seat wins across Illinois  —  This week saw an amazingly close race in the special election for Kansas's 4th Congressional District, one of the most conservative parts of the country.  Democrat James Thompson came within 7 points of Republican Ron Estes …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
Media Matters for America:
Trump Ally Alex Jones: “The Word Is” President Obama's Daughters “Aren't Even His Kids”  —  ALEX JONES (HOST): This is out of The Hill, Obama reportedly spending a month in French Polynesia, where there is no criminal extradition to the United States and it's funny they just brought …
Brian Ross / ABC News:
Analysts identify #SyriaHoax as Russian-fueled propaganda  —  As Syrian president Bashar al-Assad called videos of last week's chemical attack a “fabrication,” a piece of propaganda promoted by a Russian cyber operation and bearing the hashtag #SyriaHoax has gained traction in the United States, analysts tell ABC News.
Caren Chesler / Popular Mechanics:
The Blood of the Crab  —  Horseshoe crab blood is an irreplaceable medical marvel—and so biomedical companies are bleeding 500,000 every year.  Can this creature that's been around since the dinosaurs be saved?  —  Meghan Owings plucks a horseshoe crab out of a tank and bends …
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
Anthony Breznican / EW.com:
Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer makes its long-awaited debut  —  “It's time for the Jedi to end.”  —  The trailer for The Last Jedi just dropped at Star Wars Celebration, sending chills across the fandom and providing our first glimpse into the galaxy after civil war was reignited in The Force Awakens.
Bloomberg:
Russia Says Evidence Growing Syria Chemical Attack Was Staged  —  U.S. actions in Syria seek regime change, Lavrov says  —  Foreign ministers of Russia, Iran, Syria meet in Moscow  —  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said a chemical-weapons attack in Syria that provoked U.S. missile strikes …
Discussion: RedState, Fox News Insider and Forbes
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Justice Department drops North Carolina bathroom lawsuit  —  The Trump Justice Department is dropping the federal lawsuit against North Carolina's “bathroom law” after the state agreed to replace the controversial measure.  —  Sandra Hairston, the acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District …
Discussion: RedState
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Stealth caucus gains ground in Trump White House  —  In President Trump's White House, it's better to not be seen or heard — at least in public.  —  A cadre of Trump's top aides from New York City — economic adviser Gary Cohn, deputy national security adviser Dina Powell and Trump family members Ivanka …
Discussion: RedState and Daily Wire
Scott McConnell / Vox:
I voted for Trump.  After the Syria strikes, I'm second-guessing my choice.  —  What happened to “America First”?  —  This is how the Beltway establishment, Republicans and Democrats alike, think about American foreign policy:  —  America's role is to lead the world.
Discussion: Raw Story
MA Towery / Opinion Savvy:
Poll: Ossoff Increases Lead in GA6; Runoff Likely  —  In our final poll of the GA6 jungle primary-style special election, some slight movement indicates that Ossoff's well-funded machine is gradually increasing his support, while Handel has maintained her status as the leading Republican.  —  Toplines:
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Samuel L Jackson backs Democrats in new radio ad for Georgia special election
Discussion: Raw Story
Al Weaver / Washington Examiner:
RNC chair to GOP: show you can govern or lose in 2018
Discussion: Hot Air and Political Wire
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
Trump's CIA Director Pompeo, Targeting WikiLeaks, Explicitly Threatens Speech and Press Freedoms
Sputnik International:
Russian Humanoid Robot ‘Fedor’ Learns to Shoot Using Both Arms
Discussion: Daily Mail
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
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Charles Krauthammer / National Review:
Trump's Great Reversal — for Now
CBS San Francisco:
Suicide Barriers Going Up At Golden Gate Bridge After Over 1.5K Deaths
Discussion: RT
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BostonGlobe.com:
Paul LePage says he might run for Senate, but doesn't think he would ‘make a very good legislator’
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Over 550 Amazon Employees Are Pressuring Leadership To Cut Advertising Ties With Breitbart
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Focused on Trump's Successes, Many Supporters Are Unfazed by His Reversals
David French / National Review:
Trump's MOAB Drop Triggered a Tweet You Need to Read
Discussion: Red Alert Politics and CNBC
Shoko Oda / Bloomberg:
The Great Japan Potato-Chip Crisis: Panic Buying, $12 Bags
Discussion: Daily Mail