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11:20 AM ET, April 16, 2017

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BBC:
N Korea missile launch fails, says South Korea  —  North Korea has attempted to launch a missile on its east coast which is believed to have failed, South Korea's military says.  —  It comes a day after the state warned the US that it was “ready to hit back with nuclear attacks” amid mounting tension in the region.
Discussion: Raw Story, AOL, The Gateway Pundit, Axios and CNN
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Donald Trump / ABC News:
Trump ‘will take action’ to end any North Korea threat to US: top security adviser  —  National security adviser said Trump won't allow North Korea threat to continue.  —  58m ago  —  ‘This Week’ Transcript: High Alert |  North Korea  —  A rush transcript for “This Week” on April, 16 2017.
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: High Alert |  North Korea  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ on April 16, 2017 and it will be updated.  —  MARTHA RADDATZ, ABC HOST: That was then-candidate Donald Trump during the New Hampshire primary debate saying that China should take care of the North Korea.
Josh Meyer / Politico:
Failure to sanction China helped North Korea, former officials say  —  Even as presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping pledge to stop North Korea's fast-advancing nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs, there's one uncomfortable secret that neither leader has publicly acknowledged …
Discussion: ABC News
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
N. Korea didn't test a nuclear weapon, but it did try to launch another missile  —  TOKYO — There was a sense of relief when April 15, the most important day in the North Korean calendar, passed without a nuclear test.  That relief didn't last long, as North Korea fired a ballistic missile early Sunday morning.
Scott Campbell / Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: North Korea ‘attempts to launch missile but fails’ …
Discussion: Infowars
NBC Bay Area:
Twenty-One People Arrested as Clashes Break Out at Opposing Rallies in Berkeley  —  In what has become an eerily familiar scene in Berkeley, supporters and detractors of President Donald Trump on Saturday exchanged blows, burned flags, and set off fireworks at opposing rallies, resulting in at least 21 arrests, police said.
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Los Angeles Times:
Berkeley braces for another pro-Trump rally, counter protests  —  Pro-Trump supporters and counter-protesters clash in Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park in Berkeley in March.  (Dan Honda / East Bay Times)  —  Berkeley officials are bracing for a “Patriots Day” rally Saturday …
Jackie Wattles / CNNMoney:
14 arrested at Berkeley protest over Trump tax returns
Ian Mason / Breitbart:
Weiner Rising in White House: Ally of Disgraced Ex-Congressman Hired  —  Jared Kushner and his wife Ivanka Trump enlisted the services of Risa Heller, a New York City public relations figure known for her work with Democrats including former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY), Sen. Chuck Schumer …
Discussion: Mediaite
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New York Times:
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump: Pillars of Family-Driven West Wing
Discussion: NPR, The Hill and Raw Story
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Steve Bannon Was Doomed
Discussion: Raw Story
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Has Trump found religion in the Oval Office?  —  President Donald Trump has increasingly infused references to God into his prepared remarks — calling on God to bless all the world after launching strikes in Syria, asking God to bless the newest Supreme Court Justice, invoking the Lord to argue in favor of a war on opioids.
Discussion: Political Wire
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
White supremacist caught on video sucker-punching woman Berkeley protester faces calls for arrest  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  A notorious white supremacist got caught on camera sucker-punching a woman in the melee that erupted on Saturday in Berkeley, CA between pro- and anti-Trump demonstrators.
Travis Waldron / The Huffington Post:
WTF Happened To Curt Schilling?  —  How the Red Sox hero went from the top of the world to the bottom of the fever swamps.  —  The sign appeared in a window above Boylston Street as the Red Sox paraded through downtown Boston to celebrate the team's first World Series title in 86 years.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
New York Times:
With Trump Appointees, a Raft of Potential Conflicts and ‘No Transparency’  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump is populating the White House and federal agencies with former lobbyists, lawyers and consultants who in many cases are helping to craft new policies for the same industries in which they recently earned a paycheck.
Discussion: ProPublica and Political Wire
Clare Foran / The Atlantic:
Are Anti-Trump Protests Losing Steam?  —  On Saturday, protesters plan to gather in cities across the United States, and around the world, to demand that President Trump release his tax returns, in an early test of the strength and staying power of the grassroots movement that has mobilized in opposition to the new administration.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
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Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
Maxine Waters rallies Tax March crowd for Trump's impeachment
Discussion: IJR
 
 
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