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New York Times:
As North Korea Speeds Its Nuclear Program, U.S. Fears Time Will Run Out  —  WASHINGTON — Behind the Trump administration's sudden urgency in dealing with the North Korean nuclear crisis lies a stark calculus: a growing body of expert studies and classified intelligence reports that conclude …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Conservative media figures disappointed with Trump meeting  —  Some conservative media figures invited to an exclusive event with President Trump Monday night left the White House frustrated and complaining that Trump's staff had intentionally sought to limit what they could report out of the meeting.
Discussion: Raw Story
Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
Entire U.S. Senate to go to White House for North Korea briefing  —  Top Trump administration officials will hold a rare briefing on Wednesday at the White House for the entire U.S. Senate on the situation in North Korea, senior Senate aides said on Monday.  —  All 100 senators have been asked …
Eli Watkins / CNN:   Christie gives Trump a ‘B,’ says WH staff need to ‘get their act together’
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Senate staff perplexed by unusual White House private briefing on North Korea
Discussion: Vox and Talking Points Memo
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Willing to Hold Off on Border-Wall Funding  —  President's flexibility on wall funding could ease bipartisan deal on spending bill to avoid a government shutdown later this week  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is open to waiting until later this year to secure funding …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
White House ‘confident’ of averting shutdown as Trump shows flexibility on wall  —  The White House sought Monday to calm a jittery Washington ahead of a showdown with Congress over spending, and President Trump softened his demand that a deal to keep the federal government open include money …
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump opens the door to delaying funding of border wall
Discussion: Daily Kos
Associated Press:
Trump backs away from demand for border wall money
Annie Karni / Politico:
Ivanka Trump gets booed, hissed at during Berlin event  —  BERLIN — Ivanka Trump arrived in Berlin Tuesday morning armed with facts and figures to recite at what was expected to be a high-brow international summit to discuss women entrepreneurship, alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Discussion: Axios and The Week
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Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:
How an Alternative Donald Trump Opening Act Might Have Unfolded  —  The president could have taken advantage of the fact he isn't an ideological conservative or traditional Republican, but a centrist  —  Let's imagine an alternative opening act to the Trump presidency.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
100 days of Democratic rage
Discussion: NBC News and TheBlaze
Tucker Doherty / Politico:
The Media Bubble Is Worse Than You Think  —  How did big media miss the Donald Trump swell?  News organizations old and new, large and small, print and online, broadcast and cable assigned phalanxes of reporters armed with the most sophisticated polling data and analysis to cover the presidential campaign.
Bloomberg:
Trump Slaps Duty on Canada Lumber, Intensifying Trade Fight  —  Step will raise cost of home-building, mattress box springs  —  Canada vows to fight back against 'unfair" import duties  —  U.S. President Donald Trump intensified a trade dispute with Canada, slapping tariffs of up to 24 percent …
Discussion: Washington Post, Politico, The Week and CNBC
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Plans to Impose 20% Tariff on Canadian Softwood-Lumber Imports
Discussion: New York Times, The Week and NPR
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: Trump's tax plan — JUST WONDERING: What is the W.H. gov't shutdown strategy?  — POLITICO names new CEO — ANNIE KARNI on Ivanka in Berlin — LUMBER WARS — B'DAY: AshLee Strong  —  Listen to the Playbook Audio Briefing http://bit.ly/2orock8 ... Subscribe on iTunes http …
New York Times:
Trump Is Said to Seek Cutting Corporate Tax Rate to 15 Percent  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has instructed his advisers to make cutting the corporate tax rate to 15 percent a centerpiece of his tax-cut blueprint to be unveiled this week, according to people with knowledge of his plans …
Discussion: CNBC and New York Magazine
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Wants Tax Plan to Cut Corporate Rate to 15%
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Chobani sues Alex Jones, saying he falsely linked company to child rape, tuberculosis  —  Chobani, the maker of Greek yogurt, is suing right-wing provocateur Alex Jones, claiming he published articles and videos that falsely linked the company to child rape and a tuberculosis outbreak near its plant in Twin Falls, Idaho.
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Demian Bulwa / San Francisco Chronicle:
BART takeover robbery: 40 to 60 teens swarm train, rob weekend riders  —  A recent string of robberies on BART trains took a frightening turn when dozens of juveniles swarmed an Oakland station over the weekend and commandeered a train car, forcing passengers to hand over bags and cell phones …
Chad Kiewiet De Jonge / ABC News:
Only 37 percent say Trump should repeal and replace Obamacare: Poll  —  As President Donald Trump and the Republicans in Congress gear up for another attempt at repealing and replacing Obamacare, an ABC News/Washington Post poll finds broad public preference for keeping and improving it …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Wants It Known: Grading 100 Days Is ‘Ridiculous’ (but His Were the Best)  —  WASHINGTON — In case anyone was wondering, President Trump wants it known that he does not care about the false judgment of his administration after just 100 days.  “It's an artificial barrier,” he sniffed the other day.
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Forget the critics, Mr. President. Your first 100 days have been just fine.
Discussion: The Week and Daily Wire
Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
Macron Campaign Wards Off Hacking Attempts Linked to Russia  —  Presidential candidate's campaign suffers multipronged phishing attack beginning in mid-March  —  PARIS—Hackers matching the profile of a pro-Kremlin group have tried in recent weeks to access campaign email accounts …
Jacob Carpenter / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Prosecutors: Inmate's water cut off for 7 days before his death in the Milwaukee County Jail  —  An inquest has been ordered following the April 2016 dehydration death of Milwaukee County Jail inmate Terrill Thomas.  Here's how an inquest works, and how the only other Milwaukee County inquest in the past decade ended.
Discussion: Washington Post and CBS Sacramento
Alex Hern / The Guardian:
Wikipedia founder to fight fake news with new Wikitribune site  —  Crowdfunded online publication from Jimmy Wales will pair paid journalists with army of volunteer contributors … Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia, is launching a new online publication which will aim to fight fake news …
Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Flynn's Turkish lobbying linked to Russia  —  The Turkish man who gave Mike Flynn a $600,000 lobbying deal just before President Donald Trump picked him to be national security adviser has business ties to Russia, including a 2009 aviation financing deal negotiated with Vladimir Putin, according to court records.
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and Raw Story
Joe Concha / The Hill:
O'Reilly: Fans will be ‘shaken’ when truth comes out about Fox exit  —  Former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly said he is “sad” that he's not on television anymore and admitted Monday evening he's “very surprised how it all turned out” regarding his split with his network home of more than 20 years.
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
The Effects of Ending the Affordable Care Act's Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments  —  Controversy has emerged recently over federal payments to insurers under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) related to cost-sharing reductions for low-income enrollees in the ACA's marketplaces.
Discussion: Balloon Juice, USA Today, Vox and Axios
Eliza Collins / USA Today:
Republicans in Congress push for religious liberty executive order  —  WASHINGTON — Dozens of Republican lawmakers are asking President Trump to scale back Obama-era protections for gays and lesbians in order to make good on a campaign promise to protect religious liberty.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Infighting cools down in Trumpland  —  President Trump's White House is making an effort to heal the wounds from the infighting and leaks that have dogged the administration over its first 100 days.  —  Trump appears to have brokered at least a temporary peace between son-in-law Jared Kushner …
Discussion: Political Wire
Rachel Zoll / Associated Press:
LESBIAN METHODIST BISHOP FACES CHALLENGE TO HER ELECTION  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Karen Oliveto clutched a friend's hand, closed her eyes and wept when she learned last year she had been elected a bishop of the United Methodist Church.  Oliveto, who is married to another woman, had become the denomination's first openly gay bishop.
Discussion: Vox Popoli
 
 
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: 50 Percent Have Little to No Confidence in GOP Health-Care Push
Discussion: Washington Post
Reuters:
Venezuela death toll rises as unrest enters fourth week
Discussion: The Week
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Can Facebook Fix Its Own Worst Bug?
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Workers who really do ‘support our troops’ are getting their wages slashed
Rick Seltzer / Inside Higher Ed:
What Comes After Whittier Shutdown?
Discussion: TaxProf Blog and Above the Law
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Politico Names Investment Banker as New CEO
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
A reelection challenge (almost) as big as Texas
Will Baude / Washington Post:
The Supreme Court's double standard for qualified immunity cases
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Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
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Discussion: The Week and NPR, more at Mediagazer »
Fox Business:
Obama Wall Street's Newest Fat Cat With Cantor Speech
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
Aaron R. Hanlon / New Republic:
Why Colleges Have a Right to Reject Hateful Speakers Like Ann Coulter
Discussion: Hot Air and Instapundit
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
If you really respect Trump voters, tell them the truth
Discussion: bradford-delong.com