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9:40 AM ET, April 27, 2017

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Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
Exclusive interview: Trump ‘absolutely’ looking at breaking up 9th Circuit  —  President Trump said Wednesday that he has “absolutely” considered proposals that would split up the 9th Circuit, where judges have blocked two of his executive actions.  —  “There are many people that want to break up the 9th Circuit.
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The White House:
Statement on Sanctuary Cities Ruling
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
A Ruling about Nothing  —  U.S. President Donald Trump (Reuters: Yuri Gripas)
Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin can't guarantee middle class wouldn't pay more under tax plan  —  Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin today declined to guarantee that middle-class families wouldn't pay more under President Trump's sweeping tax overhaul plan.  —  “I can't make any guarantees until …
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CRFB Papers and Blog Posts:
Fiscal FactCheck: How Much Will Trump's Tax Plan Cost?  —  The White House released principles and a framework for tax reform today.  We applaud the President's focus on tax reform, but the plan includes far more detail on how the Administration would cut taxes than on how they would pay for those cuts.
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
Winners and Losers in the Trump Tax Plan  —  The tax plan the Trump administration released Wednesday consists (so far) of a single page of bullet points.  —  If this were a more rounded plan, we could wait for the tax wonks at various think tanks to run it through their models and tell …
New York Times:
White House Proposes Slashing Tax Rates, Significantly Aiding Wealthy
Tommy Christopher / Shareblue:
WH reporter panics Treasury Secretary by asking how tax plan will personally benefit Trump
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
A Chilling Threat of Political Violence in Portland  —  On the day after Donald Trump was inaugurated, perhaps 3 million Americans took to the streets in peaceful protest to register their opposition.  When news of his travel ban broke, I stood at LAX watching Angelenos sing the Star Spangled Banner and Amazing Grace.
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Portlandia: City of the Petty, Bankrupt, Vindictive Left  —  One of the staples of Portland, Oregon—"Portlandia" to TV viewers— is the annual Rose Festival, now in its 82nd year, and it has for several years now featured a kickoff parade, akin to the Rose Parade in Pasadena on January 1 every year.
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump administration talks tough on North Korea, but frustrated lawmakers want details  —  President Trump and his top national security advisers briefed congressional lawmakers Wednesday on what a senior aide called the “very grave threat” posed by North Korea, but they offered few details …
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
The Drumbeats Don't Add Up to Imminent War With North Korea
Discussion: CNN and Common Dreams
Kaili Joy Gray / Shareblue:
Trump spent all of 14 minutes in briefing with senators on “military preparation” for North Korea
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Occupy Democrats and CNN
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
The education of Donald Trump  —  The 70-year-old leader of the free world sat behind his desk in the Oval Office last Friday afternoon, doing what he's done for years: selling himself.  His 100th day in office was approaching, and Trump was eager to reshape the hardening narrative of a White House veering off course.
Discussion: The Week
Bloomberg:
Trump Aides Embroiled in Debate on How Soon to Move on Nafta  —  Some advisers said to push to action before 100 days is up  —  Other faction urging slower approach through formal notice  —  President Donald Trump's top advisers are embroiled in a debate over how aggressively to proceed …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
GOP senator: Leaving NAFTA ‘disastrously bad’
Discussion: Instapundit and RedState
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Trump tells Canada, Mexico, he won't terminate NAFTA treaty yet: White House
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Trump Tells Foreign Leaders That Nafta Can Stay for Now
David Choi / Business Insider:
Fox News' Jesse Watters takes abrupt vacation after controversial remarks about Ivanka Trump  —  Fox News' Jesse Watters reportedly is taking a vacation, one day after making what some saw as suggestive remarks about Ivanka Trump.  —  CNN's Brian Stelter and the CNNMoney media team reported …
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Coincidence? Jesse Watters Announces He's Going On Vacation Following Ivanka Flap
Discussion: The Week
Max Jaeger / New York Post:
Lawyers sue Times, CNN, Fox News for racial discrimination  —  Three of nation's largest media organizations are being sued — two by the same lawyer — for ­racial discrimination.  —  A half-dozen people have filed suits against The New York Times and Fox News, while as many as 175 current …
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Click2Houston.com:
School district slams sixth grader with suspension over haircut  —  BAYTOWN, Texas - Xavier Davis had no idea his hair could cause him so much trouble.  —  Xavier is a sixth grader at Cedar Bayou Junior High School in Baytown.  —  When he walked into class last Thursday, he said he was promptly sent to the office.
Discussion: The Root, Refinery29 and KFOR-TV
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
I Am a Victim of Your Hateful Hate Crimes, You Hate-Criminals  —  As a person of absolutely no color who embodies an intersectional reality that includes my utter lack of genderfluidity and my unemployment-questioning, differently-veteraned, and non-pagan experiences, I am totally oppressed by progressivism's hegemonic power structure.
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump tweets draw ‘tidal wave of threats’  —  It's never easy for a new president to transition into his security bubble, but Donald Trump comes with unconventional protection challenges — including his active Twitter life — that are testing the Secret Service in unpleasant and costly ways.
Discussion: Raw Story and AOL
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Alarmed by Government's Hard-Line Stance in Citizenship Case  —  WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. tried to test the limits of the government's position at a Supreme Court argument on Wednesday by confessing to a criminal offense.  —  “Some time ago, outside the statute …
Discussion: SCOTUSblog
David Nather / Axios:
Revival of unpopular health care plan divides GOP  —  For all of the talk that this might finally be House Republicans' chance to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the big picture is that there's still a bitter divide within the party — though it's now separating the moderates from everyone else …
UVA Center / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Center for Politics Poll Takes Temperature of Trump Voters at 100-Day Mark  —  A new University of Virginia Center for Politics poll of Trump voters shows his approval rating at 93% with these voters, though just 42% “strongly approve” while 51% “somewhat approve.”
Discussion: Politico
Jim Stingl / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Urgent trip to restroom gets man kicked off Delta flight  —  The way Kima Hamilton sees it, his urgent need to visit the restroom as a Milwaukee-bound Delta jet awaited takeoff was a misunderstanding blown all out of proportion.  —  In fellow passenger Krista Rosolino's view …
Felix Gillette / Bloomberg:
And Then There Was Hannity  —  Bill O'Reilly.  Roger Ailes.  Megyn Kelly.  One by one, the biggest personalities at Fox News have left the building.  —  From Subscribe Reprints  —  During commercial breaks on his Fox News program, Sean Hannity likes to wing around a football with anyone in the vicinity of his desk.
Elana Schor / Politico:
Trump resistance tries to channel its anger  —  In the middle of mass protests against Donald Trump's travel ban in January, the crowds outside the White House chanted at the president: “We will not go away!  Welcome to your ninth day!”  —  The Trump resistance hasn't gone away …
The Guardian:
Isis faces exodus of foreign fighters as its ‘caliphate’ crumbles  —  Exclusive: Two Britons and one US citizen are among dozens who have surrendered or been caught at Turkish border … Martin Chulov in Istanbul, Jamie Grierson in London and Jon Swaine in New York
Discussion: Daily Mail and The Week
Nicholas Dirks / New York Times:
Berkeley Is Under Attack From Both Sides  —  BERKELEY, Calif. — The University of California, Berkeley, and the community around it have been symbols of free speech for more than 50 years.  We still celebrate the legacy of Mario Savio and others who fought in the 1960s to ensure that the First Amendment be honored on campus.
Fox News:
Fox News Poll: President Trump's first 100 days getting mixed reviews  —  A Fox News Poll taken as the Trump administration nears its 100-day milestone gives mixed messages to the president.  —  President Trump's job ratings are underwater by three percentage points.  Currently 45 percent approve of the job he's doing.
CNN:
CNN/ORC Poll: At 100 days, Trump approval rating shows no sign of growth  —  WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 28: (AFP OUT) U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of the U.S. Congress on February 28, 2017 in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.
Charles Maldonado / The Lens:
Orleans Parish prosecutors are using fake subpoenas to pressure witnesses to talk to them  —  Editor's note: This story has been updated with a report that the District Attorney's Office has said the practice will end.  —  The notice Tiffany Lacroix received in November had “SUBPOENA” …
Discussion: The Root
 
 
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Agence France-Presse:
Turkey arrests 1,000 and suspends 9,100 police in new crackdown
Discussion: Hot Air and The Guardian
Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
State Department Understaffing Is Likely to Linger Into 2018
Mary Kay Mallonee / CNN:
Baltimore asks FBI for help: ‘Murder is out of control’
Discussion: The Root
Kevin Swain / Yale Daily News:
Local 33 members begin hunger strike
Paul Sperry / Front Page Magazine:
PC Pentagon Caves To CAIR, Agrees to ‘Review’ Anti-Terror Training Program
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Marine Le Pen's narrow path to French victory: Get opponents to stay home
Discussion: Political Wire
Nicki Jhabvala / Denver Post:
Broncos LB Brandon Marshall opens up about protests, Colin Kaepernick being “blackballed” by NFL
Discussion: RedState
 Earlier Items: 
Matt Latimer / Politico:
Hillary's First 100 Days: An Alternate History
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:
VIDEO: Pelosi breakdown? Garbles words, mispronounces countries in short speech
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Daily Wire
Michael Kruse / Politico:
Dan Rather's Second Coming
Discussion: IJR, Daily Wire and Althouse
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Freedom Caucus endorses revised ObamaCare repeal-and-replace bill
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Layoffs Hit ESPN On-Air Talent as 100 Staffers Lose Jobs
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House to continue Obamacare payments, removing shutdown threat
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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