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Washington Post:
Trump proposed Putin visit Washington in March 20 phone call, Kremlin says  —  President Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the two leaders could meet in the White House, a Kremlin aide told Russian media Monday, Russian news agencies said.  —  No specific preparations for such a meeting have taken place, the aide said.
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The Daily Beast:
Kremlin Says Donald Trump Invited Vladimir Putin to the White House
Discussion: The Week
TASS:   Kremlin aide: Summit talks in Washington with Putin was Trump's suggestion
Max Seddon / Financial Times:
Trump adviser's Russian contact closely linked to Putin family
Discussion: Washington Press
Oleksiy Kuzmenko / bellingcat:
The Curious Case of David Jewberg, the Fake Senior Pentagon Russia Analyst  —  Summary:  — “Senior Pentagon Russia Analyst LTC David Jewberg” maintained a popular Facebook page and was frequently quoted in Ukrainian and Russian media as a Pentagon insider related to topics concerning Ukraine and Russia.
Megan Cassella / Politico:
China to slap tariffs on 128 U.S. goods  —  China is moving forward with its plan to counter President Donald Trump's new tariffs on steel and aluminum, levying duties that will take effect Monday on more than $3 billion in U.S. exports to the country.  —  In a statement Sunday …
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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trade war escalates as China says it will impose tariffs on 128 U.S. exports, including pork and fruit
Discussion: The Guardian and VICE News
CNBC:
China announces it's imposing new tariffs on 128 US products
Discussion: The Week
Tom Hancock / Financial Times:
China slaps new duties on US nuts, pork, fruit and wine
Discussion: Axios and Washington Monthly
CBS News:
China imposing new tariffs on U.S. products in retaliation of Trump tariffs
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Corruption, Not Russia, Is Trump's Greatest Political Liability  —  “My whole life I've been greedy, greedy, greedy,” declared Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign.  “I've grabbed all the money I could get.  I'm so greedy.  But now I want to be greedy for the United States.”
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
New York Magazine cover depicts Trump as a pig
Discussion: RedState
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
‘Extremely dangerous to our democracy’: MSNBC's Joe and Mika shame Sinclair anchors for reciting pro-Trump propaganda  —  MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski were disgusted by the pro-Trump propaganda that Sinclair Broadcast Group forced its anchors to read on the air.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sinclair tells stations to air media-bashing promos - and the criticism goes viral
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook's hardest year, and what comes next  —  “We will dig through this hole, but it will take a few years.”  —  It's been a tough year for Facebook.  The social networking juggernaut found itself engulfed by controversies over fake news, electoral interference …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
This Trump legal defeat may force Trump to decide: His presidency or his businesses? … In a decision with far-reaching implications for President Trump, a federal court ruled this week that a lawsuit could go forward claiming he unconstitutionally received foreign emoluments — that is …
Discussion: Daily Kos
The Daily Beast:
Report: Britain Believes Spy Poisoning Had Putin's Approval  —  British officials now believe the nerve-agent attack on a former spy in England had approval from the top levels of Russian government.  Sources told CNN the nature of the attack—likely to have been carried out by applying …
Discussion: CNN
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New York Times:
Poisoned Door Handle Hints at High-Level Plot to Kill Spy, U.K. Officials Say
Discussion: Raw Story
Burgess Everett / Politico:
‘It sucks’: Senators fume over McConnell's tight grip  —  Republican John Kennedy has served in the Senate a full 15 months — and not once received a roll call vote on one of his legislative amendments.  —  “I think it sucks,” the Louisiana senator fumed as Congress headed home in March for a two-week recess.
Elaina Plott / Washingtonian:
Is DC Being Too Mean to Louise Linton?  —  Trumpworld sees the actress-turned-cabinet-spouse as a victim of the Beltway's mean-girl social set.  Le tout Washington disagrees.  —  They were just gloves, Louise Linton says.  “I didn't take the bloody gloves off because it was cold!
Discussion: Politico
Mike Barnes / Hollywood Reporter:
Steven Bochco, Creative Force Behind ‘Hill Street Blues,’ ‘L.A. Law’ and ‘NYPD Blue,’ Dies at 74  —  The unwavering TV writer-producer, winner of 10 Emmys, butted heads with networks and almost always won.  —  Steven Bochco, the strong-willed writer and producer who brought gritty realism …
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
At Chicago nightclub, George Papadopoulos allegedly makes explosive new claim about Jeff Sessions  —  At a London bar in May 2016, after numerous drinks, Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos bragged to an Australian diplomat the Russians had obtained damaging information on Hillary Clinton.
Paul Woolverton / The Fayetteville Observer:
NC GOP tries to connect Supreme Court candidate to convicted murderers  —  The North Carolina Republican Party is attempting to link Democratic Supreme Court candidate Anita Earls to three Fayetteville-area convicted killers even though she never took part in their cases.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
So why was Trump aide talking to a Russian spy?  —  The CNN team wanted viewers to know there could be a very big development in the Trump Russia investigation.  —  “CNN has learned why special counsel Robert Mueller wants the cooperation of former Trump campaign deputy Rick Gates,” anchor Alisyn Camerota said Friday.
Discussion: Power Line
Ryan Gaydos / Fox News:
Eagles of Death Metal frontman apologizes for ‘mean-spirited’ March for Our Lives criticism  —  The lead singer of Eagles of Death Metal - the band that was performing during the 2015 Paris terror attack - apologized Saturday for his criticism of the March for Our Lives participants.
Dexter Filkins / New Yorker:
A Saudi Prince's Quest to Remake the Middle East  —  In his work with the White House, is Mohammed bin Salman driving out extremism, or merely seizing power for himself?  —  A few days after Donald Trump was inaugurated, Jared Kushner sat down to decide how to reshape the Middle East.
David Alire Garcia / Reuters:
Costa Rica center-left easily wins presidency in vote fought on gay rights  —  David Alire Garcia, Enrique Andres Pretel  —  SAN JOSE (Reuters) - The center-left's Carlos Alvarado Quesada decisively defeated a conservative Protestant singer in Costa Rica's presidential runoff election …
Discussion: New York Times, VICE News and The Week
CNN:
At Mar-a-Lago, Trump hears from immigration hardliners  —  (CNN)Retreating from the White House for a three-night stay at his Florida estate, President Donald Trump heard this weekend from a parade of allies — many on the Fox News payroll — that his base believes he is softening on immigration.
Don Sweeney / Sacramento Bee:
Why are teens snorting condoms?  Here are five things to know about latest online fad  —  While it sounds like an April Fool's joke, educators are warning about a “condom challenge” being spread online by YouTube videos and social media.  —  Also known as the “snorting condom challenge” …
Discussion: Forbes
Associated Press:
In Missouri, GOP candidate for Senate walks Trump tightrope  —  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — He is one of the Republican Party's most-prized recruits, a young U.S. Senate candidate with an outsider resume and a populist message designed to appeal equally to farmers, suburban moms and the national GOP's moneyed elite.
 
 
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