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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump's top national security spokesman to leave White House — National Security Council spokesman Michael Anton said Sunday that he plans to leave the White House — a move that will leave President Donald Trump without one of the earliest and sharpest defenders of his “America First” foreign policy.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
How Trumpworld is winging a trade war — When the president threatened China with $100 billion in new tariffs, there had hardly been any White House discussion. — What I'm hearing: There wasn't one single deliberative meeting in which senior officials sat down to debate the pros and cons of this historic threat.
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The Hill:
Trump national security spokesman to depart White House — National Security Council spokesman Michael Anton is leaving the White House, a senior White House official confirmed to The Hill on Sunday evening. — It is the latest move in a wide-ranging shakeup of President Trump
Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Airstrikes hit Syria after deadly chemical attack, state TV reports — Syrian state TV and witnesses said late Sunday that airstrikes had hit a military airport near the city of Homs shortly after a suspected chemical attack that killed at least 40 people in a suburb of the capital city, Damascus, over the weekend.
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mccain.senate.gov:
STATEMENT BY SASC CHAIRMAN JOHN McCAIN ON CHEMICAL ATTACK IN SYRIA — Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today on the chemical attack in Syria: — “President Trump last week signaled …
Associated Press:
The Latest: Syrian news agency reports missile attack — BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local): — Syria's state-run news agency says the military's air defenses have confronted a missile attack on air base in central Syria and shot down eight missiles.
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i24NEWS:
Strike on Syria air base kills 14, including Iranian forces: monitor
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Kathy Gilsinan / The Atlantic:
The Terrible Cost of Obama's Failure in Syria
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Eli Watkins / CNN:
McCain: Trump ‘emboldened’ Assad with comments on US withdrawal from Syria
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Reuters:
Syria, Russia say Israeli war planes carried out strike on Syrian air base
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Joyce Karam / The National:
White House holds Syria meeting to discuss options
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USA Today:
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says he's left Facebook over data collection — SAN FRANCISCO — Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak told USA TODAY he's leaving Facebook out of growing concern for the carelessness with which Facebook and other Internet companies treat the private information of users.
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Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
Facebook suspends another data analytics firm after CNBC discovers it was using tactics like Cambridge Analytica
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Esha Ray / New York Daily News:
Close friend of man killed in Trump Tower fire says President once called victim ‘crazy Jew’ — He died in the home he hated, which was owned by a man who apparently hated him. — Todd Brassner, a 67-year-old art dealer who lost his life Saturday in the Trump Tower fire …
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Peter Mellado / Washington Press:
Reporters just uncovered a scandal that places Trump Tower fire death at Trump's feet
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
In John Bolton, Trump Finds a Fellow Political Blowtorch. Will Foreign Policy Burn? — WASHINGTON — Shortly after Ambassador John R. Bolton was sent to represent the United States at the United Nations, an institution he had long scorned as an anti-American citadel of corruption, he hosted President George W. Bush for a visit.
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Ginger Hervey / Politico:
Viktor Orbán celebrates (another) electoral victory — Hungary — Hungary's general election on Sunday saw Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's right-wing Fidesz party emerge with a landslide victory, expected to take 133 of the Hungarian parliament's 199 seats.
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Marc Santora / New York Times:
Hungary Election Gives Orban Big Majority, and Control of Constitution
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Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
'I know I don't need it' — Fabian Rodriguez was cradling his new rifle when he stopped at one of the gun-show booths to purchase a $5 chicken fajita MRE. — The “Meal Ready to Eat” is a mainstay for troops on combat missions. But Rodriguez, a 28-year-old San Antonio native who sells auto paint …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sinclair allows critical ad to air, sandwiched between its defense — Ex-Sinclair news director: We had must-run pieces — Sinclair Broadcast Group has agreed to air a commercial from a liberal consumer watchdog that's critical of the broadcaster's actions. But there's a catch.
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Adam Bagni / providencejournal.com:
My Turn: Adam Bagni: Sinclair messes with R.I. landmark
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David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
The Man Who Is Glitterbombing New York City Politics — We've met only a few hours before and already New York City's second-most powerful politician has told me about the moment he found out he was HIV positive, his former cocaine habit, the night he decided to get sober …
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Horror of Being Governed by ‘Fox & Friends’ — During the early days of the Obama administration, I did a few appearances on “Fox & Friends.” — The conversations were predictably shallow, tilted and exploitive. The hosts had a particular knack for asking the idiotic with chipper earnestness …
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Wall Street Journal:
As Zuckerberg Prepares to Testify, Questions Grow Over How to Protect Data — Congress has been contemplating the best way to regulate social-media platforms. Few of the options are straightforward. — When Facebook Inc. FB -1.34% Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg testifies in Congress this week …
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Conservative pollster: ‘I think the Republicans are in deep trouble’ — Conservative pollster Frank Luntz said on Sunday that he believes Republicans are in danger of losing both chambers of Congress in this year's midterm elections. — “I think the Republicans are in deep trouble in the House and the Senate as well.
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Stan Collender / Forbes:
Trump Trillion Dollar Budget Deficits Officially Begin This Week — The new U.S. normal of $1 trillion or more annual federal budget deficits will officially begin this week when the Congressional Budget Office releases its economic and budget outlook report showing that the deficit …
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Bill Whitaker / CBS News:
When Russian hackers targeted the U.S. election infrastructure — Russian operatives launched a widespread cyberattack against state voting systems during the 2016 presidential election. Former officials say no votes were changed but an Election Day attack could have created chaos at the polls
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Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Trump vs Putin? Time to Be ‘Scared’ — In an early morning tweet exactly one year and 77 days into his presidency, Donald Trump on Sunday finally criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin by name. — It took a chemical weapons attack in Syria by Putin's ally ("Animal Assad," …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
The race to replace Paul Ryan is on — Two top members of Paul Ryan's leadership team, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Majority Whip Steve Scalise, have begun angling for his job in the event the speaker calls it quits after the election. — They're closely monitoring the moves …
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
We're in a battle to defend democracy — and Trump is on the wrong side … What if the West found itself “engaged in a fundamental contest between our free and open societies and closed and repressive systems” — and the U.S. president was on the wrong side? — This is not a hypothetical question.
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
How Trump thrives in ‘news deserts’ — President Donald Trump's attacks on the mainstream media may be rooted in statistical reality: An extensive review of subscription data and election results shows that Trump outperformed the previous Republican nominee, Mitt Romney …
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