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BBC:
Prince Harry interviews Barack Obama — 2017 began with Barack Obama leaving the White House and handing over the baton of the presidency to Donald Trump. — Our guest editor today, Prince Harry, met President Obama, in Toronto in September during the Invictus Games to talk about his memories …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton Retain Most Admired Titles — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans once again are most likely to name Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton as the man and woman living anywhere in the world they admire most, as they have for the past 10 years.
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Laura Smith-Spark / CNN:
Prince Harry sidesteps Obama-Trump wedding guest list controversy — London (CNN)Britain's Prince Harry has avoided opening up a diplomatic rift between the British and US governments over the guest list for his wedding to Meghan Markle, saying plans had yet to be finalized.
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Ceylan Yeginsu / New York Times:
When Harry Met Barry: The BBC Obama Interview — LONDON — It was a case of the famous interviewing the famous. The BBC aired an interview on Wednesday that was unusual in at least a couple of respects: The man answering the questions was former President Barack Obama, and the man asking them was his friend Prince Harry.
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Udi Shaham / Jerusalem Post:
New Western Wall train station to be named after Trump — “The Western Wall is the holiest place for the Jewish people, and I decided to call the train station that leads to it after President Trump.” — A train station that will be built next to the Western Wall will be named after US President Donald Trump.
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Ruth Eglash / Washington Post:
Israel's transport minister wants to name a new Jerusalem train station after Trump
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Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Mike Huckabee Says Trump Is Like Churchill. Historians Disagree. — Former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas drew a swift and intense response with a provocative claim on Tuesday: President Trump, he wrote, is similar to Winston Churchill, one of history's most iconic leaders.
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Years of Attack Leave Obamacare a More Government-Focused Health Law — WASHINGTON — The Affordable Care Act was conceived as a mix of publicly funded health care and privately purchased insurance, but Republican attacks, culminating this month in the death of a mandate that most Americans have insurance …
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Susan Collins / Portland Press Herald:
Sen. Susan Collins: New tax law will benefit hardworking Mainers, not Washington elites — Among the positives are a larger standard deduction, relief for small businesses and an expanded child tax credit. — BY SUSAN COLLINSSPECIAL TO THE PRESS HERALD — I have heard a number …
Max Kutner / Newsweek:
TRUMP SHOULD PARDON MICHAEL FLYNN, WHO TOOK ‘THE BIGGEST FALL,’ FAMILY SAYS — President Donald Trump should pardon his former national security adviser and campaign aide Michael Flynn, who “has taken the biggest fall,” Flynn's brother said Tuesday. — In a since deleted tweet …
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Joe Tacopino / New York Post:
Michael Flynn's brother to Trump: It's ‘about time you pardoned’ him
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IJR
Sydney Pereira / Newsweek:
MELANIA TRUMP ORDERS REMOVAL OF NEAR-200-YEAR-OLD TREE FROM WHITE HOUSE — The historic Jackson magnolia has been on the south facade of the White House since the 1800s—making it the oldest on the grounds. But Tuesday, Melania Trump reportedly made the decision to have it removed …
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
‘Never Trump’ Will Be the Only Faction Still Standing When He's Gone — As Donald Trump's first year in the White House ends observers are taking stock. Eugene Robinson speaks for many Democrats and disaffected independents: “Just a few more days,” he wrote, “and this awful, rotten …
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Washington Post
Bloomberg:
World's Wealthiest Became $1 Trillion Richer in 2017 — Richest fortunes rise 23 percent this year to top $5 trillion — Bloomberg Billionaires Index uncovered 67 billionaires in 2017 — The richest people on earth became $1 trillion richer in 2017, more than four times last year's gain …
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Daily Mail
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Robert Mueller May Indict Paul Manafort Again … From its inception, two things about special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation were clear: first, the White House's biggest concern was that Mueller would follow the money; and second, Mueller is following the money.
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The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Putin may be in more trouble than we know — VLADIMIR PUTIN boasts of popularity ratings that Western leaders, Donald Trump included, can only dream of — 85 percent and above since Russia's invasion and annexation of Crimea in 2014. Yet Mr. Putin remains unwilling to test those numbers against real competition.
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John Harwood / CNBC:
Paul Ryan wants to cut entitlements to trim the deficit, but political reality stands in his way — Revenue shortfalls created by the new GOP tax law could make House Speaker Paul Ryan's political goals easier to achieve. — Ryan wants to cut so-called entitlement programs such as Medicare …
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David Von Drehle / Washington Post:
Could we be wrong? — A couple of decades ago, I was the editor of the Style section of Katharine Graham's newspaper, The Washington Post. My boss came to me with a copy of her soon-to-be published memoirs and the assignment to carve out an excerpt to run in the paper.
David French / National Review:
Breitbart's Disgrace — When news cycles are crowded with outrage — some of it justified, much of it hysterical — it's easy to lose track of the significant stories. There was one last week that conservatives can't let slide down the memory hole. Breitbart's editor-in-chief, Alex Marlow …
David Siders / Politico:
‘We have tapped into something’: Impeachment drive builds digital army to take on Trump — SAN FRANCISCO — When billionaire Democratic donor Tom Steyer launched a digital petition drive to impeach President Donald Trump two months ago, some Democratic Party leaders dismissed …
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Raw Story
Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
A swastika was mowed into a field. Was it part of a chain of events that led to murder? — Neighbors said the display of hate in a Lorton, Va., community was as large as it was shocking: a swastika roughly 40 feet across mowed into the grass of a community field.
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Tied Virginia Race That Was Headed for Name-Drawing Gets Another Twist — RICHMOND — A race that would tip control of Virginia's House of Delegates, whose constant and nearly comic pendulums between candidates has attracted national attention, took one more twist on Tuesday when a drawing to break a tie was unexpectedly postponed.
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Emily Atkin / New Republic:
Trump is quietly cementing his bird-killing legacy. — Trump is quietly cementing his bird-killing legacy. — The Washington Post revealed Tuesday that the Trump administration will no longer use the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) to punish energy companies for accidentally killing birds.
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