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Politics: Trump's First 100 Days: Airstrikes raise questions about Trump's foreign policy

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Trump’s First 100 Days: Airstrikes raise questions about Trump’s foreign policy
Also: Kusher and Bannon meet, and Trump and Xi wrap summit.
Trump officials tell Russia to drop its support for Syria's Assad
Senior national security officials said Moscow and Washington cannot get along better while Russia backs Assad, who they said has lost legitimacy to rule Syria.
 
Seven House Republicans face TV ad attacks over health care
Save My Care, backed by labor and progressive groups, is spending over $1 million on spots that highlight support for the GOP health care plan that now stands in limbo in the House.
 
Analysis
Susan Rice’s claim that Obama got Syria to ‘verifiably give up its chemical weapons stockpile’
Obama's national security adviser touted a deal with words that seem less credible after Syria engaged in an apparent sarin attack
 
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Who's visiting the White House? Watchdog groups are suing to find out.
So far, Trump has not followed Obama's practice of making White House visitor logs public.
 
Conservatives hope that Trump victory on Gorsuch will breed other successes
The president also received some praise on Capitol Hill for his airstrikes on Syria.
 
With a deadline looming, nobody is threatening to shut down the government
It's a refreshing change from the recent past. But lawmakers say they're not entirely out of the woods.
 
What does the junior Supreme Court justice do? Kagan tells Gorsuch it starts in the kitchen
Take notes. Answer the door. But don't complain. It's a pretty good gig.
 
 
Republicans begin to fret about holding on to Tom Price's Georgia seat
Jon Ossoff is leading a crowded field for the April 18 special election in a seat that hasn't been held by Democrats in nearly four decades.
 
Russia must explain possible role in chemical attack, top Trump adviser says
"I think what we should do is ask Russia, 'How could it be, if you have advisers at that airfield, that you didn't know that the Syrian air force was preparing and executing a mass murder attack with chemical weapons?' " H.R. McMaster said.
 
Deputy national security adviser K.T. McFarland to leave National Security Council post
McFarland is the latest departure amid a restructuring of the National Security Council.
 
Analysis
Ryan and McConnell flip-flop on use of force in Syria to deter chemical weapons
Obama's planned attack was more robust than Trump's one-night jab, but GOP leaders have conveniently forgotten that.
 
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Tillerson, Haley issue differing statements on future of Assad in Syria
Haley said that the U.S. believes Assad must go, while Tillerson suggested his fate will be decided by the Syrian people.
 
Kushner, Bannon sit down to work out differences on Trump’s orders
Bannon and Kushner met for over an hour Friday to work out their differences.
 
Like Obama before him, Trump struggles to deport some foreign-born criminals
The government has had to release some immigrants from detention after failing to deport them.
 
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