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For CNN, it took a war and pointed, globalist "rhetoric" for Trump to become President of the United States.  Per CNN host Fareed Zakaria on "New Day" this morning:

“I think Donald Trump became president of the United States last night.  I think this was actually a big moment."

 

"Candidate Trump had said that he would never get involved in the Syrian civil war.  He told President Obama you can not do this without the authorization of Congress.  He seemed unconcerned with global norms."

 

In the span of just one week, President Trump and his team have pivoted from declaring that Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad could stay in power, to launching airstrikes against his regime—and possibly committing the United States to a new military conflict whose scope and scale are unknown.   

Update: After weeks of endless rhetoric and party bickering over the controversial usage of the 'nuclear option', Neil Gorsuch has officially been confirmed to the Supreme Court of the United States with a largely partisan vote of 54-45.

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Following a series of procedural votes yesterday to invoke the so-called 'nuclear option', the Senate is expected to vote shortly to confirm Neil Gorsuch as the 113th justice to serve on the Supreme Court.  

Authored by Chris Hamilton via Econimica blog,

Ever since Bannon was removed from Trump's National Security Council a couple of days ago, rumors have swirled that his days in the White House could be numbered.

And while we suggest consuming anonymously-sourced media speculation with a healthy heaping of salt, the latest rumor mill would suggest that Bannon finds himself in the midst of an epic fight for survival with none other than Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.  Here was Axios' take on the fued: