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CNNs Jake Tapper opined on severaltopics during an interview on Day 1 of SXSW in Austin, but he let loose when talk inevitably turned to President Donald Trump and his nascent administration.

Its a difficult environment when the commander in chief of the country Id say, Leader of the Free World, but I think thats Angela Merkel now hears anything he doesnt like and calls it, fake news, said Tapper in during the onstage discussion moderated by MTV News/Wonkettes Ana Marie Cox. I call fake news three recent things: When Trump said nobody in his campaign spoke to Russia, and they did; when Michael Flynn said he didnt have contact with the Russians, and he did; and now our Attorney General said he didnt speak to the Russians. The White House wants to delegitimize any checks and balances.

Tapper, whos been a favorite piata of the alt-right in recent weeks, compared Trumps statements on fake news to that of his own 7-year-old son. He said the boy will notice when hes not in a good mood and will react by using an exaggerated hand gesture and screaming, Fake news! Said Tapper with an underlying condemnation of the presidents maturity level, Except, my 7-year-old knows its a ridiculous, childish thing.

Tapper also took issue with the administrations jobs report today. Trump had dismissed mostly good economic news during the campaign as lies but embraced todays report that more than 250K jobs were created in February, quoting with laughter Sean Spicers response to a question about whether the president accepts the official statistics today: They may have been phony in the past, but they arent now.

Tapper said that, after moderating a debate with GOP hopefuls, he knew who would win. He said Trumps opponents were soft on him when he asked a pointed question and that spelled out who would ultimately triumph to lead the partys ticket in the general election.

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When asked in the debates if the other Republicans had concern if Trump had the nuclear codes, Carly Fiorina and Jeb Bush [demurred]. I knew then hed be the nominee. They couldnt deal with an Alpha.

Beyond many instances citing what he sees as Trump and his administrations personal toying of truth, Tapper gave kudos to some members of the press for holding POTUS to account. But also said there are other journalists who are acquiescing by not holding Trump accountable for his statements.

What bothers me are journalists who are not rising to the occasion, Tapper said. I wont mention names, but there are some who are keeping their heads down and are [essentially] saying its OK make fun of the disabled [for instance]. These are things I never thought Id have to say.

Tapper added that he has never seen it more tense in Washington than now, but the one thing that unites Republicans on the Hill are Trumps attacks on the press. The press is in a much more adversarial place than ever, the CNN anchor said. And you know what? I hope we stay that way now and in the next administration because thats where we are supposed to be.

As for that previous administration, Tapper seemed to surprise some in the crowded Ballroom D at the Austin Convention Center when he said that he thought the former POTUS had little fondness for him, saying he had been a challenge for them as well.

I dont think President Obama likes me, Tapper said. I think he thinks I am a pain in the ass.

While Trump rails against Alec Baldwins portrayal of himon SaturdayNight Live, Tapper is mostly pleased with how he comes off in BeckBennetts portrayal of him on the show. I feel very, very lucky, he said. The way they have gone after Spicer I have a handsome guy I feel like I dodged a bullet. Though that last skit I dont know about that

Hes talking about last Saturdays skit in which Kate McKinnons Kellyanne Conway stalks Bennetts Tapper. Watch it below.

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WASHINGTON When President Donald Trump or a member of his staff deletes a tweet, they may be violating federal law, two top congressmen warned the White House this week.

Reps. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), chairman and ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, sent a letter to White House counsel Don McGahnon Wednesday expressing concerns about the Trump administrations record keeping habits and its nontransparent use of social media and other forms of electronic communication.

One example the lawmakers cited is Trumps habit of misspelling and then deleting tweets, which they warned could pose a violation to the Presidential Records Act if the deleted tweets are not archived.

Many of the messages sent from these accounts are likely to be presidential records and therefore must be preserved, they wrote, referring to both Trumps personal @realDonaldTrump account and his official @POTUS account. It has been reported, however, that President Trump has deleted tweets, and if those tweets were not archived, it could pose a violation of the Presidential Records Act, Chaffetz and Cummings wrote in the letter.

Trump sometimesdeletes tweets due to spelling errors.Over the weekend, he deleted two tweetsthat misspelled the word hereby.

Under former President Barack Obama, White House digital staffers instituted a system of auto-archiving tweets from the president and other top officials.

We eventually set up auto-archiving for official platforms, so errors could be corrected while preserving the original, Ezra Mechaber, a former deputy director in the White Houses office of digital strategy, tweeted in January.

In their letter, Chaffetz and Cummings also asked the White House to investigate whether federal officials are using personal email accounts for government business. Under the Presidential Records Act, White House officials must forward emails sent from those accounts to their government account within 20 days. The same is true of employees at federal agencies, under the Federal Records Act.

Official business must be conducted in such a way as to preserve the official record of actions taken by the federal government and its employees, they wrote.

They also raised ethical concerns about the use of apps like Signal and Confide, which encrypt messages and, in some cases, delete them once theyre received.

The need for data security, however, does not justify circumventing requirements established by federal recordkeeping and transparency laws, the lawmakers wrote.

Chaffetz and Cummings suggested that they may consider updating the laws to reflecttrends in federal employees use of technology.

In the meantime, they asked the White House to conduct trainings on proper record keeping and archiving of social media, email and other electronic messaging systems, and urged the administration to clarify its policies and procedures on such matters.

The White House did not respond to a request for a comment.

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Meet the Donald Trump of Indonesia BBC News And in 2015 he signed a $1bn (820m) deal with Donald Trump to build and develop a Trump Hotel and Tower in West Java, as well as the six-star luxury resort in Bali. Mr Tanoesodibjo will pay for the construction and give the Trump Organisation an ... and more »

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Alec Baldwin opens up about impersonating Trump and his own impressions of the president. USA TODAY

Alec Baldwin(Photo: Gilbert Carrasquillo, FilmMagic)

As impersonator-in-chief for President Trump, Alec Baldwinhas some surprising opinions about our 45th commander in chief.

He doesn't think his satire of Trump on Saturday Night Livehas been effective. He admires Trump for his loyal family. Butlet's give Baldwin the floor uncensored as he speaks to USA TODAY for his upcoming animated film The Boss Baby (in theaters March 31), in whichhe plays a business-minded infant.

Q: What do you like about President Trump?

A: Well, his children seem loyal to him, which I've got to give him credit for that. I dont want to believe its all about their inheritance. I want to think that Trumps children are very loyal to him. That must say something for him. Because otherwise, his kids could just vanish. They certainly have the resources to put some money in their pocket and take off.They dont really have to be. But they are fiercely loyal to him, so that has to matter for something. So I do recognize that about him. But in terms of his politics, no, there is really nothing I could say.

Alec Baldwin portrays Donald Trump on the campaign trail in a sketch last fall on 'Saturday Night Live.'(Photo: Will Heath, AP)

Q: How long will you act as Trump on 'Saturday Night Live'?

A:I don't know. I can honestly say I don't think much longer. Meaning this season, I would do it. I do think that people are, I could be wrong, but I do think that people are growing, not so much weary of it, where they think its funny, but they dont know if its achieving any practical purposes.Its a satire thats not really leading to the effect you hope satire will have. You know, Trump, some people would say to me very pointedly, how do you feel that you helped Trump get elected? You humanized him. And you kind of trivialized him in a way that softened him to the public. That certainly wasnt the point.

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Trump was someone who, regardless of whether he was parodied or not, regardless of who did the parody, and what was written, I thought Trump was someone who was completely disqualified to be the president. All of these things that surfaced about his misogyny and women and thingslike that. I thought,"Oh, God, this is just, dust off the Air Force One for Hillary Clinton."And I thought there was just no way he could have won with all of those things that were out there about him. But, you know,its a historic about-face, if you will, of public opinion, so it's interesting.

I know I am going to do a few more shows by the end of the year, they finish in May. Those guys are all dear friends of mine. (SNL producer) Lorne (Michaels)is a dearfriend of mine. Its like going home when Im there. I love them and I love being there. But after the summer, I take the summer off with my family, and when I come back, theres just a whole host of other things I want to be doing. And it would be out of the question that I would be available to do that long term.

Alec Baldwin, right, as Donald Trump and Beck Bennett's Vladimir Putin on 'Saturday Night Live.'(Photo: Dana Edelson, NBC)

Q: Do you fear repercussions for lampooning President Trump?

A: No, I never think about that. There was a joke, I was with my assistant, I said this on (Jimmy)Kimmel,and we went to Dean & DeLuca to get a cup of coffee down in Soho. And we ran into Tony Kushner, the famous playwright. And I saw Tony and said, "How are you?"And he turned to my assistant, Casey, and he said, Is this your taster? Hes a brilliant guy, very funny.

But I do not have any fear whatsoever that something is going to happen, (that) my taxes are going to get audited or that kind of thing. I don't really fear that.I mean, I think that Trump is someone, who no matter what we did, if we really had softened it ifyou had someone do sketches where theyexaltedTrump. If the Fox News division had a comedy show, I know thats incongruous, but if they had a comedy showand they just celebrated Trump in a humorous way nonetheless, he wouldnt be happy. I dont think Trump is happy with anything said about him in the modern world or media.

Alec Baldwin is the voice of 'The Boss Baby.'(Photo: DreamWorks Animation)

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The Cork Wine Bar is suing Donald Trump and his hotel for "unfair competition." Rich Gardella

The suit points to a January press conference at which White House press secretary Sean Spicer plugged the "stunning" hotel and quotes an anonymous lobbyist saying that senior administration staff who hang out in the lobby bar see who is spending money there.

"Someone is paying attention to the person who orders the $1,000 bottle of wine," the lobbyist was quoted as saying.

Pitts and Gross claim their loss of business spiked right after Trump was elected president. However, they declined to put a dollar-figure on it and could not point to specific bookings that were canceled.

"President Donald Trump's ownership constitutes unfair competition and we are asking the courts to stop it," Gross said.

She and her husband are not seeking monetary damages. Instead, their attorney said, they want Trump to divest from the hotel, close it or resign.

"We are not seeking money," Pitts said. "We simply want to level the playing field so all D.C. restaurants can complete fairly."

The lawyers stressed that the lawsuit is a business case and not a constitutional challenge invoking what's known as the Emoluments Clause, which says that no office holder can accept a benefit from a foreign state.

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Trump has resigned from the Trump Organization, which is now being run by his sons. He still holds a financial interest, though he has pledged not to take profits from his businesses' dealings with foreign clients.

Gross said that even though she is a Democrat, the decision to sue was a business call, not a political statement.

"It has nothing to do with the policies of the president," she said.

"We've never sued anyone before," she added.

"Never mind the president of the United States," her husband said.

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