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9:30 AM ET, April 19, 2017

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Live Election Results: Georgia's Sixth Congressional District — Democrats hope Jon Ossoff will win them the House seat vacated by Tom Price, the new health and human services secretary. If no candidate wins a majority of the vote, the top two will advance to a June 20 runoff.

Discussion: Real Clear Politics, Washington Free Beacon, Washington Post, USA Today, Hullabaloo, Political Insider, The Root, Mother Jones and Joe.My.God.

Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:

Democrats begin to wonder: When do we win? — As it became clear late Tuesday evening that Jon Ossoff would fall just short of the 50-percent mark in the first round of voting in a suburban Atlanta special election, Democrats back in Washington started leafing through their calendars and asking: When does the winning start?

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Shot in the Dark, ABC News, Instapundit and alicublog

Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:

The Truth About What Happened in the GA-06 Special Election is Different From Either Party's Spin — Both sides are spinning their way out of the GA-06 special election. Here's the truth. — First, don't believe the Democrat spin that “it should never have been this close.”

Discussion: RedState

Andre Pollard / Decision Desk HQ:
Write In (Unaffiliated) 0.0% — Fulton County is *slow*.

Discussion: Hot Air, Mediaite, Daily Wire, New York Times and RRH Elections

New York Times:
Jon Ossoff, a Democrat, Narrowly Misses Outright Win in Georgia House Race

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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Georgia special election goes to runoff as GOP gets wakeup call

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Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Democrat Ossoff finishes first in Georgia primary but falls short of threshold to avoid runoff

Discussion: USA Today, Politico, Axios, Fox News, TheBlaze, Politicus USA, CNN and CNBC

Tamar Hallerman / Political Insider blog:
Georgia's 6th District race heads to runoff following drama-filled night

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia special election will go to runoff

Discussion: Heat Street

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:

Fox Is Preparing to Cut Ties With Bill O'Reilly — Popular host has been implicated in a sexual-harassment scandal — Fox News is preparing to cut ties with its biggest star, Bill O'Reilly, according to people close to the situation. — A final decision on Mr. O'Reilly's fate could come …

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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:

Sources: The Murdochs Are Turning Against Bill O'Reilly — With only six days remaining in Bill O'Reilly's vacation, the pressure on the Murdoch family to decide the embattled commentator's fate is intensifying. Three sources with knowledge of the discussions said that …

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Source: Fox News and Bill O'Reilly are talking exit — Fox News will no longer even respond to questions about whether Bill O'Reilly will return to his show. — A well-placed source said Tuesday afternoon that representatives for Fox and O'Reilly have begun talking about an exit.

Discussion: Washington Post, Mediaite, The Hill, Media Matters for America, Politicus USA, RedState, Refinery29, Media Matters for America, Political Wire and Axios, more at Mediagazer »

Ashley Cullins / Hollywood Reporter:
New Bill O'Reilly Accuser Says He Called Her “Hot Chocolate” and Leered

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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Fox considers future without O'Reilly as advertisers flee

Discussion: The Hill and Mediaite

CNNMoney:
His job in jeopardy, Bill O'Reilly's team fights back

Discussion: Power Line, TVNewser and Washington Post

AP News:

The Latest: Fresno suspect faces 4 murder charges — FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a fatal shooting in downtown Fresno, California (all times local): — An official says a man suspected of killing a motel security guard and three people he targeted for being white is being charged with four counts of murder.

Discussion: RedState, Mediaite, twitchy.com, Patterico's Pontifications, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Gateway Pundit, The Resurgent, CBS Sacramento and IJR

Anna Hopkins / Daily Mail:
Fresno shooting ‘solely based on race,’ police say

Discussion: Associated Press, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and KRON4.com

Jim Guy / Fresno Bee:
Three dead in central Fresno shooting spree; suspect caught, linked to Motel 6 slaying

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Fox News:
Fresno shooting spree: 3 people killed, suspect who yelled ‘Allahu Akbar,’ says he ‘hates white people’ in custody

Discussion: New York Post, WBRC-TV and Red Alert Politics

Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
Man kills 3 people in shootings in downtown Fresno

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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
AP Changes Fresno Shooter's Words From ‘Allahu Akbar,’ Removes Islam Reference

Discussion: RedState

New York Times:

Aircraft Carrier Wasn't Sailing to Deter North Korea, as U.S. Suggested — WASHINGTON — As worries deepened last week about whether North Korea would conduct a missile test, the White House declared that ordering an American aircraft carrier into the Sea of Japan would send a powerful deterrent signal …

ABC News: Mike Pence warns North Korea: ‘The sword stands ready’

Louis Nelson / Politico: Pence: Misstatements about U.S. aircraft carrier location not intentional

Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
Trump Mulls U.S. Military Options for North Korea, All Grim

Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller

Ethan Epstein / Weekly Standard:
Bad Reviews For Trump's Korea Policy

Discussion: Instapundit

USA Today:

First protected DREAMer is deported under Trump — Federal agents ignored President Trump's pledge to protect from deportation undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children by sending a young man back to his native Mexico, the first such documented case …

Discussion: Breitbart, ThinkProgress, The Hill, New York Times, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, New York Magazine, NBC News, Mediaite, The Guardian, USA TODAY College, RedState, twitchy.com, IJR, Business Insider, The FADER and The Daily Caller

Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller: DHS: USA Today Got Its Big Scoop On Deported ‘DREAMer’ Totally Wrong

CNN:

FBI used dossier allegations to bolster Trump-Russia investigation — Washington (CNN)The FBI last year used a dossier of allegations of Russian ties to Donald Trump's campaign as part of the justification to win approval to secretly monitor a Trump associate, according to US officials briefed on the investigation.

Discussion: Daily Kos, Infowars, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo and Political Wire

Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
FBI used Trump dossier to help get warrant to monitor ex-aide: report

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Patricia Mazzei / miamiherald:

Miami state senator curses at black lawmaker — and refers to fellow Republicans as ‘niggas’ — TALLAHASSEE — Miami Republican Sen. Frank Artiles dropped the n-word to a pair of African-American colleagues in private conversation Monday night — after calling one of them a “f**king a**hole …

Discussion: Florida Times Union, Florida Politics, The Root, Politico, Naked Politics, Raw Story and Political Wire

Madeleine O'Neill / Erie Daily Times-Morning News:

Police: No direct knowledge of ‘ping’ from Stephens' phone — Cleveland Facebook killer committed suicide after troopers stopped car in city of Erie. McDonald's workers had tipped off troopers that Stephens was in area. — Madeleine O'Neill @ETNONeillTim Hahn @ETNHahn

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Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:

A month after dismissing federal prosecutors, Justice Department does not have any U.S. attorneys in place — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is making aggressive law enforcement a top priority, directing his federal prosecutors across the country to crack down on illegal immigrants and …

Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:

The Continuing Fallout from Trump and Nunes's Fake Scandal — Recently, several members and staffers on the House Intelligence Committee, which is investigating Russia's role in the Presidential election, visited the National Security Agency, in Fort Meade, Maryland.

Discussion: RedState, Mediaite, Raw Story and The Daily Caller

Jonathan Swan / Axios:

Local, state tax deductions on Gary Cohn's list — Gary Cohn has privately said he's warming to the idea of eliminating the local and state tax deduction to pay for tax cuts and simplify the code, according to sources familiar with the thinking of president's top economic advisor.

Discussion: Bloomberg and New York Magazine

John Binder / Breitbart:

H-1B Experts on Trump's Order: ‘This Is What We Elected Him For’ — President Donald Trump is getting praise from experts on the H-1B foreign guest worker visa for his ‘Hire American’ Executive Order which calls for a review into the system's abuse at the expense of American workers.

Discussion: Politico and The Hill

John Podhoretz / New York Post:

Hillary ran the worst presidential campaign ever — MORE FROM: … So guess what? In the last weeks before the election, the Hillary Clinton campaign did no polling. No. Polling. Whatsoever. Oh, it had data. Lots and lots of data. Analytics, even. Data analytics!

Discussion: Washington Examiner and Betsy's Page