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12:30 PM ET, April 19, 2017

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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Sources: Fox News Has Decided Bill O'Reilly Has to Go  —  The Murdochs have decided Bill O'Reilly's 21-year run at Fox News will come to an end.  According to sources briefed on the discussions, network executives are preparing to announce O'Reilly's departure before he returns from an Italian vacation on April 24.
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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 …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Source: Fox News and Bill O'Reilly are talking exit
Alexis Levinson / BuzzFeed:
Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz Will Not Seek Re-Election  —  The Utah Republican, who chairs the House Oversight Committee, will step down at the end of this congress.  —  Rep. Jason Chaffetz will not seek re-election in 2018, two sources who have been informed of his decision tell BuzzFeed News.
Discussion: CNBC, Raw Story, TheBlaze and Axios
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Jason Chaffetz:
Thank you!  —  Thank you for allowing me to serve as your Representative in the United States House of Representatives.  Serving is an honor and a privilege that I have never taken for granted.  —  After long consultation with my family and prayerful consideration, I have decided I will not be a candidate for any office in 2018.
CNN:
Rep. Jason Chaffetz is not running for re-election
Discussion: Washington Post
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?
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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
New York Times:
Jon Ossoff, a Democrat, Narrowly Misses Outright Win in Georgia House Race  —  ROSWELL, Ga. — Jon Ossoff, a Democrat making his first bid for elective office, narrowly missed winning a heavily conservative House district in Georgia outright on Wednesday, according to The Associated Press.
New York Times:
Live Election Results: Georgia's Sixth Congressional District
Chun Han Wong / Wall Street Journal:
‘Duped by Trump’: U.S. Taunted Over Carl Vinson Aircraft Carrier Tale  —  Criticism rises after the U.S. Navy says it hadn't sent the USS Carl Vinson directly to North Korea after all  —  Alastair Gale aboard the USS Ronald Reagan  —  The revelation that the Pentagon didn't send …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:   Pence: Misstatements about U.S. aircraft carrier location not intentional
ABC News:
Mike Pence warns North Korea: ‘The sword stands ready’
Discussion: Politico
Yahoo:
Images show North Koreans playing volleyball at nuclear test site  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. experts who have been forecasting an imminent North Korean nuclear test said on Tuesday they were surprised when they viewed their latest satellite images of the country's nuclear test site and saw volleyball games under way.
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Trump needs a dose of ‘manly virtues’
Discussion: Mediaite
Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
Trump Mulls U.S. Military Options for North Korea, All Grim
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller
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.
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Bloomberg:
Silicon Valley's $400 Juicer May Be Feeling the Squeeze  —  One of the most lavishly funded gadget startups in Silicon Valley last year was Juicero Inc. It makes a juice machine.  The product was an unlikely pick for top technology investors, but they were drawn to the idea of an internet-connected device …
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 …
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
GOP senator calls on Trump to release his tax returns  —  Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford (R) is joining calls for President Trump to release his tax returns, saying Trump should “keep his promise.”  —  “[Trump] promised he would,” Lankford said at a town hall Tuesday night in Claremore …
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Randy Krehbiel Tulsa / Tulsa World:
Sen. James Lankford experiences little of the rancor aimed at other members of Congress
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
CBS Boston:
Aaron Hernandez Kills Himself In Prison  —  SHIRLEY - Former New England Patriot and convicted killer Aaron Hernandez killed himself in prison overnight, authorities said Wednesday morning.  —  Here is the message sent out by Christopher Fallon, the Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Communications …
Tom Precious / The Buffalo News:
How did Cuomo make $783,000 on memoir that sold 3,200 copies?  —  ALBANY - Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo reported his income last year more than doubled from the previous year, thanks to another round of royalty payments on a 2014 HarperCollins memoir that saw lackluster sales.
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
Rex W. Tillerson / US Department of State:
Trump Administration Undergoing Interagency Review of Iran Deal  —  The U.S. Department of State certified to U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan today that Iran is compliant through April 18th with its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action however, the Secretary also raised concerns …
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Euan McKirdy / CNN:
Tillerson: Iran complying with nuclear deal, but still sponsoring terrorism
Discussion: Hot Air
Bloomberg:
French Election Shocker: Pollsters Baffled by Four-Way Race  —  ‘Unprecedented’ close battle makes polling more difficult  —  Victories of Sarkozy in 2007, Hollande in 2012 seen by polls  —  The four-candidate battle to reach the runoff in France's presidential election is putting pollsters to the test as never before.
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 …
Discussion: Business Insider
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
White House aides grapple with newfound celebrity  —  Kellyanne Conway could barely move across the White House lawn at the Easter Egg Roll on Monday without being accosted by a crush of selfie-seeking fans and enraptured young girls who wanted to stare at her.
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Lisa Selin Davis / New York Times:
My Daughter Is Not Transgender.  She's a Tomboy.  —  “I just wanted to check,” the teacher said.  “Your child wants to be called a boy, right?  Or is she a boy that wants to be called a girl?  Which is it again?”  —  I cocked my head.  I am used to correcting strangers …
Discussion: Althouse
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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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Sheldon Adelson Gave $5 Million for Trump's Inauguration
Miranda Green / CNN:
Adviser: Carly Fiorina ‘strongly considering’ Virginia Senate run
Foreign Policy:
Trump's ‘Madman Theory’ Isn't Strategic Unpredictability, It's Just Crazy
Discussion: Washington Post, Just Security and CNBC
Patrick Kingsley / New York Times:
Turkey Arrests Dozens Over Referendum Protests
 Earlier Items: 
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Hillary ran the worst presidential campaign ever
New York Times:
Why Are Republicans Making Tax Reform So Hard?
National Journal:
In Georgia, Democrats Learn That Opposing Trump Is Not Enough
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Local, state tax deductions on Gary Cohn's list
Discussion: Bloomberg and New York Magazine
John Binder / Breitbart:
H-1B Experts on Trump's Order: ‘This Is What We Elected Him For’
Discussion: Politico
CNN:
FBI used dossier allegations to bolster Trump-Russia investigation
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

 
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