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10:35 PM ET, April 22, 2017

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New York Times:
Trump Reaches Beyond West Wing for Counsel  —  WASHINGTON — Relationships have always been President Trump's currency and comfort, helping him talk his way into real estate deals over three decades in New York.  Those who know him best say that his outer confidence has always belied an inner uncertainty …
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Why Trump likes his freewheeling Oval Office schedule  —  President Donald Trump leaves large blocks of “private time” on his Oval Office schedule for spontaneous meetings and phone chats with ex-aides, friends, media figures, lawmakers and members of his Cabinet — an old habit he's carried …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Surain Adyanthaya:
OMG!  AA Flight attendant violently took a stroller from a lady with her baby on my flight, hitting her and just missing the baby.  Then he tried to fight a passenger who stood up for her.  AA591 from SFO to DFW.
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Eli Rosenberg / New York Times:
American Airlines Suspends Flight Attendant After Altercation Over Stroller  —  American Airlines suspended a flight attendant after an altercation on Friday in which the attendant took a stroller from a woman traveling with two young children and then argued with other passengers.
Discussion: CBS Philly
David Caplan / ABC News:
American Airlines flight attendant put on leave after clash with passengers captured on video  —  It's been less than two weeks since a video of a bloodied passenger being dragged off a United Airlines aircraft ignited a national discussion about the airline industry's treatment of passengers …
Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Ryan promises to keep government open — and makes no promises on health care  —  House leaders told GOP lawmakers Saturday that they plan to devote their energy this week to keeping the federal government open, conspicuously avoiding an immediate commitment to take up health care despite pledges …
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
History tells us that Republicans are taking on too much this week — and that it isn't likely to end well  —  It seems like forever and a day since Congress could walk and chew gum at the same time.  —  That's a lesson that President Trump and his advisers are struggling to grasp …
Billy House / Bloomberg:
Health Care Vote Likely in Early May, House Conservative Says
Discussion: Politico
Evgenia Peretz / Vanity Fair:
Inside the Trump Marriage: Melania's Burden  —  Until November 8, Melania Trump's marriage provided her with a golden Fifth Avenue fortress, at a price—putting up with her husband's humiliations and boorishness.  From Melania's ill-fated campaign appearances to her apparent reluctance …
Discussion: Raw Story and AOL
New York Times:
Comey Tried to Shield the F.B.I. From Politics.  Then He Shaped an Election.  —  As the F.B.I. investigated Hillary Clinton and the Trump campaign, James B. Comey tried to keep the bureau out of politics but plunged it into the center of a bitter election.  —  WASHINGTON — The day before he upended …
Vivek Murthy:
Two years and four months ago, I was honored to be sworn in as the 19th Surgeon General of the United States.  For the grandson of a poor farmer from India to be asked by the President to look out for the health of an entire nation was a humbling and uniquely American story.
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Hrafnkell Haraldsson / Politicus USA:
Marches for Science Outdraw Donald Trump's Inauguration  —  The American people have rejected Donald Trump's rejection of science and global warming.  And they have done it in overwhelming numbers.  —  Millions of people are marching today for science.  Police estimate 40,000 people marched …
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Trump to hold rally on night of White House Correspondents Dinner  —  President Trump will hold a rally in Pennsylvania the night of the White House Correspondents Dinner, he said Saturday.  —  “Next Saturday night I will be holding a BIG rally in Pennsylvania.  Look forward to it!”
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump to hold 100th-day rally on same night as White House correspondents' dinner
Discussion: KTLA and IJR
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump to hold rally same night as White House Correspondents' Dinner
T.A. Frank / Vanity Fair:
Please, God, Stop Chelsea Clinton from Whatever She Is Doing  —  The last thing the left needs is the third iteration of a failed political dynasty.  —  Amid investigations into Russian election interference, perhaps we ought to consider whether the Kremlin, to hurt Democrats, helped put Chelsea Clinton on the cover of Variety.
Erin Moran / TMZ.com:
‘HAPPY DAYS’ STAR DEAD AT 56  —  Erin Moran who famously played Joanie Cunningham on “Happy Days” and its spinoff “Joanie Loves Chachi” has died ... TMZ has learned.  —  We're told authorities in Indiana got a call just after 4 PM ET Saturday from someone reporting an “unresponsive female.”
Discussion: Hollywood Life and FOX6Now.com
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
Volleyball Over, North Koreans Go Back to Work at Nuclear Site, Analysts Say  —  SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea appears to have resumed work at its nuclear test site after a perplexing series of volleyball matches were held there, according to analysts who studied satellite images of the site …
Discussion: Daily Mail and 38 North
Tim Alberta / Politico:
'The Ideas Made It, But I Didn't'  —  His first date with his future wife was spent in a New Hampshire motel room drinking Wild Turkey into the wee hours with Hunter S. Thompson.  He stood several feet away from Martin Luther King Jr. during the “I Have a Dream” speech.
New York Times:
‘A Shortage of Coffins’ After Taliban Slaughter Unarmed Soldiers  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — They looked like Afghan Army soldiers returning from the front lines, carrying the bodies of wounded comrades as part of the ruse.  —  Dressed in military uniforms, a squad of 10 Taliban militants drove …
Discussion: NPR, France 24, AOL and Al Jazeera English
Suzanne Kapner / Wall Street Journal:
Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Shuttering at a Record Pace  —  Years of overbuilding and the rise of online shopping have come to a head; malls as ‘energy suckers’  —  American retailers are closing stores at a record pace this year as they feel the fallout from decades of overbuilding and the rise of online shopping.
Discussion: CNBC and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Neil Gorsuch and the State's Power to Kill  —  It's not entirely fair to judge a Supreme Court justice based on his first vote.  Urgent matters arise unexpectedly, and the court must sometimes act quickly.  —  Still, it's worth paying special attention to Justice Neil Gorsuch's vote late Thursday night …
Young Immigrants / Associated Press:
Excerpts from AP interview with President Donald Trump  —  Excerpts from The Associated Press interview conducted Friday with President Donald Trump, with editing for clarity and brevity:  —  On the legal status of the “dreamers,” young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally and protected …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
 
 
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans, Learn the Limits of Loyalty
Amber Randall / The Daily Caller:
Clinton Camp Instituted ‘Loyalty Scores’ Following 2008 Loss
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Mark J. Perry / American Enterprise Institute:
18 spectacularly wrong predictions made around the time of first Earth Day in 1970, expect more this year
Deseret News:
The calculus behind Jason Chaffetz's sudden decision to walk away
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Hullabaloo
Reuters:
Overseas voters kick off crucial French presidential election
Marc Santora / New York Times:
Judith Clark, Getaway Driver in Deadly Brink's Heist, Is Denied Parole
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Pence: U.S. to honor refugee deal with Australia
Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Week and The Hill
Neil Munro / Breitbart:
Trump OKs DACA Amnesty: ‘This Is a Case of Heart’
Discussion: CNN, BizPac Review and The Daily Caller
CBS News:
WikiLeaks releases more top-secret CIA docs as U.S. considers charges
Wall Street Journal:
Border Lawmakers Balk at Donald Trump's Wall Request
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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