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Henry Samuel / Telegraph:

Live Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen win first round of French elections - early polls — Live: French election 2017 — Centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen are set to face each other in a May 7 runoff for the French presidency after coming first and second …

Discussion: The Daily Signal, Hot Air and The Week

Associated Press:
THE LATEST: EARLY FRENCH COUNT CONTINUES TO SHOW LE PEN LEAD

Discussion: SARAH PALIN and The Gateway Pundit

Jon Henley / The Guardian:
French election: Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen estimated to be through to second round - live

Discussion: FiveThirtyEight, Sydney Morning Herald, ThinkProgress, Washington Post, Observer, Boing Boing, Common Dreams, The Daily Caller, Balloon Juice and The Week, more at Mediagazer »

Fox News:
French presidential election: Le Pen, Macron projected as winners in first round

Discussion: Power Line, Patterico's Pontifications, The Local and IJR

Thomas Adamson / Associated Press:
FRANCE BEGINS PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN TEST FOR POPULISM

Discussion: Vox Popoli

J.C. / Economist: What France's election means for Germany

France 24:
Live: Le Pen, Macron victories push mainstream parties to the sidelines

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Yasmeen Serhan / The Atlantic: Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron Advance

Associated Press:
Tight, tense French presidential vote echoes around world

Discussion: Politico and Axios

Daily Mail: Emmanuel Macron wins first round

Dan Balz / Washington Post:

Nearing 100 days, Trump's approval at record lows but his base is holding — President Trump nears the 100-day mark of his administration as the least popular chief executive in modern times, a president whose voters remain largely satisfied with his performance, but one whose base of support …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Fox News Insider, New York Post, TheBlaze, Occupy Democrats, Outside the Beltway, CNBC, Politico, Booman Tribune, The Week and Balloon Juice

Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:

Disapproval of President Donald Trump Grows in Latest WSJ/NBC News Poll — The president risks losing the political middle ground, as disapproval outweighs approval by 14 points and independents move away from him — Americans have become increasingly dissatisfied with President Donald Trump …

Discussion: Breitbart and Political Wire

Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Wash Post poll hides: Trump still beats Clinton, 43%-40%

Discussion: Geller Report, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Post

Washington Post:
President Trump is least popular president at 100-day mark

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Occupy Democrats, Common Dreams, Daily Wire, twitchy.com, Axios and Instapundit

Mark Murray / NBC News:
Public Gives Trump Low Marks for First 100 Days: NBC News/WSJ Poll

Discussion: Hullabaloo, Politico and Business Insider

Gary Langer / ABC News:
Trump at 100 days: 96 percent of his voters say they'd do it again (POLL)

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, New York Magazine, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, rubber hose, BizPac Review and SARAH PALIN

Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

CNN's Alisyn Camerota: Roger Ailes sexually harassed me — For a long time Alisyn Camerota was reluctant to describe the dark side of working at Fox News. — She respects many of her former colleagues. She has close friends who work there. But she perceives that something has changed …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Daily Wire, Talking Points Memo and TVNewser, more at Mediagazer »

Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:

Bill O'Reilly Is Gone, But Fox News's Legal Nightmare Continues — The Murdochs hoped firing Bill O'Reilly would signal a changing culture at Fox News. “We want to underscore our consistent commitment to fostering a work environment built on the values of trust and respect,” Rupert and his sons …

Discussion: Media Matters for America, Raw Story, ThinkProgress, The Root and USA Today, more at Mediagazer »

Derek Hunter / Townhall.com: Is Ann Coulter The Last Conservative With Guts?

Ramesh Ponnuru / National Review:

Kate Walsh O'Beirne R I P — Kate O'Beirne was part of National Review's world before she joined the staff. When she became the magazine's Washington editor in 1995 her resume already included stints at Senator Jim Buckley's office, the Reagan administration, and the Heritage Foundation.

Ashley Parker / Washington Post:

‘Everyone tunes in’: Inside Trump's obsession with cable TV — During a small working lunch at the White House last month, the question of job security in President Trump's tumultuous White House came up, and one of the attendees wondered whether press secretary Sean Spicer might be the first to go.

Discussion: Mediaite

Hadas Gold / Politico:

Trump's Fake War on the Fake News — Seven days before Donald Trump took office, the inauguration festivities got off to a low-key start inside a modest conference room at the Capitol Hill offices of the American Trucking Association. There, a hundred-odd familiar faces from the Washington set gathered …

Discussion: Raw Story and Business Insider, more at Mediagazer »

Mike Isaac / New York Times:

Uber's C.E.O. Plays With Fire — Travis Kalanick's drive to win in life has led to a pattern of risk-taking that has put his ride-hailing company on the brink of implosion. — SAN FRANCISCO — Travis Kalanick, the chief executive of Uber, visited Apple's headquarters in early 2015 to meet …

Discussion: The Verge, Boing Boing, Axios and Eschaton, more at Techmeme »

Molly Nagle / ABC News:

After controversial Hawaii comment, Sessions says ‘nobody has a sense of humor’ — Attorney General Jeff Sessions says people should lighten up about controversial comments he made earlier this week about the state of Hawaii. — When asked by ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos …

Discussion: Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo and The Resurgent

Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Jeff Sessions brushes off criticism over Hawaii comments: ‘Nobody has a sense of humor anymore’

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Guardian, Business Insider, CNN and Sputnik International

Pam Key / Breitbart:

Sessions: Improper Tax Credit Payments to ‘Mostly Mexicans’ Could Fund Border Wall — Sunday on ABC's “This Week,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said President Donald Trump's proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall could be paid for with improperly paid tax credits that go to “mostly Mexicans.”

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump and his aides take hard line on border wall, as threat of government shutdown looms

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon and Talking Points Memo

Hadas Gold / Politico:

Trump to host conservative media at reception — President Donald Trump will welcome members of the conservative media for a small reception at the White House on Monday. — Among those attending: One America News Network, The Daily Caller and Breitbart, as well some columnist and talk radio hosts.

Fox News:

North Korea threatens to strike US aircraft carrier to show 'military's force' — North Korea threatened Sunday to sink a U.S. aircraft carrier to demonstrate its military prowess as two Japanese Navy ships joined a U.S. strike group for exercises in the Philippine Sea.

Discussion: Reuters, The Gateway Pundit, The Last Tradition and SARAH PALIN

Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:

Trump eyeing second Supreme Court seat — Talk is already heating up that President Trump could have a chance to appoint a second person to the Supreme Court. — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley — (R-Iowa) said this week that another opening could come as soon as this summer …