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8:35 PM ET, April 23, 2017

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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
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Jon Henley / The Guardian:
French election: Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen estimated to be through to second round - live  —  Independent centrist Macron estimated to have taken 23.7% of vote with Front National leader Le Pen on 21.7%; official results to follow  —  Gérard Collomb, the Socialist mayor of Lyon …
Associated Press:
THE LATEST: EARLY FRENCH COUNT CONTINUES TO SHOW LE PEN LEAD  —  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the first round of France's presidential election (all times local):  —  With 34 percent of the vote counted, France's Interior Ministry says that far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen …
Discussion: SARAH PALIN and The Gateway Pundit
J.C. / Economist:   What France's election means for Germany
Thomas Adamson / Associated Press:
FRANCE BEGINS PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN TEST FOR POPULISM
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Washington Post:   French exit polls point to showdown between right-wing firebrand and unconventional centrist
France 24:
Live: Le Pen, Macron victories push mainstream parties to the sidelines
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
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 …
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Disapproval of President Donald Trump Grows in Latest WSJ/NBC News Poll
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Public Gives Trump Low Marks for First 100 Days: NBC News/WSJ Poll
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 …
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Bill O'Reilly Is Gone, But Fox News' 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 …
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
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump's Fake War on the Fake News
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
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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 …
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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 …
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 columnists and talk radio hosts.
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Palestinians fume over barbecue taunt of terrorist hunger strikers, as hundreds drop out  —  Threats of new Intifada if any hunger strikers die, as anti-Israel groups claim barbecue was torture.  —  we reported on how Israeli protesters barbecued outside the prison where Palestinian terrorists …
Discussion: Instapundit
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.
World Jewish Congress:
‘We must stamp out prejudice and anti-Semitism everywhere’, Trump tells World Jewish Congress  —  Following is a transcript of US President Donald Trump's video message to the delegates of the World Jewish Congress Plenary Assembly in New York.  —  I am deeply honored to speak with you tonight …
 
 
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Camilla Turner / Telegraph:
Students who avoid making eye contact could be guilty of racism, Oxford University says
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Robert Verkaik / Telegraph:
Revealed: How Britain's former Syria ambassador appeared on BBC to defend Assad... after quietly taking …
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
United Nations Elects Saudi Arabia to Women's Rights Commission
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Cathleen O'Grady / Ars Technica:
107 cancer papers retracted due to peer review fraud
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Trump eyeing second Supreme Court seat
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CNBC:
Comcast confirms plans to spin off its NBCUniversal cable TV networks, including MSNBC and CNBC, with Mark Lazarus as CEO; the separation may take about a year

James Warrington / Telegraph:
Almost 93% of 600 Guardian and Observer staff organized by the NUJ vote in favor of strike action over the proposed sale of The Observer to Tortoise

Kanis Leung / Associated Press:
Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai testifies for the first time in his years-long national security trial; he is already serving a jail term for a fraud conviction

 
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