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Mike Opelka / TheBlaze:
“LET ME BE CLEAR”: Sean Hannity's stern response to sexual harassment allegation  —  Fox News star and syndicated radio host Sean Hannity has issued a strong denial following a sexual harassment allegation made by attorney/blogger Debbie Schlussel, a former guest on Hannity's television show.
Lois Beckett / The Guardian:
‘Roger Ailes did sexually harass me,’ says former Fox journalist Alisyn Camerota
Discussion: The Week
Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Senate Trump-Russia Probe Has No Full-Time Staff, No Key Witnesses  —  There are just seven part-time staffers working on the Senate inquiry.  None of them are trained investigators.  And they haven't interviewed a single player in Trump's orbit.  —  The Senate Intelligence Committee's probe …
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Cyra Master / The Hill:
Report: Senate's Russia probe understaffed
Discussion: RedState
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Marine Le Pen Is In A Much Deeper Hole Than Trump Ever Was  —  Emmanuel Macron, a centrist candidate, and Marine Le Pen, of the far-right-wing National Front, will advance to a runoff in the French presidential election after finishing in the top two positions in a first-round vote on Sunday.
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Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
French Parties Unify Against Le Pen: ‘This Is Deadly Serious Now’  —  PARIS — Not since World War II has the anti-immigrant far right been closer to gaining power in France.  With her second-place finish on Sunday in the first round of the presidential election, Marine Le Pen has dragged …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Channel NewsAsia:
China's Xi urges restraint on North Korea issue on call with Trump  —  Toggle share menu  —  All Sections  —  Search Term Search Term Clear search input Search  —  BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping urged “restraint” on North Korea during a phone call Monday (Apr 24) …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Bloomberg:
Xi Urges Restraint on North Korea in Phone Call With Trump
Discussion: Politico
David B. Larter / Associated Press:
Carried away: The inside story of how the Carl Vinson's canceled port visit sparked a global crisis
Discussion: The Week
Ulrich Baer / New York Times:
What ‘Snowflakes’ Get Right About Free Speech  —  At one of the premieres of his landmark Holocaust documentary, “Shoah” (1985), the filmmaker Claude Lanzmann was challenged by a member of the audience, a woman who identified herself as a Holocaust survivor.
Josh Meyer / Politico:
Obama's hidden Iran deal giveaway  —  When President Barack Obama announced the “one-time gesture” of releasing Iranian-born prisoners who “were not charged with terrorism or any violent offenses” last year, his administration presented the move as a modest trade-off for the greater …
Discussion: Hot Air
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.
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
Trump announces WH dinner for Supreme Court justices — then hours later postpones it indefinitely  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  The White House on Sunday announced that it would host a dinner on Thursday for the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, then …
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump reschedules dinner with Supreme Court justices
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Interview: Full Transcript  —  The AP has now released the full transcript of its Friday interview with President Trump and it is completely amazing.  —  Full transcript after the jump ...  A transcript of an Oval Office interview Friday with President Donald Trump by AP White House Correspondent Julie Pace.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Republicans sound alarm on Trump's troubles ahead of 2018  —  Republicans say President Donald Trump needs to turn things around fast — or the GOP could pay dearly in 2018.  —  With the party preparing to defend its congressional majorities in next year's midterms, senior Republicans …
Discussion: Geller Report and Politicus USA
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Why Paul Wolfowitz Is Optimistic About Trump  —  Iraq might descend into “chaotic violence”—or worse.  The broader Middle East could “go to hell” all over again.  —  If the United States doesn't step up under President Donald Trump, Paul Wolfowitz warns in a new interview for The Global POLITICO …
Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Showdown looms as Trump demands funding for wall on U.S.-Mexico border  —  President Trump and White House officials pressed congressional Republicans on Sunday to use the looming threat of a government shutdown to win funding for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, a top priority …
Discussion: The Week
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Associated Press:
Trump pushes wall funding in spending dispute with Democrats
Discussion: Axios
Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
Trump Saved Carrier Jobs.  These Workers Weren't as Lucky.  —  HUNTINGTON, Ind. — These are the Indiana workers whose jobs President Trump didn't save.  —  After assembling circuit boards for Carrier furnaces at a factory here for 21 years, Jim Sholle, 56, walked out of the plant for the final time last month.
Tim Ross / Bloomberg:
May Hires Jim Messina for U.K. Conservative Election Team  —  President Obama's former campaign chief starts work for Tories  —  Messina returns to U.K. after success on 2015 Cameron campaign  —  U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May has hired President Obama's former deputy chief of staff Jim Messina …
Discussion: Political Wire
Tresa Baldas / Detroit Free Press:
Genital mutilation victims break their silence: ‘This is demonic’  —  CDC says at least 500,000 females in U.S. have undergone genital mutilation, or are at risk of having it done.  —  CONNECT  —  It was the summer of 1990.  —  Mariya Taher was 7 years old, vacationing in India with her family …
NBC News:
New Orleans Starts Tearing Down Confederate Monuments, Sparking Protest  —  New Orleans officials removed the first of four prominent Confederate monuments early Monday, the latest Southern institution to sever itself from symbols viewed by many as a representation racism and white supremacy.
Discussion: CNN, Hot Air and The Week
John Markoff / New York Times:
No Longer a Dream: Silicon Valley Takes On the Flying Car  —  This isn't science fiction.  A number of start-ups as well as big aerospace firms are trying to build personal aircraft you could fly around town.  —  CLEARLAKE, Calif. — On a recent afternoon, an aerospace engineer working …
Donald Trump / ABC News:
ANALYSIS: How Trump accomplished so little yet so much in first 100 days  —  Amid the chaos and disruption that have defined President Trump's first 100 days, a giant contradiction breaks through.  —  Few modern presidents have accomplished so little in the opening months of their time in office.
Discussion: The Hill, AOL, SARAH PALIN and Mediaite
 
 
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Obama meets with at-risk youth ahead of Chicago speech
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump plans pre-100th day executive order spree
Discussion: Politico
Camilla Turner / Telegraph:
Students who avoid making eye contact could be guilty of racism, Oxford University says
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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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