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12:45 PM ET, April 25, 2017

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Annie Karni / Politico:
Ivanka Trump gets booed, hissed at during Berlin event  —  BERLIN — Ivanka Trump arrived in Berlin on Tuesday morning armed with facts and figures to recite at what was expected to be a highbrow international summit to discuss women's entrepreneurship, alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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CNN:
German crowd hisses, boos at Ivanka when she defends her dad  —  (CNN)Ivanka Trump defended her father at a women's panel in Berlin Tuesday after attendees hissed and booed when she attempted to champion her father's commitment to women's issues.  —  The event opened with the first daughter explaining her role in the White House.
CNN:
White House denies House investigation request for Flynn documents  —  What you need to know about Michael Flynn  —  (CNN)The White House declined Tuesday to provide documents related to President Donald Trump's former national security adviser that the panel investigating Michael Flynn had requested …
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Austin Wright / Politico:
Lawmakers: Flynn did not disclose Russia payments in security clearance application
Discussion: Hot Air
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
White House rejects Oversight request for Flynn documents
Discussion: Towleroad and RedState
Chad Kiewiet De Jonge / ABC News:
Only 37 percent say Trump should repeal and replace Obamacare: Poll  —  As President Donald Trump and the Republicans in Congress gear up for another attempt at repealing and replacing Obamacare, an ABC News/Washington Post poll finds broad public preference for keeping and improving it …
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Americans Back Immigration and Trade at Record Levels  —  Poll suggests backlash to Trump administration policies  —  Americans' support for immigration and free trade hit record highs in a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News survey, just three months after the inauguration of a president who pledged to curtail both.
Discussion: Political Wire
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Public pans Republicans' latest approach to replacing Affordable Care Act
Discussion: Vox, Daily Kos, Washington Times and Axios
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
This new poll shows Trump may be making Obamacare more popular, not less
Discussion: CNN
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: 50 Percent Have Little to No Confidence in GOP Health-Care Push
Discussion: Washington Post and NBC News
Tucker Doherty / Politico:
The Media Bubble Is Worse Than You Think  —  How did big media miss the Donald Trump swell?  News organizations old and new, large and small, print and online, broadcast and cable assigned phalanxes of reporters armed with the most sophisticated polling data and analysis to cover the presidential campaign.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Conservative media figures disappointed with Trump meeting  —  Some conservative media figures invited to an exclusive event with President Trump Monday night left the White House frustrated and complaining that Trump's staff had intentionally sought to limit what they could report out of the meeting.
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New York Times:
As North Korea Speeds Its Nuclear Program, U.S. Fears Time Will Run Out  —  WASHINGTON — Behind the Trump administration's sudden urgency in dealing with the North Korean nuclear crisis lies a stark calculus: a growing body of expert studies and classified intelligence reports that conclude …
Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
Entire U.S. Senate to go to White House for North Korea briefing
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
White House ‘confident’ of averting shutdown as Trump shows flexibility on wall  —  The White House sought Monday to calm a jittery Washington ahead of a showdown with Congress over spending, and President Trump softened his demand that a deal to keep the federal government open include money …
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border wall
Discussion: Daily Kos
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Willing to Hold Off on Border-Wall Funding
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Joe Concha / The Hill:
O'Reilly: Fans will be ‘shaken’ when truth comes out about Fox exit  —  Former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly said he is “sad” that he's not on television anymore and admitted Monday evening he's “very surprised how it all turned out” regarding his split with his network home of more than 20 years.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Hannity: Liberal ‘fascism’ trying to silence every conservative voice
Discussion: RedState
Bonnie Bacarisse / The Daily Beast:
The Republican Lawmaker Who Secretly Created Reddit's Women-Hating ‘Red Pill’  —  Last November, voters in New Hampshire's Lakes Region re-elected to the state House of Representatives a man who appears to be one of the secret architects of the Internet's misogynistic “Manosphere.”
Discussion: Raw Story
Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:
How an Alternative Donald Trump Opening Act Might Have Unfolded  —  The president could have taken advantage of the fact he isn't an ideological conservative or traditional Republican, but a centrist  —  Let's imagine an alternative opening act to the Trump presidency.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
100 days of Democratic rage
Discussion: NBC News and TheBlaze
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Nukes + Nuttiness = Neanderthal Deterrence  —  Acting crazy has worked for rogue regimes, but Western appeasement is not a long-term solution.  —  How can an otherwise failed dictatorship best suppress internal dissent while winning international attention, influence — and money?
Discussion: CNBC
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Bloomberg:
U.S., North Korea Flex Military Muscles as Tensions Simmer
Discussion: New York Magazine
Bloomberg:
Trump Slaps Duty on Canada Lumber, Intensifying Trade Fight  —  Step will raise cost of home-building, mattress box springs  —  Canada vows to fight back against 'unfair" import duties  —  U.S. President Donald Trump intensified a trade dispute with Canada, slapping tariffs of up to 24 percent …
Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
Macron Campaign Wards Off Hacking Attempts Linked to Russia  —  Presidential candidate's campaign suffers multipronged phishing attack beginning in mid-March  —  PARIS—Hackers matching the profile of a pro-Kremlin group have tried in recent weeks to access campaign email accounts …
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Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:
Russian Hackers Who Targeted Clinton Appear to Attack France's Macron
Discussion: AOL
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Obama's $400,000 Wall Street speaking fee will undermine everything he believes in  —  To fight the rising tide of populism, mainstream leaders need to raise their ethical game.  —  Former President Barack Obama's decision to accept a $400,000 fee to speak at a health care conference organized …
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
The Effects of Ending the Affordable Care Act's Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments  —  Controversy has emerged recently over federal payments to insurers under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) related to cost-sharing reductions for low-income enrollees in the ACA's marketplaces.
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Can Facebook Fix Its Own Worst Bug?  —  Mark Zuckerberg now acknowledges the dangerous side of the social revolution he helped to start.  But is the most powerful tool for connection in human history capable of adapting to the world it created?  —  In early January, I went to see Mark Zuckerberg at MPK20 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Alex Hern / The Guardian:
Wikipedia founder to fight fake news with new Wikitribune site  —  Crowdfunded online publication from Jimmy Wales will pair paid journalists with army of volunteer contributors … Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia, is launching a new online publication which will aim to fight fake news …
Jacob Carpenter / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Prosecutors: Inmate's water cut off for 7 days before his death in the Milwaukee County Jail  —  An inquest has been ordered following the April 2016 dehydration death of Milwaukee County Jail inmate Terrill Thomas.  Here's how an inquest works, and how the only other Milwaukee County inquest in the past decade ended.
Discussion: Washington Post and CBS Sacramento
Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE - Clinton Sex Accusers Slam ‘Hypocritical’ Media over Bill O'Reilly Coverage  —  Speaking to Breitbart News, the victims of Bill Clinton's alleged sexual assault — Juanita Broaddrick, Kathleen Willey, and Paula Jones - blasted the news media for purportedly dismissing their own accusations …
Eliza Collins / USA Today:
Republicans in Congress push for religious liberty executive order  —  WASHINGTON — Dozens of Republican lawmakers are asking President Trump to scale back Obama-era protections for gays and lesbians in order to make good on a campaign promise to protect religious liberty.
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
At 100 Days, Trump's No Russian Stooge or Fascist  —  Before Donald Trump won the election in November we were warned: He is a Russian stooge.  He is a fascist.  He will upend the protocols and traditions that make governing possible.  This is not normal.
 
 
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Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web:
Eerie tech promises to copy anyone's voice from just 1 minute of audio
Discussion: The Verge
Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
Middle Class Contracted in U.S. Over 2 Decades, Study Finds
Discussion: Pew Research Center
John Burnett / NPR:
Mexico Worries That A New Border Wall Will Worsen Flooding
Discussion: Washington Post
Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
State removes post highlighting Trump Mar-a-Lago resort
Joe Schoffstall / Washington Free Beacon:
Hundreds of Illegal Voters Uncovered in North Carolina in 2016
Discussion: Geller Report and The Resurgent
Henry Goldman / Bloomberg:
Brooklyn as a Fashion Hub? Mayor's Plan Stirs Manhattan Backlash
Discussion: New York Magazine
 Earlier Items: 
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Chobani sues Alex Jones, saying he falsely linked company to child rape, tuberculosis
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Workers who really do ‘support our troops’ are getting their wages slashed
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: Trump's tax plan …
Rick Seltzer / Inside Higher Ed:
What Comes After Whittier Shutdown?
Discussion: TaxProf Blog and Above the Law
Rachel Zoll / Associated Press:
LESBIAN METHODIST BISHOP FACES CHALLENGE TO HER ELECTION
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Flynn's Turkish lobbying linked to Russia
Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
Tantaros Adds to Fox Fight With Claim of ‘Sockpuppet’ Attack
 

 
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Paresh Dave / Wired:
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Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

 
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