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8:50 PM ET, April 28, 2017

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MJ Lee / CNN:
First on CNN: Ahead of Trump's 100th day mark, Obama says Obamacare is more popular than Trump  —  One moment from each of Trump's first days  —  New York (CNN)Former President Barack Obama hailed the political resilience of his signature health care law at a private event Thursday …
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Bloomberg:
If Republicans Can't Get This Lawmaker, Obamacare Repeal May Be Dead  —  An architect of previous years' repeal bills not ready to back  —  Vote count could be close as backers claim ‘great progress’  —  Representative Fred Upton helped guide dozens of Obamacare repeal measures through …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Fox News:
‘The First 100 Days’: Trump says he's ‘disappointed’ with congressional Republicans  —  President Trump told Fox News' Martha MacCallum on Friday that he's “disappointed” with how congressional Republicans have handled big legislation on health care and other issues, as he reflected on his first 100 days in office.
CNN:
CNN/ORC poll: Expectations plummet for health care overhaul
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why can't House repeal Obamacare? Because a lot of Republicans don't want to
Peter Weber / The Week:
Trevor Noah wants you to cut the outrage over Obama's $400,000 Wall Street speech
Discussion: Washington Post and CBS Boston
Yonhap News Agency:
(LEAD) N. Korea fails in missile test: S. Korean military  —  North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Saturday, which apparently exploded seconds after liftoff, South Korea's military said.  —  “North Korea fired an unidentified missile from a site in the vicinity of Bukchang in Pyeongannam-do …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Kasich: Trump should ‘eradicate’ North Korean leadership  —  Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a former Republican presidential candidate, said Friday that President Trump ought to “eradicate” North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his top lieutenants in a surgical military strike designed to give rise to a more benign leadership in Pyongyang.
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
Christine Wang / CNBC:
North Korea ballistic missile test fails: Report
Discussion: New York Magazine
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
White House eyeing Clarke for Homeland Security post  —  The White House is considering David Clarke, the sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, for a position at the Department of Homeland Security, three people familiar with the administration's planning told POLITICO.
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Josiah Ryan / CNN:
Journalist: Trump brought Electoral map handouts of his wins to interview
Discussion: RedState and New York Magazine
Politico:
What It's Really Like to Cover Trump
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
DeMint to be ousted from Heritage Foundation  —  The controversial president of The Heritage Foundation, former Sen. Jim DeMint, will soon be out of a job, following a dispute with board members about the direction of conservative think tank, according to three people with knowledge of the situation.
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New York Times:
Jim DeMint Is Said to Be Out at Heritage Foundation
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
N.S.A Halts Collection of Americans' Emails About Foreign Targets  —  WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency is stopping one of the most disputed forms of its warrantless surveillance program in which it collects Americans' emails and texts to and from people overseas and that mention …
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Rachel Stockman / Mediaite:
EXCLUSIVE: Advanced Talks Underway For New Conservative Network Amid Fears Fox News Moving Too Far Left  —  On the heels of major shakeups at the Fox News Network, an alternative conservative network is being actively discussed amongst conservative fat cats.
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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Murdochs Exploring Fox News Options as Pressure on Bill Shine Mounts  —  The company has quietly put out feelers for a possible new head of Fox News with the preference, say sources, that it be a woman.  —  The Murdochs may be preparing for a leadership change at Fox News.
Alex Young / Consequence of Sound:
$12,000 luxury Fyre Festival is basically a disaster zone  —  This weekend was to mark the launch of Fyre Festival, a boutique, luxury music festival taking place in Exumas, Bahamas.  Tickets to the festival ran between $4,000 and $12,000, with the price of admission including a chartered flight from Miami …
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Chloe Gordon / New York Magazine:   I Worked at Fyre Festival. It Was Always Going to Be a Disaster.
Page Six:
A-listers told to avoid disastrous Fyre Festival before it began
Discussion: New York Magazine
Julian Robinson / Daily Mail:
'It's worse than a refugee camp': Disastrous Bella Hadid-backed Bahamas Fyre Festival is CANCELLED …
Discussion: The FADER, Refinery29 and Althouse
Yashar Ali / New York Magazine:
Conservative Radio Host Hugh Hewitt in Talks for MSNBC Show, Sources Say  —  MSNBC is in talks with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt about creating a show for him on weekend evenings, four well-placed sources at the network tell Daily Intelligencer.  Initially MSNBC was keen on having Hewitt host …
The Daily Beast:
White House Weighs Kicking Out Sebastian Gorka  —  The Trump administration is actively exploring options to remove controversial national security aide Sebastian Gorka from the White House and place him at another federal agency, multiple sources tell The Daily Beast.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Tina Nguyen / Vanity Fair:
Milo Yiannopoulos Is Starting a New, Ugly, For-Profit Troll Circus  —  With what he says is a $12 million stake from secret investors, the former Breitbart tech editor is launching Milo Inc., a live-event touring company, dedicated to making progressives' lives a “living hell.”
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Alex Jones Suffers Defeat In Custody Hearing  —  “Mr. Jones is like a cult leader,” the conspiracy blogger's ex-wife told the jury.  “And we've seen the horrific damage cult leaders do to their followers.”  —  Reporting From  —  AUSTIN — After a grueling 10-day trial …
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Ben Hartman / The Daily Beast:
InfoWars' Alex Jones Loses Custody Case, Ex-Wife Wins Right to Decide Where Children Live
Discussion: The Week and New York Magazine
Miles Parks / NPR:
Trump To Be First Sitting President Since Reagan To Address NRA  —  Friday, for the first time since 1983, a sitting president will address the National Rifle Association at the group's annual convention — when President Trump, along with a who's who of gun rights advocates …
Discussion: IJR, Washington Post, NBC News and TheBlaze
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Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Maybe America Wasn't Crazy to Elect Donald Trump  —  A confession: I'm much less afraid of Trump than I was a year ago.  His rhetoric, his unfettered far-right agenda, his love of violence, and his loathing of constitutional limits during the campaign were indeed things to be terrified by.
Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
The Convicted Con Artist Of The Winter White House … WEST PALM BEACH, Florida —  An admitted fraudster who owes hundreds of thousands of dollars to his victims has had access to President Donald Trump through his wife, who is the guest reception manager of Mar-a-Lago, the Winter White House.
Discussion: Shakesville and The Week
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
ICE data shows half of immigrants arrested in raids had traffic convictions or no record  —  About half of the 675 immigrants picked up in roundups across the United States in the days after President Trump took office either had no criminal convictions or had committed traffic offenses …
Morgan Eads / Lexington Herald-Leader:
‘You are safe,’ Transylvania attacker says to Republican student in coffee shop  —  A man who used a machete to attack a Transylvania University student in a campus coffee shop Friday first asked people about their political affiliations, a witness said.  —  The assailant, thought …
 
 
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
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USA Today:
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Elisabeth Moss / National Review:
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BBC:
Oxford University sorry for eye contact racism claim
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Joanna Weiss / Politico:
The Strange Psychological Power of ‘Fox & Friends’
Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
Trump names anti-abortion leader Yoest to top HHS post
Mark Penn / The Hill:
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Living in the Trump Zone
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

 
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