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Raw Story:
Trump admits he thought being president would be a lot easier than his old life  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  He misses driving, feels as if he is in a cocoon, and is surprised how hard his new job is.  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday reflected on his first 100 days …
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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.
Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Political Media Earns Poor Marks From Americans  —  As political journalists prepare to gather at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday to celebrate their work, a new Morning Consult poll is likely to make many of them cringe.
Politico:
What It's Really Like to Cover Trump
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump now agrees with the majority of Americans: He wasn't ready to be president
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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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why can't House repeal Obamacare?  Because a lot of Republicans don't want to  —  “We're going to go when we have the votes,” Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday when asked when the House will pass a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare.  Lawmakers will not be constrained by any “artificial deadline,” Ryan declared.
CNN:
CNN/ORC poll: Expectations plummet for health care overhaul  —  Trump supporter: Paul Ryan not helping Trump  —  Washington (CNN)Three months ago, just before Donald Trump took office, about half of Americans said it was very likely that the new President, armed with a Republican majority …
Fox News:
‘The First 100 Days’: Trump says he's ‘disappointed’ with congressional Republicans
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
GOP shuts out doctors, experts, Democrats — pretty much everybody — as they work on Obamacare repeal
Discussion: Mother Jones and IJR
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
DeMint set to be ousted from Heritage Foundation  —  The controversial president of The Heritage Foundation, former Sen. Jim DeMint, may 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
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.
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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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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Page Six:
A-listers told to avoid disastrous Fyre Festival before it began  —  Emily Ratajkowski, Bella Hadid and other models used to promote the Fyre Festival  —  The pricey Fyre Festival, thrown by Ja Rule and Billy McFarland in the Bahamas and promoted by Kendall Jenner, Emily Ratajkowski …
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
Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
Trump names anti-abortion leader Yoest to top HHS post  —  President Donald Trump on Friday said he would name one of the most prominent anti-abortion activists in the country to a top communications post at HHS.  —  Charmaine Yoest, tapped to be assistant secretary of public affairs, is a senior fellow at American Values.
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Christine Grimaldi / Rewire:
Breaking: Trump Appoints Anti-Choice Extremist to Prominent HHS Post
Discussion: Common Dreams
The White House:
President Donald J. Trump Announces Key Additions to his Administration
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: Political Wire and The Week
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump says ‘major, major’ conflict with North Korea possible, but seeks diplomacy  —  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday a major conflict with North Korea is possible in the standoff over its nuclear and missile programs, but he would prefer a diplomatic outcome to the dispute.
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: The Week
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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Austin American-Statesman:
VERDICT: Ex-wife of Alex Jones wins joint custody after bitter trial
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Dems withhold cash from Montana special election  —  As early voting kicks off in Montana this week, national Democrats are holding back from heavy investments in the state's May 25 special House election, believing Democratic candidate Rob Quist still has a steep hill to climb to win a state …
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Times
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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The Democrats' First 100 Days  —  Let's reverse angle.
Discussion: Betsy's Page
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 …
Mark Penn / The Hill:
Why the polls are wrong about Trump.  Again.  —  Today we live in a polling bubble - surveys taken from the perches in New York, Washington and Los Angeles may be obscuring rather than illuminating many of the underlying views and trends of the American electorate.
Johana Bhuiyan / Recode:
Here's the first look at how Elon Musk's ‘boring’ car tunnels will work  —  Cars will be lowered into the tunnel from the roads on what Musk calls a car “skate.”  —  At the TED conference today, Elon Musk gave a first look at the underground tunnels his new company, The Boring Company, is shooting to develop in the future.
Discussion: Motherboard, Mashable and Eschaton
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Living in the Trump Zone  —  Fans of old TV series may remember a classic “Twilight Zone” episode titled “It's a Good Life.”  It featured a small town terrorized by a 6-year-old who for some reason had monstrous superpowers, coupled with complete emotional immaturity.
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Raw Story and CNN
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.
Lizzie Dearden / The Independent:
Austrian President calls on all women to wear headscarves in solidarity with Muslims to fight ‘rampant Islamophobia’  —  'It is every woman's right to always dress how she wants, that is my opinion on the matter'  —  The President of Austria has called for all women to wear headscarves …
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘Roseanne’ Getting Revival With Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Sara Gilbert & Co.  —  EXCLUSIVE: One of the biggest comedies of the 1990s, Roseanne, is making a comeback.  I hear an eight-episode limited series revival of the hit ABC blue-collar family comedy is in the works …
Discussion: KXAN-TV and The Guardian
Peter Weber / The Week:
Trevor Noah wants you to cut the outrage over Obama's $400,000 Wall Street speech  —  “Obama's back, and so are the haters,” Trevor Noah said on Thursday's Daily Show.  The former president is taking a lot of heat for giving a speech to Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald for a fat paycheck, but Noah wasn't buying the outrage.
BBC:
Oxford University sorry for eye contact racism claim  —  Oxford University has apologised for saying that avoiding eye contact could be “everyday racism” after it was accused of discriminating against autistic people.  —  The claim was included in a list of “racial micro-aggressions” in an equality and diversity unit newsletter.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump's first 100 days have been a moneymaking success story  —  He's getting what he cares about.  —  Donald Trump attracted a reputation over the years as a ruthless and unscrupulous businessman.  He said on the campaign trail that having been “greedy all my life,” …
 
 
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Financial Times:
EU prepares for post-Brexit membership for united Ireland
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Sean Moran / Breitbart:
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview …
Discussion: Motherboard
Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
Full interview with President Trump on his first 100 days
Discussion: The Week
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Will Political Normality Return in 2017?
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
NRA head: Sanders ‘a political predator’
Discussion: Raw Story
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: 'No reason there's not peace between Israel and the Palestinians'
Discussion: Reuters, RedState and The Daily Caller
Jonathan Shorman / Wichita Eagle:
Brownback wants $24 million to keep guns out of psychiatric hospitals
Discussion: Raw Story and ABC News
Scott Johnson / Hollywood Reporter:
48 Hours With the Media Troll Who Is Now Part of the White House Press Corps
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Schumer blocks one-week stopgap funding bill
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