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8:55 PM ET, May 1, 2017

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Bloomberg:
Trump Says He'd Meet With North Korea's Kim If Situation's Right  —  ‘I would be honored to do it’ under the right circumstances  —  North Korea has become Trump's top foreign policy challenge  —  President Donald Trump said he would meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un amid heightened tensions …
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Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
Trump: ‘You make a mistake here, there is nothing to work out’ … Hours shy of his 100th day in power, President Trump strides into the Oval Office.  The energy in the world's most famous room changes instantly and perceptibly as he sits down.  —  It's a little after 3 in the afternoon.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump: ‘Why was there the Civil War?’  —  President Trump during an interview that airs Monday questioned why the country had a Civil War and suggested former President Andrew Jackson could have prevented it had he served later.  —  “I mean had Andrew Jackson been a little bit later you wouldn't have had the Civil War.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's totally bizarre claim about avoiding the Civil War
Yoni Appelbaum / The Atlantic:
Why There Was a Civil War  —  President Trump has peppered …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
Sean Hannity Eyes Fox News Exit, Insiders Say … Sean Hannity is looking to leave Fox News, according to sources, following the resignation of Fox News co-president Bill Shine officially on Monday.  —  Shine was Hannity's his long-time ally whom he personally recommended the network hire two decades ago to produce Hannity & Colmes.
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Rachel Stockman / Mediaite:
EXCLUSIVE: New Conservative Network Now Actively Trying to Lure Sean Hannity  —  Late last week, we broke the story that there could soon be another game in town for conservative news viewers looking for a competitor to Fox News.  —  As we reported Friday:
New York Times:
Fox News Executive Departs Amid Turmoil
CNN:
First on CNN: Trump administration ending Michelle Obama's girls education program  —  Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is discontinuing a signature girls education initiative championed by former first lady Michelle Obama, according to officials.  —  The “Let Girls Learn” program …
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Trump unwinding Michelle Obama's school lunch program rules
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
CNN: Trump ending Michelle Obama's girls education program
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Wilbur Ross Says Syria Missile Strike Was ‘After-Dinner Entertainment’ at Mar-a-Lago  —  Speaking at the Milken Institute Global Conference on Monday, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross recalled the scene at Mar-a-Lago on April 6, when the summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping was interrupted by the strike on Syria.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why did Trump win?  New research by Democrats offers a worrisome answer.  —  As the Democratic Party rebuilds itself for the 2018 and 2020 elections, Democratic strategists have been preoccupied with a pressing question: Why did so many voters who backed Barack Obama in 2012 switch …
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New York Times:
The Cost of Barack Obama's Speech
Discussion: The Guardian
Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Democrats say they now know exactly why Clinton lost
Discussion: ABC News
Bloomberg:
Trump Wants Health-Care Bill to Protect Pre-Existing Conditions  —  President says it will be ‘every bit as good’ as Obamacare  —  GOP leaders mulling vote on health bill later this week  —  President Donald Trump said Monday the Republican health-care bill being negotiated in Congress ultimately …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
GOP suffers surprise defection on Obamacare repeal  —  President Donald Trump dialed up his campaign-trail ally Rep. Billy Long on Monday, after the Missouri Republican announced his decision to vote against the Republican plan to replace Obamacare.  The goal was straightforward: Persuade Long to change his mind.
Lauren Fox / CNN:
GOP on verge of losing health care vote
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump on Obama surveillance claims: 'I don't stand by anything'  —  President Donald Trump said his allegation that he was illegally surveilled by former President Barack Obama has “been proven very strongly” and that that surveillance has negated the relatively warm relationship …
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
WATCH: Trump angrily walks away from interview after reporter presses for Obama wiretapping evidence
Discussion: The Root
CNN:
The FBI translator who went rogue and married an ISIS terrorist  —  8pm ET TONIGHT: Watch AC 360 to learn more about the FBI employee who married an ISIS terrorist.  —  An FBI translator with a top-secret security clearance traveled to Syria in 2014 and married a key ISIS operative …
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Top Ethics Officer Challenges Trump Over Secret Waivers for Ex-Lobbyists  —  WASHINGTON — The federal government's top ethics officer is challenging the Trump administration's issuance of secret waivers that allow former lobbyists to handle matters they recently worked on …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Government ethics office lays out guidelines for Ivanka Trump
Discussion: RedState and ABC News
Bloomberg:
Trump Says He's Considering Moves to Break Up Wall Street Banks  —  President says in interview he is weighing revival of 1933 law  —  Top administration officials back return of Glass-Steagall Act  —  President Donald Trump said he is actively considering breaking up giant Wall Street banks …
The Daily Beast:
Trump Campaign Pulls Legally Suspect Ad With McMaster in Uniform … President Donald Trump's reelection campaign quietly took down an ad on Monday that may have skirted federal laws that govern politicking by active-duty U.S. servicemembers.  —  The 30-second video, which promoted …
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Ryan Grim / HuffPost:
With Trump In The White House, MSNBC Is Resisting The Resistance  —  For a TV executive, Andy Lack has an unusual problem: sky-high ratings.  —  WASHINGTON On Friday, readers of the new morning email put out by Mike Allen awoke to a little nugget of news.  “One of your favorites is getting …
Discussion: Eschaton
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
What If Climate Scientists Are Guessing Wrong?  —  Newest New York Times columnist Bret Stephens, a conservative refugee from the increasingly Trumpist Wall Street Journal editorial page, uses his first column to imply, without quite stating outright, that somebody (the world?
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David Roberts / Vox:
The New York Times should not have hired climate change bullshitter Bret Stephens
Claire Landsbaum / New York Magazine:
Kirsten Gillibrand on 2020 White House Bid: 'I'm Ruling It Out'  —  Less than a month after Hillary Clinton lost the presidential election, the lists went up: Ten Potential Democratic Candidates for 2020; 11 Democrats Who Could Defeat President Trump in 2020; Which Democrats Will Run for President in 2020?
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Bloomberg:
‘Alt-Left’ Strategist Bannon Isn't Going Anywhere, Trump Says  —  Infighting has subsided, Trump says in Oval Office interview  —  President says Bannon is ‘very decent guy’ getting a ‘bad rap’  —  President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed widespread reports that his administration is riven by discord …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Axios
CNN:
Conservatives prepare for Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement  —  Entire Neil Gorsuch swearing-in ceremony  — Kennedy, a centrist conservative, controls the outcome of cases like no other justice in more than a decade  — The political and legal stakes of replacing Kennedy would be higher …
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Gay-Conversion Therapy Ban Survives as Supreme Court Rejects Appeal
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
 
 
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National Journal:
Vulnerable Democrats Are Showing Little Fear of Trump
Discussion: Political Wire
Richard Goldstein / New York Times:
Malcolm Toon Made Waves as a Diplomat, but His Death Went Largely Unreported
Elvia Malagon / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago nearing 200 homicides this year
Abigail O'Leary / Mirror.co.uk:
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Discussion: Althouse
Neil Munro / Breitbart:
Paul Ryan Expands H-2B Blue-Collar Outsourcing Program for 2017
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Bill Lambrecht / MySanAntonio.com:
Castro won't seek Senate seat
Oliver Willis / Shareblue:
Pence's longtime aide is orchestrating White House obstruction of Russia investigation
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Tegna / WFAA-TV:
Raw, unedited rescue: ‘Dear Jesus, please let this baby breathe’
 

 
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Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

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