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9:30 PM ET, May 2, 2017

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New York Times:
Ivanka Trump Has the President's Ear.  Here's Her Agenda.  —  A month before Donald J. Trump was elected president, he and his aides watched his daughter's coolly composed surface crack open.  —  Inside Trump Tower, the candidate was preparing for a debate when an aide rushed in with news …
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
White House aims for Thursday signing of religious liberty executive order  —  President Donald Trump has invited conservative leaders to the White House on Thursday for what they expect will be the ceremonial signing of a long-awaited—and highly controversial—executive order on religious liberty …
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Trump set to sign religious liberty order: report
Discussion: RedState
Robert Bluey / Heritage Foundation:
Statement From the Chairman of Heritage's Board of Trustees  —  Vice President, Publishing & Editor in Chief, Daily Signal … The Heritage Foundation's Board of Trustees, by a unanimous vote, has asked for and received the resignation of Jim DeMint as president and CEO of the organization.
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
The real reason Jim DeMint got the boot  —  Jim DeMint's ouster from The Heritage Foundation came as a shock to the hundreds of scholars and staffers who've seen the organization's political influence grow thanks to DeMint's controversial decision to align the leading conservative think tank closely with Donald Trump.
Discussion: twitchy.com and Political Wire
CNN:
Sources: Former Acting AG Yates to contradict administration about Flynn at hearing  —  Washington (CNN)Former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates is prepared to testify before a Senate panel next week that she gave a forceful warning to the White House regarding then-National Security Advisor …
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Tommy Christopher / Shareblue:   Rep. Cummings busts Pence: “I warned the vice president directly” about Michael Flynn
Mark Graham / Decider:
Stephen Colbert's Shocking Attack On Trump Concludes With A Homophobic Slur … Once the clock struck midnight on Donald Trump's 100 days in office, Stephen Colbert's claws came out.  He delivered his most vicious attack on the President to date during the monologue of Monday night's …
Discussion: Power Line and The Gateway Pundit
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Stephen Colbert Demolishes Trump for Insulting ‘Face The Nation’ Host John Dickerson … President Donald Trump insulted Face The Nation host John Dickerson and Stephen Colbert is pissed.  —  As the Late Show host explained in his monologue on Monday, during his CBS colleague's Sunday morning interview …
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Fred Upton's cynical reversal on repealing Obamacare shows why people distrust Republicans  —  If you want to gain an understanding of why it's so difficult for many people to trust Republicans on healthcare, look no further than the cynical decision of Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich. …
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Former GOP chairman ‘cannot support’ new healthcare bill
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Trumpcare's long odds in the Senate, explained by a Republican senator
Discussion: Politico and Hit & Run
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Justice Department will not charge Baton Rouge officers in fatal shooting of Alton Sterling  —  The Justice Department has decided not to bring charges against the officers involved in the death of Alton Sterling, whose videotaped shooting by police in Baton Rouge last summer prompted unrest across the city …
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Rebecca R. Ruiz / New York Times:
Officers Won't Be Charged in Black Man's Death in Louisiana
Discussion: Hot Air and theGrio
Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Shut up, Jimmy Kimmel, you elitist creep  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  —  This is why America hates Hollywood.  —  Late night “funny” man Jimmy Kimmel delivered a heart-wrenching monologue Monday night that every mother and every father could relate to.  —  In the emotion-drunk moments last month …
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YouTube:
Jimmy Kimmel Reveals Details of His Son's Birth & Heart Disease … Jimmy and his wife Molly welcomed their second child together, William “Billy” Kimmel.  At three days old, Billy had successful open heart surgery at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and is now home with his family.
Dan Merica / CNN:
Clinton: ‘If the election had been on October 27, I would be your president’  —  New York (CNN)Hillary Clinton said Tuesday she takes personal responsibility for her 2016 loss, but also pointed to the timing of a letter from FBI Director James Comey and Russian interference as factors.
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Associated Press:
Full public FBI reveal is rare for Trump-Russia type probes
Discussion: Politico, Washington Post and ABC News
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House scrambles to rebrand spending bill as Trump ‘win’  —  The Trump administration is doing damage control as Congress inches toward passage of a massive spending deal that ducks the president's most contentious demands.  —  Less than 48 hours after the funding bill's release …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump tries to claim border wall win in budget deal
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Why Congress's Bipartisan Budget Deal Should Make Trump Worried
Discussion: Political Wire
George Prayias / The Rush Limbaugh Show:
Vice President Calls the Show to Defend the Budget Deal  —  RUSH: We welcome back to the program the vice president of the United States, Mike Pence.  Welcome back, sir.  Great to have you here with us today.  —  THE VICE PRESIDENT: Rush Limbaugh, it is an honor to be with you always.
Discussion: Breitbart and Business Insider
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Dr. Susan Berry / Breitbart:
Paul Ryan: ‘Planned Parenthood Is Not Funded’ in Budget Reconciliation Bill
Discussion: Speaker.gov
Jesse Singal / New York Magazine:
This Is What a Modern-Day Witch Hunt Looks Like  —  In late March, Hypatia, a feminist-philosophy journal, published an article titled “In Defense of Transracialism” by Rebecca Tuvel, an assistant professor of philosophy at Rhodes College in Memphis, as part of its spring 2017 issue.
Discussion: Daily Nous
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Video captures fistfight between passengers on flight to Los Angeles  —  (CNN)One minute passengers were settling into their seats for the 11-hour flight from Tokyo, Japan, to Los Angeles.  —  The next they were scrambling out of the way as a male passenger became irate and began throwing punches …
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
A Woman Is On Trial For Laughing During A Congressional Hearing  —  Activist was arrested by a rookie cop after laughing at a claim that Jeff Sessions treated “all Americans equally.” … WASHINGTON The U.S. Capitol Police officer who decided to arrest an activist because she briefly laughed …
Discussion: Vox, Hit & Run, The FADER, Raw Story and The Week
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Adviser Jared Kushner Didn't Disclose Startup Stake  —  Investments show ties to Goldman Sachs, George Soros and Peter Thiel as well as a number of loans  —  Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, didn't identify on his government financial disclosure form …
Jennifer Emily / Dallas Morning News:
Balch Springs police fire Officer Roy Oliver, who fatally shot Jordan Edwards with rifle  —  Balch Springs police Tuesday fired the officer who fatally shot a 15-year-old as he was leaving a party.  —  Roy Oliver fired his rifle into a car of unarmed teens Saturday night as they drove away, fatally striking Jordan Edwards in the head.
BBC:
France election: Le Pen accused of plagiarising Fillon  —  French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has been accused of plagiarising defeated rival François Fillon in a speech she delivered on Monday.  —  Several sections of her speech in Villepinte, north of Paris …
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Ben Tulchin / Medium:
First Brexit, Then Trump. Is Le Pen the Next Political Earthquake? (Part 2)
Discussion: Axios
James Ball / BuzzFeed:
UK Defence Ministry Casts Doubt On Trump Aide's Military Service Claims  —  Sebastian Gorka, an aide to President Donald Trump, has claimed roles relating to counter-terror, Northern Ireland, and in investigating war crimes in the former Yugoslavia — but the UK Ministry of Defence can't find evidence for any of it.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Sarah Jones / New Republic:
Bret Stephens Isn't the Only Problem at the New York Times Op-Ed Page  —  From Friedman to Bruni, the paper of record's columnists are abysmal.  —  At this point the case against the New York Times's decision to give Bret Stephens an op-ed column is well-known.
Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook's Female Engineers Claim Gender Bias  —  Analysis found female engineers received 35% more rejections of their code than men  —  Last year, a longtime engineer at Facebook Inc. FB .21% gathered data that revealed a controversial finding: Code written by women was rejected …
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Orioles' Adam Jones berated by racist taunts at Fenway Park  —  BOSTON — Baltimore Orioles All-Star center fielder Adam Jones was berated by racist taunts at Fenway Park while a bag of peanuts was thrown at him Monday night, calling it one of the worst cases of fan abuse he has heard in his career.
 
 
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Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Trump's Army secretary nominee in jeopardy
Discussion: Business Insider
The Fund for American Studies:
NEW NATIONAL SURVEY: VAST, SILENT MAJORITY OF MILLENNIALS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL FREEDOMS
Discussion: RedState and TheBlaze
Carlos Lozada / Washington Post:
Before Michelle, Barack Obama asked another woman to marry him. Then politics got in the way.
Reuters:
U.S. lawmakers grill airline executives after customer disasters
Discussion: Hot Air
CNN:
GOP candidate's husband shares image urging voters to ‘free the black slaves from the Democratic plantation’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Joe Pagonakis / newsnet5:
Cleveland police union to file federal lawsuit against toy gun makers
Discussion: TheBlaze and ThinkProgress
Daniel Payne / The Federalist:
Did Bill Nye Censor Himself Because Of Transgender Ideology?
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Trump donation could pay for Civil War battlefield repair projects
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