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2:40 PM ET, May 7, 2017

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Christopher Dickey / The Daily Beast:
Did Macron Outsmart Campaign Hackers? … PARIS—It was the dog that didn't bark in the night, and its bite may be less impressive still.  As a tale of hacking and political subversion unfolded in France on Friday and Saturday, it looked like a re-run of the American experience.
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Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:
Macron, Well Ahead of Le Pen, Is Poised to Be President of France  —  PARIS — Emmanuel Macron, a youthful former investment banker with little political experience, was well ahead in France's presidential election on Sunday, suggesting that his call for a new centrist approach to politics …
Discussion: Political Wire
Susan Page / USA Today:
Condoleezza Rice: Don't be reassured by Marine Le Pen's expected defeat in France  —  WASHINGTON — Former secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warns against feeling reassured by the expected defeat of far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election Sunday.
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Exit polls from France show Macron landslide — live updates  —  Voting in the French presidential runoff will end at 2pm ET, and we'll know who won almost immediately.  —  Centre-left frontrunner Emmanuel Macron appears on course for a comfortable victory — exit polls showed him with 60-66% of the vote …
Discussion: ABC News
Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:
France Chooses a Leader, and Takes a Step Into the Unknown
Discussion: Hot Air
Only A Game:
A Day (And A Cheeseburger) With President Trump  —  Three years ago, golf writer James Dodson was invited to play golf with Donald Trump.  Rain cut short the outing, but Dodson came away with stories ... and a cheeseburger.
Michelle Cottle / The Atlantic:
There's something about Mitch.  Maybe it's the protruberant, pink-rimmed eyes.  Or the phlegmatic drawl.  Or the vaguely dyspeptic demeanor.  Hard to say, really.  But something about the Senate majority leader manages not to drive certain people wild.  —  Or, to be more precise …
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Peter Suderman / New York Times:
The House Health Care Disaster Is Really About Taxes  —  I have been a critic of Obamacare since it became law, but the Republican alternative is worse in nearly every way.  —  The American Health Care Act, which was narrowly passed in the House last week, would worsen Obamacare's problems rather than fix them.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
House Republicans Go Off the Cliff
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Sarah D / Los Angeles Times:   California politics updates: Every single House Republican from California voted for Obamacare repeal
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Fact Check: It's a Lie That the GOP Healthcare Bill Abandons People With Pre-Existing Conditions
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Ryan on Republicans not reading the bill: ‘Bogus attack’ from the left … (R-Wis.) on Sunday dismissed “bogus” criticism that Republicans in the House rushed their healthcare bill to a vote before some of its members read the bill.  —  “I think this is kind of a bogus attack from the left …
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Ryan says it's ‘a bogus attack from the left’ to claim health care bill was rushed
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 5-7-2017: Speaker Paul Ryan and Sen. Susan Collins
Discussion: Politicus USA
Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
House Republicans face voters in home districts angry over health care bill
Discussion: Politico, Business Insider and Axios
Matthew Wright / Daily Mail:
Real Time host Bill Maher is accused of crossing the line with tasteless incest joke about Ivanka Trump  — The political satirist made the joke on his HBO program Real Time while talking with New York magazine reporter Gabriel Sherman on Friday night  —  Political satirist Bill Maher …
New York Times:
Trump Looms as Kushners Court Investors in China  —  SHANGHAI — Like many American firms that come to China looking for money, Kushner Companies on Sunday tried to woo a Shanghai audience with promises of potentially big returns and a path toward living in the United States.
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘This is not the story we want’: Reporters chased out of meeting with Kushner family pitching Chinese investors
Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Tempers Flare Over Removal of Confederate Statues in New Orleans  —  NEW ORLEANS — For Malcolm Suber, the Confederate monuments that dot this Deep South city stand for white supremacy, pure and simple.  Instead of just taking them down, Mr. Suber, an African-American activist and organizer …
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Hillary's election loss excuse means one thing — she's running in 2020  —  MORE FROM: … Even in politics, the rich get richer.  Take President Trump.  —  Fresh off a big victory with the House passage of an ObamaCare repeal, Trump is also getting lucky again in his enemies.
Mark Niquette / Bloomberg:
If Shutdown Needed to Fix Washington, ‘So Be It,’ Mulvaney Says  —  Budget director responds to Trump ‘good shutdown’ tweet  —  Democrats criticize Trump for seeming to advocate stoppage  —  If it takes shutting down the U.S. government to fix a broken budget appropriations process …
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
MSNBC host: ‘No takers’ after 217 GOPers invited to explain health vote
Discussion: Political Wire
NBC News:
Full Price Interview: HHS Secretary Defends New Health Care Bill
Discussion: Politico and Business Insider
Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Trump issues broad, ‘Bush-style’ signing statement on spending bill
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Religious liberty order disappoints some conservatives
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Fox News:
Trump's triumph: ObamaCare repealed by the House
Ai Weiwei / New York Times:
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David Ferguson / Raw Story:
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Chris Isidore / CNNMoney:
TRUMP Act would put Trump's New York tax returns online
Discussion: RedState, The Hill and AOL