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8:35 AM ET, May 16, 2017

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Washington Post:
Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador  —  President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to current and former U.S. officials …
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JGoldsmith / Lawfare:
Bombshell: Initial Thoughts on the Washington Post's Game-Changing Story  —  Donald Trump meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak / Russian Foreign Ministry  —  The Washington Post this afternoon published a stunning story reporting …
David Brooks / New York Times:
When the World Is Led by a Child  —  At certain times Donald Trump has seemed like a budding authoritarian, a corrupt Nixon, a rabble-rousing populist or a big business corporatist.  —  But as Trump has settled into his White House role, he has given a series of long interviews …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
White House Staff ‘Hiding’ As Russia Chaos Engulfs West Wing … White House and administration officials are reeling at reports that President Donald Trump reportedly shared classified information with Russia's top diplomats during an Oval Office meeting last week.
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Magazine
BuzzFeed:
Trump Revealed Highly Classified Information To Russians During White House Visit  —  The president discussed classified national security information with the Russian ambassador and foreign minister last week, two US officials confirmed to BuzzFeed News.  —  President Trump revealed highly …
New York Times:
Trump Revealed Highly Classified Intelligence to Russia, in Break With Ally  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump boasted about highly classified intelligence in a meeting with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador last week, providing details that could expose the source of the information …
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
The Terrible Cost of Trump's Disclosures  —  If The Washington Post is right, President Trump divulged highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador at a jovial meeting in the Oval Office.  Here is why this is appalling, beyond even this president's usual standard.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Shared Intelligence Secrets With Russians in Oval Office Meeting  —  President Donald Trump shared sensitive intelligence obtained from a close U.S. ally with Russia's foreign minister and ambassador in a meeting last week, according to U.S. officials.
Discussion: The Week
Kristina Wong / Breitbart:
Deep State Leaks Highly Classified Info to Washington Post to Smear President Trump  —  Current and former U.S. officials, supposedly concerned that President Trump had shared some “highly classified information” with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador to the U.S. last week …
Euan McKirdy / CNN:
Sally Yates: Russians had ‘real leverage’ over Michael Flynn  —  Watch Anderson Cooper's full, exclusive interview with Yates on CNN and CNN International Tuesday night at 8 p.m. ET on “AC360.”  —  (CNN)Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates said former national security adviser Michael Flynn was in a …
Discussion: Politico
Josh Meyer / Politico:
Trump's handling of classified info brings new chaos to White House  —  In a span of 24 hours last week, President Trump startled his senior aides by firing the FBI director investigating his campaign's Russian ties and allegedly disclosing highly classified information to Russian officials in a free-wheeling Oval Office conversation.
Discussion: The Week, Raw Story and Axios
Noor Al-Sibai / Raw Story:   'A grotesque violation of the president's oath': Law experts blast Trump for sharing classified intel with Russians
Austin Wright / Politico:
Republicans concerned about report Trump shared secrets with Russia
Alice Ollstein / Talking Points Memo:
Russia Redux: Republican Senators Confront Another Trump Disaster
John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
Trump's Supposed Leak: The Worst Thing Yet?
Discussion: Washington Post
Ynetnews:   US intel sources warn Israel against sharing secrets with Trump administration
Marina Marraco / WTTG-TV:
Family's private investigator: There is evidence Seth Rich had contact with WikiLeaks prior to death  —  WASHINGTON - It has been almost a year since Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich was murdered in the nation's capital.  There have been no solid answers about why he was killed until now.
CNN:
Congress' exasperated as White House in ‘downward spiral’  —  McMaster: Washington Post story is false  —  (CNN)Republicans in Congress barely had time to get their footing Monday, as another wild development, this time reports that President Donald Trump had revealed sensitive intelligence …
Discussion: Vox
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Why the latest White House crisis is a really big deal
Discussion: WTVR-TV
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump will have to navigate diplomatic land mines abroad. Here's how he's preparing.
Discussion: Political Wire
Rachel Manteuffel / Washington Post:
When President Trump's bodyguard revealed Jim Mattis's private cellphone number  —  This Is Not Normal.  It's a mantra among politics-watchers, an attempt to force ourselves to see clearly through the toxic levels of absurdity caking Washington these days.  The poker-faced way the news …
Discussion: The Hill and RedState
Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Disney Chief Bob Iger Says Hackers Claim to Have Stolen Upcoming Movie  —  He says the thieves demanded a ransom, which the company is refusing to pay.  —  Have real-life pirates taken aim at Disney?  —  Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed Monday that hackers claiming to have access …
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Anita Busch / Deadline:
Hackers Holding Disney's Latest ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’ For Ransom
Discussion: Refinery29 and The Verge
Yvonne Wenger / Baltimore Sun:
Rod Rosenstein says he's defending Constitution, not worried about reputation  —  “Many people have offered me unsolicited advice over the past few days about what I should do to promote my personal reputation,” said Rod Rosenstein.  (Kevin Richardson / Baltimore Sun video)
David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
SNL Cast Members ‘Sobbed’ Over Trump Victory, Had No Idea What to Write  —  It won't surprise observers of “Saturday Night Live” to learn its liberal cast took the results of the 2016 presidential election hard.  —  The cast members of the long-running NBC sketch show told the Hollywood Reporter …
Discussion: twitchy.com
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New York Times:
Trump to Expand Funding Ban Tied to Abortion Overseas  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said on Monday it would vastly expand the so-called global gag rule that withholds American aid from health organizations worldwide that provide or even discuss abortion in family planning.
Discussion: The Week and Washington Post
Wall Street Journal:
Gulf States Offer Better Relations If Israel Makes New Bid for Peace  —  Arab Gulf states have offered to take concrete steps to establish better relations with Israel if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will make a significant overture aimed at restarting the Middle East peace process, according to people briefed on the discussions.
Discussion: The Times of Israel
The Times of Israel:
Senior member of Trump team said to tell Israelis: Western Wall is not your territory  —  Bitter diplomatic spat over Jews' holiest place of prayer reported during preparation for president's visit; Netanyahu's office said seeking clarification from DC  —  In a bitter diplomatic incident …
New York Times:
In Computer Attacks, Clues Point to Frequent Culprit: North Korea  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Intelligence officials and private security experts say that new digital clues point to North Korean-linked hackers as likely suspects in the sweeping ransomware attacks that have crippled computer systems around the world.
Jeet Heer / New Republic:
Donald Trump Killed the “Indispensable Nation.”  Good!  —  What might countries accomplish now that they can't rely on America?  —  In February 1998, Madeleine Albright, President Bill Clinton's secretary of state, went on NBC's The Today Show to defend America's increasingly aggressive stance toward Iraq.
 
 
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