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5:30 PM ET, May 16, 2017

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New York Times:
Israel Was Source of Secret Intelligence That Trump Gave to Russians, Officials Say  —  WASHINGTON — The classified intelligence that President Trump disclosed in a meeting last week with Russian officials at the White House was provided by Israel, according to a current …
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New York Times:
At a Besieged White House, Tempers Flare and Confusion Swirls  —  WASHINGTON — The disclosure that President Trump divulged classified intelligence to two high-ranking Russian officials was a new blow to an already dispirited and besieged White House staff still recovering from the uproar …
Sheera Frenkel / BuzzFeed:
Israeli Official: Trump Sharing Intelligence With Russia Is “Worst Fears Confirmed”  —  Two Israeli officials tell BuzzFeed News that the intelligence shared by Trump “syncs up” with intelligence Israel shared with its US counterparts.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Two Israeli intelligence officials confirmed …
Wall Street Journal:   Israel Provided Intelligence Trump Shared With Russia, Officials Say
Alayna Treene / Axios:
WH: Trump didn't know source of intel he gave to Russia
Discussion: ABC News
Bre Payton / The Federalist:
FLASHBACK: Obama's CIA Director Leaked Top Secret Bin Laden Raid Intel To Hollywood  —  In an anonymously sourced article published Monday afternoon, The Washington Post claimed that Donald Trump leaked classified information during a meeting with Russian officials earlier this month.
Discussion: NBC News
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Hill Republicans alarmed by Trump disclosure to Russians
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Bloomberg
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump acknowledges ‘facts’ shared with Russian envoys during White House meeting
Evan Perez / CNN:
Inside the US effort to keep laptop bomb intel secret
Jan M. Olsen / Associated Press:
THE LATEST: EUROPEAN COUNTRY MIGHT HALT US INTEL-SHARING
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Tips For Reading Washington Post Stories About Trump Based On Anonymous Leaks
Discussion: RedState, The Daily Caller and Politico
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Trump's Best Defense on Russia Is Incompetence
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump's Fans Shrug Off Oval Office Leak
Discussion: Vox and CNNMoney
Casey Tolan / Mercury News:
Exclusive: Kimberly Guilfoyle says she's talking with Trump administration about press secretary job  —  The Fox News host and former First Lady of San Francisco tells the Bay Area News Group: 'I'm a patriot, and it would be an honor to serve the country.'  —  NEW YORK — Kimberly Guilfoyle …
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
I Know One of the Sources  —  I tend to take these stories about the President with a grain of salt.  We have seen key details of a number of salacious stories retracted within 48 hours.  The media hates the President so much that they'll run a negative story about him without very much provocation.
Malia Zimmerman / Fox News:
Seth Rich, slain DNC staffer, had contact with WikiLeaks, say multiple sources  —  The Democratic National Committee staffer who was gunned down on July 10 on a Washington, D.C., street just steps from his home had leaked thousands of internal emails to WikiLeaks, law enforcement sources told Fox News.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
DNC Staffer's Murder Draws Fresh Conspiracy Theories  —  A spokesman for the family of a young Democratic National Committee staffer who was murdered last year said Tuesday that a conservative businessman had paid for a private investigation into the unsolved slaying that has ignited right-wing conspiracy theories.
Discussion: Mediaite and Right Wing Watch
Marina Marraco / WTTG-TV:
Family's private investigator: There is evidence Seth Rich had contact with WikiLeaks prior to death
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
A Preview of Our Interview with Sally Yates  —  Last Thursday morning, I sat down with Sally Yates, the former acting Attorney General, whom President Trump fired on January 30th, after she refused to defend his original executive order banning travel to the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority countries.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Health Care Puts House in Play  —  PPP's new national poll finds that Republicans are facing significant backlash over the health care bill that's having the effect of firing up Democrats and putting them in position to make major gains in the House next year.
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Gingrich urges Trump to shut down White House press room  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump should “close down the White House press briefing room.”  —  “I am personally offended by the American news media.  I think it is destructive and disgusting.
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Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Senate Dems: “This is not normal”
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
Roger Friedman / Showbiz411:
MSNBC Ending Lawrence O'Donnell “The Last Word” Show Despite Top Ratings (Exclusive)  —  I can confirm that MSNBC is ending the top rated “The Last Word” with Lawrence O'Donnell, the popular show that follows Rachel Maddow at 10pm.  O'Donnell's contract is up shortly, and the network has not made any overtures about keeping him on.
Steven Levy / Wired:
Inside Apple's Insanely Great (or Just Insane) New Mothership  —  On June 7, 2011, a local businessman addressed a meeting of the Cupertino City Council.  He had not been on the agenda, but his presence wasn't a total surprise.  Earlier in the year the man had expressed his intention to attend …
Alex Tizon / The Atlantic:
My Family's Slave … T  —  he ashes filled a black plastic box about the size of a toaster.  It weighed three and a half pounds.  I put it in a canvas tote bag and packed it in my suitcase this past July for the transpacific flight to Manila.  From there I would travel by car to a rural village.
Bloomberg:
McConnell Won't Guarantee All Tax Cuts Stay in Health-Care Bill  —  Senate leader says health measure will be difficult to pass  —  Sees ‘urgency’ to complete a deal given market turmoil  —  Passing an Obamacare replacement won't be any easier in the Senate than in the House …
Discussion: Morning Consult
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Merrick Garland not interested in FBI job, friends say
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 …
The Intercept:
The Bizarre Story Behind the FBI's Fake Documentary About the Bundy Family … Ryan Bundy seemed uneasy as he settled into a white leather chair in a private suite at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.  As the eldest son of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, who had become a national figure for his armed standoff …
Discussion: twitchy.com and The Week
Atrios / Eschaton:
Because I Am Not Serious  —  Trump is a senile old man with some sort of degenerative brain condition and he will brag to anybody about anything.  This isn't about Russia, really, it's about a president of the United States who brags to people that important people visit him in the Oval Office.
Discussion: bradford-delong.com and Raw Story
 
 
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Cruz, Paul want to go ‘nuclear’ on Obamacare repeal
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In Trump era, women's views of nation's prospects take a negative turn
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Ori Lewis / Reuters:
Israel wants White House to explain U.S. official's Western Wall comment
Discussion: Politico and The Resurgent
Joe Concha / The Hill:
O'Reilly to team up with Glenn Beck on radio
Jonathan Tilove / politics.blog.mystatesman.com:
Roger Stone and Alex Jones warn of attempt to remove Trump claiming he has Alzheimer's
Robert Zubrin / National Review:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller
Joseph Curl / Daily Wire:
Nancy Pelosi Gets Completely Destroyed by Questioner in CNN Town Hall
Discussion: IJR and Mediaite
Dan Heyman / Washington Post:
I was arrested for asking Tom Price a question. I was just doing my job.
Patricia McCarthy / American Thinker:
The national media and the Democratic Party have gone stark raving mad …
 

 
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David Pierce / The Verge:
YouTube launches Communities, a space where creators can let fans post content and chat, and Community Hub, which shows creators all their channel's activity

Reuters:
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Lionsgate, the studio behind The Hunger Games, John Wick, and Twilight, signs a deal with Runway to use generative AI in the creation of its movies and TV shows

 
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