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9:15 PM ET, May 22, 2017

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Adam Entous / Washington Post:
Trump asked intelligence chiefs to push back against FBI collusion probe after Comey revealed its existence  —  President Trump asked two of the nation's top intelligence officials in March to help him push back against an FBI investigation into possible coordination between his campaign …
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CNN:
Trump asked DNI, NSA to deny evidence of Russia collusion  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump called two top intelligence community figures to request that they deny in public any evidence of collusion between his campaign and the Russian government during the 2016 election …
CNN:
First on CNN: Mueller briefed on secret Comey memos, source says  —  Special counsel to lead Russia investigation  —  (CNN)Robert Mueller — the former FBI director now overseeing the Department of Justice's investigation into Russia's election-year meddling and contact with the Trump campaign …
Discussion: Mediaite
Austin Wright / Politico:
Chaffetz postpones Wednesday hearing after speaking with Comey
Seung Min Kim / Politico:   Sessions' Senate testimony canceled this week
CNBC:
19 dead in possible suicide blast at Ariana Grande UK concert  —  At least 19 people were killed and about 50 others were injured in a suspected suicide bombing Monday night after an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena in England, authorities said.  —  Greater Manchester Police said the incident was being treated as terrorism.
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BBC:
Manchester Arena blast: 19 dead and about 50 hurt  —  Nineteen people have been killed and about 50 injured in a suspected terror attack at Manchester Arena.  —  Police were called to reports of an explosion at the venue at about 22:35 BST following a pop concert by the US singer Ariana Grande.
The Guardian:
Manchester Arena: police confirm fatalities after explosion at Ariana Grande concert - live  —  Greater Manchester police have warned people to stay away after explosion at pop concert  —  The ambulance service have warned people only to call “for life threatening emergencies” and said a …
Kevin Rawlinson / The Guardian:
Police report fatalities after explosion at Manchester Arena  —  Greater Manchester police have warned people to stay away from the area while they deal with the emergency at pop concert … Police dealing with a “serious incident” in Manchester have confirmed a “number of fatalities” amid unconfirmed reports of an explosion.
CNN:   British police: 19 dead after blast at Ariana Grande concert in Manchester
New York Times:
Michael Flynn Misled Pentagon About His Russia Ties, Letter Says  —  WASHINGTON — Michael T. Flynn misled Pentagon investigators about his income from Russian companies and contacts with Russian officials when he applied for a top-secret security clearance last year, according …
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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Chris Christie: I warned Trump about Flynn  —  Source: Michael Flynn to plead the Fifth  —  Washington (CNN)New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said on Monday that if it were up to him, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn never would have had a White House job.  —  After ending his own presidential bid …
Discussion: The Week, Axios, Political Wire, IJR and Mediaite
NBC News:
Flynn ‘Lied to Investigators’ About Russia Trip, Says Top House Dem
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
The Daily Beast:
Fox News Staffers ‘Embarrassed’ by Hannity's Conspiracy Theory Crusade … Fox News staffers are growing increasingly dismayed as network star Sean Hannity and others continue to promote the unfounded conspiracy theory that Seth Rich, a Democratic National Committee staffer was murdered last year for talking to WikiLeaks.
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
How One Pro-Trump Site Keeps A Debunked Conspiracy Theory Alive  —  The top story on pro-Trump media last week was a conspiracy about a murdered Democratic National Committee staffer and his alleged connection to WikiLeaks.  —  A typical Gateway Pundit headline.
Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
Breaking and Analysis: Supreme Court on 5-3 Vote Affirms NC Racial Gerrymandering Case, with Thomas in Majority and Roberts in Dissent  —  The Supreme Court has issued this 5-3 opinion in Cooper v. Harris.  Justice Kagan wrote the opinion for the Court, with Justice Thomas making the fifth vote for affirmance.
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Angela Hart / Sacramento Bee:
The price tag on universal health care is in, and it's bigger than California's budget  —  It would cost $400 billion per year to remake California's health insurance marketplace and create a publicly funded universal heath care system, according to a state financial analysis released Monday.
Discussion: Power Line, Instapundit and twitchy.com
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
California's single-payer plan costs $400 billion — twice the state's entire budget
Discussion: MattBruenig
Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
Single-payer healthcare could cost $400 billion to implement in California
Discussion: Hot Air
Tampa Bay Times:
Suspect tells police he killed Tampa Palms roommates for disrespecting his Muslim faith  —  TAMPA — A man accused of shooting his roommates in a New Tampa apartment told police he shared neo-Nazi beliefs with the two men until he converted to Islam then killed them because they disrespected his faith.
Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
The President Just Told a Room of Israelis That He “Just Got Back From the Middle East”  —  Another great moment for America courtesy of President Donald Trump, who is in Jerusalem meeting with Israeli leaders—who, I guess, he does not consider Middle Eastern because they are not Arabs:
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Washington Post:
Trump close to choosing outside counsel for Russia investigation  —  President Trump is moving rapidly toward assembling outside counsel to help him navigate the investigations into his campaign and Russian interference in last year's election, and in recent days he and his advisers …
Anushay Hossain / CNN:
The ugly truth behind Saudi Arabia's love for Melania Trump  —  Anushay Hossain is a writer and media personality based in Washington.  For more, visit AnushaysPoint.com.  The views expressed are her own.  —  (CNN)Donald Trump's first major trip overseas may be fraught with diplomatic land mines …
Joe Otterson / Variety:
MSNBC Reaches No. 1 for First Time in Weekly Primetime Ratings, Fox News Drops to Third  —  For the first time in its history, MSNBC ranked number one in both total viewers and the key adults 25-54 demographic during primetime for a full week among the big three cable news networks, according to Nielsen data.
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Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
For 1st Time in 17 Years, Fox News Was 3rd in Prime Time Demo
Discussion: Mashable
Monica Lewinsky / New York Times:
Roger Ailes's Dream Was My Nightmare  —  This is not another obituary for Roger Ailes, who died last week a year after being ousted at Fox News.  It is, I hope, instead an obituary for the culture he purveyed — a culture that affected me profoundly and personally.
Sbrown / globaldevelopment:
What the Mariel Boatlift of Cuban Refugees Can Teach Us about the Economics of Immigration: An Explainer and a Revelation  —  Do immigrants from poor countries hurt native workers?  A study by an influential immigration economist at Harvard University recently found that a famous flood …
Discussion: Equitable Growth
Sarah Knapton / Telegraph:
Europe was the birthplace of mankind, not Africa, scientists find  —  The history of human evolution has been rewritten after scientists discovered that Europe was the birthplace of mankind, not Africa.  —  Currently, most experts believe that our human lineage split from apes around seven million years ago …
Discussion: Washington Post
Dennis Romboy / Deseret News:
Frustrated Utah Republicans, Democrats form new centrist political party  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Some disaffected Republicans and Democrats who say extreme views are co-opting their parties have decided to carve out a middle ground in Utah politics.  —  Taking a centrist approach …
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump eyeing Lewandowski, Bossie as crisis managers
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Casey Tolan / Mercury News:
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Alan Gomez / USA Today:
More than 600K foreigners overstayed visas in 2016
Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Tomi Lahren lands job with a pro-Trump Great America Alliance
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