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Statement on coverage of Seth Rich murder investigation — On May 16, a story was posted on the Fox News website on the investigation into the 2016 murder of DNC Staffer Seth Rich. The article was not initially subjected to the high degree of editorial scrutiny we require for all our reporting.

Mary Rich / Washington Post:

We're Seth Rich's parents. Stop politicizing our son's murder. — The writers are the parents of Seth Rich, who was killed in the District in 2016. — Imagine living in a nightmare that you can never wake up from. Imagine having to face every single day knowing that your son was murdered.

Discussion: Politico, RedState, Mediaite, Little Green Footballs, The Guardian, Media Matters for America and TheBlaze, more at Mediagazer »

John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:

The Shame of Defaming Seth Rich — The conspiracy theorizing has to stop. — Seth Rich was 27 when he was killed on a dark street in a sketchy neighborhood in the nation's capital last July. He has become world-famous in the past month because his corpse is being used as a proxy in the war over the reputation of Donald J. Trump.

Discussion: Showbiz411 and Hot Air

Joe Concha / The Hill:

Hannity on Seth Rich coverage: ‘I retracted nothing’ — Fox News's Sean Hannity ripped his critics and the mainstream media on his nationally syndicated radio program Tuesday, saying, “I am not Fox.com or FoxNews.com, I retracted nothing.” — His reaction came hours after Fox News retracted …

Discussion: RedState and The Week

Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Seth Rich's brother pleads with Hannity to stop spreading conspiracy theory

Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite, Washington Post, Business Insider, IJR, Mashable, RedState, TheBlaze, KTLA, No More Mister Nice Blog, Media Matters for America and Hot Air, more at Mediagazer »

The Guardian:

US leak of Manchester attacker's name strikes new blow to intelligence sharing — Naming of Salman Abedi by ‘US officials’ hours before it was announced by UK authorities is latest in series of leaks that may damage credibility with allies … American officials have been criticised …

Discussion: Geller Report, Business Insider, The Atlantic and TheBlaze

Mitch Prothero / BuzzFeed:

US Officials Keep Talking About The Manchester Attack And It's Freaking Out European Allies — Even some officials in Washington were frustrated by the fact that the information was coming from the US rather than the UK, calling it “unprofessional.” … BRUSSELS — UK and European intelligence officials …

Discussion: Business Insider, ThinkProgress, Infowars, Mediaite, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, IJR, CBS News, AOL, Mother Jones, The Daily Caller, The Week, Daily Wire and Geller Report

Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:

Katy Perry on Manchester Bombing: ‘No Barriers, No Borders, We All Just Need to Co-Exist’ — Pop megastar Katy Perry made an impassioned plea for people to “co-exist” and said that “barriers” or “borders” could detract from that goal in an interview following the terrorist bombing …

Elake / The Sun:
FACE OF PURE EVIL Brit-born Manchester bomber Salman Abedi, 22, is pictured for the first time …

Discussion: USA Today, Geller Report, and that's the way it was, Infowars and creepingsharia.wordpress.com

Mark Steyn / Steyn Online:
“Dangerous Woman” Meets Dangerous Man

Discussion: Coffee House, The Independent, Patterico's Pontifications, The Guardian, CBS Pittsburgh and Friendly Atheist

Martin Evans / Telegraph:
Salman Abedi named as the Manchester suicide bomber - what we know about him

Discussion: The Guardian, BBC, American Power, USA Today, Mirror.co.uk, The Gateway Pundit, CNN, Daily Mail, Media Matters for America, American Greatness, neo-neocon, NBC News, The Daily Caller, creepingsharia.wordpress.com, Daily Wire and FOX40

New York Times:
Terror Alert in Britain Is Raised to Maximum as ISIS Claims Manchester Attack

Discussion: NBC News, Telegraph, ABC News, Daily Mail, Media Matters for America, The National Interest, NPR, The Resurgent, IJR, IndieWire, Outside the Beltway, Gothamist, Business Insider, Conservative News Today, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Sky News

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross / The Atlantic:
The Manchester Attack Shows How Terrorists Learn

Discussion: New York Times, TheBlaze, The Resurgent, Raw Story and BBC

Washington Post:
Manchester bombing suspect identified; Islamic State claims responsibility

Discussion: Power Line, CNN, France 24, Lawfare, IJR, Hit & Run, TheBlaze, The Week, National Review, Department of Homeland …, BuzzFeed and Common Dreams

The Intercept:

TRUMP CALLED RODRIGO DUTERTE TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON HIS MURDEROUS DRUG WAR: “YOU ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB” — Photo Illustration: The Intercept/Getty Images — In a phone call from the White House late last month, U.S. President Donald Trump heaped praise on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Week and Political Wire

David Nakamura / Washington Post:

Trump calls Kim Jong Un a ‘madman with nuclear weapons,’ according to transcript of Duterte call — President Trump labeled North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un a “madman with nuclear weapons” during a private phone conversation with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte last month …

Discussion: New York Times, RT, Politico, Axios, Business Insider, Mediaite, Raw Story, The Daily Caller and Political Wire

The Intercept:

Read the Full Transcript of Trump's Call With Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte — Last month Donald Trump spoke by phone with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and was widely criticized by members of both parties for inviting the strongman to meet with him in the White House.

Michael Grunwald / Politico:

Trump's Budget Scam — I have a plan to dunk a basketball. First, I'll grow a foot taller. Next, I'll recapture the athleticism of my youth, so I can jump a lot higher. I didn't say I had a serious plan—just a plan. — Today, the Trump administration released a plan to balance …

Discussion: Washington Post, CRFB Papers and Blog Posts, ThinkProgress, New York Times and Business Insider

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Budget Based on $2 Trillion Math Error [Updated]

Discussion: Washington Post, CNBC, Daily Kos, Politicus USA, Vox, Raw Story, Mother Jones and Booman Tribune

Dylan Matthews / Vox:
The trillions in shocking cuts in Donald Trump's budget, explained

Discussion: Bloomberg, The Atlantic, Politico, Marginal REVOLUTION, New York Times, Rewire, Daily Kos, ThinkProgress, Common Dreams, Mashable, Mother Jones, Business Insider, Washington Monthly and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Dylan Scott / Vox:
Who knew bringing down drug prices could be so complicated

Discussion: Politico and ABC News

Lawrence H. Summers / Washington Post:
Larry Summers: Trump's budget is simply ludicrous

Discussion: The Atlantic, The Guardian, Bloomberg, Axios, USA Today, AOL, Business Insider, Committee for a …, CNBC, Vox, New York Times and Fusion

Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump's budget proposal slashes spending by $3.6 trillion over 10 years

David M. Schwartz / Newsday:

In upset, Democrat Pellegrino wins 9th District Assembly seat — Democrat Christine Pellegrino, left, won the race against Conservative Tom Gargiulo in a special election Tuesday, May 23, 2017, in the 9th Assembly District. She will fill the seat that opened when Assemb.

patribotics:

EXCLUSIVE: Marshal of the Supreme Court Warned Trump over ‘Muslim Ban’ — Multiple sources confirm that Pamela Talkin, Marshal of the Supreme Court, was dispatched to the White House by Chief Justice Roberts last Friday. The decision to send her was taken, sources say, when White House Counsel …

Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
No, Impeachment Doesn't Work That Way — Despite the fact …

Discussion: Daily Wire

Evan Perez / CNN:

Manafort turns over hundreds of pages of documents to Senate intel — (CNN)Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign manager, turned over more than 300 pages of documents to the Senate intelligence committee related to its investigation of Russian election meddling, according to a source familiar with the Senate probe.

Burgess Everett / Politico:
Flynn hit with two new subpoenas by Senate Intelligence Committee

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, The Atlantic and Hot Air

Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Senate Intel Continues To Pursue Flynn Documents In Russia Probe

Discussion: Daily Kos

Sharon Begley / STAT:

Trump wasn't always so linguistically challenged. What could explain the change? — t was the kind of utterance that makes professional transcribers question their career choice: — “ ... there is no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign, but I can always speak for myself — and the Russians, zero.”

Discussion: The Week and Unfogged

Ted Johnson / Variety:

FCC Will Not Take Action Over Stephen Colbert's Trump Remarks — The FCC will not take any action in response to complaints over a May 1 broadcast of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” in which the host quipped during his opening monologue that “the only thing [Trump's] mouth is good for is being Vladimir Putin's c— holster.”

Discussion: CNNMoney, Deadline, Mediaite, The Verge, The Week, The Guardian, twitchy.com and The Daily Caller

Diane Ravitch / New Republic:

Don't Like Betsy DeVos? Blame the Democrats. — The Democratic Party paved the way for the education secretary's efforts to privatize our public schools. — Of all the corrupt, unqualified, and extremist characters Donald Trump has tapped to lead his administration …

Discussion: Eschaton

Media Matters for America:

These are Sean Hannity's advertisers — Here are Hannity's primary advertisers: — Alfa Romeo — Allstate — Angie's List — AstraZeneca — Bayer — Blink Health — Boehringer Ingelheim — Booking.com — Capital One — Casper — Consumer Cellular — DirecTV

Discussion: Mediaite

Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:

Exclusive: Sources Say Chris Christie Says He Gave Jared Kushner Legal Advice About Trump — The two, whose spokespeople deny this claim, used to be adversaries. But the New Jersey governor knows something about being investigated, and the president's son-in-law knows how Christie investigates.

Discussion: AOL, Business Insider and Raw Story

Scott Adams' Blog:

Scott Adams' Blog — President Trump just gave ISIS its new name: Losers. (Short for Evil Losers). — If you think that's no big deal, you're wrong. It's a big deal. This is - literally - weapons-grade persuasion from the most powerful Master Persuader of our time.

Discussion: Shot in the Dark

John J. Pitney / USA Today:

I was a Republican until Donald Trump hijacked my party — It is painfully evident that Trump's sorry brand will stick to the GOP for years. — Until last year, I was as Republican as you could get. My family had belonged to the GOP since the 1850s, and both my grandfathers labored in local Republican politics.

Susan Page / USA Today:

Al Franken, comedian-turned-senator, takes on Donald Trump, TV-star-turned-president — WASHINGTON — For Al Franken, it's finally safe to be funny again just at a moment all the news around him has taken a decidedly unfunny turn. — The two-term Minnesota senator and one-time Saturday Night Live comedian …

Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and The Week

Susan Page / USA Today:
Al Franken likes Elizabeth Warren. Ted Cruz? Not so much

Discussion: Political Wire

Katie Jennings / Politico:

MacArthur resigns as co-chairman of ‘clearly divided’ Tuesday Group — Rep. Tom MacArthur resigned Tuesday as co-chairman of the caucus of GOP moderates known as the Tuesday Group in the wake of deep divisions among its members over the House Obamacare replacement bill he helped craft.

Discussion: Washington Post, Daily Wire, The Daily Caller, Business Insider, Vox, NY State of Politics, Talking Points Memo, Axios and Political Wire

Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:

Regime Change by Any Other Name? — Truth or consequences? Obama skated for far worse misdeeds. — Election machines in three states were not hacked to give Donald Trump the election. — There was never a serious post-election movement of electors to defy their constitutional duties and vote for Hillary Clinton.

CNN:

US officials: Navy SEALs kill 7 militants in Yemen raid — The Struggles in Yemen Story highlights — Washington (CNN)US Navy SEALs killed seven militants associated with the terrorist group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula after carrying out a raid on a compound in Yemen, US Central Command said Tuesday.

Discussion: Daily Wire, U.S. Central Command and Breaking911