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9:15 AM ET, May 25, 2017

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Fox News:
Greg Gianforte: Fox News team witnesses GOP House candidate ‘body slam’ reporter  —  The race to fill Montana's sole seat in the U.S. House of Representatives took a violent turn Wednesday, and a crew from the Fox News Channel, including myself, witnessed it firsthand.
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Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
Republican candidate ‘body-slams’ Guardian reporter in Montana  —  Audio obtained of Greg Gianforte attacking a reporter on the eve of a special election to fill a congressional seat vacated by a member of the Trump administration … The Republican candidate for Montana's congressional seat slammed …
The Guardian:
Republican candidate charged with assault after ‘body-slamming’ Guardian reporter  —  Audio of Greg Gianforte attacking Ben Jacobs corroborated by Fox News journalists in the room, who described candidate ‘slamming him to the ground’  —  The Republican candidate for Montana's congressional seat …
Missoulian:
Missoulian rescinds Gianforte endorsement  —  Greg Gianforte should not represent Montana in the U.S. House of Representatives.  —  The Republican candidate for Congress not only lost the endorsement of this newspaper Wednesday night when, according to witnesses, he put his hands around …
The Billings / Associated Press:
Gazette opinion: We're pulling our endorsement of Greg Gianforte  —  In this March 6, 2017, file photo, Greg Gianforte, right, receives congratulations from a supporter in Helena.  Montana voters are heading to the polls Thursday to decide a nationally watched congressional election amid uncertainty …
YouTube:
Greg Gianforte ‘Body Slams’ Reporter- video  —  Montana Republican congressional candidate Greg Gianforte ‘body slammed’ Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs during an interview on Wednesday, May 24, 2017.  Subscri...
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Greg Gianforte, Montana G.O.P. Candidate, Is Charged in Attack on Reporter  —  MISSOULA, Mont. — The Republican candidate in a hotly contested special House election in Montana was charged with assaulting a journalist on Wednesday at what was to be a final rally in Bozeman on the eve of the vote.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Vox
Jason Jarrett / Gallatin Media Center:
Update on Assault Investigation  —  (Bozeman, Mont.) From Sheriff Brian Gootkin;  —  At 5:08 pm this evening our Deputies responded to Discovery Drive for a reported assault.  The text of the initial report to the 911 center follows: … Earlier this evening I conducted a press conference …
Helena Independent Record:
AN IR VIEW: Independent Record withdraws endorsement of Gianforte
Discussion: Mediaite
Don Gonyea / NPR:
Trump Casts Shadow Over Tightening Montana Special Election
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Republican candidate in Montana race allegedly ‘body-slammed’ reporter, prompting police investigation
Discussion: The Week
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Big Crazy News Out of Montana
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
www.bozemandailychronicle.com:
Reporter alleges Greg Gianforte ‘body slammed’ him in Bozeman
Discussion: Raw Story and RedState
CBO's Publications:
H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017  —  CBO and JCT estimate that enacting the American Health Care Act would reduce federal deficits by $119 billion over the coming decade and increase the number of people who are uninsured by 23 million in 2026 relative to current law.
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Haley Byrd / IJR:
CBO on Health Care Bill: Sick People Could Face Higher Premiums and Even Be Priced Out of the Market  —  The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its updated score of the GOP health care bill Wednesday.  —  While the analysis includes some notable changes — the American Health Care Act …
David Nather / Axios:
Why Republicans are ready to move on from the CBO report
Discussion: New York Times
New York Times:
Top Russian Officials Discussed How to Influence Trump Aides Last Summer  —  WASHINGTON — American spies collected information last summer revealing that senior Russian intelligence and political officials were discussing how to exert influence over Donald J. Trump through his advisers …
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:   Manafort advised Trump team on Russia scandal
BBC:
Manchester attack: Police ‘not sharing information with US’  —  Police investigating the Manchester Arena bomb attack have stopped sharing information with the US after leaks to the media, the BBC understands.  —  UK officials were outraged when photos appearing to show debris from the attack appeared in the New York Times.
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C. J. Chivers / New York Times:
Found at the Scene in Manchester: A Detonator, Shrapnel and a Battery
The Daily Beast:
Reince Priebus Sweating Secret Comey Memos, White House Sources Say … President Donald Trump isn't the only one in the White House who could be caught in a compromising position by James Comey's secret memos.  The president's chief of staff is worried he could be soon in the crosshairs, as well.
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Althouse
CNN:
First on CNN: AG Sessions did not disclose meetings with Russian officials, DOJ says  —  Sources: Russians bragged about using Flynn  —  Washington (CNN)Attorney General Jeff Sessions did not disclose meetings he had last year with Russian officials when he applied for his security clearance, the Justice Department told CNN Wednesday.
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
How a dubious Russian document influenced the FBI's handling of the Clinton probe  —  In the midst of the 2016 presidential primary season, the FBI received a purported Russian intelligence document describing a tacit understanding between the campaign of Hillary Clinton and the Justice Department …
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Hannity on attempted advertiser boycott: ‘Nobody tells me what to say on my show’  —  Fox's Sean Hannity said on Wednesday that despite the loss of some advertisers, he isn't under pressure by Fox News management to back off a story involving baseless conspiracy rumors about the murder …
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BuzzFeed:
Sean Hannity's Seth Rich Obsession Just Cost Him Two Advertisers
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's “street fighters”  —  West Wing officials are prepping for a years-long war with investigators and the bureaucracy, with plans to beef up legal, surrogate, communications and rapid-response teams as part of a “new normal” for President Trump — besieged.
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama in Berlin: 'We can't hide behind a wall'  —  Barack Obama brought his post-presidency campaign for continued globalism and openness to Berlin on Thursday, urging youth leaders and others not to give up and turn in on themselves.  —  “In this new world we live in, we can't isolate ourselves.
Discussion: ABC News
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Franco Ordoñez / McClatchy Washington Bureau:   Trump has done what Obama didn't: Scare NATO into closer tracking of defense spending
Liam Quinn / Daily Mail:
White women's burrito shop is forced to close after being hounded with accusations it was ‘culturally appropriating Mexican food and jobs’  — 'They wouldn't tell us too much, but we were peeking into the windows of every kitchen, fascinated by how easy they made it look,' Connelly told a magazine
Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump approval down, voters support special counsel on Russia  —  American voters disagree with President Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey, think the dismissal was for self-serving reasons, and approve of a special counsel being appointed to investigate Russian government efforts …
Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
A Top Mar-A-Lago Employee Is Quietly Doing Government Work For Trump's Foreign Trip  —  Heather Rinkus, the guest reception manager at Trump's “Winter White House” and wife of a twice-convicted felon, is in Italy with Trump's logistics team and has been outfitted with a government-issued phone and email.
Discussion: Raw Story
George Kelly / East Bay Times:
Berkeley: College professor arrested as assault suspect  —  BERKELEY — A former Diablo Valley College professor was in custody Wednesday evening after his arrest Wednesday afternoon in Oakland, according to county records.  —  Eric Clanton, 28, was being held on $200,000 bail after he was booked …
Discussion: Red Alert Politics
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's iPhone has one app: Twitter  —  Top White House officials tell me the key to forcing a more disciplined President Trump (like the one onstage overseas) is limiting his screen time.  In Trump's case, it's curtailing his time watching TV and banging out tweets on his iPhone.
Discussion: Business Insider
Nancy A. Youssef / BuzzFeed:
The Pentagon Can't Believe Trump Told Another President About Nuclear Subs Near North Korea  —  “We never talk about subs!” three defense officials told BuzzFeed News after a transcript of a call between President Trump and Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte was published.
 
 
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 More Items: 
Andy Marso / Kansas City Star:
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of KC is pulling out of Obamacare exchange in 2018
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
White House tries to avoid ‘paralysis’ amid investigation
Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
Frustrated with campus discourse limits, California Republicans take on ‘free speech zones’
Awr Hawkins / Breitbart:
Mississippi resident Lori Shelton says she was “always anti-gun” …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S Clarifies That Self-Declared EU Envoy Candidate Isn't Up for Post
Discussion: Washington Post
Michael Schaub / Los Angeles Times:
Amazon hopes to take Manhattan with New York bookstore
Discussion: American Power and Recode
Chris Tomlinson / Breitbart:
‘Sexual Emergency’ Migrant Who Raped 10-Year-Old Boy Has Sentence Reduced
Jonah Engel Bromwich / New York Times:
Man in Florida Told the Police He Killed Neo-Nazi Roommates for Disrespecting His Muslim Faith
 Earlier Items: 
USA Today:
He plowed his field; now he faces a $2.8 million fine
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Martin Wolf / Financial Times:
Conservatism buries Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher
Discussion: bradford-delong.com
George Prayias / The Rush Limbaugh Show:
The Big News Everyone Missed: Brennan Acknowledged They Were Spying on the Trump Campaign
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Rong-Gong Lin II / Los Angeles Times:
The Big One is going to happen, no matter how much you want to deny it, California scientists say
Discussion: Daily Mail
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Donald Trump's Base Is Shrinking
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Washington Monthly
 

 
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Bloomberg:
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