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12:35 PM 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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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  —  Democracy cannot exist without a free press, and both concepts are under attack by Republican U.S. House Candidate Greg Gianforte.  —  A reporter for the Guardian newspaper called Bozeman police Wednesday night to report …
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
‘The fish rots from the head’: Morning Joe blames ‘brutish’ Trump for Gianforte's assault on reporter  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said he's a Republican “for now,” but he admitted it's getting harder to defend what President Donald Trump has done to the party.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Reporter: Only true thing in Gianforte's assault statement is my name and employer
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Eric Whitney / NPR:
On Eve Of Election, Montana GOP Candidate Charged With Assault On Reporter
Discussion: Raw Story, The Guardian, The Week and Vox
Michael Calderone / HuffPost:
GOP Candidate's Attack On Reporter Shows Peril Of Asking Questions In Trump's America
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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Washington Post:
‘Anyone . . . with a pulse’: How a Russia-friendly adviser found his way into the Trump campaign  —  As Donald Trump surged in the Republican primary polls in the early months of 2016, his outsider campaign faced growing pressure to show that the former reality-TV star …
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Manafort advised Trump team on Russia scandal
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 …
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CBO's Publications:
H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017
Abbe R. Gluck / New York Times:   How the G.O.P. Sabotaged Obamacare
David Nather / Axios:
Why Republicans are ready to move on from the CBO report
Discussion: New York Times
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.
Bloomberg:
Trump Shames NATO Leaders on Defense Spending  —  President says many alliance members ‘owe massive amounts’  —  Merkel says other security outlays must count toward goal  —  U.S. President Donald Trump hectored NATO leaders to pay their “fair share” on defense to help counter the terrorist threat …
Discussion: Politico
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Associated Press:
Merkel, Obama to attend podium discussion at Berlin event
Arne Delfs / Bloomberg:
Obama Feted in Berlin as He Praises Merkel Before Trump Summits
Discussion: Breitbart
Daniel Bice / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Sheriff Clarke directed staff to hassle plane passenger after brief exchange  —  Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. was sued earlier this year in the wake of a brief exchange with Riverwest resident Dan Black aboard an American Airlines flight from Dallas to Milwaukee.  The sheriff has now given his version of what happened.
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
White House tries to avoid ‘paralysis’ amid investigation  —  When a group of nearly a dozen state GOP chairs walked into the Oval Office last week, they expected to be inside for only a few minutes to say a brief hello and take pictures with President Donald Trump.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's “street fighters”
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.
Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
Dozens of Middlebury Students Are Disciplined for Charles Murray Protest  —  More than five dozen Middlebury College students were disciplined for their roles in shutting down a speech by the author Charles Murray in March, the college announced this week.  But the students were spared …
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
 
 
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