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4:55 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 …
Felix Biederman / Washington Post:
Face it: The body-slammed reporter did just what you would have done  —  Most Americans couldn't fight their way out of a wet paper bag.  —  Yesterday, tech multimillionaire and GOP candidate for Montana's at-large congressional seat Greg Gianforte allegedly hurled the Guardian's Ben C. Jacobs …
Discussion: The Atlantic, Daily Wire and Mediaite
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 …
Edmund Kozak / LifeZette:
Montana Assault Witness Changes Story, Says No Neck Grab
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Montana Republican Greg Gianforte, Charged With Assault, Awaits Fate in Vote
Helena Independent Record:
AN IR VIEW: Independent Record withdraws endorsement of Gianforte
Discussion: IJR and Washington Post
Justin Mitchell / Reuters:
Republican candidate charged with assault, roiling Trump's Montana test
Discussion: Daily Wire
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Reporter: Only true thing in Gianforte's assault statement is my name and employer
Discussion: Politico
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Appeals Court Will Not Reinstate Trump's Revised Travel Ban  —  WASHINGTON — The federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., on Thursday refused to reinstate President Trump's revised travel ban, saying it discriminated on the basis of religion.  The decision was a fresh setback …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Appeals court keeps block on revised Trump travel ban  —  A federal appeals court has upheld an injunction blocking a key part of President Donald Trump's revised travel ban executive order.  —  In a 10-3 vote that broke essentially along party lines, judges of the Richmond-based 4th Circuit Court …
Discussion: ABC News and Axios
Cristian Farias / HuffPost:
Appeals Court Slaps Down Donald Trump's Travel Ban Yet Again
Discussion: RedState and The Week
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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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump chastises fellow NATO members, demands they meet payment obligations  —  BRUSSELS — President Trump, speaking at a ceremony here Thursday to dedicate a memorial to NATO's resolve in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, publicly chastised his fellow alliance leaders …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Declines to Back Core NATO Tenet, to Dismay of European Allies  —  President Trump, attending the NATO summit in Brussels, didn't voice U.S. commitment to the alliance's defensive provision known as Article 5, that an “attack on one is an attack on all.”
Discussion: Mother Jones
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump scolds NATO allies over defense spending
Discussion: Shareblue and The Root
Wall Street Journal:
How Alleged Russian Hacker Teamed Up With Florida GOP Operative  —  Political consultant Aaron Nevins asked for and received documents from hacker ‘Guccifer 2.0’ and posted some on his blog, after which the hacker called the blog to the attention of Trump adviser Roger Stone.
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.
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
White House tries to avoid ‘paralysis’ amid investigation
Discussion: Raw Story
Rob Tornoe / Philly.com:
Fox News host Sean Hannity takes a vacation after losing more advertisers  —  Sean Hannity is taking a couple days off amid a growing advertiser boycott after pushing a conspiracy theory involving a slain Democratic National Committee staffer.  —  So far, seven advertisers have pulled …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News Says Sean Hannity Will Return to Show
Alexandra Desanctis / National Review:
‘I Might . . . Pull Off a Leg or Two’  —  Center for Medical Progress video (via YouTube)  —  A shocking new undercover video exposes the grisly reality of ripping apart fetuses.  —  A shocking new video has just been released by the Center for Medical Progress, the undercover investigative group …
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.
Laura Litvan / Bloomberg:
Senate Mulls Health-Law Rewrite Pushing Obamacare Repeal to 2020  —  Senators working to craft more modest version than House plan  —  Little progress on difficult issue: Future of Obamacare taxes  —  Senate Republicans are weighing a two-step process to replace Obamacare that would postpone …
Discussion: Politico
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.
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 …
Discussion: The Week
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.
artnet News:
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Failed to Disclose Their Multimillion-Dollar Art Collection  —  The couple has a taste for the works of market-friendly art stars, but lawyers say it's just for decoration.  —  Since their wedding in 2009, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have amassed a formidable collection of contemporary art.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Week
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 …
James Titcomb / Telegraph:
Hackers are hiding computer viruses in film subtitles, security experts warn  —  Hackers can hide computer viruses in online video subtitles and use them to take control of computers, security experts have warned.  —  The attacks are embedded within the subtitle files that accompany …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Abbe R. Gluck / New York Times:
How the G.O.P. Sabotaged Obamacare  —  Obamacare is not “collapsing under its own weight,” as Republicans are so fond of saying.  It was sabotaged from the day it was enacted.  And now the Republican Party should be held accountable not only for any potential replacement of the law, but also for having tried to starve it to death.
Discussion: National Review
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Iranian President: ‘We Need Missiles’ to Confront Trump Admin, Enemies  —  Recently re-elected Rouhani takes aim at Trump administration as Congress passes new sanctions  —  Recently re-elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani lashed out at the Trump administration this week …
Jessica Haynes / MLive.com:
Ann Arbor restaurant says ICE agents ate breakfast, then detained 3 workers  —  ANN ARBOR, MI - The owner of Ann Arbor's Sava's Restaurant said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials took at least three of her employees into custody the morning of Wednesday, May 24.
Discussion: The Tab, Fusion and The Week
 
 
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Matthew Balan / Mediaite:
‘You Are Sadly Mistaken’: Don Lemon Rips CNN Guest Who Won't Blame Trump For Alleged Assault On Reporter
Discussion: theGrio and twitchy.com
Ky Sisson / KTVN-TV:
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Zucker Jabs Competition: ‘CNN Held to a Different Standard...People Come to Us For Facts’
Discussion: IJR and The Daily Caller
Bob Bernick / utahpolicy.com:
Sources: Hatch considering retiring in 2018; Romney seriously interested in replacing him
Discussion: Politico
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Senate Republicans likely to change custom that allows Democrats to block judicial choices
Discussion: Politico
Los Angeles Times:
Federal agents nab nearly 200 people in L.A.-area immigration raids targeting criminals
Discussion: Infowars and KTLA
 Earlier Items: 
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Joe Lieberman takes his name out of the running for FBI director, citing conflict of interest
Discussion: Associated Press, Politico and Axios
Ari Berman / The Nation:
Democrats Are Launching a Commission to Protect American Democracy From Trump
Sohrab Ahmari / Wall Street Journal:
French Censors Target Children With Down Syndrome
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Fewer Tears, Fewer Lies, And More Righteous Anger
Associated Press:
Merkel, Obama to attend podium discussion at Berlin event
Discussion: The Guardian, ABC News and Politico