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2:40 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 …
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 …
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Montana Republican Greg Gianforte, Charged With Assault, Awaits Fate in Vote  —  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.
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 …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Reporter: Only true thing in Gianforte's assault statement is my name and employer
Discussion: Politico
Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
Republican candidate ‘body-slams’ Guardian reporter in Montana
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Fights, Lies, and Audiotape
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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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.
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”
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.
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.
Discussion: Politicus USA and Raw Story
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
Associated Press:
Merkel, Obama to attend podium discussion at Berlin event  —  Barack Obama received a rock-star welcome in Berlin as he appeared at a public debate Thursday with Chancellor Angela Merkel, whom he praised as one of his “favorite partners” during his presidency.
Discussion: Mother Jones, The Guardian and ABC News
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Arne Delfs / Bloomberg:
Obama Feted in Berlin as He Praises Merkel Before Trump Summits
Discussion: Breitbart
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.
Editorials / New York Daily News:
The News and the parade: The paper is withdrawing from the 2017 Puerto Rican Day Parade because it will honor an FALN terrorist  —  The National Puerto Rican Day Parade is a hallowed New York tradition.  On June 11, for the 60th year running, thousands who trace their roots to the island commonwealth …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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 …
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 …
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump scolds NATO allies over defense spending  —  Brussels (CNN)President Donald Trump on Thursday chided NATO member countries directly for not meeting their financial commitments to the alliance and declined to reiterate US commitment to the alliance's mutual defense pledge.
Discussion: Shareblue and The Root
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Joe Lieberman takes his name out of the running for FBI director, citing conflict of interest  —  Former Sen. Joe Lieberman sent a letter to President Donald Trump yesterday withdrawing his name from consideration for FBI director, citing a potential conflict of interest.
Discussion: Politico and Axios
Ari Berman / The Nation:
Democrats Are Launching a Commission to Protect American Democracy From Trump  —  In response to Trump's “election integrity” commission, the DNC is going on offense on voting rights.  —  To counteract the Trump Administration's “election integrity” commission, the Democratic National Committee …
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 …
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 …
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
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: Fusion and The Week
 
 
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Senate Republicans likely to change custom that allows Democrats to block judicial choices
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Los Angeles Times:
Federal agents nab nearly 200 people in L.A.-area immigration raids targeting criminals
Discussion: KTLA
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Declines to Back Core NATO Tenet, to Dismay of European Allies
Discussion: Mother Jones
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News Says Sean Hannity Will Return to Show
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump chastises fellow NATO members, demands they meet payment obligations
Discussion: RedState and New York Times
Bloomberg:
Trump Shames NATO Leaders on Defense Spending
Discussion: Politico and Hot Air
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Daily Mail:
Melania will be first White House Catholic since Kennedy
Discussion: Breitbart, The Daily Caller and IJR
Newt Gingrich / Washington Post:
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
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