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New York Times:
Trump Returns to Crisis Over Kushner as White House Tries to Contain It — President Trump headed home on Saturday to confront a growing political and legal threat, as his top aides tried to contain the fallout from reports that his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is a focus of investigations …
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Daily Mail and Mediaite
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump family members met with GOP leaders to discuss strategy — Amid mounting questions at the White House about Russia, three prominent members of President Trump's family — his sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., and Eric's wife, Lara — have ramped up their engagement …
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Balloon Juice, ThinkProgress, Mediaite, Raw Story, Hullabaloo and Political Wire
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Russia scandal casts uncertainty over Kushner's future role — Once the untouchable son-in-law in a White House where top aides jockey for the president's ear, Jared Kushner has now been cast in a new role: reassuring people that he's not going to resign, while colleagues question whether he can survive politically.
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Daily Mail, Mediaite and Raw Story
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump considers major changes amid escalating Russia crisis — President Trump and his advisers, seeking to contain the escalating Russia crisis that threatens to consume his presidency, are considering a retooling of his senior staff and the creation of a “war room” within the White House …
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Mediaite, Business Insider, Raw Story and Political Wire
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
A high-stakes gamble: How Jared Kushner reacted to previous crises — NEW YORK — Jared Kushner had barely survived a fight to save his family's real estate empire. — Taking charge of the business after his father went to prison, Kushner, 25 at the time, paid $1.8 billion in 2007 for the nation's most expensive office building.
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump adviser: ‘I would not be concerned’ about a Russia back channel, irrespective of Kushner
Trump adviser: ‘I would not be concerned’ about a Russia back channel, irrespective of Kushner
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Power Line, Business Insider, The Hill, The Right Scoop, The Atlantic, Hullabaloo, RedState, The Week and The Guardian
CNN:
Two top Trump advisers dodge Kushner questions
Two top Trump advisers dodge Kushner questions
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National Review, Associated Press, Washington Post, Hot Air, Business Insider, New York Times, Mother Jones, Fusion and Raw Story
Mike Allen / Axios:
Jared's Jam has White House on edge
Jared's Jam has White House on edge
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Business Insider, Politico, Raw Story and Political Wire
Dr. Keith Ablow / Fox News:
Trumping your life: How to be a better, stronger person by being more like the president — Weeks ago, I wrote the first installment of TRUMPING YOUR LIFE, delivering three ways you can change your life by following the example of President Trump. — This is the second of five installments I plan to share.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump tells confidants U.S. will quit Paris climate deal — President Trump has privately told multiple people, including EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, that he plans to leave the Paris agreement on climate change, according to three sources with direct knowledge.
Doug Brown / Portland Mercury:
Suspect in Portland Hate Crime Murders is a Known White Supremacist — Jeremy Christian, now accused of hate crime murders, at the right-wing “March for Free Speech” on April 29 — The man accused of the brutal hate crime slayings of two people at the Hollywood Transit Center on Friday afternoon is a known local white supremacist.
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GotNews, BuzzFeed, Mediaite, IJR, Raw Story, Refinery29, The Guardian and Patterico's Pontifications
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Corey Pein / Willamette Week:
I know because I interviewed him last month.
I know because I interviewed him last month.
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The Gateway Pundit, The Guardian, twitchy.com, Washington Post, American Power and IJR
Jim Ryan / Oregonian:
2 killed in stabbing on MAX train in Northeast Portland as man directs slurs at Muslim women, police say
2 killed in stabbing on MAX train in Northeast Portland as man directs slurs at Muslim women, police say
Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Two Killed in Portland After Trying to Stop Anti-Muslim Rant, Police Say
Two Killed in Portland After Trying to Stop Anti-Muslim Rant, Police Say
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Slate, Fusion and Willamette Week
Tom Kington Taormina / The Times & The Sunday Times:
Out of step: G7 leaders take a stroll, Trump takes a golf cart — The distance between Donald Trump and his G7 partners was spelled out dramatically today when Theresa May and the leaders of Italy, France, Germany, Japan and Canada strolled the streets of Taormina, Sicily — while he followed in a golf cart.
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Politicus USA and Business Insider
Tina Nguyen / Vanity Fair:
As Trump's Problems Mount, Breitbart's Numbers Are Cratering — A media business based on attack has been much less successful when forced to defend. — With its former chairman Steve Bannon as White House chief strategist and plans for an ambitious international expansion …
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The Right Scoop, Hullabaloo and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
N.J. Burkett / abc7ny.com:
Half of 8th grade class from New Jersey refuses to pose with Speaker Ryan … <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc7ny.com/video/embed/ ?pid=2042084" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> — A group of middle school students from New Jersey caused quite a flap …
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Raw Story
Bloomberg:
Trump Goes His Own Way as G-7 Cobbles Together an Awkward Truce — U.S. to decide on Paris Accord next week as others back deal — On trade, officials worked until 3 a.m. to agree on text — U.S. President Donald Trump showed his determination to break the global mold as he refused …
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
‘He played me for a fool’: Kentucky Trump supporter laments he should have voted for Hillary — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — In a heartbreaking interview, one Kentucky voter for President Donald Trump revealed that he believed it when Trump told voters he would fight for them.
Tony Lee / Breitbart:
Biden Implies Trump Legitimized ‘Hate Speech,’ Rails Against ‘Forces of Populism’ — On Saturday, former Vice President Joe Biden railed against the “disorienting” and “disheartening” “forces of populism” at home and abroad and implied that Donald Trump legitimized “hate speech” during the 2016 presidential election.
Eli Rosenberg / New York Times:
A Muslim-American Activist's Speech Raises Ire Even Before It's Delivered — Linda Sarsour, one of the most prominent Muslim-American activists in New York, says the messages have been arriving by the hour recently. — “Your time is coming.” — “A good Arab is a dead Arab.”
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Geller Report
Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
With all that farmland, why are Venezuelans starving? — With all of the unrest, riots and murders in Venezuela these days, it's easy to overlook one very basic question about the abysmal conditions its citizens are enduring. Venezuela has some of the richest farmland in the western hemisphere …
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Instapundit
WTTG-TV:
Criminal charges against March 4 Trump counter-protesters in Minnesota — ST. PAUL, Minn. (KMSP) - Prosecutors are filing criminal charges against eight counter-protesters who disrupted the “March 4 Trump” rally at the Minnesota State Capitol on March 4. Among those charged is Linwood Kaine …
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The Daily Caller, Hot Air and Twin Cities