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5:40 PM ET, April 2, 2018

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Wall Street Journal:
Roger Stone's Claim of a 2016 Julian Assange Meeting Draws Scrutiny  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has asked about an email during grand jury testimony  —  The special counsel investigating alleged links between Trump campaign associates and Russians is looking …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sinclair responds to criticism of media-bashing promos  —  Sinclair forces stations to air media-bashing promos, criticism goes viral  —  Critics are calling Sinclair's promos pro-Trump propaganda.  Now the company is defending the initiative, and calling it something much more mundane …
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Jacey Fortin / New York Times:
Sinclair Made Dozens of Local News Anchors Recite the Same Script
The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump ‘Cherishes’ Lou Dobbs So Much He Puts Him on Speakerphone for Oval Office Meetings … It is difficult to fully understand the Trump presidency without first understanding Lou Dobbs, the Fox Business powerhouse host and one of the main precursors to Trumpism.
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CNN:
At Mar-a-Lago, Trump hears from immigration hardliners  —  (CNN)Retreating from the White House for a three-night stay at his Florida estate, President Donald Trump heard this weekend from a parade of allies — many on the Fox News payroll — that his base believes he is softening on immigration.
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
At Chicago nightclub, George Papadopoulos allegedly makes explosive new claim about Jeff Sessions  —  At a London bar in May 2016, after numerous drinks, Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos bragged to an Australian diplomat the Russians had obtained damaging information on Hillary Clinton.
Amanda Erickson / Washington Post:
Russian bots are tweeting their support of embattled Fox News host Laura Ingraham … Embattled Fox News host Laura Ingraham has found some unlikely allies: Russian bots.  —  Russian-linked Twitter accounts have rallied around the conservative talk-show host, who has come under fire …
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Elizabeth Esty:
From being a room parent in a first grade classroom to serving on the library board, town council, state house and U.S. Congress, I went into public service to fight for equality, justice, and fairness.  It is one of the greatest honors of my life that the people of Connecticut's Fifth District elected me to represent them in Congress.
Benny Johnson / The Daily Caller:
Jim Acosta Yelled At Trump While He Was Coloring With Children At White House Easter Egg Roll  —  Donald Trump was participating in the White House Easter Egg Roll Monday when a CNN correspondent began shouting questions at him.  —  During the event, families of reporters …
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Steven Nelson / Washington Examiner:
Trump often quoted as ‘senior White House official’ in news reports, book claims
Discussion: RedState
MarketWatch:
Stock tumble sends tech-heavy Nasdaq near correction territory; Amazon whacked by Trump tweet  —  U.S. stocks fell sharply Monday, with the Nasdaq turning lower for 2018 and threatening to drop into correction territory, in just the latest instance of heavy intraday volatility.
Discussion: CNNMoney and IJR
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Azeen Ghorayshi / BuzzFeed:
Grindr Is Sharing The HIV Status Of Its Users With Other Companies  —  The gay hookup app Grindr, which has more than 3.6 million daily active users across the world, has been providing its users' HIV status to two other companies, BuzzFeed News has learned.
Hannah Dreier / ProPublica:
A Betrayal  —  The teenager told police all about his gang, MS-13.  In return, he was slated for deportation and marked for death.  —  IF HENRY IS KILLED, his death can be traced to a quiet moment in the fall of 2016, when he sat slouched in his usual seat by the door in 11th-grade English class.
Discussion: Splinter and Outside the Beltway
Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
Be Skeptical Of Anyone Who Tells You They Know How Democrats Can Win In November  —  It's old news by now that Democratic candidates have done unusually well in Trump-era elections so far, suggesting that the 2018 midterms will be a good cycle for the party.  So why keep writing about them?
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Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg:
Two Mistakes the Democrats Can't Afford to Make
Discussion: Betsy's Page
A Waspy Chick / The Forward:
How Dare Jewish Men Keep Breaking Up With Me  —  Editor's note: The following is a satirical response to a March 29 Washington Post op-ed entitled, “I am tired of being a Jewish man's rebellion.”  —  Hi there, readers!  It's me, a woman who will now cutesily compare myself to Carrie Bradshaw …
Courier-Journal:
Public schools in all 120 Kentucky counties are closed Monday  —  Teachers and students gathered in Frankfort on Friday to speak against the pension bill that passed unexpectedly the night before.  Many teachers called in sick Friday.  Andy Beshear says he will sue.  Astrid Hacker/ Louisville Courier Journal
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Teachers are walking out in multiple states. Blame GOP economics.
Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times:
EPA threatens to revoke California's ability to set emissions standards as the Trump administration moves to abandon fuel mileage goals … The Trump administration openly threatened one of the cornerstones of California's environmental protections Monday, saying that it may revoke …
Discussion: KTLA
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Bloomberg:
EPA Moves to Cut Obama's Auto Mileage Rules
Discussion: Common Dreams
Washington Post:
Trump proposed Putin visit Washington in March 20 phone call, Kremlin says  —  President Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the two leaders could meet in the White House, a Kremlin aide told Russian media Monday, Russian news agencies said.  —  No specific preparations for such a meeting have taken place, the aide said.
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Anton Troianovski / Washington Post:
Trump proposed Putin visit White House in March 20 phone call, Kremlin says
Discussion: Politico and The Root
Christian Berthelsen / Bloomberg:
Third Woman Sues to Void Secrecy Pact Linked to Trump  —  A former employee of President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign team sued the organization to nullify a non-disclosure agreement she signed as part of her job, saying it muzzled her from airing discrimination claims.
Oleksiy Kuzmenko / bellingcat:
The Curious Case of David Jewberg, the Fake Senior Pentagon Russia Analyst  —  Summary:  — “Senior Pentagon Russia Analyst LTC David Jewberg” maintained a popular Facebook page and was frequently quoted in Ukrainian and Russian media as a Pentagon insider related to topics concerning Ukraine and Russia.
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Falsely Accused Parkland School Shooter Sues Alex Jones' InfoWars for Defamation … Marcel Fontaine, who was falsely declared a suspect in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting by conspiracy-theorist website InfoWars, is now suing Alex Jones for more than a million dollars.
Discussion: Weekly Standard, Mediaite and Raw Story
The Hill:
Bolton could be the first national security chief to prioritize religious freedom  —  Among the Trump administration's early successes, two stand out particularly, and incoming National Security Advisor John Bolton has the chance to take both to the next level.
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
New Quotas for Immigration Judges as Trump Administration Seeks Faster Deportations  —  Rules were laid out in a message sent Friday to immigration judges  —  WASHINGTON—The Justice Department has notified immigration judges that it will begin evaluating their job performance based …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Bloomberg:
Stocks' Second-Quarter Start Is the Worst Since the Great Depression  —  If you feel like the second quarter has begun badly, you'd be right.  —  U.S. stocks are on track to have their worst April start since 1929, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.  The S&P 500 index slumped 2.4 percent …
Mike Parker / Daily Express:
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson: My secret battle with depression  —  HOLLYWOOD'S highest-paid star has told of his secret battle with depression and his agony over witnessing his mother's attempted suicide.  Former world wrestling champion Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson declared: “Struggle and pain is real.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Breast cancer page scrubbed from women's health website: report  —  A webpage that focused on breast cancer was reportedly scrubbed from the website of the Department of Health and Human Services's (HHS) Office on Women's Health (OWH).  —  The changes on WomensHealth.gov …
Axios:
Cuban: More likely he'll run for president if Dems lose midterms  —  “If Republicans hold then I think there's an opportunity for somebody to run as an independent.  —  Republicans keeping control of the House and Senate would mean they have “too much control.”  On Trump, Cuban said he's not “right in the head.”
Brian Flood / Fox News:
CNN mocked for glorifying JFKs ‘legendary’ infidelity after harping on sex allegations against Trump  —  CNN was slammed for hypocrisy over the weekend when the network glorified President John F. Kennedy's many infidelities after spending significant coverage painting President Trump …
Discussion: Daily Wire, IJR, Breitbart and twitchy.com
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook's hardest year, and what comes next  —  “We will dig through this hole, but it will take a few years.”  —  It's been a tough year for Facebook.  The social networking juggernaut found itself engulfed by controversies over fake news, electoral interference …
 
 
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ABC News:
TIMELINE: EPA chief Scott Pruitt's condo controversy, explained
Discussion: Breitbart, Oklahoma Watch and Daily Kos
Jessica Sager / Page Six:
Seth Rogen knew about Stormy Daniels and Trump's alleged affair a decade ago
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Law & Crime
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The worst Cabinet ever gets worse
Discussion: Mediaite
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Mueller's office defends deal with Dutch lawyer to waive public records rights
Discussion: Power Line
Kristie Adler / ESPN MediaZone U.S.:
ESPN+ to Launch April 12, Bringing Sports Fans More Live Sports, Exclusive Originals …
Marice Richter / Reuters:
‘Affluenza’ Texan, who killed four driving drunk, released from jail
Discussion: The Root
 Earlier Items: 
NPR:
Kentucky Lawmakers Limit Black Lung Claims Reviews Despite Epidemic
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Chris Christie betrays Trump defenders' remarkably dim view of the president's intellect
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Tamar Lapin / New York Post:
More than 50 British tourists hospitalized after getting sick in NYC
USA Today:
Exclusive: Nancy Pelosi targeted in more than a third of GOP House commercials