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11:05 AM ET, April 2, 2018

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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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The Daily Beast:
Kremlin Says Donald Trump Invited Vladimir Putin to the White House
Discussion: The Week
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.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Corruption, Not Russia, Is Trump's Greatest Political Liability  —  “My whole life I've been greedy, greedy, greedy,” declared Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign.  “I've grabbed all the money I could get.  I'm so greedy.  But now I want to be greedy for the United States.”
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
New York Magazine cover depicts Trump as a pig  —  New York Magazine is taking a harsh swipe at President Trump  —  with its new cover depicting the president as a pig.  —  The April 2 issue of the magazine features a close-up photo of Trump with a pig's snout replacing his nose.
Discussion: RedState
The Daily Beast:
Report: Britain Believes Spy Poisoning Had Putin's Approval  —  British officials now believe the nerve-agent attack on a former spy in England had approval from the top levels of Russian government.  Sources told CNN the nature of the attack—likely to have been carried out by applying …
Discussion: Axios
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New York Times:
Poisoned Door Handle Hints at High-Level Plot to Kill Spy, U.K. Officials Say
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:   Source: Britain believes nerve agent attack likely had Kremlin approval
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
‘Extremely dangerous to our democracy’: MSNBC's Joe and Mika shame Sinclair anchors for reciting pro-Trump propaganda  —  MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski were disgusted by the pro-Trump propaganda that Sinclair Broadcast Group forced its anchors to read on the air.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sinclair tells stations to air media-bashing promos - and the criticism goes viral
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.
Don Sweeney / Sacramento Bee:
Why are teens snorting condoms?  Here are five things to know about latest online fad  —  While it sounds like an April Fool's joke, educators are warning about a “condom challenge” being spread online by YouTube videos and social media.  —  Also known as the “snorting condom challenge” …
Discussion: Forbes
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 …
Megan Cassella / Politico:
China to slap tariffs on 128 U.S. goods  —  China is moving forward with its plan to counter President Donald Trump's new tariffs on steel and aluminum, levying duties that will take effect Monday on more than $3 billion in U.S. exports to the country.  —  In a statement Sunday …
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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trade war escalates as China says it will impose tariffs on 128 U.S. exports, including pork and fruit
Discussion: The Guardian and VICE News
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
‘Fake News’ Threat to Media; Editorial Decisions, Outside Actors at Fault  —  Trump less trusted than CNN, MSNBC, and Fox as info source  —  West Long Branch, NJ - The news about “fake news” is not good, according to the Monmouth University Poll.  Large majorities of the American public believe …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
This Trump legal defeat may force Trump to decide: His presidency or his businesses? … In a decision with far-reaching implications for President Trump, a federal court ruled this week that a lawsuit could go forward claiming he unconstitutionally received foreign emoluments — that is …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Elaina Plott / Washingtonian:
Is DC Being Too Mean to Louise Linton?  —  Trumpworld sees the actress-turned-cabinet-spouse as a victim of the Beltway's mean-girl social set.  Le tout Washington disagrees.  —  They were just gloves, Louise Linton says.  “I didn't take the bloody gloves off because it was cold!
Discussion: Splinter, Jezebel and Politico
Burgess Everett / Politico:
‘It sucks’: Senators fume over McConnell's tight grip  —  Republican John Kennedy has served in the Senate a full 15 months — and not once received a roll call vote on one of his legislative amendments.  —  “I think it sucks,” the Louisiana senator fumed as Congress headed home in March for a two-week recess.
Mike Barnes / Hollywood Reporter:
Steven Bochco, Creative Force Behind ‘Hill Street Blues,’ ‘L.A. Law’ and ‘NYPD Blue,’ Dies at 74  —  The unwavering TV writer-producer, winner of 10 Emmys, butted heads with networks and almost always won.  —  Steven Bochco, the strong-willed writer and producer who brought gritty realism …
David Alire Garcia / Reuters:
Costa Rica center-left easily wins presidency in vote fought on gay rights  —  David Alire Garcia, Enrique Andres Pretel  —  SAN JOSE (Reuters) - The center-left's Carlos Alvarado Quesada decisively defeated a conservative Protestant singer in Costa Rica's presidential runoff election …
Discussion: New York Times, VICE News and The Week
The Columbus Dispatch:
Kasich's New Hampshire trip will create buzz  —  John Kasich's return to New Hampshire this week is likely to get widespread media coverage as a significant milestone toward what many view as his inevitable 2020 presidential campaign.  —  Within the past month, the state that traditionally hosts …
Discussion: Political Wire
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
So why was Trump aide talking to a Russian spy?  —  The CNN team wanted viewers to know there could be a very big development in the Trump Russia investigation.  —  “CNN has learned why special counsel Robert Mueller wants the cooperation of former Trump campaign deputy Rick Gates,” anchor Alisyn Camerota said Friday.
Discussion: Power Line
Dexter Filkins / New Yorker:
A Saudi Prince's Quest to Remake the Middle East  —  In his work with the White House, is Mohammed bin Salman driving out extremism, or merely seizing power for himself?  —  A few days after Donald Trump was inaugurated, Jared Kushner sat down to decide how to reshape the Middle East.
Jordan Smith / The Intercept:
Donald Trump's Embrace of Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Is an Absurd Twist on a Failed Policy  —  Several years ago, David Wiley, a professor of health education at Texas State University, was discussing human papillomavirus in one of his classes.  The virus, known as HPV, is the most common sexually-transmitted disease.
Ryan Gaydos / Fox News:
Eagles of Death Metal frontman apologizes for ‘mean-spirited’ March for Our Lives criticism  —  The lead singer of Eagles of Death Metal - the band that was performing during the 2015 Paris terror attack - apologized Saturday for his criticism of the March for Our Lives participants.
Associated Press:
In Missouri, GOP candidate for Senate walks Trump tightrope  —  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — He is one of the Republican Party's most-prized recruits, a young U.S. Senate candidate with an outsider resume and a populist message designed to appeal equally to farmers, suburban moms and the national GOP's moneyed elite.
Paul Woolverton / The Fayetteville Observer:
NC GOP tries to connect Supreme Court candidate to convicted murderers  —  The North Carolina Republican Party is attempting to link Democratic Supreme Court candidate Anita Earls to three Fayetteville-area convicted killers even though she never took part in their cases.
Jack Nicas / New York Times:
They Tried to Boycott Facebook, Apple and Google.  They Failed.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Ryan Knight, a Democratic activist in Los Angeles, called for a boycott of Apple in February because it hadn't responded to calls to delete a channel from the National Rifle Association from its streaming-video service …
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
The Most Powerful Lobbyist in Trump's Washington  —  When Brian Ballard signed the lease last year for an office on the second floor of the Homer Building, a downtown Washington edifice that's home to a number of lobbying firms, he promised himself he would stay in the space for five years.
Luis Sanchez / The Hill:
Democrat: A gun ban is not ‘feasible right now’  —  Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) said on Sunday that he does not support an assault weapons ban and does not believe a gun ban can pass Congress right now.  —  Asked by “This Week” host George Stephanopoulos whether he would support an assault weapons ban like his colleague Sen. Mark Warner
 
 
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Jackie Wattles / CNNMoney:
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Hannah Dreier / ProPublica:
A Betrayal  —  The teenager told police all about his gang, MS-13.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Justice in the #MeToo era is not nearly as swift for federal employees
Discussion: The Week
Siobhan O'Grady / Los Angeles Times:
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Discussion: AOL
Michael Sykes / Axios:
Japanese PM to meet with Trump ahead of North Korea summit
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 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
At Mar-a-Lago, Trump hears from immigration hardliners
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Some Rare Praise for Trump's National Security Purge
USA Today:
Exclusive: Nancy Pelosi targeted in more than a third of GOP House commercials
Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal:
Germany Struggles With an Unfamiliar Form of Anti-Semitism
Discussion: Instapundit
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Social media firms want us addicted to approval. So much for WiFi making us smarter.
Anh Do / Los Angeles Times:
In fighting homeless camp, Irvine's Asians win, but at a cost
Discussion: Front Page Magazine
Daily Mail:
Chinese space station smashes to Earth at 17,000mph off the coast of Tahiti