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3:45 PM ET, April 4, 2018

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New Yorker:
The Department of Justice Thinks That Collusion Is a Crime  —  Is collusion a crime?  That is one of the central questions of the investigation into Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. elections.  Even if it could be proved that Donald Trump and his supporters worked with the Russian government …
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Washington Post:
Mueller told Trump's attorneys the president remains under investigation but is not currently a criminal target … Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III informed President Trump's attorneys last month that he is continuing to investigate the president but does not consider him a criminal target …
Emma Loop / BuzzFeed:
Senate Investigators Interview A Former Trump Business Associate Who Tried To Get Trump A Deal In Moscow
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and ABC News
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
When will the media accept that Trump is not a criminal target?
emptywheel:
Mueller Tells Guy Who Legally Can't Be a Target That He's Not a Target, Perhaps in a Bid to Make Him Legally Targetable
Discussion: Washington Post and Taylor Marsh
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge skeptical of Manafort suit challenging Mueller's authority
Ethan Baron / Mercury News:
YouTube shooter's father says she was angry at company  —  The night before Nasim Aghdam opened fire in a courtyard at YouTube's headquarters Tuesday afternoon, Mountain View police found the San Diego woman sleeping in her car.  —  She had been reported missing by her family in Southern California …
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KGTV-TV:
Shooter's family warned police about YouTube grudge  —  MENIFEE, Calif. (KGTV) - The family of the YouTube shooter spoke with 10News Tuesday night in Menifee, heartbroken and unwilling to speak on camera.  —  They opened the door to tell us that they tried to warn authorities before the shooting …
NBC Bay Area:
Suspect in YouTube Shooting Posted Rants About the Company Online  —  The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit has confirmed the identity of the shooter who opened fire on YouTube's campus in San Bruno Tuesday.  Nasim Aghdam, 39, lived in Southern California and appears to have had a robust presence on YouTube.
Michelle Broder Van Dyke / BuzzFeed:
This Is What We Know About YouTube Shooter Nasim Aghdam
CNN:
YouTube shooter's brother said he warned police in advance
CNN:
Stone, on day he sent Assange dinner email, also said ‘devastating’ WikiLeaks were forthcoming  —  (CNN)Roger Stone appeared on the InfoWars radio show the same day he sent an email claiming he dined with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange — and he predicted “devastating” upcoming disclosures about the Clinton Foundation.
Mike Schroepfer / Facebook:
An Update on Our Plans to Restrict Data Access on Facebook  —  Two weeks ago we promised to take a hard look at the information apps can use when you connect them to Facebook as well as other data practices.  Today, we want to update you on the changes we're making to better protect your Facebook information.
Emily Rauhala / Washington Post:
China fires back at Trump with the threat of tariffs on 106 U.S. products, including soybeans … BEIJING — China responded to President Trump's new tariffs by threatening tariffs of its own on 106 U.S. products, including on soybeans, cars and some airplanes, in the latest escalation …
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Steve Holland / Reuters:   Ex-Trump aide Bannon: ‘To hell with Wall Street’ view on trade moves
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
China Tariffs Could Wreck Republicans in November
Discussion: The Diplomat
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Trade Wars, Stranded Assets, and the Stock Market (Wonkish)
Washington Post:
Trump instructs military to begin planning for withdrawal from Syria … President Trump has instructed military leaders to prepare to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, but has not set a date for them to do so, according to a senior administration official.  —  In a meeting with top national …
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Barnini Chakraborty / Fox News:
EPA's Scott Pruitt pushes back on pay raise, condo controversy in Fox exclusive  —  Embattled Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt fired back at critics Wednesday, defending his decision to take a $50 a day condo rental from the wife of a lobbyist and claiming he just found …
Discussion: Townhall and The Daily Caller
Sam Gillette / People.com:
Planned Parenthood CEO Says Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Offered ‘Bribe’ to Stop Abortions  —  In a riveting passage from Cecile Richards' new memoir, the Planned Parenthood chief says Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were, during Donald Trump's 2016 transition as president-elect …
Roger Alford / Kentucky Today:
McConnell on midterm elections: ‘The wind is going to be in our face’  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was instrumental in marshaling forces to pass the largest tax overhaul in 30 years to spur an economic resurgence.  —  Yet, that doesn't top McConnell's list …
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Trump Is Right.  It Is the Amazon Washington Post.  —  President Donald Trump's insistence on calling the Washington Post the “Amazon Washington Post” riles the newspaper's executive editor, Martin Baron, to no end.  He wants one and all to know that the online retailer and the newspaper are distinct corporate entities.
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
An airing of grievances: Trump spends days issuing a torrent of complaints against foes
Discussion: Small Dead Animals
Alana Goodman / Daily Mail:
Trump 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale, 42, is said to have hired Porter just days after he stepped down as a hush-hush favor to the president  —  Porter had been dating former White House communications director Hope Hicks when DailyMail.com revealed that Porter had been accused of abusing his two ex-wives.
Discussion: Political Wire
Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
Walker Warns Of ‘#BlueWave’ Coming To WI After Dem Wins State High Court Race  —  After the Democratic-backed Wisconsin state Supreme Court candidate pulled off a double-digit defeat of her GOP rival on Tuesday evening, Gov. Scott Walker warned his state that a “blue wave” of the “Far Left” …
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Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Rebecca Dallet beats Michael Screnock in race for Wisconsin Supreme Court
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sinclair producer in Nebraska resigns to protest ‘obvious bias’  —  Ex-Sinclair news director: We had must-run pieces  —  A morning TV producer at a Sinclair-owned station in Nebraska has resigned in protest of what he calls the company's “obvious bias.”  —  Justin Simmons gave notice at KHGI TV on March 26.
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Facebook Scans What You Send Other People on Messenger App  —  System is supposed to detect content that violates standards  —  Company on the defensive about how it handles private data  —  Facebook Inc. scans the text and images that people send each other on Facebook Messenger …
Lindsey Bever / Washington Post:
A woman says an Ancestry.com DNA test revealed her father — her parents' fertility doctor … When Kelli Rowlette received the results from a DNA sample she had sent to a popular genealogy website, she assumed there had been a mistake.  —  The test showed that her DNA matched a sample …
Discussion: Jezebel and TheBlaze
Ken Belson / New York Times:
Patriots' Julian Edelman May Have Thwarted a School Shooting  —  The New England Patriots receiver Julian Edelman was in Texas visiting his former teammate Danny Amendola late last month when he received a direct message on his Instagram account: “Dude, there is a kid in your comment section …
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Oracle's Safra Catz Raises Amazon Contract Fight With Trump  —  Competing for multi-billion Pentagon cloud-computing deal  —  President said to tell Catz at dinner he expects fair bidding  —  Oracle Corp. chief executive Safra Catz criticized the bidding process for a huge Pentagon cloud computing contract …
Chase Cook / capitalgazette.com:
Pasadena delegate says her father, a state senator, sought conversion therapy for her  —  Del. Meagan Simonaire said in a dramatic speech Wednesday she would vote for a ban on conversion therapy for homosexuality and revealed that her father — state Sen. Bryan Simonaire …
Discussion: Political Wire
Fast Company:
“Did We Create This Monster?”  How Twitter Turned Toxic  —  For years, the company's zeal for free speech blinded it to safety concerns.  Now it's scrambling to make up for lost time.  —  [Photo illustration: Delcan & Company; da-kuk/Getty Images, Suparat Malipoom/EyeEm/Getty Images …
John Harwood / CNBC:
Peter Navarro says Trump's trade policies are ‘good for the market,’ but economists aren't buying it  — White House aide Peter Navarro insists that President Trump's trade policies will positively impact the market.  — But some of his colleagues said some of Navarro's comments on the U.S. economy were simply wrong.
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
John Kasich Is Back in New Hampshire.  It's Not for the Foliage.  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — John Kasich had been here before.  This much he pointed out, twice, before anyone had a chance to wonder why he was back.  —  “Wow!” he called out, stepping into the Red Arrow Diner on Tuesday for an unannounced stop …
Discussion: Hot Air
Page Six:
Rudy and Judith Giuliani to divorce  —  Rudy Giuliani and his wife Judith are divorcing after 15 years of marriage, the former New York mayor has exclusively confirmed to Page Six.  —  Giuliani, who married Judith in 2003, said, “It is with great sadness I can confirm that Judith and I are divorcing.
 
 
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Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:
AMC plans up to 100 theaters in Saudi Arabia by 2030
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Week
Chip Reid / CBS News:
A giant crack in Kenya opens up, but what's causing it?
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Judge denies Bill O'Reilly's motion to keep settlements under seal
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Mattis said immigrant veterans should not be deported. ICE is trying anyway.
Discussion: Splinter
New York Times:
Google Workers Urge C.E.O. to Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. Project
Daily Mail:
Pensioner, 78, is arrested on suspicion of MURDER after 'stabbing armed burglar, 38 …
Discussion: Small Dead Animals and Instapundit
Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
Revealed: graphic video used by Cambridge Analytica to influence Nigerian election
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
When James Earl Ray came to L.A., months before he killed Martin Luther King, he found a place where he fit in
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Elena Hernandez / Energy and Commerce Committee:
E&C Announces Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Will Testify April 11th
Michael Shepherd / Bangor Daily News:
New court fight erupts over ranked-choice voting in Maine
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Wearing Black? Feds Say You May Be an Anarchist, Newly Released Documents Show
Discussion: Raw Story
Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
Expanding map creates tough choices for GOP
Discussion: Instapundit
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
On the Trump-Russia investigation and the rule of law
Joe Uchill / Axios:
Outgoing White House emails not protected by verification system
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

 
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