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11:05 PM ET, April 4, 2018

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CNN:
Exclusive: Mueller's team questioning Russian oligarchs  —  Washington (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has taken the unusual step of questioning Russian oligarchs who traveled into the US, stopping at least one and searching his electronic devices when his private jet landed …
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New York Times:
Witness in Mueller Inquiry Who Advises U.A.E. Ruler Also Has Ties to Russia  —  WASHINGTON — A witness who is cooperating in the special counsel investigation, George Nader, has connections to both the Persian Gulf states and Russia and may have information that links two important strands …
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.
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Washington Post:
Facebook said the personal data of most its 2 billion users has been collected and shared with outsiders … Facebook said Wednesday that most of its 2 billion users likely have had their personal information scraped and shared by third-party developers without their explicit permission …
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 …
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Washington Post:
After leaving $50-a-night rental, EPA's Scott Pruitt had no fixed D.C. address for a month … This post has been updated.  —  After moving out of the Capitol Hill condo apartment he rented for $50 a night last summer, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt appears …
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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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
Paul Manafort's Lawyers Are Trying To Block Mueller's Office From Indicting Him Again  —  In Manafort's civil lawsuit, his lawyers are arguing special counsel Robert Mueller's original appointment order was unlawful.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC  —  Former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort …
Discussion: emptywheel and Law & Crime
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Accused Russian Intel Asset Teamed Up With GOP Operative
Discussion: Politico and Vox
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.
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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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Bloomberg:   Kudlow Says Trump's China Tariffs Are Just Proposals Right Now
Ali Rogin / ABC News:
Farm state lawmakers, including Republicans, blame Trump for new China tariffs
Discussion: Politico
Wall Street Journal:
China Tariffs Threaten U.S. Cars, Planes and Soy in Response to Trump
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 …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Threatening legal fight, Nunes demands document that kicked off FBI Trump-Russia investigation  —  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., has sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray demanding an uncensored copy of the document …
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
House Intel Chairman Threatens Legal Action Against FBI, DOJ Over Russia Records
Discussion: TheBlaze
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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CNN:
Trump gets testy as national security team warns of risks of Syria withdrawal
Discussion: Political Wire
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Judge denies Bill O'Reilly's motion to keep settlements under seal  —  Fox gave O'Reilly contract after $32 million settlement  —  A federal judge in New York has denied Bill O'Reilly's motion to seal settlement agreements he struck with multiple women who accused him of harassment …
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Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Federal judge denies Bill O'Reilly's move to seal harassment settlements
Discussion: Washington Press
Washington Post:
Trump administration to impose fresh sanctions against Russia … The United States is expected to impose additional sanctions against Russia by Friday, according to U.S. officials.  —  The sanctions are economic and designed to target oligarchs with ties to President Vladimir Putin, the officials said.
Discussion: Politico, KTLA, The Week and CNN
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.
Discussion: AOL, NY State of Politics and thecut
Josh Eells / Rolling Stone:
Dwayne Johnson: The Pain and the Passion That Fuel the Rock  —  Hollywood's most dependable good guy on saving the day in ‘Rampage,’ his beef with Vin Diesel, presidential rumors and more  —  If the world seemed a little bit sluggish this morning - if the birds weren't singing as sweetly …
Media Matters for America:
Kevin Williamson also said on his podcast that people who've had abortions should be hanged  —  The Atlantic recently sparked outrage after hiring former National Review writer Kevin Williamson — who notoriously argued that “the law should treat abortion like any other homicide” with punishment including hanging.
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Why Big Business Isn't Defending Amazon Against Trump  —  In big, bold letters, the homepage of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's website describes the organization's mission: “Standing up for American Enterprise.”  —  But the huge business federation—like its counterparts …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and New York Magazine
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Danny Westneat / The Seattle Times:
Trump's war with Amazon is phony, but the company is winning the real one
New York Times:
The True Damage of Trump's ‘Fake News’  —  Many people, including many Republican lawmakers, dismiss President Trump's attacks on The Washington Post, CNN and other news organizations as just one of those crazy — but ultimately harmless — things he does to blow off steam.  They're wrong.
Discussion: Politico
Chip Reid / CBS News:
A giant crack in Kenya opens up, but what's causing it?  —  WASHINGTON — A giant crack in the Earth opened up almost overnight, 50 feet deep and at its widest 65 feet across, slicing through a highway and terrifying many who live in an area just west of Nairobi, Kenya.  —  So what caused it?
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
John Bolton runs into potential ethics issues before he becomes Trump's national security advisor  — John Bolton is continuing to meet with White House attorneys over possible conflicts of interest.  — Bolton resigned from his foundation in March.  His two political action committees …
Discussion: Politico
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
Cavuto Battles Kudlow in Tense Standoff: You Don't Sound Like the Larry Kudlow I ‘Respected and Admired’  —  Several weeks ago — Larry Kudlow and Neil Cavuto were adversaries of a sort, but also allies in the field of cable news financial punditry.  Now, however, Kudlow is gone from CNBC …
Leonard Pitts Jr / miamiherald:
50 years after his murder, it's time to kill the myth of Martin Luther King  —  MEMPHIS  —  Martin Luther King's men had a different question.  —  At least, according to his aide, Andrew Young, they did.  When the first reports went out that King had been gunned down while standing …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
New York Daily News:
NYPD cops fatally shoot black man holding metal pipe police mistake for gun on Brooklyn street  —  Police fatally shot a mentally troubled black man on a Brooklyn street Wednesday afternoon, after police said he “took a two-handed shooting stance” and aimed what turned out to be a metal pipe at them.
Discussion: New York Times, The Root and Splinter
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 …
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.
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
If male authors described men in literature the way they describe women … Inspired by Vulture's cringe-inducing compilation of the descriptions of female characters in screenplays, and the viral Twitter threads (including Talia Lavin's) prompted by podcast host Whitney Reynolds's challenge to …
Discussion: New Yorker
 
 
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Benjy Egel / Sacramento Bee:
More than a million undocumented immigrants have received California driver's licenses
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Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed:
John Kasich Is Framing His 2020 Pitch Around Millennials
USA Today:
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Jill Serjeant / Reuters:
Two Bill Clinton impeachment shows abandoned by U.S. TV networks
Moriah Balingit / Washington Post:
Oklahoma governor compares striking teachers to a ‘a teenage kid that wants a better car’
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
What caused the 1968 riots? A lack of respect.
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The Coca-Cola invasion is causing Mexico's slow death by junk food
Fran Brennan / NTK Network:
Pelosi: Democrats Will Repeal the GOP Tax Law When We Retake the House
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Oracle's Safra Catz Raises Amazon Contract Fight With Trump
Chase Cook / capitalgazette.com:
Pasadena delegate says her father, a state senator, sought conversion therapy for her
Fast Company:
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Sources: Shari Redstone does not plan to stay on the board of Paramount Global after the company completes its planned merger with Skydance Media

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India issues a notice to Wikipedia over bias concerns, questioning if it should be classified as a publisher, after judges called its open editing “dangerous”

 
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