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5:55 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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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 …
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Accused Russian Intel Asset Teamed Up With GOP Operative … As 2016 campaign season neared, a Russian national who Special Counsel Robert Mueller now believes was working with the country's intelligence services founded a consulting firm in Washington D.C.  —  Begemot Ventures International …
Discussion: Politico and Vox
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
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:   Facebook Says Cambridge Analytica Harvested Data of Up to 87 Million Users
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 …
Rene Marsh / CNN:   Leaked memo: Pruitt taking control of Clean Water Act determinations
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
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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Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
China Tariffs Could Wreck Republicans in November
Discussion: The Diplomat and Breitbart
Ali Rogin / ABC News:
Farm state lawmakers, including Republicans, blame Trump for new China tariffs
Discussion: Politico
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Trade Wars, Stranded Assets, and the Stock Market (Wonkish)
Discussion: The Mahablog
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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
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?
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 …
Axios:
Trump to deploy National Guard troops to border  —  Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen on Wednesday announced that President Trump will sign a proclamation that would send the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border.  —  Nielsen declined to disclose details of the plan and how much it would cost.
Discussion: Washington Post, ABC News and Breitbart
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Trump activates plan to deploy National Guard to Mexico border
Discussion: NPR and The Week
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.
Daily Mail:
Pensioner, 78, is arrested on suspicion of MURDER after ‘stabbing armed burglar, 38, to death in a struggle in his kitchen’ when two intruders woke him as he slept next to his wife  —  32k  —  A 78-year-old homeowner has been arrested by murder detectives after a suspected burglar he fought …
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 …
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 …
Sharon / Media Matters for America:
Kevin Williamson also said on his podcast that people who've had abortions should be hanged  —  NY Times' Bret Stephens: “For heaven's sake, it was a tweet”  —  The Atlantic recently sparked outrage after hiring former National Review writer Kevin Williamson — who NOTORIOUSLY ARGUED that …
 
 
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Fran Brennan / NTK Network:
Pelosi: Democrats Will Repeal the GOP Tax Law When We Retake the House
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Black-ish’ Creator Kenya Barris Plots Exit From ABC Studios Pact After Clashes (Exclusive)
Discussion: news.avclub.com
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Why Big Business Isn't Defending Amazon Against Trump
Daily Mail:
THE FBI  —  Comey's entire organization does not escape her wrath.
Discussion: Daily Wire
Lindsey Bever / Washington Post:
A woman says an Ancestry.com DNA test revealed her father — her parents' fertility doctor
Discussion: CBS Dallas, Jezebel and TheBlaze
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Facebook Scans What You Send Other People on Messenger App
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Omar Villafranca / CBS News:
Oklahoma teachers fight for increased funding: “We're doing this for our kids”
Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
Revealed: graphic video used by Cambridge Analytica to influence Nigerian election
Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
Expanding map creates tough choices for GOP
John Harwood / CNBC:
Peter Navarro says Trump's trade policies are ‘good for the market,’ but economists aren't buying it
 

 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

The New York Times Company:
The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021

Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
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