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10:30 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
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
Wall Street Journal:
China Tariffs Threaten U.S. Cars, Planes and Soy in Response to Trump
Ali Rogin / ABC News:
Farm state lawmakers, including Republicans, blame Trump for new China tariffs
Discussion: Politico
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 …
CNN:
Trump gets testy as national security team warns of risks of Syria withdrawal  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump grew irritated with his top military brass and national security team on Tuesday when they advised him an immediate withdrawal of US troops from Syria would be unwise …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Washington Post:
Trump instructs military to begin planning for withdrawal from Syria
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.
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
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
Khorri Atkinson / Axios:
Trump signs proclamation authorizing National Guard troops to border  —  President Trump has signed a proclamation to send the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border, the White House said.  Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen had announced the expected move earlier Wednesday.
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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Trump is sending National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border
Discussion: ABC News and Breitbart
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
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
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?
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 …
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
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 …
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
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 …
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.
Moriah Balingit / Washington Post:
Oklahoma governor compares striking teachers to a ‘a teenage kid that wants a better car’ … OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) is under siege after she compared striking teachers converging on the state Capitol to rally for education funding to “a teenage kid that wants a better car.”
 
 
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USA Today:
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New York Daily News:
NYPD cops fatally shoot black man holding metal pipe police mistake for gun on Brooklyn street
Discussion: New York Times and Splinter
New York Times:
The True Damage of Trump's ‘Fake News’
Discussion: Politico
Jill Serjeant / Reuters:
Two Bill Clinton impeachment shows abandoned by U.S. TV networks
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
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Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
If male authors described men in literature the way they describe women
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Fran Brennan / NTK Network:
Pelosi: Democrats Will Repeal the GOP Tax Law When We Retake the House
Tammy Talpas / YouTube:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller and IJR
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Oracle's Safra Catz Raises Amazon Contract Fight With Trump
Chase Cook / capitalgazette.com:
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Fast Company:
“Did We Create This Monster?” How Twitter Turned Toxic
Daily Mail:
Pensioner, 78, is arrested on suspicion of MURDER after 'stabbing armed burglar, 38 …
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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