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5:40 PM ET, April 10, 2018

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New York Times:
Raid on Trump's Lawyer Sought Records of Payments to Women  —  WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. agents who raided the office of President Trump's personal lawyer on Monday were looking for records about payments to two women who claim they had affairs with Mr. Trump, and information related …
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“He's Sitting There Bitching and Moaning”: Inside Trumpworld, Allies Fear the Boss Could Go Postal and Fire Mueller  —  Trump's friends say the president is “dry tinder” awaiting a match.  Meanwhile, his latest hires are already creating new management nightmares for John Kelly.
Discussion: CNN, Mediaite and Raw Story
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
US Attorney, Trump appointee, recused from Michael Cohen investigation  —  ABC News has learned that Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, is recused from the Michael Cohen investigation.  —  Two sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News Berman …
Ken White / New York Times:
Why the F.B.I. Raid Is Perilous for Michael Cohen — and Trump  —  After a year of almost weekly revelations about Robert Mueller's investigation of Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, even indictments and guilty pleas of campaign officials have grown familiar.  It's not that the special counsel …
Discussion: Above the Law
CNN:
FBI raid targeted records of payments to porn star, ex-Playmate  —  Washington (CNN)The FBI raid on President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen sought information that included payments allegedly made to keep women silent about affairs with Trump more than a decade ago.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Inside the West Wing with Trump enraged  —  Sources close to the president say that a political dispute with special counsel Robert Mueller has turned visceral and personal after the feds' raid on the New York offices of Michael Cohen, Trump's personal lawyer and fixer.
Michael Rothfeld / Wall Street Journal:
Feds Seek Stormy Daniels Documents Tied to Trump Organization  —  Request comes in connection with FBI raids of lawyer Michael Cohen  —  Federal prosecutors in New York asked the Trump Organization, President Donald Trump's flagship company, for records relating to a $130,000 payment …
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Michael Cohen Has a Big Problem  —  Whatever evidence federal prosecutors have collected concerning Michael Cohen, President Trump's longtime attorney, it is most likely extraordinarily strong.  —  Before federal agents raided Cohen's home, hotel room, and office Monday afternoon …
Alan M. Dershowitz / The Hill:
Targeting Trump's lawyer should worry us all  —  There is much speculation as to the significance of the search of the offices and hotel room of President Trump  —  's lawyer, Michael Cohen.  To obtain a search warrant, prosecutors must demonstrate to a judge that they have probable cause …
Discussion: Mediaite and Fox News Insider
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
The Cohen Raid  —  This is one of the rare moments in the Trump Wars where everybody is right.  The raid on Michael Cohen's office is a big deal.  For much — but not all — of the MAGA crowd, this is the last straw, a rogue prosecutor violating the cherished rights of a citizen, never mind the president.
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Federal probe into Trump's lawyer seeks records about two women who alleged affairs with the president … Federal prosecutors investigating President Trump's personal attorney, Michael D. Cohen, are seeking records related to two women who received payments in 2016 after alleging affairs …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Republicans warn Trump against axing Mueller
Discussion: Vox, New York Times and The Week
Byron York / Washington Examiner:   Lots of Mueller action, but what about collusion?
Bloomberg:
Trump's Alleged Affairs Become a Legal Threat After Raid on His Lawyer
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert resigns
Business Insider:
LIVE: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies to Congress about Cambridge Analytica and Russia  —  Mark Zuckerberg is facing what may be the toughest grilling of his life.  —  On Tuesday, the Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is testifying before a joint committee hearing of the United States Senate.
Discussion: AOL
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Andrew Harrer / CNN:
Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Facebook has always been one big swindle
Discussion: Associated Press
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
Russia has figured out how to jam U.S. drones in Syria, officials say  —  WASHINGTON — The Russian military has been jamming some U.S. military drones operating in the skies over Syria, seriously affecting American military operations, according to four U.S. officials.
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CNN:
Trump ‘certainly believes he has the power’ to fire Mueller, White House says
Discussion: Political Wire
Associated Press:
The Latest: John Bolton urged Trump to cancel trip abroad
Erin Banco / New Jersey Online:
The Trump Russia probe is expanding, as Mueller looks into new meetings in Seychelles: exclusive  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller's team is examining a series of previously unreported meetings that took place in 2017 in the Seychelles, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean …
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Associated Press:
France's Macron holds talks with Saudi crown prince in Paris
Christopher Williams / Telegraph:
European Commission raids Murdoch's Fox offices in London  —  The British offices of the Murdoch entertainment empire 21st Century Fox have been raided by investigators from the European Commission, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.  —  It is understood that competition watchdogs gained access …
Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
T.J. Miller Arrested for Allegedly Calling in a Fake Bomb Threat  —  The former ‘Silicon Valley’ star was released on a $100,000 bond.  —  Todd Joseph “T.J.” Miller was taken into custody Monday night at LaGuardia Airport, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed.
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Harvard University:
Institute of Politics Spring 2018 Youth Poll  —  Spring 2018 marks the 35th National Youth Poll conducted by the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School examining the political opinions and civic engagement of young Americans ages 18 to 29.  Since its conception …
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Millennial poll: Historic youth wave coming in 2018, Dems outnumber GOP 2-1
Discussion: Washington Post
Sam Reilly / ABC News:
Tennessee college student defends her gun-toting ‘graduation’ photo  —  Amid a youth-driven gun control debate that has swarmed social media, a college senior in Tennessee is defending the provocative photo she posted of her packing a handgun with the caption, “I don't take normal graduation photos ...”
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Sinclair TV chairman to Trump: ‘We are here to deliver your message’  —  The rightwing broadcaster met Trump at the White House to pitch a potentially lucrative new product to officials … The chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group met Donald Trump at the White House during a visit to pitch …
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Pompeo asks Clinton for advice as he preps for confirmation battle  —  As a sharply partisan Republican member of Congress, CIA Director Mike Pompeo tormented former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over her response to the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, which Pompeo called “morally reprehensible.”
USA Today:
National Guard border deployment is political theater  —  Donald Trump's sending troops to the Mexico border doesn't match reality of illegal immigration: Our view  —  In the past three administrations, if a president needs to look tough on illegal immigration, he sends the National Guard to the Mexican border.
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Queen Elizabeth likens Trump to noisy helicopter  —  Queen Elizabeth II is comparing President Trump  —  to a noisy helicopter, quipping that the commander in chief goes “round and round when you want to talk.”  —  The British monarch made the crack while filming a documentary …
Discussion: ITV, Politico and The Week
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Maya Oppenheim / The Independent:
Queen makes joke about Donald Trump to Sir David Attenborough
Discussion: Bustle and IJR
Ken Sweet / Associated Press:
Under Trump, a voice for the American consumer goes silent  —  NEW YORK (AP) — In the 135 days since the Trump administration took control of the nation's consumer watchdog agency, it has not recorded a single enforcement action against banks, credit card companies, debt collectors or any finance companies whatsoever.
Discussion: Reuters and Vox
Itay Hod / The Wrap:
SlimFast Is 21st Sponsor to Drop Laura Ingraham's Show After David Hogg Uproar  —  Ingraham returned to Fox News on Monday, but the fallout isn't over  —  SlimFast became the 21st company to say it will no longer advertise on Laura Ingraham's show, one day after she returned to Fox News …
Hannah Allam / BuzzFeed:
State And Local Republican Officials Have Been Bashing Muslims.  We Counted.  —  A BuzzFeed News analysis found that Republican officials in 49 states have openly attacked Muslims with words and proposed legislation since 2015, and few have faced repercussions.  —  Talal Ansari
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Fox News giving bigger role to ex-Bush aide Perino  —  NEW YORK (AP) — When Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg made the media rounds in advance of Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony this week, it was a telling sign that Dana Perino was chosen to question her for Fox News Channel.
Moby / Wall Street Journal:
Food Stamps Shouldn't Pay for Junk  —  SNAP is vital to the poor but too often bad for their health.  —  The Food Stamp Program started as a way to help people whose shelves were empty.  It certainly helped my family.  My mother was a single parent who struggled to make ends meet in wealthy Darien, Conn., during the 1970s.
 
 
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Julia O'Donoghue / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
1,300 people held for 4 years in Louisiana jails without a trial, sheriffs say
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New York Times:
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