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11:45 AM ET, April 10, 2018

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New York Times:
Mueller Investigating Ukrainian's $150,000 Payment for a Trump Appearance  —  WASHINGTON — The special counsel is investigating a payment made to President Trump's foundation by a Ukrainian steel magnate for a talk during the campaign, according to three people briefed on the matter …
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Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
F.B.I. Raids Office of Trump's Longtime Lawyer Michael Cohen  —  The F.B.I. on Monday raided the office of President Trump's longtime personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, seizing records related to several topics including payments to a pornographic-film actress.
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.
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Trump attorney Cohen is being investigated for possible bank fraud, campaign finance violations … Michael Cohen, the longtime attorney of President Trump, is under federal investigation for possible bank fraud, wire fraud and campaign finance violations, according to three people with knowledge of the case.
The Daily Beast:
Feds Are Treating Michael Cohen Like a Mob Lawyer, Trump Allies Say … Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are treating Michael Cohen like he's a lawyer for the mob.  That's how seasoned white collar defense attorneys describe the raid on Cohen's office, home, and hotel room conducted on April.
Washington Post:
'A bomb on Trump's front porch': FBI's Cohen raids hit home for the president … President Trump has howled in all caps for nearly a year as the Justice Department has delved deeper and deeper into his orbit.  Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III indicted his former campaign chairman.
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 …
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Trump must beware the Cohen trap  —  The image of FBI agents carting away computers and records of Michael Cohen, President Trump  —  's personal lawyer, is just the latest cringeworthy moment from the life and times of the attorney.  Few would be surprised by Cohen being criminally charged.
Discussion: Fox News Insider
John Santucci / ABC News:   President Trump ‘less inclined’ to sit down with special counsel for interview after raid on personal attorney: Sources
Ken White / New York Times:   Why the F.B.I. Raid Is Perilous for Michael Cohen — and Trump
Ken White / Reason:
Feds Raid Office of Trump Lawyer Who Paid Off Stormy Daniels. This Is a Big Deal.
Associated Press:
Trump furious after FBI seizes documents from his lawyer
Discussion: Mediaite and Scared Monkeys
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
FBI Raid on Michael Cohen Is the Most Dangerous Day of Donald Trump's Life
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:   Trump Cancels Trip to Latin America, Citing Crisis in Syria
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Stormy Daniels lawyer predicts Cohen will ‘fold like a cheap deck of cards’
Discussion: Althouse, Daily Wire, Townhall and Breitbart
Wall Street Journal:
Lawyer's Office Is Unusual Target for Federal Agents
Discussion: IJR
Jasmine Lee / CNN:
Preet Bharara: Cohen raid approved by people ‘handpicked by Donald Trump’
Discussion: ThinkProgress
CNN:
Cohen raid ignites Trump's rage and sparks speculation
Discussion: KTLA
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Republicans are worried about the quality of their Senate challengers  —  Republicans fear the party could blow a golden opportunity to pad its 51-49 Senate majority after watching a collection of underwhelming candidates emerge as the likely nominees in key contests.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate leadership shakeup looms for Republicans
Discussion: Political Wire
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Sinclair commentator resigns after vulgar tweet about Parkland survivor David Hogg … A conservative commentator at a Sinclair Broadcast Group television station has resigned after a statement he made threatening to sexually assault Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg drew harsh criticism …
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Conservative TV Host's Show Canceled After Threatening to 'Ram a Hot Poker Up David Hogg's Ass'
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert resigns  —  White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert is leaving the Trump administration, another departure during what has been a chaotic few months of personnel changes.  —  Bossert, a favorite of Chief of Staff John F. Kelly …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Quint Forgey / Politico:   Trump skipping Summit of the Americas to oversee Syria response
Washington Post:
Citing developments in Syria, Trump cancels trip to Summit of the Americas in Peru
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: The Week
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Chris Ship / ITV:
‘It sounds like President Trump!’ …
Discussion: Politico and Mashable
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.
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Tucker Carlson Goes on Marathon Rant Questioning Whether Assad Is Behind Attack in Syria  —  Tucker Carlson embarked on a nearly 10-minute diatribe to kick off his Monday night show, railing against those condemning the Bashar al-Assad regime for its alleged chlorine attack on a town in Syria.
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Washington Post:
Warning of ‘repercussions,’ Trump company lawyers seek Panama president's help  —  PANAMA CITY — Lawyers representing President Trump's company last month wrote directly to the president of Panama, asking him to intervene in a legal fight over the Trump International Hotel in the capital …
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Allan Smith / Business Insider:
Trump's namesake business appealed to Panama's president for help and warned of consequences if he didn't
Discussion: Vox, The Week and Associated Press
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.”
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 ...”
Discussion: AOL, twitchy.com and The Daily Caller
Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
Zuckerberg Gaslights Congress Before The Hearings Even Start … Facebook was warned five years ago that the “reverse-lookup” feature in its search engine could be used to harvest names, profiles, and phone numbers for virtually all its users.  But the company ignored the red flags until last week, after it happened.
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Megha Rajagopalan / BuzzFeed:
Facebook Has Been Accused Of Helping The Vietnamese Government Crack Down On Dissent
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
A Second Paul Manafort Associate Has Turned on Him … Former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort has trouble in his own house.  According to court documents, one of Manafort's former employees led an FBI agent to a storage locker filled with paperwork on Manafort's businesses and finances.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
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: Vox and Reuters
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 …
CNN:
Roger Stone said in July 2016 Russians were ‘most likely’ behind WikiLeaks emails and doing it to help Trump  —  (CNN)Longtime Trump associate Roger Stone said several times in July 2016 that Russia was most likely the source for hacked emails released during the Democratic National Convention …
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:
The biggest Black Lives Matter page on Facebook is fake  —  For at least a year, the biggest page on Facebook purporting to be part of the Black Lives Matter movement was a scam with ties to a middle-aged white man in Australia, a review of the page and associated accounts and websites conducted by CNN shows.
 
 
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Discussion: The Week
New York Times:
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Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump promised to drain the swamp. His supporters got politics as usual.
Discussion: Raw Story
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
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Oli Coleman / Page Six:
CBS execs are freaking out over looming Charlie Rose exposé
Discussion: AOL and Front Page Magazine
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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Financial Times:
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