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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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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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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.
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.
John Santucci / ABC News:
President Trump ‘less inclined’ to sit down with special counsel for interview after raid on personal attorney: Sources  —  In the wake of an early morning FBI raid on his personal attorney, sources close to President Donald Trump and his legal team say the president is “less inclined” …
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.
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Trump attorney Cohen is being investigated for possible bank fraud, campaign finance violations
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Trump must beware the Cohen trap
Discussion: AOL and Fox News Insider
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
Kyle Cheney / Politico:   Republicans warn Trump against axing Mueller
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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U.S. Department of Justice:
New York Man Charged with Calling in False Bomb Threat from Amtrak Train
Discussion: Deadspin and IndieWire
TMZ.com:
T.J. Miller Arrested for Giving Feds False Info About Amtrak Bomb Threat
Discussion: Raw Story
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: Raw Story
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert resigns
Discussion: Political Wire and The Guardian
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 ...”
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Fox News:   Tennessee college senior defends posing for graduation picture with gun in her waistband
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 …
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 …
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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
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
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.
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.”
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.
Discussion: ABC News, Axios, Politico and Breitbart
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Megha Rajagopalan / BuzzFeed:
Facebook Has Been Accused Of Helping The Vietnamese Government Crack Down On Dissent
Washington Post:
EPA documents question justification for Pruitt's 24/7 security detail, first-class travel … This post has been updated.  —  Two Democratic senators demanded a congressional inquiry Tuesday into the justification underpinning the round-the-clock security detail for Environmental Protection …
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Associated Press:
Dems: No evidence of credible threats against EPA's Pruitt
Discussion: Politico
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 …
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
Alvin Chang / Vox:
The Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal, explained with a simple diagram  —  A visual of how it all fits together.  —  There is a complicated web of relationships that explains how the Trump campaign, via the help of a political consulting firm, was able to harvest raw data …
Marwa Eltagouri / Washington Post:
One of America's least-favorite candies is suddenly its most sought after.  Here's why. … Word that the country's oldest continuously operating candy company might shut down has people suddenly hoarding Necco Wafers, despite the candy's unpopularity among, well, almost everyone.
Discussion: WPIX 11 New York
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.
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 …
Angela Fritz / Washington Post:
From 75 degrees to 45 in one day, the Northeast is about to experience extreme weather whiplash … For all intents and purposes, this weekend is going to be summer.  Temperatures are going to hit 80 degrees as far north as Massachusetts.  If pools were open already, it might be a nice weekend …
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.
Facebook:
Data Abuse Bounty: Facebook Now Rewards for Reports of Data Abuse  —  By Collin Greene, Head of Product Security  —  Today, Facebook is launching the Data Abuse Bounty to reward people who report any misuse of data by app developers.  —  We committed to launching this program a few weeks ago …
 
 
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Alison Flood / The Guardian:
The Fall of Gondolin, ‘new’ JRR Tolkien book, to be published in 2018
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Joshua Stewart / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Super-PAC launched media blitz for congressional candidate Sara Jacobs after her family gave major donation
The White House:
President Donald J. Trump Announces Twelfth Wave of Judicial Nominees, Twelfth Wave of United …
Wall Street Journal:
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Arizona Republic:
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Douglas Hanks / miamiherald:
To avoid Miami courtroom, Marlins claim citizenship in the British Virgin Islands
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New York Times:
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
‘Air Force Un’: As North Korea's leader steps onto international stage, a question over his ability to fly
CNN:
Roger Stone said in July 2016 Russians were ‘most likely’ behind WikiLeaks emails and doing it to help Trump
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
Oli Coleman / Page Six:
CBS execs are freaking out over looming Charlie Rose exposé
Discussion: AOL and Front Page Magazine
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Bloomberg:
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