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9:45 AM ET, April 11, 2018

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New York Times:
Trump Sought to Fire Mueller in December  —  In early December, President Trump, furious over news reports about a new round of subpoenas from the office of the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, told advisers in no uncertain terms that Mr. Mueller's investigation had to be shut down.
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CNN:
Trump considering firing Rosenstein to check Mueller  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump is considering firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, multiple people familiar with the discussions tell CNN, a move that has gained urgency following the raid of the office of the President's personal lawyer.
Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
“The ACLU Would Be Up in Arms”  —  On Tuesday night, with reports circulating that he was furious about both the raid on the offices of his lawyer, Michael Cohen, and the gathering force of the Mueller investigation, President Trump dined with famed law professor and pundit Alan Dershowitz.
New York Times:
At the White House, Trump Takes Selfies and Seethes Over Mueller  —  WASHINGTON — Outside the White House, President Trump grinned for selfies with Alabama's Crimson Tide, telling the college football champions that they had beaten their rivals so brutally, “you flat-out made them quit” …
New York Times:
The Law Is Coming, Mr. Trump  —  Why don't we take a step back and contemplate what Americans, and the world, are witnessing?  —  Early Monday morning, F.B.I. agents raided the New York office, home and hotel room of the personal lawyer for the president of the United States.
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Dana Boente, former top Justice Department official now at FBI, has been interviewed by Mueller and turned over notes … Dana Boente, the former acting attorney general who now serves as general counsel at the FBI, has been interviewed by the special counsel's office and turned over handwritten notes …
Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
How the Cohen Raids and Trump's Reactions Edge Us Toward Confrontation  —  The country is entering a dangerous moment—the moment of actual confrontation between the president of the United States and those who would investigate him.  —  This moment has been deferred for months through a combination of strategies.
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
With Scant Precedent, White House Insists Trump Could Fire Mueller Himself  —  WASHINGTON — As President Trump continued to fume on Tuesday about the Justice Department's raids on the office and hotel room of his longtime personal lawyer, the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders …
Discussion: HuffPost and The Week
The White House:
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Sanders
Discussion: Just Security and Washington Post
CNN:
Special counsel team met with Trump lawyers on day of Cohen raid
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
President Trump has never been in more trouble than right now
Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
Are Reporters Goading Trump Into Firing Mueller When They Scream at Him Constantly About Firing Mueller?
Associated Press:   Trump axes trip amid discussions over Syria, raid on lawyer
Axios:
Paul Ryan confidants say he's not running for reelection  —  House Speaker Paul Ryan has told confidants that he will announce soon that he won't run for reelection in November, according to sources with knowledge of the conversations.  —  Why it matters: House Republicans were already …
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Washington Post:
House Speaker Paul Ryan will not seek reelection, he tells friends and colleagues  —  House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) has told friends and several colleagues that he has decided not to seek reelection this year and will soon inform colleagues of his plans, according to several people familiar with his plans.
Washington Post:   House Speaker Paul Ryan won't seek reelection, according to people with knowledge of the situation
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Paul Ryan Makes His Exit
Kyle Cheney / Politico:   Ryan rocks Republicans with retirement
Dahlia Nehme / Reuters:
Russian envoy to Lebanon: Any U.S. missiles fired at Syria will be shot down  —  BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russia's ambassador to Lebanon said any U.S. missiles fired at Syria would be shot down and the launch sites targeted, a step that could trigger a major escalation in the Syrian war.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Tells Russia to ‘Get Ready’ With Missiles Coming at Syria  —  Attack on air field last year failed to deter chemical weapons  —  More forcible response could provoke escalation of conflict  —  President Donald Trump warned Russia to “get ready” because a volley of U.S. missiles …
Matt Weinberger / Business Insider:
Mark Zuckerberg just renounced a core piece of Silicon Valley wisdom — and it could come back to bite Facebook  — It's a stark claim from Zuckerberg, who has previously claimed that Facebook is not a media company, and that it takes no responsibility for what gets posted to the platform.
Discussion: AOL, more at Mediagazer »
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David Dayen / The Intercept:
The Senate Is Afraid to Govern. That's Great News for Facebook.
Discussion: HuffPost and CBS San Francisco
Axios:
What Mark Zuckerberg didn't say  —  Mark Zuckerberg's Senate …
Bre Payton / The Federalist:
Watch Ted Cruz Savage Mark Zuckerberg Over Facebook's Liberal Bias
Discussion: Althouse
Don Lemon / CNN:
Michael Cohen to CNN: FBI was ‘professional, courteous, respectful’ in raids, counter to Trump's depiction  —  New York (CNN)In his first comments since the FBI raid on his home and office, Michael Cohen said the FBI agents “were extremely professional, courteous and respectful.”
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Associated Press:   After FBI raids, Trump's longtime fixer out of the shadows
NBC News:
Stormy Daniels cooperating with feds probing Trump's attorney
Axios:
ABC: Comey compares Trump to mob boss  —  A source present at the taping says James Comey's interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, airing Sunday at 10 p.m. as a “20/20” special, is “going to shock the president and his team.”  —  Keep reading  —  121 WORDS
Discussion: Political Wire, Raw Story and Mediaite
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Josh Meyer / Politico:   Comey sat down with Stephanopoulos for 5-hour interview
Acreage Holdings:
Former Speaker of the House John Boehner and Former Governor of Massachusetts Bill Weld Join Leading Cannabis Company  —  Appointments Add Unmatched Experience to Acreage Holdings' Board of Advisors  —  Acreage Holdings ("Acreage") (www.acreageholdings.com), one of the nation's largest …
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp: Trump ‘asked me to switch parties’ … Donald Trump was still weeks away from being sworn in as president when, according to one Democratic senator, he was already trying to get her to defect to the Republicans.  —  “When I visited with him in Trump Tower …
Discussion: New York Magazine and The Week
New York Times:
Facebook Fallout Deals Blow to Mercers' Political Clout  —  Last month, a friend of the wealthy conservative donor Rebekah Mercer arrived at Facebook's Silicon Valley headquarters.  His task: Find out what — if anything — could repair relations between Facebook, the world's biggest social media company …
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Thomas Frank / BuzzFeed:
A Conservative Party Donor And Brexit Supporter Resigns From Cambridge Analytica Parent
Discussion: 9to5Mac
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Senate Republicans express concerns about Trump's choice to lead Veterans Affairs … Ronny L. Jackson, President Trump's choice to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, is facing mounting skepticism from Senate Republicans over whether he has the management experience to lead the nation's second-largest bureaucracy.
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Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Senate Republicans Growing Anxious About Their Majority
Discussion: Shareblue Media
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 …
 
 
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Why Not Mike Pence?  —  A few days ago, which is to say an eternity …
D'Vera Cohn / Pew Research Center:
2020 census will ask about same-sex marriages for the first time
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Devin Nunes sees grassroots fundraising explosion after defending Trump from Russia probe
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The First Couple of Trump's America
CBS News:
Woman died after hospital put formaldehyde instead of saline in IV, reports say
Daily Mail:
Justice Department violated Michael Cohen's constitutional rights just by seizing his records …
Discussion: Breitbart
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How Nick Saban addressed White House trip, what Alabama players think
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

 
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