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5:00 PM ET, April 14, 2018

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Laila Bassam / Reuters:
Pro-Assad official says targeted bases were evacuated on Russian warning  —  BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian government and its allies have absorbed a U.S.-led attack on Saturday and the targeted sites were evacuated days ago thanks to a warning from Russia, a senior official in a regional alliance that backs Damascus said.
Discussion: The Mahablog, The Atlantic and RedState
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Trump drops 10 times more bombs on Syria than refugees he's let in  —  Only 11 Syrian refugees have been allowed into the U.S. this year, a figure that is dwarfed by the number of bombs Trump dropped on Syria in a single night.  —  The U.S. fired at least 118 missiles in an airstrike on Syria Friday night …
Washington Post:
Damascus defiant as U.S. strikes prove more limited than feared … BEIRUT — Syria, Russia and Iran shrugged off strikes on Saturday by the United States and its allies against three Syrian chemical weapons facilities, which drew angry condemnations but no indication that there would be a wider escalation.
Discussion: TheBlaze, The Guardian and Splinter
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Trump supporters slam decision to launch strikes against Syria  —  Prominent supporters of President Trump  —  are expressing skepticism over his decision to launch airstrikes against Syria, slamming the move as overly aggressive and unnecessary.  —  Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Axios AM  —  Subscribe  —  Good Saturday morning ...  1 big thing: Trump's “Mission Accomplished!”  —  President Trump tweeted this morning: “A perfectly executed strike last night.  Thank you to France and the United Kingdom for their wisdom and the power of their fine Military.
Washington Post:
After Syria attack, U.S. and Russia tensions rise but fears ease of wider military confrontation
Henry C. Jackson / Politico:
Trump supporters rip decision to strike Syria
Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
U.S., Britain and France Strike Syria Over Suspected Chemical Weapons Attack
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump strikes Syria
New York Times:   President Trump Talked Tough. But His Strike on Syria Was Restrained.
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Trump: ‘Mission Accomplished’ on Syria
Discussion: Bustle, Vox and Associated Press
CNN:
As it happened: The strike and its aftermath
U.S. Department of Defense:
Assad Chemical Weapons
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Robin Wright / New Yorker:   Trump Strikes Syria Over Chemical Weapons
Paul Sonne / Washington Post:
Trump's strikes on Syria risk retaliation, escalation in a war he wants to avoid
Discussion: The Week and Daily Kos
Kalina Oroschakoff / Politico:
Broad support from EU leaders for Syria strikes
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The Real Investigation  —  The one in the Southern District of New York, involving Michael Cohen and apparent hush-money payoffs, is a serious peril for Trump.  —  President Trump now has real legal peril.  The potential jeopardy stems from the investigation that came to light this week …
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Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:   Michael Cohen May Learn the Hard Way That There's No Such Thing As Consigliere-Client Privilege
Philly.com:
Video of two black men being removed from a Philadelphia Starbucks draws outrage, investigation  —  A video of two African American men being removed from a Philadelphia Starbucks has drawn national outrage and an “internal investigation” by police after it was posted earlier this week.
Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Trump's miserable crew has never been so desperate  —  These are desperate times for the quislings of Trump.  The cost of collaborating with President Trump in the continued debasement of American democracy is becoming far too high.  Fifteen months into his presidency …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story and CNN
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Michael Cohen's visiting Prague would be a huge development in the Russia investigation … McClatchy reported on Friday evening that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's team has evidence of a trip by President Trump's personal lawyer to Prague in the late summer of 2016.
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Sources: Mueller has evidence Cohen was in Prague in 2016, confirming part of dossier
WDRB 41 Louisville News:
VIDEO |  Gov. Bevin ‘guarantees’ children in Kentucky were ‘sexually assaulted’ as a result of Friday's school closure  —  FRANKFORT, Ky. (WDRB) - Somewhere in Kentucky children were sexually assaulted, exposed to drugs or hurt because schools were closed Friday as teachers across the state rallied …
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Joe St. George / FOX31 Denver:
School cancelled as hundreds of Colorado teachers walk out Monday  —  DENVER — Teacher walkouts in Kentucky, Oklahoma, West Virginia, and elsewhere have dominated the news as of late.  —  Now a walkout is planned for Colorado.  —  Englewood Schools announced Thursday classes …
DOJ Alumni Statement:
DOJ Alumni Statement Regarding Rod Rosenstein, Robert Mueller, and the Rule of Law  —  We, the undersigned, are proud alumni of the United States Department of Justice.  We served this institution out of a commitment to the founding American principles that our democratic republic depends upon …
Discussion: Above the Law, Common Dreams and MSNBC
Toby Helm / The Guardian:
‘Was the Brexit poll compromised?  We may need a public debate about that’  —  Damian Collins, chair of the Commons committee looking into data breaches, says we are in the foothills of a global story … Damian Collins is a few minutes late for our interview in his House of Commons office and immediately apologises.
Lauren Effron / ABC News:
Comey says his assumption Clinton would win was ‘a factor’ in the email investigation  —  James Comey said his decision to announce that the FBI was going to look back into the Hillary Clinton email investigation just days before the election was influenced by his belief that she would beat Donald Trump …
Discussion: Axios and Associated Press
Ronald A. Klain / Washington Post:
The anti-anti-Trump cohort has a fatal flaw in its thinking  —  President Trump — shedding staff, shredding norms — remains defiant, with little evidence that his critics are persuading supporters to abandon him.  For some Trump opponents, this has led to new introspection about the effectiveness of “the resistance.”
Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
Republicans lose their favorite campaign message: Repealing Obamacare  —  Michigan GOP Rep. Mike Bishop's campaign website doesn't mention Obamacare, even though Web archives show it once prominently featured promises to vigorously fight the 2010 health-care law.
Discussion: Axios
Michael Cieply / New York Times:
Milos Forman, Oscar-Winning Director of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' Dies at 86  —  LOS ANGELES — Milos Forman, a filmmaker who challenged Hollywood with his subversive touch, and twice directed movies that won the Oscar for best picture, died on Friday.  He was 86.
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Gina Piccalo / Los Angeles Times:   Miloš Forman, Oscar-winning Czech director of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' dies at 86
 
 
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