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7:40 PM ET, April 17, 2018

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Vince Lattanzio / NBC 10 Philadelphia:
Woman Partially Sucked Out of Jet When Window Breaks Mid-Flight; Plane Lands Safely in Philadelphia  —  Southwest Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Philly  —  A Southwest Airlines flight landed safely in Philadelphia Tuesday after the jet violently depressurized when a piece …
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Marty Martinez / CBS News:
Southwest Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Philadelphia - live updates  —  PHILADELPHIA — A Southwest Airlines jet made an emergency landing at Philadelphia's airport Tuesday with part of the covering from its left engine ripped off and a window damaged.  Passengers walked off the plane onto the tarmac at the airport.
NBC News:
Southwest Airlines plane makes emergency landing at Philadelphia airport after engine damage
Discussion: The Right Scoop
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
Sean Hannity's Ties to Two More Trump-Connected Lawyers  —  Sean Hannity has had no shortage of lawyers.  In court on Monday, his name was disclosed as the third “mystery client” of Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen.  Though Hannity says he was never actually Cohen's client …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Handful of House Republicans mobilize to protect Mueller  —  A small band of House Republicans has suddenly backed a bill to prevent President Donald Trump from unilaterally firing Special Counsel Robert Mueller — giving some bipartisan life to a measure that has largely been shunned by GOP leaders.
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Defending Trump in Russia probe? It's hardly a dream job
Discussion: Daily Kos
Erik Wasson / Bloomberg:
McConnell Opposes Trump's Attempt to Cancel Some 2018 Spending
Discussion: Political Wire
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:   McConnell: I Will Not Bring A Mueller Protection Bill Up For A Senate Vote
Associated Press:
Supreme Court strikes down part of immigration law as too vague  —  The Supreme Court said Tuesday that part of a federal law that makes it easier to deport immigrants who have been convicted of crimes is too vague to be enforced.  —  The court's 5-4 decision — an unusual alignment …
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Privilege is real.  But being a white man shouldn't disqualify me. … I am the child of privilege — or so I am being told.  I am white, I am male.  Put them together and you would think I've been sitting on a trust fund — unearned, unappreciated and unjustified.
Discussion: Jezebel, Daily Kos and Shakesville
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Richard Cohen's privilege, explained  —  The Washington Post columnist and alleged sexual harasser is bitter about having lost a job to a woman more than 40 years ago.  —  Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen wants you to know that he believes in better treatment for women, African Americans …
Discussion: Mediaite
Paul Waldman / The Week:
Americans don't pay enough taxes  —  As you filed your taxes this year, you might have spent some time grumbling.  Why does it have to be so complicated?  Am I paying too much?  Couldn't the system be more fair?  —  But it's at this time of year when you ought to consider that as an American …
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
President Trump isn't going to file his taxes to the IRS on time
Donald Trump / USA Today:
America's economy is back and roaring and its people are winning
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding, IJR and Daily Wire
Sara Ganim / CNN:
Ryan Zinke refers to himself as a geologist.  That's a job he's never held.  —  Washington (CNN)Defending his decision to shrink the Bears Ears national monument to lawmakers last week, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke fell back one of his favorite credentials.  —  “I'm a geologist,” he said.
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Starbucks Newsroom:
Starbucks to Close All Stores Nationwide for Racial-Bias Education on May 29  —  Training will occur at all Starbucks company-owned stores and will apply to nearly 175,000 U.S. partners (employees)  —  Curriculum to be designed by nationally recognized experts and will be available for other companies to use
Sam Meredith / CNBC:
North and South Korea reportedly set to announce official end to war  — Ahead of a summit next week between North Korean premier Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-In, lawmakers from the neighboring states were thought to be negotiating the details of a joint statement that could outline an end to the confrontation.
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Trump campaign paid Trump bodyguard Keith Schiller's lawyers, records show  —  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's campaign paid more than $66,000 to the law firm that represents Keith Schiller, his former longtime bodyguard, newly filed campaign records show.  —  Schiller, who left a White House job …
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Here's Why Congressman Blake Farenthold Resigned So Abruptly  —  He was about to get some bad news.  —  WASHINGTON It's been a mystery why former Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas) abruptly resigned earlier this month.  —  But HuffPost has new details on what happened.
Discussion: CNN, Political Wire and Splinter
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Stormy Daniels' Penthouse Reveal: She Plans to Donate $130K to Planned Parenthood in Trump and Cohen's Names … In addition to her 60 Minutes sit-down with Anderson Cooper and appearance on The View this morning, Stormy Daniels will grace the cover of Penthouse magazine.
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Washington Post:
IRS electronic filing system breaks down hours before midnight deadline  —  The Internal Revenue Service's electronic system that allows Americans to submit their tax returns online has partly failed Tuesday, complicating filing for the millions of taxpayers attempting to meet the government's midnight deadline.
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New York Times:
San Francisco's Big Seismic Gamble  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Sailors arriving in San Francisco in the 19th century used two giant redwood trees perched on a hill to help guide their ships into the bay.  The redwoods were felled for their lumber at around the time of the gold rush …
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Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle:   Clean up San Francisco's streets, tourist industry pleads
Neda Ulaby / NPR:
NPR Newscaster Carl Kasell Dies At 84, After A Lifelong Career On-Air  —  Every weekday for more than three decades, his baritone steadied our mornings.  Even in moments of chaos and crisis, Carl Kasell brought unflappable authority to the news.  But behind that hid a lively sense of humor …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
The GOP ‘Has Become the Caricature the Left Always Said It Was’  —  Hours after Paul Ryan announced his retirement last week, President Donald Trump tweeted a photo of the House speaker and the rest of the GOP congressional leadership at dinner together at the White House.
Marisa Schultz / New York Post:
Trump's trade rep spends $1M on new furniture, blames Obama  —  WASHINGTON - President Trump's Trade Representative is spending nearly $1 million on new furniture — and blaming the Obama Administration.  —  US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer spent more than $917,000 to furnish …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Marco Rubio, Darling of G.O.P. Establishment, Hires a Thorn in Its Side  —  WASHINGTON — As chief executive of the influential conservative think tank Heritage Action for America, Michael Needham waged years of unforgiving political warfare against the Republican Party establishment …
Discussion: The Resurgent and National Review
Laura Bassett / HuffPost:
Anti-Abortion Leader Emerges As White Nationalist  —  The Dallas Morning News and anti-abortion groups are distancing themselves from Kristen Hatten.  —  Anti-abortion groups are distancing themselves from a prominent writer, activist and thought leader in the movement who has leaned …
Discussion: Jezebel and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Pruitt upgraded to a larger, customized SUV with bullet-resistant seat covers … Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt upgraded his official car last year to a costlier, larger vehicle with bullet-resistant covers over bucket seats, according to federal records and interviews …
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump letting Haley take heat despite signing off on sanctions  —  President Donald Trump gave approval last week for rolling out airstrikes in Syria as well as new sanctions on Russia, according to three senior administration officials — but U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley …
Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
Sandy Hook Parents Hit Alex Jones With Defamation Lawsuits  —  Suits against the Infowars host keep piling up.  —  Alex Jones has spent years claiming the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School where a shooter killed 20 small children and six adults was faked.
Paul Abowd / Al Jazeera English:
Neo-Nazi ‘Tyrone’ exposed as US marine  —  Michael Chesny appears to have posted 1,000 messages in white supremacist chat room in lead up to deadly Virginia rally.  —  Washington, DC - Just weeks before a white supremacist rally turned deadly last August after a neo-Nazi allegedly drove …
Wall Street Journal:
Israel Conferred With U.S. on Strike in Syria to Target Iranian War Gear  —  Israeli leaders have kept silent about the attack, but intelligence officials offered new details on the specific target, Israel's goals and the discussions with Washington  —  WASHINGTON—With tacit American support …
Kansas City Star:
Hawley says probe into Greitens, charity indicates potential felony by governor  —  Attorney General Josh Hawley announced Tuesday morning that his office has uncovered potential criminal wrongdoing by Gov. Eric Greitens, a fellow Republican.  —  Hawley said that during the course …
 
 
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Ben Beaumont-Thomas / The Guardian:
Morrissey denounces halal meat as ‘evil’, and attacks May, Khan, Abbott and more
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Koch Network pushes Trump and Congress for a Dreamers deal
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 Earlier Items: 
Jeremy S. Adams / The Educators Room:
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David Mack / BuzzFeed:
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Discussion: CNBC and IJR
Jim Newell / Slate:
Please Stop Predicting the End of Trump's Presidency
The Daily Beast:
For the Right Price, You Can Buy Glenn Beck's Private Jet
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
Bob Corker is free to speak his mind about Donald Trump, if he could only make it up
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
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