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9:15 PM ET, April 17, 2018

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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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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“You Only Hire Cohen for One Reason”: Inside Fox News, Sean Hannity's Michael Cohen Disclosure Stokes a Crisis as Murdoch Wavers on Trump  —  The revelation that Trump's lawyer offered legal advice to Fox News's biggest name was shocking, even to Fox loyalists.  “This is bad,” one Fox staffer said.
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Hannity's rising role in Trump's world: ‘He basically has a desk in the place’
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Fox News says Hannity has ‘full support’ amid backlash over Cohen
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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Enid Nemy / New York Times:
Barbara Bush, Wife of 41st President and Mother of 43rd, Dies at 92  —  Barbara Bush, Wife of 41st President, Dies  —  Mrs. Bush avoided controversial issues while in the White House and became known for her straight talk, lack of pretension and self-deprecating humor.  She was 92.
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Bill Hutchinson / ABC News:
Former first lady Barbara Bush dies at age 92  —  Former first lady Barbara Bush died Tuesday at her home in Houston, Texas.  She was 92.  —  “A former first lady of the United States of America and relentless proponent of family literacy, Barbara Pierce Bush passed away Tuesday, April 17 …
Fox News:
Barbara Bush, former first lady, dead at 92
New York Times:
Sanctions Flap Erupts Into Open Conflict Between Haley and White House  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump was watching television on Sunday when he saw Nikki R. Haley, his ambassador to the United Nations, announce that he would impose fresh sanctions on Russia.
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Haley fires back at White House: 'I don't get confused'
Discussion: Washington Post and CNN
Politico:   Haley punches back at White House over sanctions: 'I don't get confused'
Shane Harris / Washington Post:
CIA Director Pompeo met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over Easter weekend … CIA Director Mike Pompeo made a top-secret visit to North Korea over Easter weekend as an envoy for President Trump to meet with that country's leader, Kim Jong Un, according to two people with direct knowledge of the trip.
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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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Dylan Scott / Vox:
President Trump isn't going to file his taxes to the IRS on time  —  Like so many of us, the president is asking for a tax extension.  —  Donald Trump, our most relatable president, has filed for an extension on his 2018 taxes.  —  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced …
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Paul Waldman / The Week:
Americans don't pay enough taxes
Discussion: Splinter, USA Today and NBC News
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
I.R.S. Website Crashes on Tax Day as Millions Tried to File Returns
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 and Daily Kos
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Richard Cohen's privilege, explained
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Mediaite
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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Associated Press:
As GOP balks, McConnell shuts down bill to protect Mueller
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, VICE News and Political Wire
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Stormy Daniels' Penthouse Reveal: 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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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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Emily Atkin / New Republic:
Scott Pruitt's Scandal Clone
Discussion: HuffPost
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 …
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
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
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Mattis Wanted Congressional Approval Before Striking Syria.  He Was Overruled.  —  WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis urged President Trump to get congressional approval before the United States launched airstrikes against Syria last week, but was overruled by Mr. Trump …
Oliver Carroll / The Independent:
‘Russian Elon Musk’ raped and tortured to death in custody, say experts  —  Entrepreneur Valery Pshenichny had been accused of embezzling 100m rubles (£1.1m) and told to prepare for his coffin  —  Flooding continues in New York City subway stations after downpour
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 …
Discussion: VICE News
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.
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 …
Brenda Medina / miamiherald:
Family pleads for release of immigrant with Down syndrome arrested during recent raid  —  A Guatemalan man, whose family says needs special care because he has Down syndrome, was arrested during a recent Department of Homeland Security search in Florida.  Now his relatives are pleading …
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
 
 
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Alex Hern / The Guardian:
Far more than 87m Facebook users had data compromised, MPs told
Hilary Weaver / Vanity Fair:
Matt Lauer Is Planning His Comeback
Discussion: Page Six
Ben Beaumont-Thomas / The Guardian:
Morrissey denounces halal meat as ‘evil’, and attacks May, Khan, Abbott and more
Discussion: Daily Wire and Politico
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Good Grief. Cohen's World Gets Mobbier The Closer I Look
Discussion: Associated Press
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Marco Rubio, Darling of G.O.P. Establishment, Hires a Thorn in Its Side
Discussion: The Resurgent and National Review
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