memeorandum: Official: Passenger Dies After Southwest Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing At PHL (CBS Philly)

5:35 PM ET, April 17, 2018

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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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Washington Post:

One person killed when engine fails on Southwest flight, forcing emergency landing … One person was killed after an engine failed and forced a Southwest Airlines flight to make an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport on Tuesday, federal investigators said.

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Bloomberg:
Southwest Jet Engine Blows Out in Flight, Killing One Passenger

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Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
1 dead after Southwest engine apparently explodes midair, forcing emergency landing

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NBC News:
Southwest Airlines plane makes emergency landing at Philadelphia airport after engine damage

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CBS Philly:
Official: Passenger Dies After Southwest Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing At PHL

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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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John R. Schindler / The New York Observer:
Sean Hannity Takes Center Stage in Trump's Kremlin Drama

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New York Post:
How Cohen's day in court turned into the Stormy Daniels show

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 …

Discussion: Politico, Wall Street Journal, IJR, Daily Wire, Breitbart, twitchy.com, Above the Law, Sean Hannity, The Gateway Pundit and The Week

Ariane de Vogue / CNN:

SCOTUS nixes part of law requiring deportation of immigrants convicted of some crimes — (CNN)The Supreme Court on Tuesday invalidated a provision of federal law that requires the mandatory deportation of immigrants who have been convicted of some “crimes of violence,” holding that the law is unconstitutionally vague.

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Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Neil Gorsuch sides with liberals to tip decision to immigrant in Supreme Court deportation case

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Townhall and TheBlaze

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

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Washington Post:
‘I will fix this,’ Starbucks CEO vows after ‘reprehensible’ arrest of two black men at store

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Bill Hutchinson / ABC News:
Starbucks to close 8,000 stores to give staff ‘racial-bias’ training

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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 and Shakesville

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

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 …

Discussion: Political Wire, The Week, The Daily Beast and New York Times

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.

Discussion: Yonhap News Agency, Reuters, The Gateway Pundit, Sean Hannity, Breitbart, The Right Scoop, Small Dead Animals, Daily Wire and Liberty Unyielding

Jiyeun Lee / Bloomberg:
Two Koreas Discuss Official End to 68-Year War, Report Says

Discussion: National Review and BloombergQuint

Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
Kim Jong-un Plans Formal Nod to Denuclearization, South Korea Says

Discussion: RedState and Washington Free Beacon

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

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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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irs.gov:
Direct Pay With Bank Account

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Sarah Skidmore Sell / Associated Press:
IRS payment site fails on tax day, but you still have to pay

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CBS News:

Who is Kimba Wood, the judge presiding over the Michael Cohen case? — Kimba Wood, the judge currently presiding over the Michael Cohen case, is one of the foremost jurists in the country. — She also briefly trained as a Playboy bunny, nearly became President Bill Clinton's attorney general …

Discussion: The American Spectator, The Daily Caller, CNN and Raw Story

Jim Newell / Slate:
Please Stop Predicting the End of Trump's Presidency

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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's make-it-go-away guy

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Donald Trump / USA Today:

America's economy is back and roaring and its people are winning — Paychecks are climbing. Tax rates are going down. Businesses are investing in our great country. And most important, Americans are winning. — 33 — Tuesday is a day hardworking Americans may dread more than any other.

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Paul Waldman / The Week:
Americans don't pay enough taxes

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Dylan Scott / Vox:
President Trump isn't going to file his taxes to the IRS on time

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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.

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Several House Republicans endorse bill to protect Mueller

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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

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 …

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 …

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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.

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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 …

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Carrie Johnson / NPR:

Transcript: James Comey's Full Interview With Steve Inskeep And Carrie Johnson — Nearly a year after President Trump fired James Comey, the former FBI director is out with a new memoir, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, And Leadership. … Steve Inskeep: You recount a number of instances …

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Kate Briquelet / The Daily Beast:

Stormy Daniels' Lawyer Reveals Sketch of Man Who Allegedly Threatened Her … The mystery goon is handsome and fit with sandy brown, slicked-back hair. He's about 5-foot-9 to 6 feet tall, and in his 30s and 40s. — This is how Stormy Daniels described the man who threatened her to keep quiet …

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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: Political Wire

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 …

Discussion: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Week, RedState and Associated Press

Ben Terris / Washington Post:

Bob Corker is free to speak his mind about Donald Trump, if he could only make it up … CHATTANOOGA — It took Bob Corker 21 seconds to begin answering the question. — If the election were held today, would you vote for Donald Trump? — The retiring Republican senator from Tennessee sat silently …

Discussion: The Daily Caller

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: Raw Story

The Daily Beast:

For The Right Price, You Can Buy Glenn Beck's Private Jet … Glenn Beck, then enigmatic conservative media firebrand, appears to be selling off his assets as his media enterprise downsizes. — Earlier this year, Beck engaged in conversations with popular right-wing pundit Ben Shapiro …

Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story