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10:40 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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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Hannity's rising role in Trump's world: ‘He basically has a desk in the place’  —  The phone calls between President Trump and Sean Hannity come early in the morning or late at night, after the Fox News host goes off the air.  They discuss ideas for Hannity's show, Trump's frustration …
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.
Discussion: Mediaite
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:   Trump sours on talking with Mueller after FBI raid of lawyer's office
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Fox News says Hannity has ‘full support’ amid backlash over Cohen
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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The Hill:
Top Trump energy adviser resigns  —  's top adviser for energy and environment policy is stepping down.  —  Michael Catanzaro, who has headed domestic energy and environment issues at the White House's National Economic Council (NEC), plans to leave next week and return to CGCN Group …
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:   Image projected on Trump's DC hotel: 'There's a rapist in the White House'
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Haley fires back at White House: 'I don't get confused'
Discussion: Washington Post and CNN
Robin Bravender / E&E News:
Trump's top energy aide stepping down
Discussion: Bloomberg, The Daily Caller and Axios
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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Jon Meacham / New York Times:
Barbara Bush, a First Lady Without Apologies  —  She knew who she was, and she saw no need to apologize for it.  In the spring of 1990, the administration of Wellesley College — the alma mater, as it happened, of Hillary Rodham Clinton — invited Barbara Bush, then the first lady of the United States …
Discussion: CBS News, FOX2now.com and CNBC
Lois Romano / Washington Post:
Barbara Bush, matriarch of American political dynasty, dies at 92
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Daily Kos
Bill Hutchinson / ABC News:
Former first lady Barbara Bush dies at age 92
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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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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Washington Post:
One person killed when engine fails on Southwest flight, forcing emergency landing
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 …
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
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
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Mitch McConnell Gives Trump Green Light to Fire Mueller
Discussion: The Guardian and The Daily Caller
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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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.
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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
New York Times:
Why There Is No ‘Liberal Tea Party’
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
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Mediaite
Internal Revenue Service:
IRS provides additional day to file and pay for taxpayers through Wednesday, April 18; IRS processing systems back online  —  WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service announced today that it is providing taxpayers an additional day to file and pay their taxes following system issues that surfaced early on the April 17 tax deadline.
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Direct Pay With Bank Account
New York Times:
Trump Requests Extension to File 2017 Taxes  —  WASHINGTON — For decades, presidents have publicly released their tax returns each year — an act of transparency and a way to connect and commiserate with Americans on Tax Day.  —  On Tuesday, President Trump did not even file his taxes.
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
President Trump isn't going to file his taxes to the IRS on time
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
I.R.S. Website Crashes on Tax Day as Millions Tried to File Returns
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.
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
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 …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Good Grief.  Cohen's World Gets Mobbier The Closer I Look  —  In today's podcast, we look into the background of Michael Cohen.  TPM first reported last year that Cohen was actually a childhood friend of Felix Sater, whose father was himself a reputed capo in the Mogilevich organized crime syndicate …
Discussion: Associated Press
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
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
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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Veronique Hyland / ELLE:
Joy Reid Is Quietly, Steadily, Stealthily Changing the Game for Women on TV
Jack Suntrup / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Top Missouri GOP lawmakers call on Greitens to resign
Nancy Scola / Politico:
Facebook enlists conservative help to resist privacy rules
Brenda Medina / miamiherald:
Family pleads for release of immigrant with Down syndrome arrested during recent raid
Hilary Weaver / Vanity Fair:
Matt Lauer Is Planning His Comeback
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Ben Beaumont-Thomas / The Guardian:
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Laura Bassett / HuffPost:
Anti-Abortion Leader Emerges As White Nationalist
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