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Washington Post:
Trump says initial high-level meeting between U.S. and North Korea ‘went very well’  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump expressed optimism Wednesday that his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un can help make the world safer, and he said his envoy, CIA Director Mike Pompeo …
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Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
Pompeo nomination runs into more U.S. Senate Democrat opposition  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Wednesday he will oppose President Donald Trump's nomination of Mike Pompeo as secretary of state, making it unlikely …
Andrew Desiderio / The Daily Beast:
Bob Corker: No, Really, Trump is Gonna Kill The Iran Nuclear Deal
Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
‘Nerves of steel’: She calmly landed the Southwest flight, just as you'd expect of a former fighter pilot … The pilot's voice was calm yet focused as her plane descended with 149 people on board.  —  “Southwest 1380, we're single engine,” said Tammie Jo Shults, a former fighter pilot with the U.S. Navy.
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CNN:
Southwest passenger died after broken plane window nearly sucked her out  —  (CNN)For 20 minutes, the Southwest Airlines jet was a normal flight from New York to Dallas with 149 people aboard.  —  The plane was flying at 32,500 feet Tuesday morning as passengers settled in for the three-hour flight.
Clive Irving / The Daily Beast:
How Veteran Fighter Pilot Tammy Jo Shults Saved Crippled Southwest Flight 1380
Discussion: VICE News
Stephanie Dube Dwilson / Heavy.com:
Tammie Jo Shults, Southwest Pilot: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
New York Times:
New York Attorney General Seeks Power to Bypass Presidential Pardons  —  Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman of New York is moving to change New York state law so that he and other local prosecutors would have the power to bring criminal charges against aides to President Trump who have been pardoned …
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
How Tony Podesta, a Washington Power Broker, Lost It All  —  The Democratic lobbyist had money, connections and a rarified art collection.  Then came a divorce, Paul Manafort and Donald Trump, and his world came crashing down  —  Brody Mullins and Julie Bykowicz  —  Tony Podesta was in line to be king of K Street.
Bryant-Jon Anteola / Fresno Bee:
Fresno State professor stirs outrage, calls Barbara Bush an ‘amazing racist’  —  A Fresno State professor called former first lady Barbara Bush an “amazing racist” who raised a “war criminal,” and expressed no concern that she could be fired or reprimanded for her outspokenness on social media.
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Terence Hunt / Associated Press:   The day outspoken Barbara Bush regretted speaking her mind
Timothy Naftali / The Atlantic:   Barbara Bush Changed With Her Country
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
GOP alarmed by tax law's falling poll numbers, privately blame Trump  —  President Trump is undermining voter support for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act with erratic messaging after it was gaining popularity, alarming Republicans counting on the law to save the party's vulnerable House majority.
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David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
New House FEC Reports: Rating Changes in 7 Districts  —  Speaker Paul Ryan's retirement plans could complicate the House GOP's fundraising math.  In 2017, Ryan's joint fundraising committee brought in $44 million and transferred $32 million to the NRCC.  His exit could leave GOP donors skittish.
Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
Senate votes to kill consumer bureau auto-lending restrictions
Discussion: Washington Post and Vox
HuffPost:
Right-Wing Extremists Guilty In Terror Plot Against Muslim Refugees  —  Attorneys argued the Trump-backing trio had were radicalized by “chaos news,” and wrongfully targeted by the feds for “locker room talk.”  —  WICHITA, Kan. Three right-wing militiamen from rural Kansas were found guilty …
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Ksn Tv / KSNG-TV:   3 men convicted in Kansas plot to bomb Somali refugees
Robert P. Jones, PhD / PRRI:
White Evangelical Support for Donald Trump at All-Time High  —  A new PRRI survey finds white evangelical support for President Trump at an all-time high, with 75 percent holding a favorable view of the president and just 22 percent holding an unfavorable view.
Brad Mielke / ABC News:
Comey: ‘The Republican Party has left me and many others’  —  Former FBI Director James Comey was a registered Republican for most of his life, but now he believes “the Republican Party has left me and many others.”  —  “I just think they've lost their way and I can't be associated with it …
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
The Hill says goodbye to 50 Most Beautiful  —  After nearly 15 years, The Hill is bidding a beautiful bye-bye to its annual 50 Most Beautiful list.  —  While it's had a remarkably gorgeous run, The Hill team feels the time has come for 50 Most Beautiful to be added to that big, beautiful list in the sky.
Anthony Faiola / Washington Post:
Castro rule in Cuba nears end as Miguel Diaz-Canel named sole candidate for leadership change … HAVANA — Cuba's National Assembly cleared the way for the end of Castro rule on Wednesday, naming longtime Communist Party figure Miguel Díaz-Canel as the sole candidate for head of state.
Discussion: NPR, CNN, Daily Wire and The Week
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Azam Ahmed / New York Times:   Raúl Castro Prepares to Resign as Cuba's President, Closing a Dynasty
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
GOP Spending Against Obamacare Plummets In 2018 Elections  —  Democrats are on the offense, while Republicans have largely given up on health care as a campaign issue.  —  WASHINGTON Since the Affordable Care Act's passage in 2010, repealing Obamacare has been the driving issue for the Republican Party.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Chris Riotta / Mediaite:
Meghan McCain Confronts Comey: ‘J. Edgar Hoover is Rolling Over in His Grave’ Over Book Details  —  Dressed in pearls and a blood-red pantsuit, The View's conservative co-host Meghan McCain arrived fired up and ready to go for the show's special guest on Wednesday morning, former FBI Director James Comey.
Discussion: NewsBusters
Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Billionaire Democratic activist Tom Steyer endorses Kevin de León in his insurgent bid against Sen. Dianne Feinstein  —  Billionaire Democratic activist Tom Steyer is endorsing state Sen. Kevin de León in his insurgent challenge to fellow Democratic U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate panel moving ahead with Mueller bill despite McConnell opposition  —  (R-Iowa) said his committee will take up legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller  —  despite opposition from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell  —  (R-Ky.).  —  “They got together …
Discussion: Axios and Washington Press
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Urban Housing Crisis Is a Test for Progressive Politics  —  Several years ago, a fired-up young activist came to my door asking me to sign a petition opposing the construction of a new apartment building in the neighborhood.  The new building was to occupy what had been, for many years, a vacant lot along a major thoroughfare.
Discussion: New York Times and CityLab
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
In Pro-Trump Tennessee, Democrats Count on a Familiar Face to Flip a Senate Seat  —  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — President Trump won 92 of Tennessee's 95 counties in the 2016 election, making this state a seemingly daunting target for Democrats hoping to flip a seat in the Senate.
Discussion: Political Wire and CNBC
New York Times:
Scott Pruitt Has Become Ridiculous  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.  It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.  —  Despite stiff competition, Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency …
The Guardian:
Trump accuses Stormy Daniels of ‘a total con job’ with artist's sketch … Donald Trump has said Stormy Daniels is pulling “a total con job” by promoting an artist's sketch of a man she says threatened her to keep silent about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump years ago.
Danica Coto / Associated Press:
Island-wide blackout hits Puerto Rico; officials probe cause  —  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the U.S. territory struggles with an increasingly unstable power grid nearly seven months after Hurricane Maria.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System  —  The Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, provides the nation with a safe, flexible, and stable monetary and financial system.  —  the Fed  —  & Events  —  Policy  —  & Regulation  —  Systems  —  Research  —  & Communities
Discussion: Axios
New York Post:
De Blasio's rat-killing demonstration is a complete disaster  —  One wily rat made NYCHA look like a Mickey Mouse operation Tuesday in Brooklyn.  —  Mayor de Blasio and workers from the Housing Authority were outwitted by the rodent during a press event at a Bushwick project …
Discussion: Althouse
Peter Hermann / Washington Post:
Report of shooting at Dupont Cirle building triggers search, but nothing is found … D.C. police arrived at a Dupont Circle office building Wednesday afternoon in response to a report of a shooting, but based on initial reports, officers did not finding any signs that a gun had been discharged.
Jim Chairusmi / Wall Street Journal:
Rob Gronkowski Acquires Stake in Gronkowski (the Horse)  —  The New England Patriots' tight end is teaming with Phoenix Thoroughbreds in a deal for a Kentucky Derby contender  —  Gronk, the NFL star, is buying a share in Gronk, the horse.  And together they're going to Churchill Downs.
Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Sean Hannity, Michael Cohen and the ethics of disclosure  —  I've been watching hours and hours of nonstop coverage about Sean Hannity.  —  And while what was disclosed in a federal court in Manhattan is clearly newsworthy, many of Fox's competitors have made no effort to hide their glee in slamming the top-rated host in cable news.
CBS Pittsburgh:
Pittsburgh Police Prepare For Possible Riots In Event Trump Fires Mueller  —  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Pittsburgh Police are gearing up for possible protests in the event President Donald Trump fires special counsel Robert Mueller.  —  A memo went out to the police department from Victor Joseph …
CBS News:
Starbucks' Howard Schultz “ashamed” after controversial arrest of two black men  —  Starbucks will be closing its stores and corporate offices on May 29 for company-wide racial bias training.  The announcement comes in response to public protests and calls to boycott the coffee chain …
WNYC News:
‘It Smells Like Death’: Alabama Town Endures NYC ‘Poop Train’  —  A stinking trainload of human waste from New York City is stranded in a tiny Alabama town, spreading a stench like a giant backed-up toilet - and the “poop train” is just the latest example of the South being used as a dumping ground for other states' waste.
Kyle Whitmire / al.com:
As opponents debate, Kay Ivey dog-whistles ‘Dixie’  —  Kay Ivey insists she's too busy being governor to debate her Republican challengers.  Instead, she's taking her message directly to the people of Alabama, 30 seconds at a time, in paid political advertising that conveys the warmth and charm …
The Daily Beast:
How Trump's NASA Nominee Used a Nonprofit He Ran to Benefit Himself … Rep. James Bridenstine (R-Okla.) is a former Navy pilot with virtually no management experience in any large organization.  But the Oklahoma Republican has been tapped by President Donald Trump to take over the National Aeronautics …
Discussion: USA Today
Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:
Data firm leaks 48 million user profiles it scraped from Facebook, LinkedIn, others  —  Exclusive: Profile data was scraped without user consent or knowledge to “build a three-dimensional picture” on millions of people.  —  Video: Scraped and leaked: 48 million users' social profiles
Sheila Burke / Associated Press:
Tennessee lawmakers punish Memphis for removing statues  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Republican-dominated House in Tennessee voted Tuesday to punish the city of Memphis for removing Confederate monuments by taking $250,000 away from the city that would have been used for a bicentennial celebration next year.
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
How To Spot A Deepfake Like The Barack Obama-Jordan Peele Video  —  This “deepfake” video starring Jordan Peele as Barack Obama shows how easy it's getting to create convincing audio and video fakes.  Here's how to fight back. … You're looking at the future of fake news and propaganda.
Doyle Rice / USA Today:
California has eight of 10 most polluted U.S. cities  —  A new study be The Health Effects Institute explains that most of the world is breathing air deemed dangerous by The World Health Organization.  Tony Spitz has the details.  Buzz60  —  Forget the Golden State.  California should be called the Smoggy State.
Discussion: Sean Hannity
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
No, Republican Presidents Aren't Responsible For Most Of America's Debt  —  New York Times columnist David Leonhardt recently wrote a widely shared article arguing that Democrats were the party of fiscal responsibility while Republicans were nothing more than profligate spenders and reckless tax cutters.
 
 
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Teen Got Feds to OK His ‘Blaze It for Jill Stein’ PAC
David French / National Review:
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Firm Defending Cohen In Financial Probe Has Been Paid By Trump Campaign
Discussion: Washington Post
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
A new poll puts Beto O'Rourke just 3 points behind Ted Cruz in Texas
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, RedState and Axios
U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff …:
Rep. Schiff Introduces Legislation to Prevent Abuse of Presidential Pardons
Julieta Chiquillo / Dallas Morning News:
Fort Worth bar owner says N-word sign coming down after 2 customers complained on Facebook
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Here's where New Yorkers think upstate New York is
David D. Smith / The Hill:
Senatorial attack on the First Amendment
Vivian Wang / New York Times:
Cuomo Plans to Restore Voting Rights to Paroled Felons
The Intercept:
The Restaurant Industry Ran a Private Poll on the Minimum Wage. It Did Not Go Well for Them.
Discussion: Boing Boing
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Freedom Caucus seeks to make McCarthy pay to become speaker
Discussion: The Hill and Shareblue Media
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Mattis Wanted Congressional Approval Before Striking Syria. He Was Overruled.
 

 
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