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9:55 AM ET, April 25, 2018

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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:

Mulvaney's Advice to Bankers: Up Campaign Donations to Diminish Consumer Watchdog — WASHINGTON — Mick Mulvaney, the interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, told banking industry executives and lobbyists on Tuesday that they should increase their campaign donations …

Discussion: Washington Post, Splinter, CNNMoney, Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine, Common Dreams, MSNBC, Hullabaloo, Raw Story, Wall Street Journal, No More Mister Nice Blog, Lawyers, Guns & Money, CNBC, Mediaite, HuffPost and Mother Jones

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's rumored next chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, admits he sold access as a congressman

Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite

New York Times:

Arizona Special Election Results: Eighth House District — CandidatePartyVotesPct. — Rep. — 82,294 — Hiral Tipirneni — Dem. — 73,188 — 155,482 votes, <1% reporting (0 of 143 precincts) — The former Arizona state senator Debbie Lesko fended off an energetic Democratic challenge …

Discussion: Weekly Standard, The Atlantic, CNBC, MSNBC, Deadline, The Week, Daily Kos, Associated Press, Scared Monkeys, Washington Post, ABC News, ThinkProgress, The Daily Caller, Tennessee Star, Axios, Politico and CNN

New York Times:

Republicans Lost Support in Every Special Election Since Trump Became President — Republicans have fared far worse in recent special congressional elections compared with previous elections. — Republican margin of victory — In a special House election on Tuesday, Debbie Lesko …

Discussion: Arizona Republic

Jonathan Martin / New York Times:

Debbie Lesko Wins Arizona Special Election for Congress, Rallying G.O.P. — WASHINGTON — The former Arizona state senator Debbie Lesko fended off an unusually strong Democratic challenge to win a special congressional election on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press …

Discussion: National Review, Outside the Beltway and Politico

Axios:

Trump's election nightmare — Top Republicans have conceded for months that they're likely lose the House in November's midterms. But some well-wired operatives now tell Axios that President Trump may face his real nightmare: losing the Senate, giving Democrats both ends of the Capitol, and one-third of the government.

Discussion: Arizona Republic, The Daily Caller and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Republican Debbie Lesko scores tight win in Arizona special election, NBC News projects

Discussion: Fox News, HuffPost, Althouse and CNBC

Harry Enten / CNN:
Why the win for Republicans in Arizona 8 is still good for Democrats

Discussion: Shareblue Media and twitchy.com

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Another Special Election, Another Really Bad Sign For The GOP

Discussion: Political Wire, ABC News, ThinkProgress, New York Magazine and The Atlantic

Michael Patrick Leahy / Breitbart:
‘Blue Wave’ Fizzles as AP Declares Republican Winner of Arizona Special Congressional Election

Discussion: Mother Jones, AOL, CNN and New York Magazine

Elena Schneider / Politico:
Republican Lesko wins Arizona special election

Discussion: Townhall, The Week, Washington Free Beacon and New York Times

CNN:

VA nominee drunkenly banged on female employee's door during overseas trip, sources say — (CNN)During an overseas trip in 2015, Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, the White House physician, was intoxicated and banged on the hotel room door of a female employee, according to four sources familiar with the allegation.

Discussion: Washington Post, RedState, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, AOL, CBS Miami, Washington Times, Associated Press, Washington Press, Mediaite and thenewcivilrightsmovement.com

Associated Press:
Watchdog report points to power struggle involving VA pick

Discussion: The Week, Axios and Daily Kos

Elana Schor / Politico:
How Trump botched the Ronny Jackson nomination

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Washington Post, Raw Story, Daily Kos and New York Magazine

Bloomberg: Trump's Veterans Affairs Pick Is Planning to Fight for Confirmation, Sources Say

Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:

Federal judge: Trump administration must accept new DACA applications … A D.C. federal judge has delivered the toughest blow yet to Trump administration efforts to end deportation protections for young undocumented immigrants, ordering the government to continue the Obama-era program and …

Discussion: Above the Law, Daily Wire, NBC News, Mother Jones, TheBlaze, Axios, Political Wire and ImmigrationProf Blog

Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
9,000 Nepalis face deportation as Trump administration prepares to cancel residency permits

Discussion: Axios and The Week

Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
U.S. Must Resume DACA and Accept New Applications, Federal Judge Rules

Discussion: Politico, Daily Kos, GeekWire, Daily Bruin, Washington Press, Splinter and The Week

CNN:
Judge orders reopening of DACA, after 90-day delay

Discussion: thenewcivilrightsmovement.com, Front Page Magazine, WPIX 11 New York and CBS Baltimore

Mark Landler / New York Times:

A National Security Aide's Departing Wish: Cooking for the State Dinner — WASHINGTON — In the ceaseless churn of the Trump administration, there are many ways to leave the White House. Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, the ousted national security adviser, exited to the applause of colleagues who lined the West Wing parking lot.

Discussion: Splinter

Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Body politic: Trump puts personal ‘touch’ on diplomacy with Macron

Discussion: Washington Post, Politico, The Week, ABC News and Gizmodo

CNN:
Melania Trump masters the moment

Discussion: New York Times and Breitbart

New York Times:

Don Blankenship, West Virginia Candidate, Lives Near Las Vegas and Mulled Chinese Citizenship — KEYSER, W.Va. — Don Blankenship is running for the United States Senate as a proud West Virginian with Appalachian roots, but his primary residence is a $2.4 million villa with palm trees and an infinity pool near Las Vegas.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Betsy's Page, Fox News and Political Wire

Sam Baker / Axios:

The Trump show goes to the Supreme Court — The Supreme Court has mostly been able to stay insulated from Trumpworld — it hasn't had to grapple with the impulses and contradictions that tie the rest of official Washington in knots. But that will likely have to change today as the court takes up President Trump's travel ban.

Discussion: ABC News, Washington Post, Politico and electionlawblog.org

Dean Obeidallah / The Daily Beast:
The Inhuman Human Toll of Trump's Muslim Ban

Discussion: CNN

Mark Sherman / Associated Press: Trump travel ban is focus of Supreme Court's last arguments

New York Times:

Pruitt's Security Chief Moonlighted for Tabloid Publisher That Helped Trump — WASHINGTON — The former Secret Service agent who leads the security detail for Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, worked on assignments for the tabloid news publisher American Media Inc. during …

Discussion: The Week, Raw Story and The Verge, more at Mediagazer »

Campbell Robertson / New York Times:

A Lynching Memorial Is Opening. The Country Has Never Seen Anything Like It. — The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, opening Thursday in Montgomery, Ala., is dedicated to victims of white supremacy. — MONTGOMERY, Ala. — In a plain brown building sits an office run by the Alabama Board …

Discussion: WHNT-TV

Chris Butler / Internet Archive Blogs:

Addressing Recent Claims of “Manipulated” Blog Posts in the Wayback Machine — Some recent press stories (1, 2) have discussed archived blog posts of a prominent journalist, Joy Ann Reid, in the Wayback Machine and her claims that some of these posts were “manipulated” by an “unknown, external party”.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Contemptor, Washington Post, Mediaite, Daily Wire, Breitbart, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, BuzzFeed, New York Times, Splinter, National Review, twitchy.com, The Week, Chicks On The Right, Front Page Magazine and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »

Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:

Harry Reid says Trump is damaging the country but warns against impeachment — LAS VEGAS — Former Nevada Sen. Harry Reid said he is worried that U.S. institutions have been “decimated” under President Donald Trump and blames Republicans for being lax on Russian election meddling …

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:

Miss Universe 2013 Host Thomas Roberts Confirms: Trump Stayed Overnight in Moscow … In a fateful private White House dinner early last year, President Donald Trump raised with then-FBI Director James Comey the issue of “the golden showers thing”—a particularly salacious portion …

Discussion: Politico, Washington Press, Hot Air and Raw Story

Chronicle of Higher Education:

Drew Cloud Is a Well-Known Expert on Student Loans. One Problem: He's Not Real. — Drew Cloud is everywhere. The self-described journalist who specializes in student-loan debt has been quoted in major news outlets, including The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and CNBC …

Discussion: Talking Biz News, more at Mediagazer »

Michael Kruse / Politico:

How the Trump Show Gets Old — On September 20, 2004, the director of the Museum of Television & Radio in Los Angeles welcomed a packed crowd to an evening discussion “featuring the two people responsible for giving television audiences across America a mesmerizing cultural phenomenon. ...

Reuters:

Exclusive: Russian civilians helping Assad use military base back home - witnesses — MOLKINO, Russia (Reuters) - The Kremlin says it has nothing to do with Russian civilians fighting in Syria but on three recent occasions groups of men flying in from Damascus headed straight to a defense ministry base …

Justin Elliott / ProPublica:

The Hidden Hand of a Casino Company in Trump's Contact with Vietnam — “Trump, Inc.” Podcast — On Dec. 14, 2016, one month after his election, President-elect Donald Trump had a call with the prime minister of Vietnam. At a time when foreign governments were scrambling to contact Trump …

Scott Wong / The Hill:

Arizona GOP winner to join Freedom Caucus — Rep.-elect Debbie Lesko, who narrowly won a special election in Arizona Tuesday night, is expected to join the House Freedom Caucus after she is sworn in, the conservative group's leader, Chairman Mark Meadows — (R-N.C.) told The Hill.

Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:

GOP candidate gets Nazi sympathizer's endorsement after paying him $5k — Arizona Senate candidate Kelli Ward coincidentally paid $5,000 to Seb Gorka on the same day he endorsed her. Also coincidentally, this is the third time Gorka has been involved in such a transaction.

Discussion: Arizona Republic

Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:

Vox rewrites history to make Barbara Bush-hating professor the victim — Vox's fundamental problem isn't that many of its writers are astonishingly ignorant. It's that they are aggressively dishonest. — Consider, for example, how the website that promises to “explain the news” …

Discussion: Daily Wire, twitchy.com and Vox

Fox News:

Comey's memo leak contact had ‘special government employee’ status at FBI — The Columbia law professor James Comey used as a go-between last year to leak the contents of sensitive memos to the media confirmed to Fox News on Tuesday that he previously worked as a “special government employee” (SGE) for Comey's FBI on an unpaid basis.

Kate Mishkin / Charleston Gazette-Mail:

Mines owned by Gov. Justice missed deadline for installing safety tech — Two mines owned by Gov. Jim Justice are among only three across West Virginia that failed to install life-saving technology to prevent miners from being crushed to death by fast-moving machinery in underground coal mines on the job.

Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:

Boom: Treasury kills 305 regulations, IRS hammered — Acting on President Trump's demand that his cabinet secretaries gut Obama-era federal regulations, the Treasury Department on Tuesday said it has cut over 300 standing and proposed rules with a focus on the Internal Revenue Service.

David Von Drehle / Washington Post:

We must stop giving mass killers what they want … There it was again. On the car radio after this morning's school drop-off: The killer's motives are unknown. Maybe you heard it on the evening news. Maybe it popped into your mobile device. Maybe it appeared in the morning paper.

Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:

Democrat Wins New York Assembly Seat, the 40th Legislative Flip Since Trump's Inauguration — Democrat Steve Stern won his race in New York's 10th Assembly District on Tuesday night, a Long Island district that had been in the hands of Republicans for more than three decades.