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5:50 PM ET, April 28, 2018

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New York Times:
Trump's Role in Midterm Elections Roils Republicans  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump is privately rejecting the growing consensus among Republican leaders that they may lose the House and possibly the Senate in November, leaving party officials and the president's advisers nervous that he does …
Axios:
Trump sets Tester trap, calls for resignation  —  President Trump went after Sen. Jon Tester Saturday morning for releasing allegations against his pick for Secretary of the VA, Dr. Ronny Jackson.  —  Why it matters: Jackson's confirmation process was already rocky before Tester's team released …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Calls on Montana Democrat to Resign in Fight Over Failed V.A. Nomination  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Saturday called for the resignation of Senator Jon Tester, the Montana Democrat who helped thwart his effort to install the White House physician in the cabinet …
Nic White / Daily Mail:
Trump Tower is on fire in Azerbaijan capital Baku just weeks after deadly blaze at building in New York  —  Firefighters are desperately battling to contain a fire raging through a Trump hotel tower in Azerbaijan.  —  The fire broke out on the middle floors of the 33-storey Trump International Hotel …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Lizzie Dearden / The Independent:
Trump Tower fire: Hotel in Azerbaijan capital Baku ablaze just weeks after deadly inferno at New York building  —  There were no reports of injuries in the unfinished hotel  —  Avengers: Infinity War solved a surprising mystery from the MCU  —  World's biggest active geyser erupts for the third time in three weeks
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Joy Reid apologizes for ‘hurtful’ LGBT comments, doesn't ‘believe’ she wrote anti-gay posts  —  MSNBC host Joy Reid apologized on Saturday for her past comments about the LGBT community, but the liberal commentator was still reticent to admit she'd written old blog posts attributed to her.
Discussion: Breitbart and NewsBusters
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Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Will There Always Be an England?
Discussion: Vox and The American Conservative
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
Paying the Price for Not Being a Trump Humper  —  Yes, there is a price to be paid.  Yes, it is necessary some of us are willing to pay it.  —  Just a few thoughts on the purging at RedState today and the price to be paid for deviating from the tribe.  I know that price too well.
Tyler Schmall / New York Post:
A lot of Americans think they'd probably try sex with a robot  —  Being a “sex machine” is about to take on a whole new meaning, because according to new research, four in 10 Americans say they would have sex with a robot.  —  A new study asked 2,000 Americans their thoughts around the concept of …
Emma Kate Protis / Delta News Hub:
Couple achieves ‘Diamond Status’ in Delta-themed wedding  —  It's the rare bride who can say with a straight face: “I actually told him I'd rather have Diamond Status than the diamond ring.”  —  Airline fanatics and Medallions Bess Wohlner and Jeremy Simons recently pledged their love in a Delta-themed wedding.
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
VIRGINIA NEWSPAPER RUNS KKK RECRUITMENT FLYER IN FULL ON FRONT PAGE  —  A Virginia newspaper has come under fire from its readers after it ran a Ku Klux Klan recruitment flyer in full on its front page.  —  The Westmoreland News ran a story on how KKK recruitment flyers and DVDs …
Nicole Chavez / CNN:
Texas voter ID law can go into effect, appeals court panel rules  —  (CNN)Texas will be allowed to enforce its voter ID law in the upcoming elections, a federal appeals court has ruled.  —  In the 2-1 decision, a panel of the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans overturned …
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Comey Confirms: In Clinton Emails Caper, the Fix Was In  —  He knew Obama's Justice Department would sweep Hillary's violations under the rug, so he played along.  —  While promoting his memoir, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership, former FBI director James Comey sat for what turned …
Discussion: Amazon.com, YouTube, Fox News and The Hill
New York Times:
Shorebirds, the World's Greatest Travelers, Face Extinction  —  Dr. Fitzpatrick is director of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.  Dr. Senner is a scientist who studies migratory shorebirds.  —  A worldwide catastrophe is underway among an extraordinary group of birds — the marathon migrants we know as shorebirds.
BBC:
Alfie Evans: Legal battle toddler dies  —  Alfie Evans, the 23-month-old toddler at the centre of a High Court legal battle, has died, nearly a week after his life support was withdrawn.  —  The boy from Merseyside, who had a degenerative brain condition, died at 02:30 BST, his father Tom Evans said.
Rachel Siegel / Washington Post:
Golf course that called the police on black women loses business, faces call for state investigation … In the days after white golf course owners called the police on five African American women they said were not playing fast enough, a Pennsylvania state senator has called for an investigation …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
GOP report: Clapper told CNN host about Trump dossier in 2017  —  Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper  —  has admitted to lawmakers that he discussed the “Steele dossier” about President Trump  —  and Russia with a CNN journalist in early 2017, according to a report …
Discussion: Deadline, Mediaite, Fox News Insider and IJR
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Oppo researcher leaves the White House  —  Michael Roman, a former Koch operative, served as the right-hand man to the White House's top attorney.  —  Michael Roman, a longtime opposition researcher who worked in the White House counsel's office, has left the Trump administration.
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Democrats were looking at suburban districts.  Now they're glancing toward rural ones too.  —  Last year, as a wave of special elections popped up, every smart Democrat wanted to focus on one seat.  “Watch the special election for Tom Price's seat in suburban Atlanta,” Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney …
Frank Pallotta / CNNMoney:
‘Avengers: Infinity War’ has second biggest opening day box office ever  —  The Marvel model for success  —  “Avengers: Infinity War” made $106 million at the domestic box office on its opening day Friday, making it the second biggest opening day in history.
Discussion: NBC News
The University of Chicago Press:
The Parties in Our Heads: Misperceptions about Party Composition and Their Consequences  —  Abstract  —  We document a large and consequential bias in how Americans perceive the major political parties: people tend to considerably overestimate the extent to which party supporters belong to party-stereotypical groups.
Louis Lucero II / New York Times:
Stormy Daniels Lawsuit Delayed as Judge Cites ‘Likely’ Indictment of Michael Cohen  —  A federal judge in California on Friday ordered a three-month delay in the lawsuit brought by the pornographic film star Stephanie Clifford against President Trump, citing what he called the likelihood …
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Beth Reinhard / Washington Post:
Judge puts Stormy Daniels case on hold for 90 days, citing likelihood Michael Cohen will be indicted
Discussion: Politico
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Trump rebrands diplomatic norms as events in Asia, Europe and elsewhere spin on his axis  —  President Trump on Friday placed himself at the center of the remarkable summit between the leaders of North and South Korea, taking credit for bold and innovative diplomacy that may open a path to peace where other leaders failed.
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Mike Pompeo / US Department of State:
U.S. Department of State
Discussion: RedState
 
 
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Aleksandra Appleton / Sacramento Bee:
Rep. Devin Nunes is no longer ‘safe’ in his race for re-election, forecaster says
Discussion: Shareblue Media and The Hill
Alexa Knowles / WALA-TV:
Teacher told to change shirt that had “just pray” on it
Jason Hancock / Kansas City Star:
Source: AG gave Cole County prosecutor evidence alleging new crime by Greitens
Discussion: Daily Kos
Emily Holden / Politico:
EPA staff in ‘despair’ after Pruitt blame game
Katie Kilkenny / Hollywood Reporter:
Rachel Maddow, Andrea Mitchell Back Tom Brokaw in Letter Signed by 64 Insiders
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Julian E. Zelizer / The Atlantic:
A Century of Feuding Between Presidents and the Press
Melissa Russo / NBC New York:
New NYC Schools Chief's ‘White Manhattan Parents’ Tweet Brews Controversy
Discussion: TheBlaze
Weekly Standard:
P.J. O'Rourke Travels to the NYT Parallel Universe, Where Hillary Won
Jason Rezaian / Washington Post:
Congress makes a long-overdue move to punish Iran's hostage-takers
Discussion: CNN
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Trump Jr. And Emin Agalarov Stayed In Touch Throughout The Transition
Discussion: Splinter and NBC News
Casey Michel / ThinkProgress:
Jill Stein says she won't fully comply with Senate Russia investigation
William Saletan / Slate:
Stop Talking About Race and IQ