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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 …
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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
Trump Calls on Montana Democrat to Resign in Fight Over Failed V.A. Nomination
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
White House Says Records Don't Match Accusation Against Jackson
White House Says Records Don't Match Accusation Against Jackson
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Why Trump's snubbing of White House correspondents' dinner matters — Trump's thinly veiled attack on Wash Post — For a second straight year, President Trump is using the White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner to wage his war on the reporters who cover him.
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Julian E. Zelizer / The Atlantic:
A Century of Feuding Between Presidents and the Press
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Column: England's Baby Alfie and the politics of life — Supporters hang balloons and posters in support of British toddler Alfie Evans on a bus stop in Liverpool, north-west England on April 26, 2018. (Oli Scarff / Getty-AFP) — When we're having dinner as a family …
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Alfie Evans: Legal battle toddler dies
Alfie Evans: Legal battle toddler dies
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
MSNBC's Joy Reid Says, “I Genuinely Do Not Believe I Wrote Those Hateful Things” — The host says she doesn't think she wrote the posts, but admits they don't seem to have been hacked. — On Saturday morning, five days after Joy Reid was accused of authoring a series of homophobic blog posts …
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Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Joy Reid apologizes for ‘hurtful’ LGBT comments, doesn't ‘believe’ she wrote anti-gay posts
Joy Reid apologizes for ‘hurtful’ LGBT comments, doesn't ‘believe’ she wrote anti-gay posts
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Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Will There Always Be an England?
Will There Always Be an England?
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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 …
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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 …
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.
Aleksandra Appleton / Sacramento Bee:
Rep. Devin Nunes is no longer ‘safe’ in his race for re-election, forecaster says — The race for congressional District 22, held by longtime GOP incumbent Devin Nunes, has been downgraded from “safely Republican” to “likely Republican” by a closely watched political forecasting website run …
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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.
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Hacked messages show Qatar appearing to pay hundreds of millions to free hostages … One morning last April, in the 16th month of a grueling hostage negotiation, a top Qatari diplomat sent a text message to his boss to complain about a brazen robbery being perpetrated against his own country.
M.L. Nestel / ABC News:
Waffle House shooting hero raises almost $185K for victims — James Shaw Jr., the hero of the April 22 Waffle House shooting, has launched a campaign on a crowdfunding site to raise money for the victims of the deadly attack in a Nashville suburb. — Shaw initially wanted to raised $15,000.
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 …
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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.
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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Lesley Wroughton / Reuters:
Pompeo starts Mideast tour with call for new Iran sanctions — RIYADH (Reuters) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday on a hastily-arranged visit to the Middle East as the United States aims to muster support for new sanctions against Iran.
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