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2:10 PM ET, April 29, 2018

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
At the White House correspondents' dinner, the buzz was reduced to a snore — until Michelle Wolf showed up … There were no sitcom actors.  No Olympians or supermodels or Real Housewives, either.  Even some of the usual high-profile media names were missing, too.  And for the second consecutive year, so was the president.
Discussion: Politico, YouTube and The Week
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Media hands Trump big, embarrassing win  —  The White House Correspondents' Dinner ended with a barrage of vulgar anti-Trump jokes by comedian Michelle Wolf, who attacked the appearance of White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, who was sitting with her at the head table.
Discussion: HuffPost, AOL and Breitbart
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Michelle Wolf Mocks Kellyanne Conway, Sarah Huckabee Sanders to Their Faces at WHCD … Michelle Wolf was admittedly relieved when she found out President Donald Trump would once again be skipping the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner this year.  —  “The first thing I thought …
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Wolf routine stuns White House Correspondents' Dinner  —  Members of the Trump administration walked out of the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night after comedian Michelle Wolf ripped into White House staffers, including press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, in the absence of the president himself.
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Michelle Wolf's caustic comedy routine at the White House correspondents' dinner, annotated … Comedian Michelle Wolf roasted members of the Trump administration and the media at the annual White House correspondents' dinner on Saturday.  Below is an annotated transcript of her comedy routine.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
For the sake of journalism, stop the White House correspondents' dinner  —  The 2018 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner should be the last.  —  It never has been a particularly good idea for journalists to don their fanciest clothes and cozy up to the people they cover …
Axios:
Michelle Wolf's vulgar anti-Trump jokes draw intense criticism  —  Comedian Michelle Wolf's roast of President Trump and his aides at the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday night has drawn sharp criticism from prominent journalists and political figures in Washington who say some of the jokes …
Discussion: Raw Story, Vox and CNN
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Michelle Wolf's Routine Sets Off a Furor at an Annual Washington Dinner
Discussion: Shareblue Media
Washington Examiner:
Declining standards on the media menu at White House Correspondents' dinner
Discussion: Instapundit
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump attacks familiar enemies, adds new targets
Discussion: Splinter, Washington Post and Breitbart
Washington Post:
Trump rallies in Mich., touting economy and diplomacy and blasting media
Discussion: Splinter
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump vilifies ‘dishonest’ press at Michigan rally
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
Kim Prepared to Cede Nuclear Weapons if U.S. Pledges Not to Invade  —  SEOUL, South Korea — Keeping diplomatic developments coming at a head-snapping pace, the South Korean government said on Sunday that North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, had told President Moon Jae-in that he would abandon …
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Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Trump's ‘unpredictability,’ ‘bellicosity’ played into N. Korea's choice to talk: Dem
Discussion: Breitbart
Orin Kerr / Lawfare:
Did Donald Trump Jr. Admit to Violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act?  —  The recently-released Minority report of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) discloses a copy of an e-mail sent by Donald J. Trump Jr., on September 21, 2016, to a group of top Trump campaign officials.
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
MMA Fighter With Links To Trump, Cohen Is Questioned By FBI  —  ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — A Russian mixed martial arts fighter who has connections with President Donald Trump, the president's personal attorney Michael Cohen and Russian President Vladimir Putin was questioned this week by the FBI, his manager confirmed Saturday.
Kailani Koenig / NBC News:
James Comey dismisses GOP report on Russia as ‘political document’  —  WASHINGTON — Former FBI Director James Comey on Sunday dismissed the findings of a GOP report claiming there is no evidence President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russians during the 2016 election.
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Ryan Goodman / Just Security:   New Evidence of Obstruction of Justice in House Intelligence Committee Minority Report
Arizona Republic:
Photos: John McCain through the years … John McCain's son-in-law, conservative pundit Ben Domenech, tweeted Saturday night that the senator, who is battling a deadly form of brain cancer, asked him to take care of his daughter, Meghan.  —  McCain, a six-term Arizona Republican, was released from the hospital last week.
Evan Hill / BuzzFeed:
Silicon Valley Can't Be Trusted With Our History  —  We create almost everything on the internet, but we control almost none of it.  —  Recently, a 7-year-old photo of mine appeared at the top of my Facebook feed.  The orange glow of the streetlamps and the ramshackle barricade of furniture …
Los Angeles Times:
Some people ‘associated with’ Central American caravan have entered U.S. illegally, federal officials say … Some people associated with the Central American migrant caravan, which arrived in Tijuana this week, have crossed into the United States illegally in the last 24 hours, federal officials said Saturday.
Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Pompeo's Message to Saudis?  Enough Is Enough: Stop Qatar Blockade  —  RIYADH, Saudi Arabi — As Saudi Arabia considers digging a moat along its border with Qatar and dumping nuclear waste nearby, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Riyadh on his first overseas trip as the nation's top diplomat …
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Lesley Wroughton / Reuters:
Pompeo starts Mideast tour with call for new Iran sanctions
Discussion: RedState, Arab News and Axios
 
 
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New York Times:
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Erica Pandey / Axios:
Pompeo in Israel: If we can't fix Iran deal, Trump will withdraw
Discussion: Associated Press
Michael V. Hayden / New York Times:
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YouTube:
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
As the NYT Tech Guild goes on strike, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas offers the AI company's services to the NYT to help ensure election coverage is available

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Ellen Clegg / What Works:
After The Minnesota Star Tribune decided last summer not to endorse anyone for president, 15 former opinion staffers posted their own endorsement online

 
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