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5:45 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.
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Jen Chaney / Vulture:
No, Michelle Wolf Didn't Joke About Sarah Huckabee Sanders' Looks  —  As soon as Michelle Wolf finished delivering her blistering White House Correspondents Dinner roast of the Trump administration and the members of the press that cover it, she was, not surprisingly, criticized for much of what she said.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Michelle Wolf's Routine Sets Off a Furor at an Annual Washington Dinner  —  WASHINGTON — The panna cotta had been served and the First Amendment duly celebrated by the time the comedian Michelle Wolf took the stage on Saturday at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
Discussion: Shareblue Media
Mike Allen / Axios:
Media hands Trump big, embarrassing win
Discussion: HuffPost, AOL, Breitbart and Washington Post
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
For the sake of journalism, stop the White House correspondents' dinner
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Michelle Wolf's caustic comedy routine at the White House correspondents' dinner, annotated
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Wolf routine stuns White House Correspondents' Dinner
Axios:
Michelle Wolf's vulgar anti-Trump jokes draw intense criticism
Discussion: CNN, Mediaite and IJR
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
The Justice Department Deleted Language About Press Freedom And Racial Gerrymandering From Its Internal Manual  —  Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein ordered a review of the US Attorneys' Manual, which features high-level policy statements as well as practical guidance to prosecutors on how to do their jobs.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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
Mike Allen / Axios:
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Discussion: Washington Times, IJR and The Week
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.
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Gareth A Davies / Telegraph:
FBI shadows Russian MMA great Fedor Emelianenko at Bellator event in Chicago
CNN:
Migrant caravan prepares to reach the US-Mexico border this afternoon  —  (CNN)A caravan of hundreds of migrants is expected to reach the US-Mexico border on Sunday afternoon after a monthlong trip from Central America that has sparked the ire of President Donald Trump.
Discussion: CNBC, IJR and Fox News Insider
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Kirk Semple / New York Times:
Caravan of Migrants, After Arduous Trip, Begins Final Push to Border
Discussion: Axios and Associated Press
BBC:
White House tree: Emmanuel Macron's sapling disappears  —  A tree gifted to President Donald Trump by French President Emmanuel Macron has disappeared.  —  The pair planted the sapling, taken from the site of a World War One battle in north-east France, during Mr Macron's state visit last week.
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Associated Press:
White House mystery: Where is Macron's gifted oak tree?
Discussion: twitchy.com
Washington Post:
Israeli gunfire is taking a severe toll on the lower limbs of Palestinian protesters  —  But last month, while participating in a protest along Gaza's border, he was struck by a bullet fired by an Israeli soldier.  It penetrated his calf, shattering his leg before exiting the shin.
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
What savvy journalists say when they are minimizing Trump's hate movement against journalists  —  For two years I have been tracking a speech pattern among American journalists, in which they try to explain to us — and perhaps to themselves — why Donald Trump's campaign to discredit them is not what it seems, or no big deal.
Andrew MacAskill / Reuters:
Britain, France and Germany agree on support for Iran nuclear deal  —  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain, France and Germany have agreed that the nuclear deal that U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to scrap remains the best way of stopping Tehran getting nuclear weapons, British Prime Minister Theresa May's office said on Sunday.
Discussion: IJR
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Erica Pandey / Axios:
Pompeo in Israel: If we can't fix Iran deal, Trump will withdraw
Discussion: Associated Press
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
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Ronny Jackson won't return to old job as Trump's physician  —  White House physician Ronny Jackson will not return to his role as the president's personal physician, according to two senior administration officials, after a string of allegations caused the Navy rear admiral to withdraw …
Deirdre Shesgreen / USA Today:
After firestorm, Rep. Mark Walker has “stepped down” from search committee to select new House chaplain  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Mark Walker, a North Carolina Republican, has stepped down from a special committee tapped to select a new House chaplain.  —  The move comes after Walker …
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
NBC News:
Safe seats?  Anti-Trump wave may wash out some Democrats, too  —  WASHINGTON — When Rep. Mike Capuano won his Boston-area congressional seat two decades ago, he had good reason to think of it like a Supreme Court appointment: For life.  —  The low-profile Democrat cruised to re-election nine times …
 
 
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