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7:45 PM ET, April 29, 2018

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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 …
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Yahoo:
Macron and Trump planted tree at the White House.  Why it is now missing  —  A yellow spot is seen where the tree planted by French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Donald Trump on April 23 stood on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington
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.
Associated Press:
White House mystery: Where is Macron's gifted oak tree?  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A mystery is brewing at the White House about what happened to the oak tree President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron planted there last week.  —  The sapling was a gift from Macron on the occasion of his state visit.
Discussion: twitchy.com
Washington Post:   ‘Ready, shoot, aim’: President Trump's loyalty tests cause hiring headaches
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.
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Jim Jamitis / RedState:
Don't Get Angry About Mean Insult Comics If You Helped Put One in the Oval Office  —  The White House Correspondents Dinner is what happens when people's intellect and emotional maturity never make it out of high school.  I've always thought it was a stupid event and one that blurs the already …
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.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Michelle Wolf's Routine Sets Off a Furor at an Annual Washington Dinner
Discussion: Shareblue Media
Mike Allen / Axios:
Media hands Trump big, embarrassing win
Discussion: HuffPost, AOL, Breitbart and Washington Post
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Michelle Wolf's caustic comedy routine at the White House correspondents' dinner, annotated
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
For the sake of journalism, stop the White House correspondents' dinner
Discussion: The Atlantic, The Week and LifeZette
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Wolf routine stuns White House Correspondents' Dinner
Axios:
Michelle Wolf's vulgar anti-Trump jokes draw intense criticism
Discussion: Washington Post, CNN and Breitbart
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.
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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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump has already been ‘played’
Discussion: The Guardian
Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Trump's ‘unpredictability,’ ‘bellicosity’ played into N. Korea's choice to talk: Dem
Discussion: Breitbart
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.
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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
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Left vs. Left: Richard Cordray and Dennis Kucinich Battle for Governor of Ohio  —  AKRON, Ohio — Richard Cordray speaks softly and carries a big stack: lime-green index cards, pressed into his shirt pocket, near enough for any sudden onset of note-taking.  —  A former director …
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 …
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.
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
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.
Paul Walsh / Star Tribune:
Former George W. Bush ethics lawyer ditches GOP, to seek U.S. Senate in Minn. as Democrat  —  Richard Painter will take on Tina Smith, who holds the seat now as Al Franken's successor, for the party nomination.  —  Richard Painter, a longtime Republican who was chief ethics lawyer …
Discussion: Power Line
 
 
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The New York Times' Hatchet Job On Devin Nunes Is Riddled With Errors
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Andrew MacAskill / Reuters:
Britain, France and Germany agree on support for Iran nuclear deal
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New York Daily News:
City Hall staffers rip Gov. Cuomo for holding NYCHA funds hostage in draft letter
NBC News:
Safe seats? Anti-Trump wave may wash out some Democrats, too
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Michael V. Hayden / New York Times:
Michael Hayden: The End of Intelligence
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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