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9:55 AM ET, April 30, 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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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Playbook: Pelosi's giant first quarter  —  NEW: HOUSE MINORITY LEADER NANCY PELOSI raised $16.1 million for House Democrats in the first quarter of 2018, a massive pile of cash that brings her total this cycle to $66.7 million.  She is outpacing her fundraising of the 2016 cycle by nearly $10 million …
Washington Post:
‘Ready, shoot, aim’: President Trump's loyalty tests cause hiring headaches  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions, then the star of President Trump's early Cabinet, was assembling his staff and picked Sarah Isgur Flores as his top spokeswoman.  —  There was just one problem: She had criticized Trump …
Molly Roberts / Washington Post:
Michelle Wolf got it just right … “Thank you!”  —  That's how comedian Michelle Wolf answered Sean Spicer's declaration that her headlining stand-up set at the the White House Correspondents' Association dinner was “a disgrace.”  Her response is instructive: To Wolf …
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Weekly Standard:   Joy Reid's Journalistic Ethics
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Michelle Wolf's Routine Sets Off a Furor at an Annual Washington Dinner
Jim Jamitis / RedState:   Don't Get Angry About Mean Insult Comics If You Helped Put One in the Oval Office
BBC:
Kabul bombings: Photographer Shah Marai among 25 dead  —  At least 25 people have been killed in two bombings in the Afghan capital Kabul, including several journalists documenting the scene.  —  AFP chief photographer in Kabul, Shah Marai, is among the victims.
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CNN:
Famed photographer among 29 killed in twin Afghanistan blasts  —  Journalists among dozens killed in Kabul bomb attacks  —  Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)Eight journalists were among 29 people killed in a suicide attack in Kabul Monday, including a famed photographer who had written of the dangers of reporting in the Afghan capital.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:   Third RFE/RL Journalist Dies As Toll Rises In Kabul Suicide Bombings
The Daily Beast:
Trump Should Win Nobel Peace Prize, Says South Korean President  —  Donald Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize for helping to broker peace between North and South Korea, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday.  Relations between North and South have taken remarkable steps over the past two months …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump has already been ‘played’
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Exclusive: Democrats lose ground with millennials - Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) - Enthusiasm for the Democratic Party is waning among young voters - so-called millennials - as its candidates head into the crucial midterm congressional elections, according to the Reuters/Ipsos national opinion poll.
Discussion: Political Wire and Axios
Arthur Allen / Politico:
‘Who the hell is this person?’  Trump's Mar-a-Lago pal stymies VA project  —  A West Palm Beach doctor's ties to Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago social circle have enabled him to hold up the biggest health information technology project in history — the transformation of the VA's digital records system.
Associated Press:
Trump to attend the NRA convention in Dallas  —  President Donald Trump will be at the National Rifle Association convention in Dallas on Friday.  —  A White House official said Monday that Trump will attend the group's annual meeting.  Trump has been a strong supporter of the NRA and enjoyed their backing in his 2016 campaign.
Discussion: Washington Post and ABC News
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump expected to address NRA's annual meeting
Discussion: Political Wire
Frank Rich / New York Magazine:
The Original Donald Trump  —  Amid the aftershocks of Donald Trump's firing of James Comey last May, I went to see Angels in America at the same theater in London, the National, where I'd first seen it as a New York Times drama critic some 25 years earlier.  The play didn't transport me quite …
Discussion: New York Times
Christopher Miller / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
U.S. Confirms Delivery Of Javelin Antitank Missiles To Ukraine  —  KYIV — The United States has confirmed to RFE/RL its delivery of American-made, Javelin antitank missile systems to Ukraine in a move that is welcome in Kyiv but will almost certainly enrage Moscow amid a four-year conflict …
NBC News:
GOP candidates' circular firing squad ahead of Indiana Senate primary  —  GNAW BONE, Ind. — Drunken driving, self-dealing and false advertising.  —  Those are just some of the charges voters here are sifting through in a brutal three-way Republican primary that will determine who gets …
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.  —  Richard Painter, a longtime Republican who was chief ethics lawyer for George W. Bush's White House …
Elena Schneider / Politico:
GOP civil war in Ohio threatens another special election loss  —  Republicans' latest special election headache is unfolding in central Ohio, where a chaotic primary has divided the party and stoked fears of losing another seat in Donald Trump territory to Democrats.
Ben Taub / New Yorker:
The Spy Who Came Home  —  Why an expert in counterterrorism became a beat cop.  —  Shortly after an evening nap, Patrick Skinner drove to the police station in the Third Precinct in Savannah, Georgia, wearing ill-fitting body armor.  It was late December, and bitterly cold …
Streiff / RedState:
BREAKING.  Huge Mother of All Explosions Hits Syrian City of Hama (VIDEO)  —  Right now reporting is sketchy and confused.  This is the synopsis: Sunday evening, Damascus time, several Syrian Army bases were struck by what appear to be airstrikes.  There was a major explosion at a Syrian Army base near the city of Hama.
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Jerusalem Post:   WATCH: Syrian army says ‘enemy’ rocket attacks strike at military bases
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Showdown builds between Comey, House: Just what did FBI director say about Michael Flynn?  —  There's an intense conflict brewing between some Capitol Hill Republicans and fired FBI director James Comey.  The Republicans say Comey has been lying about what he told them in a March 2017 meeting.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
The one-trick pony: Inside Trump's negotiating style  —  President Trump tells people he keeps the world guessing with his wild unpredictability.  But those who work most closely with him say he's a one-trick pony in negotiations.  —  The trick: Threaten the outrageous, ratchet up the tension …
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
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Yahoo:   Macron and Trump planted tree at the White House. Why it is now missing
 
 
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E.J. Dionne Jr. / Washington Post:
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Ben Kesling / Wall Street Journal:
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Amy Harder / Axios:
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Harry Litman / CNN:
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New York Times:
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Tom Precious / The Buffalo News:
Amid political chatter, Democratic women push Hochul's re-election bid
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Democrats Ignore Dossier In Russia Report, In Stark Contrast To Their Early Rhetoric
CBS News:
Trey Gowdy says House Intel report doesn't fully vindicate Trump on Russian collusion
Discussion: The Daily Beast and HuffPost
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Elaine Chao the enforcer
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Left vs. Left: Richard Cordray and Dennis Kucinich Battle for Governor of Ohio
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