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4:50 PM ET, April 30, 2018

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NBC News:
Kelly thinks he's saving U.S. from disaster, calls Trump ‘idiot,’ say White House staffers  —  WASHINGTON — White House chief of staff John Kelly has eroded morale in the West Wing in recent months with comments to aides that include insulting the president's intelligence and casting himself …
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump campaign has paid portions of Michael Cohen's legal fees: Sources  —  The Trump campaign has spent nearly $228,000 to cover some of the legal expenses for President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen, sources familiar with the payments tell ABC News, raising questions …
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NBC News:
Stormy Daniels sues Trump for defamation over ‘con job’ tweet  —  She says she was harmed by a Trump tweet that accused her of ‘a con job’  —  Adult film star Stormy Daniels has filed a defamation suit against President Donald Trump for a tweet that said a forensic sketch of a man …
Javier De Diego / CNN:
Stormy Daniels files defamation lawsuit against Trump
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
In Trump era, the death of the White House press conference  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidential news conference, a time-honored tradition going back generations, appears to be no longer.  —  More than a year has passed since President Donald Trump held the only solo news conference …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
White House correspondents think about changing dinner for Trump era  —  WHCA president discusses her ‘regret’ about dinner  —  The White House Correspondents Association is belatedly accepting the fact that its annual dinner changes dramatically when the president isn't there.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The president is seeking to destroy journalism.  Now let's debate dinner entertainment! … On Dec. 12, 2017, CNN's Jim Acosta appeared on-air to detail another disturbing episode in the media's struggles with the Trump White House.  At issue was a “pool spray” — essentially an opportunity …
Alana Goodman / Daily Mail:   Michelle Wolf 32, has faced heavy criticism for her performance on Saturday after she made …
Stella Morabito / The Federalist:   Michelle Wolf's Performance Provokes Exactly The Kind Of America She Hates
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Wonder what Michelle Wolf said to make everyone so mad? Read it here.
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
The worthless Washington media
Noa Landau / Haaretz:
Netanyahu: Iran Nuclear Deal Is Based on Lies - Here's the Proof  —  ‘Iran did not come clean on its nuclear program,’ Netanyahu says, saying more than 100,000 Iranian documents Israel obtained prove nuclear ‘deal is based on lies’ Speech comes on heels of strike against two bases in Syria and ahead of Trump's decision on nuclear deal
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Netanyahu claims Iran lied about nuclear program
Discussion: Axios and ABC News
Reuters:
Israel's Netanyahu to make ‘significant’ announcement on Iran
Fred Kaplan / Slate:   Bibi's Iran Speech Was a Bust
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Insane Israeli operation smuggled 110,000 secret nuclear files out of Iran
Hyonhee Shin / Reuters:
Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize, says South Korea's Moon  —  SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in said U.S. President Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the standoff with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program, a South Korean official said on Monday.
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Rory Cooper / The Daily Beast:
Trump Is Unethical, Dishonest, and Norm-Busting. So What Do We Say if He Helps Solve North Korea?
Discussion: Breitbart
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump looking at Korean DMZ, Singapore for summit with Kim Jong Un
Discussion: ABC News
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.
Matthew Barakat / Associated Press:
Documents show ties between university, conservative donors  —  FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Newly released documents show Virginia's largest public university granted the conservative Charles Koch Foundation a say in the hiring and firing of professors in exchange for millions of dollars in donations.
ClickHole:
Resistance Setback: Robert Mueller Has Abandoned The Russia Investigation After Determining That The Real Crime Is How Low The Prices Are On Kinja Deals  —  Members of the resistance, our best shot at impeaching Donald Trump pretty much died on the table today: Special counsel Robert Mueller …
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.
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Associated Press:   Mystery solved: Why Trump-Macron friendship tree vanished
John Wagner / Washington Post:
McCain: Trump more interested in appearing tough than in the nation's values  —  In a new memoir, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) offers a harsh assessment of President Trump's leadership, asserting that his “reality show facsimile of toughness” seems to matter more to him than the nation's values.
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Daniella Diaz / CNN:
McCain in book excerpt: ‘This is my last term’
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
John McCain in New Book: I'm Freer Now to Speak My Mind
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Wall Street Journal:
Acting Director of ICE Plans to Retire From Agency  —  Under Thomas Homan, Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests rose  —  WASHINGTON— Thomas Homan, the controversial acting director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, plans to retire and leave his post, three people familiar with his plans said.
Discussion: Vox, Mother Jones, CNN and HuffPost
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 …
Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
Maine governor sued for defying Medicaid expansion ballot measure  —  Obamacare supporters are suing Maine Gov. Paul LePage's administration to force him to expand Medicaid, accusing the Republican of ignoring a ballot initiative that ordered the state to join the coverage program.
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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.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Jason Barker / New York Times:
Happy Birthday, Karl Marx.  You Were Right!  —  SEOUL, South Korea — On May 5, 1818, in the southern German town of Trier, in the picturesque wine-growing region of the Moselle Valley, Karl Marx was born.  At the time Trier was one-tenth the size it is today, with a population of around 12,000.
Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. EPA grants biofuels waiver to billionaire Icahn's oil refinery - sources  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted a financial hardship waiver to an oil refinery owned by billionaire Carl Icahn, a former adviser to President Donald Trump …
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.
Monica Davey / New York Times:
Detroit Was Crumbling.  Here's How It's Reviving.  —  Last week, we visited the city to find further signs of recovery as Detroit moves out from under budgetary oversight.  —  For a while, Detroit was known for vacant, crumbling homes and rock-bottom house prices.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
GorsuchStyle Garners a Gusher of Groans.  But Is His Writing Really That Bad?  —  WASHINGTON — Justice Neil M. Gorsuch arrived at the Supreme Court last year with a reputation as a fine writer.  He promptly lost it.  —  A Twitter hashtag — #GorsuchStyle — is devoted to mocking his tendency …
Discussion: How Appealing
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Josh Hawley is trying to reassure Republicans he can still beat Claire McCaskill  —  Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley moved Monday to quell spiraling anxiety among senior Republicans and top party donors that his bid to oust vulnerable Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is slowly slipping away.
Kirby Wilson / Tampa Bay Times:
Republican Party of Florida 2018 Sunshine Summit to feature Dinesh D'Souza  —  You may remember D'Souza from a recent controversy.  —  First the Republican candidates for governor will debate.  Then a man who mocked Parkland school shooting survivors will address the crowd.
Discussion: Shareblue Media
Bob Bryan / Business Insider:
MARCO RUBIO: There's ‘no evidence whatsoever’ that Trump's tax bill has helped American workers  — “There's no evidence whatsoever that the money's been massively poured back into the American worker,” Rubio said of tax cuts for corporations.  —  Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida told …
Emily Crane / Daily Mail:
Smiling Kanye meets with right-wing commentators Candace Owens and Charlie Kirk after his glowing praise of President Trump  — Kanye West met with right-wing commentators Candace Owens and Charlie Kirk in Los Angeles on Sunday  — Kirk, who is the founder of conservative group Turning Point USA …
Discussion: Breitbart
 
 
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Rachel Weiner / Laredo Morning News:
Man who tried to drown himself in pool is suing the people who pulled him out
Discussion: Breitbart and NBC4 Washington
Sebastian Gorka / The Hill:
There was no Trump-Russia collusion, but Putin achieved his goal
Justin Elliott / ProPublica:
Bank of Internet, Which Had Been Under Federal Investigation, Appears In Multiple Kushner Deals
Simon Cottee / New York Times:
Sex and Shame: What Incels and Jihadists Have in Common
Heidi Chang / Los Angeles Times:
A Hawaiian island got about 50 inches of rain in 24 hours.  Scientists warn it's a sign of the future
Carey Gillam / The Guardian:
Weedkiller found in granola and crackers, internal FDA emails show
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Don Blankenship's Mine Took This Man's Son, Brother And Nephew. Now Blankenship Wants His Vote.
Roll Call:
CQ Top Editor Steve Komarow Dies
Discussion: Politico
 Earlier Items: 
Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
CREW Files Complaint Against Mick Mulvaney
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Mic faces an uncertain future in a post-Facebook world
Washington Post:
In private chat with senator, Trump hints at policy shift in Afghanistan — and a return to isolationism
Discussion: IJR
Jon Street / Mediaite:
Exclusive: Fired RedState Writer Slams Site Over Hypocrisy of Layoffs: We Were ‘Insufficiently Partisan’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Christopher Miller / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
U.S. Confirms Delivery Of Javelin Antitank Missiles To Ukraine
Elena Schneider / Politico:
GOP civil war in Ohio threatens another special election loss
Frank Rich / New York Magazine:
The Original Donald Trump
Discussion: New York Times
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
The NRA said guns will be banned during a Pence speech. Parkland students see hypocrisy.