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3:55 PM ET, April 30, 2018

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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 …
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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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 …
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.
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.
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?
Politico:
Trump looking at Korean DMZ, Singapore for summit with Kim Jong Un
Discussion: ABC News
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Netanyahu claims Iran lied about nuclear program  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday claimed to have evidence that Iran has lied about its nuclear program and urged President Donald Trump to “do the right thing” next month by pulling out of a 2015 deal designed to curb Iran's atomic ambitions.
Discussion: ABC News and Axios
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Reuters:
Israel's Netanyahu to make ‘significant’ announcement on Iran
Noa Landau / Haaretz:
Netanyahu: Iran Nuclear Deal Is Based on Lies - Here's the Proof
Discussion: Power Line and twitchy.com
Shannon Vavra / Axios:
Netanyahu claims Iran lied about its nuclear ambitions
Discussion: Hot Air
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.
Daniella Diaz / CNN:
McCain in book excerpt: ‘This is my last term’  —  Washington (CNN)Republican Sen. John McCain, who is battling brain cancer in his home state of Arizona, says in his new book that his current term is his last and, as a result, he feels he can open up about how he sees the current political climate.
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
John McCain in New Book: I'm Freer Now to Speak My Mind
Discussion: The Daily Caller
John Wagner / Washington Post:   McCain: Trump more interested in appearing tough than in the nation's values
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
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.
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Associated Press:   Twin bombings in Afghanistan kill 25, including 9 reporters
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 …
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
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: Mother Jones
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 …
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
The NRA said guns will be banned during a Pence speech.  Parkland students see hypocrisy. … The National Rifle Association has championed the idea of “a good guy with a gun,” but no firearms will be allowed when Vice President Pence speaks at its annual meeting — sparking criticism from Parkland …
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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.
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 …
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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.
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
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Don Blankenship's Mine Took This Man's Son, Brother And Nephew.  Now Blankenship Wants His Vote.  —  To those who lost loved ones at Upper Big Branch, the former coal CEO's Senate run in West Virginia feels like harassment.  —  SHREWSBURY, W.Va. Don Blankenship had been out of prison …
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.
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 … Since the 1940s, the Hawaiian island of Kauai has endured two tsunamis and two hurricanes, but locals say they have never experienced anything like the thunderstorm that drenched the island this month.
Justin Elliott / ProPublica:
Bank of Internet, Which Had Been Under Federal Investigation, Appears In Multiple Kushner Deals  —  A bank that had been under federal investigation until last year has played a role in two recent real estate transactions involving Kushner Companies, Jared Kushner's family company.
 
 
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Sebastian Gorka / The Hill:
There was no Trump-Russia collusion, but Putin achieved his goal
Simon Cottee / New York Times:
Sex and Shame: What Incels and Jihadists Have in Common
Carey Gillam / The Guardian:
Weedkiller found in granola and crackers, internal FDA emails show
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Roll Call:
CQ Top Editor Steve Komarow Dies
Discussion: Politico
Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
CREW Files Complaint Against Mick Mulvaney
Amy Spiro / Jerusalem Post:
Roseanne at JPost Conference: I want to move to Israel and run for PM
Discussion: Breitbart, IJR and AOL
Emily Crane / Daily Mail:
Smiling Kanye meets with right-wing commentators Candace Owens and Charlie Kirk after his glowing …
Discussion: Breitbart
 Earlier Items: 
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Mic faces an uncertain future in a post-Facebook world
Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
Maine governor sued for defying Medicaid expansion ballot measure
Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
Betsy DeVos was asked, again, about visiting struggling schools. A staffer interjected.
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
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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