Top Items:
Wall Street Journal:
Giuliani Says Trump Repaid Cohen for Stormy Daniels Payment — The ex-New York mayor, now a member of president's legal team, says there were no ‘campaign finance violations’ in payment to former adult film star — WASHINGTON—Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani said the president had repaid his longtime attorney …
Discussion:
The Daily Beast
RELATED:
Annie Karni / Politico:
Trump's fixers revolt — Longtime associates whose job was to clean up messes are suddenly in the spotlight making things worse for the president. — Looking the part has always mattered to President Donald Trump. — The president's preference for people who look like they came from …
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Rudy Giuliani Says Trump Repaid Michael Cohen For The Stormy Daniels Hush Money — In a television interview that appeared to contradict President Donald Trump's prior statements, Trump's new lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, said Wednesday night that Trump had repaid Michael Cohen for the $130,000 he facilitated to Stormy Daniels in 2016.
Discussion:
Associated Press and Bloomberg
Washington Post:
Giuliani: Trump repaid lawyer Cohen for Stormy Daniels settlement — Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York mayor and a recent addition to President Trump's legal team, said Wednesday night that Trump made a series of payments reimbursing his lawyer, Michael Cohen, for a $130,000 settlement …
Discussion:
Joe.My.God.
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Giuliani: Trump fired Comey because he wouldn't tell Trump he wasn't target in Russia probe
Juliet Macur / New York Times:
Redskins Cheerleaders Describe Topless Photo Shoots and an Uneasy Night Out — When the Washington Redskins took their cheerleading squad to Costa Rica in 2013 for a calendar photo shoot, the first cause for concern among the cheerleaders came when Redskins officials collected …
Discussion:
Hot Air, smokeroom.com, Deadspin, The Big Lead, The Guardian, Raw Story, ProFootballTalk, AOL, twitchy.com, ThinkProgress, The Week, Daily Wire and Axios
Erica Pandey / Axios:
Trump threatens to use presidential powers on DOJ — President Trump in a Wednesday tweet called out the Justice Department for refusing to hand over un-redacted documents related to the Hillary Clinton email probe to Congress. — The big picture: The Justice Department has become …
Discussion:
Shareblue Media, Politico, CNN and Washington Examiner
RELATED:
New York Times:
Trump Assails Justice Dept., Siding With House Conservatives in Dispute — WASHINGTON — President Trump plunged on Wednesday into the simmering dispute between conservative House Republicans and the deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, siding with the lawmakers and attacking his own Justice Department.
Discussion:
Politico, The Atlantic, Washington Press, Shakesville, Washington Post, Breitbart, The Hill and Washington Monthly
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Reminder: GOP Target Rod Rosenstein Is A Lifelong Republican Trump Appointed
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Mueller's Questions for Trump Show the Folly of Special-Counsel Appointments
Discussion:
New Yorker, The Rush Limbaugh Show, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and Power Line
Alex Ward / Vox:
Trump just ominously threatened the Justice Department
Discussion:
Power Line, Politico, Washington Post, Washington Press, twitchy.com, IJR, The Mahablog, Shareblue Media, Raw Story and Mediaite
New York Times:
Trump to Add Clinton Impeachment Lawyer Emmet Flood to Replace Ty Cobb — WASHINGTON — President Trump plans to hire Emmet T. Flood, the veteran Washington lawyer who represented Bill Clinton during his impeachment, to replace Ty Cobb, the White House lawyer who has taken the lead in dealing …
Discussion:
CNBC, The Hill, CNN, National Law Journal, Raw Story, Politico, POLITICUSUSA, Outside the Beltway, ABC News, Splinter, RedState, Mother Jones, Townhall, Vox, NBC News, TheBlaze, Washington Post, The Moderate Voice, Talking Points Memo, The Atlantic, Law & Crime, Daily Kos, VICE News, Washington Press, Bloomberg, HuffPost, Above the Law, Breitbart, Mediaite, Axios, 89.3 KPCC, Joe.My.God., Shareblue Media, National Review, The Guardian, The Daily Caller and thenewcivilrightsmovement.com
RELATED:
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Trump's New Lawyer Likely to Cut Him Off From Mueller Interview: Source … President Donald Trump's legal team became significantly more cohesive on Wednesday with the addition of Emmet Flood, a veteran white collar defense attorney. It also became more aggressive, which could prove tricky for Special Counsel Bob Mueller.
Discussion:
Washington Post, ABC News, Daily Wire, Talking Points Memo, JustOneMinute, Roll Call and NPR
Washington Post:
White House lawyer Ty Cobb is exiting and will be replaced by Clinton impeachment attorney Emmet Flood
Discussion:
Politico, New York Times, Talking Points Memo, Washington Monthly, POLITICUSUSA, Breitbart, Raw Story, emptywheel, CNN, MSNBC, Vox, The Atlantic, Splinter, NBC News, Law & Crime, The Week, HuffPost, Axios, Hullabaloo, RedState, Joe.My.God., Fox News, Townhall, Mediaite, Above the Law, AOL and Common Dreams
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Exclusive: Giuliani says decision on Trump-Mueller interview ‘several weeks away’
Discussion:
Washington Press and NY State of Politics
Manu Raju / CNN:
Michael Caputo says 'it's clear' Mueller investigators focused on Russia collusion — (CNN)After being interviewed by special counsel investigators on Wednesday, former aide to Donald Trump's presidential campaign Michael Caputo told CNN that Robert Mueller's team is “focused on Russia collusion.”
Discussion:
Power Line and IJR
RELATED:
Daily Mail:
‘God damn you to hell!’: Former Trump campaign consultant explodes at Democratic Senate aides after he loses his house to legal fees in ‘witch hunt’ congressional Russia probe — Former Trump campaign adviser Michael Caputo says he has spent $125,000 on lawyers to comply with the demands of the Senate Intelligence Committee
Discussion:
The Rush Limbaugh Show
Daily Mail:
TRUMP AIDE MICHAEL CAPUTO'S SHOCKING STATEMENT TO THE SENATE INTEL COMMITTEE — Caputo, a former Trump campaign adviser, delivered this statement to the committee on Tuesday, May 1, 2018:
Song Jung-a / Financial Times:
North Korea set to release US prisoners at summit — North Korea has released the three Americans detained in the country's labour camps in a display of goodwill ahead of the looming summit between its Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump, campaigners say.
Discussion:
The Straits Times, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, CBS News, The Western Journal, RedState, IJR, The Daily Caller and Axios
RELATED:
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Thinking the Unthinkable: What If Trump Succeeds? — Let us assume for the moment that Donald Trump is an “idiot” and a “f— ing moron” who hasn't got a clue about the substance of legislation. (These judgments, if multiple news reports are accurate, come from the president's current chief of staff …
Discussion:
Washington Post and One America News Network
Wall Street Journal:
Cambridge Analytica Closing Operations Following Facebook Data Controversy — Company had lost multiple clients in recent months — Cambridge Analytica , a data firm that worked for President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, is shutting down following the disclosure of its misuse of Facebook data.
Discussion:
Shareblue Media, BuzzFeed, Vox, CNBC, IJR, Law & Crime, The Week, The Next Web, Axios, The Verge, AOL and Engadget, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:
CA Commercial:
Cambridge Analytica and Scl Elections Commence Insolvency Proceedings and Release Results …
Melanie Ehrenkranz / Gizmodo:
Cambridge Analytica Is Shutting Down
Discussion:
Washington Press, ThinkProgress, KDFW, VentureBeat, Motherboard, Joe.My.God., Raw Story, New York Magazine, Mediaite and thenewcivilrightsmovement.com
Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
Summer Zervos, Trump Accuser, Subpoenas ‘The Apprentice’ Recordings — Summer Zervos, a former contestant on “The Apprentice” who accused President Trump of sexual assault, is seeking records to prove that he defamed her by calling her a liar. — A lawyer for Ms. Zervos …
Discussion:
The Week, VICE News, Washington Press, Raw Story, Law & Crime, CNN, Mediaite and Political Wire
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Ukraine, Seeking U.S. Missiles, Halted Cooperation With Mueller Investigation — KIEV, Ukraine — In the United States, Paul J. Manafort is facing prosecution on charges of money laundering and financial fraud stemming from his decade of work for a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine.
Discussion:
Vox, Politico, Washington Press, Hot Air, Daily Kos, Balloon Juice, Common Dreams, MSNBC, The Week, Mother Jones, American Prospect, Washington Monthly and Axios
RELATED:
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Redistribution of Sex — One lesson to be drawn from recent Western history might be this: Sometimes the extremists and radicals and weirdos see the world more clearly than the respectable and moderate and sane. All kinds of phenomena, starting as far back as the Iraq War and the crisis …
Discussion:
The American Conservative, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Splinter and No More Mister Nice Blog
Jon Ward / Yahoo:
West Virginia Senate candidate distorts reality in campaign ad — WASHINGTON — A Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in West Virginia is running an ad showing his primary opponent shaking hands with Hillary Clinton — something that never happened. The ad uses a manipulated version …
Discussion:
Hullabaloo, New York Magazine, Joe.My.God., Mediaite and Political Wire
Louise Moon / South China Morning Post:
Chinese dress at US prom wins support in China after internet backlash — After criticism of student Keziah Daum's Twitter post showing her wearing the traditional qipao, Chinese commenters call it cultural appreciation, not appropriation — An American teenager has received support …
Discussion:
New York Times, Townhall, Fox News, Daily Wire, The Star Online, Front Page Magazine, JONATHAN TURLEY, Law & Crime, RedState, Fox News Insider, Hot Air, twitchy.com, The Federalist, IJR and Instapundit
Washington Post:
America is more diverse than ever — but still segregated — The United States is on track to be a majority-minority nation by 2044. But census data show most of our neighbors are the same race. — Black — White — Hispanic — Asian/Pacific Islander — Native American Multi-race and other
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
HHS official who shared conspiracy theories and said ‘forefathers would have hung’ Obama is back at work — (CNN)A political appointee at the Department of Health and Human Services has apologized and is now back at work at the department after it came to light that she spread conspiracy theories …
Discussion:
Daily Kos, Media Matters for America and Mediaite
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Black Gun Owner Will Give Birth in Prison After Trying to Protect 2-Year-Old Daughter from Assailant — Siwatu-Salama Ra is a 26-year-old black mother who watched in horror as an angry assailant—a neighbor with whom Ra had a dispute—deliberately crashed her vehicle into Ra's car while Ra's two-year-old daughter was playing inside.
Discussion:
Louder With Crowder
Joshua Holland / The Nation:
YES, DONALD TRUMP IS MAKING WHITE PEOPLE MORE HATEFUL — A new study finds empirical evidence of the “Trump Effect.” — Has Donald Trump's relentless demagoguery of Mexicans, Muslims and African Americans made Americans more hateful? Or did Trump capitalize on a white backlash …
Discussion:
Althouse
Fox News:
Police release body cam footage from Las Vegas Massacre — Las Vegas police have finally released partial footage from police body cameras that showed officers nearing the hotel room where gunman Stephen Paddock unleashed a hail of gunfire on concert-goers last October.
Discussion:
CBS New York, The Daily Caller and AOL
Alex Burness / Daily Camera:
Boulder City Council calls for ‘full editorial independence’ at Daily Camera — Late Tuesday night, the Boulder City Council unanimously approved a declaration in “support of the journalistic and editorial independence of our local newspaper,” the Daily Camera.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Republican lawmakers must decide: Can Trump snub a subpoena? … For months now, Republican lawmakers have been asked what happens if President Trump fires special counsel Robert S. Mueller III or Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, and whether they will support legislation to protect either or both.
YouTube:
Hillary Clinton: Being A Capitalist Probably Hurt Me Because So Many Democrats Are Socialists … At the Shared Value Leadership Summit, Hillary Clinton says that being a capitalist hurt her during the 2016 Democratic primaries because so many Democrats now identify themselves as socialists.
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Trump's medical deceptions should be a scandal … “Trump disseminated false medical records to fool the public about his health.” That is a headline you have never seen, though you should have. — If you've gotten tired of hearing how something President Trump did would have been a major …
Discussion:
CNN, ThinkProgress and ABC News
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
House: Democrats Risk Disaster in California's Top Two Primaries — Republicans badly need a few lucky breaks to hold their House majority in November. So far in 2018, it's been the opposite story — from an unfriendly new Pennsylvania map to Speaker Paul Ryan's retirement and bleak special election results.
Commissioning Editor - Practical Law — 
Energy Markets Reporter, London — 
Asia Credit Reporter, Seoul — 
Senior Social Media Specialist, NC — 
Courthouse Researcher, CA — 
Associate Editor - Aviation, TN — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Video Producer - YouTube, NY — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Editor, MA — 
Team Editor - Breaking News, ON — 
Senior Reporter & Event Host, NY/CA — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Managing Ed. - Berks County, PA — 
News Editor - UK, Remote — 
News Reporter, MA — 
Multimedia Journalist, PA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Service Journalism Editor, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Los Angeles Issues Reporter, CA — 
Reporter - Middle East — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
Senior Media Editor — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
General Assignment Reporter, FL — 
Staff Reporter, CA — 
Data Editor, NY — 
