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1:20 PM ET, May 3, 2018

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NBC News:
Feds tapped Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's phones  —  Federal investigators have wiretapped the phone lines of Michael Cohen, the longtime personal lawyer for President Donald Trump who is under investigation for a payment he made to an adult film star who alleged she had an affair with Trump …
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Washington Post:
Giuliani: Trump repaid attorney 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 attorney Michael Cohen for a $130,000 settlement …
New York Times:
Giuliani Says Trump Repaid Cohen for Stormy Daniels Hush Money  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump reimbursed Michael D. Cohen, his longtime personal lawyer, for a $130,000 payment that Mr. Cohen has said he made to keep a pornographic film actress from going public before the 2016 election …
Fox News Insider:
Judge Nap: Giuliani's Claim That Trump Didn't Know About Stormy Daniels Payment Is ‘Unworthy of Belief’  —  Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday said that President Trump reimbursed his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, the $130,000 that Cohen paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in exchange …
Discussion: BuzzFeed, Fox News, The Week and Mediaite
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Giuliani follows up disastrous Hannity appearance with equally damaging Fox & Friends spot  —  A day after contradicting Donald Trump's and longtime Trump general counsel Michael Cohen's claims that the president knew nothing about Cohen's payments to Stormy Daniels, Rudy Giuliani contradicted himself in a Fox & Friends interview.
CNN:
Trump, Giuliani strategizing leaves White House in the dark  —  (CNN)Rudy Giuliani's cable rollout as a member of President Donald Trump's legal team, and the torrent of statements he made Wednesday night, caught many in the White House offguard and flat-footed, highlighting the continued chaotic nature …
Discussion: Political Wire and KTLA
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Rudy Giuliani May Have Just Implicated President Trump In Serious Campaign Finance Violations  —  Donald Trump's new lawyer Rudy Giuliani took to Sean Hannity's Fox News program Wednesday night to defend the president from the ongoing Mueller investigation and to calm the waters for the Trump faithful.
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Fox & Friends Grills Giuliani on Stormy Daniels Payment: ‘Sounds Like the Story is Changing’  —  Rudy Giuliani made huge waves last night with the bombshells he dropped over the President Trump-Stormy Daniels saga, and today, he joined Fox & Friends for an encore performance.
Associated Press:   Giuliani comments on Stormy payment raise legal questions
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Giuliani Appears to Veer Off Script. A Furor Follows.
Karen Yourish / New York Times:
Conflicting Statements About the Payment to Stormy Daniels
Discussion: Daily Kos and Mother Jones
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Rudes in Twilight  —  I've heard from a lot of people …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Harry Siegel / The Daily Beast:
Rudy Giuliani Says Trump Paid Back Stormy Daniels' Hush Money, Rips ‘Pervert’ Comey
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Another Top EPA Official Is Leaving, Sources Say  — Liz Bowman's exit follows two other departures just this week  — At least 10 federal investigations target EPA Chief Pruitt  —  A third top EPA official is leaving the agency amid intensifying scrutiny of Administrator Scott Pruitt's travel, spending and condo rental.
Discussion: Political Wire
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New York Times:
Pruitt's Coziness With Lobbyists Includes Secretly Buying a House With One  —  Since moving to Washington, Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, has attracted the attention of federal investigators because of his unusual association with lobbyists …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Root and Daily Kos
Charles V. Bagli / New York Times:
Trump Place Does Not Have to be a Forever Name, Judge Says  —  Over the opposition of lawyers for a company owned by President Donald J. Trump, State Supreme Court Judge Eileen Bransten ruled Thursday that a condominium on the Upper West Side could remove the bronze letters spelling out his name from its 46-story building.
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Judge rules New York condo board may remove ‘Trump’ name
Discussion: Mediaite and Joe.My.God.
Eric Swalwell / USA Today:
Ban assault weapons, buy them back, go after resisters: Ex-prosecutor in Congress  —  Ban assault weapons and buy them back.  It might cost $15 billion, but we can afford it.  Consider it an investment in our most important right, the right to live.  —  Gary Jackson never stood a chance.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and twitchy.com
Washington Post:
Charlie Rose's misconduct was widespread at CBS and three managers were warned, investigation finds … Incidents of sexual misconduct by Charlie Rose were far more numerous than previously known, according to a new investigation by The Washington Post, which also found three occasions …
New York Times:
Army Green Berets Secretly Help Saudis Combat Threat From Yemen Rebels  —  WASHINGTON — For years, the American military has sought to distance itself from a brutal civil war in Yemen, where Saudi-led forces are battling rebels who pose no direct threat to the United States.
Eric Lichtblau / TIME:
The FBI Is in Crisis and America Is Paying the Price  —  Former FBI Director James Comey leaves a Senate hearing on June 8, 2017, after testifying about Donald Trump Stephen Voss  —  In normal times, the televisions are humming at the FBI's 56 field offices nationwide, piping in the latest news as agents work their investigations.
Business Wire:
The New York Times Company Reports 2018 First-Quarter Results  —  NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)— The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) announced today first-quarter 2018 diluted earnings per share from continuing operations of $.13 compared with $.08 earnings per share in the same period of 2017.
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Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
New York Times Co. Reports Revenue Growth as Digital Subscriptions Rise
Kit Chellel / Bloomberg:
The Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code  —  Bill Benter did the impossible: He wrote an algorithm that couldn't lose at the track.  Close to a billion dollars later, he tells his story for the first time.  —  Horse racing is something like a religion in Hong Kong, whose citizens bet more than anyone else on Earth.
Vali Nasr / Axios:
Trump's North Korea strategy won't go far with Iran  —  As much as President Trump would like credit for solving the Iran nuclear problem, he will not get far trying to replicate the approach his administration has taken toward North Korea.  The facts on the ground in each country are simply too different.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's new quest: A Nobel may prove irresistible
Discussion: Associated Press
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Dems +8 On House Ballot  —  McConnell, Schumer, Ryan, Pelosi viewed negatively  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Democrats hold an 8 point lead over Republicans in the generic House ballot as public opinion on the new tax reform law continues to be divided.  The Monmouth University Poll also finds …
Gordon Lubold / Wall Street Journal:
Laser from Chinese Base Aimed at U.S. Military Pilots In Africa's Skies, Pentagon Charges  —  Incidents in recent weeks increase tensions, threaten Flight safety, U.S. says  —  WASHINGTON—Chinese military personnel are targeting American flight crews in the skies over the east African nation …
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Three black teens are finalists in a NASA competition.  Hackers spewing racism tried to ruin their odds. … The three D.C. students couldn't believe the news.  They'd developed a method to purify lead-contaminated water in school drinking fountains, and NASA announced last month …
Rosemary Sobol / Chicago Tribune:
Man accused of threatening gay clubs in Lakeview accidentally released from Cook County Jail  —  Shane Sleeper, who was in the custody of Cook County Jail, was accidentally released from custody on Wednesday, Chicago police say.  (Chicago police)  —  A man charged with threatening violence …
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Corker-Blackburn drama risks must-win Senate seat for GOP  —  The GOP incumbent's kind words for former Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen have given centrist Republicans tacit permission to break ranks.  —  Republicans are increasingly unnerved by the rift between retiring Sen. Bob Corker and Marsha Blackburn …
Discussion: Washington Post
Martin Vassolo / miamiherald:
James Comey rails on NRA, says he'd be a ‘crappy candidate’ in Miami book tour appearance  —  James Comey never wanted to write a book.  The thought of signing onto that kind of “ego deal” seemed unbearable.  —  “And then I got fired,” Comey told nearly 2,000 supporters in Miami on Wednesday …
Vladimir Kara-Murza / Washington Post:
The UK makes history on human rights  —  It's said that the largest export from Vladimir Putin's Russia is not oil but corruption.  There is much truth in that.  But export is not a one-sided proposition.  For someone to be able to export corruption, someone else must be willing to import it.
New York Times:
Kelly Finds Himself in a Familiar Place in the Trump White House: Eyeing the Exits  —  WASHINGTON — When President Trump learned this week that his chief of staff, John F. Kelly, reportedly called him “an idiot” on several occasions, he expressed little in the way of frustration or anger …
Gareth Davies / Telegraph:
Mother, 19, stabbed boyfriend during sex after telling him men should only be used for ‘human sacrifice’  —  A young mother has been jailed for 11 years for stabbing her occasional boyfriend as they has sexual intercourse after texting him to say men should only be used as “human sacrifice”.
Discussion: Daily Wire
Zach Everson / Condé Nast Traveler:
Inside the World's Most Controversial Hotel  —  The hotel that was expected to take its place among the crown jewels of D.C.'s travel scene has become a magnet for protestors, a West Wing Annex, and—possibly—the center of a constitutional crisis.  —  Just inside the main entrance …
 
 
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United Airlines Names Josh Earnest Chief Communications Officer
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Donald J. Trump / The White House:
President Donald J. Trump Proclaims May 3 as a National Day of Prayer
Discussion: MSNBC and The Stream
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Democratic Midterm Momentum Has ‘Stalled,’ Top Party Pollster Warns
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Industrial Revolutions Are Political Wrecking Balls
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
‘Read more, listen more:’ Newsrooms unite for World Press Freedom Day
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Tired of Gang Violence, Students Walked Out of Class. Even That Was Dangerous.
Associated Press:
Can Trump be forced to testify? Legal precedents suggest yes
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Karen Heller / Washington Post:
Jordan Peterson is on a crusade to toughen up young men. It's landed him on our cultural divide.
Discussion: Mother Jones and Althouse
YouTube:
Inside Don Blankenship's Wild, Super-Trumpy West Virginia Senate campaign
Discussion: Mother Jones
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
After Garland Defeat, New Group Hopes to Draw Democrats to Judicial Battlefield
Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
Reuters Poll: Black Male Approval For Trump Doubles In One Week
Clint Smith / New Republic:
Wake Up, Mr. West!  —  This week, in an interview with TMZ …
Discussion: Vox and The Root
 

 
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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

Gene Maddaus / Variety:
WGA East members working for PBS member stations reach a deal, averting a strike; the union says the deal expands protections to animation writers

 
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