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7:55 AM ET, May 4, 2018

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NBC News:
Feds monitored Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's phones  —  CORRECTION: Earlier today, NBC News reported that there was a wiretap on the phones of Michael Cohen, President Trump's longtime personal attorney, citing two separate sources with knowledge of the legal proceedings involving Cohen.
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Wall Street Journal:
The Stormy Daniels Damage  —  Does Trump want Americans to believe him in a genuine crisis?  —  Most storms pass eventually.  This week Donald Trump tried to ensure that Stormy Daniels doesn't rain down permanent distraction on his Presidency, though at the cost of further damage to his credibility.
Discussion: Political Wire
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
EXCLUSIVE: Giuliani calls for Sessions to ‘step in’ on Cohen investigation  —  Rudy Giuliani called for Attorney General Jeff Sessions  —  to intervene in the Michael Cohen case and put the people behind the probe “under investigation” in a phone call with The Hill on Thursday.
Washington Post:
‘I was going to get this over with’: Inside Giuliani's explosive Stormy Daniels revelation  —  He may have had a strategy, but Rudolph W. Giuliani hatched it almost entirely in secret.  —  The White House counsel had no idea.  Neither did the White House chief of staff …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump lives out his LBJ fantasy: no chief of staff
Discussion: Politico, The Week and Breitbart
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Giuliani: I Don't Believe That Michael Cohen Was Wiretapped
Washington Post:
Analysts: Giuliani's media blitz gives investigators new leads, new evidence
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders basically just blamed Trump for misleading her
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Welcome To The Giuliani Phase Of The Trump Presidency
Discussion: Washington Post, Politico and Breitbart
Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:   The Definitive List Of Media Screw-Ups On The Trump-Russia Story
Grant Stern / Washington Press:
Kellyanne Conway's husband just taunted Trump and Giuliani over Stormy Daniels admission in viral tweet
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
NBC News corrects explosive story on Michael Cohen
Discussion: Shakesville
Washington Post:
Influential outsiders have played a key role in Scott Pruitt's foreign travel … Scott Pruitt's itinerary for a February trip to Israel was remarkable by any standard for an Environmental Protection Agency administrator: A stop at a controversial Jewish settlement in the West Bank.
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Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
A Pruitt Aide's Attack on Zinke Angers the White House  —  As Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt faces a seemingly endless stream of scandal, his team is scrambling to divert the spotlight to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.  And the White House isn't happy about it.
CNN:
Pruitt reimbursed himself $65,000 from Oklahoma attorney general campaign  —  Pruitt target of at least 11 federal probes  —  (CNN)A CNN analysis has found that embattled Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt paid himself nearly $65,000 in reimbursements from his two campaigns …
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Why the Justice Department Is Defiant  —  A House subpoena, another missed deadline.  What is the department hiding?  —  The feud that has simmered for months between Congress and the Justice Department erupted this week into a cage match.  That's because the House is homing in on the goods.
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USA Today:
Rosenstein impeachment articles are gross abuse meant to sabotage Mueller Russia probe
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Orders Pentagon to Consider Reducing U.S. Forces in South Korea  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has ordered the Pentagon to prepare options for drawing down American troops in South Korea, just weeks before he holds a landmark meeting with North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
House chaplain rescinds resignation after furor over his ouster by Ryan … The Rev. Patrick J. Conroy, the House chaplain who announced his resignation under pressure last month, informed Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) Thursday that he wanted to rescind his offer and remain in his position at least through the end of this year.
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Alan Dershowitz Hired as Harvey Weinstein Consultant  —  The Harvard Law professor is helping the embattled movie mogul get “exclupatory” emails from The Weinstein Co.  —  Alan Dershowitz may not want to jump aboard Donald Trump's legal team, but apparently, he has no qualms with advising Harvey Weinstein's legal team.
Kylie Atwood / CBS News:
U.S. freezes funding for Syria's “White Helmets”  —  Less than two months ago the State Department hosted members of the White Helmets at Foggy Bottom.  At the time, the humanitarian group was showered with praise for saving lives in Syria.  —  “Our meetings in March were very positive.
Ashley Feinberg / HuffPost:
Leak: The Atlantic Had A Meeting About Kevin Williamson.  It Was A Liberal Self-Reckoning.  —  In a staff meeting, Jeffrey Goldberg and Ta-Nehisi Coates discussed the hiring and firing of a conservative writer.  But it wound up being about a lot more than that.
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
A New Book On Hillary Clinton Has Reporters Angry At The New York Times  —  Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty Images  —  At a book party Tuesday evening, reporters and editors at the New York Times toasted the publication of Chasing Hillary, a rollicking new memoir by Amy Chozick …
Discussion: NewsBusters, Mediaite and twitchy.com
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Special counsel Robert Mueller focusing sharply on links between Trump confidant Roger Stone and former campaign official Rick Gates, sources say  — Special counsel Robert Mueller is focusing intensely on alleged interactions between former top Trump campaign official Rick Gates and political operative Roger Stone.
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Brandi Buchman / courthousenews.com:
Mueller Seeks 70 Blank Subpoenas in Manafort Case
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
David French / National Review:
An Open Letter to Trump's Evangelical Defenders  —  A Christian's primary purpose is not to defend his own religious liberty.  It's not even to fight abortion — as vital as that task is.  His basic task on this Earth isn't protecting Christian education or preserving the freedom of Christian artists.
The Texas Tribune:
Hysteria over Jade Helm exercise in Texas was fueled by Russians, former CIA director says  —  Gov. Greg Abbott's decision in 2015 to ask the Texas State Guard to monitor a federal military exercise prompted significant criticism.  A former CIA director said Wednesday that the move emboldened Russians to next target elections.
New York Times:
They Voted for Obama, Then Went for Trump.  Can Democrats Win Them Back?  —  RITTMAN, Ohio — In the daily race that is her life, Sharla Baker does not think about politics very much.  —  She rises early, drives to the gas station to buy coffee, feeds her baby, dresses her two other children …
The Daily Beast:
Trump and White House Counsel Don McGahn Have Been ‘Barely on Speaking Terms’ … The addition of longtime Washington, D.C., lawyer Emmet Flood to President Trump's legal team on Wednesday marks a major win for another top legal adviser to the president who has, for months, been operating in the Trumpland version of Siberia.
Discussion: Politico
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Associated Press:
Trump's new lawyer is top candidate for White House counsel
Discussion: Political Wire and Politico
Justin Elliott / ProPublica:
Whoops!  Jared Kushner Made Even More Mistakes in His Federal Filings  —  It keeps happening.  Jared Kushner filed the wrong information about two of his loans in Brooklyn.  He has had to update his disclosure form at least 40 times.  —  Jared Kushner's ethics disclosure filing misstated …
Tamar Auber / Mediaite:
Neil Cavuto Calls Out Trump on His Pattern of False Statements: 'Mr. President, That's Your Swamp'  —  During a monologue on his Fox News show Thursday, Neil Cavuto called out President Donald Trump for railing against “fake news” while constantly giving them ammunition with his inconsistent and often contradictory statements.
 
 
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Liz Crampton / Politico:
Sam Clovis is leaving USDA
Discussion: The Week and CNN
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
A serial pooper targeted a N.J. high school track. It was a school superintendent, police say.
Eric Holthaus / Grist:
Humans didn't exist the last time there was this much CO2 in the air
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Shona Ghosh / Business Insider:
Peeing in trash cans, constant surveillance, and asthma attacks on the job: Amazon workers tell us …
Maggie Koerth-Baker / FiveThirtyEight:
You Can't Opt Out Of Sharing Your Data, Even If You Didn't Opt In
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Ron Elving / NPR:
Exclusive Audio: In New Memoir, Sen. John McCain Rests His Case
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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