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8:40 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: Raw Story and 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 …
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
MSNBC Issues HUGE Correction To Michael Cohen ‘Wiretap’ Story  —  MSNBC issued a massive on-air correction Thursday to an NBC News report the U.S. government has wiretapped Michael Cohen, the personal lawyer to President Donald Trump.  —  “Feds tapped Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's phones,” …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump lives out his LBJ fantasy: no chief of staff
Discussion: Politico, The Week and Breitbart
Washington Post:
Analysts: Giuliani's media blitz gives investigators new leads, new evidence
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Giuliani: I Don't Believe That Michael Cohen Was Wiretapped
NBC News:
Rudy Giuliani insists Trump wasn't aware of Stormy Daniels reimbursement until recently
Discussion: Political Wire, Breitbart, IJR and Raw Story
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders basically just blamed Trump for misleading her
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
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 …
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's Pursuit of an Oval Office Meeting with Vladimir Putin  —  Inside the mystery behind the President's surprise invitation to Russia's leader, and his team's struggle to figure out what to do about it.  —  Late on Monday evening, the Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, started making calls to European allies.
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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Rep. Louie Gohmert / LifeZette:
40 Questions Special Counsel Robert Mueller Needs to Answer Now  —  A Republican lawmaker contends the prosecutor has a lot to explain about his present job and prior posts as well  —  A firestorm was ignited earlier this week when The New York Times published a list of 40 questions …
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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.
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.
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Detroit radio station boycotting Kanye West music after controversial comments  —  A hip-hop and R&B radio station in Detroit has decided to stop playing Kanye West's music after the rapper's controversial remarks about slavery.  —  On-air DJs BIGG and Shay Shay at Detroit's 105.1 …
Azeen Ghorayshi / BuzzFeed:
New York City Just Announced It Will Open Safe Injection Sites  —  New York is now the fourth city in the US to announce it will open sites for people to inject illegal drugs.  None currently exist in the US.  —  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday evening that the city …
Discussion: Front Page Magazine
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.
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 …
Reuel Marc Gerecht / The Atlantic:
The Iran Deal Is Strategically and Morally Absurd  —  Editor's Note: This article is part of a debate about whether to stay in the Iran deal.  Read the other entries here.  —  It was surely Barack Obama's profound aversion to the use of American military power that so enfeebled …
Elisabeth Braw / Defense One:
We Need a NATO for Infowar  —  Western countries have pitifully few defenses against ever-more-powerful disinformation campaigns.  Banding together can help.  —  It was Sweden that manufactured the nerve gas that nearly killed Russian double-agent Sergey Skripal in Salisbury in March.  Or the Czechs.
New York Times:
No 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature, Panel Says Amid Sexual Abuse Scandal  —  STOCKHOLM — The Swedish panel that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature said on Friday that it would take the extraordinary step of not naming a laureate this year — not because of a shortage of deserving writers …
 
 
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Before It Stopped Cooperating With Mueller, Ukraine Hired GOP Lobbyists. Hmm.
Discussion: New Century Times and The Atlantic
Char Adams / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
British schools are removing analog clocks from classrooms because kids can't read them
Discussion: fox8.com and The Daily Caller
CBS Chicago:
Deputy Consul General Of Israel Allegedly Forced Out Of Uber Ride For Speaking Hebrew On Phone
Politico:
‘Scam PACs’ rake in millions under guise of charity
Bill Gertz / Washington Free Beacon:
Pentagon Confirms Chinese Fired Lasers at U.S. Pilots
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Smear Campaign Against Michigan Candidate Shows How Hard It Is For Muslims To Run For Office
KOCO:
Bill would allow carrying guns without a permit in Oklahoma
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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
Shona Ghosh / Business Insider:
Peeing in trash cans, constant surveillance, and asthma attacks on the job: Amazon workers tell us …
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Bloomberg:
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