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6:25 AM ET, May 9, 2018

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CNN:
Exclusive: Mueller's team questions Russian oligarch about payments to Cohen  —  (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigators have questioned a Russian oligarch about hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments his company's US affiliate made to President Donald Trump's personal attorney …
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New York Times:
Firm Tied to Russian Oligarch Made Payments to Michael Cohen  —  A shell company that Michael D. Cohen used to pay hush money to a pornographic film actress received payments totaling more than $1 million from an American company linked to a Russian oligarch and several corporations with business …
Noah Shachtman / The Daily Beast:
Michael Cohen Took Cash From Russian Oligarch After Election  —  The Daily Beast can confirm that Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen received hundreds of thousands of dollars from a company controlled by Putin-aligned Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg.
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Trump's Two Biggest Scandals Converge In a Single Tweet  —  The attorney for adult-film performer Stormy Daniels made an explosive claim on Tuesday, merging the two biggest scandals of Donald Trump's presidency in a single tweet—and setting off a frenzy of fresh speculation about the Trump campaign's possible ties to Russia.
Discussion: HuffPost, Mediaite, Joe.My.God. and Vox
NBC News:
Daniels' lawyer: Cohen got $500K from Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg  —  Michael Avenatti provided no documentation for his claims, which he posted on Twitter  —  Stormy Daniels' attorney claimed Tuesday that President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen received $500,000 …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Is This How Avenatti Found Out?  —  TPM Reader TH thinks he knows where Michael Avenatti got his amazingly specific details.  And it sounds right to me ...  I have no idea who leaked this or whether it was a leak per se.  But this is extraordinarily detailed information.  It all seems accurate.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Tonight's Staggering Revelations  —  Tonight we have what I'd say may be the most staggering revelations since the tangle of “Trump/Russia” investigations began almost two years ago.  This is not hyperbole.  —  Late this afternoon Stormy Daniels' attorney Michael Avenatti posted what he called a …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Mediaite and The Mahablog
Washington Post:   Trump's attorney Michael Cohen was hired by U.S. affiliate of Russian company
Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal:
AT&T Paid Trump Lawyer for ‘Insights’ on Administration
Discussion: The Week
Bloomberg:   Michael Cohen Puts Up Family Apartment Against Bank Debts
Washington Post:
Why Trump torpedoed Obama's Iran deal … The lobbying campaign to save the Iran nuclear agreement was intense and took months.  British Prime Minister Theresa May raised the deal with President Trump in more than a dozen phone calls.  French President Emmanuel Macron pressed him on it during an elaborate state visit.
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Barack Obama:
There are few issues more important to the security of the United States …
consilium.europa.eu:   Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU following US President Trump's announcement …
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Withdraws U.S. From ‘One-Sided’ Iran Nuclear Deal
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
A Courageous Trump Call on a Lousy Iran Deal
Washington Post:
Boeing, Airbus to lose $39 billion in contracts because of Trump sanctions on Iran
Discussion: The Week
GOV.UK:
Joint statement from Prime Minister May, Chancellor Merkel and President Macron following …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
5 big consequences of Trump's Iran blunder
Discussion: The White House
Politico:
Trump ‘unleashes general rage’ in scrapping Iran deal
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:   Trump was asked the most basic question about his Iran deal decision. He had no answer.
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
9/11 Planner, Tortured by C.I.A., Asks to Tell Senators About Gina Haspel  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's nomination of Gina Haspel to lead the C.I.A. has revived debate over the agency's post-Sept. 11 interrogation program and still-murky questions about her involvement.
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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Senate Intel: Russia waged ‘unprecedented’ cyber campaign on U.S. voting systems  —  The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday released the unclassified version of its investigation into Russian cyberattacks on digital U.S. voting systems ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Emma Loop / BuzzFeed:   The Senate Intelligence Committee Just Released A Report On How To Avoid Election Hacking In 2018
New York Times:   Russia Tried to Undermine Confidence in Voting Systems, Senators Say
Fatima Boudchar / New York Times:   I Have a Few Questions for Gina Haspel
New York Times:
West Virginia Primary Election Results  —  A tight three-way primary race is underway in West Virginia for the Republican nomination for Senate.  —  Read more  —  President Trump on Monday intervened and pleaded with voters to oppose one of the candidates, Don Blankenship …
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Halimah Abdullah / ABC News:
LIVE UPDATES: Big stakes in West Virginia, Indiana, Ohio bellwether primaries
Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Patrick Morrisey pulls off upset in West Virginia Senate primary, beats Blankenship and Jenkins
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Washington Post:
Risk to intelligence source who aided Russia investigation at center of latest showdown between Nunes and Justice Dept.  —  Last Wednesday, senior FBI and national intelligence officials relayed an urgent message to the White House: Information being sought by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes …
Discussion: Raw Story, Axios, Mediaite and Democracy21
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
MSNBC Under Fire After Host Hugh Hewitt Helped Broker Meeting With EPA Leader  —  “We'll get back to you,” an MSNBC spokesman told THR when asked about the host's role in brokering a meeting between EPA head Scott Pruitt and lawyers at his firm representing a California water district.
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New York Times:   New Files Shed Light on the Day Guards Smashed Scott Pruitt's Door
Media Matters for America:   The Washington Post's Hugh Hewitt problem
Katie Jane Fernelius / News, Indy Week:
A Duke University VP Walked Into the Campus Joe Van Gogh, Heard a Rap Song, Demanded That the Employees Be Fired  —  On Monday, two employees of Duke University's Joe Van Gogh location had their contracts terminated after vice president for student affairs Larry Moneta and executive director …
Discussion: Raw Story
Yonhap News Agency:
N. Korea to release 3 U.S. captives: Cheong Wa Dae official … North Korea is expected to release three U.S. citizens held in the communist state on Wednesday, an official from Seoul's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said, in an apparent goodwill gesture ahead of a historic meeting between …
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Mike Pompeo / US Department of State:
Remarks to the Traveling Press
Discussion: Washington Press
Jim Morrill / The Charlotte Observer:
Challenger Mark Harris on verge of upsetting U.S. Rep. Pittenger of NC  —  Former Charlotte pastor Mark Harris was leading Rep. Robert Pittenger in Tuesday's primary in North Carolina's 9th District, threatening to make him the first incumbent in the country to lose this year.
Discussion: ABC News, NPR, The Week and Washington Post
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
I went back to the man who hit me.  Why?  —  It's been a quarter-century, and I can still hear clearly the sound of my voice that night.  It wavered with a plaintive, childish note as I spoke into the phone: “He hit me.”  That sound, which I had never before heard in my own voice, broke something.
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Kate Sheehy / New York Post:
Woman details nightmare date with ‘repulsive’ Schneiderman
Discussion: New York Times, CNN, HuffPost and The Week
Marwa Eltagouri / Washington Post:
Rachel Crooks, who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her, wins uncontested Ohio House primary … Rachel Crooks, one of at least 19 women who have publicly accused President Trump of sexual assault, won an uncontested primary Tuesday for a seat in the Ohio state House of Representatives, her campaign manager confirmed.
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and Bustle
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
As Melania Trump Faces Plagiarism Claims, Her Staff Lashes Out at News Media  —  WASHINGTON — Melania Trump's rollout this week of her “Be Best” initiative focusing on children was intended to give the first lady an agenda all her own.  Instead, it revived accusations that Mrs. Trump's ideas were really coming from somewhere else.
 
 
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US Department of State:
Background Briefing on President Trump's Decision To Withdraw From the JCPOA
Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Is Cory Booker for real?
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Iran Hawks Are the New Iraq Hawks
Discussion: The Week, Bloomberg and Washington Post
Teresa Gubbins / CultureMap Dallas:
Dallas restaurant targeted by NRA writes fat check for gun reform group
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
NY Legislature Has Plan In Place To Consider Replacements For Eric Schneiderman
Daily Mail:
‘No other religion would be made fun of in this way’: Christian fury at Met Gala's 'blasphemous …
Discussion: New Republic and WND
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Richard Cordray Just Won Ohio's Democratic Primary.  His Party Thinks Trump Will Help Make Him Governor.
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Los Angeles Times:
George Deukmejian dead at 89, public safety and law-and-order dominated two-term governor's agenda
CBS News:
6 months before midterms, both parties face challenges - CBS News poll
Washington Post:
U.S. embassy cables warned against expelling 300,000 immigrants. Trump officials did it anyway.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
First Mueller convict reports to prison
Discussion: Washington Press
Adam Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
New Florida poll shows dead heat governors' races, Rick Scott edging Bill Nelson
Kim Dacey / WBAL:
Deputy shoots groundhog blocking traffic in Carroll County
Discussion: Deadspin
 

 
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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

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

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

 
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