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9:45 PM ET, May 14, 2018

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New York Times:
Israel Kills Dozens at Gaza Border as U.S. Embassy Opens in Jerusalem  —  Right Now: Palestinian officials say at least 55 people have been killed in the latest round of protests.  —  • More than 2,700 Palestinian demonstrators were wounded on Monday along the border fence with Gaza, the Health Ministry reported.
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
A Grotesque Spectacle in Jerusalem  —  On Monday, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and other leading lights of the Trumpist right gathered in Israel to celebrate the relocation of the American Embassy to Jerusalem, a gesture widely seen as a slap in the face to Palestinians who envision East Jerusalem as their future capital.
Washington Post:
Israelis kill dozens of Palestinians in Gaza protesting U.S. Embassy move to Jerusalem
Ahmed Abu Ratima / New York Times:
I Helped Start the Gaza Protests. I Don't Regret It.
Discussion: Axios and Mediaite
Peter Stone / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Mega-donor Adelson riding high with two pro-Israel policy victories
Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
The Russians Try to Call Mueller's Bluff, File Request to View Secret Grand Jury Info  —  Attorneys for an alleged component of Russian trolling efforts during the 2016 presidential election are demanding that special counsel Robert Mueller be forced to reveal the grand jury instructions used …
Discussion: RedState, Mother Jones and Raw Story
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Politico:
Ukrainian politician behind controversial peace proposal to appear in Mueller probe  —  KIEV — A Ukrainian politician who communicated with Trump associates about a controversial plan to resolve Ukraine's conflict with Kremlin-backed rebels said Monday that he has been called to testify …
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Russian company indicted by Mueller slams case as a ‘make-believe crime’
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Russian firm accused of funding U.S. election trolling disputes Mueller charge
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Troll Farm Lawyers: Russians Didn't Know Election Meddling Was Illegal
Discussion: The Week
The Daily Caller:
With Avenatti In The Spotlight, His Own Questionable Past Emerges  —  Much of the developments surrounding Stormy Daniels' lawsuit again President Donald Trump have focused on the business dealings of attorney Michael Cohen, but an investigation by The Daily Caller News Foundation reveals …
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Washington Post:
Michael Avenatti is using Trump tactics to battle Trump, a strategy that comes with risks
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
USA Today:
Out of loopholes, Trump must disclose Stormy Daniels debt in next financial report
Discussion: Bustle
Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump undergoes kidney surgery at Walter Reed medical center  —  (CNN)First lady Melania Trump underwent kidney surgery Monday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center near Washington, DC, according to a statement from her office.  —  Trump had been experiencing an issue …
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Robert Maguire / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
$1 million mystery gift to inauguration traced to conservative legal activists  —  WASHINGTON  —  One of the largest contributions to President Donald Trump's inaugural committee in 2016 appears to have been orchestrated by a set of powerful conservative legal activists who have since …
Discussion: Law & Crime
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Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Corey Lewandowski joining Pence team, will focus on midterms and then 2020  —  EXCLUSIVE: Corey Lewandowski, who helped Donald Trump win the Republican nomination, is getting back in the campaign game.  —  He is joining Vice President Pence's political action committee …
Robert Patrick / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Circuit attorney drops charge against Greitens after judge rules she can be called as witness  —  St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner and Harvard law Professor Ronald Sullivan, who is helping prosecutors, head into court for the third day of jury selection in the criminal trial of Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens on Monday, May 14, 2018.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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Kansas City Star:
Circuit attorney drops Greitens case, asks for special prosecutor to refile charge  —  ST. LOUIS  —  In a stunning development, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner on Monday dropped her prosecution of Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens in the face of the defense team's plan to call her to the stand.
New York Times:
Gov. Eric Greitens's Charge Is Dropped, for Now, in Missouri
Ilana Novick / Truthdig:
Reporters Cash in White House Access for Lucrative Cable News Deals  —  After the 2016 elections, several publications encouraged Americans to pay for their content, framing a newspaper subscription as an act of resistance against a lying, media-bashing president.  —  It's paid off handsomely for legacy publications.
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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
It's A Good Time To Be A Reporter Covering Trump If You Like Money And Going On TV
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David Uberti / Splinter:   DC Journalists Are Getting Very Rich Off of Trump
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Trump Orders Help For Chinese Phone-Maker After China Approves Money For Trump Project  —  Trump will profit from Indonesian resort project that will get $500 million in Chinese loans in a deal sealed days before before his tweet ordering help for ZTE.  —  WASHINGTON - A mere 72 hours …
Discussion: National Review, Vox, ThinkProgress and NPR
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Politico:
Ross losing sway with Trump on China
John Solomon / The Hill:
Mueller may have a conflict — and it leads directly to a Russian oligarch  —  has withstood relentless political attacks, many distorting his record of distinguished government service.  —  But there's one episode even Mueller's former law enforcement comrades — and independent ethicists …
Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Ahead of Vote on Gina Haspel, Senate Pulls Access to Damning Classified Memo  —  As the Senate prepares for a Wednesday vote on whether to confirm Gina Haspel as director of the CIA, the Senate Intelligence Committee has restricted access to a classified memo that Democratic staff put together …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Some senators said to be disturbed by details of torture in Democrats' Haspel memo
Discussion: Splinter
Washington Post:
Maverick cleric's election upset could rattle U.S.-Iraq relations … BAGHDAD — The surprisingly strong showing of a ticket backed by maverick cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Iraqi elections over the weekend will force U.S. officials to recalculate how best to pursue American interests in the region at an especially sensitive moment.
Discussion: Axios and Power Line
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New York Times:
Iraqi Voters Strengthen Hand of Militia Leader Who Battled U.S.
Discussion: The Week
Tricia Escobedo / CNN:
Meghan Markle, Prince Harry deal with ‘difficult situation’ after report dad won't attend  —  (CNN)Meghan Markle's father, Thomas Markle, told American publication TMZ on Monday that he will not attend his daughter's wedding to Prince Harry.  —  According to the TMZ report …
Washington Post:
Scott Pruitt requested and received 24/7 security starting on his first day at EPA … Scott Pruitt began receiving round-the-clock security from the moment he stepped foot inside the Environmental Protection Agency in February 2017, the agency's inspector general revealed Monday.
Max Golembo / ABC News:
Widespread severe weather expected from Texas to Virginia  —  Severe weather this weekend brought more than 100 damaging storm reports from western Texas to the mid-Atlantic.  Storms are expected to continue in the eastern U.S. for the next few days.  —  Winds of more than 60 mph produced damage …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Why Trump's White House never says sorry  —  Usually when people say stupid or cruel things, they apologize and move on, instead of defiantly standing by their statements.  But that doesn't happen in Trumpworld, and it certainly hasn't happened in the case of White House staffer Kelly Sadler's callous remark about John McCain.
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Trump vs. the “Deep State”  —  How the Administration's loyalists are quietly reshaping American governance.  —  Two months after Donald Trump's Inauguration, the White House took a sudden interest in a civil servant named Sahar Nowrouzzadeh.  At thirty-four, she was largely unknown outside …
Annie Snider / Politico:
White House, EPA headed off chemical pollution study  —  The intervention by Scott Pruitt's aides came after one White House official warned the findings would cause a ‘public relations nightmare.’  —  Scott Pruitt's EPA and the White House sought to block publication of a federal health study …
Colin Drury / The Independent:
Pet dog raised by Chinese family for two years turns out to be a black bear  —  Owners grew suspicious when animal showed talent for walking on two legs  —  Norway-style Brexit declared ‘dead’ by Labour MP  —  White House blames Hamas over 55 Palestinians killed by Israeli troops
 
 
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Hollywood Reporter:
Cannes: Spike Lee's ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Draws 10-Minute Ovation
Discussion: The Root, The Guardian and Jezebel
CNN:
Border Patrol failed to count hundreds of migrant deaths on US soil
Discussion: Daily Kos
Diana Buttu / Haaretz:
Trump's Embassy Move Intensifies America's Immoral Support for Israel's Alt-right Government
Discussion: Daily Wire
Tracy Connor / NBC News:
Death of Keeven Robinson in custody is ruled homicide by asphyxiation
Discussion: CNN, The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Tesla is losing top talent and facing a cash crunch at a critical juncture
Kevin McDermott / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Poll shows slight McCaskill lead over Hawley; Greitens tanking
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The Hill's John Solomon moves to new spot as ‘opinion contributor’
Corpus Christi Caller-Times:
Embattled ex-congressman Blake Farenthold finds safe harbor at the Port of Port Lavaca
Discussion: HuffPost
 Earlier Items: 
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Friends without benefits: how Europe was wrongfooted by Trump over Iran
Tony Semerad / Salt Lake Tribune:
Reacting to plunging revenues, Salt Lake Tribune lays off a third of its newsroom, cuts back print offerings
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Attorney General Brad Schimel concludes for the second time Project Veritas videos shows no voter fraud by Dem activist
People.com:
Superman's Lois Lane, Margot Kidder, Dies at Age 69
Discussion: Fox News and Daily Kos
Kate Nocera / BuzzFeed:
The 9 Minutes That Almost Changed America
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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