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2:50 PM ET, May 14, 2018

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New York Times:
Israeli Troops Kill Dozens of Palestinian Protesters as U.S. Embassy Opens in Jerusalem  —  Right Now: Palestinian officials say at least 52 people have been killed in the latest round of protests.  —  • At least 1,700 Palestinian demonstrators were also wounded on Monday along …
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Washington Post:
Israelis kill dozens of Palestinians in Gaza protesting U.S. Embassy move to Jerusalem … ZEITOUN, Gaza Strip — Israeli soldiers on Monday killed 37 Palestinians demonstrating along the border fence and wounded more than 1,600 in the bloodiest day in Gaza since the 2014 war with Israel, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
Brandon Conradis / The Hill:
Romney denounces pastor slated to speak at US Embassy in Jerusalem
Emma Green / The Atlantic:
Celebration in Jerusalem, Bloodshed in Gaza
Kate Bubacz / BuzzFeed:   These Photos Show The Stark Divide Between Shooting Deaths In Gaza And The Celebrations In Jerusalem
Matt Bradley / NBC News:
Jerusalem embassy opening: Dozens dead in Gaza-Israel fence protest
New York Times:
Amid Political Disarray, Pence Reaches for Control of G.O.P.  —  Representative Jeb Hensarling of Texas needed a favor: Before retiring at the end of his term, Mr. Hensarling, a powerful conservative, wanted to anoint an activist named Bunni Pounds as his successor.
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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 …
Discussion: Politico, Political Wire and Mediaite
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court allows sports betting across the country  —  WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court acted Monday to bust Nevada's monopoly on legal sports betting, allowing more states to get in on the action and reap the tax benefits.  —  The court, in a 6-3 ruling, struck down a federal law …
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Politico:
Las Vegas loses lock on legalized sports betting
Discussion: CNN, ABC News and Washington Post
Scooby Axson / Sports Illustrated:
U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Federal Ban on Sports Gambling
Discussion: Breitbart and RedState
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump and Sean Hannity Like to Talk Before Bedtime  —  Life inside the bunker of Fox News' resident Trumplegänger.  —  Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Pool via Bloomberg/Getty Images (Trump head); Rob Kim/Getty Images (Hannity head); NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images (phone)
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 …
Discussion: Shareblue Media, Raw Story and Axios
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
White House Aide's Plan to Stop Leaks: Spy on His Co-Workers … A former National Security Council official now working for Attorney General Jeff Sessions explored ways to surreptitiously monitor the communications of White House staff for leaks or perceived political disloyalty to Donald Trump …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:   The Daily 202: Trump voters stay loyal because they feel disrespected
People.com:
Superman's Lois Lane, Margot Kidder, Dies at Age 69  —  The big screen's Lois Lane has died.  —  Margot Kidder passed away on Sunday at her home in Livingston, Montana, PEOPLE has confirmed.  She was 69.  Her cause of death is unknown.  —  Funeral arrangements for the Canadian-born actress are pending.
Discussion: Fox News
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Tasha Reign: I Was Assaulted on a Stormy Daniels Porn Set.  And She Did Nothing. … On the morning of April 17, Stormy Daniels made a hotly-anticipated appearance on The View.  —  Flanked by her omnipresent attorney, Michael Avenatti, the adult actress/director defended her decision …
Kate Nocera / BuzzFeed:
The 9 Minutes That Almost Changed America  —  You don't know the whole story of how close we came to one of the deadliest political shootings in US history last year.  —  Bureau Chief, BuzzFeed DC  —  Lissandra Villa  —  Roger Williams cannot enjoy fireworks on the Fourth of July anymore.
Discussion: Front Page Magazine
Washington Post:
Va. election officials assigned 26 voters to the wrong district.  It might've cost Democrats a pivotal race. … Last year's race for state delegate in Newport News went down in Virginia history for its razor-thin margin.  Republican David E. Yancey won on Election Day by 10 votes …
Discussion: CNN and Daily Kos
USA Today:
Out of loopholes, Trump must disclose Stormy Daniels debt in next financial report  —  Stormy Daniels is an adult film star who says she had a sexual encounter with Donald Trump in 2006, while he was married to Melania.  Here's what you may not know about her. … President Trump has a big decision to make.
Discussion: Bustle
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Mueller's Probe Is Even More Expansive Than It Seems  —  FBI agents working for special counsel Robert Mueller allegedly detained a lawyer with ties to Russia who is closely associated with Joseph Mifsud, the shadowy professor who claimed during the election that Russia had “dirt” on Hillary Clinton.
Kate Conger / Gizmodo:
Google Employees Resign in Protest Against Pentagon Contract  —  It's been nearly three months since many Google employees—and the public—learned about the company's decision to provide artificial intelligence to a controversial military pilot program known as Project Maven …
Elizabeth Dias / New York Times:
An Evangelical Journalist Finds His Calling at the White House  —  David Brody has unusual access to the president.  In return, Mr. Trump gets a direct line to the evangelical audience he depends on.  —  WASHINGTON — It was the morning after another breathtaking revelation about President Trump …
Discussion: Washington Post
Michelle Rindels / The Nevada Independent:
Former Sen. Harry Reid undergoes surgery for pancreatic cancer  —  Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has undergone surgery for pancreatic cancer.  —  The operation, first reported on Twitter by KLAS-TV journalist George Knapp and confirmed by a source close to the powerful former lawmaker, took place Monday morning.
Rebecca Berg / CNN:
Top GOP donors close wallets over tax law  —  (CNN)As national Republicans scramble their resources for a high-stakes midterm election year, some of the party's biggest and most reliable donors have quietly withheld their support for Senate and House Republican groups out of frustration with the new tax law, CNN has learned.
Discussion: Vox
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 …
Discussion: US EPA
Washington Post:
Trump's improved standing, energized GOP voters worry Democrats  —  After months of confidence that public discontent with President Trump would lift Democrats back to power in Congress, some party leaders are fretting that their advantages in this year's midterms are eroding amid a shifting political landscape.
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Meryl Streep to Star in Panama Papers Thriller for Steven Soderbergh (Exclusive)  —  Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas are also in talks to star.  —  Meryl Streep will star in The Laundromat, a drama based on the Panama Papers that Steven Soderbergh will direct.
Discussion: The Guardian
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
It's A Good Time To Be A Reporter Covering Trump If You Like Money And Going On TV  —  And reporters in DC do.  —  A whirlwind Washington era has vaulted White House reporters into a charmed, somewhat awkward, but characteristically Trumpian reality: fame and fortune.
Wall Street Journal:
Michael Cohen's D.C. Consulting Career: Scattershot, With Mixed Success  —  Pitching himself as the president's lawyer to companies expecting a Clinton win, Mr. Cohen won AT&T and Novartis but was spurned by Ford and Uber  —  When Michael Cohen came knocking after the 2016 election …    SL 
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Is Mike Pompeo backing off Trump's demand that North Korea get rid of its nukes? … President Trump has assured us he'll drive a hard bargain with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and he set the goal posts firmly at Kim getting rid of his nuclear weapons.  Asked last month what he meant when he said …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
 
 
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Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Attorney General Brad Schimel concludes for the second time Project Veritas videos shows no voter fraud by Dem activist
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
The Daily Beast:
Dems Give Up on Trying to Get Cable News to Care About Anything but Russia
Discussion: twitchy.com
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Tom Price: Everyone should have health care coverage
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
NBC News swings, hits self
Discussion: Instapundit
Tim Johnson / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Dwindling Merchant Marine fleet crimps U.S. ability to wage war
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump's drug price retreat adds to list of abandoned populist promises
New York Times:
Sergei Skripal Was Retired, but Still in the Spy Game. Is That Why He Was Poisoned?
Discussion: Sky News and The Guardian
Ted Pyne / CommonWealth Magazine:
Why new Green Line approach makes sense
 Earlier Items: 
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Liberal ideas move from fringe to front-burner for Democrats
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
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Ime Archibong / Facebook:
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Alice Ollstein / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Admin Poised To Give Rural Whites A Carve-Out On Medicaid Work Rules
Discussion: New York Magazine and ACA Signups
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Graham considers Jolly for running mate
Brian Faler / Politico:
GOP tax cut not why economy is booming
Steven G. Calabresi / Wall Street Journal:
Mueller's Investigation Crosses the Legal Line   SL 
Discussion: Law & Crime