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12:25 PM ET, May 18, 2018

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Houston Chronicle:
‘Multiple fatalities’ reported at Santa Fe High School shooting  —  SANTA FE, Texas - A shooting at Santa Fe High School this morning has left “multiple fatalities,” a law enforcement source confirmed.  —  The source said the gunman was a male, but could provide no further information.
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KHOU-TV:
WATCH LIVE: At least 8 killed in shooting at Santa Fe HS; Officials sweeping building  —  Authorities say one suspect is in custody at the school, located about 30 miles southeast of Houston.  Another person has also been detained.  —  SANTA FE, Texas - Federal and county officials tell …
Associated Press:
Houston-area media reporting fatalities from school shooting  —  SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — Houston-area media citing unnamed law enforcement officials are reporting that there are fatalities following a shooting at a local high school Friday morning.  —  Television station KHOU and the Houston Chronicle …
abc13.com:
LIVE COVERAGE: Confirmed injuries after Santa Fe High School shooting  —  A suspect is in custody following a shooting inside Santa Fe High School.  According to law enforcement agencies, it appears the shooter is a student.  There are confirmed injuries, but the number and extent are not yet known.
BBC:
Santa Fe High School: ‘Eight fatalities’ reported in shooting  —  Up to eight people have been reported dead in a shooting at a Texas high school, which is on lockdown.  —  One person is in custody after the attack at Santa Fe High School, which is about 40 miles (65km) south of Houston, according to school officials.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Washington Post:
At least 8 killed in shooting at Texas high school, sheriff says … At least eight people were killed in a shooting Friday morning at a high school in Southeast Texas, the latest eruption of gun violence to terrorize students and teachers alike.  —  Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez …
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Injuries reported in shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas: School district
Discussion: Fox News and Mediaite
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
At least 8 dead in shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas: Sheriff
Discussion: Law & Crime and Mediaite
Aaron Barker / Click2Houston.com:
LIVE: Injuries reported in Santa Fe High School shooting; 1 in custody
Discussion: Mediaite and NBC News
CNN:
There has been, on average, 1 school shooting every week this year
Discussion: Bustle
Washington Post:
‘Bigger than Watergate’: Trump joins push by allies to expose role of an FBI source … President Trump's allies are waging an increasingly aggressive campaign to undercut the Russia investigation by exposing the role of a top-secret FBI source.  The effort reached new heights Thursday …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
It's right there in plain sight … THE MORNING PLUM:  —  Here's the difficulty.  We want Congress to exercise oversight when it comes to the activities of our intelligence services, to prevent them from abusing their awesome powers and to maintain public confidence that such abuses …
Discussion: CNN, New York Times and Mediaite
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Was Trump's Campaign ‘Set Up’?
Discussion: New York Magazine
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Trump: Justice Dept. put a ‘spy’ in campaign to ‘frame’ him
New York Times:
Trump Administration to Tie Health Facilities' Funding to Abortion Restrictions  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration plans to announce on Friday a new policy barring Planned Parenthood and other reproductive health organizations from providing or mentioning abortions at any facility …
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Trump to target Planned Parenthood with new abortion curbs
Discussion: ABC News, The Hill and Associated Press
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump administration to bar abortions at facilities receiving federal family funds
Discussion: Townhall
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘Unfair!’  Rudy Giuliani explodes when CNN's Cuomo plays clip of him saying presidents must obey subpoenas  —  Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani went on an angry tirade against Chris Cuomo on Friday after the CNN host played an old clip of him saying that presidents must comply with subpoenas to testify.
Discussion: Mediaite
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Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Giuliani says Mueller has agreed to narrow scope of potential Trump interview  —  Washington (CNN)Rudy Giuliani said Friday that special counsel Robert Mueller has agreed to narrow the scope of a potential interview with President Donald Trump from five topics to two.
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Scrapped Training Exercise With South Korea Involving B-52s  —  South Korea expressed concern in advance of U.S.-North Korea summit, officials say  —  A training exercise involving U.S. B-52 bombers and South Korean planes was scrapped earlier this week after the South Korean government …
Discussion: CNBC
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Maximum pressure on North Korea is gone, and it isn't coming back
Barbara Surk / New York Times:   Clashing With Trump, E.U. Tries to Blunt U.S. Sanctions on Iran
Nellie Bowles / New York Times:
Jordan Peterson, Custodian of the Patriarchy  —  He says there's a crisis in masculinity.  Why won't women — all these wives and witches — just behave?  —  TORONTO — Jordan Peterson fills huge lecture halls and tells his audiences there's no shame in looking backward to a model of how the world should be arranged.
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Daily Caller
David Smith / The Guardian:
Bill Gates: Trump twice asked me the difference between HIV and HPV  —  Microsoft co-founder tells foundation meeting it was ‘kind of scary’ how much Trump knew about what Gates' daughter looked like  —  Bill Gates, the billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist, has claimed Donald Trump twice asked …
Discussion: Mashable, KFOR-TV and Bustle
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Doha Madani / HuffPost:
Bill Gates Says Trump Didn't Know The Difference Between HPV And HIV
Discussion: Splinter
Joanna Chiu / Foreign Policy:
Sexpat Journalists Are Ruining Asia Coverage  —  Newsroom predators in foreign bureaus hurt their colleagues — and their stories.  —  Today, I'm known as a strong advocate in my social circles, promoting women's and minorities' voices in media.  But when I first moved to China seven years ago …
miamiherald:
Man firing gun and ranting about Trump shot by police inside Trump National Doral resort  —  A gunman ranting about President Donald Trump walked into the lobby of Trump National Doral Miami resort early Friday morning, draped an American flag on the counter and began firing.
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Doug Phillips / Sun-Sentinel:
Doral resident shouting ‘anti-President Trump rhetoric,’ shot in police firefight at Trump National Resort
Freida Frisaro / Associated Press:   Gunman arrested after police shootout at Trump resort
Nathan Layne / Reuters:
Exclusive: Manafort's former son-in-law cuts plea deal, to cooperate with government: sources  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former son-in-law of Paul Manafort, the one-time chairman of President Donald Trump's campaign, has cut a plea deal with the Justice Department that requires him to cooperate …
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Is Trump the Second Coming of Reagan?  —  Fox News's Bret Baier wants you to think he just might be.  —  Bret Baier, chief political anchor of Fox News, President Trump's favorite network, insists he isn't living in some alternate reality.  He knows that our current President is louder …
Discussion: Contemptor
TMZ.com:
Jay-Z Convinced Meek Mill to Cancel White House Visit with Trump  —  Meek Mill bailed on a visit to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Friday after a late-night call from Jay-Z ... TMZ has learned.  —  TMZ broke the story ... Meek agreed to travel to the White House to discuss prison reform.
BuzzFeed:
Here's What We Know About Aaron Schlossberg, The Racist New York Lawyer Who Berated People For Speaking In Spanish  —  Aaron M. Schlossberg, the Manhattan attorney who was caught in a viral racist rant against people speaking Spanish, has been caught on video and in photos being a bigot in at least four more instances over two years.
Discussion: HuffPost, New York Times and Bustle
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Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed:
Sources Say Cohen Financial Records Not Missing, Just Restricted  —  Three sources told BuzzFeed News that Treasury Department officials have taken the highly unusual step of restricting access to suspicious activity reports.  —  Records pertaining to the financial activities …
Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Millions flow to fast-growing lobbying firms with ties to the Trump administration  —  Editorial Page writer George Hager discusses how one becomes a lobbyist, what they do and why they matter in his answer to this reader question.  Have a question?  Send it using #askusatoday on Twitter or e-mail askusatoday@usatoday.com.
Discussion: Splinter and middleeastmonitor.com
New York Times:
Congressional Candidates, Not Mueller, Could Decide Trump's Future  —  For months, the political world has treated Robert S. Mueller III as the arbiter of President Trump's fate: Hopeful Democrats have theorized about the damage Mr. Mueller's investigation might inflict.
Discussion: Law & Crime
Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
Furor Over Trump's ‘Animals’ Remark Misses the Point  —  Give him a break on the use of one word.  His real offense is blurring the lines on immigrants and crime.  —  One of the oddities of our political moment is how frequently we are asked to tease out the layers of meaning of remarks …
 
 
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
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Kalyn Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Meghan Markle, Black Royalty in a Castle of White Privilege
Washington Post:
ICE just abandoned its dream of ‘extreme vetting’ …
Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Dems increase effort to avoid California catastrophe
Discussion: CALmatters and Breitbart
Craig Gilbert / USA Today:
Support for Donald Trump a constant theme in Republican ads for midterms
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Is the Trump Tower meeting really proof of collusion?
Discussion: HuffPost
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The Trump era is a renaissance of half-witted intolerance
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The Las Vegas Shooter Went On An Anti-Government Rant Weeks Before His Deadly Attack
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Did China Just Bribe Trump to Undermine National Security?
Discussion: Daily Kos
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“People's Heads Are Blowing Up”: As Fox News Installs a Meditation Room, Staffers Worry …
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