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2:45 PM ET, May 20, 2018

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New York Times:
Young People Keep Marching After Parkland, This Time to Register to Vote  —  WASHINGTON — The pace of new voter registrations among young people in crucial states is accelerating, a signal that school shootings this year — and the anger and political organizing in their wake — may prove to be more than ephemeral displays of activism.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Los Angeles Times:
Texas school shooter killed girl who turned down his advances and embarrassed him in class, mother says  —  As he heard the gunshots approaching down the hall Friday morning, Santa Fe High School student Abel San Miguel, 15, hid with a handful of classmates in the art class storage closet.
New York Times:
New Reality for High School Students: Calculating the Risk of Getting Shot  —  Just hours after a gunman killed 10 people at a Texas high school, two students 1,000 miles away worried about the safety of their usual seats in the school cafeteria.  —  Calysta Wilson and Courtney Fletcher …
Discussion: KTLA, Shareblue Media, CNN and RedState
Washington Post:
Oliver North, incoming NRA chief, blames school shootings on ‘culture of violence’
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 5-20-18: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Fred Guttenberg, Nicole Hockley and Larry Kudlow
Discussion: Axios and Shareblue Media
Washington Post:
Texas school had a shooting plan, armed officers and practice. And still 10 people died.
Reuters:
Texas Shooting Suspect Seems ‘Weirdly Nonemotional,’ Lawyer Says
Discussion: Breitbart
Deedra Van Ness / Houston Chronicle:
At Santa Fe High School, my daughter phoned: 'I'm hiding in a closet. I love you, Mom.'
Discussion: The Guardian and ESPN
Washington Post:
Trump says he will call for Justice Department to probe whether FBI ‘surveilled the Trump Campaign for Political Purposes’  —  President Trump said on Twitter that he would “demand” the Justice Department look into whether “any such demands or requests were made by people within the Obama Administration!”
Discussion: Political Wire
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Should Get Details on Informant Before Mueller Interview, Giuliani Says  —  President's lawyer seeks information about person said to have been used by U.S. investigators  —  President Donald Trump shouldn't agree to talk with special counsel Robert Mueller without knowing more about a man …
Associated Press:
The Latest: Mnuchin says US-China putting trade war on hold  —  The Latest on U.S.-China trade talks (all times local):  —  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the United States and China are “putting the trade war on hold” after two days of talks that he says produced meaningful progress.
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Washington Post:   Trump, South Korean leader commiserate over upcoming summit
Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
Kudlow: China's ZTE won't get off ‘scot-free’
Discussion: Breitbart
Associated Press:
Mnuchin says US and China putting trade war on hold
Discussion: Political Wire
James Clapper / New York Times:   Ending the Dead End in North Korea
Kailani Koenig / NBC News:
Roger Stone ‘prepared’ for Mueller indictment  —  WASHINGTON — Roger Stone, a longtime Republican operative and ally of President Donald Trump, said Sunday he is “prepared” to be indicted as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation if that's where the probe leads.
Discussion: Vox and Daily Kos
Max Seddon / Financial Times:
UK has not renewed Roman Abramovich's visa  —  UK authorities have yet to renew Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich's visa after it expired last month, three people close to the billionaire have told the Financial Times, as geopolitical tensions rise between Moscow and the west.
Discussion: Politico
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The Bell — Eng:   Roman Abramovich's UK visa was not renewed
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Will Mueller play hardball with Trump?  — but how far is he willing to go to get the president's testimony?  —  Some legal experts believe Mueller might have gathered sufficient evidence for indictments even without a Trump interview.  They say Mueller could be reluctant …
Annie Vainshtein / San Francisco Chronicle:
Palo Alto pastor resigns after nasty tweets about city: ‘An elitist sh— den of hate’  —  A debate in Palo Alto over permits, traffic, and safety turned into frenzy of internet warfare after unsavory tweets from an associate pastor were leaked to the city's website.
Discussion: Townhall
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
Who Does the Democratic Party Stand For?  —  There are two Staceys angling to become Georgia's first woman governor.  —  One Stacey—Stacey Abrams—is black.  She's the former minority leader of the state House of Representatives.  The other, Stacey Evans, is white.
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New York Times:   Black, Female and Running for Governor: Can She Win in the South?
Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
Texas runoff between Laura Moser and Lizzie Pannill Fletcher a pivotal moment for national Democrats  —  How West Houston's Democratic voters decide in the 7th Congressional District runoff on Tuesday will have outsized implications for national Democrats' optimism and tactics in the fall.
Sattkisson / Sharyl Attkisson:
“Collusion against Trump” timeline  —  New items added in blue on May 20, 2018  —  It's easy to find timelines that detail Trump-Russia collusion developments.  Here are links to two of them I recommend:  —  Politifact Russia-Trump timeline  —  Washington Post Russia-Trump timeline
Discussion: twitchy.com
Haley Byrd / Weekly Standard:
A Coup in the Offing?  —  Top Republicans consider amping up the pressure on Paul Ryan to step down as Speaker of the House before midterm elections.  —  Top Republicans in Congress and the White House have in recent days entertained a plan to push House Speaker Paul Ryan out of his post over the summer …
CBS News:
CBS News Nation Tracker poll: Americans give Trump credit for good economy, mixed reviews on N.K.  —  Nearly two in three Americans think the nation's economy is in good shape, and most of them believe President's Trump's policies are at least somewhat responsible for that.
Kim Barker / New York Times:
Teresa Gómez, 59  —  “This neighborhood is not the same as when I moved,” says Ms. Gómez, an archivist at the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute.  Grocery stores, travel agencies, small stores — “Everything disappeared,” she says.  She attributes this to gentrification.
The Times of Israel:
Abbas taken to hospital for the third time in a week  —  Sources say PA leader suffering from fever, chest pains and may have pneumonia; his office says he is following up on ear surgery from last week  —  Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was taken to a Ramallah hospital Sunday for the third time in a week.
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Yahoo:   Palestinian leader Abbas hospitalised - Palestinian officials
 
 
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