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8:40 AM ET, May 22, 2018

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Axios:
Exclusive: Peter Navarro pushed Stefan Halper for Trump job  —  President Trump's top trade adviser, Peter Navarro, recommended appointing Stefan Halper, an academic and suspected FBI informant on the Trump campaign, to a senior role in the Trump administration, Axios has learned.
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Donald Trump Wants You to Hate Robert Mueller, Too  —  The president takes on the Justice Department.  —  Back in 2011, Donald Trump published “Midas Touch,” one of his many how-to books offering secrets for financial success.  This is where Trump, a lifelong performance artist …
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
The constitutional crisis is here  —  By Eugene Robinson Opinion writer May 21 at 7:48 PM Email the author Follow @Eugene_Robinson  —  Stop waiting for the constitutional crisis that President Trump is sure to provoke.  It's here.  —  On Sunday, via Twitter, Trump demanded …
The Daily Beast:
Trump's Latest FBI Attack Stuns, Saddens Justice Dept. Officials: 'We're in Venezuela' … President Donald Trump's latest round of attacks on the FBI has left morale at the Justice Department at a new low, with officials bemoaning what they view as a full-frontal assault on their institution.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Team's Mueller Strategy: Limit the Investigation and Attack the Investigators  —  WASHINGTON — Frustrated and impatient, fed up with waiting and eager to fight back, President Trump has embarked on what amounts to a two-prong strategy to contain the threat and undercut the credibility …
Washington Post:
Who is Stefan A. Halper, the FBI source who assisted the Russia investigation?  —  Stefan A. Halper, the FBI source who assisted the Russia investigation and is at the center of a standoff between congressional Republicans and the Justice Department, is a well-connected veteran …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:   When did Trump-Russia probe begin? Investigators focus on mystery months
Steven Nelson / Washington Examiner:
Trump charges John Kelly with getting Russia probe documents to Congress
Discussion: The Daily Caller
The Washington / Mercury News:   GOP lawmaker, intel officials will meet to discuss FBI source
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Meet Mueller's new spokesman: Rudy Giuliani
HuffPost:
Fox News Viewers Really Don't Like Lifelong Republican Robert Mueller
Discussion: Mother Jones
Annie Linskey / BostonGlobe.com:
Trump's tweets include grammatical errors.  And some are on purpose  —  WASHINGTON — The hallmark of President Trump's Twitter feed is that it sounds like him — grammatical miscues and all.  —  But it's not always Trump tapping out a Tweet, even when it sounds like his voice.
Associated Press:
The princes, the president and the fortune seekers  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — After a year spent carefully cultivating two princes from the Arabian Peninsula, Elliott Broidy, a top fundraiser for President Donald Trump, thought he was finally close to nailing more than $1 billion in business.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Justin Glawe / The Daily Beast:   Elliott Broidy's Company Got Its Biggest U.S. Government Contract Ever While He Pitched Trump Administration
New York Times:
Chances of China Trade Win Undercut by Trump Team Infighting  —  WASHINGTON — By the time American negotiators wrapped up high-level talks with a visiting Chinese delegation last week, President Trump's ambitions for a multibillion-dollar trade agreement had, for the time being …
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Greg Ip / Wall Street Journal:
In Trade War With U.S., China Gets the Upper Hand  —  So far, Beijing hasn't had to give up much to avoid the most punitive U.S. measures  —  Among all the trade fights that President Donald Trump has picked, his hand against China is the strongest.  That fight has economic …
Associated Press:
Can the ‘dealmaker’ president deliver on North Korea?  —  Weeks before his planned North Korea summit, President Donald Trump is staring down a dealmaker's worst nightmare: overpromising and under-delivering.  —  As the Singapore meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un draws near …
Axios:
3 factors behind Trump's cave on his China trade war
Kenneth B. Dekleva M.D / 38 North:   ‘Getting Past No’ with Kim Jong Un: The Psychology of Negotiation, and Kim's ‘Art of the Deal’
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
‘Too inconvenient’: Trump goes rogue on phone security  —  The president has kept features at risk for hacking and resisted efforts by staff to inspect the phones he uses for tweeting.  —  President Donald Trump uses a White House cell phone that isn't equipped with sophisticated security features designed …
Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
Top South Carolina candidate refuses to quit congressional race after abuse discovery  —  Archie Parnell, a Democratic congressional hopeful who earned national attention after nearly winning in deep red South Carolina last year, is resisting pleas to withdraw after his campaign staff discovered …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S., China Agree on Outline to Settle ZTE Controversy  —  Deal would lift the sales ban on ZTE and require the Chinese telecom giant to make significant changes to its management and board  —  Lingling Wei in Beijing and Bob Davis in  —  The U.S. and China have agreed on the broad outline …
Jason Rezaian / Washington Post:
Mike Pompeo gives a silly speech on Iran  —  Mike Pompeo used his first speech as secretary of state Monday to send a message directly to the Iranian leadership and its people: “Do what we want, or else!”  —  Speaking at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington think tank …
Discussion: Associated Press
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Wall Street Journal:
Once at Odds, Trump and McConnell Plot Path to Hold Congress  —  President, Senate Majority leader cooperating more closely on fundraising and strategy; tax overhaul patched up tense relationship  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump saw an opportunity to influence his party's Senate primary …
Discussion: Shareblue Media
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:   Trump and McConnell, once adversaries, have realized they need each other
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
BREAKING: E-mails Show FBI Brass Discussed Dossier Briefing Details With CNN  —  New e-mails show former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe was surprisingly knowledgeable about CNN's understanding of and deliberation about a dossier briefing given to Donald Trump days before CNN ever reported on the matter.
Discussion: Fox News and CANNONFIRE
Erika Andiola:
There is so much to say about today's POLITICO article about Our Revolution that I have kept to myself for months now.  Before I begin, I want to make something very clear.  I believe in this organization, its vision, and my incredibly hard-working friends who are still employed there.
Joe Jervis / Joe.My.God.:
Tony Perkins: School Shootings Happen Because Liberal Society Has Created A “Moral Vacuum” By Expelling God  —  Via press release from hate group leader Tony Perkins:  —  As the first bodies of those eight students and two teachers are laid to rest, America returns to the question burned on everyone's mind: why?
Wall Street Journal:
Michael Cohen Helped Trump Donor Seek Investment From Qatar Fund  —  Trump lawyer was a consultant in pitch seeking funds for nuclear power plant  —  President Donald Trump's personal lawyer helped a major donor to Mr. Trump's inauguration pitch a nuclear-power investment …
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Supreme Court Decision Delivers Blow To Workers' Rights  —  In a case involving the rights of tens of millions of private sector employees, the U.S. Supreme Court, by a 5-4 vote, delivered a major blow to workers, ruling for the first time that workers may not band together to challenge violations of federal labor laws.
Tennessean.com:
U.S. Sen. Bob Corker turns down offer to become next U.S. ambassador to Australia  —  Michael Patrick/Knoxville News Sentinel  —  The Trump administration wanted U.S. Sen. Bob Corker to join its diplomatic ranks.  —  But the retiring Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman declined …
The Onion:
‘The Onion’ Has Finally Read Michael Cohen's 2013 Email Regarding His Client Donald Trump And Would Like To Discuss The Matter Further At His Convenience  —  In a free press, journalists must expose the truth even if it upsets those in power.  Our work often leads to significant backlash …
Rebecca Berg / CNN:
FBI agents asking Missouri lawmakers about tactics by Greitens associates  —  Blunt: MO Gov. Grietens allegations ‘reprehensible’  —  Jefferson City, Missouri (CNN)FBI agents have been questioning Missouri lawmakers about possible coercive tactics by associates of Gov. Eric Greitens …
Discussion: The Resurgent
Rebecca Drago / DCCC:
New DCCC Data - GOP Tax Bill Support Dropping Fast  —  RE: New DCCC Data - GOP Tax Bill Support Dropping Fast  —  Nearly six months after the Republicans passed their tax bill, public support for their signature legislative achievement - which Republicans made clear they had to sell to save …
Dennis Baron / Washington Post:
Antonin Scalia was wrong about the meaning of ‘bear arms’  —  Dennis Baron is a professor of English and linguistics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  —  For most of its history, the Second Amendment protected a collective right to gun ownership connected to service in the militia.
Travis Clark / Business Insider:
People are threatening to boycott Netflix after the Obamas signed a deal with the streaming service  — Former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have signed a multi-year deal with Netflix to produce original shows.  — It's not the first time: In March …
 
 
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Associated Press:
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