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4:35 PM ET, May 30, 2018

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Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
Keeping Up with the Kushners: With Jared Back on Top, Kim Kardashian Heads to the White House  —  Months of talks between Jared Kushner and Kim Kardashian is set to culminate in a meeting with President Trump, in which the reality-TV star will ask him to pardon a 62-year-old great-grandmother serving …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Aides Brutally Turn on Each Other in War on Leaks … Not long after news broke that White House communications aide Kelly Sadler had made a flippant comment about Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) impending death from brain cancer, President Donald Trump gathered a small group of staffers in the Oval Office.
German Lopez / Vox:
The Trump-Kim Kardashian meeting, explained  —  Kardashian is lobbying Trump to pardon a 62-year-old great-grandmother convicted of drug trafficking.  —  President Donald Trump is reportedly meeting with Kim Kardashian West on Wednesday, according to Emily Jane Fox at Vanity Fair.
Discussion: ABC News, CNN, Hit & Run and IJR
Associated Press:
Kardashian West en route to White House
Discussion: Politico
Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
On Fox News of all places, Trump's ‘spy’ claim is debunked by Trey Gowdy and even Judge Napolitano  —  President Trump has made it clear he likes what he hears on Fox News.  The network often covers the president favorably, bringing on conservative commentators that push the president's agenda and …
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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Giuliani Says He Might Have Recused Himself From Russia Probe Too  —  The president's lawyer said he understands Trump's frustration but Sessions' recusal is defensible.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said that he can fully understand why Attorney General …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Being Jeff Sessions  —  Think of the job that you dreamed you could have when you grew up.  Think of going through your whole life — and in an extraordinary twist of fate and luck and with a smart move — and, finally, that job will be the capstone to your career.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Paste and Splinter
New York Times:
Trump Asked Sessions to Retain Control of Russia Inquiry After His Recusal
ANNE FLAHERTY / Associated Press:
Gowdy disputes Trump's ‘spy’ claim, says FBI acted properly
Discussion: Townhall
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Top Republicans dismiss President Trump's ‘Spygate’ claims
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Former Trump Aide Michael Caputo Wants to Give Roseanne Reboot a New Home … Less than 24 hours after the “Roseanne” reboot was canceled, former Trump campaign aide Michael Caputo began plotting ways to get her back on air.  —  Caputo is the chief marketing officer of an online streaming …
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Roxane Gay / New York Times:
‘Roseanne’ Is Gone, but the Culture That Gave Her a Show Isn't  —  On Twitter on Tuesday, Roseanne Barr wrote that if “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby =vj.”  The message referred to President Barack Obama's former senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, and in it Ms. Barr traded …
Reuters:
Roseanne Barr blames sleep aid Ambien for racist tweet
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Canceling ‘Roseanne’ has everything to do with race and media in Trump-era America
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Drugmaker to Roseanne Barr: ‘Racism is not a known side effect’ of Ambien
Discussion: Politico, CANNONFIRE and Althouse
BBC:
Arkady Babchenko: ‘Murdered’ Russian journalist is alive  —  Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, widely reported to have been assassinated in Kiev on Tuesday, has turned up alive at a press conference.  —  In an extraordinary development, the high-profile critic of the Kremlin appeared live on Ukrainian TV.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Ukraine faked death of Russian journalist  —  MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the reported slaying in Ukraine of a Russian journalist: (all times local):  —  Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, who had been reported shot and killed in the Ukrainian capital Tuesday, has shown up at a news conference very much alive.
Stagiaire-Europe / Reporters Without Borders:
Nothing justifies faking journalist's murder in Kiev, RSF says
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Associated Press:   'I'm alive': Russian reporter, Ukraine police faked killing
Summer Concepcion / Associated Press:
Reportedly Killed Russian Journalist Appears At News Conference In Ukraine
Discussion: National Review and Balloon Juice
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Judge sets endpoint for review of seized Cohen files, rebukes Avenatti's ‘publicity tour’  —  NEW YORK — A federal judge on Wednesday gave attorneys for Michael Cohen, President Trump's longtime personal lawyer, a little more than two weeks to finish reviewing material seized from his office …
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Tom Winter / NBC News:
Prosecutors in Michael Cohen case piecing together shredded documents from raid
Discussion: MSNBC
Laura Nahmias / Politico:
Michael Cohen's lawyers accuse Avenatti of ‘reckless and improper’ behavior
Discussion: ABC News
Michael Crowley / Politico:
The White House Official Trump Says Doesn't Exist  —  Meet Matthew Pottinger, the former journalist who became the president's top Asia hand.  —  Matthew Pottinger must have been surprised to learn that he doesn't exist.  As the top official for Asia on President Donald Trump's National Security Council …
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Tara Palmeri / ABC News:
Top US diplomat for Asia on ropes ahead of North Korea summit
New York Times:
Big Banks to Get Reprieve from Volcker Rule  —  Big banks are getting a big reprieve from a post-crisis rule aimed at curbing risky behavior on Wall Street.  —  Federal bank regulators on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping plan to soften the Volcker Rule, opening the door for banks to resume …
Discussion: Axios and Mother Jones
John DiStaso / WMUR:
Exhaustive investigation reveals little evidence of possible voter fraud in NH  —  Secretary of state office, attorney general's office present data to state Ballot Law Commission  —  HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT  —  CONCORD, N.H. —  An exhaustive review by state election officials …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Cgilman / ClickHole:
More Bad Press For Elon: The Car Elon Musk Launched Into Orbit Has Fallen Back Down To Earth And Crushed Malala Yousafzai  —  After going on a petulant Twitter tirade against the media that was applauded by anti-Semites and after facing months of scrutiny on his failing businesses …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Virginia's state Senate just voted to expand Medicaid  —  It's nearly a done deal now.  —  The Virginia state Senate voted Wednesday to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, with four Republicans crossing party lines to join all Senate Democrats in backing the move.
Discussion: Politico and New Republic
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Alice Ollstein / Talking Points Memo:
BREAKING: Virginia Senate Votes To Expand Medicaid, Setting Up Final Passage
Discussion: Daily Kos
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The Polls Are All Right  —  With the 2018 midterm elections approaching, we've updated FiveThirtyEight's pollster ratings for the first time since the 2016 presidential primaries.  Based on how the media portrayed the polls after President Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton later that year …
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Senate Intelligence Committee Now Wants to Grill Roger Stone … The Senate intelligence committee has asked to interview Roger Stone, Donald Trump's longtime political adviser and self-described dirty trickster.  —  Stone's lawyer, Grant Smith, told The Daily Beast that the committee …
Discussion: Paste
James Cusick / openDemocracy:
The law has changed  —  To ensure you receive openDemocracy email updates you must opt-in.  It takes one second, just add your email and click here.  Thank you.  —  George Osborne's London Evening Standard sells its editorial independence to Uber, Google and others - for £3 million
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Annie Karni / Politico:
White House silence on Melania stokes conspiracy theories  —  The first lady hasn't been seen in public since her release from the hospital after a routine procedure.  —  She's left the White House and moved back to New York City.  —  She's cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller.
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump's weight-loss regimen: fish and half a bun  —  Washington (CNN)Dietitians have been consulted in the White House kitchens.  Steak has been swapped out for Dover sole, his favored fish.  And hamburger buns have been discarded — or at least the tops have.
Discussion: The Week and Joe.My.God.
New York Times:
For ‘Columbiners,’ School Shootings Have a Deadly Allure  —  SANTA FE, Tex. — The exact reasons why a teenage gunman shot his fellow students and teachers here at Santa Fe High School remain a mystery.  His model for carrying it out is more clear.  —  The 17-year-old junior wore …
Discussion: National Review
Elizabeth Harrington / Washington Free Beacon:
The Washington Free Beacon Interview: Scott Pruitt on Controversy, Paris, and Baseball  —  Introducing the Washington Free Beacon Interview with host Elizabeth Harrington!  Our first guest is EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.  On this episode, Pruitt addresses controversies within his agency …
Charles Davis / The Daily Beast:
What Happened to Jill Stein's Recount Millions? … Shortly after the 2016 election, Jill Stein raised more than $7 million from shell-shocked liberals eager to pursue a swing-state recount.  Nearly two years later, the U.S. Green Party's last candidate for president is still spending that money.
Henry Olsen / American Greatness:
Gaslighting Themselves: Why Trump Critics Miss the Obvious  —  Unlike many American Greatness readers, I both know and respect Bill Kristol.  But a tweet of his on Monday crystallized for me why Trump opponents often seem oblivious to the president's appeal.
 
 
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FOX News Radio:
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Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
Ted Cruz leads Beto O'Rourke by 11 points in Senate race, new poll finds
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump signs ‘Right to Try,’ says it will save ‘tremendous number of lives’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and IJR
Arwa Mahdawi / The Guardian:
Wearing glasses may really mean you're smarter, major study finds
Discussion: Big Think
CNN:
Key Senate panel still divided on Trump-Russia collusion along partisan lines
 Earlier Items: 
Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
Planned Parenthood Caught Doing Abortions on 12-Year-Old Girls, Not Reporting Sexual Assault to Authorities
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Gateway Pundit
Kansas City Star:
Greitens offered to resign as part of deal to dismiss computer-tampering charge
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Thank Republicans for your Right to Try
Discussion: FOX2now.com
CBS Denver:
Child's Lemonade Stand Shut Down For Lack Of Permit
Discussion: Daily Wire
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
The Man Who Would Be Speaker  —  They began praying without him.
Politico:
GOP sweats Trump's Heitkamp flirtation
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
 

 
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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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