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1:10 PM ET, May 31, 2018

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Washington Post:
Trump imposes steel and aluminum tariffs on the European Union, Canada and Mexico  —  By Washington Post Staff May 31 at 9:43 AM  —  The move is certain to trigger retaliation by the E.U. against a range of American products, including Kentucky bourbon and Harley-Davidson motorcycles …
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
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Ana Swanson / New York Times:
White House to Impose Metal Tariffs on Europe, Canada and Mexico, Risking Retaliation  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it would impose tariffs on metals imported from its closest allies, a measure that could provoke retaliation against American businesses.
Discussion: Axios and Daily Wire
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:   Conservative billionaire Koch brothers' network denounces Trump's tariffs on EU, Canada and Mexico
New York Times:
F.B.I. Official Wrote Secret Memo Fearing Trump Got a Cover Story for Comey Firing  —  WASHINGTON — The former acting F.B.I. director, Andrew G. McCabe, wrote a confidential memo last spring recounting a conversation that offered significant behind-the-scenes details on the firing …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Playbook: Trump flubs endorsement of N.Y. congressman  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  AT 4:46 P.M. yesterday afternoon, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP delivered REP. DAN DONOVAN (R-N.Y.) an endorsement the lawmaker had long been waiting for.  Donovan is running against MICHAEL GRIMM, a former House Republican who was recently in prison.
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump bends the truth as he tries to beat back Russia probe  —  The president renews his claim that he didn't fire Comey because of the Russia investigation — despite saying last year he did just that.  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday peppered his Twitter feed with falsehoods …
Discussion: Washington Post, NBC News and The Week
Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY / USA Today:
McCabe memo: Trump asked Rosenstein to mention Russia in Comey firing
Discussion: Vox
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump says he is considering pardoning Martha Stewart and Rod Blagojevich
Discussion: Political Wire
Axios:
Trump will pardon Dinesh D'Souza
Peter Baker / New York Times:
How Trump's Election Shook Obama: ‘What if We Were Wrong?’  —  WASHINGTON — Riding in a motorcade in Lima, Peru, shortly after the 2016 election, President Barack Obama was struggling to understand Donald J. Trump's victory.  —  “What if we were wrong?” he asked aides riding with him in the armored presidential limousine.
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Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
This HBO footage of Ben Rhodes on election night is as bad as people said it was
Ken Haddad / WDIV-TV:
John Boehner in Michigan: ‘Republican Party is taking a nap somewhere’  —  Boehner sits down with Local 4's Devin Scillian  —  MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. - Former Speaker of the House John Boehner delivered a keynote address and was joined by Devin Scillian during the 2018 Mackinac Policy Conference on Thursday morning.
BuzzFeed:
Joy Reid Promoted An Infamous 9/11 Conspiracy Documentary On Her Old Blog  —  The MSNBC host, who has recently come under fire for claiming her blog was hacked, encouraged her readers to watch “Loose Change.”  —  MSNBC host Joy Reid encouraged readers of her now-defunct blog to watch …
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
A Month Later, MSNBC Still Mum On Joy Reid's ‘Hacking’ Claims
Discussion: Breitbart and National Review
Paul Farhi / San Francisco Chronicle:
MSNBC host Joy Reid faces new questions about her old blog
Discussion: Daily Wire
Emily Nussbaum / New Yorker:
“The Americans” Finale Was Elegant, Potent, and Unforgettable  —  Were you craving a bit more bloodshed from the finale of FX's “The Americans”?  Some tooth-pulling ultraviolence, or maybe another corpse crunched into a briefcase, on the long road to Moscow?  If so, you were clearly watching the wrong show.
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Sonny Bunch / Washington Free Beacon:
'They'll Remember Us'
Discussion: The Ringer
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Right About Roseanne  —  Of course ABC and its parent company Disney were right to cancel the sitcom “Roseanne” after its eponymous star, Roseanne Barr, wrote a racist tweet.  There are necessary taboos and essential decencies in every morally healthy society.
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Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
A Post-Memorial Day Status Report  —  Where things stand in the battles for Congress and the governorships  —  KEY POINTS IN THIS ARTICLE  — Both Democrats and Republicans have about equal odds of winning the House majority.  — Republicans remain clearly favored in the battle for Senate control.
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Real Reason Why Republicans Could Win in California
Discussion: Politico and Axios
David Weigel / Washington Post:   In Southern California, Democrats play the blame game as House races loom
Matt Stevens / New York Times:
Jury Leaves $4 to Family of Man Killed by Sheriff's Deputy, Along With Many Questions  —  For more than four years, questions swirled about the shooting death of Gregory Vaughn Hill Jr. at his home in Fort Pierce, Fla. After all, there were only three witnesses to how the entire episode unfolded …
Discussion: Splinter, Raw Story and Althouse
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Trey Gowdy Didn't Even See Documents He Claims Exonerate FBI On Spygate: Reports  —  Gowdy claimed that the FBI's use of spies against the Trump campaign was perfectly proper, but multiple reports indicate he never even saw the full records Congress subpoenaed on the matter.
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Yes, the FBI Was Investigating the Trump Campaign When It Spied
Bradley Hope / Wall Street Journal:
British Expert on the Royal Family Is Actually Tommy From Upstate New York  —  As the royal wedding unfolded, Thomas J. Mace-Archer-Mills, Esq. was on screen to enlighten many on the monarchy; he's from north of Albany  —  When Britain's Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle walked …
Aram Roston / BuzzFeed:
Jerry Falwell Jr. And A Young Pool Attendant Are Embroiled In A Lawsuit Over A Miami Beach Hostel  —  Trump's fixer Michael Cohen helped arrange Falwell's pivotal endorsement of Donald Trump, the first by a major evangelical.  —  Influential evangelical leader and Donald Trump backer Jerry Falwell Jr. went …
Dennis Romboy / Deseret News:
Mitt Romney reveals his 2016 presidential vote  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Mitt Romney revealed Wednesday who he voted for in the 2016 presidential election.  —  His wife, Ann Romney.  —  “I wrote in the name of a person who I admire deeply, who I think would be an excellent president,” …
Kyle Kashuv / Daily Wire:
KASHUV & GRANT: Mass Shooters Should Remain Nameless  —  Mass shooters crave media coverage and their place in the killer canon.  As a deterrent against this behavior, the names and faces of mass shooters need to be forever removed from our media reporting.
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JONATHAN LEMIRE, ERIC TUCKER and LISA MASCARO / Asso …:
Saving Sessions: Inside the GOP effort to protect the AG  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Days after President Donald Trump deemed Jeff Sessions “beleaguered” and threatened to fire him last July, members of the president's inner circle made a desperate case to save the attorney general's job.
Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
White America's racial resentment is the real impetus for welfare cuts, study says  —  White Americans are increasingly critical of the country's social safety net, a new study suggests, thanks in part to a rising tide of racial resentment.  —  The study, conducted by researchers …
Discussion: Berkeley News and Hullabaloo
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
America's Teens Are Choosing YouTube Over Facebook  —  Three years ago, Facebook Inc. was the dominant social media site among U.S. teens, visited by 71 percent of people in that magic, trendsetting demographic.  Not anymore.  —  Now, only 51 percent of kids between 13 and 17 use Facebook, according to Pew Research Center.
 
 
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