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New York Times:
A Black Progressive and a Trump Acolyte Win Florida Governor Primaries  —  ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Democrats nominated Andrew Gillum, the Tallahassee mayor, and Republicans tapped Representative Ron DeSantis for governor Tuesday, setting the stage for a ferocious general election …
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
Andrew Gillum wins Florida governor primary in upset victory for the left  —  The Tallahassee mayor will be the Democratic nominee in one of 2018's most important governor's races.  —  Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum prevailed in the hotly contested Democratic primary election for Florida governor …
CNN:
CNN projection: Trump-backed Ron DeSantis wins primary for Florida governor
Discussion: Politico, Breitbart and Axios
Gabriel Pogrund / Washington Post:
Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum projected to win Democratic primary for Florida governor
NBC News:
Trump told Christian leaders he got rid of a law.  He didn't.  —  According to recorded excerpts of private remarks, he said evangelicals were “one election away from losing everything.”  —  In a closed-door meeting with evangelical leaders Monday night, President Trump repeated …
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
If G.O.P. Loses Hold on Congress, Trump Warns, Democrats Will Enact Change ‘Quickly and Violently’  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump warned evangelical leaders Monday night that Democrats “will overturn everything that we've done and they'll do it quickly and violently” if Republicans lose control of Congress in the midterm elections.
Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
Inside McCain's surprise eulogy invitation to Obama  —  (CNN)A parting lesson in American civility from Sen. John McCain lies in the roster of leaders he personally selected to pay tribute at his memorial service Saturday at the National Cathedral.  —  It was a day in early April …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
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Josh Meyer / Politico:
McCain's choice of Russian dissident as pallbearer is final dig at Putin, Trump  —  Even in death, John McCain has one final burn planned for two of his biggest foes — Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump — at a moment when much of the world will be watching.  —  The Republican senator from Arizona …
Michael Tackett / New York Times:
C.I.A. Officer-Turned-Candidate Says PAC Obtained Her Security Application  —  WASHINGTON — A former C.I.A. officer running for Congress accused a super PAC aligned with Speaker Paul D. Ryan on Tuesday of improperly obtaining her entire federal security clearance application …
Discussion: BuzzFeed News
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Courtney Alexander / Congressional Leadership Fund:   CLF Issues Statement: What Is Abigail Spanberger Hiding
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Probing Whether Malaysian Fugitive Laundered Funds to Pay Chris Christie and Trump Lawyer  —  Jho Low under investigation for alleged embezzlement of $4.5 billion from 1MDB fund  —  The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether a fugitive Malaysian financier laundered tens …
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Paul Starr / American Prospect:   No, Trump Is Far from Finished
Axios:
Scoop: Don McGahn's coming White House exit  —  Top White House officials and sources close to White House counsel Don McGahn tell Axios that McGahn will step down this fall — after Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed to the Supreme Court, or after the midterms.  —  The big picture …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Aide Kelly Sadler Joked About McCain Dying—and Was Offered a New Job … Amid yet another round of criticism of the Trump White House over its treatment of the late Sen. John McCain, the whereabouts of one notable character in the long-running feud between McCain and President Donald Trump remains a mystery.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Philip Elliott / TIME:
Why the Senate May Not Rename a Building for John McCain After All  —  Congress might want to hold off ordering new signage for one of its office buildings.  —  A proposal to rename the Russell Senate Office Building in honor of Sen. John McCain, who died Saturday, seems to have found its first sticking point.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Renaming Senate office building after McCain sparks GOP backlash
Discussion: Politico, RedState and Political Wire
New York Post:
We should all be worried about Google's power  —  SEE ALSO  —  Tuesday brought endless commentary and reporting on how President Trump was being utterly ridiculous and conspiratorial to accuse Google of bias in its search algorithms.  Funny: Just over a year ago, in June 2017 …
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New York Times:
Dozens at Facebook Unite to Challenge Its ‘Intolerant’ Liberal Culture  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The post went up quietly on Facebook's internal message board last week.  Titled “We Have a Problem With Political Diversity,” it quickly took off inside the social network.
CNN:
Attorney for Michael Cohen keeps changing his story on Trump Tower meeting  —  (CNN)In recent days, one of Michael Cohen's lawyers has repeatedly changed his account of what Cohen knew about President Donald Trump's involvement in a controversial meeting during the 2016 campaign.
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Seth Hettena / Rolling Stone:
Michael Cohen, Lanny Davis and the Russian Mafia
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Martha McSally wins Arizona primary  —  Arizona Rep. Martha McSally won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate.  —  Why it matters: She's considered the strongest Republican candidate (of the three in this primary) to face Democrat Kyrsten Sinema in the fight for Sen. Jeff Flake's seat.  —  Go deeper
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New York Times:
Arizona Primary Election Results
Jonathan Dienst / NBC New York:
Key Paul Manafort Banker Robbed of iPad, Briefcase in Mysterious Overnight Break-in at His NYC Penthouse: Sources  —  David Fallarino was one of three so-called key figures not called by Robert Mueller's office to testify at the trial of Paul Manafort  —  Paul Manafort Found Guilty on Counts of Financial Fraud
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Ashley Southall / New York Times:   Burglar Steals iPad From Home of Banker Tied to Paul Manafort, Police Say
Washington Post:
Administration decides not to roll back foreign aid funds  —  The administration has dropped a proposal to cut billions of dollars in foreign aid after bipartisan resistance from members of Congress who considered it a back­door effort to hijack spending they had already approved.
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Colum Lynch / Foreign Policy:
U.S. to End All Funding to U.N. Agency That Aids Palestinian Refugees
Steven Lemongello / Orlando Sentinel:
Jeff Greene cancels election night party, will watch results from home  —  Jeff Greene  —  After spending millions of his own money on his campaign, Democratic candidate for governor Jeff Greene canceled his previously announced election night party at a Palm Beach hotel and will instead watch the results from home.
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
Emails Link Former Homeland Security Official To White Nationalists  —  In the past two years, leaders of an emboldened white nationalism have burst into the forefront of national politics and coalesced around an “alt-right” subculture as they have endeavored to make their ideology part of the mainstream.
Discussion: Splinter and Raw Story
Washington Post:
White House insists former CIA chief Brennan has no security clearance, says paperwork ‘delayed’  —  The White House reaffirmed Tuesday that former CIA director John Brennan has been stripped of his security clearance, after Brennan said earlier he has yet to receive formal notice about the matter.
The Republic:
The Latest: Oklahoma attorney general race too close to call  —  OKLAHOMA CITY — The Latest on Oklahoma's primary runoff election (all times local):  —  A bruising Republican primary runoff in the race to become Oklahoma's next attorney general was too close to call Tuesday night.
Washington Post:
How Trump relies on his cable news cabinet as much as the real one  —  After watching Sean Hannity on Fox News, President Trump tweeted at Attorney General Jeff Sessions to investigate former rival Hillary Clinton.  After listening to Tucker Carlson, he directed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo …
Colleen Wright / miamiherald:
Mom of slain Parkland student wins a seat on the Broward School Board  —  The mother of a student murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High on Feb. 14 has been elected to the Broward County School Board in a landslide.  —  But the momentum brought by Lori Alhadeff and other candidates …
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and ABC News
Victoria Albert / The Daily Beast:
It's Official: Hurricane Maria Led to as Many Deaths as 9/11 … A report commissioned by the government of Puerto Rico and released Tuesday estimates Hurricane Maria led to the deaths of 2,975 people, placing it among the deadliest disasters in American history.
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Megan Henney / Fox Business:
Jimmy Carter urges Dems not to impeach Trump  —  Don't count former President Jimmy Carter among the select number of Democrats vying for the impeachment of President Trump if they win the House during this November's midterm elections.  —  “I don't talk about impeachment,” …
Discussion: RedState and Daily Wire
 
 
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George Eaton / New Statesman:
Corbyn's “Zionist” remarks were “most offensive” since Enoch Powell, says ex-chief rabbi
Discussion: Algemeiner.com and The Guardian
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
HBO is out of the adult entertainment business
Steve Bousquet / Tampa Bay Times:
Primary voter turnout nears 2 million and will easily break 2014 total
John Riley / Metro Weekly:
Head of Human Rights Campaign Foundation resigns after using racial slur
Julie Turkewitz / New York Times:
Boy, 9, Killed Himself After Being Tormented by Bullies, His Mom Says
Zachary F. / Journal Inquirer:
Man charged with firing gun at ‘ghost’
Arizona Republic:
What happened?  —  Tuesday's election issues were exclusive to Maricopa County.
 Earlier Items: 
Aris Folley / The Hill:
Biographer: Pence thinks God ‘calling him’ to be president
Discussion: Hullabaloo, The Root, Joe.My.God. and CNN
Albert Samaha / BuzzFeed News:
New York's Governor Has Suspended An Investigation Into The Handling Of Weinstein Case
Discussion: Vox
Philip Pullella / Reuters:
Defenders rally around pope, fear conservatives escalating war
Discussion: twitchy.com and New York Times
Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
Mysterious ‘key figure’ in Russia probe sought Trump team contacts. Investigators want to know why
Ali Watkins / New York Times:
Bees Swarm Times Square Hot Dog Stand
Discussion: The Verge and Mediaite
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
‘The race has tightened’: Cruz allies sound alarm about Texas Senate race
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

 
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