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Jake Tapper / CNN:
Trump told CBP head he'd pardon him if he were sent to jail for violating immigration law  —  Washington (CNN)During President Donald Trump's visit to the border at Calexico, California, a week ago, where he told border agents to block asylum seekers from entering the US contrary to US law …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
This is what passes for ‘political analysis’ on CNN  —  On Friday morning, CNN had no major developments in the Russia probe to chew on.  No dramatic White House resignation.  No national disaster, no poop cruise, no deus ex machina.  —  So why not plow ahead with some mindless political analysis, courtesy of host S.E. Cupp.
Washington Post:
Trump says he is giving ‘strong considerations’ to releasing immigrant detainees in ‘sanctuary cities’
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Hackers publish personal data on thousands of US police officers and federal agents  —  A hacker group has breached several FBI-affiliated websites and uploaded their contents to the web, including dozens of files containing the personal information of thousands of federal agents and law enforcement officers, TechCrunch has learned.
Ben Collins / NBC News:
The first picture of a black hole made Katie Bouman an overnight celebrity.  Then internet trolls descended.  —  The situation highlighted the vitriol that women continue to face on the internet, and the continued vulnerability of major internet platforms to trolling campaigns.
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Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
Trolls hijacked a scientist's image to attack Katie Bouman.  They picked the wrong astrophysicist.  —  As the world stared in wonder this week at the first image of a black hole, a new star was born here on Earth: Katherine Bouman, a 29-year-old postdoctoral researcher who developed an algorithm …
Ileana Najarro / Houston Chronicle:
Eleven-year-old ordered deported without her family  —  Dora Alvarado felt something was off when she arrived at immigration court in Houston March 12 with her two daughters.  A court translator told her that she and her 15-year-old, Adamaris Alvarado, were listed on the docket that day.
CNN:
Trump's Fed pick Stephen Moore is a self-described ‘radical’ who said he's not a ‘big believer in democracy’  —  Moore defends his qualifications for Fed nomination  —  (CNN)Stephen Moore, who President Donald Trump announced last month as his nominee for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors …
Discussion: The Hill, New York Times and IJR
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Inside Ivanka's Dreamworld  —  You could tell by his eyes, the way they popped and gleamed and fixed on someone behind me.  Only one person gets that kind of look from Donald Trump.  “Oh!” the president said.  “Ivanka!”  —  Ivanka Trump lifted her hands, astonished.
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VICE News:
Jared Kushner wasn't a Republican until 2018
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
Alan Dershowitz / The Hill:
Is Julian Assange another Pentagon Papers case?  —  Before WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gained asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2012, he and his British legal team asked me to fly to London to provide legal advice about United States law relating to espionage and press freedom.
Discussion: Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
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Catherine Garcia / The Week:
Sean Hannity seems to have deleted all references to Julian Assange, WikiLeaks on his Twitter
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Caroline Kelly / CNN:
Pence says Buttigieg bringing ‘attacks on my Christian faith’
Erin Murphy / Quad City Times:
Iowa Congressman Dave Loebsack to retire in 2020  —  Dave Loebsack is retiring from Congress.  —  A Democrat from Iowa City who has represented eastern Iowa's 2nd Congressional district since 2007, Loebsack made the announcement Friday afternoon.  —  Loebsack will retire from Congress …
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Congressman Dave Loebsack:   Loebsack Announces He Will Retire at End of 116th Congress
Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
Democratic Rep. Dave Loebsack to retire in 2020
Discussion: Axios
Michael Brice-Saddler / Washington Post:
Company led by Trump nominee was rife with harassment, including groping and kissing, report says  —  A federal workplace investigation found rampant sexual harassment and retaliation at AccuWeather, a federal contractor, including groping, touching and kissing of subordinates without consent.
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Roger Stone connected to matters still under investigation, Justice Dept. says  —  Washington (CNN)Longtime Donald Trump ally Roger Stone is connected to investigations Robert Mueller sent to other prosecutors and that continue despite the special counsel having finished his work …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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Anthony Man / Sun-Sentinel:   Roger Stone's woes: He's broke. Donald Trump doesn't call. And his wife broke her ankle.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Over 3 A.M. Dissent, Supreme Court Says Alabama Execution May Proceed  —  WASHINGTON — A bitterly divided Supreme Court ruled early Friday morning that the execution of an Alabama death row inmate could proceed.  The vote was 5 to 4.  —  Justice Stephen G. Breyer's anguished dissent …
Discussion: al.com, Mother Jones and Politico
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
House Oversight chair plans to subpoena for 10 years of Trump financial records: report  —  House Oversight and Reform Committee chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), plans to issue a subpoena for 10 years of President Trump's financial records, according to a memo obtained by Politico.
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Cummings moves to subpoena Trump financial records
Katherine Tully-McManus / Roll Call:
IG Report: Some members of Congress sexually harassed night-shift custodians  —  Members of Congress allegedly sexually harassed night shift custodial staff while they cleaned their offices.  Sexual harassment prevention training went off the rails.  And the Architect of the Capitol …
Tori Bedford / wgbh.org:
Shirley Leung: Globe Owners Pulled Controversial Op-Ed Piece That ‘Really Crossed The Line’  —  Writer Luke O'Neil's controversial opinion piece, published in the Boston Globe Apr. 10, was edited several times and ultimately removed from the newspaper's website after review from Globe ownership …
Victor Garcia / Fox News:
Geraldo on ‘The Five’: Give Rep. Omar ‘a break’  —  On “The Five” on Friday, co-hosts Jesse Watters and Geraldo Rivera debated comments made by Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., regarding 9/11 and her progressive colleagues defending her.  —  “I don't think she's a hero.  I also don't think she's a victim.
Discussion: Axios
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John Harwood / CNBC:
2020 candidate Pete Buttigieg on taxing the rich and the future of American capitalism  — CNBC's John Harwood sat down with 2020 candidate Pete Buttigieg to discuss his approach to economic change.  — Here's what he has to say about the future of American capitalism, a wealth tax, economic inequality, climate change and more.
NBC News:
Senate Democrats ask DOJ for findings of probe into Acosta's conduct in Epstein case  —  The request reflects concerns among Democrats that the administration might try to quash the findings of Acosta's handling of the controversial case.  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are demanding …
Discussion: Raw Story
Sasha Savitsky / Fox News:
Anna Wintour overlooks Melania Trump in CNN interview about first ladies  —  Melania Trump has “more important” things to do than worry about her next Vogue cover.  —  The first lady's rep told Fox News that being on the cover of the fashion magazine “doesn't define” her after its editor-in-chief …
Foreign Policy:
The Revolutionary Guards Are Ready to Strike Back  —  The Trump administration has labeled Iran's most powerful military branch a terrorist organization—and put Americans around the world in danger.  —  On Monday, in an unprecedented move, U.S. President Donald Trump's administration …
Adeel Hassan / New York Times:
Georgetown Students Agree to Create Reparations Fund  —  Students at Georgetown University voted on Thursday to increase their tuition to benefit descendants of the 272 enslaved Africans that the Jesuits who ran the school sold nearly two centuries ago to secure its financial future.
Renato Mariotti / Politico:
What Will Really Matter in the Mueller Report  —  After years of waiting, we will finally get to read the Mueller report—or at least as much of it as Attorney General William Barr is willing to let the American public read.  The redacted version of the report may tell us more about Barr …
Discussion: Raw Story
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
W. Samuel Patten sentenced to probation after steering Ukrainian money to Trump inaugural  —  An American political consultant whose guilty plea marked the first confirmation that illegal foreign money was used to help fund Donald Trump's inaugural committee was sentenced to probation Friday …
Discussion: Axios, The Week and Bloomberg
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
A Federal Judge Compared Trump's Criticism Of The Courts To The KKK And Segregationists  —  WASHINGTON — In a highly unusual public rebuke against President Donald Trump by a sitting member of the federal judiciary, US District Judge Carlton Reeves delivered a speech Thursday calling …
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Times
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Foxconn says empty buildings in Wisconsin are not empty  —  While announcing another empty building  —  Well, here we are again.  —  Earlier this week, The Verge published a lengthy investigation into the many “innovation centers” Foxconn has announced in Wisconsin as part of its deal …
Lulu Ramadan / Palm Beach Post:
Undisclosed cash flowed at Trump inaugural ball with ties to China, embattled Saipan casino  —  Thousands of dollars in donations flowed to an undisclosed source at a Trump inaugural ball with links to China and dubious donors, but no financial records.  —  In the decked-out ballroom …
Evan Real / Hollywood Reporter:
Robert De Niro on ‘Saturday Night Live’ Mueller Skits: “I Consider It My Civic Duty”  —  The actor and co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival talks taking aim at Trump on ‘SNL,’ telling The Hollywood Reporter that it feels like a form of activism.  —  Robert De Niro's impressions …
Discussion: Fox News, Breitbart, NB Blog and Daily Wire
Jonah Kaplan / ABC11:
Video shows rapper's performance of anti-Semitic song at UNC event … CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) — “I cannot be anti-Semitic alone.”  —  That's the declaration captured on video of a performer at last month's Conflict Over Gaza conference, an event held at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill …
 
 
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Kevin Sullivan / Washington Post:
Cory Booker, a would-be bachelor president, says Americans are 'open to lots of different types …
Discussion: Fox News
Karol Markowicz / Washington Examiner:
Mike Pence's nonexistent homophobia
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Eric Johnson / Recode:
Nancy Pelosi says Trump's tweets “cheapened the presidency” — and the media encourages him
Cathy Young / Arc Digital:
Candace Owens Plays the Victim Card
Discussion: @politifact
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
Irish cultural pride gives this cosmopolitan second thoughts
Washington Post:
Trump's decision on Pentagon chief nomination to await conclusion of ethics probe
Discussion: Raw Story
Marissa Brostoff / Post45:
The Double's Allegiance: Philip Roth and the Question of Zion
Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
The key to glorifying a questionable diet? Be a tech bro and call it ‘biohacking.’
Discussion: Page Six
 Earlier Items: 
Miami Herald:
No espionage charge in indictment against Chinese intruder arrested at Mar-a-Lago
Luke O'Neil / The Guardian:
‘Fox News brain’: meet the families torn apart by toxic cable news
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Raw Story
Kriston Capps / CityLab:
The Hidden Horror of Hudson Yards Is How It Was Financed
Eric Felten / RealClearInvestigations:
FBI Man's Testimony Points to Wrongdoing Well Beyond Spying
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Barr Brings Accountability
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Inside the Russian effort to target Sanders supporters — and help elect Trump
 

 
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Yifan Yu / Nikkei Asia:
Biden admin finalizes its $6.6B CHIPS Act grant to TSMC; money will be disbursed in stages and TSMC is expected to receive at least $1B by the end of 2024

Financial Times:
Sources: xAI raised $5B at a $45B valuation, almost double its valuation a few months ago; SpaceX prepares a tender offer that would value the company at $250B+
 
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