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6:05 AM ET, April 30, 2019

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The Daily Beast:
Far-Right Smear Merchants Try to Slime Pete Buttigieg with Bogus Sex Assault Claim  —  The mayor was briefly accused of assaulting a young man.  A GOP source says right-wing operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman approached him to make similarly untrue accusations.
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Eliza Relman / Business Insider:   Pete Buttigieg was falsely accused of sexual assault in a stunt concocted by conspiracy theorist Jacob Wohl
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Right-wing activists tried to recruit young men to falsely claim they were sexually assaulted by Pete Buttigieg
Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Submits Resignation Letter  —  Rod Rosenstein submitted his resignation letter to President Trump on Monday, ending a tumultuous two years in which he tried to steady a rocky Justice Department and its relationship with the White House.
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Rod Rosenstein Quits, Thanking the President Who Trolled Him  —  The Deputy Attorney General was a frequent target of Trump's ire.  Rod Rosenstein thanked him for his “courtesy and humor,” anyway.  —  Betsy Woodruff  —  Rod Rosenstein is ready to jump.  The deputy attorney general …
Discussion: Vanity Fair and The Guardian
David Mark / Washington Examiner:   Rod Rosenstein resigning from Justice Department post
Fox News:
Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein submits resignation
Natasha Bertrand / Politico:   Rosenstein submits resignation from Justice Department
New York Times:
Trump Sues Banks to Stop Them From Complying With House Subpoenas  —  President Trump, his three eldest children and his private company filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against Deutsche Bank and Capital One, in a bid to prevent the banks from responding to congressional subpoenas.
Discussion: Fox News, CNN, Mediaite and Axios
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Alex Johnson / NBC News:
Trumps sue to quash Deutsche Bank, Capital One subpoenas  —  Deutsche Bank has continued to lend money to the president when other banks have refused.  Trump wrote a check to Michael Cohen on his Capital One account.  —  President Donald Trump and several members of his family sued Deutsche Bank …
Cristina Alesci / CNN:
Trump team sues Deutsche Bank and Capital One to keep them from turning over financial records to Congress
Discussion: Raw Story
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Trump sues Deutsche Bank, Capital One to block House subpoenas
Discussion: Fox News
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
New York Times Drops Syndication Service That Supplied Anti-Semitic Cartoon  —  A ‘Times’ spokesperson told The Daily Beast exclusively about the paper's decision to stop using syndicated cartoons, including those from the syndicator of the offensive cartoon.  —  Lloyd Grove
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The Times of Israel:
After cartoon uproar, Israel's US envoy calls NY Times a ‘cesspool of hostility’  —  Dermer claims newspaper has become ‘a safe-space for those who hate the Jewish state’; Trump says Times has apologized for cartoon, but hasn't apologized to him for fake news
Mairav Zonszein / Washington Post:   Netanyahu won't condemn the real danger to U.S. Jews: White nationalism
New York Times:
In California, Home to Many Hate Groups, Officials Struggle to Spot the Next Threat
Washington Post:
Trump's lack of cooperation with Congress intensifies impeachment push in House  —  Frustration among House Democratic investigators is intensifying after President Trump's refusal to cooperate with congressional inquiries, leading some to privately question whether they should try …
Discussion: CNN, Politico and Los Angeles Times
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
‘I hope he has learned his lesson’: Chuck and Nancy's rematch with Trump  —  The last time Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer met with Donald Trump it was an unequivocal disaster, culminating in the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.  —  Now, more than four months later …
Discussion: Raw Story and Observer
CNN:
Graham calls Democrats ‘political hacks,’ says Trump should fight their subpoenas ‘like hell’
Discussion: Axios
Molly Nagle / ABC News:
Joe Biden on handling of Anita Hill during Clarence Thomas hearings: ‘I take responsibility’  —  Former Vice President and 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden said he takes “responsibility” for Anita Hill's treatment when she testified before the Senate Judiciary committee during Supreme …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:   Biden, Now the Front-Runner, Gives First Speech as 2020 Candidate
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Biden Posts 6-Point Bump Among Likely Democratic Voters Amid Campaign Launch
Discussion: Politico, CNN and Political Wire
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
How Joe Biden gets under Trump's skin
CNN:   Bernie Sanders draws sharp contrasts between himself and Joe Biden
Los Angeles Times:
Authorities disrupt alleged terrorism plot in Southern California  —  A domestic terror plot aimed at “multiple targets” in Southern California was disrupted by federal and local law enforcement agencies, sources told The Times on Monday.  —  A single suspect has been arrested on domestic terrorism charges …
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NBC News:
California man busted in domestic terror plot wanted to kill LAPD officers  —  The suspect was under surveillance for weeks after he posted online messages lamenting the killing of Muslims at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.  —  A California man was arrested on terrorism-related charges …
Discussion: The Root and Mediaite
U.S. Department of Justice:
California Man Arrested in Terror Plot to Detonate Explosive Device Designed to Kill Innocents
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
White House Reviewing Stephen Moore's Writings  —  WASHINGTON — The White House is reviewing past writings by Stephen Moore, the conservative commentator whom President Trump plans to nominate to the Federal Reserve Board, amid criticism that many of the opinion columns he penned denigrated women.
Discussion: CNBC and Washington Post
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Stephen Moore wants people to pay more attention to his economic policies. Challenge accepted.
Discussion: CNN, Politico, Raw Story and Splinter
Washington Post:
Trump tightens asylum rules, will make immigrants pay fees to seek humanitarian refuge  —  President Trump ordered major changes to U.S. asylum policies in a White House memo released Monday night, including measures that would charge fees to those applying for humanitarian refuge in the United States.
Discussion: Axios
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Priscilla Alvarez / CNN:
Trump introduces sweeping changes to asylum in memo
Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Pompeo defends US support for Saudis in Yemen as 'in America's best interest'  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday defended U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen's civil war as the Senate prepares to take a vote on President Trump's veto of a resolution to end that support.
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NPR:   How Saudi Students, Accused Of Crimes, Evade U.S. Justice System
Hannah Ellis-Petersen / The Guardian:
Whale with harness could be Russian weapon, say Norwegian experts  —  Fisherman raised alarm after white whale sporting unusual strapping began harassing their boats  —  Play Video  —  Marine experts in Norway believe they have stumbled upon a white whale that was trained by the Russian navy …
BBC:
Indonesia's planning minister announces capital city move  —  Indonesia is moving its capital city away from Jakarta, according to the country's planning minister.  —  Bambang Brodjonegoro said President Joko Widodo had chosen to relocate the capital in “an important decision”.
Valerie Bauerlein / Wall Street Journal:
Foxconn Tore Up a Small Town to Build a Big Factory—Then Retreated  —  The iPhone maker got fat incentives to build a $10 billion LCD plant that largely hasn't materialized on land where Mount Pleasant, Wis., razed homes and crops  —  MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis.—Six miles west of Lake Michigan lies …
Discussion: Breitbart
 
 
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Akela Lacy / The Intercept:
Joe Biden Kicks Off Campaign with Union Facing Pension Cuts Driven by Obama-Era Law
Discussion: Payday Report
The Editorial Board:
Trump Injures America 10,000 Times
Robbie Gramer / Foreign Policy:
Former U.S. Diplomats Lobby to Stop South Sudan War Crimes Court
Grace Haley / OpenSecrets.org:
Who are women donors putting their money behind? Not just the Democratic women.
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
Roy Moore Is Still Fighting In Court With Sacha Baron Cohen As He Eyes Another Senate Run
Discussion: Raw Story
Sally Schindel / USA Today:
There's nothing funny about today's highly potent marijuana. It killed my son.
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Why Vermont's single-payer effort failed and what Democrats can learn from it
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Mueller wins again with appeals court ruling against Stone associate
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Chad Sokol / Spokesman.com:
Kootenai County GOP urges feds to let Austrian nationalist into U.S. to marry alt-right YouTube pundit
Aída Chávez / The Intercept:
New Bernie Sanders App Democratizes Organizing — and Panics People Unfamiliar With Organizing
Associated Press:
John Singleton, maker of ‘Boyz N the Hood,’ dies at 51
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Ocasio-Cortez Doubles Down, Says VA Problems Are a ‘Myth’
Discussion: Mediaite
New York Daily News:
Mayor de Blasio was a passenger in a car crash; the NYPD covered it up
Bloomberg:
U.S. Farmer Income Drops Most Since 2016 as Trade War Losses Mount
Discussion: Axios
New York Times:
Profitable Giants Like Amazon Pay $0 in Corporate Taxes. Some Voters Are Sick of It.
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
From Mediagazer:

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

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

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
 
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