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5:10 PM ET, April 20, 2015

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Dylan Byers / Politico:
New York Times, Fox News strike deals for anti-Clinton research  —  The New York Times and Fox News have made exclusive agreements with a conservative author for early access to his opposition research on Hillary Clinton, a move that has confounded members of the Clinton campaign and some Times reporters …
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
New Book, ‘Clinton Cash,’ Questions Foreign Donations to Foundation  —  The book does not hit shelves until May 5, but already the Republican Rand Paul has called its findings “big news” that will “shock people” and make voters “question” the candidacy of Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
NYTimes, Fox News Strike Deal With Conservative Researcher For Clinton Dirt  —  The New York Times and Fox News have both struck agreements with a conservative author for access to his research on Hillary and Bill Clinton.  —  The Times mentioned the deal on Sunday in the middle of an article …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Lindsey Graham: I don't dislike Hillary  —  Lindsey Graham says his friendliness with the Clintons should not deter Republicans from considering him for the Republican presidential nomination.  —  For one, Graham said, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush seems to get along pretty well with former President Bill Clinton.
Discussion: ABC News and The Reaction
David French / National Review:
Wisconsin's Shame: ‘I Thought It Was a Home Invasion’  —  From the May 4, 2015, issue of NR … Cindy Archer, one of the lead architects of Wisconsin's Act 10 — also called the “Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill,” it limited public-employee benefits and altered collective-bargaining rules …
Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:
De Blasio sets sights on presidential draft candidacy vs. Hillary  —  Despite repeated claims to the contrary, Mayor de Blasio is positioning himself to be the leftist “progressive” alternative to Wall Street-friendly Hillary Rodham Clinton as the Democratic candidate for president, a national party operative told The Post.
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Lisa Lerer / Associated Press:
Campaigning Hillary Clinton Says Economy Has ‘Stalled Out’
Discussion: Bloomberg Business and ABC News
CNN:
As campaigns launch, poll finds GOP field stays tight  —  GOP 2016 hopefuls take aim at Hillary Clinton 02:34  —  Washington (CNN)With the ranks of declared 2016 presidential candidates growing, a new CNN/ORC poll finds the contests for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations …
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Exclusive: Republican Jeb Bush to visit Germany, Estonia, Poland in June
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Marco Rubio's secret weapon
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
EXCLUSIVE: Reporters Who Published Story On Okla. Deputy Resign Suddenly From Newspaper  —  Two reporters have resigned from an Oklahoma newspaper after publishing an article that alleged supervisors in the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office were ordered to falsify training records …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Michael Eric Dyson / The New Republic:
CORNEL WEST  —  President Obama betrayed him. He's stopped publishing new work. He's alienated his closest friends  —  and allies.  What happened to America's most exciting  —  black scholar?  —  NOR HELL A FURY LIKE A WOMAN SCORNED" is the best-known line from William Congreve's The Mourning Bride.
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Republicans assail race disclosures in gun purchases  —  Gun rights advocates in Congress are up in arms over federally mandated racial disclosures in gun purchases.  —  Republican lawmakers are seeking to roll back a controversial Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) …
Discussion: Fox News
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
The Introspective Roger Ailes: Fox News' Chief on Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz, Brian Williams' Future ("I'd Put Him Back") and His Own  —  Ailes, 74, arguably the most powerful person of the next election, opens up about Rupert Murdoch, his dislikes (Elisabeth Murdoch's “creepy” ex-husband Matthew Freud) …
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Polls Have Been Misleading You About What Americans Actually Believe About Abortion  —  Do you know where most Americans stand on abortion?  Thanks to the way that we've been polling on the issue for the past several decades, probably not.  —  Most media coverage on the subject would lead …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Salon and Shakesville
Adam McDonald / KMOV-TV:
Memorial tree for Michael Brown cut in half, stone memorial missing  —  FERGUSON, Mo. (KMOV.com) - A memorial tree for Michael Brown was found cut in half and a stone memorial was missing less than 24 hours after being dedicated.  —  The tree was dedicated by the Black Caucus …
Discussion: Raw Story, FreakOutNation and Mashable
Jodi Schwan / Argus Leader:
‘You can die on Mars.  Or you can live in South Dakota.’  —  SCHWAN: S.D. FIGHTS ‘BARREN WASTELAND’ PERCEPTION  —  Someone sitting in a focus group in Minneapolis was asked to describe what it would be like living in South Dakota.  —  The response is not the stuff economic developers dream about.
Oliver Laughland / Guardian:
Toni Morrison: ‘I want to see a white man convicted for raping a black woman’  —  The Nobel prize-winning author tells Daily Telegraph that America's race issues will never end until disparities in criminal justice system are resolved  —  The Nobel prize-winning author Toni Morrison …
Discussion: Telegraph and FOX News Radio
Zeke J Miller / TIME:
This App Will Flag Your Offensive Tweets Before Your Future Employer Sees Them  —  It was created by a man who lost his dream job with the Jeb Bush campaign.  —  Ethan Czahor's dreams collapsed on the national stage earlier this year.  The 31-year-old age digital whiz had spent years positioning himself …
Jake Tapper / CNN:
FBI agent testifies in Paula Broadwell cyberstalking case  —  Convicted leaker Petraeus still advising White House 04:26  —  (CNN)The FBI special agent who brought the David Petraeus-Paula Broadwell cyberstalking case to the attention of law enforcement recently testified that the FBI handled …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Nick Gass / Politico:
Chris Christie sinks to new low in New Jersey poll  —  New Jersey voters are giving Chris Christie his lowest marks yet.  —  A majority — 53 percent to 38 percent — thinks the governor knew about the traffic situation on the George Washington Bridge, but most say that he did not personally order it …
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Kena Betancur / National Review:
Will Chris Christie Have a Comeback?
Discussion: The Daily Beast and The Week
Geoff Ziezulewicz / Chicago Tribune:
Uber driver, licensed to carry gun, shoots gunman in Logan Square  —  Authorities say no charges will be filed against an Uber driver who shot and wounded a gunman who opened fire on a crowd of people in Logan Square over the weekend.  —  The driver had a concealed-carry permit and acted …
Quin Hillyer / National Review:
The IRS Assures an Atheist Group It Will Monitor Churches  —  It was bad enough, as I wrote here last August, that the Internal Revenue Service appeared to reach an agreement to monitor the pulpits of ill-favored churches.  What's worse is that the IRS, directly counter to Freedom of Information Act …
Martha McSally / New York Times:
Saving a Plane That Saves Lives  —  WASHINGTON — WHEN American troops find themselves fighting for their lives, there is no better sound than an A-10, a plane officially nicknamed the Thunderbolt II but known affectionately by the troops as the Warthog, firing its enormous 30-millimeter gun at the enemy.
USA Today:
Atlanta's cheating teachers are not mobsters: Column  —  Our out of control criminal justice system has forgotten about justice.  —  Last Tuesday, eight Atlanta Public Schools employees were sentenced to prison in one of the largest school cheating scandals in American history.
Discussion: Hot Air
Liza Mundy / Politico:
The Secret History of Women in the Senate  —  Kay Hagan just wanted to swim.  It was late 2008, and the Democrat was newly arrived on Capitol Hill as North Carolina's junior senator-elect.  But Hagan was told that the Senate pool was males-only.  Why?  Because some of the male senators liked to swim naked.
Scott Roxborough / Yahoo! News:
Norway to Become First Country to Switch Off FM Radio in 2017  —  Steely Dan, the jazz-rockers who scored a hit in 1978 with their single FM (No Static At All), would not be pleased.  —  In what will likely be the first of a global transition to digital radio, Norway has announced …
Discussion: FOX News Radio
 
 
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Leslie Ackerson / WUSA9:
Veteran reinstates flagpole in front yard
Maria L. La Ganga / Los Angeles Times:
Abortion restrictions relying on ‘junk science,’ rights advocates say
Discussion: FOX News Radio and Liberaland
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Defense hawks pressure Boehner on Pentagon spending
Discussion: Politico and BarbWire.com
CBS News:
Poll: Support for legal marijuana use reaches all-time high
Susan Cornwell / Reuters:
Seeking Obamacare alternative, Republicans eye tax credits
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Supreme Court Rejects Appeal Over Fish Pedicure Ban
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Walker's Frugal Shopping Tale Doesn't Mention Taxpayer Millions
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Baltimore Man Dies after Spine ‘Virtually Severed’ While in Police Custody
Discussion: CBS Baltimore and FOX News Radio
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Hillary's Shelved Crown
Discussion: Althouse
Joshua Roberts / Reuters:
Poland summons U.S. ambassador over FBI head's Holocaust remarks
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