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Mike Opelka / TheBlaze:
“LET ME BE CLEAR”: Sean Hannity's stern response to sexual harassment allegation  —  Fox News star and syndicated radio host Sean Hannity has issued a strong denial following a sexual harassment allegation made by attorney/blogger Debbie Schlussel, a former guest on Hannity's television show.
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Kate Feldman / New York Daily News:
Former Fox News contributor Debbie Schlussel claims host Sean Hannity invited her back to his hotel room  —  Former Fox News contributor Debbie Schlussel claims that host Sean Hannity sexually harassed her.  —  Schlussel said on the Pat Campbell Podcast Friday that Hannity repeatedly invited …
Lois Beckett / The Guardian:
‘Roger Ailes did sexually harass me,’ says former Fox journalist Alisyn Camerota
Discussion: The Week
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Marine Le Pen Is In A Much Deeper Hole Than Trump Ever Was  —  Emmanuel Macron, a centrist candidate, and Marine Le Pen, of the far-right-wing National Front, will advance to a runoff in the French presidential election after finishing in the top two positions in a first-round vote on Sunday.
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Adam Nossiter / New York Times:   French Parties Unify Against Le Pen: ‘This Is Deadly Serious Now’
Associated Press:
THE LATEST: EARLY FRENCH COUNT CONTINUES TO SHOW LE PEN LEAD
Discussion: SARAH PALIN and The Gateway Pundit
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
Trump announces WH dinner for Supreme Court justices — then hours later postpones it indefinitely  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  The White House on Sunday announced that it would host a dinner on Thursday for the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, then …
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump reschedules dinner with Supreme Court justices
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Trump eyeing second Supreme Court seat
Discussion: USA Today, SCOTUSblog and SARAH PALIN
Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Senate Trump-Russia Probe Has No Full-Time Staff, No Key Witnesses  —  There are just seven part-time staffers working on the Senate inquiry.  None of them are trained investigators.  And they haven't interviewed a single player in Trump's orbit.  —  The Senate Intelligence Committee's probe …
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
‘Everyone tunes in’: Inside Trump's obsession with cable TV  —  During a small working lunch at the White House last month, the question of job security in President Trump's tumultuous White House came up, and one of the attendees wondered whether press secretary Sean Spicer might be the first to go.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Interview: Full Transcript  —  The AP has now released the full transcript of its Friday interview with President Trump and it is completely amazing.  —  Full transcript after the jump ...  A transcript of an Oval Office interview Friday with President Donald Trump by AP White House Correspondent Julie Pace.
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Why Paul Wolfowitz Is Optimistic About Trump  —  Iraq might descend into “chaotic violence”—or worse.  The broader Middle East could “go to hell” all over again.  —  If the United States doesn't step up under President Donald Trump, Paul Wolfowitz warns in a new interview for The Global POLITICO …
Bloomberg:
Xi Urges Restraint on North Korea in Phone Call With Trump  —  Trump speaks by phone with Chinese president and Japan's Abe  —  Japan is participating in exercises with U.S. aircraft carrier  —  Chinese President Xi Jinping called for restraint on North Korea in a phone call with Donald Trump …
Discussion: Politico
Josh Meyer / Politico:
Obama's hidden Iran deal giveaway  —  When President Barack Obama announced the “one-time gesture” of releasing Iranian-born prisoners who “were not charged with terrorism or any violent offenses” last year, his administration presented the move as a modest trade-off for the greater …
Discussion: Hot Air
Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
Trump Saved Carrier Jobs.  These Workers Weren't as Lucky.  —  HUNTINGTON, Ind. — These are the Indiana workers whose jobs President Trump didn't save.  —  After assembling circuit boards for Carrier furnaces at a factory here for 21 years, Jim Sholle, 56, walked out of the plant for the final time last month.
David B. Larter / Associated Press:
Carried away: The inside story of how the Carl Vinson's canceled port visit sparked a global crisis  —  In early April, officials at U.S. Pacific Command were developing plans to respond to a sharp rise in tensions with North Korea.  Defense Secretary James Mattis ordered PACOM Commander …
Discussion: The Week
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Tresa Baldas / Detroit Free Press:
Genital mutilation victims break their silence: ‘This is demonic’  —  CDC says at least 500,000 females in U.S. have undergone genital mutilation, or are at risk of having it done.  —  CONNECT  —  It was the summer of 1990.  —  Mariya Taher was 7 years old, vacationing in India with her family …
Tim Ross / Bloomberg:
May Hires Jim Messina for U.K. Conservative Election Team  —  President Obama's former campaign chief starts work for Tories  —  Messina returns to U.K. after success on 2015 Cameron campaign  —  U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May has hired President Obama's former deputy chief of staff Jim Messina …
Discussion: Political Wire
Ulrich Baer / New York Times:
What ‘Snowflakes’ Get Right About Free Speech  —  At one of the premieres of his landmark Holocaust documentary, “Shoah” (1985), the filmmaker Claude Lanzmann was challenged by a member of the audience, a woman who identified herself as a Holocaust survivor.
John Markoff / New York Times:
No Longer a Dream: Silicon Valley Takes On the Flying Car  —  This isn't science fiction.  A number of start-ups as well as big aerospace firms are trying to build personal aircraft you could fly around town.  —  CLEARLAKE, Calif. — On a recent afternoon, an aerospace engineer working …
Donald Trump / ABC News:
ANALYSIS: How Trump accomplished so little yet so much in first 100 days  —  Amid the chaos and disruption that have defined President Trump's first 100 days, a giant contradiction breaks through.  —  Few modern presidents have accomplished so little in the opening months of their time in office.
Discussion: The Hill, AOL, SARAH PALIN and Mediaite
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump plans pre-100th day executive order spree  —  President Trump is going on an executive order frenzy in the final week of his first 100 days.  —  By Friday, Trump will have signed at least 32 executive orders — the most signed in the first 100 days of a new administration since World War II.
Discussion: The Week and Politico
BBC:
Italy migrant crisis: Charities ‘colluding’ with smugglers  —  An Italian prosecutor says he has evidence some of the charities saving migrants in the Mediterranean Sea are colluding with people-smugglers.  —  Carmelo Zuccaro told La Stampa (in Italian) phone calls were being made from Libya to rescue vessels.
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Brooklyn Moves to Protect Immigrants From Deportation Over Petty Crimes  —  The Brooklyn district attorney's office, promising to seek “equal and fair justice” for the borough's vulnerable foreign-born residents, has created a policy that tailors prosecutions to avoid, when possible …
 
 
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Associated Press:
As budget deadline looms, Trump pushes border wall funding
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Bloomberg:
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Kimberly Nordyke / Hollywood Reporter:
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Associated Press:
Obama meets with at-risk youth ahead of Chicago speech
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Saudi Arabia elected to UN women's rights commission
Camilla Turner / Telegraph:
Students who avoid making eye contact could be guilty of racism, Oxford University says
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Palestinians fume over barbecue taunt of terrorist hunger strikers, as hundreds drop out
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump to host conservative media at reception
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