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10:30 AM ET, April 24, 2017

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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 …
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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.
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’
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
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 …
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Cyra Master / The Hill:
Report: Senate's Russia probe understaffed
Discussion: RedState
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Republicans sound alarm on Trump's troubles ahead of 2018  —  Republicans say President Donald Trump needs to turn things around fast — or the GOP could pay dearly in 2018.  —  With the party preparing to defend its congressional majorities in next year's midterms, senior Republicans …
Discussion: Geller Report and Politicus USA
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.
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: Power Line and Hot Air
Channel NewsAsia:
China's Xi urges restraint on North Korea issue on call with Trump  —  Toggle share menu  —  All Sections  —  Search Term Search Term Clear search input Search  —  BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping urged “restraint” on North Korea during a phone call Monday (Apr 24) …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Bloomberg:
Xi Urges Restraint on North Korea in Phone Call With Trump
Discussion: Politico
Matthew Dessem / Slate:
Bow-tie Wearing Dog Vigorously Contests Mark Halperin's Version of Events  —  Charlie, the adorable bow-tie-wearing dog who landed at the center of a national controversy on Friday night when NBC News Senior Political Analyst Mark Halperin tweeted a photo that many took to mean he was unhappy …
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
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.
Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Showdown looms as Trump demands funding for wall on U.S.-Mexico border  —  President Trump and White House officials pressed congressional Republicans on Sunday to use the looming threat of a government shutdown to win funding for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, a top priority …
Discussion: The Week
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Associated Press:
Trump pushes wall funding in spending dispute with Democrats
Discussion: Axios
David Edwards / Raw Story:   Trump budget chief: Border wall will ‘protect millions of low income Americans’ who lose Obamacare
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 …
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 …
Connie Bruck / New Yorker:
How Hollywood Remembers Steve Bannon … Stephen K. Bannon, who maintains a precarious hold over the nativist wing of the Trump White House, honed his skills in the art of conservative persuasion in the most liberal precinct of the American imagination, Hollywood.  He became himself in the byways of the movie business.
NBC News:
New Orleans Starts Tearing Down Confederate Monuments, Sparking Protest  —  New Orleans officials removed the first of four prominent Confederate monuments early Monday, the latest Southern institution to sever itself from symbols viewed by many as a representation racism and white supremacy.
Discussion: CNN, Hot Air and The Week
Katherine Skiba / Chicago Tribune:
Obama launches Chicago trip with visit to South Side job training group  —  President Barack Obama delivers his farewell address at McCormick Place on Jan. 10, 2017.  —  Former President Barack Obama, on a two-day visit to Chicago that began Sunday, met privately with at-risk young men …
Discussion: Axios and abc7chicago.com
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Associated Press:
Obama meets with at-risk youth ahead of Chicago speech
Discussion: The Week
UN Watch:
No Joke: U.N. Elects Saudi Arabia to Women's Rights Commission, For 2018-2022 Term  —  The Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch condemned the U.N.'s election of Saudi Arabia, “the world's most misogynistic regime,” to a 2018-2022 term on its Commission on the Status of Women, the U.N. agency …
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Saudi Arabia elected to UN women's rights commission
Discussion: twitchy.com
 
 
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Trump's First 100 Days: An ‘Entry-Level’ Presidency
Discussion: The Week
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Sanders: Democratic Party's model is ‘failing’
Discussion: Hot Air
Tamar Hallerman / Political Insider blog:
Ethics group: Hank Johnson improperly aided Jon Ossoff with taxpayer resources
New York Times:
Outspoken Maldives Blogger Who Challenged Radical Islamists Is Killed
BBC:
Italy migrant crisis: Charities ‘colluding’ with smugglers
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Tim Ross / Bloomberg:
May Hires Jim Messina for U.K. Conservative Election Team
Discussion: Political Wire
Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
Trump Saved Carrier Jobs. These Workers Weren't as Lucky.
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Bloomberg:
Jack Ma Sees Decades of Pain as Internet Upends Older Economy
Discussion: Business Insider
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Brooklyn Moves to Protect Immigrants From Deportation Over Petty Crimes
Kimberly Nordyke / Hollywood Reporter:
Tribeca: Political Activist Causes a Stir at ‘ACORN and the Firestorm’ Premiere
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Tresa Baldas / Detroit Free Press:
Genital mutilation victims break their silence: ‘This is demonic’
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump plans pre-100th day executive order spree
Discussion: Politico and The Week
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump to host conservative media at reception
Ramesh Ponnuru / National Review:
Kate Walsh O'Beirne R I P
Discussion: Weekly Standard
 

 
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