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5:50 AM ET, April 24, 2017

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Jason Easley / Politicus USA:
Trump Pal Sean Hannity Accused Of Sexual Harassment As Fox News Scandal Grows  —  A former Fox News contributor has accused Sean Hannity of sexual harassment after he invited her back to his hotel room and then never booked her for his show again after she declined.
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Lois Beckett / The Guardian:
‘Roger Ailes did sexually harass me,’ says former Fox journalist Alisyn Camerota  —  Ex-Fox News chair allegedly told Camerota, who spent more than a decade at the channel and is now at CNN, joining him in a hotel room would help her career … A CNN journalist who spent more than a decade working …
Discussion: The Week
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.
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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Jon Henley / The Guardian:
French election: Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen estimated to be through to second round - live
Associated Press:
THE LATEST: EARLY FRENCH COUNT CONTINUES TO SHOW LE PEN LEAD
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and SARAH PALIN
J.C. / Economist:
What France's election means for Germany
Discussion: The Daily Signal
Thomas Adamson / Associated Press:
FRANCE BEGINS PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN TEST FOR POPULISM
Discussion: Vox Popoli and Hot Air
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 …
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump reschedules dinner with Supreme Court justices  —  President Trump planned to have dinner with the justices of the Supreme Court on Thursday evening, but the White House said Sunday evening the event will take place on a future date because of scheduling conflicts.
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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 …
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Trump eyeing second Supreme Court seat
Discussion: SARAH PALIN
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.
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: Politico
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Saudi Arabia elected to UN women's rights commission  —  Saudi Arabia was elected to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.  —  The addition of the Gulf nation was first flagged by UN Watch, a nongovernmental body that monitors the United Nations.
Discussion: twitchy.com
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
United Nations Elects Saudi Arabia to Women's Rights Commission
Discussion: Geller Report
Fox News:
North Korea threatens to strike US aircraft carrier to show 'military's force'  —  North Korea threatened Sunday to sink a U.S. aircraft carrier to demonstrate its military prowess as two Japanese Navy ships joined a U.S. strike group for exercises in the Philippine Sea.
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CNN:
USS Carl Vinson begins drills with Japanese destroyers
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 …
Patrick Temple-West / Politico:
Sessions: Erroneous tax credits to ‘mostly Mexicans’ could pay for wall  —  The proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border could be paid for by reducing erroneously issued tax credits that go to “mostly Mexicans,” said Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Sunday.
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Pam Key / Breitbart:
Sessions: Improper Tax Credit Payments to ‘Mostly Mexicans’ Could Fund Border Wall
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Ramesh Ponnuru / National Review:
Kate Walsh O'Beirne R I P  —  Kate O'Beirne was part of National Review's world before she joined the staff.  When she became the magazine's Washington editor in 1995 her resume already included stints at Senator Jim Buckley's office, the Reagan administration, and the Heritage Foundation.
Bloomberg:
Jack Ma Sees Decades of Pain as Internet Upends Older Economy  —  Alibaba founder says education can ease blow from automation  —  ‘Machines should only do what humans cannot,’ Ma tells forum  —  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Chairman Jack Ma said society should prepare for decades of pain as the internet disrupts the economy.
Discussion: Business Insider
Molly Nagle / ABC News:
After controversial Hawaii comment, Sessions says ‘nobody has a sense of humor’  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions says people should lighten up about controversial comments he made earlier this week about the state of Hawaii.  —  When asked by ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Jeff Sessions brushes off criticism over Hawaii comments: ‘Nobody has a sense of humor anymore’
 
 
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Brooklyn Moves to Protect Immigrants From Deportation Over Petty Crimes
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Kimberly Nordyke / Hollywood Reporter:
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Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Fox News Insider:
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Associated Press:
Obama meets with at-risk youth ahead of Chicago speech
Discussion: The Week
Camilla Turner / Telegraph:
Students who avoid making eye contact could be guilty of racism, Oxford University says
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Daily Caller
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Robert Verkaik / Telegraph:
Revealed: How Britain's former Syria ambassador appeared on BBC to defend Assad... after quietly taking …
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Palestinians fume over barbecue taunt of terrorist hunger strikers, as hundreds drop out
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Instapundit
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump to host conservative media at reception
Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
Is Ann Coulter The Last Conservative With Guts?
Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:
‘I Dreamed of Africa’ Author and Conservationist Is Shot in Kenya
Discussion: NPR
 

 
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
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Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
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