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5:25 PM ET, April 25, 2017

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Annie Karni / Politico:
Ivanka Trump gets booed, hissed at during Berlin event  —  BERLIN — Ivanka Trump arrived in Berlin on Tuesday morning armed with facts and figures to recite at what was expected to be a highbrow international summit to discuss women's entrepreneurship, alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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CNN:
German crowd hisses, boos at Ivanka when she defends her dad  —  (CNN)Ivanka Trump defended her father at a women's panel in Berlin Tuesday after attendees hissed and booed when she attempted to champion her father's commitment to women's issues.  —  The event opened with the first daughter explaining her role in the White House.
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Workers endured long hours, low pay at Chinese factory used by Ivanka Trump's clothing-maker  —  Workers at a factory in China used by the company that makes clothing for Ivanka Trump's fashion line and other brands worked nearly 60 hours a week to earn wages of little more than $62 a week, according to a factory audit released Monday.
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Ivanka Rocks Berlin: President Trump's ‘Policies Are Central to the Economic Empowerment of Women’
Discussion: Mediaite
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
In defense of Ivanka Trump after she was hissed at in Germany
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Ivanka Trump booed at women's panel in Germany
CNN:
White House denies House investigation request for Flynn documents  —  What you need to know about Michael Flynn  —  (CNN)The White House declined Tuesday to provide documents related to President Donald Trump's former national security adviser that the panel investigating Michael Flynn had requested …
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Emmarie Huetteman / New York Times:
White House Refuses to Turn Over Flynn Documents to House Inquiry
Discussion: Refinery29 and The Root
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Flynn likely broke the law by failing to disclose foreign payments, House Oversight leaders say
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
White House rejects Oversight request for Flynn documents
Discussion: Towleroad and RedState
Dean Karayanis / The Rush Limbaugh Show:
Looks Like Trump Is Caving on Funding the Wall  —  RUSH: I'm not happy to have to pass this on.  I'm very, very troubled to have to pass this on.  And I want to say at the outset that I hope my interpretation is wrong, and I hope this is not the case.  But it looks like, from here …
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Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Republicans offer spending plan without border wall, but Trump vows that it will be built  —  A Republican bid to keep the government open past Friday includes no new money for the construction of a border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to several congressional aides familiar with ongoing talks.
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Limbaugh: Looks like Trump is ‘caving’ on border wall
Discussion: The Week
Chad Kiewiet De Jonge / ABC News:
Only 37 percent say Trump should repeal and replace Obamacare: Poll  —  As President Donald Trump and the Republicans in Congress gear up for another attempt at repealing and replacing Obamacare, an ABC News/Washington Post poll finds broad public preference for keeping and improving it …
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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Public pans Republicans' latest approach to replacing Affordable Care Act
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Americans Back Immigration and Trade at Record Levels
Discussion: Daily Kos and Political Wire
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
More young Republicans know a millionaire than a Muslim, and just 4 in 10 young Dems are close to a Trump backer
Discussion: National Review
Harvard University:
Harvard IOP Spring 17 Poll
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Justin Green / Axios:
Ted Cruz introduces “EL CHAPO Act” to pay for the wall  —  Senator Ted Cruz wants to use assets seized from drug lords such as El Chapo, the Mexican kingpin who was recently extradited to the U.S., to pay for border security and the border wall.  — The idea: U.S. prosecutors …
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Ted Cruz:
Sen. Cruz Introduces the EL CHAPO Act
Discussion: IJR
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Conservative media figures disappointed with Trump meeting  —  Some conservative media figures invited to an exclusive event with President Trump Monday night left the White House frustrated and complaining that Trump's staff had intentionally sought to limit what they could report out of the meeting.
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border wall
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
CNN:
Sally Yates to testify at May 8 Senate hearing
Tucker Doherty / Politico:
The Media Bubble Is Worse Than You Think  —  How did big media miss the Donald Trump swell?  News organizations old and new, large and small, print and online, broadcast and cable assigned phalanxes of reporters armed with the most sophisticated polling data and analysis to cover the presidential campaign.
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Breitbart Has Been Denied Permanent Congressional Press Credentials  —  The standing committee of the US Senate Daily Press Gallery has denied Breitbart News permanent credentials to Capitol Hill, a move that would have given the right-wing news outlet more legitimacy within the Washington media.
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Haley Byrd / IJR:
Breitbart News Denied Permanent Capitol Hill Press Credentials
Discussion: Washington Examiner
KWWL-TV:
Iowa State Patrol Investigators inspecting crash involving Chris Soules  —  The Buchanan County Sheriff's Office says Chris Soules has been arrested for leaving the scene of a deadly crash.  —  Soules, who's from Arlington, is well known for starring in the show “The Bachelor.”
Discussion: TMZ.com, Refinery29, Fox 59, WGN-TV, Fox News, AOL and IJR
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Obama's $400,000 Wall Street speaking fee will undermine everything he believes in  —  To fight the rising tide of populism, mainstream leaders need to raise their ethical game.  —  Former President Barack Obama's decision to accept a $400,000 fee to speak at a health care conference organized …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Plans to Seek Tax Rate of 15% on Owner-Operated Companies  —  Beyond proposed cut from 39.6%, president wants to slash corporate levies on firms' foreign profits  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Wednesday is planning to unveil a proposal to cut corporate taxes …
Scott Soshnick / Bloomberg:
Jeb Bush-Derek Jeter Group Said to Win Auction for Marlins  —  Sale price for Major League Baseball team isn't known  —  Other bidders were Tagg Romney and Quogue Capital's Rothbaum  —  A group led by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and former New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter has won …
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
TV Ratings: Tucker Carlson Tops in First Night at 8 O'Clock  —  He matches Bill O'Reilly in the demo.  —  A night of big shifts in cable's typical lineup brought a win Monday for Fox News Channel, which topped primetime among both adults 25-54 and total viewers.
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Kartikay Mehrotra / Bloomberg:
Trump's Sanctuary Cities Order Blocked by Federal Judge  —  San Francisco, Santa Clara County win court injunctions  —  President argued ‘immeasurable harm to the American people’  —  A San Francisco judge barred enforcement of President Donald Trump's executive order withholding funds …
Anna March / Salon:
Bye bye, Bernie: He's not fit to captain the Democratic ship if he can't stop chasing the great white male  —  The Democratic Party is selling out women and all marginalized groups in favor of Bernie Sanders' dangerous myths VIDEO  —  To the extent that Democrats are looking for their progressive soul …
The Huffington Post:
Sen. Mike Enzi: A Guy Who Wears A Tutu To A Bar ‘Kind Of Asks For It’  —  The Wyoming senator was speaking to a group of high school and middle school students.  —  Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) told a group of high school and middle school students last week that it's fine to be a member of the lesbian …
Bonnie Bacarisse / The Daily Beast:
The Republican Lawmaker Who Secretly Created Reddit's Women-Hating ‘Red Pill’  —  Last November, voters in New Hampshire's Lakes Region re-elected to the state House of Representatives a man who appears to be one of the secret architects of the Internet's misogynistic “Manosphere.”
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and Raw Story
CNN:
First on CNN: Ex-Christie aide joins Cuomo as new chief of staff  —  (CNN)A former top aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is crossing party lines and the Hudson River to become New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's new chief of staff.  —  Maria Comella confirmed to CNN in an exclusive interview …
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Mike Rowe:
This morning, for your consideration, I offer further proof that our country's war on work continues to rage in all corners of polite society.  Behold the latest assault from Nordstrom's.  The “Barracuda Straight Leg Jeans.” http://bit.ly/2oYpyBn  —  Finally - a pair of jeans that look …
Olga Khazan / The Atlantic:
Babies Floating in Fluid-Filled Bags  —  When babies are born at 24 weeks' gestation, “it is very clear they are not ready to be here,” says Emily Partridge, a research fellow at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.  —  Doctors dress the hand-sized beings in miniature diapers and cradle …
Discussion: The Week and The Next Web
 
 
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Billy House / Bloomberg:
Trump Seems to Retreat on Shutdown, But Secret Spending Bill Still Looms
Discussion: Daily Kos
Ben Becker / WJAX:
Brawl at Orange Park Mall involved up to 60 people, Clay County Sheriff's Office says
Aidan Quigley / Politico:
Trump appoints Alles as Secret Service director
Discussion: New York Times and The Week
Ruth Styles / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Hot felon’ Jeremy Meeks is DEPORTED from the UK less than eight hours after he landed for a fashion shoot
Discussion: The Root, Mashable and theGrio
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Centrist Republican leader Charlie Dent says he's still a ‘no’ on Obamacare repeal bill
Discussion: Political Wire
Jay Reeves / Talking Points Memo:
White-Power Groups Are Banding Together, But For How Long?
Discussion: Raw Story
John Frank / Denver Post:
Doug Robinson, nephew of Mitt Romney, says he's running for Colorado governor
Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Trump Inauguration Admits Errors, Vows To Correct Numerous Faulty Donor Records
Discussion: Washington Post and Shakesville
 Earlier Items: 
Trend Micro:
From Espionage to Cyber Propaganda: Pawn Storm's Activities over the Past Two Years
Discussion: Axios and AOL
Fox News:
Fracking isn't contaminating groundwater, study finds
Discussion: Hot Air
Ben White / Politico:
Trump expected to include Democrat-friendly spending in tax plan
Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:
Another Way to Understand the Divide: Migration
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At 100 Days, Trump's No Russian Stooge or Fascist
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