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10:20 AM ET, April 25, 2017

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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Willing to Hold Off on Border-Wall Funding  —  President's flexibility on wall funding could ease bipartisan deal on spending bill to avoid a government shutdown later this week  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is open to waiting until later this year to secure funding …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
White House ‘confident’ of averting shutdown as Trump shows flexibility on wall  —  The White House sought Monday to calm a jittery Washington ahead of a showdown with Congress over spending, and President Trump softened his demand that a deal to keep the federal government open include money …
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border wall
Discussion: Daily Kos
Associated Press:
Trump backs away from demand for border wall money
Annie Karni / Politico:
Ivanka Trump gets booed, hissed at during Berlin event  —  BERLIN — Ivanka Trump arrived in Berlin Tuesday morning armed with facts and figures to recite at what was expected to be a high-brow international summit to discuss women entrepreneurship, alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Discussion: Axios and The Week
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New York Times:
As North Korea Speeds Its Nuclear Program, U.S. Fears Time Will Run Out  —  WASHINGTON — Behind the Trump administration's sudden urgency in dealing with the North Korean nuclear crisis lies a stark calculus: a growing body of expert studies and classified intelligence reports that conclude …
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Bloomberg:
U.S., North Korea Flex Military Muscles as Tensions Simmer
Discussion: New York Magazine
Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
Entire U.S. Senate to go to White House for North Korea briefing
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: Trump's tax plan — JUST WONDERING: What is the W.H. gov't shutdown strategy?  — POLITICO names new CEO — ANNIE KARNI on Ivanka in Berlin — LUMBER WARS — B'DAY: AshLee Strong  —  Listen to the Playbook Audio Briefing http://bit.ly/2orock8 ... Subscribe on iTunes http …
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New York Times:
Trump Is Said to Seek Cutting Corporate Tax Rate to 15 Percent
Discussion: CNBC and New York Magazine
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Wants Tax Plan to Cut Corporate Rate to 15%
Bloomberg:
Trump Slaps Duty on Canada Lumber, Intensifying Trade Fight  —  Step will raise cost of home-building, mattress box springs  —  Canada vows to fight back against 'unfair" import duties  —  U.S. President Donald Trump intensified a trade dispute with Canada, slapping tariffs of up to 24 percent …
Discussion: Washington Post, Politico, The Week and CNBC
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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.
Discussion: Hot Air
Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:
How an Alternative Donald Trump Opening Act Might Have Unfolded  —  The president could have taken advantage of the fact he isn't an ideological conservative or traditional Republican, but a centrist  —  Let's imagine an alternative opening act to the Trump presidency.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
100 days of Democratic rage
Discussion: NBC News and TheBlaze
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Christie gives Trump a ‘B,’ says WH staff need to ‘get their act together’  —  Warren gives Trump an ‘F’ on first 100 days  —  Washington (CNN)With a few days left of his first 100 days in office, President Donald Trump's friend Gov. Chris Christie graded his performance so far as a “B.”
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Forget the critics, Mr. President. Your first 100 days have been just fine.
Discussion: The Week and Daily Wire
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Chobani sues Alex Jones, saying he falsely linked company to child rape, tuberculosis  —  Chobani, the maker of Greek yogurt, is suing right-wing provocateur Alex Jones, claiming he published articles and videos that falsely linked the company to child rape and a tuberculosis outbreak near its plant in Twin Falls, Idaho.
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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.
Discussion: Raw Story
Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Flynn's Turkish lobbying linked to Russia  —  The Turkish man who gave Mike Flynn a $600,000 lobbying deal just before President Donald Trump picked him to be national security adviser has business ties to Russia, including a 2009 aviation financing deal negotiated with Vladimir Putin, according to court records.
Demian Bulwa / San Francisco Chronicle:
BART takeover robbery: 40 to 60 teens swarm train, rob weekend riders  —  A recent string of robberies on BART trains took a frightening turn when dozens of juveniles swarmed an Oakland station over the weekend and commandeered a train car, forcing passengers to hand over bags and cell phones …
Jacob Carpenter / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Prosecutors: Inmate's water cut off for 7 days before his death in the Milwaukee County Jail  —  An inquest has been ordered following the April 2016 dehydration death of Milwaukee County Jail inmate Terrill Thomas.  Here's how an inquest works, and how the only other Milwaukee County inquest in the past decade ended.
Discussion: Washington Post and CBS Sacramento
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
The Effects of Ending the Affordable Care Act's Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments  —  Controversy has emerged recently over federal payments to insurers under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) related to cost-sharing reductions for low-income enrollees in the ACA's marketplaces.
Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
Macron Campaign Wards Off Hacking Attempts Linked to Russia  —  Presidential candidate's campaign suffers multipronged phishing attack beginning in mid-March  —  PARIS—Hackers matching the profile of a pro-Kremlin group have tried in recent weeks to access campaign email accounts …
Alex Hern / The Guardian:
Wikipedia founder to fight fake news with new Wikitribune site  —  Crowdfunded online publication from Jimmy Wales will pair paid journalists with army of volunteer contributors … Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia, is launching a new online publication which will aim to fight fake news …
Joe Concha / The Hill:
O'Reilly: Fans will be ‘shaken’ when truth comes out about Fox exit  —  Former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly said he is “sad” that he's not on television anymore and admitted Monday evening he's “very surprised how it all turned out” regarding his split with his network home of more than 20 years.
Eliza Collins / USA Today:
Republicans in Congress push for religious liberty executive order  —  WASHINGTON — Dozens of Republican lawmakers are asking President Trump to scale back Obama-era protections for gays and lesbians in order to make good on a campaign promise to protect religious liberty.
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 …
Henry Goldman / Bloomberg:
Brooklyn as a Fashion Hub?  Mayor's Plan Stirs Manhattan Backlash  —  De Blasio says his proposal would provide affordable space  —  The plan would end zoning protection for Manhattan factories  —  Brooklyn may be New York's hippest borough to live or start a business.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Can Facebook Fix Its Own Worst Bug?  —  Mark Zuckerberg now acknowledges the dangerous side of the social revolution he helped to start.  But is the most powerful tool for connection in human history capable of adapting to the world it created?  —  In early January, I went to see Mark Zuckerberg at MPK20 …
 
 
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Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
Obama will earn $400K for one of his first paid speeches: report
Discussion: Hot Air
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: 50 Percent Have Little to No Confidence in GOP Health-Care Push
Discussion: Washington Post
Reuters:
Venezuela death toll rises as unrest enters fourth week
Discussion: The Week
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Workers who really do ‘support our troops’ are getting their wages slashed
Rick Seltzer / Inside Higher Ed:
What Comes After Whittier Shutdown?
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Rachel Zoll / Associated Press:
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Politico Names Investment Banker as New CEO
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Infighting cools down in Trumpland
Discussion: Political Wire
Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Arkansas carries out country's first back-to-back executions in almost two decades
Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
Tantaros Adds to Fox Fight With Claim of ‘Sockpuppet’ Attack
Discussion: The Week and NPR, more at Mediagazer »
Fox Business:
Obama Wall Street's Newest Fat Cat With Cantor Speech
Discussion: The Hill
Aaron R. Hanlon / New Republic:
Why Colleges Have a Right to Reject Hateful Speakers Like Ann Coulter
Discussion: Hot Air and Instapundit
 

 
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