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6:00 PM ET, April 26, 2017

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New York Times:
White House Proposes Slashing Tax Rates for Individuals and Businesses  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday proposed sharp reductions in both individual and corporate income tax rates, reducing the number of individual income tax brackets to three — 10 percent, 25 percent and 35 percent …
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Aaron Elstein / Crain's New York Business:
Trump plan may boost New Yorkers' tax bills significantly  —  To help pay for steep cuts in business taxes, the president would no longer allow individuals to deduct state and local payments from their returns  —  The Trump administration released a tax-overhaul plan Wednesday …
Tommy Christopher / Shareblue:
WH reporter panics Treasury Secretary by asking how tax plan will personally benefit Trump  —  The White House held a briefing with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and National Economic Director Gary Cohn to roll out Donald Trump's one-page “tax plan,” another attempt to make Trump's first 100 days not seem like a total failure.
New York Times:
Trump's Tax Plan: Low Rate for Corporations, and for Companies Like His
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Treasury secretary says Trump ‘has no intention’ of releasing tax returns
Discussion: Politicus USA
Frank Chaparro / Business Insider:
Trump's plan calls for the repeal of a tax that once cost him $31 million
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
The White House just outlined its tax plan. Here's what's in it
Discussion: Bloomberg, Joe.My.God. and Refinery29
Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
Exclusive interview: Trump ‘absolutely’ looking at breaking up 9th Circuit  —  President Trump said Wednesday that he has “absolutely” considered proposals that would split up the 9th Circuit, where judges have blocked two of his executive actions.  —  “There are many people that want to break up the 9th Circuit.
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Political Wire
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The White House:
Statement on Sanctuary Cities Ruling  —  Today, the rule of law suffered another blow, as an unelected judge unilaterally rewrote immigration policy for our Nation.  Federal law explicitly states that “a Federal, State or Local government entity or official may not prohibit, or in any way restrict …
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump attacks judiciary for blocking order on sanctuary cities
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Republicans exempt their own insurance from their latest health care proposal  —  Republican legislators want to keep popular Obamacare provisions for themselves and their staff.  —  House Republicans appear to have included a provision that exempts Members of Congress and their staff from their latest health care plan.
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Freedom Caucus endorses revised ObamaCare repeal-and-replace bill  —  The House Freedom Caucus on Wednesday announced it will back the GOP's healthcare plan now that an amendment allowing states to opt out of key ObamaCare rules is included.  —  The group of roughly 30 hard-line conservatives held …
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Republicans finalize new Obamacare repeal proposal
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
House GOP health bill changes exempt members of Congress
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll - Late April 2017: The Future of the ACA and Health Care & the Budget
Discussion: Vox and ACASignups.net
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Republicans tell Trump to hold up on NAFTA withdrawal  —  The Trump administration is considering an executive order on withdrawing the U.S. from NAFTA — and initial reaction on Capitol Hill to the planned move has been mostly negative.  —  A draft order has been submitted for final stages …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
This is Amazing  —  This is really quite astounding.  In this morning's edition of Mike Allen's not-Playbook from Axios he introduces what seems to be Ivanka Trump setting up something that sounds a lot like the Clinton Foundation, only in this case run from within the White House …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Ivanka Trump's new fund for female entrepreneurs  —  Ivanka Trump told me yesterday from Berlin that she has begun building a massive fund that will benefit female entrepreneurs around the globe.  Both countries and companies will contribute to create a pool of capital to economically empower women.
Jon Sharman / The Independent:
Donald Trump to strip all funding from State Department team promoting women's rights around the world
Discussion: Common Dreams and Axios
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House to continue Obamacare payments, removing shutdown threat  —  The White House is telling lawmakers that it will continue paying Affordable Care Act cost-sharing subsidies, potentially defusing a bruising conflict between Democrats and Trump administration officials that had sparked …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
WH to Dems: We'll continue paying ObamaCare subsidies
Discussion: FITSNews and ACASignups.net
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Ann Coulter On Verge of Pulling Out of Speech at Berkeley  —  Ann Coulter said Wednesday that she is likely to cancel her planned appearance at the University of California, Berkeley, because she faced threats of violence and felt she was left without the support of local law enforcement who have said it cannot guarantee her safety.
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Reuters:
Ann Coulter cancels her speech at UC Berkeley
Discussion: Politico, New York Magazine and IJR
The Sun:
WHO BUN IT?  Brit bunny riddle as rabbit destined to be world's biggest dies on United Airlines jet to US  —  Three foot Simon died in the cargo section of a Boeing 767 after leaving Heathrow  —  SCANDAL-hit United Airlines is facing a new PR disaster — after a valuable giant rabbit died mysteriously on one of its planes.
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Jeff Stein / Vox:
The NYT's new columnist defends his views on Arabs, Black Lives Matter, campus rape  —  On April 12, the New York Times's vaunted editorial page got a new addition.  Bret Stephens, formerly a columnist at the Wall Street Journal, will join Ross Douthat and David Brooks among the stable of in-house conservatives at the Gray Lady.
Monica Vendituoli / The Fayetteville Observer:
Bail increased for veteran, soldier accused in execution of veteran's PTSD therapy dog  —  Marinna Rollins told her Facebook friends on April 17 that she found a new home for her PTSD therapy dog, Cam.  —  Instead, she and her boyfriend, soldier Jarren Heng, are accused of shooting Cam multiple times with a rifle execution-style.
Fox News:
DHS announces office for victims of illegal immigrant crime  —  Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly announced on Wednesday the official launch of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's office for victims of illegal immigrant crime, and a program to help track the custody status of violent, illegal perpetrators.
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New York Times:
Office to Aid Crime Victims Is Latest Step in Crackdown on Immigrants
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Guardian
Mike Cason / al.com:
Roy Moore running for Senate, resigns from Supreme Court to challenge Luther Strange  —  Roy Moore today announced he is resigning from his position as the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court to run for the United States Senate.  —  “I'll stand for the rights and liberties of the people …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Apparently repealing Obamacare could violate international law  —  We've already seen that repealing Obamacare is politically perilous.  Now there's a new complication: It may also violate international law.  —  The United Nations has contacted the Trump administration as part of an investigation …
Gregory Holyk / ABC News:
Views on Russian influence reflect partisan finger-pointing (POLL)  —  It's a partisan cold war right here at home: A majority of Democrats think now-President Donald Trump's campaign tried to help Russia influence the 2016 election, while a majority of Republicans think former President …
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Big Business Asks Congress for Protection From Local Paid Leave Laws  —  HR Policy Association seeks ‘safe harbor’ from local mandates  —  Executives from Marriott, IBM, GE, Wendy's back new report  —  During the 2016 presidential campaign, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton pledged their support for more paid family leave.
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
House, White House considering Friday health care vote  —  There is now discussion on the Hill and in the White House about a health care vote this Friday.  The House whip team is busy counting moderate votes and gauging support within the caucus, and there should be a clearer picture of where things stand tonight.
Raf Sanchez / Telegraph:
Wild boars maul Isil fighters to death in Iraq  —  Wild boars mauled three Islamic State (Isil) fighters to death near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, according to Kurdish fighters.  —  The jihadists' bodies were found badly mangled by refugees fleeing through farmland as they tried to get away …
Discussion: USA Today and Mediaite
Ian Sample / The Guardian:
Could history of humans in North America be rewritten by broken bones?  —  Smashed mastodon bones show humans arrived over 100,000 years earlier than previously thought say researchers, although other experts are sceptical … The history of the people of America, a story that dates …
 
 
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Associated Press:
The Latest: North Korea's UN Mission talks nuclear war
Discussion: Washington Post
Steve Annear / BostonGlobe.com:
Salem Mayor spots ‘eerie’ face in lamppost light
Discussion: Walid Shoebat
Michael Gordon / The Charlotte Observer:
DA won't prosecute woman who followed mom's ‘dying wish’ and cast illegal vote for Trump
Discussion: Political Wire
Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
FCC Chief to Roil the Capital With Net Neutrality Rollback
Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Montana Democrat Rob Quist Is Regular Performer at Nudist Resort
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
The White House:
Presidential Executive Order on the Review of Designations Under the Antiquities Act
Discussion: Morning Consult and Common Dreams
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
US Navy fires warning flare at Iran vessel in Persian Gulf
Discussion: CNN and IJR
Andrea Ruth / RedState:
Watch: Joe Scarborough Tells Mika What We All Wish We Could
Discussion: TheBlaze
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
It Could Be Worse  —  The first 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency …
Lena Dunham / Hollywood Reporter:
Samantha Bee Interviewed by Lena Dunham on Trump, Trolls and Comedy's Fraught New Normal
Discussion: Mediaite and New York Magazine
Matt Sedensky / Associated Press:
Trump's speaking style still flummoxes linguists
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Carl Bernstein: Flynn is ‘central to what FBI believes is cover-up’
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite