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8:30 PM ET, April 27, 2017

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Exclusive: Federal probe of Fox News expands  —  Fox News still under grand jury probe  —  The U.S. Justice Department's investigation of Fox News has widened to include a second law enforcement agency.  —  Financial crimes experts from the United States Postal Inspection Service are now involved …
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Is a Management Shake-up Looming at Fox News?  —  As Fox News is roiled by lawsuits and the ouster of Bill O'Reilly, the network's co-president Bill Shine has retained the backing of the Murdochs.  On Monday, Rupert Murdoch took network co-presidents Shine and Jack Abernethy to lunch at Marea …
Scott Wong / The Hill:
New ObamaCare repeal bill on life support  —  The tide is quickly turning against the new ObamaCare repeal legislation.  —  At least 21 Republicans have said they would vote no on the revised GOP healthcare bill negotiated by centrist Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.) and conservative Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.).
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems threaten to oppose short-term spending bill if GOP pushes healthcare vote  —  House Democrats will oppose a short-term spending bill if Republican leaders attempt to expedite an ObamaCare repeal bill this week, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) warned Thursday.  —  Hoyer, the Democratic whip …
Victoria McGrane GLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Warren ‘troubled’ by $400,000 Wall Street speaking fee for Obama  —  WASHINGTON — Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren gently criticized former president Barack Obama Thursday for his decision to accept $400,000 from a Wall Street firm to speak at a health care conference this fall.
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Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Obama scores another $400K speaking fee amid criticism
Discussion: TMZ.com
Eugene Scott / CNN:
Warren ‘troubled’ by Obama's big Wall Street speech payday
Discussion: TheBlaze
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
This photo of Donald Trump and kids is epic  —  (CNN)Thursday, as you likely know by now, is “Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work” day.  The White House, like CNN and virtually every other company, celebrates this day with a special program of activities.  Except, at the White House …
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CNN:
Michelle Obama says she won't run for office
Discussion: Political Wire and Refinery29
Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
House Dems to force vote on bill demanding Trump taxes, visitor logs: report
Discussion: Common Dreams and Washington Post
Tom Nichols / USA Today:
Are Trump voters ruining America for all of us?:  Tom Nichols  —  First 100 days suggest our democracy is more likely to die in dumbness than in darkness.  —  President Trump's record in his first 100 days, by any standard of presidential first terms, is one of failure.
Discussion: Washington Post
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UVA Center / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Center for Politics Poll Takes Temperature of Trump Voters at 100-Day Mark
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
The education of Donald Trump  —  The 70-year-old leader of the free world sat behind his desk in the Oval Office last Friday afternoon, doing what he's done for years: selling himself.  His 100th day in office was approaching, and Trump was eager to reshape the hardening narrative of a White House veering off course.
Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
Brian Babin becomes second Texan to quit Freedom Caucus since March  —  U.S. Rep. Brian Babin, R-Woodville, joins Ted Poe of Humble in publicly ending his ties to the arch conservative group in Congress, the Freedom Caucus.  —  WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Brian Babin, R-Woodville …
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
The new health-care bill may be little more than an exercise in blame-shifting
Discussion: Daily Kos
Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP senators not so keen on House's Obamacare repeal
Brianna Sacks / BuzzFeed:
People Are Trolling Trump's New Anti-Immigrant Hotline With Reports Of Space Aliens And The Government Is Not Amused  —  On Wednesday, the Trump administration launched a new office called the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office (VOICE), to assist victims of crimes committed …
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CNN:
Pentagon warned Flynn in 2014 against taking foreign payments; IG launches investigation  —  (CNN)Former national security adviser Michael Flynn was warned by the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2014 against accepting foreign payments as he entered retirement, according to new documents obtained by the House oversight committee.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Democrats exploring lawsuit against Trump  —  Senate Democrats are exploring a lawsuit against President Trump on the grounds that his vast business empire has created conflicts of interest that violate the Constitution.  —  The effort is being led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal
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AP Story / Associated Press:
Texas House OKs ‘sanctuary city’ ban with tough jail penalty
Discussion: The Daily Caller and BizPac Review
Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
Portland rose parade canceled after ‘antifascists’ threaten GOP marchers  —  For 10 years, the 82nd Avenue of Roses Business Association has kicked off the city of Portland's annual Rose Festival with a family-friendly parade meant to attract crowds to its diverse neighborhood.
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Jamie Hale / Oregonian:
Organizers cancel 82nd Avenue of Roses Parade, after protesters threaten to shut it down
Bonnie Tsui / New York Times:
Why Is Asian Salad Still on the Menu?  —  One Friday night at a bar in San Francisco, I took a look at the menu and found myself face to face once again with the curious modern-day ubiquity of the Asian salad.  The “Asian Emperor Salad,” with its “31 ingredients representing the tastes …
Discussion: Althouse
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
North Korea puts out new video showing the White House in crosshairs and carriers exploding  —  SEOUL — A North Korean propaganda outlet released a video clip on Thursday showing a simulated attack on the White House and declaring that “the enemy to be destroyed is in our sights.”
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Ilya Arkhipov / Bloomberg:
Putin Warns North Korea Situation Has ‘Seriously Deteriorated’
Discussion: Daily Mail
John Bresnahan / Politico:
House Democrats bury 2016 autopsy  —  House Democrats are going to extreme lengths to conceal a report on the party's problems.  —  After nearly five months, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) will present his investigative report to lawmakers during a members-only gathering …
Reuters:
Israel strikes arms depot near Damascus airport: sources  —  Israeli warplanes struck a weapons supply hub operated by Lebanese group Hezbollah near Damascus airport on Thursday, targeting arms sent from Iran in commercial and military cargo aircraft, Syrian rebel and regional intelligence sources said.
Bloomberg:
Jeff Bezos Is Just $5 Billion Away From Being the World's Richest Person  —  Amazon founder's fortune has risen $65.2 billion in five years  —  Gates has been the world's No. 1 billionaire since May 2013  —  A surge in after hours trading for Amazon.com Inc. added $3.3 billion to the fortune …
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
On the Red Line: A daily racial transformation on MARTA  —  This article is part of the AJC's new RE: Race reporting project, which is dedicated to covering both the tensions and the opportunities created by racial and ethnic change in Atlanta and Georgia.  Author Melton Bennett responded …
Discussion: The Root
Mitch Prothero / BuzzFeed:
The Hungarian Rise And Fall Of Sebastian Gorka  —  Before Sebastian Gorka was an adviser to President Donald Trump, he was a man with a dream to rise to the top of Hungarian politics.  It didn't quite work out.  —  Reporting From  —  Budapest  —  BUDAPEST — Sebastian Gorka …
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump is setting up Paul Ryan to be his fall guy  —  THE BIG IDEA: The conventional wisdom when Donald Trump took office was that Paul Ryan would be in the driver's seat on policymaking.  That has turned out to be wrong.  —  The thinking was that the new president …
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Cruz: Breaking up 9th Circuit Court ‘a possibility’  —  (R-Texas) says that breaking up the 9th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals is “certainly a possibility.”  —  “The 9th Circuit is the largest federal court of appeals,” he said Thursday on “The Jack Riccardi Show.”
Discussion: RedState and Joe.My.God.
AARP:
State High-Risk Pools Failed Consumers in the Past—and They'd Fail Them Again  —  The American Health Care Act (AHCA) threatens to do away with the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) protections for people with preexisting health conditions.  These protections prevent insurance companies from denying …
Doyle Rice / USA Today:
U.S. drought reaches record low as rain reigns  —  Drought in the U.S. fell to a record low this week, with just 6.1% of the lower 48 states currently experiencing abnormally dry conditions, federal officials announced Thursday.  —  That's the lowest percentage in the 17-year history of the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor report.
Discussion: Climate Depot
 
 
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Emma Brown / Washington Post:
Judge: Mostly white Southern city may secede from school district despite racial motive
Discussion: Raw Story
Jesse Singal / New York Magazine:
Fordham University's Suppression of Pro-Palestinian Views Shows Why Liberals Should Fight for Free Speech
Discussion: Mother Jones and New Republic
Julia Horowitz / CNNMoney:
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Discussion: IJR
 Earlier Items: 
Young GOPers / CBS News:
Russian spy ship collides with freighter, sinks in Black Sea
Discussion: Defense One
New York Times:
A Poised Mexico Sees Trump Anew: as a ‘Bluffer’ at the Poker Table
Discussion: Mother Jones
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
NBC News President on Megyn Kelly's New Show, Trump and Fox News Turmoil
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Mediaite and AOL
Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Trump blames Democrats for government shutdown threats
Washington Post:
‘My rights as a mom have been violated.’: Mother is asked to find private room while breast-feeding in church
Discussion: The Resurgent, IJR and Althouse