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9:25 AM ET, April 29, 2017

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Ryan Browne / CNN:
North Korea's missile test fails, US military says  — Trump administration official says there is reason to be concerned, but this is not first provocation  —  (CNN)North Korea on Saturday launched a ballistic missile that blew up over land, a spokesman for the US Pacific Command said.
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Associated Press:
Trump: North Korea ‘disrespected’ China with missile test
Discussion: Politico
Telegraph:
Live North Korea ‘tests ballistic missile’ amid reports Pyongyang stating war ‘imminent’
Discussion: Raw Story
Yonhap News Agency:
(LEAD) N. Korea fails in missile test: S. Korean military
Christine Wang / CNBC:
North Korea ballistic missile test fails: Report
Discussion: New York Magazine
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Kasich: Trump should ‘eradicate’ North Korean leadership
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Climate of Complete Certainty  —  This is Bret Stephens's first column.  —  When someone is honestly 55 percent right, that's very good and there's no use wrangling.  And if someone is 60 percent right, it's wonderful, it's great luck, and let him thank God.  —  But what's to be said about 75 percent right?
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MJ Lee / CNN:
First on CNN: Ahead of Trump's 100th day mark, Obama says Obamacare is more popular than Trump  —  One moment from each of Trump's first days  —  New York (CNN)Former President Barack Obama hailed the political resilience of his signature health care law at a private event Thursday …
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Bloomberg:
If Republicans Can't Get This Lawmaker, Obamacare Repeal May Be Dead
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Fox News:
‘The First 100 Days’: Trump says he's ‘disappointed’ with congressional Republicans
Discussion: Mediaite and Talking Points Memo
CNN:
CNN/ORC poll: Expectations plummet for health care overhaul
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
White House eyeing Clarke for Homeland Security post  —  The White House is considering David Clarke, the sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, for a position at the Department of Homeland Security, three people familiar with the administration's planning told POLITICO.
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Ben White / Politico:
Trump's mad dash to 100 days  —  President Donald Trump has dismissed the idea of measuring the success of his first 100 days in office as “ridiculous.”  But the president and his top officials have made a number of startling moves this week with the deadline in mind, and Trump has privately obsessed …
ABC News:
Trump's first 100 days rock Capitol Hill
Discussion: Breitbart
Chloe Gordon / New York Magazine:
I Worked at Fyre Festival.  It Was Always Going to Be a Disaster.  —  In early March, a friend of mine texted me to ask if I wanted to be a talent producer for the Fyre Festival.  I'd never heard of it, but the gig involved going to the Bahamas and being paid extremely well.  So I said yes and packed my bags.
Discussion: Consequence of Sound
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Julian Borger / The Guardian:
UK was given details of alleged contacts between Trump campaign and Moscow  —  In December the UK government was given reports by former MI6 officer Christopher Steele on possible collusion between Trump camp and the Kremlin  —  The UK government was given details last December …
The Daily Beast:
White House Weighs Kicking Out Sebastian Gorka  —  The Trump administration is actively exploring options to remove controversial national security aide Sebastian Gorka from the White House and place him at another federal agency, multiple sources tell The Daily Beast.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump blames Obama for not vetting former national security adviser Michael Flynn  —  President Donald Trump is blaming former President Barack Obama for not fully vetting Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn after it was revealed that Flynn received payments …
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
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Yashar Ali / New York Magazine:
Conservative Radio Host Hugh Hewitt in Talks for MSNBC Show, Sources Say  —  MSNBC is in talks with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt about creating a show for him on weekend evenings, four well-placed sources at the network tell Daily Intelligencer.  Initially MSNBC was keen on having Hewitt host …
Tina Nguyen / Vanity Fair:
Milo Yiannopoulos Is Starting a New, Ugly, For-Profit Troll Circus  —  With what he says is a $12 million stake from secret investors, the former Breitbart tech editor is launching Milo Inc., a live-event touring company, dedicated to making progressives' lives a “living hell.”
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
USDA to ease school meal standards  —  Newly minted Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is expected to unveil a new rule Monday aimed at giving schools more flexibility in meeting federal nutrition standards for school lunches.  —  The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Friday that Perdue and Sen. Pat Roberts
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and Joe.My.God.
NSA.gov:
NSA Stops Certain Section 702 “Upstream” Activities  —  Since 2008, the National Security Agency (NSA) and other members of the U.S. Intelligence Community have relied on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to conduct surveillance on specific foreign targets located outside …
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Michael Workman / Chicago Tribune:
John Waters, in town and in rare form, as usual  —  John Waters will be talking about his new book, “Make Trouble,” and other things during a Sunday stop at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago.  (Stephen Maturen photo)  —  An icon not only of the shock and trash cinema that marked the beginning …
Ali Vitali / NBC News:
Trump to NRA: ‘Eight-Year Assault’ on Gun Rights Is Over  —  President Donald Trump promised guns rights advocates gathered in Atlanta on Friday that he'd come through for them as they did for him during the 2016 campaign.  —  “The eight-year assault on your Second Amendment freedoms has come …
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Maybe America Wasn't Crazy to Elect Donald Trump  —  A confession: I'm much less afraid of Trump than I was a year ago.  His rhetoric, his unfettered far-right agenda, his love of violence, and his loathing of constitutional limits during the campaign were indeed things to be terrified by.
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
DeMint to be ousted from Heritage Foundation  —  The controversial president of The Heritage Foundation, former Sen. Jim DeMint, will soon be out of a job, following a dispute with board members about the direction of conservative think tank, according to three people with knowledge of the situation.
 
 
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Marie Mawad / Bloomberg:
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Politico:
Trump's immigration crackdown is well underway
Edward D. Kleinbard / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Trump's Candy Land School of Tax Reform
Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. / Breitbart:
Pope Francis Warns Against ‘Invasion’ of Libertarianism
Discussion: Hit & Run
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
ICE data shows half of immigrants arrested in raids had traffic convictions or no record
Discussion: Business Insider
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Documents Tie Berkeley Riot Organizers To Pro-Pedophilia Group, NAMBLA
Discussion: SARAH PALIN
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Ben Hartman / The Daily Beast:
InfoWars' Alex Jones Loses Custody Case, Ex-Wife Wins Right to Decide Where Children Live
Politico:
What the Press Still Doesn't Get About Trump
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘Roseanne’ Getting Revival With Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Sara Gilbert & Co.
Discussion: KXAN-TV and The Guardian
Johana Bhuiyan / Recode:
Here's the first look at how Elon Musk's ‘boring’ car tunnels will work
Discussion: Motherboard, Mashable and Eschaton
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Dems withhold cash from Montana special election
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
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