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2:05 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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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Kasich: Trump should ‘eradicate’ North Korean leadership
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
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 and France 24
CNN:
Tillerson urges world to act on North Korea, says US willing to use military force
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
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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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.
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.
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Alex Young / Consequence of Sound:
$12,000 luxury Fyre Festival is basically a disaster zone
Page Six:
A-listers told to avoid disastrous Fyre Festival before it began
Discussion: Breitbart and New York Magazine
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 …
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
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
N.S.A Halts Collection of Americans' Emails About Foreign Targets  —  WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency is stopping one of the most disputed forms of its warrantless surveillance program in which it collects Americans' emails and texts to and from people overseas and that mention …
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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
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 …
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?
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.”
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.
Bloomberg:
If Republicans Can't Get This Lawmaker, Obamacare Repeal May Be Dead  —  An architect of previous years' repeal bills not ready to back  —  Vote count could be close as backers claim ‘great progress’  —  Representative Fred Upton helped guide dozens of Obamacare repeal measures through …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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CNN:
CNN/ORC poll: Expectations plummet for health care overhaul
Discussion: Politicus USA and Political Wire
Rachel Stockman / Mediaite:
EXCLUSIVE: Advanced Talks Underway For New Conservative Network Amid Fears Fox News Moving Too Far Left  —  On the heels of major shakeups at the Fox News Network, an alternative conservative network is being actively discussed amongst conservative fat cats.
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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.
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.
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 …
Johana Bhuiyan / Recode:
Here's the first look at how Elon Musk's ‘boring’ car tunnels will work  —  Cars will be lowered into the tunnel from the roads on what Musk calls a car “skate.”  —  At the TED conference today, Elon Musk gave a first look at the underground tunnels his new company, The Boring Company, is shooting to develop in the future.
Discussion: Motherboard, Mashable and Eschaton
Ben Hartman / The Daily Beast:
InfoWars' Alex Jones Loses Custody Case, Ex-Wife Wins Right to Decide Where Children Live … AUSTIN, Texas — Alex Jones suffered a dramatic defeat in his custody battle Thursday night in a trial that questioned both Jones' future visitation of his children and the legitimacy of his performances on InfoWars …
Discussion: The Week and New York Magazine
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Alex Jones Suffers Defeat In Custody Hearing
 
 
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Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. / Breitbart:
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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
ABC News:
Trump's first 100 days rock Capitol Hill
Discussion: Breitbart
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Pentagon probing whether Army Rangers killed by friendly fire
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Politico:
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Elisabeth Moss / National Review:
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Dems withhold cash from Montana special election
BBC:
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