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4:45 PM ET, April 30, 2017

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CBS News:
FULL TRANSCRIPT: President Donald Trump's interview with “Face the Nation”  —  On his 100th day in office Saturday, President Donald Trump spoke to CBS News' chief Washington correspondent and host of “Face the Nation,” John Dickerson, about his accomplishments at the traditional milestone and beyond …
Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
White House official says 'we've looked at' changes to libel laws that would restrict press freedom  —  White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said the Trump administration has “looked at” changes to libel laws that would curtail press freedoms, but said “whether that goes anywhere is a different story.”
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Reuters:
South Korea says U.S. reaffirms it will pay THAAD costs; joint drills wrap up  —  South Korea said the United States had reaffirmed it would shoulder the cost of deploying the THAAD anti-missile system, days after President Donald Trump said Seoul should pay for the $1-billion battery designed to defend against North Korea.
Discussion: Fox News, The Daily Caller and The Week
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David Wright / CNN:
McCain to allies: Watch what Trump does, not what he says
Jonathan Cheng / Wall Street Journal:
National Security Chief Tells South Korea U.S. Will Pay for Defense System
Discussion: RedState
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump: We can't let NKorea build better missiles
Discussion: Politico
Christiane Amanpour / CNN:
How the world sees Trump, 100 days in
Discussion: AOL
Stan Collender / Forbes:
Trump's Next 100 Days Won't Be Any Better  —  The three major failures of Donald Trump's first one hundred days in office set him up for even more spectacular failures in the next significant period of his presidency: the approximately 150 days between now and the start of fiscal 2018 on October 1.
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Spell Hasn't Worn Off—And It Might Never  —  HARRISBURG, PA—Towards the end of a nearly hour-long speech on Saturday night, the President of the United States read a 266-word sonnet by Al Wilson called “The Snake.”  —  It was a callback for the truest believers to a simpler time …
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
GOP insiders slam Trump's desperate, ‘totally insane’ last-minute push for 100-days accomplishments
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Monthly
Patricia Mazzei / miamiherald:
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen to retire from Congress  —  U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the dean of the Florida legislative delegation and the first Cuban American elected to Congress, is retiring at the end of her term next year, saying it's time to move on after 38 years in elected office.
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump's ‘Very Friendly’ Talk With Duterte Stuns Aides and Critics Alike  —  WASHINGTON — When President Trump called President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines on Saturday, the American leader's national security aides saw it as part of a routine diplomatic outreach to Southeast Asian leaders.
Discussion: Althouse
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Kate Ramunni / New Haven Register:
Yale grad students still fasting while College Republicans feast  —  NEW HAVEN >> The smell of barbecue wasn't enough to weaken the resolve Friday of eight Yale University graduate student teachers who have not eaten in days.  —  The students are protesting the university's unwillingness …
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Ben Kew / Breitbart:
Yale College Republicans Hold Barbecue Next to Union Hunger Strike
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Biden keeps 2020 options open  —  Joe Biden has been saying yes to nearly all the political invitations coming his way, with new ones arriving almost daily.  Privately, the former vice president and his staff have started talking about how to begin planning a strategy with a roughly 18-month timeline …
Discussion: AOL and Politicus USA
Jeremy Gerard / Deadline:
No Omerta As Coppola, Pacino And Cast Recall ‘Godfather’ Shoot - Tribeca  —  Al Pacino had to jump through hoops - including at least six screen tests - before securing the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather.  Marlon Brando was so into playing Vito Corleone that during an early reading …
Discussion: Gothamist
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Is There a Case for Le Pen?  —  EVERY surge of right-wing populism confronts voters with a different dilemma.  In the Brexit referendum, the risk was the policy, not the politicians.  Voting to leave the European Union was not a vote to make Nigel Farage prime minister …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and NPR
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Democrats give up hope on striking a deal with Trump  —  Democrats couldn't be less interested in the whole Jared Kushner vs. Steve Bannon drama, and they have given up on the idea that President Donald Trump's son-in-law will push him to work across the aisle on tax reform or anything else.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Trump travels to his golf club in Va.  —  President Trump traveled to his Trump National Golf Club in Virginia on Sunday afternoon, his 19th trip to a course since entering the White House.  —  President Trump just arrived at his Virginia golf course.  It's his 19th trip to a course in 14 weeks as president.
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump says rally crowd broke records despite empty seats  —  President Trump claimed his 100-day rally in Pennsylvania broke attendance records despite rows of empty seats at the expo center where the rally was held. … Trump held his rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania instead of attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
Discussion: Raw Story and ThinkProgress
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Trump assails media, Obama, at 100-day rally while skipping Correspondents' Dinner
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
 
 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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