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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
An interview suggests Trump doesn't know what's in his health bill  —  Either the president doesn't understand the proposal — or isn't telling the truth about it.  —  President Trump gave a lengthy interview Sunday morning to CBS' John Dickerson about the Republicans' health care plan.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
GOP faces make-or-break moment on Obamacare repeal  —  House Republican leaders and White House officials are increasingly confident about passing their long-stalled Obamacare replacement bill: More lawmakers than ever are committed to voting “yes,” they say, and GOP insiders insist they're within striking distance of a majority.
Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Congress reaches deal to keep government open through September  —  Congressional negotiators have reached an agreement on a spending package to fund the government through the end of September, alleviating fears of a government shutdown later this week, said several congressional aides.
CNN:
Congressional negotiators reach deal on government funding through September  —  (CNN)Bipartisan congressional negotiators reached a critical agreement late Sunday on a massive spending bill that if approved by the House and Senate would fund the government through the end of September.
Discussion: Mother Jones
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New York Times:
Bipartisan Agreement Reached to Fund Government Through September  —  WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders reached a bipartisan agreement on Sunday to fund the government through September, according to congressional aides from both parties, effectively ending suspense about the possibility of a government shutdown next weekend.
Discussion: NPR
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Budget deal reached in Congress
Discussion: ABC News and The Week
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Budget deal reached in Congress
Discussion: Associated Press
Fox News:
Spending bill language omits border wall funding, sanctuary cities crackdown
Discussion: Vox, Bloomberg and Los Angeles Times
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.
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David Ferguson / Raw Story:
Trump didn't consult State Department before inviting brutal Philippine strongman to White House
Discussion: Reuters
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Sebastian Gorka to accept position outside White House: report
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump did not clear Duterte invitation with State Department: report
Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Democrats say they now know exactly why Clinton lost  —  WASHINGTON  —  A select group of top Democratic Party strategists have used new data about last year's presidential election to reach a startling conclusion about why Hillary Clinton lost.  Now they just need to persuade the rest of the party they're right.
Discussion: ABC News
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why did Trump win? New research by Democrats offers a worrisome answer.
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
Trump: ‘You make a mistake here, there is nothing to work out’ … Hours shy of his 100th day in power, President Trump strides into the Oval Office.  The energy in the world's most famous room changes instantly and perceptibly as he sits down.  —  It's a little after 3 in the afternoon.
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Times:
Emboldened by Trump but Divided by Generations, Democrats Look to 2020  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — A vast array of Democratic leaders, divided by generations but uniformly emboldened by President Trump's perceived vulnerability, have begun taking palpable steps toward seeking the White House …
Discussion: Washington Post and rubber hose
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Priebus: Trump Considering Amending or Abolishing 1st Amendment  —  A number of press reports have picked up this exchange this morning between ABC's Jonathan Karl and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus.  But people have missed the real significance.  Priebus doesn't discuss changing ‘press laws’ or ‘libel laws’.
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Twitter Teams Up With Bloomberg for Streaming News  —  New Service Comes as Social-Media Firm Fights for Video Ad Dollars  —  Twitter Inc. TWTR -0.78% has found its first partner for its push into round-the-clock streaming television: Bloomberg.  —  The social-media company is joining forces …
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump on Obama surveillance claims: 'I don't stand by anything'  —  President Donald Trump said his allegation that he was illegally surveilled by former President Barack Obama has “been proven very strongly” and that that surveillance has negated the relatively warm relationship …
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Adriana Cohen / Boston Herald:   President gets last laugh for stiffing soiree
Cyra Master / The Hill:
Biden: 'Guys, I'm not running'  —  Speaking at an annual Democratic Party dinner in New Hampshire on Sunday evening, former Vice President Biden drew a groan from the crowd when he addressed the elephant in the room.  —  Addressing a crowd in Manchester, Biden told the first-in-the-nation state …
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Associated Press:
Biden tells New Hampshire crowd: 'Guys, I'm not running'
Discussion: The Week
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
How Trump Could Get Fired … Hours after Donald Trump's Inauguration, a post appeared on the official White House petitions page, demanding that he release his tax returns.  In only a few days, it gathered more signatures than any previous White House petition.
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Amid immigration setbacks, one Trump strategy seems to be working: Fear  —  In many ways, President Trump's attempts to implement his hard-line immigration policies have not gone very well in his first three months.  His travel ban aimed at some Muslim-majority countries has been blocked by the courts …
Discussion: Hot Air and Scared Monkeys
Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Fox in talks with Blackstone to buy Tribune Media  —  Joint bid for TV station operator aims to trump rival offer from Sinclair Broadcasting  —  Read next … Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox is in talks with Blackstone, the private equity firm, to launch a joint bid for Tribune Media …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
For Journalists, Annual Dinner Serves Up Catharsis and Resolve  —  WASHINGTON — Toward the end of his comic opus on the press, politics and President Trump, the “Daily Show” comedian Hasan Minhaj looked out at the hundreds of journalists gathered in a subterranean hotel ballroom …
Discussion: American Thinker and The Week
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New York Post:
The moment Hillary Clinton was forced to give up her dream
Discussion: Daily Mail and The Last Tradition
Oren Cass / National Review:
Climate-Change Activists Are the Real Science Deniers
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
On the Power of Being Awful  —  The 100-day reviews are in, and they're terrible.
Discussion: Raw Story
Rick Jervis / USA Today:
Thousands expected to hit the streets for May Day protests
Dallas Morning News:
Officer fatally shoots 15-year-old in Balch Springs
Discussion: CBS Dallas, The Root and theGrio
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump to stick with conservative list for next Supreme Court pick
Discussion: CNN and The Last Tradition
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Sainato / The New York Observer:
Nancy Pelosi Feels the Bern, Faces Pro-Sanders Primary Challenger
Sean McElwee / Salon:
Donald Trump's first 100 days have been a big success — at least when it comes to vicious racist policies
Pam Key / Breitbart:
Trump to CBS's Dickerson: ‘I Love Your Show — I Call It Deface the Nation’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Guns and religion: How American conservatives grew closer to Putin's Russia
Discussion: Yahoo and Raw Story