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9:10 AM ET, May 8, 2017

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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
WH officials eager to toss Flynn overboard  —  If West Wing officials could make one person disappear, it would be Mike Flynn.  Sources from all factions of the White House seem unified in their distrust of the President's former national security adviser — and their willingness to throw him under the bus.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump wants his staff to stop dumping on Flynn  —  On the eve of Sally Yates' testimony before the Senate on her warnings about Mike Flynn, the President wants any of his staff who've been feeding negative lines about Flynn to the media to stop immediately.  —  White House officials …
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Sally Yates to testify about her discussions with the White House on Russia
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
The Note: Sally Yates goes under oath on Russia
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
Why Macron Won: Luck, Skill and France's Dark History  —  PARIS — The French presidential runoff transcended national politics.  It was globalization against nationalism.  It was the future versus the past.  Open versus closed.  —  But in his resounding victory on Sunday night …
Discussion: NBC News and Taylor Marsh
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Angelique Chrisafis / The Guardian:
Emmanuel Macron vows unity after winning French presidential election
Washington Post:
With Europe on the line, polarized French voters choose between Macron and Le Pen
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
E.P.A. Dismisses Members of Major Scientific Review Board  —  WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency has dismissed at least five members of a major scientific review board, the latest signal of what critics call a campaign by the Trump administration to shrink the agency's regulatory reach …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama urges ‘political courage’ to save Affordable Care Act  —  BOSTON — Barack Obama on Sunday night called on members of Congress to exercise the “political courage” to not repeal Obamacare — his first public comments about the law since the House voted to repeal it on Thursday …
Discussion: ABC News, The Moderate Voice and Axios
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Jasmine Lee / CNN:
Obama calls for ‘courage’ to oppose Obamacare repeal  —  Obama calls on Congress to have courage  —  (CNN)Former President Barack Obama called on members of Congress to oppose the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, his signature health care law, in a speech Sunday night at the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation in Boston.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Susan Stamper Brown / Townhall.com:   Cleaning Up Democrats' Healthcare Mess
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Trump to Announce Slate of Conservative Federal Court Nominees  —  WASHINGTON — Having filled a Supreme Court vacancy, President Trump is turning his attention to the more than 120 openings on the lower federal courts.  On Monday, he will announce a slate of 10 nominees to those courts …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
George Will joins MSNBC  —  Washington Post columnist George Will has joined MSNBC and NBC News as a contributor.  —  Will, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, was most recently a contributor at Fox News, though he became a free agent in January when Fox declined to renew his contract.
Discussion: RedState and Joe.My.God.
James Barragán / Dallas Morning News:
Gov. Greg Abbott signs ‘sanctuary cities’ ban into law on Facebook Live  —  This is a developing story.  Check back in for updates.  —  AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott has signed the state's sanctuary city ban into law, achieving one of his major goals for the legislative session and enacting …
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Associated Press:
Texas governor bans sanctuary cities
Discussion: ABC News
Cyra Master / The Hill:
Trump voters lament deportation of their neighbor  —  A Sunday “60 Minutes” report detailed the story of Roberto Beristain, an immigrant deported to Mexico after being in the U.S. for nearly 20 years.  —  Family and friends of the Granger, Ind., business owner spoke with the CBS News program …
Discussion: Raw Story
Nicole Gelinas / New York Post:
The debt-bubble landmine Obama left for Trump  —  MORE FROM: … President Trump came in for much jeering when he told reporters he had “inherited a mess” from President Barack Obama.  On the economy, though, Obama did indeed leave behind a hidden mess: a seemingly healthy jobs market dependent on cheap debt.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's agenda will take longer than planned  —  With Dems fired up by the messy process and result of the House health-care fight, everything on President Trump's agenda is likely to take longer than strategists had planned.  —  Here's the latest on how the Hill calendar looks:
Discussion: Politico
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Decoding HHS Secretary Price's spin on the American Health Care Act  —  “The fact of the matter is that Medicaid spending under the proposal and under the budget goes up every single year.”  —  “We have got 20 million folks out there across this land who have told the federal government, 'Phooey, nonsense.
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Ryan says it's ‘a bogus attack from the left’ to claim health care bill was rushed
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Republicans Party Like It's 1984  —  There have been many bad laws in U.S. history.  Some bills were poorly conceived; some were cruel and unjust; some were sold on false pretenses.  Some were all of the above.  —  But has there ever been anything like Trumpcare, the health legislation Republicans rammed through the House last week?
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Coming soon: The fiscal cliff to end all fiscal cliffs  —  If President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress think they've been under pressure to produce lately, just wait a few months.  —  Over the next several months, Republicans will have to figure out how to cut deals with Democrats …
BBC:
North Korea ‘detains US citizen Kim Hak-song’  —  North Korea says it has detained a US citizen on suspicion of “hostile acts” against the state.  —  Kim Hak-song worked at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) and was held on 6 May, state-run news agency KCNA said.
Discussion: NBC News and The Daily Caller
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Fox News:
North Korea detains another American over alleged hostile acts
 
 
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Bernard L. Fraga / Washington Post:
Why did Trump win? More whites — and fewer blacks — actually voted.
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Do Democrats Need to Tweet More Like Trump?
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
China pitch by Kushner sister renews controversy over visa program for wealthy
Austin Wright / Politico:
Trump-Russia probes could seep into 2018 midterms
Roll Call:
Democratic Poll Gives Gianforte Single-Digit Lead in Montana
Maegan Carberry / Salon:
Why doesn't anyone know we're incredibly close to replacing the Electoral College with the popular vote?
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Wall Street Journal:
Chinese-North Korean Venture Shows How Much Sanctions Can Miss
 Earlier Items: 
Roger Simmons / Orlando Sentinel:
Sonic boom rattles Central Florida as secret military space shuttle lands at Kennedy Space Center
Discussion: Mashable and The Verge
Pam Key / Breitbart:
Andrea Mitchell to Price: You Have White Men Cutting Heath Care for Women
Reuters:
Communist-ruled Cuba hosts first transgender Mass
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Martha Stewart appears to flip off Trump photo
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
Reuters:
Exclusive: Sinclair Broadcast nears deal for Tribune Media - sources
Susan Page / USA Today:
Condoleezza Rice: Don't be reassured by Marine Le Pen's expected defeat in France
Discussion: Washington Post