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2:10 PM ET, May 16, 2017

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New York Times:
Israel Was Source of Secret Intelligence That Trump Gave to Russians, Officials Say  —  WASHINGTON — The classified intelligence that President Trump disclosed in a meeting last week with Russian officials at the White House was provided by Israel, according to a current …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
When the World Is Led by a Child  —  At certain times Donald Trump has seemed like a budding authoritarian, a corrupt Nixon, a rabble-rousing populist or a big business corporatist.  —  But as Trump has settled into his White House role, he has given a series of long interviews …
Washington Post:
Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador  —  President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to current and former U.S. officials …
JGoldsmith / Lawfare:
Bombshell: Initial Thoughts on the Washington Post's Game-Changing Story  —  Donald Trump meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak / Russian Foreign Ministry  —  The Washington Post this afternoon published a stunning story reporting …
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Hill Republicans alarmed by Trump disclosure to Russians  —  Capitol Hill Republicans expressed alarm Tuesday at reports that Donald Trump shared highly classified information with Russian officials and demanded a full accounting from the administration of what the president said.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Bloomberg
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump acknowledges ‘facts’ shared with Russian envoys during White House meeting  —  President Trump appeared to acknowledge Tuesday that he revealed highly classified information to Russia — a stunning confirmation of a Washington Post story and a move that contradicted his own White House team after it scrambled to deny the report.
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
McConnell Calls for ‘Less Drama’ From Trump's White House  —  Defers to Senate Intelligence panel on whether to expand probe  —  Tells Trump to pick nominee like Merrick Garland for FBI  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he'd like to see “less drama” …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP senator: Senate panel needs briefing on whether Trump shared info  —  (Maine) says the White House needs to brief the Senate Intelligence Committee over allegations that President Trump shared classified information with top Russian officials.  —  “Although the President has the legal authority …
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump's Fans Shrug Off Oval Office Leak  —  Reports that Donald Trump divulged highly sensitive information to Russian officials—confirmed Monday by multiple news outlets and only glancingly denied by the White House—have left his most hard-core supporters deeply troubled.
Discussion: Vox
Jonathan Tilove / politics.blog.mystatesman.com:   Roger Stone and Alex Jones warn of attempt to remove Trump claiming he has Alzheimer's
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
European official: Country might stop sharing intel with US
Discussion: RedState
Jan M. Olsen / Associated Press:
THE LATEST: EUROPEAN COUNTRY MIGHT HALT US INTEL-SHARING
Discussion: Shareblue, The Hill and The Week
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Trump's Best Defense on Russia Is Incompetence
Associated Press:
European official to AP: Country might stop sharing intel with U.S.
Discussion: ABC News and The Root
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Schumer demands transcript of Trump-Russia meeting
Discussion: Daily Kos
Alayna Treene / Axios:
WH: Trump didn't know source of intel he gave to Russia
Discussion: ABC News
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Law Can't Stop Trump. Only Impeachment Can.
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
The Terrible Cost of Trump's Disclosures
David Leonhardt / New York Times:   How Democrats Can Get Their Mojo Back  —  The great new dividing line …
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
I Know One of the Sources  —  I tend to take these stories about the President with a grain of salt.  We have seen key details of a number of salacious stories retracted within 48 hours.  The media hates the President so much that they'll run a negative story about him without very much provocation.
Malia Zimmerman / Fox News:
Seth Rich, slain DNC staffer, had contact with WikiLeaks, say multiple sources  —  The Democratic National Committee staffer who was gunned down on July 10 on a Washington, D.C., street just steps from his home had leaked thousands of internal emails to WikiLeaks, law enforcement sources told Fox News.
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Marina Marraco / WTTG-TV:
Family's private investigator: There is evidence Seth Rich had contact with WikiLeaks prior to death  —  WASHINGTON - It has been almost a year since Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich was murdered in the nation's capital.  There have been no solid answers about why he was killed until now.
Kyle Feldscher / Washington Examiner:
Murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich had sent 44,000 internal emails to WikiLeaks: Report
Discussion: Infowars and Hot Air
Casey Tolan / Mercury News:
Exclusive: Kimberly Guilfoyle says she's talking with Trump administration about press secretary job  —  The Fox News host and former First Lady of San Francisco tells the Bay Area News Group: 'I'm a patriot, and it would be an honor to serve the country.'  —  NEW YORK — Kimberly Guilfoyle …
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
A Preview of Our Interview with Sally Yates  —  Last Thursday morning, I sat down with Sally Yates, the former acting Attorney General, whom President Trump fired on January 30th, after she refused to defend his original executive order banning travel to the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority countries.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Merrick Garland not interested in FBI job, friends say  —  Judge Merrick Garland, whose nomination to the Supreme Court by President Barack Obama was blocked by Senate Republicans, has no interest in being the new FBI director, according to associates.  —  Garland, the chief judge …
Discussion: Political Wire and TheBlaze
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
McConnell: I recommended Merrick Garland for FBI director
Discussion: Axios and New York Magazine
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Why would Majority Whip John Cornyn leave the Senate? Because it's a dead-end job.
Discussion: Off the Kuff
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Health Care Puts House in Play  —  PPP's new national poll finds that Republicans are facing significant backlash over the health care bill that's having the effect of firing up Democrats and putting them in position to make major gains in the House next year.
Annie Karni / Politico:
Trump aides eager to hitch ride on foreign trip  —  Goodbye Winter White House.  Hello Desert White House.  —  President Donald Trump is scheduled to depart Friday on an 11-day, five-country tour that comes at a moment of major turmoil in his administration - and, as usual …
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Hannity calls for White House control of media at press briefings
Discussion: RedState and Axios
Steven Levy / Wired:
Inside Apple's Insanely Great (or Just Insane) New Mothership  —  On June 7, 2011, a local businessman addressed a meeting of the Cupertino City Council.  He had not been on the agenda, but his presence wasn't a total surprise.  Earlier in the year the man had expressed his intention to attend …
 
 
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