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4:30 AM ET, May 21, 2017

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Mike Allen / Axios:
In speech to Muslims, Trump to push teamwork against terrorism  —  Seeking to reset both his own and his country's relationship with the Muslim world, President Trump will declare Sunday during a major speech in Saudi Arabia that he hopes the United States and Islamic countries can share …
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Conservative media coverage gap on Trump, Obama bows  —  When Trump received The Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud Medal at the Royal Court Palace in Saudi Arabia, he bowed ever so slightly to the Saudi leader presenting it to him.  —  In 2009, when Obama greeted the Saudi King with a bow …
Associated Press:
Melania Trump skips headscarf as she arrives in Saudi Arabia
Alicia Cohn / The Hill:
Trump receives Saudi Arabia's highest civilian honor
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
House Inquiry Turns Attention to Trump Campaign Worker With Russia Ties  —  Michael Caputo, who served as a communications adviser to the Trump campaign, has been asked by the House committee investigating Russian election meddling to submit to a voluntary interview and to provide any documents …
Discussion: Raw Story, The Guardian and Mediaite
patribotics:
EXCLUSIVE: Judiciary Committee Considering Articles of Impeachment  —  Multiple sources close to the intelligence, justice and law enforcement communities say that the House Judiciary Committee is considering Articles of Impeachment against the President of the United States.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Mediaite
Miranda Green / CNN:
Comey's father: Trump was ‘scared to death’ of FBI director  —  Washington (CNN)The father of former FBI Director James Comey says his son was fired because President Donald Trump was “scared to death of him.”  —  In a phone interview with CNN on Saturday, J. Brien Comey called his son's firing last week “a Trump deal.”
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Comey's father rips Trump: 'He's nuts'
Discussion: ABC News and RedState
Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Twitter co-founder: ‘Very bad’ if Twitter helped make Trump president  —  Twitter co-founder Evan Williams apologized for the role Twitter may have played in electing President Trump.  —  In an interview published Saturday in The New York Times, Williams discussed the president's March claim …
Discussion: twitchy.com and MichelleMalkin.com
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Erick Erickson / Washington Post:
Here comes the GOP bloodbath  —  Erick Erickson is editor of the Resurgent.  —  Republicans like to point out how disastrous President Barack Obama's tenure was for the Democratic Party.  During his presidency, Democrats reached new lows in state legislative, gubernatorial and congressional seats.
Daniel Dale / Toronto Star:
Black voters say they're already losing under Trump  —  Conversations with Virginian voters help explain that dreadful 12-per-cent approval rating with a community he pledged to make a priority.  —  PETERSBURG, VA.—A struggling post-industrial town.  A Christian factory worker praying “constantly” for Donald Trump.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
New York Times:
Killing C.I.A. Informants, China Stifled U.S. Spying  —  WASHINGTON — The Chinese government systematically dismantled C.I.A. spying operations in the country starting in 2010, killing or imprisoning more than a dozen sources over two years and crippling intelligence gathering there for years afterward.
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
GOP talks of narrowing ‘blue-slip’ rule for judges  —  GOP senators are talking about changing an obscure Senate tradition to make it more difficult for Democrats to block certain judges from advancing to a confirmation hearing.  —  The change to the “blue-slip rule” would involve preventing …
Discussion: Political Wire
CBS News:
“Clock boy” discrimination lawsuit dismissed by federal judge  —  A federal judge has dismissed a discrimination lawsuit brought by the family a Muslim student who was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school that officials believed to be a bomb, saying the student's attorneys failed …
Discussion: Hot Air, IJR and CBS Dallas
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
For Democrats, special elections may be preview of 2018 campaigns  —  Democrats are heading into the homestretch of three special elections over the next month amid a national frenzy over the investigation into the possible connections of President Trump's 2016 campaign and Russian interference in the election.
Discussion: New York Times
Steve Robinson / Howie Carr Show:
BPD: Dominicans Control Boston Heroin Trafficking  —  BOSTON - Heroin trafficking in Boston is largely controlled by Dominican drug organizations, according to an explosive report distributed Tuesday to state and federal agencies by the Boston Police Department.
Discussion: Power Line
Damian Carrington / Wired:
The Arctic Doomsday Seed Vault Flooded.  Thanks, Global Warming  —  It was designed as an impregnable deep-freeze to protect the world's most precious seeds from any global disaster and ensure humanity's food supply forever.  But the Global Seed Vault, buried in a mountain deep inside the Arctic circle …
 
 
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Daniel J. Flynn / The American Spectator:
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Paul Sullivan / New York Times:
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Kim Chandler / Yahoo:
Alabama lawmakers approve Confederate monument protections
Liam Deacon / Breitbart:
The BBC has revealed it will use people's “personal information” …
Ian Hanchett / Breitbart:
Trump: 'Our Partners Must Show That They're Partners' and ‘Must Contribute Financially’
Philip N. Howard / Washington Post:
Facebook could tell us how Russia interfered in our elections. Why won't it?
Howard Altman / Tampa Bay Times:
Buckhorn's joke about pointing machine guns at media draws fire
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Discussion: Raw Story
John Steele Gordon / Commentary Magazine:
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