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8:15 PM ET, May 22, 2017

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Adam Entous / Washington Post:
Trump asked intelligence chiefs to push back against FBI collusion probe after Comey revealed its existence  —  President Trump asked two of the nation's top intelligence officials in March to help him push back against an FBI investigation into possible coordination between his campaign …
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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Chris Christie: I warned Trump about Flynn  —  Source: Michael Flynn to plead the Fifth  —  Washington (CNN)New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said on Monday that if it were up to him, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn never would have had a White House job.  —  After ending his own presidential bid …
Discussion: Axios, The Week, Political Wire, IJR and Mediaite
Seung Min Kim / Politico:   Sessions' Senate testimony canceled this week
NBC News:
Flynn ‘Lied to Investigators’ About Russia Trip, Says Top House Dem
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Austin Wright / Politico:
Chaffetz postpones Wednesday hearing after speaking with Comey
Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
Breaking and Analysis: Supreme Court on 5-3 Vote Affirms NC Racial Gerrymandering Case, with Thomas in Majority and Roberts in Dissent  —  The Supreme Court has issued this 5-3 opinion in Cooper v. Harris.  Justice Kagan wrote the opinion for the Court, with Justice Thomas making the fifth vote for affirmance.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Reject 2 Gerrymandered North Carolina Districts, Citing Racial Bias  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday struck down two North Carolina congressional districts, ruling that lawmakers had violated the Constitution by relying too heavily on race in drawing them.
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Supreme Court strikes down North Carolina maps for Congress
Discussion: CNN, Bloomberg, The Week and Political Wire
Kevin Rawlinson / The Guardian:
Police report fatalities after explosion at Manchester Arena  —  Greater Manchester police have warned people to stay away from the area while they deal with the emergency at pop concert … Police dealing with a “serious incident” in Manchester have confirmed a “number of fatalities” amid unconfirmed reports of an explosion.
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Alistair Smout / Reuters:
British police says responding to serious incident at venue where Ariana Grande performing  —  British police said on Monday they had responded to a serious incident at a venue in the northern English city of Manchester where U.S. singer Ariana Grande had been performing.
Discussion: BBC, Raw Story, The Daily Caller and NPR
The Guardian:
Manchester Arena: police confirm fatalities after explosion at Ariana Grande concert - live  —  Greater Manchester police have warned people to stay away after explosion at pop concert  —  The ambulance service have warned people only to call “for life threatening emergencies” and said a …
Angela Hart / Sacramento Bee:
The price tag on universal health care is in, and it's bigger than California's budget  —  It would cost $400 billion per year to remake California's health insurance marketplace and create a publicly funded universal heath care system, according to a state financial analysis released Monday.
Discussion: Power Line, Instapundit and twitchy.com
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
California's single-payer plan costs $400 billion — twice the state's entire budget
Discussion: MattBruenig
Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
Single-payer healthcare could cost $400 billion to implement in California
Discussion: Hot Air
The Daily Beast:
Fox News Staffers ‘Embarrassed’ by Hannity's Conspiracy Theory Crusade … Fox News staffers are growing increasingly dismayed as network star Sean Hannity and others continue to promote the unfounded conspiracy theory that Seth Rich, a Democratic National Committee staffer was murdered last year for talking to WikiLeaks.
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
How One Pro-Trump Site Keeps A Debunked Conspiracy Theory Alive  —  The top story on pro-Trump media last week was a conspiracy about a murdered Democratic National Committee staffer and his alleged connection to WikiLeaks.  —  A typical Gateway Pundit headline.
Haaretz:
Trump tells Netanyahu he ‘never mentioned’ Israel in intel leak to Russians  —  Trump arrives in Israel on first-ever direct flight from Saudi Arabia Trump: Growing realization among Arab neighbors that they have common cause with Israel on Iran Netanyahu: I hope an Israeli PM can one day fly from Tel Aviv to Riyadh
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Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:   The President Just Told a Room of Israelis That He “Just Got Back From the Middle East”
Washington Post:
Trump close to choosing outside counsel for Russia investigation  —  President Trump is moving rapidly toward assembling outside counsel to help him navigate the investigations into his campaign and Russian interference in last year's election, and in recent days he and his advisers …
Tampa Bay Times:
Suspect tells police he killed Tampa Palms roommates for disrespecting his Muslim faith  —  TAMPA — A man accused of shooting his roommates in a New Tampa apartment told police he shared neo-Nazi beliefs with the two men until he converted to Islam then killed them because they disrespected his faith.
CNN:
First on CNN: Mueller briefed on secret Comey memos, source says  —  Special counsel to lead Russia investigation  —  (CNN)Robert Mueller — the former FBI director now overseeing the Department of Justice's investigation into Russia's election-year meddling and contact with the Trump campaign …
Discussion: Mediaite
Joe Otterson / Variety:
MSNBC Reaches No. 1 for First Time in Weekly Primetime Ratings, Fox News Drops to Third  —  For the first time in its history, MSNBC ranked number one in both total viewers and the key adults 25-54 demographic during primetime for a full week among the big three cable news networks, according to Nielsen data.
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Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
For 1st Time in 17 Years, Fox News Was 3rd in Prime Time Demo
Discussion: Mashable
Monica Lewinsky / New York Times:
Roger Ailes's Dream Was My Nightmare  —  This is not another obituary for Roger Ailes, who died last week a year after being ousted at Fox News.  It is, I hope, instead an obituary for the culture he purveyed — a culture that affected me profoundly and personally.
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
John Podesta Unloads on Trump  —  Donald Trump is “unfit for office,” a president whose actions are often “absolutely crazy” and whose White House has “a complete disregard for the truth.”  His firing of James Comey, the FBI director overseeing an investigation of Russian interference …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Escalating probes rattle Trump and his aides
Discussion: Politicus USA
Angela Hart / Sacramento Bee:
California Democrats flip off Donald Trump  —  The anti-Trump fervor at California's Democratic Party convention this weekend can be summarized in choice words from outgoing chair of the California Democratic Party, John Burton: “F*%!  Donald Trump.”  —  The always foul-mouthed Burton …
Dennis Romboy / Deseret News:
Frustrated Utah Republicans, Democrats form new centrist political party  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Some disaffected Republicans and Democrats who say extreme views are co-opting their parties have decided to carve out a middle ground in Utah politics.  —  Taking a centrist approach …
Discussion: Political Wire
Anushay Hossain / CNN:
The ugly truth behind Saudi Arabia's love for Melania Trump  —  Anushay Hossain is a writer and media personality based in Washington.  For more, visit AnushaysPoint.com.  The views expressed are her own.  —  (CNN)Donald Trump's first major trip overseas may be fraught with diplomatic land mines …
CNN:
Trump's casino was a money laundering concern shortly after it opened  —  (CNN)The Trump Taj Mahal casino broke anti-money laundering rules 106 times in its first year and a half of operation in the early 1990s, according to the IRS in a 1998 settlement agreement.
Palm Beach, FL:
Sinkhole in front of Mar-a-Lago  —  A 4' x 4' sinkhole has formed on Southern Boulevard directly in front of Mar-a-Lago.  It appears to be in the vicinity of the newly installed water main.  West Palm Beach Utilities distribution crews have secured the area and will most likely need to do some exploratory excavation today.
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
White House Moves to Block Ethics Inquiry Into Ex-Lobbyists on Payroll  —  The Trump administration, in a significant escalation of its clash with the government's top ethics watchdog, has moved to block an effort to disclose the names of former lobbyists who have been granted waivers to work in the White House or federal agencies.
Jenni Fink / IJR:
Sheriff Clarke Denies Plagiarism Claim as His Supporters Go After the Reporter Who Broke the Story  —  On Saturday, CNN KFILE writers Andrew Kaczynski, Christopher Massie, and Nathan McDermott accused Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke of plagiarizing his master's thesis.
 
 
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Jonathan Cheng / Wall Street Journal:
North Korea's Whirlwind Progress on Missile Sharpens Threat
Discussion: Fox News and The Daily Caller
Casey Tolan / Mercury News:
Feds approve $647 million grant for Caltrain electrification project
Discussion: Engadget
Sarah Knapton / Telegraph:
Europe was the birthplace of mankind, not Africa, scientists find
Discussion: Washington Post
Andrew Rafferty / NBC News:
Trump Becomes First Sitting U.S. President to Visit Western Wall
Robert Samuels / Washington Post:
In a struggling factory town, residents want Washington to cut the ‘drama’ and get to work
Discussion: Raw Story
Alan Gomez / USA Today:
More than 600K foreigners overstayed visas in 2016
Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Tomi Lahren lands job with a pro-Trump Great America Alliance
 Earlier Items: 
Bryan Bender / Politico:
Israeli Officers: You're Doing ISIS Wrong
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Texas GOP Chairman Tom Mechler resigns
Hank Berrien / Daily Wire:
Surprise, San Francisco Restaurant Workers! Minimum Wage Hike Is Killing Restaurants By The Dozens
Discussion: RedState
Dave Mosher / Business Insider:
Scientists have found a way to photograph people in 3D through walls using Wi-Fi
Discussion: Infowars
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Report: Girl in Weiner sexting case lied to damage Clinton
Discussion: WhoWhatWhy and CANNONFIRE
Kate Royals / Mississippi Today:
Rep. Karl Oliver: Those removing Confederate monuments ‘should be lynched’
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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