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11:25 PM ET, May 23, 2017

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Fox News:
Statement on coverage of Seth Rich murder investigation  —  On May 16, a story was posted on the Fox News website on the investigation into the 2016 murder of DNC Staffer Seth Rich.  The article was not initially subjected to the high degree of editorial scrutiny we require for all our reporting.
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Mary Rich / Washington Post:
We're Seth Rich's parents.  Stop politicizing our son's murder.  —  The writers are the parents of Seth Rich, who was killed in the District in 2016.  —  Imagine living in a nightmare that you can never wake up from.  Imagine having to face every single day knowing that your son was murdered.
John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
The Shame of Defaming Seth Rich  —  The conspiracy theorizing has to stop.  —  Seth Rich was 27 when he was killed on a dark street in a sketchy neighborhood in the nation's capital last July.  He has become world-famous in the past month because his corpse is being used as a proxy in the war over the reputation of Donald J. Trump.
Discussion: Showbiz411 and Hot Air
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Hannity on Seth Rich coverage: ‘I retracted nothing’  —  Fox News's Sean Hannity ripped his critics and the mainstream media on his nationally syndicated radio program Tuesday, saying, “I am not Fox.com or FoxNews.com, I retracted nothing.”  —  His reaction came hours after Fox News retracted …
Discussion: RedState and The Week
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Seth Rich's brother pleads with Hannity to stop spreading conspiracy theory  —  July 2016: DNC staffer Seth Rich fatally shot  —  The brother of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich wrote a letter on Tuesday to the executive producer of Sean Hannity's Fox News show pleading with him to find …
Elake / The Sun:
FACE OF PURE EVIL Brit-born Manchester bomber Salman Abedi, 22, is pictured for the first time - as Theresa May raises terror threat to ‘critical’  —  Cops revealed the identity of the attacker after raiding his house in Manchester today  —  THIS is the Brit-born suicide bomber …
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Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:
Katy Perry on Manchester Bombing: ‘No Barriers, No Borders, We All Just Need to Co-Exist’  —  Pop megastar Katy Perry made an impassioned plea for people to “co-exist” and said that “barriers” or “borders” could detract from that goal in an interview following the terrorist bombing …
Mitch Prothero / BuzzFeed:
US Officials Keep Talking About The Manchester Attack And It's Freaking Out European Allies
Martin Evans / Telegraph:
Salman Abedi named as the Manchester suicide bomber - what we know about him
New York Times:
Terror Alert in Britain Is Raised to Maximum as ISIS Claims Manchester Attack
NBC News:
Manchester Arena Suicide Bombing: 22 Die at Ariana Grande Concert
CBS News:
Latest on investigation into Manchester concert bombing
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Budget Based on $2 Trillion Math Error [Updated]  —  One of the ways Donald Trump's budget claims to balance the budget over a decade, without cutting defense or retirement spending, is to assume a $2 trillion increase in revenue through economic growth.  This is the magic of the still-to-be-designed Trump tax cuts.
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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump's budget proposal slashes spending by $3.6 trillion over 10 years
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Who knew bringing down drug prices could be so complicated
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump calls Kim Jong Un a ‘madman with nuclear weapons,’ according to transcript of Duterte call  —  President Trump labeled North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un a “madman with nuclear weapons” during a private phone conversation with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte last month …
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The Intercept:
TRUMP CALLED RODRIGO DUTERTE TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON HIS MURDEROUS DRUG WAR: “YOU ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB”  —  Photo Illustration: The Intercept/Getty Images  —  In a phone call from the White House late last month, U.S. President Donald Trump heaped praise on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte …
The Intercept:   Read the Full Transcript of Trump's Call With Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte
patribotics:
EXCLUSIVE: Marshal of the Supreme Court Warned Trump over ‘Muslim Ban’  —  Multiple sources confirm that Pamela Talkin, Marshal of the Supreme Court, was dispatched to the White House by Chief Justice Roberts last Friday.  The decision to send her was taken, sources say, when White House Counsel …
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
No, Impeachment Doesn't Work That Way  —  Despite the fact that most Democratic leaders insist that talk of impeaching President Trump is premature, some liberal corners won't stop talking about it.  —  On May 17, Rep. Al Green of Texas called for the impeachment of the president in a floor speech.
Discussion: Daily Wire
Austin Wright / Politico:
Brennan: Russia may have successfully recruited Trump campaign aides  —  Former CIA Director John Brennan said on Tuesday that he had concerns that Russian officials may have successfully recruited aides from Donald Trump's campaign to help in the Kremlin's efforts to influence last year's presidential election.
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Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
Senate panel says it will subpoena Michael Flynn businesses
Discussion: The Week
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Flynn hit with two new subpoenas by Senate Intelligence Committee
Sharon Begley / STAT:
Trump wasn't always so linguistically challenged.  What could explain the change?  —  t was the kind of utterance that makes professional transcribers question their career choice:  —  “ ... there is no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign, but I can always speak for myself — and the Russians, zero.”
Discussion: The Week
Katie Jennings / Politico:
MacArthur resigns as co-chairman of ‘clearly divided’ Tuesday Group  —  Rep. Tom MacArthur resigned Tuesday as co-chairman of the caucus of GOP moderates known as the Tuesday Group in the wake of deep divisions among its members over the House Obamacare replacement bill he helped craft.
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Shibani Shah / Washington Post:   Q&A: Rep. Tom MacArthur and the agony of GOP moderates in Trump's Washington
Ted Johnson / Variety:
FCC Will Not Take Action Over Stephen Colbert's Trump Remarks  —  The FCC will not take any action in response to complaints over a May 1 broadcast of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” in which the host quipped during his opening monologue that “the only thing [Trump's] mouth is good for is being Vladimir Putin's c— holster.”
Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
Exclusive: Sources Say Chris Christie Says He Gave Jared Kushner Legal Advice About Trump  —  The two, whose spokespeople deny this claim, used to be adversaries.  But the New Jersey governor knows something about being investigated, and the president's son-in-law knows how Christie investigates.
Discussion: AOL, Business Insider and Raw Story
Scott Adams' Blog:
Scott Adams' Blog  —  President Trump just gave ISIS its new name: Losers.  (Short for Evil Losers).  —  If you think that's no big deal, you're wrong.  It's a big deal.  This is - literally - weapons-grade persuasion from the most powerful Master Persuader of our time.
Discussion: Shot in the Dark
John J. Pitney / USA Today:
I was a Republican until Donald Trump hijacked my party  —  It is painfully evident that Trump's sorry brand will stick to the GOP for years.  —  Until last year, I was as Republican as you could get.  My family had belonged to the GOP since the 1850s, and both my grandfathers labored in local Republican politics.
Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Cuts to AIDS Treatment Programs Could Cost a Million Lives  —  WASHINGTON — At least one million people will die in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere, researchers and advocates said on Tuesday, if funding cuts proposed by the Trump administration to global public health programs are enacted.
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Labor Dept delays Obama-era mine safety rule  —  The Trump administration is delaying Obama-era workplace safety requirements for miners.  —  The Labor Department on Monday delayed the agency's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rule, the day before it was set to go into effect.
Evan Perez / CNN:
Manafort turns over hundreds of pages of documents to Senate intel  —  (CNN)Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign manager, turned over more than 300 pages of documents to the Senate intelligence committee related to its investigation of Russian election meddling, according to a source familiar with the Senate probe.
Susan Page / USA Today:
Al Franken, comedian-turned-senator, takes on Donald Trump, TV-star-turned-president  —  WASHINGTON — For Al Franken, it's finally safe to be funny again just at a moment all the news around him has taken a decidedly unfunny turn.  —  The two-term Minnesota senator and one-time Saturday Night Live comedian …
Diane Ravitch / New Republic:
Don't Like Betsy DeVos?  Blame the Democrats.  —  The Democratic Party paved the way for the education secretary's efforts to privatize our public schools.  —  Of all the corrupt, unqualified, and extremist characters Donald Trump has tapped to lead his administration …
 
 
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Regime Change by Any Other Name?
CNN:
US officials: Navy SEALs kill 7 militants in Yemen raid
CBS Dallas / Fort Worth:
‘Wake Up America’: TX Sheriff Rants On Terror After UK Attack
Discussion: TheBlaze
Annie Karni / Politico:
How Trump stayed out of trouble in the Middle East
Discussion: Politicus USA
Nina Burleigh / Newsweek:
TRUMP EFFECT INSPIRES RADICAL CHRISTIANS IN MILITARY
Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
What a Montana congressional race will — and won't — tell us about Trump and his political troubles
Saleha Mohsin / Bloomberg:
Mnuchin's Recruiting Tool: Titles That Don't Need Senate Confirmation
Discussion: Political Wire
 Earlier Items: 
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Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:
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Discussion: Political Wire
The Hill:
Is a wave election forming for Democrats?
Rafael Olmeda / Sun-Sentinel:
Margate man acquitted in murder case after oral-sex defense
Discussion: IJR, New York Post and The Daily Caller
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
While You Were Watching Trump, The Democratic Party Changed
Discussion: Shakesville