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1:40 PM ET, May 25, 2017

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Fox News:
Greg Gianforte: Fox News team witnesses GOP House candidate ‘body slam’ reporter  —  The race to fill Montana's sole seat in the U.S. House of Representatives took a violent turn Wednesday, and a crew from the Fox News Channel, including myself, witnessed it firsthand.
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The Guardian:
Republican candidate charged with assault after ‘body-slamming’ Guardian reporter  —  Audio of Greg Gianforte attacking Ben Jacobs corroborated by Fox News journalists in the room, who described candidate ‘slamming him to the ground’  —  The Republican candidate for Montana's congressional seat …
The Billings / Associated Press:
Gazette opinion: We're pulling our endorsement of Greg Gianforte  —  In this March 6, 2017, file photo, Greg Gianforte, right, receives congratulations from a supporter in Helena.  Montana voters are heading to the polls Thursday to decide a nationally watched congressional election amid uncertainty …
Missoulian:
Missoulian rescinds Gianforte endorsement  —  Greg Gianforte should not represent Montana in the U.S. House of Representatives.  —  The Republican candidate for Congress not only lost the endorsement of this newspaper Wednesday night when, according to witnesses, he put his hands around …
Jason Jarrett / Gallatin Media Center:
Update on Assault Investigation  —  (Bozeman, Mont.) From Sheriff Brian Gootkin;  —  At 5:08 pm this evening our Deputies responded to Discovery Drive for a reported assault.  The text of the initial report to the 911 center follows: … Earlier this evening I conducted a press conference …
Helena Independent Record:
AN IR VIEW: Independent Record withdraws endorsement of Gianforte  —  Democracy cannot exist without a free press, and both concepts are under attack by Republican U.S. House Candidate Greg Gianforte.  —  A reporter for the Guardian newspaper called Bozeman police Wednesday night to report …
Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
Republican candidate ‘body-slams’ Guardian reporter in Montana  —  Audio obtained of Greg Gianforte attacking a reporter on the eve of a special election to fill a congressional seat vacated by a member of the Trump administration … The Republican candidate for Montana's congressional seat slammed …
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
‘The fish rots from the head’: Morning Joe blames ‘brutish’ Trump for Gianforte's assault on reporter  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said he's a Republican “for now,” but he admitted it's getting harder to defend what President Donald Trump has done to the party.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Reporter: Only true thing in Gianforte's assault statement is my name and employer
Discussion: Politico and The Right Scoop
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Montana Republican Greg Gianforte, Charged With Assault, Awaits Fate in Vote
Eric Whitney / NPR:
On Eve Of Election, Montana GOP Candidate Charged With Assault On Reporter
Discussion: Raw Story, The Guardian, The Week and Vox
BBC:
Manchester attack: Police ‘not sharing information with US’  —  Police investigating the Manchester Arena bomb attack have stopped sharing information with the US after leaks to the media, the BBC understands.  —  UK officials were outraged when photos appearing to show debris from the attack appeared in the New York Times.
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New York Times:
Trump Condemns ‘Alleged Leaks,’ After Complaints From Britain  —  BRUSSELS — President Trump on Thursday condemned “leaks of sensitive information,” responding to a complaint by Britain's prime minister, Theresa May, over disclosures of details from the investigation into Britain's deadliest terrorist attack since 2005.
Haley Byrd / IJR:
CBO on Health Care Bill: Sick People Could Face Higher Premiums and Even Be Priced Out of the Market  —  The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its updated score of the GOP health care bill Wednesday.  —  While the analysis includes some notable changes — the American Health Care Act …
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Abbe R. Gluck / New York Times:   How the G.O.P. Sabotaged Obamacare
David Nather / Axios:
Why Republicans are ready to move on from the CBO report
Discussion: New York Times
The Daily Beast:
Reince Priebus Sweating Secret Comey Memos, White House Sources Say … President Donald Trump isn't the only one in the White House who could be caught in a compromising position by James Comey's secret memos.  The president's chief of staff is worried he could be soon in the crosshairs, as well.
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
White House tries to avoid ‘paralysis’ amid investigation  —  When a group of nearly a dozen state GOP chairs walked into the Oval Office last week, they expected to be inside for only a few minutes to say a brief hello and take pictures with President Donald Trump.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's “street fighters”
Daniel Bice / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Sheriff Clarke directed staff to hassle plane passenger after brief exchange  —  Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. was sued earlier this year in the wake of a brief exchange with Riverwest resident Dan Black aboard an American Airlines flight from Dallas to Milwaukee.  The sheriff has now given his version of what happened.
Associated Press:
Merkel, Obama to attend podium discussion at Berlin event  —  Barack Obama received a rock-star welcome in Berlin as he appeared at a public debate Thursday with Chancellor Angela Merkel, whom he praised as one of his “favorite partners” during his presidency.
Discussion: Mother Jones, The Guardian and ABC News
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Arne Delfs / Bloomberg:
Obama Feted in Berlin as He Praises Merkel Before Trump Summits
Discussion: Breitbart
Washington Post:
‘Anyone . . . with a pulse’: How a Russia-friendly adviser found his way into the Trump campaign  —  As Donald Trump surged in the Republican primary polls in the early months of 2016, his outsider campaign faced growing pressure to show that the former reality-TV star …
Discussion: The Week
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Manafort advised Trump team on Russia scandal  —  Months after the FBI began examining Paul Manafort as part of a probe into ties between President Donald Trump's team and Russia, Manafort called Trump's chief of staff, Reince Priebus, to push back against the mounting controversy, according to four people familiar with the call.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
Middlebury College Students Disciplined in Charles Murray Protest  —  Middlebury College announced its punishments for the students involved in the protests against libertarian scholar Charles Murray, with most receiving probation and none suspended.
Discussion: Power Line and Washington Examiner
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Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
Dozens of Middlebury Students Are Disciplined for Charles Murray Protest
Discussion: The Week
Ari Berman / The Nation:
Democrats Are Launching a Commission to Protect American Democracy From Trump  —  In response to Trump's “election integrity” commission, the DNC is going on offense on voting rights.  —  To counteract the Trump Administration's “election integrity” commission, the Democratic National Committee …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's iPhone has one app: Twitter  —  Top White House officials tell me the key to forcing a more disciplined President Trump (like the one onstage overseas) is limiting his screen time.  In Trump's case, it's curtailing his time watching TV and banging out tweets on his iPhone.
CNN:
First on CNN: AG Sessions did not disclose meetings with Russian officials, DOJ says  —  Sources: Russians bragged about using Flynn  —  Washington (CNN)Attorney General Jeff Sessions did not disclose meetings he had last year with Russian officials when he applied for his security clearance, the Justice Department told CNN Wednesday.
George Kelly / East Bay Times:
Berkeley: College professor arrested as assault suspect  —  BERKELEY — A former Diablo Valley College professor was in custody Wednesday evening after his arrest Wednesday afternoon in Oakland, according to county records.  —  Eric Clanton, 28, was being held on $200,000 bail after he was booked …
 
 
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Editorials / New York Daily News:
The News and the parade: The paper is withdrawing from the 2017 Puerto Rican Day Parade …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
James Titcomb / Telegraph:
Hackers are hiding computer viruses in film subtitles, security experts warn
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump chastises fellow NATO members, demands they meet payment obligations
Bloomberg:
Trump Shames NATO Leaders on Defense Spending
Discussion: Politico
Sohrab Ahmari / Wall Street Journal:
French Censors Target Children With Down Syndrome
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Leonard Greene / New York Daily News:
Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas teeming with bed bugs, some guests claim
Discussion: New York Magazine
Associated Press:
Democratic congressman has heart valve replacement procedure
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
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Jessica Haynes / MLive.com:
Ann Arbor restaurant says ICE agents ate breakfast, then detained 3 workers
Discussion: Fusion and The Week
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
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Daily Mail:
Melania will be first White House Catholic since Kennedy
Discussion: The Daily Caller and IJR
Kate Taylor / Business Insider:
Tourism in the US has drastically declined since Trump was elected
Newt Gingrich / Washington Post:
The president just made a titanic foreign policy shift. The media missed it.
 

 
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