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10:35 PM ET, May 25, 2017

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NBC News:
Jared Kushner Now Under FBI Scrutiny in Russia Probe, Say Officials  —  Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and one of his senior advisers, has come under FBI scrutiny in the Russia investigation, multiple U.S. officials told NBC News.  —  Investigators believe Kushner …
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Washington Post:
Jared Kushner now a focus in Russia investigation  —  Investigators are focusing on a series of meetings held by Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and an influential White House adviser, as part of their probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and related matters, according to people familiar with the investigation.
Manu Raju / CNN:
Hill demands answers on Robert Mueller probe
Discussion: emptywheel
Andrew Rafferty / NBC News:
Joe Lieberman: FBI Appointment Would Have Looked ‘Terrible’
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Senate Intel heads get broad subpoena power in Russia probe
Discussion: IJR
Michael Calderone / HuffPost:
Montana TV Station Won't Air Recording Of GOP Candidate's Attack On Journalist  —  Right-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group recently purchased the local NBC affiliate, but the general manager says the company didn't interfere.  —  If Montana residents tuned into the local news Wednesday night …
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Josh Barro / Business Insider:
Republicans are stuck in a high-school mindset  —  Republicans used to claim to favor the rule of law.  —  Yet what happened when a Republican candidate for Congress in Montana was accused of body-slamming a reporter and cited for misdemeanor assault?  —  The conservative commentator Laura …
New York Times:
Assault Charge for Gianforte Lifts Democrats' Montana Election Hopes
Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
Edmund Kozak / LifeZette:
Montana Assault Witness Changes Story, Says No Neck Grab
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Montana Republican Greg Gianforte, Charged With Assault, Awaits Fate in Vote
Matthew Balan / Mediaite:
‘You Are Sadly Mistaken’: Don Lemon Rips CNN Guest Who Won't Blame Trump For Alleged Assault On Reporter
Discussion: Breitbart, twitchy.com and theGrio
Felix Biederman / Washington Post:
Face it: The body-slammed reporter did just what you would have done
The Billings / Associated Press:
Gazette opinion: We're pulling our endorsement of Greg Gianforte
The Guardian:
Republican candidate charged with assault after ‘body-slamming’ Guardian reporter
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Polls close in Montana, with both sides seeing possible roads to victory
Discussion: The Resurgent
Karen Attiah / Washington Post:
Trump's behavior at NATO is a national embarrassment  —  Poor NATO.  After all of the hoops summit organizers reportedly jumped through to accommodate President Trump and his anemic attention span, he definitely was not on his best behavior.  Trump was the party guest whom no one really wants …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump chastises fellow NATO members, demands they meet payment obligations  —  BRUSSELS — President Trump, speaking at a ceremony here Thursday to dedicate a memorial to NATO's resolve in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, publicly chastised his fellow alliance leaders …
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Jessica Gresko / Associated Press:
TRUMP TRAVEL BAN BLOCKED; FIGHT HEADED FOR SUPREME COURT
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Appeals court keeps block on revised Trump travel ban; administration vows SCOTUS appeal
Discussion: Axios, ABC News and Hot Air
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
A court just blocked Trump's Muslim ban because Trump couldn't keep his mouth shut
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Wall Street Journal:
How Alleged Russian Hacker Teamed Up With Florida GOP Operative  —  Political consultant Aaron Nevins asked for and received documents from hacker ‘Guccifer 2.0’ and posted some on his blog, after which the hacker called the blog to the attention of Trump adviser Roger Stone.
artnet News:
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Failed to Disclose Their Multimillion-Dollar Art Collection  —  The couple has a taste for the works of market-friendly art stars, but lawyers say it's just for decoration.  —  Since their wedding in 2009, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have amassed a formidable collection of contemporary art.
Discussion: The Week, Raw Story and Political Wire
Austin Wright / Politico:
FBI won't provide Comey memos to Congress yet  —  The FBI on Thursday declined a congressional request for explosive memos by former Director James Comey detailing his interactions with President Donald Trump.  —  The House Oversight Committee and other congressional panels requested …
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Reuters:
House panel chairman says FBI declines for now to meet request for Comey-linked documents
Discussion: IJR
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Carrier Sends Jobs to Mexico, Workers Say Trump ‘Misled’ Them … Donald Trump stood outside a Carrier manufacturing plant in Indianapolis, Indiana weeks before taking office and boasted he just saved 1,100 jobs from being shipped to Mexico.  —  Inside the plant, some workers were skeptical.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Daily Mail:
Obama receives rock star welcome in Germany as he appears alongside Merkel and says 'we can't hide behind a wall'  — Former President Obama appeared alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday in front of Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate  — Obama used the opportunity …
Discussion: Daily Wire and Weasel Zippers
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘Close to a disaster’: Foreign policy scholar explains massive damage done by Trump's NATO speech  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday delivered a speech at NATO headquarters in which he did not explicitly endorse Article 5 …
Discussion: BBC and Shakesville
Laura Litvan / Bloomberg:
Senate Mulls Health-Law Rewrite Pushing Obamacare Repeal to 2020  —  Senators working to craft more modest version than House plan  —  Little progress on difficult issue: Future of Obamacare taxes  —  Senate Republicans are weighing a two-step process to replace Obamacare that would postpone …
Discussion: Hot Air, Politico and CNBC
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Senate Republicans start their version of Obamacare repeal
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed:
Key Republicans Are Encouraging Hillbilly Elegy Author J.D. Vance To Run For Senate In Ohio  —  Some Republican activists and donors worried about the prospects of their party's Senate candidate in Ohio are kicking around an outside-the-box alternative: Hillbilly Elegy author J.D. Vance.
Discussion: Political Wire
Rob Tornoe / Philly.com:
Fox News host Sean Hannity takes a vacation after losing more advertisers  —  Sean Hannity is taking a couple days off amid a growing advertiser boycott after pushing a conspiracy theory involving a slain Democratic National Committee staffer.  —  So far, seven advertisers have pulled …
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Sean Hannity takes abrupt vacation as advertisers continue to flee his Fox News show
Bryan Menegus / Gizmodo:
Harvard's Student Paper Is Drunk and Taking Potshots at Mark Zuckerberg  —  The Harvard Crimson has either become the victim of an incredibly funny prank, or Facebook is beta-testing its silent speech brain interface on college students.  —  Today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg returned …
Daniel Gross / Slate:
Trump Reportedly Wants to Stop Germans From Selling So Many Cars Here, Where They're Made  —  Donald Trump had some tough words for the Germans at the NATO summit in Belgium on Thursday.  “The Germans are bad, very bad,” he reportedly told Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Union.
Linda Yang / broadly:
‘Mattress Girl’ Emma Sulkowicz Is Back—And Channeling Her Rage Through BDSM  —  Two years after “Mattress Performance,” Emma Sulkowicz continues to provoke.  Her most recent piece, in which she was bound, berated, and hung from the ceiling, tackles the question of the value of art under the Trump administration.
Dr. David A. Bray / Fight for the Future:
Letter to the FCC from people whose names and addresses were used to submit fake comments against net neutrality  —  445 12th Street, S.W.  —  Washington, D.C. 20554  —  Chief Information Officer  —  Federal Communications Commission  —  445 12th Street, S.W.  —  Washington, D.C. 20554
 
 
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CNN:
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ABC News:
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Discussion: IJR
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Discussion: Financial Times and Mother Jones
Washington Post:
‘Anyone . . . with a pulse’: How a Russia-friendly adviser found his way into the Trump campaign
Discussion: Raw Story and The Week
Daniel Bice / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Sheriff Clarke directed staff to hassle plane passenger after brief exchange
BBC:
Manchester attack: Police ‘not sharing information with US’