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10:35 AM 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
YouTube:
Greg Gianforte ‘Body Slams’ Reporter- video  —  Montana Republican congressional candidate Greg Gianforte ‘body slammed’ Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs during an interview on Wednesday, May 24, 2017.  Subscri...
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Greg Gianforte, Montana G.O.P. Candidate, Is Charged in Attack on Reporter  —  MISSOULA, Mont. — The Republican candidate in a hotly contested special House election in Montana was charged with assaulting a journalist on Wednesday at what was to be a final rally in Bozeman on the eve of the vote.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Vox
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post and Mediaite
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
‘The fish rots from the head’: Morning Joe blames ‘brutish’ Trump for Gianforte's assault on reporter
Michael Calderone / HuffPost:
GOP Candidate's Attack On Reporter Shows Peril Of Asking Questions In Trump's America
Discussion: Vox, more at Mediagazer »
David Weigel / Washington Post:
GOP candidate in Montana race charged with misdemeanor assault after allegedly body-slamming reporter
Discussion: The Guardian and The Week
Don Gonyea / NPR:
Trump Casts Shadow Over Tightening Montana Special Election
Discussion: The Week, Vox, Politico and The Daily Caller
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Big Crazy News Out of Montana
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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Reuters:
May to confront Trump as UK police stop sharing attack information with U.S.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and TheBlaze
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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CBO's Publications:
H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017
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.
New York Times:
Top Russian Officials Discussed How to Influence Trump Aides Last Summer  —  WASHINGTON — American spies collected information last summer revealing that senior Russian intelligence and political officials were discussing how to exert influence over Donald J. Trump through his advisers …
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Manafort advised Trump team on Russia scandal
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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”
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.
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.
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Meridith McGraw / ABC News:
Barack Obama: 'We can't hide behind a wall'
Discussion: Politico
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:   Obama in Berlin: 'We can't hide behind a wall'
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Hannity on attempted advertiser boycott: ‘Nobody tells me what to say on my show’  —  Fox's Sean Hannity said on Wednesday that despite the loss of some advertisers, he isn't under pressure by Fox News management to back off a story involving baseless conspiracy rumors about the murder …
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BuzzFeed:
Sean Hannity's Seth Rich Obsession Just Cost Him Two Advertisers
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
How a dubious Russian document influenced the FBI's handling of the Clinton probe  —  In the midst of the 2016 presidential primary season, the FBI received a purported Russian intelligence document describing a tacit understanding between the campaign of Hillary Clinton and the Justice Department …
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 …
Discussion: Red Alert Politics
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.
Liam Quinn / Daily Mail:
White women's burrito shop is forced to close after being hounded with accusations it was ‘culturally appropriating Mexican food and jobs’  — 'They wouldn't tell us too much, but we were peeking into the windows of every kitchen, fascinated by how easy they made it look,' Connelly told a magazine
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.
Discussion: Business Insider
 
 
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Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump approval down, voters support special counsel on Russia
Discussion: The Week
CNN:
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Discussion: AOL, Politico and Mashable