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9:30 PM ET, May 30, 2017

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Brian Ross / ABC News:
Russia investigation expands to include Donald Trump's personal attorney  —  One of President Donald Trump's closest confidants, his personal lawyer Michael Cohen, has now become a focus of the expanding Congressional investigation into Russian efforts to influence the 2016 campaign.
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CNN:
Sources: Russians discussed potentially ‘derogatory’ information about Trump and associates during campaign  —  Sources: Russians talked potentially ‘derogatory’ info  —  (CNN)Russian government officials discussed having potentially “derogatory” information about then-presidential candidate Donald …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Investigators Are Right To Be Looking at Michael Cohen  —  This morning we heard news that investigative committees in the House and Senate have made broad document requests to Michael Cohen, longtime Trump Organization lawyer and Trump operative.  These are similar or the same …
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump personal attorney declines congressional Russia probe request
TMZ.com:
Kathy Griffin Beheads Donald Trump in Shocking Photo Shoot (PHOTO + VIDEO)  —  Kathy Griffin wants Donald Trump's head ... but she wants it bloody and detached from his body.  —  The comedian posed for the gory shot during a photo session with famed photog Tyler Shields, who's known for edgy, shocking pics.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
White House communications director resigns — more moves expected  —  Mike Dubke, President Trump's communications director, is leaving the White House — the start of a wave of changes as the West Wing struggles to cope with burgeoning scandals and a stalled agenda.
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BuzzFeed:
No One Wants The Big White House Job That Just Opened Up
Discussion: Raw Story and Fox News Insider
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
This White House statement on Trump's ‘positive energy’ reads like a parody
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
U.S. Missile Defense Test Over Pacific Ocean a Key Milestone  —  WASHINGTON — The Pentagon successfully tested a U.S. long-range interceptor missile over the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday in an exercise aimed at helping gauge American readiness to counter a potential threat from North Korea.
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Jim Michaels / USA Today:
U.S. successfully intercepts a long-range missile for the first time
Discussion: Fox News and The Daily Caller
Reuters:
‘Shocked’ South Korea leader orders probe into U.S. THAAD additions
Discussion: RedState
New York Post:
Huma Abedin has invited Anthony Weiner back home  —  Just when you thought Huma Abedin finally had enough, the Hillary Clinton aide has invited her admitted sex offender hubby back home again, The Post has learned.  —  SEE ALSO  —  Anthony Weiner's long-suffering wife filed for divorce earlier this month …
Dennis Prager / National Review:
Why Conservatives Still Attack Trump  —  Trump is too far from their ideal leader for some conservatives to support him.  —  When people you know well and admire, and who share your values, do something you strongly oppose, you have two options:  —  (1) Cease admiring them or (2) try to understand them and change their minds.
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:   Why Dennis Prager's Analysis of ‘Never Trump’ Conservatives Falls Short
Tegna / KGW-TV:
Stabbing victim Micah Fletcher: 'I'm just trying to heal and recover' … PORTLAND, Ore. — During an emotional interview Tuesday morning with KGW, Micah Fletcher, one of three men stabbed during last week's racist attack on a MAX train, said he's having a hard time processing what happened to him.
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Spicer's ‘middle finger’ to the press  —  The hardest job in Washington is getting only harder.  —  White House press secretary Sean Spicer is once again expected to take on the additional role of communications director with the resignation of Michael Dubke, meaning he'll juggle the two jobs …
Discussion: Washington Post, Axios and Raw Story
CNN:
Trump, home all alone  — Instead of celebrating a victory lap after his trip, Trump returns to a raging controversy over Russia, writes Gloria Borger  —  (CNN)It's not that President Trump was excited about his first foreign trip.  He complained to friends beforehand it was going to be too long …
The Guardian:
Guardian's Ben Jacobs gets new glasses after assault by Montana congressman … Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs replaced his glasses on Tuesday, after they were broken when he was assaulted by Republican congressional candidate Greg Gianforte.  —  Gianforte was charged with misdemeanor assault …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and IJR
New York Post:
Pissed off artist adds statue of urinating dog next to ‘Fearless Girl’  —  Artist Alex Gardega put his own Pissing Pug next to Wall Street's Fearless Girl.  —  Gabriella Bass  —  Gee whiz, artists are so sensitive!  —  City sculptor Alex Gardega — seething over the Fearless Girl statue …
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Schmucks Like Us  —  Before you laugh at Tiger Woods . . .  Before you get too distracted mocking Tiger Woods and his problems, ask yourself: Would you pass the Iverson test?  —  I don't think I would.  —  I was for some years professionally obliged to follow the career and life of Allen Iverson …
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Did Barack Obama try to hack the election?  —  The Obama administration's illegal spying may have been worse than Watergate.  —  In 1972, some employees of President Nixon's re-election committee were caught when they broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters to plant a bug.
Discussion: Power Line and his vorpal sword
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox News: New York Times boycotted Obama surveillance story.  Fox News: Oops, maybe not.  —  Conservatives last week devoured a story by John Solomon and Sara Carter at Circa with this title, “Obama intel agency secretly conducted illegal searches on Americans for years.”
Discussion: RedState
German Lopez / Vox:
A federal appeals court just reached a huge decision for transgender rights.  Seriously, it's big.  —  The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals just sided with a transgender student in a landmark decision.  —  A single student's case has turned into a massive legal decision for all transgender Americans.
Discussion: New York Magazine and Joe.My.God.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP leader tempers ObamaCare expectations  —  (R-Ky.) is tempering expectations that the Senate will pass an overhaul of the nation's healthcare system, promising his colleagues a vote but not success.  —  McConnell in his public comments and private conversations about the ObamaCare repeal …
Noah Kulwin / VICE News:
Watch: Young Stephen Miller jokes “torture is a celebration of life”  —  It's the unofficial position of VICE News that anyone under 18 is allowed to be an a**hole.  Saying outrageous things to test the limits of authority and social acceptance is as crucial to growing up as bad haircuts and regrettable T-shirt slogans.
Discussion: Mediaite
Associated Press:
Men probing Ivanka Trump brands in China arrested, missing  —  A man investigating working conditions at a Chinese company that produces Ivanka Trump-brand shoes has been arrested and two others are missing, the arrested man's wife and an advocacy group said Tuesday.
Discussion: Axios
Kate Taylor / Business Insider:
Howard Schultz told Starbucks workers that Trump is creating ‘chaos’ that is impacting the economy in leaked video  —  Donald Trump is creating “chaos” that is impacting the American economy, according to Starbucks' longtime CEO and current chairman Howard Schultz.  —  “The world is screwed up.
Discussion: CNBC
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Democratic poll: Party has a shot in sleepy South Carolina race  —  The Democrat running for Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney's vacant South Carolina House seat claims to be putting it into play, with an internal poll showing him 10 points down in an environment where Republicans are less likely to vote.
Business Insider:
Democrats are pushing an unlikely source — Jerry Springer — to run for governor in Ohio  —  Influential Ohio Democrats are pushing former Cincinnati mayor and daytime-TV host Jerry Springer to run for Ohio governor in 2018, more than half a dozen Democrats familiar with the race told Business Insider.
CNN:
Tiger Woods found asleep at wheel, arrest report says  —  (CNN)Tiger Woods was found asleep at the wheel the morning of his arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence, police records show.  —  Jupiter, Florida, police discovered Woods early Monday on the side of the road …
Kevin Campbell / Washington Examiner:
Blame Obamacare and Congress for the coming drought of doctors … When you go to the Internet or phone book today, there are hundreds of physicians listed in most urban areas.  But in the next two decades, you can expect more difficulty finding a physician in your hometown …
 
 
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The Wallis and Writers Bloc Present Senator Al Franken In Conversation with Kathy Griffin on Friday, July 7 at 7:30pm
Discussion: Politico
Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:
Mike Flynn's Pro-Turkey Work: An Unfinished Documentary to Boost Country's Image
Discussion: Raw Story
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
Mike Flynn to Turn Over Business Records to Senate Intelligence Committee
Logan Chuchwell / Public Interest Legal Foundation:
Report: 5500+ Noncitizens Discovered on Voter Rolls in Virginia
Alex Emmons / The Intercept:
Gun Rights Group Takes a Shot at Elizabeth Warren — Over Effort to Make Hearing Aids Cheaper
Discussion: BostonGlobe.com and IJR
Matt Stout / Boston Herald:
Illegal immigrant cases on docket
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
Natalie Neysa Alund / Tennessean.com:
Predators fan who threw catfish on ice charged in Pittsburgh
Discussion: USA Today
USA Today:
Trump to interview John Pistole for FBI director job
Kara Fox / CNN:
Gay son of Indian immigrant likely to be Ireland's next leader
Richard Johnson / Page Six:
Melania Trump's ‘revenge’ on designers who won't dress her
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump retweets report based on anonymous source after blasting anonymous sources
Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
Putin's Defender  —  An American Russia scholar on why he …
Discussion: Raw Story
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Speaker of the House of Trump