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10:00 AM ET, May 30, 2017

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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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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Dubke resigns as White House communications director  —  Mike Dubke has resigned as White House communications director in the first of what could be a series of changes to President Trump's senior staff amid the growing Russia scandal.  —  Dubke, who served in the post for three months, tendered his resignation May 18.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Six things to watch as Trump faces his new reality  —  President Donald Trump hoped to score a reset with his first foreign trip but is instead returning to a barrage of controversy at home.  —  The Russia probe, already put under the supervision of special counsel Robert Mueller before Trump left …
Discussion: War in Context, Mediaite and ABC
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: The White House staff shakeup begins  —  WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY  — In the first signs of a staff shakeup, President Trump's communications director Mike Dubke is leaving the White House, though his last day has not yet been set.  Dubke resigned on May 18 …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump's communications director is out as larger shakeup looms
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Snubs and slights are part of the job in Trump's White House
Discussion: Slate and Raw Story
CNN:   WH communications director stepping down
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 …
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
God Save America From Naive Princelings  —  Just a point to add to Andy McCarthy's raking Jared Kushner over the coals for the “galactically stupid” idea...  I get why someone who voted for Donald Trump would defend the president.  Trump descended that escalator and went about the process of winning over your vote.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
How President Trump consumes — or does not consume — top-secret intelligence  —  President Trump consumes classified intelligence like he does most everything else in life: ravenously and impatiently, eager to ingest glinting nuggets but often indifferent to subtleties.
Fox News:
Jared Kushner didn't suggest Russian communications channel in meeting, source says  —  A December meeting between Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and one of the senior advisers in the Trump administration, and Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak at Trump Tower focused on Syria …
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The Texas Tribune:
Republican lawmaker: I called immigration authorities on Capitol protesters
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 …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Pence to make campaign push amid GOP concerns over Trump  —  Vice President Mike Pence is embarking on a cross-country summer campaign tour amid rising fears that the GOP, reeling from a barrage of Trump-fueled controversies, is headed for a midterm election disaster.
Discussion: Political Wire, Raw Story and The Week
Maxine Bernstein / Oregonian:
Portland MAX hero's last words: ‘Tell everyone on this train I love them’  —  Gallery: Vigil for Portland MAX attack victims  —  Even with headphones on, Rachel Macy said, she heard a man shouting and spewing foul language as soon as he boarded the eastbound MAX Green Line train Friday night at Lloyd Center.
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Madison Park / CNN:
Teen on Portland train: ‘They lost their lives because of me and my friend’
Sarah D / Los Angeles Times:
Rep. Devin Nunes says Democrats are using Russia investigation to justify Clinton's loss  —  House Select Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes speaks at the Tulare County Lincoln Dinner.  —  Embattled House Select Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes told hundreds of local Republicans …
Discussion: New York Times and Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
The Fourth Circuit Joins the ‘Resistance’  —  Taking a stand against Trump, the judges are also defying Supreme Court precedent.
Discussion: Instapundit
William D. Cohan / Vanity Fair:
How Stephen Miller Rode White Rage from Duke's Campus to Trump's West Wing  —  At the young age of 31, Stephen Miller has his own office in the West Wing and the President's ear.  He also has held a shocking worldview since he was a teenager.  From his writings on the 2006 Duke lacrosse-team rape scandal …
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Trump on German trade, defense spending: “This will change”  —  On his first full working day since returning from his overseas trip, President Trump continued the NATO discussions on Twitter, vowing that things will change for Germany and how much they contribute to NATO and defense.
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
GOP rep avoids saying whether every American is entitled to eat  —  Rep. Adrian Smith (R-Neb.) on Saturday avoiding directly answering a question on whether all Americans are entitled to eat.  —  During an interview with NPR's “Weekend Edition Saturday,” Smith discussed farm subsidies and cutting food stamps with host Scott Simon.
Discussion: Raw Story
TMZ.com:
Tiger Woods Arrested for DUI in Jupiter, Florida, ‘Arrogant’ During Arrest, Blames Prescription Meds (MUG SHOT)  —  5:00 PM PT — Tiger just released a statement ... “I understand the severity of what I did and I take full responsibility for my actions.  I want the public to know that alcohol was not involved.
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Scott Sutton / WPTV:
Golfer Tiger Woods arrested on DUI charges in Jupiter
Wall Street Journal:
Trump, Huddling With Aides, Looks to Get Past ‘Side Issues’  —  President Trump met privately with top advisers as he considered changes aimed at resetting the direction of an administration beset by expanding probes into his associates' ties to Russia.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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New York Times:
Emmanuel Macron Challenges Putin on Syria and Gay Rights
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Debt fight blindsides Congress
Randal C. Archibold / New York Times:
Manuel Noriega, Dictator Ousted by U.S. in Panama, Dies at 83
Discussion: RT and CBS New York
Reuters:
Venezuela opposition accuses Goldman Sachs of financing dictatorship
Discussion: Hot Air
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
While other controversies rage, work on border wall moves forward
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Speaker of the House of Trump
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
Let's take stock of all the horrible stuff Trump and the GOP have done this month
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Trump administration plans to minimize civil rights efforts in agencies