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8:40 AM ET, May 30, 2017

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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Trump's comms director leaving White House  —  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.  — Dubke served for just three months before tendering his resignation May 18.
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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 …
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.
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: The White House staff shakeup begins
Discussion: Politico
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Six things to watch as Trump faces his new reality
Discussion: War in Context, Mediaite and ABC
Sonali Paul / Reuters:
Senator McCain says Putin bigger threat than ISIS
Discussion: The Week
Gus Bova / The Texas Observer:
Texas Republican Called ICE on SB 4 Protesters, Threatened to Shoot Colleague  —  A Texas Republican threatened to “put a bullet in one of his colleague's heads” during a scuffle on the House floor over the state's new anti-'sanctuary cities' law on Monday, the final day of the regular legislative session.
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The Texas Tribune:
Republican lawmaker: I called immigration authorities on Capitol protesters
Brandi Grissom / Dallas Morning News:
'I'll put a bullet in your head': Fistfight nearly erupts on final day of contentious legislative session
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and The Gateway Pundit
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 …
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Snubs and slights are part of the job in Trump's White House  —  White House press secretary Sean Spicer was giddy at the thought of meeting Pope Francis during President Trump's first trip abroad, telling acquaintances that for him, a devout Catholic, the moment would fulfill a bucket-list dream.
Discussion: Slate and Raw Story
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Trump administration plans to minimize civil rights efforts in agencies  —  The Trump administration is planning to disband the Labor Department division that has policed discrimination among federal contractors for four decades, according to the White House's newly proposed budget …
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’
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
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: Political Wire and New York Times
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
Portland Republican says party should use militia groups after racial attack  —  County GOP chair James Buchal says security forces may be appropriate as tensions rise after two people died in a racial attack on public transport  —  As tensions continue in Portland following the racially charged murder …
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
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.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
While other controversies rage, work on border wall moves forward  —  New revelations come almost by the minute in the Trump-Russia affair.  The White House moves into full-defense mode.  The Trump agenda stalls on Capitol Hill.  —  A reasonable observer might conclude that is all that is happening in the Trump administration.
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
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Set To Roll Back Obama's Cuba Policies  —  President Donald Trump is set to announce a rollback of former President Barack Obama's policies toward Cuba, The Daily Caller has learned.  —  Two sources told TheDC that the development is due to the behind-the-scenes efforts …
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 …
Discussion: The Last Tradition
Robert Pear / New York Times:
White House Acts to Roll Back Birth-Control Mandate for Religious Employers  —  WASHINGTON — Federal officials, following through on a pledge by President Trump, have drafted a rule to roll back a federal requirement that many religious employers provide birth control coverage in health insurance plans.
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Speaker of the House of Trump  —  A few weeks after the 2016 election, Newt Gingrich appeared at the Heritage Foundation to deliver what had been billed as a speech on the “Principles of Trumpism.”  Tellingly, he spent most of his time instead talking about the brilliance of Trump the Man …
 
 
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John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
What The Origins Of Memorial Day Can Teach Americans About Getting Along
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
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
Let's take stock of all the horrible stuff Trump and the GOP have done this month
William D. Cohan / Vanity Fair:
How Stephen Miller Rode White Rage from Duke's Campus to Trump's West Wing
Ellie Ng / Hong Kong Free Press HKFP:
Facebook apologises after ‘mistakenly’ banning 1989 Tiananmen massacre profile tribute
Discussion: Heat Street
Brendan Kirby / LifeZette:
Islam on Track to Overtake Christianity as World's No. 1 Religion
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Rong-Gong Lin II / Los Angeles Times:
Bay Area water park closes slides after boy spins off chute onto concrete
Discussion: East Bay Times, KTLA and AOL
Tom Ciccotta / Breitbart:
Court Case Could Protect Students Secretly Recording Teachers
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
‘Narrowcast’ Trump? Republicans Seek Formula to Keep House Majority
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Illinois Legislature OK's Automatic-Voter Registration