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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Obstruction Inquiry Shows Trump's Struggle to Keep Grip on Russia Investigation  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump gave firm instructions in March to the White House's top lawyer: stop the attorney general, Jeff Sessions, from recusing himself in the Justice Department's investigation into whether …
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CNN:
Ryan backed Nunes in spat with Justice Dept. over Russia documents, sources say  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)House Speaker Paul Ryan backed his fellow congressional Republican, House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, during a meeting over the Russia investigation Wednesday …
Discussion: Shareblue Media
John Solomon / The Hill:
FBI launches new Clinton Foundation investigation  —  The Justice Department has launched a new inquiry into whether the Clinton Foundation engaged in any pay-to-play politics or other illegal activities while Hillary Clinton  —  served as Secretary of State, law enforcement officials and a witness tells The Hill.
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump ordered WH lawyer to stop Sessions from recusing himself in Russia probe: report  —  ordered White House counsel Don McGahn to stop Attorney General Jeff Sessions  —  from recusing himself in the investigation into potential ties between Trump's campaign and Russia, according to a new report.
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Justice Department ‘Looking Into’ Hillary Clinton's Emails— Again
Sarah Rumpf / RedState:
Furious Trump Fires Off Tweet With New Nickname for Bannon  —  President Donald Trump seems absolutely furious about the upcoming Michael Wolff book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, and he's making sure everyone knows it, firing off another tweet not only attacking the book …
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Mercer issues rare public rebuke of former ally Bannon  —  Stephen K. Bannon's main financial backer is formally cutting ties with the former Trump adviser.  —  In a new statement Thursday, billionaire conservative donor Rebekah Mercer said that she has not spoken to Bannon …
Wall Street Journal:
Breitbart Owners Debate Ousting Bannon Amid Trump Feud  —  Former White House strategist's longtime benefactors, billionaires Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah, are distancing themselves from him  —  President Donald Trump's growing feud with Steve Bannon is threatening …
New York Times:
Led by the Mercers, Bannon's Allies Abandon Him  —  WASHINGTON — Enthusiasm for Stephen K. Bannon's plans for a fiery Republican revolution had already been fading among some of the donors and candidates upon whom he was relying to upend the party's establishment.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Bannon allies say statement praising Trump Jr. was spiked after Trump went nuclear  —  Breitbart News chairman Stephen Bannon on Wednesday was about to issue a statement praising Donald Trump Jr.  —  and disputing his quotes in a book from Michael Wolff, but the statement was spiked after President Trump
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
'Yesterday morning, he was key. Today, I'm not sure': Bannon's allies start to abandon him
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Dana Loesch: Trump ‘Proved He Had a Bigger Nuclear Button’ Than ‘Opportunist’ Bannon
Discussion: Washington Times and RedState
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Everyone in Trumpworld Knows He's an Idiot  —  One of the more alarming anecdotes in “Fire and Fury,” Michael Wolff's incendiary new book about Donald Trump's White House, involves the firing of James Comey, former director of the F.B.I. It's not Trump's motives that are scary …
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Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
I asked Trump a blunt question: Do you read?  —  Michael Wolff's tantalizing takedown of President Trump's White House is so tightly packed with tales of political convulsion and personal betrayal that official Washington will be buzzing off its sugar high for weeks.
Discussion: New Yorker and AOL
James Fallows / The Atlantic:
It's Been an Open Secret All Along  —  Three months ago, when Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey of The New York Times unloaded their first big report about Harvey Weinstein's pattern of sexual aggressiveness and abuse, the depth of detail made the story unforgettable—and as it turned out, historic.
Discussion: USA Today and Washington Press
CNNMoney:
Wolff's Trump book going on sale four days early amid furor  —  The publisher of Michael Wolff's new book about President Trump is rushing it onto bookshelves.  —  “Due to unprecedented demand, we are moving the on-sale date for all formats of ‘Fire and Fury,’ by Michael Wolff, to Friday …
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Forget Treason.  Money Laundering Is Serious.  —  Steve Bannon's charge against Trump's son isn't the worst thing he's saying about the president's inner circle.  —  Trump watchers have been treated to a world-class cage match over the last couple of days between President Donald Trump …
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Michael Wolff, fabulist
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Situation All Fouled Up, Not Normal
Peter Baker / New York Times:
After Trump Seeks to Block Book, Publisher Hastens Release
Virginia Heffernan / Los Angeles Times:
Why believe Michael Wolff? Because, for now, this stuff is too good not to
Discussion: The Mahablog
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump's effort to stop publication of scathing book is a break in precedent
Discussion: Business Insider and NBC News
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Trump Moves to Open Nearly All Offshore Waters to Drilling  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will allow new offshore oil and gas drilling in nearly all United States waters, it announced Thursday.  The plan would give the energy industry broad access to drilling rights in most parts …
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Darryl Fears / Washington Post:
Trump administration to expand drilling off U.S. continental waters
Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Tillis no longer involved in key Senate negotiations on Dreamers  —  WASHINGTON  —  Editor's note: This story has been updated to include additional comments from Sen. Thom Tillis' office.  —  Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican who has sought to make immigration one of his signature issues …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Roosevelt Room / The White House:
Remarks by President Trump and Vice President Pence in a Meeting on Immigration with Republican Members of the Senate
Discussion: The Hugh Hewitt Show and Breitbart
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Trump tells GOP senators that 2,200-mile border wall not needed in immigration deal
Sadie Gurman / Associated Press:
AP NewsBreak: US to end policy that let legal pot flourish  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is rescinding the Obama-era policy that had paved the way for legalized marijuana to flourish in states across the country, two people with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press.
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Justice Department Issues Memo on Marijuana Enforcement
Discussion: NBC News and Vox
Beth Reinhard / Washington Post:
Woman who accused Roy Moore of unwanted sexual contact sues him for defamation  —  In a lawsuit that echoes a civil case against President Trump, an Alabama woman on Thursday sued failed U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore and his campaign for defamation, citing harsh personal attacks she faced …
Trisha Calvo / Consumer Reports:
Avoid Romaine Lettuce for Now, Consumer Reports Says  —  This salad green is likely the cause of recent cases of E. coli food poisoning  —  Over the past seven weeks, 58 people in the U.S. and Canada have become ill from a dangerous strain of E. coli bacteria, likely from eating romaine lettuce.
Richard Morgan / Washington Post:
I read decades of Woody Allen's private notes.  He's obsessed with teenage girls.  —  His 56-box archive is filled with misogynist and lecherous musings.  —  Woody Allen is making a new movie.  Just kidding: He doesn't make new movies.  What he's editing now, “A Rainy Day in New York,” …
Discussion: AOL, Splinter and Shakesville
Greg Garrison / al.com:
Roy Moore's wife reveals their ‘Jewish attorney’ and he's a Christian  —  The wife of former U.S. Senate Republican nominee Roy Moore has revealed the identity of the Moores' “Jewish attorney” she mentioned in a Dec. 11 speech.  —  It's not the person everyone speculated that it was, Kayla Moore said.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Michael Wolff / British GQ:
How Donald Trump's White House team handles his giant ego  —  Soon after the inauguration of Donald Trump on 20 January 2017, GQ columnist Michael Wolff was granted special access to the White House.  Over seven months, in more than 200 interviews with the president and his staff …
 
 
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump, Romney talk on phone amid speculation over Utah Senate bid
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Those Iguanas Falling From Trees in Florida? They Probably Aren't Dead
Discussion: Breitbart and Balloon Juice
Lori Pilger / Lincoln Journal Star:
FBI accuses white supremacist of terror attack on Amtrak train in rural Nebraska
Discussion: Raw Story
Burlington Free Press:
Vt. House gives marijuana bill a clear path to governor's desk
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Press
Jesse Drucker / New York Times:
Companies Warn of Hits From Tax Cuts. Don't Be Fooled.
Elisabeth Joy LaMotte / Washington Post:
My therapy clients can't tear themselves away from the news — and it's messing with their lives
Mike Sunnucks Senior / Phoenix Business Journal:
Read the allegations against fired Arizona football coach Rich Rodriguez
Discussion: The Big Lead
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Daily Mail:
‘#MeTooSoon’: Bill Maher met with outrage for mocking Al Franken's infamous groping photo …
Discussion: EW.com and NewsBusters
Dan Primack / Axios:
Intel CEO's big stock sale raises questions
Libby Watson / Splinter:
Let's Help Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner Find the Perfect Home in Washington, D.C.
Nathan Bomey / USA Today:
Macy's announces 5,000 job cuts, 7 new store closures
Discussion: WGN-TV
 

 
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
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Sources: Sony Pictures and Apollo Global formally express interest in acquiring Paramount for ~$26B; Paramount's negotiating period with Skydance ends May 3

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A coalition of collegiate and professional press freedom groups urges campus administrators to respect the rights of student journalists covering protests
 
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