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11:40 PM ET, April 2, 2018

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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Pruitt Had a $50-a-Day Condo Linked to Lobbyists.  Their Client's Project Got Approved.  —  WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency signed off last March on a Canadian energy company's pipeline-expansion plan at the same time that the E.P.A. chief, Scott Pruitt …
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
White House considered firing Pruitt  —  White House chief of staff John Kelly has considered the firing of embattled Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt in the coming months as part of a wave of ousters of top officials causing headaches for the president, a senior administration official told POLITICO.
Discussion: ABC News, Political Wire and Daily Kos
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's Lobbyist-Owned Pad Was GOP Fundraising Hub … The lobbyist-owned townhouse that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt rented for relatively small nightly sums also served as a hub for Republican lawmakers hoping to raise money for their congressional campaigns.
Discussion: Political Wire
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The worst Cabinet ever gets worse
Discussion: Mediaite
Jill McCabe / Washington Post:
The president attacked my reputation.  It's time to set the record straight.  —  Jill McCabe, an emergency room pediatrician, is married to former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe.  —  I am an emergency room pediatrician and an accidental politician — someone who never thought …
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Trump Is Like, ‘How Can I F—k with Him?’”:  Trump's War with Amazon (and The Washington Post) Is Personal  —  With the West Wing finally calm, Trump is contemplating a multi-front campaign against Jeff Bezos.  —  For the first time in Donald Trump's presidency, the West Wing soap opera appears …
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Wall Street Journal:
Roger Stone's Claim of a 2016 Julian Assange Meeting Draws Scrutiny  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has asked about an email during grand jury testimony  —  The special counsel investigating alleged links between Trump campaign associates and Russians is looking …
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Luis Sanchez / The Hill:
Mueller investigating whether Roger Stone met with Assange: report
Discussion: Raw Story and RedState
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Fox News states support for Laura Ingraham despite advertiser fallout  —  Fox News is standing by its embattled host Laura Ingraham, who has seen advertisers flee her show over a tweet aimed at Parkland, Fla., school shooting survivor David Hogg.  —  “We cannot and will not allow voices …
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Amanda Erickson / Washington Post:
Russian bots are tweeting their support of embattled Fox News host Laura Ingraham
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News Says Laura Ingraham Will Return
Discussion: CBS News and news.avclub.com
Bill O'Reilly / No Spin News:
Sponsor Boycott of Laura Ingraham
Discussion: Mediaite, TVNewser and The Guardian
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sinclair responds to criticism of media-bashing promos  —  Sinclair forces stations to air media-bashing promos, criticism goes viral  —  Critics are calling Sinclair's promos pro-Trump propaganda.  Now the company is defending the initiative, and calling it something much more mundane …
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Trump Wants to Promote Sinclair? Let Him.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump moves to force Stormy Daniels suit into arbitration  —  Lawyers for President Donald Trump are asking a federal judge to order that an arbitrator resolve a dispute with Stormy Daniels, a former adult film actress, over an alleged “hush money” agreement reached weeks before the 2016 presidential election …
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Eric Beech / Reuters:
Trump attorney seeks to force porn star's lawsuit into arbitration
Discussion: Political Wire
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Trump administration, seeking to speed deportations, to impose quotas on immigration judges … The Trump administration will pressure U.S. immigration judges to process cases faster by establishing a quota system tied to their annual performance reviews, according to new Justice Department directives.
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USA Today:
The ‘condom snorting challenge’ is every parent's worst nightmare … A disturbing new viral trend has teenagers snorting unwrapped condoms as part of the “Condom Challenge.”  For more on the story here is Zachary Devita.  Buzz60  —  Viral videos posted on social media show teenagers snorting condoms …
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A Waspy Chick / The Forward:
How Dare Jewish Men Keep Breaking Up With Me  —  Editor's note: The following is a satirical response to a March 29 Washington Post op-ed entitled, “I am tired of being a Jewish man's rebellion.”  —  Hi there, readers!  It's me, a woman who will now cutesily compare myself to Carrie Bradshaw …
Wall Street Journal:
Mueller Probe Into U.A.E. Influence Broadens  —  Special counsel's latest inquiry into the activities of a U.S. ally suggests he is looking more closely at foreign influence in Washington  —  WASHINGTON—Special counsel Robert Mueller has asked questions about the work of a private consulting firm …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
Saudi Crown Prince: Iran's Supreme Leader ‘Makes Hitler Look Good’  —  This much, at least, can be said for Mohammed bin Salman, the putatively reformist crown prince of Saudi Arabia: He has made all the right enemies.  Among those who would celebrate his end are the leaders of ISIS, al-Qaeda …
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Trump is wrong about Amazon on all counts  —  President Trump gets results.  His attacks on Amazon have tanked the company's stock.  —  It's hard to think of a more pointlessly destructive act of presidential jawboning in our history.  The online retailer is a jewel of our market economy …
Elizabeth Esty:
From being a room parent in a first grade classroom to serving on the library board, town council, state house and U.S. Congress, I went into public service to fight for equality, justice, and fairness.  It is one of the greatest honors of my life that the people of Connecticut's Fifth District elected me to represent them in Congress.
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump heats up rhetoric on border, immigration as some supporters grow impatient  —  President Trump's sharp shift in tone on immigration this week from would-be dealmaker back to the hard-line stance he campaigned on comes amid signs that some of his conservative base is growing impatient …
Azeen Ghorayshi / BuzzFeed:
Grindr Is Letting Other Companies See User HIV Status And Location Data  —  The gay hookup app Grindr, which has more than 3.6 million daily active users across the world, has been providing its users' HIV status to two other companies, BuzzFeed News has learned.
The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump ‘Cherishes’ Lou Dobbs So Much He Puts Him on Speakerphone for Oval Office Meetings … It is difficult to fully understand the Trump presidency without first understanding Lou Dobbs, the Fox Business powerhouse host and one of the main precursors to Trumpism.
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
At Chicago nightclub, George Papadopoulos allegedly makes explosive new claim about Jeff Sessions  —  A chance encounter with a man at the center of the Russia investigation.  —  At a London bar in May 2016, after numerous drinks, Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos bragged …
Bloomberg:
Stocks' Second-Quarter Start Is the Worst Since the Great Depression  —  If you feel like the second quarter has begun badly, you'd be right.  —  U.S. stocks are on track to have their worst April start since 1929, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.  The S&P 500 index slumped 2.4 percent …
Discussion: The Mahablog
Page Six:
Is Anna Wintour out at Vogue?  —  It is almost beyond the fashion world's wildest imagination, but the chatter coming out of Condé Nast and the publishing industry has reached a deafening crescendo — Anna Wintour could be on her way out of Condé and Vogue as artistic director.
Discussion: thecut
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Falsely Accused Parkland School Shooter Sues Alex Jones' InfoWars for Defamation … Marcel Fontaine, who was falsely declared a suspect in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting by conspiracy-theorist website InfoWars, is now suing Alex Jones for more than a million dollars.
Darryl Fears / Washington Post:
Americans tell Interior to take a hike over proposed national park fee increase … Interior Department officials are backing away from a plan to dramatically increase entrance fees at the most popular national parks after receiving more than 100,000 public comments from Americans nearly unanimously opposed to the idea.
Courier-Journal:
Public schools in all 120 Kentucky counties are closed Monday  —  Teachers and students gathered in Frankfort on Friday to speak against the pension bill that passed unexpectedly the night before.  Many teachers called in sick Friday.  Andy Beshear says he will sue.  Astrid Hacker/ Louisville Courier Journal
The Hill:
Bolton could be the first national security chief to prioritize religious freedom  —  Among the Trump administration's early successes, two stand out particularly, and incoming National Security Advisor John Bolton has the chance to take both to the next level.
Discussion: Breitbart and Politico
Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times:
EPA threatens to revoke California's ability to set emissions standards as the Trump administration moves to abandon fuel mileage goals … The Trump administration openly threatened one of the cornerstones of California's environmental protections Monday, saying that it may revoke …
 
 
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CNN:
Two deaths, 54 other cases of severe bleeding tied to fake weed in Illinois
Discussion: The Week
Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed:
New Poll: New Hampshire Republicans Aren't Totally Sold On Trump 2020
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
John Archibald / al.com:
Jack Williams, ex-GOP chief Marty Connors, medical exec arrested on corruption charges
Discussion: Raw Story
Ben White / Politico:
Trump to nominate ex-banker Muzinich to top Treasury role
New York Times:
An Orange on the Seder Plate
Washington Post:
National Enquirer publisher seeks to dismiss lawsuit brought by ex-Playboy model who claims affair with Trump
Discussion: Politico
Balkinization:
The Multiple Uses of Justice Scalia
Discussion: New York Magazine
 Earlier Items: 
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama eases into post-presidential life
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Mueller's office defends deal with Dutch lawyer to waive public records rights
Discussion: Power Line
Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
Be Skeptical Of Anyone Who Tells You They Know How Democrats Can Win In November
Hannah Dreier / ProPublica:
A Betrayal  —  The teenager told police all about his gang, MS-13.
 

 
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is preparing to fire CEO Bob Bakish as soon as Monday, after he lost the trust of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Sammy Gecsoyler / The Guardian:
BBC presenter Liz Bonnin's likeness was used in an ad after the company running the campaign was tricked by a fake, likely AI-generated, version of her voice

 
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