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12:30 PM ET, April 2, 2018

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Washington Post:
Trump proposed Putin visit Washington in March 20 phone call, Kremlin says  —  President Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the two leaders could meet in the White House, a Kremlin aide told Russian media Monday, Russian news agencies said.  —  No specific preparations for such a meeting have taken place, the aide said.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Discussed White House Invitation to Putin in Phone Call  —  Invitation came in congratulatory call to Putin, Ushakov says  —  Summit preparations haven't begun after diplomatic expulsions  —  Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin discussed holding a summit at the White House …
Discussion: New York Magazine
Associated Press:
White House goes on attack over Shulkin's claim he was fired  —  WASHINGTON — The White House is hitting back at former Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin for claiming that he was fired from his job and that he was only informed about it shortly before President Donald Trump tweeted about his replacement.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
Associated Press:
Kremlin: Trump invited Putin to White House, but no date set
Discussion: Townhall and NBC News
Anton Troianovski / Washington Post:
Trump proposed Putin visit White House in March 20 phone call, Kremlin says
Discussion: The Root
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Corruption, Not Russia, Is Trump's Greatest Political Liability  —  “My whole life I've been greedy, greedy, greedy,” declared Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign.  “I've grabbed all the money I could get.  I'm so greedy.  But now I want to be greedy for the United States.”
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
New York Magazine cover depicts Trump as a pig  —  New York Magazine is taking a harsh swipe at President Trump  —  with its new cover depicting the president as a pig.  —  The April 2 issue of the magazine features a close-up photo of Trump with a pig's snout replacing his nose.
Discussion: RedState
Oleksiy Kuzmenko / bellingcat:
The Curious Case of David Jewberg, the Fake Senior Pentagon Russia Analyst  —  Summary:  — “Senior Pentagon Russia Analyst LTC David Jewberg” maintained a popular Facebook page and was frequently quoted in Ukrainian and Russian media as a Pentagon insider related to topics concerning Ukraine and Russia.
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Associated Press:   In Missouri, GOP candidate for Senate walks Trump tightrope
Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg:
Missouri Attorney General Opens Probe of Facebook Data Usage
Discussion: FOX2now.com
Jacey Fortin / New York Times:
Sinclair Made Dozens of Local News Anchors Recite the Same Script  —  On local news stations across the United States last month, dozens of anchors gave the same speech to their combined millions of viewers.  —  It included a warning about fake news, a promise to report fairly and accurately …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sinclair tells stations to air media-bashing promos - and the criticism goes viral
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
At Chicago nightclub, George Papadopoulos allegedly makes explosive new claim about Jeff Sessions  —  At a London bar in May 2016, after numerous drinks, Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos bragged to an Australian diplomat the Russians had obtained damaging information on Hillary Clinton.
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
‘Fake News’ Threat to Media; Editorial Decisions, Outside Actors at Fault  —  Trump less trusted than CNN, MSNBC, and Fox as info source  —  West Long Branch, NJ - The news about “fake news” is not good, according to the Monmouth University Poll.  Large majorities of the American public believe …
Christian Berthelsen / Bloomberg:
Third Woman Sues to Void Secrecy Pact Linked to Trump  —  A former employee of President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign team sued the organization to nullify a non-disclosure agreement she signed as part of her job, saying it muzzled her from airing discrimination claims.
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
At Mar-a-Lago, Trump hears from immigration hardliners  —  (CNN)Retreating from the White House for a three-night stay at his Florida estate, President Donald Trump heard this weekend from a parade of allies — many on the Fox News payroll — that his base believes he is softening on immigration.
Don Sweeney / Sacramento Bee:
Why are teens snorting condoms?  Here are five things to know about latest online fad  —  While it sounds like an April Fool's joke, educators are warning about a “condom challenge” being spread online by YouTube videos and social media.  —  Also known as the “snorting condom challenge” …
Discussion: Forbes
Hannah Dreier / ProPublica:
A Betrayal  —  The teenager told police all about his gang, MS-13.  In return, he was slated for deportation and marked for death.  —  IF HENRY IS KILLED, his death can be traced to a quiet moment in the fall of 2016, when he sat slouched in his usual seat by the door in 11th-grade English class.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
This Trump legal defeat may force Trump to decide: His presidency or his businesses? … In a decision with far-reaching implications for President Trump, a federal court ruled this week that a lawsuit could go forward claiming he unconstitutionally received foreign emoluments — that is …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Megan Cassella / Politico:
China to slap tariffs on 128 U.S. goods  —  China is moving forward with its plan to counter President Donald Trump's new tariffs on steel and aluminum, levying duties that will take effect Monday on more than $3 billion in U.S. exports to the country.  —  In a statement Sunday …
Dakin Andone / CNN:
They led a national march.  Now Parkland students return to a school they say ‘feels like jail’  —  Parkland student: Feels dangerous at school  —  (CNN)Students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School return to class Monday, their first day back since organizing one of the largest youth-led protests in US history.
Discussion: RedState, twitchy.com and theGrio
Bethany Mandel / National Review:
The Troubling Connections between Scientology and the Nation of Islam  —  Farrakahn receives a commission for each of his followers who undergoes a Scientology ‘auditing.’  —  Scientology is commonly known as the religion of the stars.  Its reach inside Hollywood is deep …
Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
Be Skeptical Of Anyone Who Tells You They Know How Democrats Can Win In November  —  It's old news by now that Democratic candidates have done unusually well in Trump-era elections so far, suggesting that the 2018 midterms will be a good cycle for the party.  So why keep writing about them?
Elaina Plott / Washingtonian:
Is DC Being Too Mean to Louise Linton?  —  Trumpworld sees the actress-turned-cabinet-spouse as a victim of the Beltway's mean-girl social set.  Le tout Washington disagrees.  —  They were just gloves, Louise Linton says.  “I didn't take the bloody gloves off because it was cold!
Discussion: thecut, Splinter, Jezebel and Politico
Burgess Everett / Politico:
‘It sucks’: Senators fume over McConnell's tight grip  —  Republican John Kennedy has served in the Senate a full 15 months — and not once received a roll call vote on one of his legislative amendments.  —  “I think it sucks,” the Louisiana senator fumed as Congress headed home in March for a two-week recess.
Tamar Lapin / New York Post:
More than 50 British tourists hospitalized after getting sick in NYC  —  More than 50 British tourists, most of them teens, were hospitalized in DC over the weekend after getting sick in New York, officials said Monday.  —  The group was staying at Hotel Harrington in downtown DC Sunday …
David Alire Garcia / Reuters:
Costa Rica center-left easily wins presidency in vote fought on gay rights  —  David Alire Garcia, Enrique Andres Pretel  —  SAN JOSE (Reuters) - The center-left's Carlos Alvarado Quesada decisively defeated a conservative Protestant singer in Costa Rica's presidential runoff election …
Discussion: New York Times, VICE News and The Week
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
So why was Trump aide talking to a Russian spy?  —  The CNN team wanted viewers to know there could be a very big development in the Trump Russia investigation.  —  “CNN has learned why special counsel Robert Mueller wants the cooperation of former Trump campaign deputy Rick Gates,” anchor Alisyn Camerota said Friday.
Discussion: Power Line
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court shields a police officer from being sued for shooting a woman in her front yard … The Supreme Court on Monday shielded a police officer from being sued for shooting an Arizona woman in her front yard, once again making it harder to bring legal action against officers who use excessive force …
Mike Barnes / Hollywood Reporter:
Steven Bochco, Creative Force Behind ‘Hill Street Blues,’ ‘L.A. Law’ and ‘NYPD Blue,’ Dies at 74  —  The unwavering TV writer-producer, winner of 10 Emmys, butted heads with networks and almost always won.  —  Steven Bochco, the strong-willed writer and producer who brought gritty realism …
Jordan Smith / The Intercept:
Donald Trump's Embrace of Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Is an Absurd Twist on a Failed Policy  —  Several years ago, David Wiley, a professor of health education at Texas State University, was discussing human papillomavirus in one of his classes.  The virus, known as HPV, is the most common sexually-transmitted disease.
 
 
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
U.S. Energy Concerns Low; Increasing Supply Not a Priority
Discussion: The Daily Caller
The Guardian:
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Discussion: The Week
Luis Sanchez / The Hill:
Democrat: A gun ban is not ‘feasible right now’
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The Columbus Dispatch:
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Discussion: Political Wire
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Discussion: CNN and Axios
Jack Nicas / New York Times:
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Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Some Rare Praise for Trump's National Security Purge
Ryan Gaydos / Fox News:
Eagles of Death Metal frontman apologizes for ‘mean-spirited’ March for Our Lives criticism
Paul Woolverton / The Fayetteville Observer:
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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

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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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