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9:30 AM ET, April 10, 2018

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Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
F.B.I. Raids Office of Trump's Longtime Lawyer Michael Cohen  —  The F.B.I. on Monday raided the office of President Trump's longtime personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, seizing records related to several topics including payments to a pornographic-film actress.
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New York Times:
Mueller Investigating Ukrainian's $150,000 Payment for a Trump Appearance  —  WASHINGTON — The special counsel is investigating a payment made to President Trump's foundation by a Ukrainian steel magnate for a talk during the campaign, according to three people briefed on the matter …
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Trump attorney Cohen is being investigated for possible bank fraud, campaign finance violations … Michael Cohen, the longtime attorney of President Trump, is under federal investigation for possible bank fraud, wire fraud and campaign finance violations, according to three people with knowledge of the case.
The Daily Beast:
Feds Are Treating Michael Cohen Like a Mob Lawyer, Trump Allies Say … Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are treating Michael Cohen like he's a lawyer for the mob.  That's how seasoned white collar defense attorneys describe the raid on Cohen's office, home, and hotel room conducted on April.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Inside the West Wing with Trump enraged  —  Sources close to the president say that a political dispute with special counsel Robert Mueller has turned visceral and personal after the feds' raid on the New York offices of Michael Cohen, Trump's personal lawyer and fixer.
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Playbook: Top Trump economic adviser looking for the exits  —  PLAYBOOK SCOOP: SHAHIRA KNIGHT, the deputy director of the National Economic Council, is considering leaving the White House, according to a source close to her.  Several people in the private sector have expressed interest in hiring Knight …
Washington Post:
'A bomb on Trump's front porch': FBI's Cohen raids hit home for the president … President Trump has howled in all caps for nearly a year as the Justice Department has delved deeper and deeper into his orbit.  Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III indicted his former campaign chairman.
Discussion: The Week, Politico and Political Wire
Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
Searched and Seized: F.B.I. Agents Raid Michael Cohen's New York Hotel  —  Law-enforcement agents spent several hours at the Loews Regency hotel on Monday morning, as they executed a search warrant against the president's personal lawyer.  Cohen's attorney said they were referred by Robert Mueller.
Ken White / Reason:
Feds Raid Office of Trump Lawyer Who Paid Off Stormy Daniels.  This Is a Big Deal.  —  The search of Michael Cohen's office, explained.  —  The very big news of the day: FBI agents raided the law office of Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's lawyer who was involved in payment of $130,000 …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Stormy Daniels lawyer predicts Cohen will ‘fold like a cheap deck of cards’
Discussion: Althouse, Breitbart and Townhall
Associated Press:
Trump furious after FBI seizes documents from his lawyer
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Wall Street Journal:   Lawyer's Office Is Unusual Target for Federal Agents
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
FBI Raid on Michael Cohen Is the Most Dangerous Day of Donald Trump's Life
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
Stephen Collinson / CNN:   Trump lashes out as Cohen raid fuses Russia probe and Stormy case
Jasmine Lee / CNN:   Preet Bharara: Cohen raid approved by people ‘handpicked by Donald Trump’
CNN:
Cohen raid ignites Trump's rage and sparks speculation
Discussion: KTLA
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Sinclair commentator resigns after vulgar tweet about Parkland survivor David Hogg … A conservative commentator at a Sinclair Broadcast Group television station has resigned after a statement he made threatening to sexually assault Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg drew harsh criticism …
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Conservative TV Host's Show Canceled After Threatening to 'Ram a Hot Poker Up David Hogg's Ass'
Janelle O'Dea / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Jamie Allman lands in hot water with tweet about hot poker
Megha Rajagopalan / BuzzFeed:
Facebook Has Been Accused Of Helping The Vietnamese Government Crack Down On Dissent  —  The open letter from human rights activists and independent media groups in Vietnam criticizing Mark Zuckerberg comes ahead of his Congressional hearings and amid a rising tide of global criticism over Facebook's content moderation policies.
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
3 things to watch for when Mark Zuckerberg testifies to Congress
Discussion: American Greatness and The Verge
Associated Press:
I am sorry: Zuckerberg faces congressional inquisition
Discussion: The Week
Zeynep Tufekci / New York Times:
What Should Congress Ask Zuckerberg?
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
Silicon Valley Falls to Earth
Discussion: Vox
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Politico:
Xi pledges to welcome imports amid trade tensions with U.S.
Mark Landler / New York Times:   To Bannon, Tariffs on China Will Be Ultimate Test of Trump's Beliefs
Luis Sanchez / The Hill:
Trump: Farmers will understand if they get hurt in China trade spat
Discussion: RedState and Washington Press
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Tucker Carlson Goes on Marathon Rant Questioning Whether Assad Is Behind Attack in Syria  —  Tucker Carlson embarked on a nearly 10-minute diatribe to kick off his Monday night show, railing against those condemning the Bashar al-Assad regime for its alleged chlorine attack on a town in Syria.
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Dana Priest / Washington Post:   ‘Let the Americans help her now’: New documents released on attack that killed reporter in Syria
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Republicans are worried about the quality of their Senate challengers  —  Republicans fear the party could blow a golden opportunity to pad its 51-49 Senate majority after watching a collection of underwhelming candidates emerge as the likely nominees in key contests.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate leadership shakeup looms for Republicans  —  Sen. John Thune passed on a run for the No. 2 GOP leadership job in 2012.  He's unlikely to do so again this fall.  —  With Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) term-limited out, the South Dakota senator has all but locked …
Discussion: Political Wire
Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:
The biggest Black Lives Matter page on Facebook is fake  —  For at least a year, the biggest page on Facebook purporting to be part of the Black Lives Matter movement was a scam with ties to a middle-aged white man in Australia, a review of the page and associated accounts and websites conducted by CNN shows.
Washington Post:
Warning of ‘repercussions,’ Trump company lawyers seek Panama president's help  —  PANAMA CITY — Lawyers representing President Trump's company last month wrote directly to the president of Panama, asking him to intervene in a legal fight over the Trump International Hotel in the capital …
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Allan Smith / Business Insider:
Trump's namesake business appealed to Panama's president for help and warned of consequences if he didn't
Discussion: The Week
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
A Second Paul Manafort Associate Has Turned on Him … Former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort has trouble in his own house.  According to court documents, one of Manafort's former employees led an FBI agent to a storage locker filled with paperwork on Manafort's businesses and finances.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
An Internal Email Contradicts Scott Pruitt's Account of Controversial Raises  —  An email that suggests Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt personally signed off on a controversial pay raise for a favored aide last month is roiling the agency.
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Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Mission impossible: Replacing Scott Pruitt
Oli Coleman / Page Six:
CBS execs are freaking out over looming Charlie Rose exposé  —  CBS has been using NDAs to try and suppress potential sources for an upcoming exposé about Charlie Rose's sexual misconduct.  And top network execs who worked on Rose's shows are panicking that they'll be accused …
Discussion: Front Page Magazine
Harvard University:
Institute of Politics Spring 2018 Youth Poll  —  Spring 2018 marks the 35th National Youth Poll conducted by the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School examining the political opinions and civic engagement of young Americans ages 18 to 29.  Since its conception …
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
The Ideology of Illegal Immigration  —  Gang members next door and dead dogs dumped in your yard?  Don't complain, or you'll be called racist.  —  Illegal immigration has become so deeply embedded for so long within contemporary power politics, demography, and cultural change …
 
 
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CNN:
Roger Stone said in July 2016 Russians were ‘most likely’ behind WikiLeaks emails and doing it to help Trump
Bloomberg:
Deripaska Goes From Famous Russian Billionaire to Global Outcast in Just Three Days
Discussion: BloombergQuint
Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump promised to drain the swamp. His supporters got politics as usual.
Discussion: Raw Story
Brendan Kirby / LifeZette:
Trump Should Look Closely at How Clinton Dealt with Asylum Seekers
Discussion: Instapundit
Tara Copp / Military Times:
Pentagon strips Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria troop numbers from web
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Pompeo asks Clinton for advice as he preps for confirmation battle
 Earlier Items: 
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
Russia has figured out how to jam U.S. drones in Syria, officials say
Bruce Vielmetti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Milwaukee TV reporter arrested after fight at Brewers-Cubs game
David Wroe / Sydney Morning Herald:
China eyes Vanuatu military base in plan with global ramifications
Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
He scored a political upset that shocked Washington. But is it Rep. Dave Brat's turn for a shock?
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
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