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New York Times:
Trump Sought to Fire Mueller in December  —  In early December, President Trump, furious over news reports about a new round of subpoenas from the office of the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, told advisers in no uncertain terms that Mr. Mueller's investigation had to be shut down.
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CNN:
Trump considering firing Rosenstein to check Mueller  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump is considering firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, multiple people familiar with the discussions tell CNN, a move that has gained urgency following the raid of the office of the President's personal lawyer.
Don Lemon / CNN:
Michael Cohen to CNN: FBI was ‘professional, courteous, respectful’ in raids, counter to Trump's depiction  —  New York (CNN)In his first comments since the FBI raid on his home and office, Michael Cohen said the FBI agents “were extremely professional, courteous and respectful.”
New York Times:
Raid on Trump's Lawyer Sought Records of Payments to Women  —  WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. agents who raided the office of President Trump's personal lawyer on Monday were looking for records about payments to two women who claim they had affairs with Mr. Trump, and information related …
New York Times:
At the White House, Trump Takes Selfies and Seethes Over Mueller  —  WASHINGTON — Outside the White House, President Trump grinned for selfies with Alabama's Crimson Tide, telling the college football champions that they had beaten their rivals so brutally, “you flat-out made them quit” …
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“He's Sitting There Bitching and Moaning”: Inside Trumpworld, Allies Fear the Boss Could Go Postal and Fire Mueller  —  Trump's friends say the president is “dry tinder” awaiting a match.  Meanwhile, his latest hires are already creating new management nightmares for John Kelly.
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
US Attorney, Trump appointee, recused from Michael Cohen investigation  —  ABC News has learned that Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, is recused from the Michael Cohen investigation.  —  Two sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News Berman …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
With Scant Precedent, White House Insists Trump Could Fire Mueller Himself  —  WASHINGTON — As President Trump continued to fume on Tuesday about the Justice Department's raids on the office and hotel room of his longtime personal lawyer, the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders …
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
President Trump has never been in more trouble than right now … As you've heard, federal agents raided the office and home of Michael Cohen, President Trump's personal lawyer.  Yet despite how rare an action it is to pierce attorney-client privilege this way, the big-picture story here seems inevitable …
Discussion: Hot Air, Axios, CNN, Lawfare and The Atlantic
Ken White / New York Times:
Why the F.B.I. Raid Is Perilous for Michael Cohen — and Trump  —  After a year of almost weekly revelations about Robert Mueller's investigation of Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, even indictments and guilty pleas of campaign officials have grown familiar.  It's not that the special counsel …
Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
“The ACLU Would Be Up in Arms”
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Associated Press:   After FBI raids, Trump's longtime fixer out of the shadows
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Dana Boente, former top Justice Department official now at FBI, has been interviewed by Mueller and turned over notes
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
New York Times:   Michael Cohen, ‘Ultimate Trump Loyalist,’ Now in the Sights of the F.B.I.
Wall Street Journal:   White House Says Trump Has Power to Fire Mueller
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer: It's time to vote on legislation protecting Mueller
Discussion: Sean Hannity
CNN:
FBI raid targeted records of payments to porn star, ex-Playmate
Associated Press:   Trump axes trip amid discussions over Syria, raid on lawyer
Christian Datoc / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE — Jim Jordan: Sessions, Rosenstein ‘Need To Be Held Accountable’
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Facebook Fallout Deals Blow to Mercers' Political Clout  —  Last month, a friend of the wealthy conservative donor Rebekah Mercer arrived at Facebook's Silicon Valley headquarters.  His task: Find out what — if anything — could repair relations between Facebook, the world's biggest social media company …
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Thomas Frank / BuzzFeed:
A Conservative Party Donor And Brexit Supporter Resigns From Cambridge Analytica Parent
Discussion: 9to5Mac and Engadget
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:   Rebekah Mercer Asked Facebook For An Independent Investigation Into Cambridge Analytica
New York Times:
Fact Check: What Mark Zuckerberg Is Saying About Facebook, Data and Elections
Discussion: Bustle
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard:
Zuckerberg: Facebook Identified and Notified Presidential Campaigns of Russian Hacking Attempts in 2016
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Christopher Williams / Telegraph:
European Commission raids Murdoch's Fox offices in London  —  The British offices of the Murdoch entertainment empire 21st Century Fox have been raided by investigators from the European Commission, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.  —  It is understood that competition watchdogs gained access …
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Christine Wang / CNBC:   Fox offices in London raided by European Commission investigators
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp: Trump ‘asked me to switch parties’ … Donald Trump was still weeks away from being sworn in as president when, according to one Democratic senator, he was already trying to get her to defect to the Republicans.  —  “When I visited with him in Trump Tower …
New York Times:
E.P.A. Assesses Threats on Twitter to Justify Pruitt's Spending  —  WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency has been examining posts on Twitter and other social media about Scott Pruitt, the agency's administrator, to justify his extraordinary and costly security measures …
Discussion: ABC News
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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra:
Attorney General Becerra Sues EPA Over Illegal Decision to Let Polluters off the Hook
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Daily Mail:
Justice Department violated Michael Cohen's constitutional rights just by seizing his records, Alan Dershowitz tells DailyMail.com - hours before Harvard law professor has dinner with Trump  — Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz will have dinner Tuesday at the White House with President Donald Trump
Discussion: Breitbart
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Alan M. Dershowitz / The Hill:
Targeting Trump's lawyer should worry us all
Discussion: Mediaite
Erin Banco / New Jersey Online:
The Trump Russia probe is expanding, as Mueller looks into new meetings in Seychelles: exclusive  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller's team is examining a series of previously unreported meetings that took place in 2017 in the Seychelles, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean …
Ben Collins / NBC News:
Russia-linked account pushed fake Hillary Clinton sex video  —  A pornographic video that falsely claimed to show Hillary Clinton engaged in a sex act has been traced back to an account that Reddit acknowledged on Tuesday is linked to Russia's Internet Research Agency.
CBS News:
Woman died after hospital put formaldehyde instead of saline in IV, reports say  —  A woman in Russia has died after hospital medics reportedly put a solution containing formaldehyde in her IV instead of saline.  According to reports, 27-year-old Ekaterina Fedyaeva was undergoing a routine surgery …
Associated Press:
The Latest: John Bolton urged Trump to cancel trip abroad  —  The Latest on U.S. policy on Syria (all times local):  —  A senior Russian lawmaker says that a U.S. strike on Syria could trigger a direct military clash between Russia and the United States.  —  Vladimir Shamanov …
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Michael Casagrande / al.com:
How Nick Saban addressed White House trip, what Alabama players think
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Sam Reilly / ABC News:
Tennessee college student defends her gun-toting ‘graduation’ photo  —  Amid a youth-driven gun control debate that has swarmed social media, a college senior in Tennessee is defending the provocative photo she posted of her packing a handgun with the caption, “I don't take normal graduation photos ...”
 
 
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Charles Robinson / Yahoo! Sports:
NFL deposes Colin Kaepernick in grievance battle
Discussion: ProFootballTalk and Breitbart
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
A ‘dreamer’ traveled to Mexico. Now he can't get home to his husband.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Mark Zuckerberg's Chair on Capitol Hill Has a Nice Big Extra Cushion
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Trump to host GOP leaders for dinner after Mueller attacks
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. to halt legal-advice program for immigrants in detention
Discussion: Axios and The Gateway Pundit
Bloomberg:
Apple Must Pay $502.6 Million to VirnetX, Federal Jury Rules
 Earlier Items: 
Emily Saul / Page Six:
Testimony halted as defense slips up at Cosby trial
Discussion: USA Today and The Daily Caller
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
Bank of America to Stop Financing Makers of Military-Style Guns
Discussion: BostonGlobe.com
Wall Street Journal:
Manhattan Federal Prosecutor Recuses Himself from Cohen Probe
Discussion: Front Page Magazine
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
Bias against conservatives works like any other prejudice
 

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

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple Q2: revenue from Services, which includes Apple TV+ and Apple Music, rose 14% YoY to $23.9B, vs. $23.27B estimated, an all-time record

Jem Aswad / Variety:
Universal Music Group and TikTok strike a new music licensing deal to bring UMG music back to the platform, including “improved remuneration” and AI protections
 
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