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9:45 PM ET, April 11, 2018

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New York Times:
Raid on Trump's Lawyer Sought Records on ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape  —  The F.B.I. agents who raided the office and hotel of President Trump's lawyer on Monday were seeking all records related to the “Access Hollywood” tape in which Mr. Trump was heard making vulgar comments about women …
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CNN:
FBI sought Trump's communications with his personal lawyer regarding Access Hollywood
Discussion: Mediaite and Outside the Beltway
Alan M. Dershowitz / Gatestone Institute:   “Firewalls” and “Taint Teams” Do Not Protect Fourth and Sixth Amendment Rights
Axios:
Paul Ryan won't run for re-election  —  Speaker Paul Ryan told House Republicans this morning that he will not run for re-election in November.  —  Why it matters: House Republicans were already in a very tough spot for the midterms, with many endangered members and the good chance that Democrats could win the majority.
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan implodes his party — ahead of schedule … Paul D. Ryan's face has always said more than his words.  In the two years since the Republican Party takeover by Donald Trump, it has been a mask of anguish.  —  So it is no surprise that, come what may for House Republicans in the fall election …
Discussion: Splinter
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Paul Ryan Personifies the Devil's Bargain the GOP Struck With Trump  —  Paul Ryan, who once aspired to advance the vision of conservative icon Jack Kemp, will leave Washington carrying a more tarnished legacy—as the most important enabler of Donald Trump.  —  No one in the GOP was better equipped …
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
How Paul Ryan Went From Young Gun To Gone  —  Ryan was the most important Republican in Washington from 2009 to 2016.  He now seems like a throwback from a bygone era.  —  Speaker Paul Ryan's spokesman, Brendan Buck, relayed this paragraph this morning: … This retirement was the most open secret in Washington for months.
John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
The Ryan Retirement in Seven Points
Discussion: New York Times and Instapundit
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
Ryan Retirement Puts WI-01 at Risk and Throws House GOP Into Deeper Turmoil
Discussion: Sabato's Crystal Ball and Axios
New York Times:
Paul Ryan Upends Republican Hopes and Plans for Midterm Elections
Discussion: Raw Story
Kansas City Star:
Woman: Sexual encounter with Greitens was not consensual.  Lawmakers find her credible  —  When she tried to leave, sobbing after a non-consensual sexual encounter, she says the man who would be governor physically stopped her.  —  What happened next, she testified under oath …
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Woman testifies that Greitens groped and hit her; governor blasts ‘lies’ and ‘tabloid trash’  —  Gov. Eric Greitens spoke at a news conference on Wednesday, April 11, 2018, about a report that was about to come out concerning his affair in 2015.  Greitens called the investigation a “witch hunt”.
Discussion: The Week
Associated Press:   The Latest: Democrats call on Republican Greitens to resign
Rebecca Berg / CNN:
Report: Woman says Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens coerced her into sexual encounter
Discussion: Law & Crime
Kansas City Star:
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens says he's target of ‘political witch hunt,’ vows to fight
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Bannon pitches White House on plan to cripple Mueller probe and protect Trump … Stephen K. Bannon, who was ousted as White House chief strategist last summer but has remained in touch with some members of President Trump's circle, is pitching a plan to West Wing aides and congressional allies …
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CNN:
Deputy national security adviser Nadia Schadlow resigns  —  Washington (CNN)Nadia Schadlow, the US deputy national security adviser for strategy, has resigned and will leave her position at the end of the month, multiple administration officials told CNN.  —  Schadlow is the third senior …
Washington Post:   Trump chooses impulse over strategy as crises mount
Bloomberg:
Trump Ordered DOJ to Hire Controversial Former Aide, Sources Say
New York Times:
Scott Pruitt's Idea to Update an E.P.A. Keepsake: Less E.P.A., More Pruitt  —  When Scott Pruitt wanted to refashion the Environmental Protection Agency's “challenge coin” — a type of souvenir medallion with military origins that has become a status symbol among civilians …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate panel moves to take up bill protecting Mueller  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee is moving forward with legislation to limit President Trump  —  's ability to fire special counsel Robert Mueller  —  (R-Iowa) wants to add the bill to the panel's business meeting agenda scheduled for Thursday …
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Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:   Senate Judiciary Committee to Take Up Bill Protecting Mueller
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Pompeo failed to disclose Chinese business connection  —  WASHINGTON  —  CIA Director Mike Pompeo failed to disclose last year that he owned a Kansas business that imported oilfield equipment from a company owned by the Chinese government.  —  That omission, on the questionnaire Pompeo …
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John Hudson / Washington Post:   Pompeo: U.S. diplomats don't feel ‘relevant’
Erick Erickson / TheResurgent.com:
A Congressman's Profanity Laced Tirade in a Safeway Grocery Store  —  One of the President's congressional defenders has privately decided he hates Trump and wants to unload.  —  “If we're going to lose because of him, we might as well impeach the motherf**ker,” said the congressman …
Tim Mak / NPR:
NRA, In New Document, Acknowledges More Than 20 Russian-Linked Contributors  —  The National Rifle Association has accepted contributions from about 23 Russians, or Americans living in Russia, since 2015, the gun rights group acknowledged to Congress.  —  The NRA said in a letter to Sen. Ron Wyden …
Axios:
ABC: Comey compares Trump to mob boss  —  A source present at the taping says James Comey's interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, airing Sunday at 10 p.m. as a “20/20” special, is “going to shock the president and his team.”  —  Keep reading  —  121 WORDS
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:   The Trump/Rosenstein Russian Nesting Doll of Nonsense
Acreage Holdings:
Former Speaker of the House John Boehner and Former Governor of Massachusetts Bill Weld Join Leading Cannabis Company  —  Appointments Add Unmatched Experience to Acreage Holdings' Board of Advisors  —  Acreage Holdings ("Acreage") (www.acreageholdings.com), one of the nation's largest …
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Jennifer Kaplan / Bloomberg:
Ex-Speaker John Boehner Joins Marijuana Firm's Advisory Board
Cristina Maza / Newsweek:
RUSSIA PREPARES FOR WAR WITH U.S., INSTRUCTING CITIZENS TO BUY WATER AND GAS MASKS  —  Claiming that some Americans are preparing for a coming war with Moscow, Russian state-owned television explained to the country's residents how to stock their bunkers with water and basic foodstuffs in case a war breaks out.
The Daily Beast:
Trump Threatens Syria Before Allies Are on Board … Donald Trump's tweeted bluster that Russia should “get ready” for American missiles to hit Syria has outpaced a crucial U.S. ally's current decisionmaking on military action against Damascus, The Daily Beast has learned.
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Luis Martinez / ABC News:
US ‘still assessing the intelligence’ on alleged Syrian chemical attack, defense secretary says
Discussion: RedState, Townhall and CNN
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.:
California Responds to Federal Request for National Guard Personnel  —  SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today responded to the federal government's request for additional California National Guard personnel with the following letter.  The accompanying agreement …
CNN:
Kelly cedes control to new faces amid latest Trump tumult  —  WaPo: Kelly threatens to quit in fit of anger  —  Washington (CNN)As Reince Priebus was approaching his final days in the West Wing, staffers had a running joke: if you got between the frenzied chief of staff and the Oval Office …
Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
Zuckerberg Gets More Questions About Diamond & Silk Than Facebook's Role in Myanmar Genocide … When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to Capitol Hill this week, he was bound to face a variety of difficult questions ranging from his company's handling of user information to the proliferation of fake news over its pages.
Niv Elis / The Hill:
Corker: Tax cuts could be 'one of the worst votes I've made'  —  (R) said his vote on the GOP tax law could be one of the worst of his career if estimates that it will add $1.9 trillion to deficits over a decade prove correct.  —  “If it ends up costing what has been laid out here …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Tampa Bay Times:
Rep. Dennis Ross is retiring  —  WASHINGTON - Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Lakeland, told his staff this morning he is retiring.  —  “Eight years takes its time on you. ...  There's got to be an exit strategy at some point,” Ross said in an interview.  —  He said he was informing staff …
Associated Press:
Trump weighs plan to allow states to require drug testing for some on food stamps  —  The Trump administration is considering a plan that would allow states to require certain food stamp recipients to undergo drug testing, handing a win to conservatives who've long sought ways to curb the safety net program.
Joe Schneider / Bloomberg:
Mueller Seeks Subpoenas for 35 Witnesses for Manafort Trial  —  U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller asked a judge in Alexandria, Virginia, to issue 35 sets of subpoenas to witnesses for a July 10 appearance at a trial.  That's when President Donald Trump's former campaign Chairman Paul Manafort …
Pierre Thomas / ABC News:
Roger Stone to Trump: Don't fire Mueller  —  President Donald Trump's longtime friend Roger Stone says the president should resist any urge to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, who is leading the probe into possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign during the U.S. presidential election in 2016.
Emma Loop / BuzzFeed:
Jill Stein's Campaign Recently Turned Over Documents To The Senate Intelligence Committee  —  “We got a sufficient supply; we got an adequate response from them,” said Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC  —  The campaign of Green Party …
Discussion: NY State of Politics
 
 
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
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Asia Argento / Women in the World:
I refuse to be silenced  —  'Play dumb, be silent …
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Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
White House releases limited visitor logs after settlement
Associated Press:
Trump signs law weakening shield for online services
 Earlier Items: 
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Trump's lovefest with Dershowitz blossoms
Itay Hod / The Wrap:
Laura Ingraham Loses IBM as Advertiser Boycott Continues to Grow
Discussion: Washington Press
ClickHole:
Heartbreaking: This Man Starved To Death Because He Was Too Captivated By The Diverse Array …
Discussion: The Onion
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Sinclair chairman broke restraining order and allegedly threatened neighbor
Discussion: Raw Story
Keturah Hetrick / LegiStorm:
Caught Our Eye  —  White congressional staffers make thousands …