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1:30 PM ET, April 12, 2018

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Associated Press:
$30,000 rumor?  Tabloid paid for, spiked, salacious Trump tip  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Eight months before the company that owns the National Enquirer paid $150,000 to a former Playboy Playmate who claimed she'd had an affair with Donald Trump, the tabloid's parent made a $30,000 payment …
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Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
The National Enquirer, a Trump Rumor, and Another Secret Payment to Buy Silence  —  Late in 2015, a former Trump Tower doorman named Dino Sajudin met with a reporter from American Media, Inc., the publisher of the National Enquirer, at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania.
RADAR:
Prez Love Child Shocker!  Ex-Trump Worker Peddling Rumor Donald Has Illegitimate Child  —  Fake news or an Oval Office bombshell?  You be the judge.  —  PRESIDENT Donald Trump fathered a secret love child with a Trump Organization employee — a gorgeous 29-year-old medical graduate who is currently living in California!
New York Times:
Investigators Focus on Another Trump Ally: The National Enquirer  —  President Trump has long had ties to the nation's major media players.  But his connections with the country's largest tabloid publisher, American Media Inc., run deeper than most.  —  A former top executive …
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
National Enquirer paid second source with embarrassing Trump rumor
Discussion: ABC News
The Daily Beast:
James Comey: John Kelly Called Trump ‘Dishonorable’ for Firing Me … Within minutes of his firing in May, former FBI Director James Comey received a call from John Kelly, then the head of the Department of Homeland Security and now the White House chief of staff.
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Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
Exclusive: Inside the GOP plan to discredit Comey  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's allies are preparing an extensive campaign to fight back against James Comey's publicity tour, trying to undermine the credibility of the former FBI director by reviving the blistering Democratic criticism …
Axios:
Ryan may be forced to leave speakership by summer  —  Paul Ryan said he plans to remain as speaker and not call an early leadership election, but well-wired Republicans tell Jonathan Swan and me that Ryan may be forced out sooner.  —  What we're hearing: One source close to leadership told us …
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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 …
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Playbook: Eight brutal months are coming up
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Pompeo failed to disclose Chinese business connection
Associated Press:
The Latest: Nikki Haley at Pompeo confirmation hearing
Discussion: Axios
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
Trump's would-be secretary of state has an Islamophobia problem
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Justice Dept. turns over document that launched Russia probe
Discussion: The Hill, Townhall and Daily Kos
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Lawmakers' Letter Claims Further Spending Abuses by the E.P.A. Head, Scott Pruitt  —  WASHINGTON — Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, insisted on staying in luxury hotels that were costlier than allowed by government standards, while also pushing to fly on an airline …
Discussion: Vox, Political Wire and Earther
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Zahra Hirji / BuzzFeed:
A New Bombshell Letter Alleges “Unethical And Potentially Illegal” Acts By EPA Head Scott Pruitt  —  The letter from congressional Democrats comes after an interview with a former staffer to the EPA administrator.  —  A former top EPA official has come forward with allegations of …
Discussion: New Republic and New York Times
Stephanie Ebbs / ABC News:
Fired EPA staffer tells Democrats Pruitt directed more spending on travel
Discussion: Politico, Axios and The Daily Caller
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Takes Out Paul Ryan, and 'It's Going to Be a Civil War' … The news that Paul Ryan is retiring from Congress was received by grim-faced members of the GOP caucus finally realizing what they've done, and what's coming.  Ryan pulled the ripcord today after a 19-year career in Congress …
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Kaitlyn Burton / Politico:
Trump's push to redo $1.3T spending bill he signed sparks GOP revolt  —  A regretful President Donald Trump wants to roll back spending in a massive omnibus bill he signed into law, but Republicans who helped craft the legislation are in open revolt.  —  “My attitude is, your word is your bond …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan is abandoning the ship before it sinks
Secure Freedom Minute:   Jim Jordan for Speaker
Tim Alberta / Politico:
The Tragedy of Paul Ryan
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
House Speaker Paul Ryan was the biggest fraud in American politics
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Priebus says he's not running for Ryan's Wisconsin seat
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Holocaust Is Fading From Memory, Survey Finds  —  For seven decades, “never forget” has been a rallying cry of the Holocaust remembrance movement.  —  But a survey released Thursday, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, found that many adults lack basic knowledge of what happened …
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Donald J. Trump / The White House:
President Donald J. Trump Proclaims April 12 through April 19, 2018, as the Days of Remembrance …
Discussion: CBS New York
Tamara Zieve / Jerusalem Post:
Survey exposes American ignorance about Holocaust
Discussion: Daily Wire
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Trump Court Pick Thinks Planned Parenthood ‘Kills Over 150,000 Females A Year’  —  Wendy Vitter refused to tell senators if she still agrees with a speech she gave at a 2013 anti-abortion rally.  —  WASHINGTON One of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees, Wendy Vitter …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Ricky Waddell is leaving the White House  —  Trump's deputy National Security Adviser Ricky Waddell will leave the White House, according to two sources briefed on the decision.  New National Security Adviser John Bolton wants to bring his own person in, and Waddell was H.R. McMaster's hand-picked deputy.
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Washington Post:
Trump chooses impulse over strategy as crises mount
Madeleine Marr / miamiherald:
This Parkland teacher left his gun in a public bathroom.  It was loaded, BSO says.  —  Not the most normal sight: a gun left in the bathroom stall.  —  But that's exactly what went down on Sunday in a men's room at the Deerfield Beach Pier.  —  The circumstances of how the Glock 9mm got there are unusual.
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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
America's Most and Least Popular Senators  —  There's good news and bad news for Senate Democrats up for re-election  — Sanders (I-Vt.) and McConnell (R-Ky.) remains the most popular and unpopular senators, respectively.  —  2018's first quarter was a volatile one for several senators …
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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
America's Most and Least Popular Governors
TIME:
The Story Behind TIME's ‘Stormy’ Donald Trump Cover  —  Nothing to See Here, Feb. 27, 2017 Stormy, April, 23, 2018 Illustrations by Tim O'Brien for TIME  —  The April 23 TIME cover, depicting the growing chaos within the Trump White House, may look familiar to some readers …
Discussion: Bustle
Victoria Gill / BBC:
Climate change dials down Atlantic Ocean heating system  —  A significant shift in the system of ocean currents that helps keep parts of Europe warm could send temperatures in the UK lower, scientists have found.  —  They say the Atlantic Ocean circulation system is weaker …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Mike Pompeo's confusing answer about whether Trump asked him to intervene in the Russia probe … One of the biggest questions hanging over Mike Pompeo's secretary of state nomination is whether he's too willing to do President Trump's bidding.  —  An answer he gave at Thursday's confirmation hearing …
Discussion: Axios
Brian X. Chen / New York Times:
I Downloaded the Information That Facebook Has on Me.  Yikes.  —  Ask our reporter, Cecilia Kang, questions about the Facebook hearings now on The New York Times Politics Facebook page.  —  When I downloaded a copy of my Facebook data last week, I didn't expect to see much.
Karen Hobert Flynn / USA Today:
Bust the budget then vote to balance it: GOP's shameless bid to shred safety net  —  The balanced budget amendment is a shameless GOP attempt to shred Social Security and the whole safety net after busting the federal budget with massive tax cuts.  —  CONNECT
Discussion: Common Dreams
 
 
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Chris Mills / BGR:
Facebook is the least-trusted tech company by a country mile
Discussion: Recode and The Daily Caller
The Pew Charitable Trusts:
The State Pension Funding Gap: 2016
Discussion: Associated Press
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
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Discussion: Sean Hannity
Sarah Kolinovsky / ABC News:
Syria strategy not to engage in civil war, but some things ‘simply inexcusable’: Mattis
Discussion: Politico
Jill Brooke / Hollywood Reporter:
The Real Story Behind Donald Trump's Infamous “Best Sex I've Ever Had” Headline (Guest Column)
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Brian Bennett / TIME:
Donald Trump Relied on Michael Cohen to Weather the Storm. Now The President Is On His Own
Discussion: Mashable and Mediaite
Jamie Shupe / The Federalist:
I Became Transgender In The Military. That's How I Know People Shouldn't
Discussion: IJR
 Earlier Items: 
WTTG-TV:
Naked man assaults passengers on DC Metro train, police say
Discussion: Law & Crime and The Daily Caller
Pierre Briançon / Politico:
Macron: French rail reform will go ‘all the way’
Tory Newmyer / Washington Post:
The Finance 202: Paul Ryan's scary math legacy
Washington Post:
Dog rescuers, flush with donations, buy animals from the breeders they scorn
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Gingrich compares FBI raid of Trump lawyer to Nazi secret police
Discussion: Political Wire
Cindy Adams / Page Six:
Women are lining up to date Rudy Giuliani
Discussion: Splinter
Cristina Maza / Newsweek:
RUSSIA PREPARES FOR WAR WITH U.S., INSTRUCTING CITIZENS TO BUY WATER AND GAS MASKS
Kansas City Star:
Woman: Sexual encounter with Greitens was not consensual. Lawmakers find her credible