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4:55 PM ET, April 13, 2018

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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein tells confidantes he is prepared to be fired  —  WASHINGTON — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has struck a stoic and righteous tone in private conversations he has had this week about the fate of his job as President Donald Trump has launched public criticism …
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Lauren Effron / ABC News:
Comey says Trump asked if he could disprove salacious prostitute allegations in ‘dossier’  —  Former FBI director James Comey says President Donald Trump asked him to investigate the salacious allegations from the so-called “dossier” to “prove that it didn't happen” and said it would be …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Publisher printing 850,000 copies of James Comey book  —  Comey: Briefing Trump felt like out-of-body experience  —  The publisher of James Comey's book “A Higher Loyalty” is printing 850,000 copies to meet the expected demand from buyers.  —  To put that number in perspective …
Laura Jarrett / CNN:
EXCLUSIVE: Rosenstein consulted with ethics adviser at DOJ on Russia probe  —  White House seeks to undermine Rosenstein  —  (CNN)Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein continues to oversee special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation after consulting with a career ethics adviser …
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Trump Calls Comey ‘Untruthful Slime Ball’ as Book Details Released  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump, in a pair of tweets on Friday, called the former F.B.I. director-turned tell-all author, James B. Comey, an “untruthful slime ball,” a “proven LEAKER & LIAR,” and said it was “my great honor to fire” …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
James Comey is drawing fire, but he's not Trump's real problem
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Christian Datoc / The Daily Caller:
Chris Wallace Surprised At ‘How B****y’ Comey's Book Is
Discussion: RedState
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Comey paints unsparing portrait of Trump in devastating tell-all book
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Negotiated $1.6 Million Settlement for Top Republican Fundraiser  —  The 2017 deal was on behalf of Elliott Broidy, a businessman who faced allegations he impregnated a former Playboy model, and resembles one Mr. Cohen arranged with Stormy Daniels
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Wall Street Journal:
Elliott Broidy Quits RNC Post After Report on Payment to Ex-Model  —  Fundraiser agreed to pay $1.6 million to woman who said he had impregnated her, Wall Street Journal reported  —  GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy on Friday resigned from his post as deputy national finance chairman …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
New York Times:   R.N.C. Official Who Agreed to Pay Playboy Model $1.6 Million Resigns
NBC News:   Trump lawyer Michael Cohen negotiated settlement between top GOP fundraiser, former Playmate
John Bowden / The Hill:
Cohen negotiated $1.6M settlement for GOP donor who allegedly impregnated Playboy model: report
Discussion: RedState and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Former F.B.I. Deputy Director Is Faulted in Scathing Inspector General Report  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department inspector general delivered to Congress on Friday a highly critical report that accused Andrew G. McCabe, the former F.B.I. deputy director, of repeatedly misleading investigators.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Congress gets DOJ inspector general's critical report on FBI's McCabe
Discussion: Axios and The Gateway Pundit
Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
Justice Department Watchdog Faults McCabe for Lack of Candor
New York Times:
Trump Called Michael Cohen as Their Lawyers Went to Court Over Seized Trump Documents  —  President Trump phoned his longtime confidant, Michael D. Cohen, to “check in” on Friday as lawyers for the two men went to court to block the Justice Department from reading seized documents related …
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CNN:
DOJ: Michael Cohen ‘under criminal investigation’  —  In a CNN Special Report “Hush Money: Trouble for Trump?”  Sara Sidner examines the President's predicament after his personal lawyer Michael Cohen paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000.  Watch Saturday at 8 p.m. ET.
Discussion: CBS San Francisco, KTLA and CANNONFIRE
Associated Press:
Hearing related to FBI raid at Trump lawyer's office is set
Discussion: Common Dreams
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Sets Out Tougher Approaches to Syria, Justice Department in Tumultuous Week
WJBK-TV:
Black teen misses bus, gets shot at after asking for directions in Rochester Hills  —  ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (WJBK) - A 14-year-old missed his bus and it nearly cost him his life.  —  Things took a dangerous turn when Brennan Walker went looking for help at a Rochester Hills home Thursday morning …
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
President Trump poised to pardon Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, sources say  —  President Donald Trump is poised to pardon Scooter J. Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, according to sources familiar with the president's thinking.
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Washington Post:
Trump issues pardon to Scooter Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Cheney
Associated Press:
Ryan Says McCarthy Is ‘Right Person’ To Succeed Him As House Speaker  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan has endorsed his top lieutenant, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, to be his successor, giving a significant boost to the Californian's candidacy in hopes of averting a divisive contest …
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Axios:
Report: Trump fatigue contributed to Paul Ryan's abrupt exit
Discussion: ABC News, National Journal, Vox and Politico
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Ryan endorses McCarthy as next speaker
Discussion: CNN and RedState
TMZ.com:
Will Ferrell Involved in Serious Two-Car Accident, SUV Flipped Over  —  8:21 AM PT — Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... the SUV was sideswiped from the right rear by a Toyota, causing the SUV to spin and flip over.  We're told drugs and alcohol did not play a role in the accident.
New Yorker:
Chick-fil-A's Creepy Infiltration of New York City  —  During a recent lunch hour, I was alone on the rooftop of the largest Chick-fil-A in the world.  The restaurant, on Fulton Street, is the company's fourth in Manhattan, and it opened last month to the kind of slick, corporate-friendly fanfare that can only greet a new chain.
Jim Norman / Gallup:
Trump Favorable Rating Dips  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's favorable rating, already low by historical standards, has dropped to 38% — while his unfavorable rating is at 59%.  —  This marks a dip in his favorable rating from 41% in December last year.
New York Post:
Tourist mugged at knifepoint for MAGA hat  —  A Danish tourist was robbed at knifepoint by two thugs who snatched his “Make America Great Again” cap — and threatened him when he tried to get it back, authorities said.  —  The 18-year-old victim was about to jump on the subway at Union Square …
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abc7ny.com:
Tourist robbed at knife-point of ‘Make America Great Again’ hat in Union Square
Discussion: Daily Wire
CNN:
HHS official shared post saying ‘forefathers’ would have ‘hung’ Obama, Clinton for treason  —  (CNN)A political appointee at the Department of Health and Human Services shared an image in 2017 that said “our forefathers would have hung” Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for treason, a CNN KFile review has found.
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Pro-Trump fundraising group refuses to give back $500,000 contribution from Steve Wynn  — A pro-Trump political action committee refuses to return a hefty contribution from Steve Wynn, the former casino magnate who has been accused of sexual misconduct.  — Wynn gave $500,000 to America …
Jared Holt / Right Wing Watch:
Alex Jones Claims Attractive Women Tried to Date Him In High School To Convert Him To Satanism  —  Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist who publishes Infowars, claims that he never knowingly spreads false information.  Last night, he told listeners that when he was a teenager he used to be courted …
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:   Alex Jones: Hot Women Tried to Date Me When I Was 13 to Try to Convert Me to Satanism
New York Times:
Flexing Their Support for Cuomo, Key Unions Leave Working Families Party  —  Faced with a fissure on the left flank of the Democratic Party, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is striking back — not at his Democratic rival, Cynthia Nixon, but at those who have chosen to support her.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Newt Gingrich's shameless smear of the FBI … Normally one can safely ignore Newt Gingrich's bombast.  He holds no position in the Trump administration, and is not thought to be among those who regularly counsels the president.  However, when he says something so egregious …
Daniel Newhauser / National Journal:
Dems Prep a Plan if Rosenstein Is Fired  —  Top Democrats are increasingly concerned that President Trump will fire the deputy attorney general—but they don't want their colleagues to immediately call for impeachment.  —  Alex Rogers @AROGDC and  —  With rumors swirling that President Trump …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Paul Ryan Story: From Flimflam to Fascism  —  Why did Paul Ryan choose not to run for re-election?  What will be the consequences?  Your guess is as good as mine — literally.  I can speculate based on what I read in the papers, but so can you.  —  On the other hand …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Seeks Large Strike in Syria; Mattis Urges Caution  —  President and defense secretary differ on response to suspected Syrian chemical attack  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is prodding his military advisers to agree to a more sweeping retaliatory strike in Syria than they consider prudent …
 
 
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Thomas Frank / BuzzFeed:
Two Democrats Accuse Cambridge Analytica CEO Of Misleading House Committee In Still-Secret Testimony
Discussion: IJR
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Trump Backs State-Level Marijuana Regulation, Lifting Pot Stocks
Brittany Shammas / Miami New Times:
Parkland Education Advisory Board Member Compares David Hogg to Nazis on Twitter
Discussion: Raw Story and VICE News
Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
Vote Leave broke spending limits on industrial scale, says former staffer
Anjali Khosla / Fast Company:
Donald Trump Will Do Anything To Avoid Prosecution-And John Bolton Will Help
BBC:
Russia says Syrian ‘chemical attack’ was staged
 Earlier Items: 
VICE News:
Exclusive: Two top Trump officials are ex-lobbyists for a billionaire with deep ties to Russian oligarchs
Discussion: Raw Story
Ashley May / USA Today:
Teen with full ride to 20 colleges requests public apology from Fox affiliate in order to air interview
Discussion: theGrio
Zane Anthony / Washington Post:
Whatever happened to Trump neckties? They're over. So is most of Trump's merchandising empire.
Discussion: Racked
Jacob Gallagher / Wall Street Journal:
More Men Are Wearing Makeup Than You Think—Here's Why
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Suspected White Supremacist Died Building ISIS-Style Bombs
Discussion: Defense One
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Majorities back investigations of Trump from Russia to alleged hush money (POLL)
Discussion: The Hill and VICE News
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP breaks the glass as House outlook darkens
Discussion: Shareblue Media