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5:10 PM ET, April 16, 2018

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Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
Under Siege, Michael Cohen Is Vacillating Between a New Level of Exasperation and Trumpian Business-As-Usual  —  Cohen has been dismayed by the silence from Trump's inner-circle in Washington.  One person familiar with his thinking said that he's gotten messages from thousands of people since last Monday …
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Trump lawyer Michael Cohen did legal work for Fox News commentator Sean Hannity … BREAKING: Trump lawyer Michael Cohen did legal work for Fox News commentator Sean Hannity.  —  President Trump's longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, told a federal judge Monday that he had three legal clients in the past year …
Jeffrey Grocott / Bloomberg:
Judge Slows U.S. Review of Trump Lawyer's Records: Cohen Update  —  After an afternoon of pitched arguments over who should have the right to vet documents seized from President Donald Trump's personal attorney, a federal judge in New York delayed a decision on whether to appoint an impartial “special master” to conduct the review.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump lawyer Cohen did secret legal work for Sean Hannity, attorney says  —  The legal battle over federal investigators' raids on President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen took an unexpected turn Monday as an attorney identified Fox News host Sean Hannity as one of Cohen's legal clients.
CNBC:
Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's mystery client is Fox News host Sean Hannity  — The FBI on April 9 raided the office and residences of President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen.  — Prosecutors want to begin reviewing the files seized from Cohen …
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Trump wants to review material seized from personal lawyer before federal investigators … President Trump asked a federal judge Sunday night to allow him to review documents that FBI agents seized from the office of his longtime lawyer before criminal investigators have a chance to see the material.
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump's attorney says raids ‘took everything’
Discussion: The American Mirror
David Voreacos / Bloomberg:   Cohen Says He Gave Legal Advice to Three Clients in Past Year
New York Times:
Sean Hannity Is Named as Michael Cohen's Client
Discussion: Political Wire
ABC News:
Transcript: James Comey's interview with ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos  —  ABC News' chief anchor George Stephanopoulos' interviewed former FBI director James Comey for a special edition of “20/20” that aired on Sunday, April 15, 2018 ahead of the release of Comey's book, “A Higher Loyalty.”
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Page Six:
George Stephanopoulos is having more sex than you  —  It seems James Comey isn't the only one being thoroughly probed by George Stephanopoulos.  —  Apparently the bijou broadcaster — whose blockbuster interview with the former FBI director aired Sunday — is as relentless in the bedroom as he is in the newsroom.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
Kellyanne Conway slams Comey: He always diverts ‘the spotlight to him’  —  President Donald Trump's senior counselor, Kellyanne Conway, slammed former FBI Director James Comey as a publicity hound who is trying to promote his new book.  —  “The president is very confounded that this person …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Nightmare scenario: Here's how Trump can bury Mueller's findings … THE MORNING PLUM:  —  Former FBI director James B. Comey's media tour has begun, and in multiple interviews, he has now amplified extremely serious claims about President Trump.  With Trump once again responding in a rage …
Jana Winter / The Daily Beast:
James Comey's ABC Interview Has Furious FBI Insiders Lashing Out … James Comey's first interview since President Trump fired him as director of the FBI has enraged his former agents who deluged the Daily Beast with their disdain as they watched him tell his side of the story to George Stephanopoulos on Sunday night.
USA Today:
Exclusive: James Comey strikes back against ‘morally unfit’ Donald Trump in scathing interview
Washington Post:
The morning after Comey's interview airs, Trump throws another punch at the fired FBI director
Lanny J. Davis / The Hill:
Admit it, James Comey: You've been lying all along
Washington Post:
Trump puts the brakes on new Russian sanctions, reversing Haley's announcement  —  President Trump on Monday put the brakes on a preliminary plan to impose additional economic sanctions on Russia, walking back a Sunday announcement by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley …
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Reuters:   U.S. suggests Russia, Syria may tamper with Douma evidence, Moscow denies
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump to Impose New Sanctions on Russia Over Support for Syria
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
White House walks back Haley announcement on Russian sanctions for chemical attack
Discussion: RedState and ABC
Tim Starks / Politico:
U.S. pins yet another cyberattack on Russia
Washington Post:
Trump, a reluctant hawk, has battled his top aides on Russia and lost
Washington Post:
Scott Pruitt's $43,000 soundproof phone booth violated spending laws, federal watchdog finds … The $43,000 soundproof phone booth Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt had installed in his office last year violated federal spending laws, the Government Accountability Office said Monday.
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Bloomberg:
EPA Chief of Staff Approved Raises for Aides, Report Finds
Washington Post:   Cost of EPA chief Scott Pruitt's secure phone booth violated law limiting such expenses …
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Democrats in Good Position to Nab Republican House Seats  —  Trump, tax reform drag down GOP prospects  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Democrats have a 19 point advantage over Republicans in the generic House ballot among all registered voters in the Garden State.
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Sofi Sinozich / ABC News:
2018 vote margin narrows as Democratic engagement slips (POLL)
Discussion: Townhall, Sean Hannity and The Week
Ren LaForme / Poynter:
Here are the winners of the 2018 Pulitzer Prizes  —  Winners of the 2018 Pulitzer Prizes were announced at Columbia University in New York City on Monday.  The Pulitzers are highly revered and mark the best in journalism in 14 categories.  —  Neil Brown, Poynter's president, is a member of the Pulitzer Prize board.
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Matthew Luxmoore / New York Times:
Russian Journalist Who Reported on Secretive Paramilitary Dies  —  MOSCOW — A Russian journalist who had reported recently on clandestine Russian paramilitary groups in Syria died on Sunday after falling from the balcony of his fifth-floor apartment in Yekaterinburg, the authorities there said.
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BBC:
Russian reporter Borodin dead after mystery fall
Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump businesses made millions off Republican groups and federal agencies, report says  —  WASHINGTON  —  President Donald Trump's U.S. businesses have received at least $15.1 million in revenue from political groups and federal agencies since 2015, according to a new report to be released Monday.
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Arizona special election in dead heat: poll  —  The special election for an Arizona House seat is in a statistical dead heat in the final week of the race, according to a poll released on Monday.  —  A poll from Emerson College found physician Hiral Tipirneni (D) narrowly leading with 46 percent …
Discussion: Vox, Daily Kos and Political Wire
US-CERT:
Alert (TA18-106A)  —  Russian State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Targeting Network Infrastructure Devices  — Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) Enabled Devices  — Cisco Smart Install (SMI) Enabled Devices  — Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Enabled Network Devices
Philly.com:
Starbucks CEO apologizes for arrests of 2 black men at Philadelphia store; manager has left company  —  Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson apologized Monday for the arrests of two black men at a Center City Starbucks, saying what happened to the pair was “reprehensible.”  —  RELATED COVERAGE
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Zinke invited birthers, questioned Obama's college records on his radio show in 2013  —  Sources: Zinke tells employees diversity isn't important  —  (CNN)Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke invited a self-professed birther on his radio show in 2013 and raised questions about then-President Barack Obama's college records.
CNBC:
Amazon has shelved a plan to sell drugs to hospitals, and insiders say there are two reasons why  — Amazon has shelved plans to sell and distribute pharmaceutical products through Amazon Business, its marketplace for business customers.  — The biggest challenges include complexities around selling …
more at Techmeme »
Burgess Everett / Politico:
‘Spare me’: Tillis draws GOP fire with pro-Mueller push  —  Thom Tillis isn't the kind of Republican who typically challenges Donald Trump.  —  The North Carolina senator backs the president's agenda and holds his tongue when it comes to the tweets.  As others abandoned Trump after the …
Discussion: Vox and Mediaite
 
 
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Matt Dixon / Politico:
Scott campaign puts $2M behind first statewide Senate TV ad
Discussion: Florida Politics
National Review:
Episode 56: Don Lemon
Discussion: Mediaite
Free Lance-Star:
Spotsylvania man faces felony charges after shooting himself in leg
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Senate poised to allow Duckworth's newborn on the floor
Discussion: Jezebel and Political Wire
Dean Obeidallah / CNN:
Who terrifies Trump the most? Mueller and De Niro
Discussion: NewsBusters
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Every top New York Times best-seller this year has been about Trump
Discussion: Political Wire
Chris Palmer / Philly.com:
Philly DA's Office: Meek Mill should get a new trial
 Earlier Items: 
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Dan Scavino, the Secretary of Offense
New York Times:
‘They Eat Money’: How Mandela's Political Heirs Grow Rich Off Corruption
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Another white collar lawyer turns down Trump
Discussion: The Hill, IJR and RedState
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The GOP's Never-Trumpers Are Really Just Never-Democrats
Discussion: twitchy.com
Issie Lapowsky / Wired:
How Russian Facebook Ads Divided and Targeted US Voters Before the 2016 Election
more at Techmeme »
BuzzFeed:
Here's What We Learned From Thousands Of Secret NYPD Disciplinary Files
Discussion: Hit & Run
 

 
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Financial Times:
Microsoft invests $1.5B in Abu Dhabi-based AI group G42 for a minority stake, after G42 severed ties with Chinese suppliers; Brad Smith will join G42's board

Raphael Satter / Reuters:
The Open Source Security Foundation and the OpenJS Foundation say the attempt to insert a secret backdoor into XZ Utils “may not be an isolated incident”

Matthew Connatser / The Register:
Intel's Gaudi 3 white paper details the made-for-China processors HL-328 and HL-388, likely designed to comply with US sanctions by reducing performance
 
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