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8:10 AM ET, April 18, 2018

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New York Times:
Sanctions Flap Erupts Into Open Conflict Between Haley and White House  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump was watching television on Sunday when he saw Nikki R. Haley, his ambassador to the United Nations, announce that he would impose fresh sanctions on Russia.
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump letting Haley take heat despite signing off on sanctions  —  President Donald Trump gave approval last week for rolling out airstrikes in Syria as well as new sanctions on Russia, according to three senior administration officials — but U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley …
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Haley fires back at White House: 'I don't get confused'
Discussion: Politico, Mediaite and The Week
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Hannity's rising role in Trump's world: ‘He basically has a desk in the place’  —  The phone calls between President Trump and Sean Hannity come early in the morning or late at night, after the Fox News host goes off the air.  They discuss ideas for Hannity's show, Trump's frustration …
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Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
Sean Hannity's Ties to Two More Trump-Connected Lawyers  —  Sean Hannity has had no shortage of lawyers.  In court on Monday, his name was disclosed as the third “mystery client” of Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen.  Though Hannity says he was never actually Cohen's client …
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“You Only Hire Cohen for One Reason”: Inside Fox News, Sean Hannity's Michael Cohen Disclosure Stokes a Crisis as Murdoch Wavers on Trump  —  The revelation that Trump's lawyer offered legal advice to Fox News's biggest name was shocking, even to Fox loyalists.  “This is bad,” one Fox staffer said.
Discussion: Mediaite
The Babylon Bee:   Nation Suddenly Worried Sean Hannity Might Not Be Completely Objective
Enid Nemy / New York Times:
Barbara Bush, Wife of 41st President and Mother of 43rd, Dies at 92  —  Barbara Bush, Wife of 41st President, Dies  —  Mrs. Bush avoided controversial issues while in the White House and became known for her straight talk, lack of pretension and self-deprecating humor.  She was 92.
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Steve Hendrix / Washington Post:
‘One last time’: Barbara Bush had already faced a death more painful than her own … Barbara Bush, who died Tuesday, said she didn't fear death.  That may be because the 92-year-old former first lady faced it before, in the hardest way imaginable.  —  In 1953, soon after George H.W. Bush …
Lois Romano / Washington Post:
Barbara Bush, matriarch of American political dynasty, dies at 92
Jon Meacham / New York Times:
Barbara Bush, a First Lady Without Apologies
Discussion: CNN, FOX2now.com and CNBC
Fox News:
Barbara Bush, former first lady, dead at 92
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Mattis Wanted Congressional Approval Before Striking Syria.  He Was Overruled.  —  WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis urged President Trump to get congressional approval before the United States launched airstrikes against Syria last week, but was overruled by Mr. Trump …
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
GOP alarmed by tax law's falling poll numbers, privately blame Trump  —  President Trump is undermining voter support for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act with erratic messaging after it was gaining popularity, alarming Republicans counting on the law to save the party's vulnerable House majority.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Handful of House Republicans mobilize to protect Mueller  —  A small band of House Republicans has suddenly backed a bill to prevent President Donald Trump from unilaterally firing special counsel Robert Mueller — giving some bipartisan life to a measure that has largely been shunned by GOP leaders.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Mitch McConnell Gives Trump Green Light to Fire Mueller
Speaker Paul Ryan / Fox News:
Tax Day isn't usually a day to celebrate. This year is different
Discussion: CNBC and Speaker.gov
Shane Harris / Washington Post:
CIA Director Pompeo met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over Easter weekend … CIA Director Mike Pompeo made a top-secret visit to North Korea over Easter weekend as an envoy for President Trump to meet with that country's leader, Kim Jong Un, according to two people with direct knowledge of the trip.
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New York Times:
Mike Pompeo, C.I.A. Director, Met With Kim Jong-un in North Korea
Jeffrey Hornung / CNN:
Mar-a-Lago is a high-stakes summit for both Trump and Abe
Stephanie Dube Dwilson / Heavy.com:
Tammie Jo Shults, Southwest Pilot: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know  —  Tammie Jo Shults is the pilot who bravely flew Southwest Flight 1380 to safety after part of its left engine ripped off, damaging a window and nearly sucking a woman out of the plane.  The flight was en route to Dallas Love airport …
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Max Jaeger / New York Post:
Hero who landed Southwest flight was an ace Navy pilot  —  The hero commercial pilot who safely landed a Boeing 737 full of passengers after shrapnel from an engine explosion breached the cabin was an ace Navy pilot and one of the first women to take the yoke of an F/A-18 fighter jet, according to reports.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Vince Lattanzio / NBC 10 Philadelphia:
Woman Partially Sucked Out of Jet When Window Breaks Mid-Flight; Plane Lands Safely in Philadelphia
Daily Mail:   Mother-of-two Wells Fargo executive from Albuquerque, 43, is named as woman who was killed …
Ilya Shapiro / Washington Examiner:
Surprised by Neil Gorsuch's ruling?  You weren't paying attention.  —  According to many on the Left, Neil Gorsuch can do no right.  Not only did he take a Supreme Court seat that rightfully belonged to Merrick Garland, but he's an anti-little-guy grinch who can't stop waxing historical …
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The Hill:
Top Trump energy adviser resigns  —  's top adviser for energy and environment policy is stepping down.  —  Michael Catanzaro, who has headed domestic energy and environment issues at the White House's National Economic Council (NEC), plans to leave next week and return to CGCN Group …
Discussion: E&E News, The Daily Caller and Axios
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Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:   Image projected on Trump's DC hotel: 'There's a rapist in the White House'
Axios:   Mike Pence's “Art of the Deal”
Marisa Schultz / New York Post:
Trump's trade rep spends $1M on new furniture, blames Obama  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's trade representative is spending nearly $1 million on new furniture — and blaming the Obama administration.  —  US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer spent more than $917,000 to furnish …
Discussion: VICE News and Washington Monthly
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:   US trade rep spent nearly $1M to furnish offices: report
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Marco Rubio, Darling of G.O.P. Establishment, Hires a Thorn in Its Side  —  WASHINGTON — As chief executive of the influential conservative think tank Heritage Action for America, Michael Needham waged years of unforgiving political warfare against the Republican Party establishment …
Discussion: The Resurgent and National Review
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New York Times:
Why There Is No ‘Liberal Tea Party’
Discussion: Bloomberg and Honest Graft
Brad Mielke / ABC News:
Comey: ‘The Republican Party has left me and many others’  —  Former FBI Director James Comey was a registered Republican for most of his life, but now he believes “the Republican Party has left me and many others.”  —  “I just think they've lost their way and I can't be associated with it …
Discussion: Political Wire, TuneIn and Mediaite
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
The GOP ‘Has Become the Caricature the Left Always Said It Was’
Michael B. Mukasey / Wall Street Journal:
Trump, Cohen and Attorney-Client Privilege  —  The protection has limits, but is it worth testing them over a possible campaign-finance offense?  —  Who'd have dreamed that with all the horrors committed by Bashar Assad, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un, the small change of American political discourse …
Jeff McCall / The Hill:
Ingraham's ratings spike a wake-up for advertisers  —  Fox News Channel has figured out that if it caves to social media pressure and advertiser boycotts, it will soon have no shows left in its lineup.  FNC's co-president, Jack Abernethy, recently provided a public statement in support …
Associated Press:
Delays keep inspectors from reaching Syria attack site  —  BEIRUT (AP) — International inspectors were still waiting to visit the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria on Wednesday, as the U.S. accused the Syrian government and its ally Russia of trying to cover up the evidence.
Veronique Hyland / ELLE:
Joy Reid Is Quietly, Steadily, Stealthily Changing the Game for Women on TV  —  The federal government has been shut down for 35 hours, 5 minutes, and 58 seconds.  But Joy Reid is hard at work.  As the shutdown time ticks away on an onscreen countdown clock, she checks her phone and lets loose a long, sibilant “Yessss!”
Bloomberg:
Putin Still Wants Deal With Trump, Even After Sanctions, Syria Attack  —  Russian president orders officials to curb anti-U.S. rhetoric  —  Lawmakers pull draft law that would have penalized U.S. firms  —  After U.S. sanctions crippled an entire Russian industry and air strikes …
Discussion: Axios
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Here's Why Congressman Blake Farenthold Resigned So Abruptly  —  He was about to get some bad news.  —  WASHINGTON It's been a mystery why former Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas) abruptly resigned earlier this month.  —  But HuffPost has new details on what happened.
Discussion: VICE News, CNN and Political Wire
Neda Ulaby / NPR:
NPR Newscaster Carl Kasell Dies At 84, After A Lifelong Career On-Air  —  Every weekday for more than three decades, his baritone steadied our mornings.  Even in moments of chaos and crisis, Carl Kasell brought unflappable authority to the news.  But behind that hid a lively sense of humor …
Sheila Burke / Associated Press:
Tennessee lawmakers punish Memphis for removing statues  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Republican-dominated House in Tennessee voted Tuesday to punish the city of Memphis for removing Confederate monuments by taking $250,000 away from the city that would have been used for a bicentennial celebration next year.
 
 
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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Sinclair TV boss donated to Montana congressman who attacked reporter
Ema O'Connor / BuzzFeed:
In Closed-Door UN Meetings, Trump Administration Officials Pushed Abstinence For International Women's Health Programs
Discussion: IJR
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Amid struggle for votes, GOP plows ahead with Cabinet picks
NBC News:
New Zealand's prime minister is unmarried, pregnant and going on maternity leave
In These Times:
Law Enforcement Has Quietly Backed Anti-Protest Bills in at Least 8 States Since Trump's Election
Discussion: Splinter
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
US and Russian nuclear arsenals set to be unchecked for first time since 1972
Internal Revenue Service:
IRS provides additional day to file and pay for taxpayers through Wednesday, April 18 …
 Earlier Items: 
Oliver Carroll / The Independent:
‘Russian Elon Musk’ raped and tortured to death in custody, say experts
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Good Grief. Cohen's World Gets Mobbier The Closer I Look
Discussion: The Guardian and Associated Press
New York Times:
San Francisco's Big Seismic Gamble
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Trump campaign paid Trump bodyguard Keith Schiller's lawyers, records show
Starbucks Newsroom:
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