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9:20 AM ET, April 20, 2018

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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Comey memos renew questions over Trump's behavior  —  Washington (CNN)If House Republicans thought they were helping President Donald Trump by forcing the release of James Comey's memos, they might want to think again.  —  The documents written by the then-FBI director …
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Washington Post:
Giuliani says he is joining Trump's legal team to ‘negotiate an end’ to Mueller probe  —  Former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, a combative former prosecutor and longtime ally of President Trump, told The Washington Post on Thursday that he has joined the president's legal team dealing with the ongoing special counsel probe.
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
6 Takeaways From the James Comey Memos  —  WASHINGTON — Memos written by the former F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, that were released on Thursday revealed several new details about his relationship with President Trump and the president's first chief of staff, Reince Priebus.
Discussion: New Yorker, HuffPost, CNN, Mediaite and Raw Story
Bloomberg:
Rosenstein Tells Trump He's Not a Target in Mueller, Cohen Probes  —  Trump told associates he no longer needs to fire either man  —  Deputy attorney general volunteered assurance last week  —  Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told President Donald Trump last week that he isn't a target …
Associated Press:
Comey memo: Trump complained about Flynn's ‘judgment issues’  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump told former FBI Director James Comey that he had serious concerns about the judgment of his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, according to memos maintained by Comey and obtained by The Associated Press.
Washington Post:
Comey memos offer new details on his interactions with Trump as the FBI's Russia probe intensified  —  President Trump expressed concerns about the judgment of his national security adviser Michael Flynn weeks before forcing him to resign, according to memos kept by former FBI director James B. Comey …
Discussion: MSNBC and The Week
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Rudy Giuliani Joining Trump's Legal Team ‘For the Good of the Country’ … Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is joining President Donald Trump's personal legal team to help with Special Counsel Bob Mueller's probe into potential Russian meddling in the 2016 election, The Washington Post reported and The Daily Beast has confirmed.
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump hires Giuliani, two other attorneys amid mounting legal turmoil over Russia  —  Former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and two other former federal prosecutors joined President Trump's legal team Thursday following weeks of turbulence and struggles to find attorneys who would agree …
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Playbook: NAFTA concerns rock Capitol Hill
Discussion: Indianapolis Star
Rick Klein / ABC News:
The Note: Might things yet break Trump's direction?
Discussion: Politico
Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
Why Were Republicans So Desperate To Release the Embarrassing Comey Memos? Here's One Explanation.
Steve Hilton / Fox News:   Without a Comey prosecution, there's no hope for healing America
Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:   EXCLUSIVE: Read James Comey's Notes On His Meetings With Donald Trump
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Comey Memos Provide Intimate Look Into Trump Presidency
Jonathan Greenberg / Washington Post:
Trump lied to me about his wealth to get onto the Forbes 400.  Here are the tapes.  —  Posing as ‘John Barron,’ he claimed he owned most of his father's real estate empire.  —  In May 1984, an official from the Trump Organization called to tell me how rich Donald J. Trump was.
Discussion: CNN, CNBC, Raw Story and The Week
Peter Jamison / Washington Post:
D.C. lawmaker who said Jews control the weather visits Holocaust Museum but leaves early … The photo, taken in 1935, depicts a woman in a dark dress shuffling down a street in Norden, Germany.  A large sign hangs from her neck: “I am a German girl and allowed myself to be defiled by a Jew.”
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Hillary Clinton On Election Night: ‘They Were Never Going to Let Me Be President’ … “No one in modern politics, male or female, has had to withstand more indignities, setbacks and cynicism.  She developed protective armor that made the real Hillary Clinton an enigma.
Discussion: RedState, Political Wire and Splinter
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Carlos Lozada / Washington Post:
Amy Chozick covered Hillary Clinton for a decade.  Here's what she learned — and what she endured.  —  Review of ‘Chasing Hillary: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Ceiling’ by Amy Chozick … CHASING HILLARY: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Ceiling
GQ:
21 Books You Don't Have to Read  —  And 21 you should read instead (technically 20 books—Adventures of Huckleberry Finn did not fare well).  —  We've been told all our lives that we can only call ourselves well-read once we've read the Great Books.  We tried.
Discussion: Breitbart
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell aims to reshape courts in case Senate flips  —  Mitch McConnell is making a last dash to stock the judiciary with conservatives this year as a hedge against the chance that Republicans lose the Senate in November.  —  The GOP may have only a few more months of unified control …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Washington Post:   Razor-thin Senate majority, bloody primary fights hamstring GOP
David Voreacos / Bloomberg:
Manafort Suspected of Serving as ‘Back Channel’ to Russia, DOJ Says  —  Prosecutors defend Mueller's actions in pursuing Manafort  —  Judge weighing whether Mueller exceeded his authority  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller's interest in former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort stemmed …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge raises doubts about scope of Mueller's authority
Discussion: Breitbart and National Review
CNN:
Justice Dept. watchdog sends McCabe findings to federal prosecutors for possible charges  —  Washington (CNN)The Justice Department's inspector general referred its findings on former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe to the US attorney's office in Washington for possible criminal charges associated …
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Washington Post:
Inspector general referred findings on McCabe to U.S. attorney for consideration of criminal charges
Josefin Dolsten / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
Genesis Prize cancels ceremony after 2018 winner Natalie Portman said she won't visit Israel  —  This is a developing story.  —  (JTA) — The Genesis Prize announced it was canceling its prize ceremony in Israel in June after 2018 recipient Natalie Portman said she would not take part in light of “recent events.”
Discussion: The Guardian and Israellycool
New Yorker:
How Jim Mattis Became Trump's “Last Man Standing”  —  The purge that the Defense Secretary survived—and why he might not last.  —  Last Tuesday, after waking up to tweet about the previous day's F.B.I. raid on his lawyer's office ("a total witch hunt!!!"), President Trump called …
Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Roger Stone steps up attacks on Barbara Bush: ‘She is descending into hell right now’  —  Trump ally Roger Stone has doubled down on his criticism of Barbara Bush after calling the former first lady “a nasty drunk” following news she had died Tuesday at the age of 92.  —  “She is descending into hell right now.
Jonathan Blitzer / New Yorker:
In Rural Tennessee, a Big ICE Raid Makes Some Conservative Voters Rethink Trump's Immigration Agenda  —  April 5th began in the usual way at the Southeastern Provision meat-processing plant, in Bean Station, Tennessee—some workers were breaking down carcasses on the production line …
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Trump thinks we can replace U.S. forces in Syria with Arab troops.  He's wrong. … In Washington, bad ideas never die.  They are simply revived by another administration that has no clue they were ever tried in the first place.  —  Back in 2003, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld …
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Idrees Ali / Reuters:
Man linked to 9/11 attacks on U.S. captured in Syria: Pentagon
Discussion: The Week
Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed:
The Justice Department Just Lost A Major Sanctuary City Case  —  The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling, thereby preventing the Trump administration from denying grant funds to sanctuary cities nationwide.  —  A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled …
Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Exclusive: Chat is Google's next big fix for Android's messaging mess  —  How the successor to SMS will take on iMessage  —  Illustrations by William Joel & Garret Beard  —  A top-tier Android phone can cost upwards of a thousand dollars, and for that money, you'll get some amazing features.
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
White House Attorney Ty Cobb Says Trump's Interview Negotiations With Mueller Are Still On … The president's personal legal team is still negotiating a possible interview between President Trump and special counsel Robert Mueller, according to White House lawyer Ty Cobb.
Discussion: Raw Story
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
The United States is mortgaging its future … American exceptionalism has meant many things over the years, often referring to our spirit and commitment to individual liberty.  —  Today it could refer to our exceptional fiscal recklessness.  —  In its newly released April 2018 Fiscal Monitor …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Patrick Farrell / New York Times:
Last of the Newsies?  —  Long before dawn on a wind-whipped April night, the only thing stirring at the corner of Central Park West and 86th Street was a slight figure in boyishly oversize attire — ink-stained parka, baggy pants, owlish eyeglasses — that nearly hid him as he fussed with a stack of newspapers.
Ben Zand / BBC Three:
R Kelly: Inner circle desert him following ‘sex pet’ allegations  —  Two high-profile women have resigned their roles after new revelations emerged in a BBC Three documentary … Two high-profile women within R Kelly's inner circle have resigned following revelations made in the BBC Three documentary …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Exclusive: EPA chief's aides, security agents made $45,000 trip to Australia  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, under fire from lawmakers for travel and security expenses, spent about $45,000 in government money to fly five people to Australia …
 
 
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David Freedlander / Politico:
The Judge in the Michael Cohen-Stormy Daniels Case Is Perfect
Jared Gilmour / miamiherald:
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Discussion: Breitbart, Daily Wire and TheBlaze
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Lighthizer favors hardball tactic with Congress on NAFTA
Laura Nahmias / Politico:
Michael Flynn tests ‘comeback tour’
Discussion: Townhall
Washington Post:
Has Parkland changed Americans' views on guns?
Jenna Portnoy / Washington Post:
Republicans in purple districts are leaving Congress in droves.  So why does Barbara Comstock want to stay?
ABC:
Australian warships challenged by Chinese military in South China Sea
Discussion: Bloomberg
 Earlier Items: 
Will Carless / Reveal:
They spewed hate. Then they punctuated it with the president's name
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
White Working-Class Voters May Not Care About Trump Scandals
Patrick Wilson / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
GOP's Nick Freitas says at Liberty University debate that Corey Stewart's camp attacked his ethnicity
House Judiciary Committee:
House Judiciary Committee to Hold Hearing Examining Social Media Filtering Practices and their Effect on Free Speech
New York Times:
Seeking Foreign Money, G.O.P. Donor Pushed for Trump to Golf With Malaysian Premier
New York Times:
Cuomo Team Pressed Officials to Skip Protest of His Pressure Tactics
Discussion: NY State of Politics and Splinter
Erica Orden / Wall Street Journal:
Kushner Cos. Subpoenaed Over Tenant Records
Discussion: Washington Press