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10:55 AM ET, April 21, 2018

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Washington Post:
Sessions told White House that Rosenstein's firing could prompt his departure, too  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently told the White House he might have to leave his job if President Trump fired his deputy, Rod J. Rosenstein, who oversees the investigation into Russian interference …
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Alicia Cohn / The Hill:
Trump casts doubt on legality of special counsel Mueller  —  on Friday night renewed doubts about the security of the special counsel's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, by musing in a tweet that the special counsel “was established based on an illegal act.”  —  “James Comey
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Sessions warned White House he could quit if Trump fired Rosenstein: report
Discussion: RedState
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:   Comey memos reveal (surprise!) Republicans have blundered again
Washington Post:
Stormy Daniels's former lawyer said to be cooperating with federal probe of Michael Cohen  —  Keith Davidson, the former attorney for two women who were paid to keep quiet about their alleged affairs with Donald Trump, has been contacted by federal authorities investigating Trump attorney Michael Cohen …
Discussion: CNN, Breitbart, Political Wire and Raw Story
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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Stormy Daniels' Lawyer Tells Bill Maher That Sean Hannity Is Screwed … Bill Maher began the latest edition of his HBO program Real Time with an unfortunate jab at Michael Cohen, Trump's embattled fixer/attorney who's admitted to paying porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 in hush money to silence …
New York Times:
Michael Cohen Has Said He Would Take a Bullet for Trump.  Maybe Not Anymore.  —  For years, a joke among Trump Tower employees was that the boss was like Manhattan's First Avenue, where the traffic goes only one way.  —  That one-sidedness has always been at the heart of President Trump's relationship …
Rebecca R. Ruiz / New York Times:   Former Lawyer for Stormy Daniels Is Drawn Into Federal Investigation
Associated Press:
North Korea Suspends Nuclear, Long-Range Missile Tests and Plans to Close Nuclear Test Site  —  Central Committee makes decisions ahead of meeting between North, South Korean leaders  —  SEOUL—North Korea said it has suspended nuclear and long-range missile tests and plans to close its nuclear test site.
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Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
North Korea says it will suspend nuclear and missile tests, shut down test site
Terrence McCoy / Washington Post:
‘Imploding’: Financial troubles.  Lawsuits.  Trailer park brawls.  Has the alt-right peaked? … Eight months after a white-nationalist rally in Charlottesville ended in the death of a counterprotester, the loose collection of disaffected young white men known as the alt-right is in disarray.
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
It is too bad I have been silenced … It is with a heavy heart, and profound regret for the current state of media in America, that I have dragged my laptop to a Starbucks to pen this column.  But I think it is important that we understand the degree of oppression we are up against.
Christopher Mele / New York Times:
Allison Mack of ‘Smallville’ Is Charged With Sex Trafficking  —  An actress from the television series “Smallville” was charged on Friday with sex trafficking for her involvement in an organization promoting itself as a self-help group for women that forced its members to have sex with its leader, federal prosecutors said.
Discussion: VICE News and CBS San Francisco
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Keith Raniere / U.S. Department of Justice:
Founder of “NXIVM,” a Purported Self-Help Organization, and Actor Indicted for Sex Trafficking …
Discussion: VICE and Mashable
Jon Campbell / Rochester Democrat and Chronicle:
‘Smallville’ actress Allison Mack charged with sex trafficking in NXIVM case
Discussion: Washington Post
Kansas City Star:
Greitens charged with second felony after AG investigation into veterans charity  —  ST. LOUIS  —  Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens was charged Friday with felony computer tampering, his second felony charge in two months, after an attorney general's office investigation into the veterans charity he founded.
Discussion: Joe.My.God., Axios and Daily Kos
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Rebecca Berg / CNN:
Missouri Gov. Greitens indicted on felony computer-tampering charge
Discussion: Washington Press
Jim Salter / Associated Press:   Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens charged over charity donor list
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Greitens charged with felony computer tampering
Discussion: VICE News
Jill Abramson / The Guardian:
Comey's wish for a leaker's ‘head on a pike’?  Proof he's no better than Trump  —  With Donald Trump, there is sometimes so much material to provoke outrage that you worry something important is bound to be overlooked.  This is the case with the recently released Comey memos …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Responding to James Comey, New York Times's Baquet says key Russia-Trump story was ‘NOT inaccurate’
Discussion: New York Magazine and Mediaite
Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg:
DNC Sues Trump Campaign, WikiLeaks, Russia Over Election Interference
Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
Hundreds of Immigrant Children Have Been Taken From Parents at U.S. Border  —  On Feb. 20, a young woman named Mirian arrived at the Texas border carrying her 18-month-old son.  They had fled their home in Honduras through a cloud of tear gas, she told border agents, and needed protection from the political violence there.
Associated Press:
Haley's pushback draws fans, rattles White House  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The public split between the White House and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley this week over Russia sanctions threw a spotlight on her at-times uneasy relationship with President Donald Trump, even as her deft rebuttal bolstered talk …
Discussion: Raw Story
Noor Al-Sibai / Raw Story:
Republican Rick Wilson destroys CNN's Trump booster Jason Miller for defending the president's ‘bullsh*t’  —  Never-Trump Republican Rick Wilson managed to slip a curse word past CNN's censors Friday while blasting former Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller over the so-called “pee tape.”
Akbar Shahid Ahmed / HuffPost:
Brothers Linked To Assad Gave Thousands To Dennis Kucinich's Ohio Political Machine  —  The former congressman is seeking the Democratic nomination in Ohio's gubernatorial race and recently revealed he accepted $20,000 from a pro-Assad group.  —  WASHINGTON Ahead of a tight primary on May 8 …
Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
E. coli outbreak warning expands to all romaine lettuce … Public health officials are now telling consumers to avoid all types of romaine lettuce because of an E. coli outbreak linked to the vegetable that has spread to at least 16 states and sickened at least 60 people, including eight inmates at an Alaska prison.
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Wall Street Journal:
Macron's Lonely Road: Saving Globalism From Itself  —  French president comes to Washington next week with a different answer to global trade's dislocations than Trump's  —  PARIS—Speaking at the annual gathering of the business and political elite in Davos earlier this year …
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump shuns Democrats and media at first state dinner
Discussion: Washington Press
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Rebels without a Cause  —  EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is Jonah Goldberg's weekly “news"letter, the G-File.  Subscribe here to get the G-File delivered to your inbox on Fridays.  —  Dear Reader (Including anyone else who needs to disclose that they're Michael Cohen's client),
Gil Troy / Politico:
What Melania Trump Can Learn From Barbara Bush  —  From 1989 to 1993, Barbara Bush made the second hardest job in America look easy.  This achievement was particularly impressive considering she was sandwiched between two lighting-rod-like first ladies.  Barbara Bush could see what Nancy Reagan …
New York Times:
Natalie Portman Backs Out of Israeli Award Ceremony  —  JERUSALEM — Natalie Portman, the Oscar-winning actress, has backed out of a major award ceremony meant to honor her in Jerusalem, with her representatives citing her distress over “recent events” in Israel.
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
DeVos Education Dept. Begins Dismissing Civil Rights Cases in Name of Efficiency  —  WASHINGTON — The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights has begun dismissing hundreds of civil rights complaints under a new protocol that allows investigators to disregard cases that are part …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 
 
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Ali Rogin / ABC News:
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