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8:45 PM ET, April 23, 2018

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CNN:
Trump ramps up personal cell phone use  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump is increasingly relying on his personal cell phone to contact outside advisers, multiple sources inside and outside the White House told CNN, as Trump returns to the free-wheeling mode of operation that characterized the earliest days of his administration.
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Bloomberg:
White House Deterring Republicans From Defending Pruitt, Sources Say  —  Republicans who fawned over EPA boss now sharpening criticism  —  Four Republicans and 170 Democrats said Pruitt should quit  —  White House officials are cautioning Republican lawmakers and other conservative allies …
New York Times:
When — if Ever — Will the Super Bowl Champion Eagles Visit the White House?
Discussion: AOL and Deadspin
Vernon Silver / Bloomberg:
Flight Records Illuminate Mystery of Trump's Moscow Nights  —  President denied overnight Miss Universe stay, Comey memos say  —  Jet landed on a Friday, left pre-dawn Sunday after pageant  —  President Donald Trump twice gave James Comey an alibi for why a salacious report …
Denver Post:
U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn should be kept off the 2018 ballot, Colorado Supreme Court rules  —  Doug Lamborn has been in Congress for six terms  —  Six-term U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado Springs should be kept off the Republican primary ballot this year, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday …
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Colorado Supreme Court boots Rep. Lamborn off primary ballot  —  Colorado's state Supreme Court ruled Monday that GOP Rep. Doug Lamborn cannot appear on the primary ballot in his district due to a problem with his ballot petitions.  —  The court ruled that a petition gatherer working …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Toronto Star:
‘This is not a car accident.’ Nine dead, 16 hurt as van strikes pedestrians along Yonge St. in North York; driver in custody  —  Police say that a white van mounted the curb and struck pedestrians walking along the sidewalk.  —  Nine people were killed and 16 injured after a van ran …
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Josh K. Elliott / CTVNews:
Suspect in custody after van strikes people on Toronto sidewalk
CBS New York:
10 Dead, 15 Injured When Rental Van Runs Into Pedestrians In Toronto, Canada
Discussion: CBS Chicago and Mediaite
New York Times:
'I'm Not a Hero,' Says Unarmed Man Who Wrested Rifle From Waffle House Gunman  —  For the latest on the Waffle House shooting, read Monday's live updates.  —  NASHVILLE — The young woman, bandaged and shrouded in bedsheets, began to cry when James Shaw Jr. walked into Trauma Room No. 26 on Monday morning.
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Washington Post:
Waffle House shooting suspect Travis Reinking arrested, refusing to answer questions, police say … After a sprawling manhunt that swept across Nashville, police in the Tennessee capital on Monday arrested Travis Reinking, the 29-year-old accused of killing four people in a shooting rampage at a Waffle House over the weekend.
Max Boot / Washington Post:
It's a disgrace more Republicans aren't willing to choose country over partisanship … This is one of the most significant, dismaying, and underappreciated facts about the 2016 election: While a number of prominent Republicans refused to endorse Donald Trump, the only serving Republican member …
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Associated Press:   The Latest: Panel approves Pompeo for secretary of state
Patrick Radden Keefe / New Yorker:
McMaster and Commander  —  Can a national-security adviser retain his integrity if the President has none?  —  When Donald Trump had a phone conversation with Vladimir Putin on the morning of March 20th, the two were at an excruciatingly delicate juncture.
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Ken Thomas / Associated Press:   Pence to name Kellogg as national security adviser
Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
Arizona Rep. Martha McSally Alleges Sexual Abuse by High-School Coach  —  ‘I was looking for ways to not be powerless,’ she says of impact on her life; former coach denies the allegations  —  TUCSON, Ariz.— Rep. Martha McSally said she was sexually abused by a coach when she was in high school …
CNN:
Scramble for answers as Ronny Jackson allegations threaten to upend nomination  —  Washington (CNN)Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee are raising concerns about allegations involving Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the department …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Politico:
Ronny Jackson's VA nomination on the rocks
Discussion: Washington Post
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Trump's Re-Elect Figures Similar to Those of Obama, Clinton  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. registered voters solidly believe that President Donald Trump does not deserve to be re-elected, by 59% to 37%.  The percentage of voters who say Trump deserves re-election is essentially identical …
Chauncey Devega / Salon:
Pulitzer-winning reporter David Cay Johnston: “The evidence suggests Trump is a traitor”  —  Investigative reporter who has covered Trump for 30 years dares to imagine impeachment — and President Nancy Pelosi  —  The saga of President Donald Trump consists of several parallel and intersecting stories.
Discussion: Washington Press
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
First lady releases menu, details for Macron's state visit  —  The White House on Monday revealed the menu, entertainment and other details of the first state visit of the Trump administration in anticipation of the French president's arrival.  —  French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife …
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Respect Unearned  —  Washington's self-righteous establishmentarians talk of professionalism when they act unprofessionally.  They refer at length to their intellectual and professional pedigrees when they prove incompetent.  And they cite their morality and ethics when they possess neither.
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Jeff Mordock / Washington Times:   Obama Justice Dept.'s attempts to influence investigations exposed in McCabe probe
Jamie Gangel / CNN:
Former President George H.W. Bush in intensive care  —  (CNN)Former President George H.W. Bush, who just buried his wife first lady Barbara Bush on Saturday, is in intensive care, CNN has learned.  —  “President Bush was admitted to the Houston Methodist Hospital yesterday morning …
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Marwa Eltagouri / Washington Post:
George H.W. Bush hospitalized the day after funeral for his wife, Barbara
Discussion: Political Wire
Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
John Bolton presided over anti-Muslim think tank  —  WASHINGTON — John Bolton, President Donald Trump's new national security adviser, chaired a nonprofit that has promoted misleading and false anti-Muslim news, some of which was amplified by a Russian troll factory, an NBC News review found.
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders to announce plan to guarantee every American a job … Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will announce a plan for the federal government to guarantee a job paying $15 an hour and health-care benefits to every American worker “who wants or needs one,” embracing the kind …
Washington Post:
How merchants use Facebook to flood Amazon with fake reviews  —  SAN FRANCISCO — On Amazon, customer comments can help a product surge in popularity.  The online retail giant says that more than 99 percent of its reviews are legitimate because they are written by real shoppers who aren't paid for them.
Daily Wire:
BREAKING: Anti-Gun Control Parkland Survivor Kyle Kashuv Questioned By School Security For Visiting Gun Range With His Father  —  On Friday, Parkland survivor Kyle Kashuv went to the gun range to learn to fire a gun for the first time, alongside his father.  He tweeted this:
Discussion: The Daily Caller and twitchy.com
Michael Harriot / The Root:
White Judge Sentenced to Probation for Election Fraud in Same County Where Black Woman Received 5 Years  —  Right now, there is a black woman sitting in prison, reading about a Texas judge who was found guilty of the same crime she committed.  She probably noticed that the judge was sentenced …
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Anna M. Tinsley / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Tarrant County judge pleads guilty, resigns after using fake signatures to get on ballot
Discussion: Raw Story
Connor Sheets / al.com:
Outrage growing over black woman's arrest in Alabama Waffle House by white police officers  —  Censored: Saraland Police arrest woman at Waffle House, exposing her breasts  —  The treatment of a 25-year-old black Mobile woman who was arrested early Sunday morning inside a Waffle House …
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Police wrestled a black woman to the ground, exposing her breasts in restaurant, video shows
Discussion: al.com, Eater, YouTube and CBS Chicago
Associated Press:
Golf club apologizes for calling cops on black women members  —  YORK, Pa. (AP) — A golf club in Pennsylvania has apologized for calling police on a group of black women after the co-owner and his father said they were playing too slowly and refused requests to leave the course.
Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
EXCLUSIVE: Joy Reid Claims Newly Discovered Homophobic Posts From Her Blog Were ‘Fabricated’  —  Mediaite has obtained a series of homophobic posts from Joy Ann Reid's old blog that she denies were actually written by her.  —  In an exclusive statement to Mediaite, the MSNBC host claims …
Ashley Powers / New Yorker:
The Renegade Sheriffs  —  A law-enforcement movement that claims to answer only to the Constitution.  —  On a Friday afternoon in March, 2013, a sheriff's sergeant named Jody Hoagland noticed a red Nissan pickup truck drifting off a road.  Hoagland was two hours into his shift patrolling Liberty County …
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Special Trump tax provision gives $17 billion break to millionaires, gov't report finds  —  WASHINGTON — The wealthiest Americans will benefit the most from President Donald Trump's tax deduction for owners of “pass-through” businesses, according to a congressional report released Monday.
Discussion: Political Wire
Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Here's Why Many Americans Are Choosing Not To Vote This Year  —  About two-thirds of unregistered and “unlikely” voters said politics are too corrupt to merit attention.  —  A significant swath of the American public will skip the 2018 elections, in part out of a sense that their vote …
Discussion: USA Today
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
CONSERVATIVES: TRUMP CRIMES ARE NONE OF OUR BUSINESS  —  Over the weekend, the New York Times published a column by Glenn Simpson, the Fusion GPS founder who commissioned the Steele dossier, and his business partner Peter Fritsch.  —  Simpson has spent years researching Donald Trump's conduct …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Olga Khazan / The Atlantic:
People Voted for Trump Because They Were Anxious, Not Poor  —  For the past 18 months, many political scientists have been seized by one question: Less-educated whites were President Trump's most enthusiastic supporters.  But why, exactly?  —  Was their vote some sort of cri de coeur …
Discussion: Mashable
Debbie Nathan / The Intercept:
How the Border Patrol Faked Statistics Showing a 73 Percent Rise in Assaults Against Agents  —  Last November, reports that a pair of U.S. Border Patrol agents had been attacked with rocks at a desolate spot in West Texas made news around the country.  The agents were found injured and unconscious …
Discussion: Mother Jones, Splinter and Raw Story
 
 
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