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2:14 AM ET, April 25, 2018

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CNN:
VA nominee drunkenly banged on female employee's door during overseas trip, sources say  —  (CNN)During an overseas trip in 2015, Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, the White House physician, was intoxicated and banged on the hotel room door of a female employee, according to four sources familiar with the allegation.
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Associated Press:
Watchdog report points to power struggle involving VA pick  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A watchdog report ordered in 2012 by Dr. Ronny Jackson — President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs — found that he and a rival physician exhibited “unprofessional behaviors” …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Ronny Jackson, Trump's V.A. Nominee, Faces Claims of Overprescription and Hostile Work Environment
Associated Press:
The Latest: Dem cites allegations of VA nominee being drunk
Discussion: Mediaite and Daily Kos
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Mulvaney's Advice to Bankers: Up Campaign Donations to Diminish Consumer Watchdog  —  WASHINGTON — Mick Mulvaney, the interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, told banking industry executives and lobbyists on Tuesday that they should increase their campaign donations …
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Federal judge: Trump administration must accept new DACA applications … A federal judge in Washington on Tuesday delivered the toughest blow yet to the Trump administration's efforts to end deportation protections for undocumented immigrants known as “dreamers,” ordering the administration …
Discussion: Mother Jones, Axios and Political Wire
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Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
U.S. Must Resume DACA and Accept New Applications, Federal Judge Rules  —  In the biggest setback yet for the Trump administration in its decision to end a program that protects undocumented young adults from deportation, a federal judge ruled Tuesday that the government must resume accepting new applications.
CNN:
Judge orders reopening of DACA, after 90-day delay  —  Washington (CNN)Another federal judge has overruled the Trump administration's efforts to end a popular immigration program — this time saying the government has to accept new applications.  —  The ruling on the Deferred Action …
Discussion: CBS Baltimore
Barbara Slavin / Axios:
Macron proposes new, bigger Iran deal to stave off U.S. exit  —  At a joint news conference today, French President Emmanuel Macron said he and President Trump had agreed to work on a “new deal” that includes the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran but incorporates additional measures.
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
‘Playful dominance’: The touchy-feely relationship between Trump and Macron
Discussion: Politico
New York Times:   Le Bromance: Trump and Macron, Together Again
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Body politic: Trump puts personal ‘touch’ on diplomacy with Macron
Discussion: Politico
Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
Sessions Declines to Recuse Himself From Probe Into Trump Lawyer  —  Attorney general's recusal from Mueller probe angered Trump  —  Sessions still may step back from some issues involving Cohen  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions has decided against recusing himself from the investigation …
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Mike Lee / USA Today:   Mueller legislation is unconstitutional: Sen. Mike Lee
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:   Jeff Sessions Is Serving, and Doing His Best to Ignore, Trump
Chris Butler / Internet Archive Blogs:
Addressing Recent Claims of “Manipulated” Blog Posts in the Wayback Machine  —  Some recent press stories (1, 2) have discussed archived blog posts of a prominent journalist, Joy Ann Reid, in the Wayback Machine and her claims that some of these posts were “manipulated” by an “unknown, external party”.
Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
EXCLUSIVE: Comey Has Brought On Former U.S. Attorney Pat Fitzgerald As One Of His Lawyers  —  This story was updated at 8:40 p.m. with Fitzgerald's and Comey's confirmations of TPM's previously reported information.  —  Fired FBI Director James Comey has retained former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald …
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Comey taps former US attorney as personal lawyer: report  —  has reportedly hired his close friend and former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald as one of his personal lawyers.  —  Two Capitol Hill sources confirmed to Talking Points Memo that Comey had retained Fitzgerald …
Chicago Sun Times:
James Comey says Patrick Fitzgerald has been his lawyer ‘since I was fired’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
Miss Universe 2013 Host Thomas Roberts Confirms: Trump Stayed Overnight in Moscow … In a fateful private White House dinner early last year, President Donald Trump raised with then-FBI Director James Comey the issue of “the golden showers thing”—a particularly salacious portion …
New York Times:
Pruitt's Security Chief Moonlighted for Tabloid Publisher That Helped Trump  —  WASHINGTON — The former Secret Service agent who leads the security detail for Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, worked on assignments for the tabloid news publisher American Media Inc. during …
Charlie Smith / Georgia Straight Vancouver's …:
Toronto mass-murder suspect Alek Minassian linked to incel rebellion and praise for misogynistic killer Elliot Rodger  —  Was today's mass murder in Toronto motivated by hatred of women?  —  That's a question being asked after a social-media account with the suspect's name praised an obscure movement of men.
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NBC News:
After Toronto attack, online misogynists praise suspect as ‘new saint’
Mark Landler / New York Times:
A National Security Aide's Departing Wish: Cooking for the State Dinner  —  WASHINGTON — In the ceaseless churn of the Trump administration, there are many ways to leave the White House.  Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, the ousted national security adviser, exited to the applause of colleagues who lined the West Wing parking lot.
The Daily Beast:
Trump White House Offered to Help Prep Scott Pruitt for Hearings.  EPA Told the White House to ‘Get Lost’ … Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt faces a make-or-break moment on Thursday, when he's slated for a pair of congressional hearings, but he'll be heading to the Hill without …
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US EPA:
EPA Administrator Pruitt Proposes Rule To Strengthen Science Used In EPA Regulations
Discussion: The Daily Signal, Vox and ABC News
Ted Sherman / New Jersey Online:
Video shows Port Authority commissioner telling cops: ‘You may shut the f— up!’  —  Full video: Port Authority commissioner confronts police during N.J. traffic stop  —  Flashing her commissioner's gold badge and boasting of her influence during a routine traffic stop involving her daughter …
Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo
Tom Porter / Newsweek:
ERIC TRUMP VOWS TO FIGHT RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO STRIP ‘VISIONARY’ FATHER'S NAME FROM NEW YORK CONDO  —  Eric Trump has vowed to fight the residents of a New York condo who want the Trump name removed from the building's façade.  —  Residents of Upper West Side apartment block 200 Riverside Blvd. voted …
Discussion: Washington Post
The Babylon Bee:
Prime Minister Issues Friendly Reminder To UK Parents That The State Owns Their Children  —  LONDON—Upon the news of a high court ordering life support removed from 2-year-old Alfie Evans, English Prime Minister Theresa May issued a brief, friendly reminder to citizens of the U.K …
Alana Goodman / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: My Trump campaign lover wanted to abort baby we conceived when his wife was pregnant and said Kellyanne Conway had ‘shriveled up fun bags’, claims his ex in bitter court case which he calls ‘harassment’  — Former Trump communications director Jason Miller and ex-campaign adviser …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Tyler Cowen / Bloomberg:
Holding Up a Mirror to the Intellectuals of the Left  —  Tending toward conformity and enforcing political correctness, the left wing is missing out on the contributions of many of its own thinkers.  —  Paul Krugman recently made a splash in a New York Times column by suggesting there are no …
Grant Stern / Washington Press:
Hannity's shady real estate deals just came back to bite him in humiliating fashion  —  A quicksand of conflicts of interest has enveloped Fox News entertainer Sean Hannity in the wake of revelations that he hired President Trump's hush money fixer Michael Cohen as his attorney.
New York Times:
Arizona Special Election Results: Eighth House District  —  CandidatePartyVotesPct.  —  Rep.  —  82,294  —  Hiral Tipirneni  —  Dem.  —  73,188  —  155,482 votes, <1% reporting (0 of 143 precincts)  —  The former Arizona state senator Debbie Lesko fended off an energetic Democratic challenge …
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
The New York Times with one hell of a correction about Israel  —  The New York Times may have the correction of the year, and it's only April.  —  The paper published a report this weekend detailing the steady rise of Facebook's head of news partnerships, Campbell Brown.
Dylan Stableford / Yahoo:
Scooter Libby prosecutor says Trump's pardon was a loyalty message to Cohen  —  One of the prosecutors who brought the case against I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby says  —  President Trump's pardon of the ex-top aide to former Vice President Dick Cheney sends a not-so-subtle message to potential witnesses …
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Democrat Wins New York Assembly Seat, the 40th Legislative Flip Since Trump's Inauguration  —  Democrat Steve Stern won his race in New York's 10th Assembly District on Tuesday night, a Long Island district that had been in the hands of Republicans for more than three decades.
Sohrab Ahmari / Commentary Magazine:
A Miracle in Liverpool  —  A witness against the culture of death.  —  Alfie Evans was supposed to die.  On Monday evening, doctors at Alder Hey hospital in Liverpool, England, removed the 23-month-old toddler's respirator following an effective death sentence handed down by Britain's High Court of Justice.
Ben Walsh / Barron's Online:
Former White House Lawyer Has Left Skadden Arps  —  Gregory Craig, the former Obama White House counsel, has left Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.  —  The law firm confirmed the departure to Barron's.  —  The page on Skadden's website that formerly listed Craig's biography and contact information has been taken down.
Ryan Moore / Des Moines Register:
How a lifelong anti-gun liberal became an NRA life member  —  One guy held a gun in my face and the other held a gun to the back of my head.  But after 33 years of being an anti-gun advocate, my views didn't change overnight.  —  I was 14 years old when John Lennon was killed …
Adolfo Flores / BuzzFeed:
The Central American Caravan That Angered Trump Has Reached The US Border  —  The arrival of the group, made up primarily of Central Americans, sets up a confrontation over US asylum laws.  —  Reporting From Mexicali, Mexico  —  A migrant caravan that began its journey through Mexico …
Discussion: New York Times
 
 
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TMZ.com:
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Manafort interviewed twice by FBI before joining Trump's 2016 campaign, new documents show
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