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10:45 AM ET, April 24, 2018

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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Ronny Jackson, Trump's V.A. Nominee, Faces Claims of Overprescription and Hostile Work Environment  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee is examining allegations that President Trump's nominee to lead the Veterans Affairs Department oversaw a hostile work environment …
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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 …
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Senate to postpone confirmation hearing for Ronny Jackson to head Veterans Affairs, White House officials told  —  Senate lawmakers have postponed the confirmation hearing for Ronny L. Jackson, President Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, after top Republicans …
The Hill:
The Hill's Morning Report: Koch Network reevaluating midterm strategy amid frustrations with GOP  —  Welcome to The Hill's Morning Report, and happy Tuesday!  This daily email, a successor to The Hill's Tipsheet, is reported by Jonathan Easley and Alexis Simendinger to get you up to speed …
James Hohmann / Washington Post:   The Daily 202: VA nominee's struggles are a consequence of Trump's vetting failures
The Guardian:
Sean Hannity's real estate venture linked to fraudulent property dealer  —  Shell company tied to the Fox News host bought homes through Jeff Brock, who was charged in 2016 with fraud and conspiracy for his role in a scheme to rig auctions on foreclosed properties
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CBC News:
What we know about Alek Minassian, alleged driver in deadly Toronto van attack  —  Police say Alek Minassian, 25, was arrested at the scene after van plowed into pedestrians on busy Yonge St.  —  Police have identified the suspect in a deadly van attack in Toronto as Alek Minassian …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Flipping Cohen against Trump may not be so easy  —  Getting Michael Cohen to rat out President Donald Trump may not be as simple as it sounds.  —  Although Trump's detractors are rooting for Trump's personal attorney to “flip” on the president and cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller …
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Alex Daugherty / mcclatchydc:
The NRA just broke a 15-year fundraising record  —  WASHINGTON  —  As the student-led March for Our Lives movement captured the nation's attention in the weeks after the Parkland shooting, the other side of the gun control debate enjoyed a banner month of its own.
Discussion: National Review and twitchy.com
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
The Daily Beast is Buzzing With Solid Scoops and An Editor Who Knows How to Spread The Word  —  It's been more than four years since John Avlon, — the former columnist and ubiquitous cable news commentator — took the reins of the Daily Beast from Tina Brown, its founding editor whose name …
Discussion: CNN
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 …
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump's false claims to Comey about Moscow stay could aid Mueller
Discussion: Daily Kos and HuffPost
Associated Press:
Mystery grows over pro-Saudi tabloid: Embassy got sneak peek  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — It landed with a thud on newsstands at Walmart and rural supermarkets last month: Ninety-seven fawning pages saluting Saudi Arabia, whose ambitious crown prince was soon to arrive in the U.S. on a PR blitz to transform his country's image.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
Trump Voters Driven by Fear of Losing Status, Not Economic Anxiety, Study Finds  —  Ever since Donald J. Trump began his improbable political rise, many pundits have credited his appeal among white, Christian and male voters to “economic anxiety.”  Hobbled by unemployment and locked out of the recovery …
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Olga Khazan / The Atlantic:
People Voted for Trump Because They Were Anxious, Not Poor
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Mashable
North Yorkshire Police:
Laser jammer Range Rover driver who gave police the finger is handed an eight-month prison sentence  —  Timothy Hill, 67, threw the device in a river behind his home in Grassington when he found out that officers had launched an investigation.  —  But today he was jailed for eight months …
Discussion: twitchy.com and Daily Wire
Jason Zengerle / New York Times:
How Devin Nunes Turned the House Intelligence Committee Inside Out  —  In inquiries on Benghazi and Russia and beyond, the California congressman has displayed a deep mistrust of the expert consensus on reality — a disposition that has helped him make friends in the current White House.
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
Discussion: Axios and ThinkProgress
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Hope in Arizona  —  Phoenix — On Tuesday, there's a special election in Arizona's Eighth Congressional District, which Donald Trump won by 21 percentage points.  It's to replace Trent Franks, the abortion opponent who resigned amid reports that he tried to create his own personal version of …
Discussion: The Atlantic, AOL and New York Magazine
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Stephanie Hendriks / DemWrite Press:   Please Share: The Arizona CD-08 Voting Toolkit
Ken Klippenstein / TYT Network:
Pompeo Discussed Rapture at CIA  —  Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) is sworn in at his confirmation hearing on January 12, 2017 as Donald Trump's choice for the director of the CIA.  Pompeo is now Trump's choice for secretary of state.  Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images.
Discussion: The Hill, Splinter and NBC News
David Voreacos / Bloomberg:
Mueller Reviewed Manafort Testimony on Russian Deripaska  —  Testimony came in civil lawsuit over failed cable-TV deal  —  Manafort faces 2 indictments, neither related to Russia  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller and FBI agents seized tens of thousands of items from the home of Paul Manafort …
Discussion: Raw Story
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Sales Figures for Comey's ‘A Higher Loyalty’ Dwarf Recent Political Best Sellers  —  Former F.B.I. director James Comey's book, “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership,” has dominated headlines for more than a week, and became an instant blockbuster, selling more than 600,000 copies in all formats during its first week on sale.
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
'Tase me, and you'll see what happens,' an American Airlines passenger said.  Police did — 10 times. … What began as a simple boarding dispute at Miami International Airport escalated into a tour de force of plane drama on Sunday as a belligerent passenger was repeatedly stunned by police …
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.
Sarah Mimms / BuzzFeed:
Inside The Divisive Fight Over How A Top Progressive Think Tank Handled Sexual Harassment  —  One of Washington's leading liberal institutions grappled with a divisive internal battle over sexual harassment during and in the aftermath of the 2016 election, according to documents obtained …
Discussion: Splinter
John Harwood / CNBC:
‘We just have to win’: With Trump in the White House, stakes are higher than ever for Emily's List and Democratic women  — What makes Emily's List loom so large in 2018 is the combination of Hillary Clinton's 2016 defeat and Donald Trump's provocations from the White House.
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John Harwood / CNBC:   Not just Congress: Emily's List is pushing Democratic women to flip statehouses, too
Kevin Williamson / Weekly Standard:
How They Do ‘Journalism’ at New York Magazine  —  In my recent Wall Street Journal essay on the politics of Twitter mobs, I noted that the episode was accompanied by a great deal of sloppy journalism—remarkably lazy journalism.  Of all the mostly denunciatory articles about me that appeared …
David Beard / Poynter:
Morning Mediawire: The Pulitzer-laden researcher embedded in the Post newsroom  —  Little known, widely respected: It's another Pulitzer season for Post's Alice Crites  —  One Pulitzer can make a career.  Two can make a legend.  —  Library-trained researcher Alice Crites has been a part of a half-dozen Pulitzer teams.
New York Times:
The Leadership Roles in America Where Women Are Outnumbered By Men Named John  —  Fortune 500 chief executives who are women Fortune 500 chief executives named John  —  The number of chief executives named John — a group that is overwhelmingly white — is very similar to the number of female executives.
Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed:
The Father Of the Waffle House Shooting Suspect Is Being Investigated For Giving Travis Reinking His Guns Back  —  The father took advantage of what one Illinois state lawmaker called a “loophole” by returning the confiscated guns to his son.  —  Federal authorities on Monday …
 
 
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Cristina Alesci / CNN:
Charles Kushner: ‘I pushed Jared to do the deal’ for 666 Fifth Ave.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
William McGurn / Wall Street Journal:
The Elitists' Trump Excuse
James Fallows / The Atlantic:
The Reinvention of America  —  I have seen the future, and it is in the United States.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Mike Allen / Axios:
Rahm Emanuel: Impeachment isn't “a political tool”
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Is 'can't prove untrue' new standard in Trump probe?
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
14 states hit record-low unemployment
Discussion: Daily Wire and Scared Monkeys
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
More Contemptible Behavior By Liberals
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Poll: Coal baron Blankenship fading in W.Va. Senate primary
Discussion: Vox, Political Wire and ABC News
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Special Trump tax provision gives $17 billion break to millionaires, gov't report finds
Ashley Powers / New Yorker:
The Renegade Sheriffs  —  A law-enforcement movement that claims …
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
First lady releases menu, details for Macron's state visit
 

 
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