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12:15 PM 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 …
Discussion: CNBC and Splinter
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CBS News:
Democrats reviewing allegations against VA nominee Ronny Jackson  —  The ranking Democrat on the Senate Veterans Affairs committee is reviewing allegations he's hearing about Ronny Jackson, the White House physician and President Trump's pick to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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 …
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: VA nominee's struggles are a consequence of Trump's vetting failures
Discussion: MSNBC
Associated Press:
The Latest: Macron highlights ties between France and US  —  The Latest on the White House visit of French President Emmanuel Macron (all times local):  —  President Donald Trump is warning that if Iran restarts its nuclear program it “will have bigger problems than they have ever had before.”
Discussion: Axios
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Michael Sykes / Axios:
Photos: Trump welcomes Emmanuel Macron to White House
Discussion: ABC News, The Hill and Breitbart
Daily Mail:   France's president Emmanuel Macron (L) and US President Donald Trump shake hands before a meeting …
Paul Pradier / ABC News:
French President Emmanuel Macron sweeps into DC with foreign policy that's ‘more articulated, credible and serious’
Discussion: Associated Press
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.
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New York Times:
Do Gun Owners Want Gun Control? Yes, Some Say, Post-Parkland
Discussion: Bearing Arms
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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Ted Johnson / Variety:
Inside the Intense, Combative World of Covering the Trump White House  —  On a chilly and gray Monday in D.C. a few weeks ago, President Trump was sitting on the South Lawn among a group of children during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, when CNN's chief White House correspondent, Jim Acosta, shouted a question at him.
Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
140,000 Arizona residents weren't sent voter ID cards, official calls it a ‘little hiccup’  —  PHOENIX, ARIZONA — As residents of Arizona's eighth congressional district cast ballots in a special election to replace former Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) in Congress, roughly 140,000 of them may be unaware …
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Stephanie Hendriks / DemWrite Press:   Please Share: The Arizona CD-08 Voting Toolkit
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.
Discussion: Axios
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump keeps saying he's innocent.  So why does he keep sounding like he's guilty?  —  The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights  —  As concern grew inside his orbit that Michael Cohen might become a cooperating witness to federal investigators …
Discussion: Daily Kos, AOL and ABC News
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:   Flipping Cohen against Trump may not be so easy
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 …
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, more at Mediagazer »
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.
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
Monika Bickert / Facebook:
Publishing Our Internal Enforcement Guidelines and Expanding Our Appeals Process  —  One of the questions we're asked most often is how we decide what's allowed on Facebook.  These decisions are among the most important we make because they're central to ensuring that Facebook is both a safe place …
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: Townhall, twitchy.com and Daily Wire
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
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
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Is 'can't prove untrue' new standard in Trump probe?  —  When a political figure is accused of wrongdoing, a conversation begins among journalists, commentators, and public officials.  Are the charges true?  Can the accusers prove it?  —  That's the way it normally works.
Discussion: Power Line
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump's false claims to Comey about Moscow stay could aid Mueller  —  Late last January, at a private White House dinner attended only by Donald Trump and Jim Comey, the president steered the conversation to a sensitive topic: “the golden showers thing.”  He wanted the then-FBI director to know …
Discussion: HuffPost and Daily Kos
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Vernon Silver / Bloomberg:
Flight Records Illuminate Mystery of Trump's Moscow Nights
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 …
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
 
 
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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Kanye Signed His Merch ‘Trump’ After Election Day
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CNBC:
Arrested Chevron workers could face treason charge in Venezuela
Cristina Alesci / CNN:
Charles Kushner: ‘I pushed Jared to do the deal’ for 666 Fifth Ave.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
The Leadership Roles in America Where Women Are Outnumbered By Men Named John
David Voreacos / Bloomberg:
Mueller Reviewed Manafort Testimony on Russian Deripaska
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William McGurn / Wall Street Journal:
The Elitists' Trump Excuse
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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”
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
More Contemptible Behavior By Liberals
Discussion: National Review
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Poll: Coal baron Blankenship fading in W.Va. Senate primary
Discussion: Vox, Political Wire and ABC News