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11:50 PM ET, April 25, 2018

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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
New Allegations Emerge Against Ronny Jackson as White House Digs In  —  WASHINGTON — Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, the White House physician nominated to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, provided “a large supply” of Percocet, a prescription opioid, to a White House military office staff member …
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Washington Post:
VA nominee Ronny Jackson faces explosive new allegations of drinking, wrecking government vehicle  —  White House physician Ronny L. Jackson, President Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, wrecked a government vehicle after getting drunk at a Secret Service going away party …
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and Political Wire
CNN:
White House prepares for possible Jackson withdrawal  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump is beginning to wonder aloud whether his embattled Veterans Affairs nominee should step aside “before things get worse” and White House aides are now preparing for that possibility, White House officials told CNN.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
ABC News:
President Trump will personally review documents in Cohen case  —  President Trump will personally review documents in Cohen case  —  Trump administration fights federal judge's ruling that DACA must continue  —  The judge delayed the order so DHS can 'better explain" why DACA is “unlawful.
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New York Times:
Michael Cohen to Take Fifth Amendment in Stormy Daniels Lawsuit  —  Michael D. Cohen, President Trump's longtime personal lawyer, will invoke his Fifth Amendment right in a lawsuit filed against the president by Stephanie Clifford, the pornographic film star better known as Stormy Daniels.
Washington Post:
Michael Cohen to invoke Fifth Amendment right in Stormy Daniels case … Michael Cohen, the longtime attorney of President Trump, told a federal judge on Wednesday that he will invoke his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself in a lawsuit brought by adult entertainer Stormy Daniels.
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Cohen to plead the Fifth in Stormy Daniels lawsuit
Discussion: RedState and Political Wire
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Trump's lawyers say President will be available ‘as needed’ to review Cohen raid materials
Discussion: Raw Story
Sara Randazzo / Wall Street Journal:   Trump Attorney to Plead Fifth in Stormy Daniels Lawsuit
Scott Glover / CNN:
Michael Cohen asserts Fifth Amendment rights in Stormy Daniels case
Discussion: VICE News
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Lawyers Seek to Determine Whether Mueller Has ‘Open Mind’  —  Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani met with special counsel's team this week to discuss interview with president  —  President Donald Trump's lawyers are seeking to determine whether special counsel Robert Mueller has an …
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Washington Post:
Giuliani reopens negotiations about presidential interview with Mueller, but cautions special counsel that Trump remains resistant  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump's new personal lawyer dealing with the ongoing probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election …
New York Times:
Robert Mueller's Last Resort
Discussion: Washington Press
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Mueller likely to find Trump offenses, Trump likely to fire him
Discussion: Political Wire
The Daily Beast:
Joy Reid's Lawyer: FBI Now Investigating Alleged ‘Hack’  —  MSNBC weekend host Joy Reid's lawyer claimed Wednesday evening that the FBI has opened a probe into her claim that her old blog was hacked to make her appear homophobic.  “We have received confirmation the FBI has opened an investigation …
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Alex Griswold / Washington Free Beacon:   Joy Reid Blog Mocked ‘Chubbed-Out Shrew’ Rosie O'Donnell, Backed ‘Kick-Ass Funny’ Donald Trump
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Macron Says Trump Will Likely Kill The Iran Deal  —  US flip-flops on treaties are “insane,” says the French president.  —  BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief  —  French President Emmanuel Macron believes President Donald Trump will pull out of the Iran nuclear deal as part of “a strategy of increasing tension …
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The Hill:   GOP anxiety grows over Trump's Iran decision
Wes Kosova / Bloomberg:
Macron Says He Thinks Trump Will Pull Out of Iran Nuclear Deal
New York Times:
How Scott Pruitt Plans to Defend Himself on Capitol Hill: Spread the Blame  —  WASHINGTON — As Scott Pruitt, the embattled head of the Environmental Protection Agency, prepares to testify before Congress on Thursday amid a series of spending and ethics investigations, an internal E.P …
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Washington Post:
Scott Pruitt heads to Capitol Hill as White House probes signal his shaky status
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Tracy Jan / Washington Post:
HUD Secretary Ben Carson to propose rent increases for low-income Americans receiving federal housing subsidies … U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Wednesday will propose to increase the amount low-income households are expected to pay for rent as well as require …
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:   HUD Secretary Ben Carson wants to triple rent on poor people
New York Times:
Inside the Confidential N.F.L. Meeting to Discuss National Anthem Protests  —  N.F.L. owners, players and league executives, about 30 in all, convened urgently at the league's headquarters on Park Avenue in October, nearly a month after President Trump began deriding the league and its players over protests during the national anthem.
Ian Mohr / Page Six:
Tina Brown wants no part of Charlie Rose's #MeToo redemption series  —  Disgraced CBS anchor Charlie Rose is being slated to star in a show where he'll interview other high-profile men who have also been toppled by #MeToo scandals.  —  The move was revealed by editor, writer and women's advocate Tina Brown …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Merseyside Police:
We've issued the following statement following reports of social media posts being made in relation to Alder Hey Hospital and the ongoing situation with Alfie Evans:  —  Chief Inspector Chris Gibson said: “Merseyside Police has been made aware of a number of social media posts …
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National Review:   Let Alfie Evans Go to Rome
The Guardian:
Alfie Evans: police issue warning over online abuse of medical staff
Discussion: Townhall and Chicks On The Right
Kevin D. Williamson / Washington Post:
Kevin Williamson: The punishment I favor for abortion  —  Kevin D. Williamson is a Texas-based writer.  —  As a libertarian, I fully accept the motto that what a woman chooses to do with her own body is her business.  As someone who can count, I believe that abortion involves two bodies.
NBC News:
Bannon turned Cambridge into ‘propaganda machine,’ whistleblower says  —  WASHINGTON — Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie told Democrats on Capitol Hill that former Trump campaign strategist Steve Bannon asked the embattled data firm to study voter suppression strategies …
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Kelly Cohen / Washington Examiner:
Steve Bannon ordered messaging tested about Putin in 2014: Cambridge Analytica whistleblower
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Classified Report Slams Military Over October Deaths in Niger  —  Culture of excessive risk is faulted in ill-fated mission against Islamists in West Africa  —  WASHINGTON—Poor training, complacency and a culture of excessive risk contributed to the deaths of four U.S. soldiers during …
CNN:
Exclusive: Expelled spies included Russians suspected of tracking compatriots who resettled in US  —  Trump expels 60 Russian diplomats over UK attack  —  Washington (CNN)Among the dozens of Russian diplomats the US expelled last month were suspected spies who US law enforcement …
New York Times:
Key Justices Seem Skeptical of Challenge to Trump's Travel Ban  —  WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices asked tough questions of both sides on Wednesday in weighing President Trump's authority to impose a travel ban, which restricts entry into the United States from several predominantly Muslim nations …
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The Daily Beast:
Top Trump Fundraiser Caught Working for Assad Ally … Brian Ballard, viewed by some as the lobbyist closest to President Donald Trump, is working for an ally of Syria's brutal dictator, Bashar al-Assad.  —  Ballard's firm, Ballard Partners, disclosed on March 15 that it has taken …
Discussion: Raw Story
Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:
In Trump's first year, FISA court denied record number of surveillance orders  —  More surveillance orders were denied during President Donald Trump's first year in office than in the court's history.  —  In its first year, the Trump administration kept one little-known courtroom in the capital busy.
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
Judge: Bars are allowed to throw out Trump supporters  —  SEE ALSO  —  Cheers, Trump haters.  —  A Manhattan judge ruled Wednesday that there's nothing “outrageous” about throwing the president's supporters out of bars — because the law doesn't protect against political discrimination.
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Times
Sarah Mimms / BuzzFeed:
The Center For American Progress Staff Was Shocked After Neera Tanden Named The Anonymous Harassment Victim In An All-Staff Meeting  —  The meeting comes after BuzzFeed News reported on allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation against those who reported at the progressive organization.
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
James Comey Denies Being A Leaker [VIDEO]  —  Former FBI Director James Comey denied being a leaker on Wednesday during a contentious exchange at a CNN town hall hosted by Anderson Cooper.  —  Cooper was pressing Comey over his decision after being fired in May 2017 to give a friend four memos …
Joe Concha / The Hill:
US falls to 45th on press freedom index, Trump labeled ‘media-bashing enthusiast’  —  Reporters Without Borders has dropped the United States to No. 45 in its annual ranking of press freedom for 180 countries around the world.  —  In the report released Wednesday, the United States received a …
National Journal:
Democrats Learning the Limits of Base-First Politics  —  A tale of two Senate races: Despite Beto O'Rourke's historic money haul, Democrats aren't optimistic he can win in Texas, but in Tennessee, a centrist former governor is putting a surprising race in play.
 
 
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
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Matthew Karnitschnig / Politico:
Race is on to find the next European Commission president
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Foreign Policy:
Can Obama's National Security Braintrust Get Elected in the Age of Trump?
Reuters:
Syria donors fall short without U.S. aid, warn of cruel end-game
The Intercept:
The Democratic Party Is Paying Millions for Hillary Clinton's Email List, FEC Documents Show
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Mulvaney could at least feel some shame
Discussion: ABC News and Hullabaloo
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Louisiana GOP pushes back on anti-bestiality bill over fears it could undo sodomy ban
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Kirsten Gillibrand Unveils A Public Option For Banking
Ariel Zilber / Daily Mail:
The officers pulled over a car whose Nevada registration had expired. …
Discussion: Louder With Crowder and Politico
New York Times:
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