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6:45 AM ET, April 26, 2018

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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.
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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.
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Cohen to plead the Fifth in Stormy Daniels lawsuit  —  's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, plans to assert his Fifth Amendment rights in the lawsuit filed against him by adult-film star Stormy Daniels.  —  “Based on the advice of counsel, I will assert my 5th amendment rights in connection …
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
Scott Glover / CNN:
Michael Cohen asserts Fifth Amendment rights in Stormy Daniels case
Discussion: VICE News
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 considers withdrawing as new allegations emerge of drinking, wrecking government vehicle … White House physician Ronny L. Jackson has grown frustrated with the nomination process to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs and has told colleagues he may remove his name from consideration …
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: AOL and Talking Points Memo
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 …
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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 …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Mueller likely to find Trump offenses, Trump likely to fire him  —  Most voters think it is important to continue investigating whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia — but more believe President Trump will fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller before he's done.
New York Times:
Robert Mueller's Last Resort
Discussion: Washington Press
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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Wes Kosova / Bloomberg:
Macron Says He Thinks Trump Will Pull Out of Iran Nuclear Deal
The Hill:
GOP anxiety grows over Trump's Iran decision
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.
Washington Post:
Scott Pruitt heads to Capitol Hill as White House probes signal his shaky status … On the eve of critical hearings on Capitol Hill, top White House officials are intensifying efforts to document wasteful spending by Scott Pruitt as President Trump weighs whether to keep supporting …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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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.
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, Jezebel and Mediaite
National Review:
Let Alfie Evans Go to Rome  —  Alfie Evans, 23 months old, is hospitalized with a rare neurodegenerative disorder.  Against his parents' wishes, his doctors at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool removed him from life support on Monday evening, maintaining that further treatment would be futile.
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Merseyside Police:
We've issued the following statement following reports …
The Guardian:
Alfie Evans: police issue warning over online abuse of medical staff
Discussion: Townhall and Chicks On The Right
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 …
Discussion: Splinter, Political Wire and NBC News
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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
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 …
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
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.
Emily Saul / Page Six:
Bill Cosby's lawyer falls asleep during testimony  —  NORRISTOWN, Pa.-As rapt jurors listened to the judge overseeing Bill Cosby's sex assault retrial read back prior testimony, the entertainer's lead lawyer snoozed in his chair.  —  Tom Mesereau, mouth agape, drifted in and out of consciousness Wednesday …
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 …
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.
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 …
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Why Does Trump Treat Immigrant Kids Cruelly?  Because He Can  —  A lifetime ago, Anne Frank's family applied for visas to the United States to escape Hitler, but we rejected the Franks and other desperate Jewish refugees.  We thought: This is Europe's problem, not ours, and we don't want to be overrun by “those people.”
 
 
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USA Today:
Hiral Tipirneni, a Democrat, lost Arizona's special election, but Nancy Pelosi still ‘thrilled’
Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
Nancy Pelosi's Last Stand
Deadline:
Annapurna, Plan B Plot 'Spotlight'-Like Movie On How NY Times Reporters Broke Harvey Weinstein Sex Scandal Story
Discussion: The Guardian and IndieWire
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
James Comey Denies Being A Leaker [VIDEO]
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
 Earlier Items: 
The Intercept:
The Democratic Party Is Paying Millions for Hillary Clinton's Email List, FEC Documents Show
Discussion: Fox News Insider
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Mulvaney could at least feel some shame
Discussion: Hullabaloo and ABC News
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
Judge: Bars are allowed to throw out Trump supporters
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Times
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Louisiana GOP pushes back on anti-bestiality bill over fears it could undo sodomy ban
New York Times:
Key Justices Seem Skeptical of Challenge to Trump's Travel Ban