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3:25 PM ET, May 8, 2018

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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Withdraws U.S. From ‘One-Sided’ Iran Nuclear Deal  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump declared on Tuesday that he was pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal, unraveling the signature foreign policy achievement of his predecessor, Barack Obama, and isolating the United States among its Western allies.
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New York Times:
Opponents of Iran Deal Hired Investigators to Dig Up Dirt on Obama Aide  —  WASHINGTON — For years, opponents of the nuclear deal with Iran have accused Benjamin J. Rhodes, a top national security aide to President Barack Obama, of scheming to sell the diplomatic agreement on false pretenses to the American people.
Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
Trump announces US withdrawing from Iran nuclear deal  —  President Donald Trump has announced that the U.S. is withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal, keeping a campaign promise, but ignoring the advice of America's allies.  —  The president said he is removing the U.S from the Iran nuclear deal known …
Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Trump announces plans to withdraw from Iran nuclear agreement
Discussion: National Review
Wesley Morgan / Politico:
Former Joint Chiefs head fears Trump will lash out if North Korea summit fails
Discussion: Axios
Paul Campos / New York Magazine:
Here's a Theory About That $1.6 Million Payout From a GOP Official to a Playboy Model  —  On May 2, Rudy Giuliani revealed that the Trump administration has been lying for months about the fact that Donald Trump reimbursed his personal attorney Michael Cohen for the $130,000 he fronted …
New York Times:
Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web  —  An alliance of heretics is making an end run around the mainstream conversation.  Should we be listening?  —  By Bari WeissPhotographs by Damon Winter  —  Here are some things that you will hear when you sit down to dinner with the vanguard …
Eli Okun / Politico:
Comey casts doubt on judge who slammed Mueller probe  —  Former FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday criticized a judge who voiced skepticism about the prosecution of Paul Manafort, saying the judge's comments about overstepping were themselves going too far.
Discussion: Washington Post and The Hill
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
As headlines swirl, Trump grows frustrated with Giuliani  —  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is growing increasingly irritated with lawyer Rudy Giuliani's frequently off-message media blitz, in which he has muddied the waters on hush money paid to porn actress Stormy Daniels and made claims …
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Giuliani Says Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen ‘Has No Incriminating Information About The President’
Discussion: Vox, Talking Points Memo and CNBC
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller's team shoots down idea of written interview with Trump
Discussion: Salon, Hullabaloo and New York Magazine
Raphael Satter / Associated Press:
US military wives threatened by Russian hackers posing as IS  —  PARIS (AP) — Army wife Angela Ricketts was soaking in a bubble bath in her Colorado home, leafing through a memoir, when a message appeared on her iPhone from hackers threatening to slaughter her family.  —  “Dear Angela!” the Facebook message read.
Discussion: VICE News and The Week
New Yorker:
Four Women Accuse New York's Attorney General of Physical Abuse  —  Eric Schneiderman has raised his profile as a voice against sexual misconduct.  Now, after suing Harvey Weinstein, he faces a #MeToo reckoning of his own.  —  Update: Three hours after the publication of this story, Schneiderman resigned from his position.
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Kate Sheehy / New York Post:
Ex: Schneiderman called me his ‘brown slave,’ would slap me until I called him ‘Master’
CNN:
Trump's support for embattled Pruitt could be wavering  —  New scandals only add to problems for Pruitt  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's support for Scott Pruitt may be wavering as White House aides renew a push to convince the President he should fire his embattled EPA chief, several sources told CNN.
Discussion: The Week
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New York Times:
White House Aides Are Urging President Trump to Fire Scott Pruitt, the E.P.A. Chief
Kate Conger / Special Projects Desk:
Univision Is A Fucking Mess  —  Kate Conger, David Uberti, and Laura Wagner  —  This is the story of how corporate raiding, complacency, excess, and incompetence are gutting a media company that matters to tens of millions of people.  It's not a novel story, and perhaps not even scandalous …
Dennis Green / Business Insider:
Mitt Romney wore a tux he bought on Amazon to the Met Gala — and it embarrassed his wife  — He told the New York Times that he was wearing a Brioni tuxedo he had bought from Amazon at a discount.  —  It seems Mitt Romney loves the convenience of Amazon.
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Pelosi's message to Dems who criticize her while campaigning: ‘Just win, baby’  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday she is unbothered by Democrats campaigning in swing districts by pledging not to support her for speaker.  —  Her message to such candidates …
Discussion: CNN, Townhall, Breitbart and The Daily Beast
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Deirdre Shesgreen / USA Today:
Republicans pounce after Pelosi says Democrats would reopen tax cut bill if they gain majority
Discussion: Washington Post, twitchy.com and IJR
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
The connection that may decide 2018 isn't what you think
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Christiane Amanpour named as Charlie Rose's official replacement  —  Christiane Amanpour will officially replace Charlie Rose on PBS stations across the country.  —  The move was made official at the public broadcaster's annual meeting on Tuesday.  It has been in the works for five months …
Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
Defector: WikiLeaks ‘Will Lie to Your Face’ … Last February leaked messages from a private WikiLeaks chat group offered an unfiltered glimpse of Julian Assange, complete with misogyny, anti-Semitism, and a clear, early preference for a GOP election victory.
Washington Post:
Orrin Hatch apologizes to John McCain for funeral comment: 'I shouldn't have said anything' … Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) has apologized to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for saying it was “ridiculous” for McCain to request that President Trump not attend his funeral, a remark that drew a swift rebuke from McCain's daughter Meghan McCain.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Anousha Sakoui / Bloomberg:
MoviePass Owner's Cash Runs Low With $9.95 Monthly Deal Taking Toll  — Helios & Matheson has less than one month's worth of cash left  — Movie chain AMC says that MoviePass model isn't sustainable  —  The clock may be ticking for MoviePass Inc. and owner Helios & Matheson Analytics Inc.
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Voices on the left are rising in the US.  Why aren't they in mainstream media?  —  The Los Angeles March for Immigrant Rights.  (Photo via Molly Adams/Flickr.)  —  Not many happy hours have their own weekly newsletter, but Sean McElwee's does.  The left-wing researcher …
Stephanie Baker / Bloomberg:
Cambridge Analytica Won't Be Revived Under New Company Name  — Emerdata, firm set up by Cambridge executives, also closing  — “It's the end of the show,” Oakes said.  “Everybody has gone.”  —  LISTEN TO ARTICLE  —  Post to Twitter  —  Send as an Email
Davis Richardson / The New York Observer:
Bret Easton Ellis Warns More Celebrities Will Choose the Red Pill à la Kanye West  —  As corporate progressivism vies against Trumpian nationalism for the future of America's Empire, celebrities are inciting their own upheaval within Hollywood.  —  American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis warned …
Discussion: Breitbart and Daily Wire
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Philip Wegmann / Washington Examiner:
Leaders of Turning Point USA bail on college kids to hang out with Kanye West
CBS News:
More Americans now say Russia investigation is politically motivated - CBS News poll  —  A year into the special counsel investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 elections, a slight majority of Americans thinks the investigation is politically motivated.
GOV.UK:
Joint statement from Prime Minister May, Chancellor Merkel and President Macron following President Trump's statement on Iran  —  Joint statement from Prime Minister Theresa May, Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Emmanuel Macron following President Trump's statement on Iran.
Mike Vilensky / Wall Street Journal:
Worst Job in America: Responding to Irate Tweets From New York City Subway Riders  —  Life on the receiving end of 2,500 often profanity-laced tweets a day from angry commuters venting to @MTA can be intense  —  Every day, the frustrations of New York City subway riders spew out in the form …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Meyers: Trump Wanted Me To Apologize On-Air for Making Fun of Him  —  Four years after the ‘Late Night’ host torched Trump at the WHCD, he says Michael Cohen was sent to negotiate Trump's appearance on his show—with one big demand. … NEW YORK—It wasn't all porn star hush money …
Discussion: Raw Story, Daily Kos and The Week
BuzzFeed:
New CIA Documents Raise More Questions About Efficacy of The Agency's Torture Program  —  “He was under ‘enhanced measures’ when he made these claims and simply told his interrogators what he thought they wanted to hear.”  —  Reporting From Washington, DC  —  As Gina Haspel …
The Times of Israel:
IDF on high alert in north, fears Iran reprisal may include infiltration attack  —  Security officials preparing for missiles strikes by Tehran's proxies, but also for possible attempts to breach army bases, communities  —  The Israeli military was in a state of high alert in the country's north Monday …
Rich Noyes / NewsBusters:
The Media Get Trumped: President's Polls Improve Despite 90% Negative Coverage  —  The liberal media's war against President Trump was as fierce as ever during the first four months of 2018, but the onslaught appears to be for naught: In the face of massive and hostile coverage from ABC …
Discussion: Hot Air, The Daily Caller and WND
Renae Merle / Washington Post:
Mick Mulvaney does not want you to see complaints against banks that bankrolled his campaigns, report says … Last month, Mick Mulvaney, interim head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, caused a stir after telling a group of banking executives that as a South Carolina congressman …
 
 
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
President Trump's Approval Rating Has Been Steady. Richard Nixon's Once Was Too.
Discussion: CBS News
Keith Gessen / New York Times:
The Quiet Americans Behind the U.S.-Russia Imbroglio
Megan Cassella / Politico:
Mexico pushes for a full NAFTA deal
Discussion: The Daily Caller
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Gary Cohn: ‘I feel happier’ after leaving Trump's White House
Discussion: Breitbart
THE / Los Angeles Times:
What kind of country would tear apart and lock up families fleeing violence in their homelands?  Ours
Discussion: Breitbart and AILA
Christian Caryl / Washington Post:
How Vladimir Putin became the world's favorite dictator
Discussion: RT, Bloomberg and New York Times
Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
Ryan: House and Senate have struck deal on Dodd-Frank rollback
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Human Rights Watch:
Israel Orders Human Rights Watch Official Deported
Thomas Burr / Salt Lake Tribune:
FEC says Chaffetz may have broken the law in money transfer; Chaffetz's lawyer says it was a paperwork error
Russ Vought / Wall Street Journal:
The White House Announces Its Rescission Package
Discussion: The Daily Signal
Virginia Bridges / Durham Herald-Sun:
Durham County sheriff disavows, removes controversial Facebook post on election day
Discussion: Raw Story
Mari Uyehara / GQ:
How Free Speech Warriors Mainstreamed White Supremacists
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Democratic Meddling In West Virginia And 4 Other Things To Watch This Election Day
Discussion: Vox, ABC News, NPR and Politico