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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Tells Macron the U.S. Will Withdraw From Iran Nuclear Deal  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump told President Emmanuel Macron of France on Tuesday morning that he plans to announce the withdrawal of the United States from the Iran nuclear deal, according to a person briefed on the conversation.
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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 …
Axios:
Pompeo signaled Iran deal withdrawal to European colleagues  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told his colleagues from the E3 — France, Germany and the United Kingdom — on Friday that President Trump has rejected the understandings that were drafted with American negotiators …
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
Sen. Marco Rubio / Fox News:
Senator Marco Rubio: President Trump should nix the Iran nuclear deal
Discussion: RedState and Daily Wire
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
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Gary Cohn: ‘I feel happier’ after leaving Trump's White House
Discussion: Breitbart
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 …
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’
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
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 …
Deirdre Shesgreen / USA Today:
Republicans pounce after Pelosi says Democrats would reopen tax cut bill if they gain majority  —  WASHINGTON — House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi threw Republicans a wad of political catnip Tuesday morning when she said Democrats would like to reopen the Republican tax cut law if they regain the majority.
Discussion: Washington Post, twitchy.com and IJR
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Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
The connection that may decide 2018 isn't what you think
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.
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 …
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
Ryan: House and Senate have struck deal on Dodd-Frank rollback  —  (R-Wis.) said Tuesday that the House and Senate have struck a deal to pass the upper chamber's bipartisan bill to roll back strict financial rules enacted by President Obama.  —  Ryan told reporters at the Capitol that the House …
 
 
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Human Rights Watch:
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Virginia Bridges / Durham Herald-Sun:
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