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Washington Post:
Israelis kill dozens of Palestinians in Gaza protesting U.S. Embassy move to Jerusalem … ZEITOUN, Gaza Strip — Israeli soldiers on Monday killed 37 Palestinians demonstrating along the border fence and wounded more than 1,600 in the bloodiest day in Gaza since the 2014 war with Israel, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
The Times of Israel:
Obama's ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro not invited to US embassy opening
Lahav Harkov / Jerusalem Post:
Pastor set to address U.S. embassy event said Jews, others going to hell
Reuters:
Israeli forces kill dozens in Gaza as U.S. Embassy opens in Jerusalem
Discussion: IJR, Defense One and New York Magazine
Yaniv Kubovich / Haaretz:
Jerusalem Embassy and Gaza Protests: 41 Palestinians Reported Killed by Israeli Gunfire at Border
Declan Walsh / New York Times:
At the Gaza-Israel Fence: Raw Nerves and Shots Fired
Discussion: Mondoweiss
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump and Sean Hannity Like to Talk Before Bedtime  —  Life inside the bunker of Fox News' resident Trumplegänger.  —  Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Pool via Bloomberg/Getty Images (Trump head); Rob Kim/Getty Images (Hannity head); NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images (phone)
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Trump vs. the “Deep State”  —  How the Administration's loyalists are quietly reshaping American governance.  —  Two months after Donald Trump's Inauguration, the White House took a sudden interest in a civil servant named Sahar Nowrouzzadeh.  At thirty-four, she was largely unknown outside …
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
White House Aide's Plan to Stop Leaks: Spy on His Co-Workers … A former National Security Council official now working for Attorney General Jeff Sessions explored ways to surreptitiously monitor the communications of White House staff for leaks or perceived political disloyalty to Donald Trump …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump voters stay loyal because they feel disrespected
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court allows sports betting across the country  —  WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court acted Monday to bust Nevada's monopoly on legal sports betting, allowing more states to get in on the action and reap the tax benefits.  —  The court, in a 6-3 ruling, struck down a federal law …
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The Daily Caller:
With Avenatti In The Spotlight, His Own Questionable Past Emerges  —  Much of the developments surrounding Stormy Daniels' lawsuit again President Donald Trump have focused on the business dealings of attorney Michael Cohen, but an investigation by The Daily Caller News Foundation reveals …
Discussion: Daily Wire, NewsBusters and Raw Story
New York Times:
Amid Political Disarray, Pence Reaches for Control of G.O.P.  —  Representative Jeb Hensarling of Texas needed a favor: Before retiring at the end of his term, Mr. Hensarling, a powerful conservative, wanted to anoint an activist named Bunni Pounds as his successor.
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Mueller's Probe Is Even More Expansive Than It Seems  —  FBI agents working for special counsel Robert Mueller allegedly detained a lawyer with ties to Russia who is closely associated with Joseph Mifsud, the shadowy professor who claimed during the election that Russia had “dirt” on Hillary Clinton.
Washington Post:
Va. election officials assigned 26 voters to the wrong district.  It might've cost Democrats a pivotal race. … Last year's race for state delegate in Newport News went down in Virginia history for its razor-thin margin.  Republican David E. Yancey won on Election Day by 10 votes …
Discussion: CNN and Daily Kos
Washington Post:
Trump's improved standing, energized GOP voters worry Democrats  —  After months of confidence that public discontent with President Trump would lift Democrats back to power in Congress, some party leaders are fretting that their advantages in this year's midterms are eroding amid a shifting political landscape.
Rebecca Berg / CNN:
Top GOP donors close wallets over tax law  —  (CNN)As national Republicans scramble their resources for a high-stakes midterm election year, some of the party's biggest and most reliable donors have quietly withheld their support for Senate and House Republican groups out of frustration with the new tax law, CNN has learned.
Kate Nocera / BuzzFeed:
How The Congressional Baseball Shooting Didn't Become The Deadliest Political Assassination In American History  —  You don't know the whole story of how close we came to one of the deadliest political shootings in US history last year.  —  Bureau Chief, BuzzFeed DC  —  Lissandra Villa
Discussion: Front Page Magazine
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Tasha Reign: I Was Assaulted on a Stormy Daniels Porn Set.  And She Did Nothing. … On the morning of April 17, Stormy Daniels made a hotly-anticipated appearance on The View.  —  Flanked by her omnipresent attorney, Michael Avenatti, the adult actress/director defended her decision …
Discussion: Daily Wire
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Meryl Streep to Star in Panama Papers Thriller for Steven Soderbergh (Exclusive)  —  Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas are also in talks to star.  —  Meryl Streep will star in The Laundromat, a drama based on the Panama Papers that Steven Soderbergh will direct.
Joe Schoffstall / Washington Free Beacon:
Clinton Sent $150K in Campaign Cash to LLC Managing Book, Speaking Income  —  Payments from Hillary for America to ZFS Holdings LLC, Clinton's Delaware-based entity, are marked as ‘rent’ and began last May  —  Hillary Clinton has sent $150,000 in leftover funds from her presidential campaign committee …
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David Z. Seide / New York Times:   Why Comey's October Surprise Was Pointless and Wrong
Wall Street Journal:
Michael Cohen's D.C. Consulting Career: Scattershot, With Mixed Success  —  Pitching himself as the president's lawyer to companies expecting a Clinton win, Mr. Cohen won AT&T and Novartis but was spurned by Ford and Uber  —  When Michael Cohen came knocking after the 2016 election …    SL 
Elizabeth Dias / New York Times:
An Evangelical Journalist Finds His Calling at the White House  —  David Brody has unusual access to the president.  In return, Mr. Trump gets a direct line to the evangelical audience he depends on.  —  WASHINGTON — It was the morning after another breathtaking revelation about President Trump …
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump's drug price retreat adds to list of abandoned populist promises  —  President Trump's announcement that he would not force drug companies to lower prices for older Americans marked at least the fourth populist economic promise he has abandoned since taking office.
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
It's A Good Time To Be A Reporter Covering Trump If You Like Money And Going On TV  —  And reporters in DC do.  —  A whirlwind Washington era has vaulted White House reporters into a charmed, somewhat awkward, but characteristically Trumpian reality: fame and fortune.
New York Times:
Sergei Skripal Was Retired, but Still in the Spy Game.  Is That Why He Was Poisoned?  —  PRAGUE — The aging Russian spy had been a free man for only a few years when he turned up in Prague for a secret meeting with his former adversaries.  He looked ill, but acted jovial …
Discussion: Sky News and The Guardian
Ted Pyne / CommonWealth Magazine:
Why new Green Line approach makes sense  —  FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS, the design of Green Line cars has been dictated by the Lechmere Inner Loop, a 42-foot radius curve that has required custom-designed vehicles ever since the T moved beyond World War II era trolleys.
Kate Conger / Gizmodo:
Google Employees Resign in Protest Against Pentagon Contract  —  It's been nearly three months since many Google employees—and the public—learned about the company's decision to provide artificial intelligence to a controversial military pilot program known as Project Maven …
 
 
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
NBC News swings, hits self
Discussion: Instapundit
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Dwindling Merchant Marine fleet crimps U.S. ability to wage war
Weekly Standard:
Scott Pruitt and His Enemies
Discussion: RedState
Axios:
Trump's hardline supporters sound alarm on his China moves
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
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Liberal ideas move from fringe to front-burner for Democrats
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
A GOP surprise: House midterm hopes rise in blue California
Discussion: Axios
Alice Ollstein / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Admin Poised To Give Rural Whites A Carve-Out On Medicaid Work Rules
Discussion: ACA Signups
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Graham considers Jolly for running mate
Brian Faler / Politico:
GOP tax cut not why economy is booming
New York Times:
Why Traditional TV Is in Trouble
Steven G. Calabresi / Wall Street Journal:
Mueller's Investigation Crosses the Legal Line   SL 
Discussion: Law & Crime
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All the problems at NBC News aren't just coincidence. They're symptoms.
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He Was a Tireless Critic of the Iran Deal. Now He Insists He Wanted to Save It.
 

 
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