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8:45 AM ET, May 15, 2018

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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
A Grotesque Spectacle in Jerusalem  —  On Monday, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and other leading lights of the Trumpist right gathered in Israel to celebrate the relocation of the American Embassy to Jerusalem, a gesture widely seen as a slap in the face to Palestinians who envision East Jerusalem as their future capital.
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Declan Walsh / New York Times:
Waves of Gazans vs. Israeli Tear Gas and Bullets: Deadliest Mayhem in Years
Discussion: HuffPost, Vox and Bloomberg
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Nothing says ‘peace’ like 58 dead Palestinians
Discussion: TIME, Associated Press and Politico
Robert Mackey / The Intercept:
Ivanka Trump Opens U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem During Israeli Massacre of Palestinians in Gaza
New York Times:
Trump's Failure in Jerusalem
Discussion: Just Security
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Jerusalem Embassy Is a Victory for Trump, and a Complication for Middle East Peace
Weekly Standard:
The Gaza ‘Protests’
Discussion: The Times of Israel
New York Daily News:
Dozens of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces at Gaza border, thousands injured in protests …
Discussion: The Week and Mediaite
David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:   Killings in Gaza, New Embassy in Jerusalem, and Peace as Distant as Ever
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Washington Post:
Trump's ZTE tweet sows confusion before trade talks with China
Kansas City Star:
Case against Greitens is dropped, for now.  Legislative leaders say nothing's changed  —  ST. LOUIS  —  In a stunning development, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner on Monday dropped her prosecution of Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens in the face of the defense team's plan to call her as a witness.
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Jason Hancock / Kansas City Star:   Greitens admits using secret texting app with staff but says he didn't violate laws
Robert Patrick / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Circuit attorney drops charge against Greitens after judge rules she can be called as witness
Discussion: The Daily Beast, CNN and The Week
Robert Maguire / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
$1 million mystery gift to inauguration traced to conservative legal activists  —  WASHINGTON  —  One of the largest contributions to President Donald Trump's inaugural committee in 2016 appears to have been orchestrated by a set of powerful conservative legal activists who have since …
Discussion: Splinter
Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
The Russians Try to Call Mueller's Bluff, File Request to View Secret Grand Jury Info  —  Attorneys for an alleged component of Russian trolling efforts during the 2016 presidential election are demanding that special counsel Robert Mueller be forced to reveal the grand jury instructions used …
Discussion: Mother Jones, RedState and Raw Story
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Russian company indicted by Mueller slams case as a ‘make-believe crime’
Axios:
Scoop: Inside Trump's 2020 startup  —  As President Trump's campaign aides quietly launch his reelection campaign, they're eyeing two states as possible pickups for 2020: Minnesota, where Trump came close in 2016 without even trying; and Colorado, where his hands-off approach to marijuana enforcement is a possible selling point.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Axios:
Scoop: Trump's “big data” plan for 2020  —  Trump reelection campaign manager Brad Parscale starts with 18 million email addresses and phone numbers ("hard contacts") of likely Trump voters, and has a goal of doubling that that to 30 million to 40 million by Election Day 2020 — roughly half of the votes Trump needs.
Politico:
Senate GOP chides Trump over McCain treatment  —  ‘Just out of common decency they should apologize,’ one Republican said of the White House ahead of a Trump lunch with GOP senators.  —  Senate Republicans are openly seething over the White House's treatment of John McCain …
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Philip Wegmann / Washington Examiner:
Blake Farenthold secured $2.14M in federal pork for this port; they just gave him a $160K job  —  Disgraced former Rep. Blake Farenthold of Texas still has friends to catch him when he falls.  —  One month after resigning from Congress to avoid an ethics investigation into sexual harassment allegations …
Discussion: Splinter
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Corpus Christi Caller-Times:
Embattled ex-congressman Blake Farenthold finds safe harbor at the Port of Port Lavaca
Discussion: HuffPost and Roll Call
John Solomon / The Hill:
Mueller may have a conflict — and it leads directly to a Russian oligarch  —  has withstood relentless political attacks, many distorting his record of distinguished government service.  —  But there's one episode even Mueller's former law enforcement comrades — and independent ethicists …
Nick Wingfield / New York Times:
Seattle Scales Back Tax in Face of Amazon's Revolt, but Tensions Linger  —  SEATTLE — After intense lobbying by local businesses and a bold threat by Amazon to curtail development in its hometown, the Seattle City Council on Monday approved a smaller and more limited tax on big companies than originally envisioned.
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Daniel Beekman / The Seattle Times:
Seattle City Council votes 9-0 for scaled-down head tax on large employers
Discussion: Recode and ThinkProgress
Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump undergoes kidney surgery at Walter Reed medical center  —  (CNN)First lady Melania Trump underwent kidney surgery Monday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center near Washington, DC, according to a statement from her office.  —  Trump had been experiencing an issue …
Washington Post:
Michael Avenatti is using Trump tactics to battle Trump, a strategy that comes with risks  —  Ten weeks ago, Michael Avenatti was a California lawyer known for his successes in class-action lawsuits.  Then he sued President Trump on behalf of adult-film actress Stormy Daniels and …
Discussion: USA Today and The Gateway Pundit
Erin Dooley / ABC News:
Exclusive: Former for-profit college executive shaped Education Department policy that could benefit former employers: Documents  —  A senior U.S. Department of Education official hired straight out of the for-profit college sector helped dismantle regulations designed to protect student defrauded …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
One year down, and it's still Mueller time  —  The FBI began its Trump-Russia investigation in July 2016.  Special counsel Robert Mueller picked up the probe in May 2017.  This summer the investigation will enter its third year.  —  And we still don't know what's going on.
David Beard / Poynter:
Morning Mediawire: The paper that portrayed rejoicing in Israel  —  Las Vegas paper puts ‘elated’ editorial by owner's wife on page one on deadly day in Israel  —  After Sheldon Adelson's secret purchase of the Las Vegas Review-Journal was exposed in December 2015, the billionaire GOP mega-donor promised …
Austin Frakt / New York Times:
Medical Mystery: Something Happened to U.S. Health Spending After 1980  —  The spending began soaring beyond that of other advanced nations, but without the same benefits in life expectancy.  —  The United States devotes a lot more of its economic resources to health care than any other nation …
Luis Sanchez / The Hill:
Mueller team urges federal judge to reject request for hearing on leaks: report  —  is reportedly pressing a federal judge to turn down a request from former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort  —  to hold a hearing about leaks surrounding the investigation into Russia's 2016 election meddling.
Discussion: Politico, AOL and CNN
Salena Zito / Townhall:
‘The Great Revolt’  —  America's political experts got it wrong in 2016, not because they took too few polls but because they made the false assumption that American elections are immune to societal change.  —  The experts are, in large part, still getting things wrong …
Tony Semerad / Salt Lake Tribune:
Reacting to plunging revenues, Salt Lake Tribune lays off a third of its newsroom, cuts back print offerings  —  In a radical restructuring of Utah's largest newspaper, owner Paul Huntsman proceeded Monday with cutting 34 Salt Lake Tribune employees from a newsroom staff of 90 …
Karen Deyoung / Washington Post:
Allies fume over Trump's withdrawal from Iran deal but have few options to respond  —  America's three closest friends in Europe — Britain, France and Germany — are near-bursting with anger and exasperation at the United States.  In a frenzy of meetings and phone calls among them over the past week …
 
 
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