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12:50 PM ET, May 16, 2018

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New York Times:
Tantalizing Testimony From a Top Trump Aide Sets Off a Search for Proof  —  WASHINGTON — The White House official had a startling assertion: He thought he had received an email in the first half of 2016 alerting the Trump campaign that Russia had damaging information about Hillary Clinton.
Discussion: The Atlantic and Politico
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Washington Post:
Thousands of pages of Congressional testimony shed light on 2016 Trump Tower meeting  —  A music promoter who promised Donald Trump Jr. over email that a Russian lawyer would provide dirt about Hillary Clinton in June 2016 made the offer because he had been assured the Moscow attorney was …
Glenn Simpson / United States Senate Committee …:
Materials from Inquiry into Circumstances Surrounding Trump Tower Meeting  —  As a part of its oversight of the Justice Department's enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act and federal investigations into potential improper influence during the 2016 presidential election …
Associated Press:
Trump Jr: Can't recall discussing Russia probe with father  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. told the Senate Judiciary Committee that he couldn't remember whether he had discussed the Russia investigation with his father, according to transcripts released Wednesday of his interview with the panel.
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Trump attorney fed statement to publicist for Russians about Trump Tower meeting  —  The Trump Organization fed a prepared statement to a representative of Russians involved in the notorious 2016 meeting at Trump Tower on what to tell the press about what was discussed, it emerged on Wednesday.
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Cohen ‘asked Qatari investor for millions of dollars’ which he said he would ‘pass to Trump family members’ at Trump Tower meeting - and Qatar's foreign minister was there too … - Donald Trump's personal attorney is facing new claims that he asked for millions in cash …
Discussion: Slate, The Week, Washington Press and CNN
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:   7 big things we just learned from the Trump Tower meeting testimony
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:   Anthony Scaramucci, days after Trump hired him at the White House, reached out to promoter …
Philip Ewing / NPR:
Senate Committee Releases 2,500 Pages About 2016 Trump Tower Meeting
Discussion: Vox, Bloomberg and CNBC
Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
Senate releases insider accounts of Trump Tower meeting between campaign aides and Russian emissaries
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Daily Beast
Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
Did Democrats Just Have Their First Tea Party Moment Of The 2018 Primaries?  —  The Democratic Party woke up this morning with a clear signal from Tuesday's primary elections: The #Resistance means business.  The more progressive candidate won in Democratic primaries around the country.
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: The far left is winning the Democratic civil war … THE BIG IDEA: Tuesday was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day for Democratic moderates.  —  The success of very liberal candidates in primaries across four states is causing a new bout of heartburn among party strategists …
Discussion: New York Magazine
Politico:
Top takeaways from a wild primary night
Discussion: ABC News
Annie Linskey / BostonGlobe.com:
Putting ‘White House’ on the resume is less of a boost  —  WASHINGTON — Listing a White House gig on your resume used to be considered a sparkling credential, reflecting a stint at the apex of the country's political power.  —  But as with so many other things about Donald Trump's …
Discussion: Political Wire and IJR
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Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
White House downplays Bolton comments after North Korea outcry  —  Trump team dramatically changes tone on North Korea  —  Washington (CNN)The White House on Wednesday downplayed comments by national security adviser John Bolton, who recently invoked Libya's decision to denuclearize during …
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
WH Says NK Threatening To Withdraw From Talks Was ‘Fully Expected’
Discussion: CNN, Shakesville and Washington Post
Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Just How Fragile Is Trump's North Korea Diplomacy?
Discussion: NK News and Althouse
Joshua Davidovich / Associated Press:
Sderot homes hit with heavy machine gun fire from Gaza, army says  —  No injuries after gunmen in Strip target military aircraft and hit homes in city with errant rounds; IDF shells Hamas post in Gaza  —  The Times of Israel is liveblogging Wednesday's events as they unfold.
Discussion: National Review and twitchy.com
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The Times of Israel:
Hamas official: 50 of the 62 Gazans killed in border violence were our members  —  Salah Bardawil's confirmation means number of acknowledged members of terror groups who died on Monday and Tuesday is now 53  —  A Hamas official on Wednesday acknowledged that 50 of the 62 Palestinians …
PressTV:
Turkey urges Islamic world to unite against Israel, calls summit
Discussion: National Review
NewsBusters:
Porn Star Lawyer Interviewed 147 Times in 10 Weeks  —  In the past ten weeks, lawyer Michael Avenatti, who is representing porn star Stormy Daniels in her lawsuits against President Trump, has been interviewed a staggering 147 times on broadcast and cable news shows.
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Daily Caller
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James Hill / ABC News:
Michael Avenatti casts himself as anti-Trump avenger
Discussion: Politico
Kathleen A. Schultz / SaukValley.com:
Dixon High School shooting: Former student shot, wounded after bringing gun  —  DIXON - A 19-year-old former Dixon High student is in custody with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the shoulder after bringing a gun to the school this morning.  —  The man shot at school resource officer Mark Dallas …
Matthew Stewart / The Atlantic:
The 9.9 Percent Is the New American Aristocracy  —  1.  —  The Aristocracy Is Dead ...  For about a week every year in my childhood, I was a member of one of America's fading aristocracies.  Sometimes around Christmas, more often on the Fourth of July, my family would take up residence …
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Democrats Flip a Pennsylvania Seat, Making 41 Since Trump's Inauguration … Democrats flipped another seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Tuesday night, bringing the total number of state legislative flips to 41 since Donald Trump's inauguration.
Discussion: The Week
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Democratic Party Has an ‘MSNBC Problem’  —  “The Democrats need to stop obsessing about Trump and Russia, and start talking about the bread-and-butter issues that matter to ordinary people.”  Since Donald Trump took office, that sentiment has been a refrain for the party's leading critics on both the left and right.
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump team ready to ‘pressure’ Mueller at probe's one-year mark  —  In an interview, Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, even cited James Comey's mid-2016 exoneration of Hillary Clinton as a model for the Russia special counsel.  —  President Donald Trump's attorney has an unlikely new role model …
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Matt Ford / New Republic:   Robert Mueller's Most Important Accomplishment
David M. Drucker / Vanity Fair:
“Pence Is Not Stupid”: As Trump Sinks, G.O.P. Insiders See a Shadow Campaign Taking Shape  —  Could Pence's ambition make him the president's next mortal enemy?  Or will his well-oiled political operation allay Trump's concerns—at least for now?  —  “There is no shadow campaign,” …
New York Times:
Justice Department and F.B.I. Are Investigating Cambridge Analytica  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and the F.B.I. are investigating Cambridge Analytica, the now-defunct political data firm, and have sought to question former employees and banks that handled its business …
Washington Post:
Michigan State settles with Larry Nassar victims for $500 million … Michigan State has agreed to pay $500 million to 332 alleged victims of disgraced former sports physician Larry Nassar, settling lawsuits filed by the victims, both sides announced Wednesday.
Carl Schreck / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Kremlin Critics Could Face Prosecution For ‘Enabling’ Western Sanctions  —  Kremlin opponents could face criminal prosecution under new Russian legislation proposing possible prison sentences for Russians who adhere to or promote international sanctions targeting Moscow, one of the bill's authors said on May 16.
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
Democrats are about to have to pay up  —  Before the ink was dry on our new tax bill, outraged blue states were screaming about the cap on the deductibility of state and local taxes.  Their governments were also frantically seeking ways around it, and small wonder.
Discussion: The Mahablog and CNBC
Lyman Stone / Institute for Family Studies Blog:
Baby Bust: Fertility is Declining the Most Among Minority Women … Any serious pro-natal policy in America worth its salt would primarily result in birth gains among minority mothers, not white ones.  —  The decline in fertility has been far greater among minorities than among non-Hispanic whites.
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
The Newest Star Of The Trump Movement Ran A Trump-Bashing Publication — Less Than Two Years Ago  —  A rising star on the right, Owens was CEO of a site that compared Trump to Hitler and speculated that he has a small penis.  —  Even by the whiplash-inducing standards of Trumpworld, Candace Owens' rise has been fast.
Stephen Hobbs / Sun-Sentinel:
Parkland school cop Scot Peterson gets $8,702 a month in pension  —  Broward Sheriff's deputy Scot Peterson resigned after public criticism from Sheriff Scott Israel for not confronting the Florida school gunman on Feb. 14.  —  South Florida Sun Sentinel  —  Privacy Policy
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Tom Wolfe captured and caricatured New York City better than anyone  —  Tom Wolfe, who died Monday at the age of 88, carried his Virginia accent with him all of his days.  He famously, or notoriously, dressed himself in a creamy white suit whose purpose seemed to be to say “Whatever I am, I am not one of you.”
 
 
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Brian Flood / Fox News:
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Jennifer Kabbany / The College Fix:
No-whites-allowed ‘Day of Absence’ lives on despite last year's uproar at Evergreen State College
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