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9:45 AM ET, May 18, 2018

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Nathan Layne / Reuters:
Exclusive: Manafort's former son-in-law cuts plea deal, to cooperate with government: sources  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former son-in-law of Paul Manafort, the one-time chairman of President Donald Trump's campaign, has cut a plea deal with the Justice Department that requires him to cooperate …
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Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Giuliani says Mueller has agreed to narrow scope of potential Trump interview  —  Washington (CNN)Rudy Giuliani said Friday that special counsel Robert Mueller has agreed to narrow the scope of a potential interview with President Donald Trump from five topics to two.
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘Unfair!’  Rudy Giuliani explodes when CNN's Cuomo plays clip of him saying presidents must obey subpoenas  —  Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani went on an angry tirade against Chris Cuomo on Friday after the CNN host played an old clip of him saying that presidents must comply with subpoenas to testify.
Erin Banco / New Jersey Online:
As Mueller probes Seychelles meetings, details emerge on Russian plane: exclusive
Discussion: Political Wire
Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Federal judge who ripped Mueller team obtains ‘scope memo’ detailing Russia probe
Discussion: Front Page Magazine and Breitbart
Washington Post:
‘Bigger than Watergate’: Trump joins push by allies to expose role of an FBI source … President Trump's allies are waging an increasingly aggressive campaign to undercut the Russia investigation by exposing the role of a top-secret FBI source.  The effort reached new heights Thursday …
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Was Trump's Campaign ‘Set Up’?  —  At some point, the Russia investigation became political.  How early was it?  —  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes appeared on “Fox & Friends” Tuesday, where he provided a potentially explosive hint at what's driving his demand …
Discussion: New York Magazine
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NBC 6 South Florida:
Person Shot After Confrontation With Police at Trump National Resort in Miami-Dade  —  Police said Friday there are “no known victims at this point”  —  Man Shot After Police Confrontation at Trump Doral  —  A man was shot and rushed to the hospital after a confrontation with police inside …
Doug Phillips / Sun-Sentinel:
Doral resident shouting ‘anti-President Trump rhetoric,’ shot in police firefight at Trump National Resort
Discussion: Politico and Daily Wire
New York Times:
Trump Administration to Tie Health Facilities' Funding to Abortion Restrictions  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration plans to announce on Friday a new policy barring Planned Parenthood and other reproductive health organizations from providing or mentioning abortions at any facility …
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David Smith / The Guardian:
Bill Gates: Trump twice asked me the difference between HIV and HPV  —  Microsoft co-founder tells foundation meeting it was ‘kind of scary’ how much Trump knew about what Gates' daughter looked like  —  Bill Gates, the billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist, has claimed Donald Trump twice asked …
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Doha Madani / HuffPost:
Bill Gates Says Trump Didn't Know The Difference Between HPV And HIV  —  “So I was able to explain that those are rarely confused with each other,” the tech mogul said.  —  Microsoft founder Bill Gates told his foundation's staff that President Donald Trump didn't know the difference between HPV …
Discussion: Splinter
New York Times:
Congressional Candidates, Not Mueller, Could Decide Trump's Future  —  For months, the political world has treated Robert S. Mueller III as the arbiter of President Trump's fate: Hopeful Democrats have theorized about the damage Mr. Mueller's investigation might inflict.
Discussion: Law & Crime
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Alison Frankel / Reuters:
Experts bash Giuliani claim that Mueller can't subpoena Trump
Discussion: Washington Times
BuzzFeed:
Here's What We Know About Aaron Schlossberg, The Racist New York Lawyer Who Berated People For Speaking In Spanish  —  Aaron M. Schlossberg, the Manhattan attorney who was caught in a viral racist rant against people speaking Spanish, has been caught on video and in photos being a bigot in at least four more instances over two years.
Discussion: HuffPost, New York Times, Bustle and Vox
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New York Times:
Responding to Leaks, White House Limits Number of Staff in Daily Meeting  —  WASHINGTON — The White House communications office has canceled a large daily morning meeting in response to the leak of a joke about Senator John McCain being close to death that a staff member made at one of those meetings …
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New York Times:
Show Starring Avenatti and Scaramucci Is Being Pitched to Television Executives
Associated Press:
White House threatens firings after McCain remark gets out
Discussion: Politico
Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed:
Sources Say Cohen Financial Records Not Missing, Just Restricted  —  Three sources told BuzzFeed News that Treasury Department officials have taken the highly unusual step of restricting access to suspicious activity reports.  —  Records pertaining to the financial activities …
Joanna Chiu / Foreign Policy:
Sexpat Journalists Are Ruining Asia Coverage  —  Newsroom predators in foreign bureaus hurt their colleagues — and their stories.  —  Today, I'm known as a strong advocate in my social circles, promoting women's and minorities' voices in media.  But when I first moved to China seven years ago …
New York Times:
The Cruelty of Breaking Up Immigrant Families  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.  It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.  —  In a tantrum last week, President Trump raged against Kirstjen Nielsen, the homeland security secretary …
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Nextgov and Splinter
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Washington Post:
ICE just abandoned its dream of ‘extreme vetting’ …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Did China Just Bribe Trump to Undermine National Security?  —  Did the president of the United States just betray the nation's security in return for a bribe from the Chinese government?  —  Don't say that this suggestion is ridiculous: Given everything we know about Donald Trump …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Millions flow to fast-growing lobbying firms with ties to the Trump administration  —  Editorial Page writer George Hager discusses how one becomes a lobbyist, what they do and why they matter in his answer to this reader question.  Have a question?  Send it using #askusatoday on Twitter or e-mail askusatoday@usatoday.com.
Discussion: middleeastmonitor.com
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Is Trump the Second Coming of Reagan?  —  Fox News's Bret Baier wants you to think he just might be.  —  Bret Baier, chief political anchor of Fox News, President Trump's favorite network, insists he isn't living in some alternate reality.  He knows that our current President is louder …
Discussion: Contemptor
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
An Arizona PAC Appears to Have Blatantly Ripped Off Donors.  Now, the Feds Are Coming After It. … The Department of Justice on Thursday brought federal criminal charges against two Arizona men accused of using fake political groups to defraud thousands of unwitting donors out of millions of dollars.
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Maximum pressure on North Korea is gone, and it isn't coming back … The Trump administration says that if the upcoming summit between the United States and North Korea fails or doesn't happen at all, the United States and its allies can go right back to the “maximum pressure” …
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The Trump era is a renaissance of half-witted intolerance … In West Virginia, Republican Senate candidate Don Blankenship accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) of creating jobs for “China people” and getting donations from his “China family.”  (McConnell's wife, Elaine Chao, was born in Taiwan.)
Politico:
When Trump attacks, Democrats shut their mouths and pray  —  Vulnerable senators up for reelection have adopted a strategy of silence in response to the president's putdowns.  —  Jon Tester was on his farm in rural Montana when his phone rang with the news: It was his chief of staff …
Discussion: Political Wire
Craig Gilbert / USA Today:
Support for Donald Trump a constant theme in Republican ads for midterms  —  USA Today's Craig Gilbert looks at 2018 GOP primary campaign ads and finds a lot of love for President Trump USA TODAY  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has appeared in nearly four out of every ten GOP ads for Congress this year.
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“People's Heads Are Blowing Up”: As Fox News Installs a Meditation Room, Staffers Worry the Conservative Network Is Going Full Woke  —  Sexual harassment training, a new trans-inclusive policy, and (in Ollie North's old office!)  Muslim prayer rugs.  In Roger Ailes's old haunts, it's not the 50s anymore.
Wall Street Journal:
‘Pressure Cooker’: Discontent Rises in Venezuela Military as Economy Dives  —  As President Nicolás Maduro runs for re-election, the armed forces grapple with shortages of food, evaporating salaries and desertions  —  CARACAS, Venezuela—The coup plot by disgruntled Venezuelan military officers …
David Abel / BostonGlobe.com:
On Nantucket, wealthy residents oppose housing for seasonal employees  —  NANTUCKET — Beside the ninth hole of the Miacomet Golf Course, there's a large paved lot with a sprawling mechanic's garage and equipment depot, big tanks of diesel fuel, industrial-sized trash bins, and scores of lawn mowers and other vehicles.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Is the Trump Tower meeting really proof of collusion?  —  If there is an Exhibit A in the case that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to fix the presidential election, it is the June 9, 2016, meeting in Trump Tower between three top campaign officials — Donald Trump Jr., Paul Manafort …
Discussion: HuffPost
Jim Dalrymple II / BuzzFeed:
The Las Vegas Shooter Went On An Anti-Government Rant Weeks Before His Deadly Attack  —  Witnesses say Stephen Paddock went on an anti-government rant while trying to buy firearm paraphernalia weeks before killing 58 people on the Las Vegas Strip.  —  Just weeks before Stephen Paddock killed 58 people …
 
 
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Rick Hampson / USA Today:
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Gaffes, threats should mean its time to take Avenatti off air
Tom Coleman / The Daily Beast:
It's Not a Liberal Fantasy to Ask if Trump Committed Treason
Discussion: Raw Story
Josh Delk / The Hill:
China buys record amount of Russian soybeans after canceling US orders over Trump threats
Discussion: Bloomberg, Daily Kos and Raw Story
BuzzFeed:
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