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5:30 PM ET, May 19, 2018

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New York Times:
Trump Jr. and Other Aides Met With Gulf Emissary Offering Help to Win Election  —  WASHINGTON — Three months before the 2016 election, a small group gathered at Trump Tower to meet with Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest son.  One was an Israeli specialist in social media manipulation.
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Daniel Friedman / Mother Jones:
Report Suggests Blackwater Founder Erik Prince May Have Lied to Congress
Discussion: Raw Story
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
The FBI Informant Who Monitored the Trump Campaign, Stefan Halper, Oversaw a CIA Spying Operation in the 1980 Presidential Election  —  An extremely strange episode that has engulfed official Washington over the last two weeks came to a truly bizarre conclusion on Friday night.
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Cambridge Professor Spied On Trump Campaign Advisers  —  A top-secret CIA and FBI source who spied on two Trump campaign advisers and initiated contact with a third was all but outed Friday night.  —  The New York Times and The Washington Post provided a detailed description of the source …
New York Times:
F.B.I. Used Informant to Investigate Russia Ties to Campaign, Not to Spy, as Trump Claims  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump accused the F.B.I. on Friday, without evidence, of sending a spy to secretly infiltrate his 2016 campaign “for political purposes” even before the bureau had any inkling of the “phony Russia hoax.”
Washington Post:
Secret FBI source for Russia investigation met with three Trump advisers during campaign  —  A retired American professor in 2016 began working as a secret informant for the FBI as it investigated Russia's interference in the U.S. presidential campaign, and he contacted three Trump advisers …
Washington Post:
The GOP's campaign against the FBI makes the nation less safe
Discussion: NPR
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Why Trump Tweets
Discussion: Associated Press
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
BBC throws royal shade at Trump after wedding crowd dwarfs inauguration  —  Well played, BBC.  Well played.  —  As well-wishers gathered outside Windsor Castle Saturday morning to celebrate the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, BBC took a moment to throw some royal shade at Trump.
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Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Melania Trump returns to the White House after hospital treatment
Discussion: New York Magazine, Reuters and ABC News
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Washington Post:
Alleged school killer Dimitrios Pagourtzis had a fondness for trench coats and a growing darkness
Houston Chronicle:
Details emerge about victims, survivors of Santa Fe shooting
Discussion: New York Times and The Guardian
CBS News:
Royal wedding: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle marry at Windsor Castle — live updates  —  It's the most anticipated wedding of the year: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will tie the knot today at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.  —  Harry and his brother and Best Man Prince William greeted cheering fans …
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Associated Press:   Prince Harry marries American bride Meghan Markle at Windsor Castle
John Light / Talking Points Memo:
Aaron Schlossberg Is Our Duke Of The Week  —  Racist New York City attorney Aaron Schlossberg started the week threatening to call ICE on workers in a Midtown Manhattan sandwich shop because they were speaking Spanish.  He ended the week hiding from throngs of reporters while protestors attended …
Discussion: New York Post and Splinter
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New York Post:
Protesters spite racist lawyer with live Mariachi band outside home
Discussion: theGrio
Art Acevedo:
To all my Facebook friends.  Today I spent the day dealing with another mass shooting of children and a responding police officer who is clinging to life.  I'm not ashamed to admit I've shed tears of sadness, pain and anger.  —  I know some have strong feelings about gun rights …
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
House GOP limping to Election Day as farm bill implodes  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  WHAT THE WORLD IS TALKING ABOUT — “Prince Harry and Meghan Markle marry and delight Windsor crowds,” by The Telegraph's Danny Boyle: “Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been proclaimed husband and wife …
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Raw Story, CNBC, Axios and Breitbart
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
CA Rep. Devin Nunes launches desperate fundraising pitch — in Virginia  —  With no accomplishments to speak of, Devin Nunes is touting his role as a doormat for Trump and begging East Coast donors to save him from voters in his own district.  —  Since Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Salon
Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal:
Starbucks Creates Policy on Nonpaying Guests  —  Starbucks tells employees in a letter that everyone is “considered a customer”  —  Starbucks Corp. SBUX -0.07% said Saturday it is creating an official policy that allows all guests to use its cafes, including its restrooms, whether or not they make a purchase.
Discussion: Vox
Martin Belam / The Guardian:
Stars line up to attend royal wedding  —  Royal wedding watchers treated to a parade of A-list celebrities from both sides of the Atlantic  —  In a wedding that has broken royal tradition in many ways, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have also surprised with some of the choices for their guest list.
Roger L Simon / PJ Media Home:
The Inspector General's Report Will Expose the MSM as Treasonous  —  One of the more notable differences between Watergate and the metastasizing scandals involving the FBI, our intelligence agencies, and the Obama administration — subjects of the soon-to-be-released inspector general's report — is that the media exposed Watergate.
Discussion: The Mahablog
Libby Schaaf / Washington Post:
No, Mr. President, I am not obstructing justice  —  Libby Schaaf is the mayor of Oakland, Calif.  —  When President Trump was admonishing Attorney General Jeff Sessions to charge me with obstruction of justice Wednesday, I was at Harvard University sharing how we intend to give every child from Oakland …
Discussion: CNN
Alissa de Carbonnel / Reuters:
Europe reassures Iran of commitment to nuclear deal without U.S  —  TEHRAN (Reuters) - The European Union's energy chief sought to reassure Iran on Saturday that the bloc remained committed to salvaging a nuclear deal with Tehran despite U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to exit the accord and reimpose sanctions.
Discussion: Politico
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Fred Lucas / The Daily Signal:   Pompeo to Unveil New Iran Strategy in Heritage Foundation Speech
 
 
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
A perk for friends of the Zinkes: Guided tours through National Park Service sites
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
Cohen's Attorneys Accuse Michael Avenatti of Professional Misconduct in New Court Filing
Shmuel Rosner / New York Times:
Israel Needs to Protect Its Borders. By Whatever Means Necessary.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers want Trump to stop bashing Congress
Discussion: Washington Post
Axios:
Shocking details emerge from China's re-education camps for Muslims
Discussion: Instapundit
Renuka Rayasam / Politico:
Texas Democrats look to single-payer in congressional races
Vann R. Newkirk II / The Atlantic:
The Real Risk of Trump's Dehumanization of Immigrants
Discussion: Townhall, Breitbart and The Week
 Earlier Items: 
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
In Politicized Justice, Desperate Times Call for Disparate Measures
Discussion: Instapundit
Callum Hoare / Dailystar.co.uk:
Mystery booms and lights throughout US spark secret WW3 tunnelling fears
Justin Wilfon / WSB-TV:
Police: 2 people shot, 1 dead near high school graduation
Discussion: ABC News
NBC News:
Inside the final days of Cambridge Analytica: Failed rebrands, fleeing clients and Nerf basketball
Kate Conger / Gizmodo:
Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct