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11:50 PM ET, May 22, 2018

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New York Times:
Michael Cohen's Business Partner Agrees to Cooperate as Part of Plea Deal  —  A significant business partner of Michael D. Cohen, President Trump's personal lawyer, has quietly agreed to cooperate with the government as a potential witness, a development that could be used as leverage to pressure …
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Giuliani's New Stance On Russian Collusion: So What?  It's Not Illegal.  —  “It was sort of like a gift,” Giuliani said of the Clinton campaign material stolen by Russia.  “And you're not involved in the illegality of getting it.”  —  WASHINGTON His client insists there was “NO COLLUSION” …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Mediaite
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Christopher Dickey / Washington Post:
Former intelligence chief's argument that Putin did indeed sway the 2016 vote  —  Christopher Dickey, the Paris-based world news editor of the Daily Beast, is the author, most recently, of “Our Man in Charleston: Britain's Secret Agent in the Civil War South.”
David French / National Review:
Yes, a Reasonable Prosecutor Would Have Ordered an Investigation of the Trump Campaign  —  The Mueller investigation should be allowed to reach its natural conclusion, as should the DOJ's investigation of the FBI's conduct.  —  We're rapidly reaching a point in the Russia investigation …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Mystery in Mueller probe: Where's the hacking indictment?
Discussion: ABC News
Politico:
DHS chief reignites debate over Russian election meddling findings
Discussion: The Daily Beast and MSNBC
New York Times:
Stacey Abrams Wins Georgia Democratic Primary for Governor, Making History  —  Georgia Democrats selected the first black woman to be a major party nominee for governor in the United States on Tuesday, choosing Stacey Abrams, a liberal former state house leader, who will test …
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New York Times:
Georgia Primary Election Results
Discussion: The Root and Daily Kos
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Stacey Abrams wins Georgia ‘Battle of the Staceys’ in bid to become first black female governor in U.S.
Discussion: New York Times, BuzzFeed and ABC News
New York Times:
Texas Primary Runoff Election Results
Discussion: HuffPost
Halimah Abdullah / ABC News:
LIVE UPDATES:Southern primary showdowns loom large
Discussion: Washington Post and Axios
Associated Press:
The Latest: EPA bars AP, CNN from summit on contaminants  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on a hearing with EPA chief Scott Pruitt on a widespread contaminant in drinking water (all times local):  —  The Environmental Protection Agency is barring The Associated Press …
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The Hill:
Pruitt spent at least $9,600 on office decor, restored desks: email
Discussion: Washington Press
Miranda Green / The Hill:
Media push back against EPA limiting reporters at chemical summit
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
EPA bars three reporters from covering meeting; one says she was shoved by a guard
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Paul Campos / New York Magazine:
Hey, Look: More Evidence That Broidy May Have Been Covering for Trump in That Playmate Affair  —  was a big day for David Dennison.  Dennison — as Donald Trump was called in his hush-money agreement with Stormy Daniels — was taking a break from the golfing trips that had dominated his weekends for that entire fall.
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New Yorker:
Philip Roth, the Seminal American Novelist, Has Died  —  Philip Roth, the seminal American novelist whose book “American Pastoral” won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, in 1998, has died, at the age of eighty-five.  His great subjects, as Claudia Roth Pierpont wrote in this magazine, in 2006 …
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Charles McGrath / New York Times:
Philip Roth, Towering Novelist Who Explored Lust, Jewish Life and America, Dies at 85  —  Philip Roth, the prolific, protean, and often blackly comic novelist who was a pre-eminent figure in 20th century literature, died Tuesday.  He was 85 and lived in Manhattan and Connecticut.
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“That Psychopath Is Going Down”: Inside Trumpworld, a Bizarre Counter-Narrative Takes Hold  —  People in Trump's orbit have become convinced that anti-Trump forces in the F.B.I. entrapped his advisers using informants to plant evidence about Russian collusion—and that former C.I.A. director John Brennan is somehow behind the plot.
Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Law firm of Stormy Daniels' attorney hit with $10-million judgment  —  The law firm of Stormy Daniels' attorney Michael Avenatti was hit with a $10-million judgment Tuesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court after he broke his promise to pay $2 million to a former colleague.
Lexington Herald-Leader:
Teacher narrowly upsets Kentucky House GOP leader.  A sign of things to come?  —  As upset teachers across Kentucky Tuesday tried to flex their political muscle, Rockcastle County High School math teacher R. Travis Brenda narrowly defeated House Majority Floor Leader Jonathan Shell …
Discussion: Axios, Political Wire and Splinter
Heather Timmons / Quartz:
An actual sinkhole has opened on the White House lawn.  It's growing  —  Construction on the US White House began in 1792.  It has been almost continuously occupied by US presidents since 1800, barring a few years after the British set it on fire in 1814.  —  But that doesn't mean …
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Bloomberg:
Mueller Asked About Money Flows to Israeli Social-Media Firm, Source Says  — PSY Group's work included fake personas, firm's documents show  — Founder is reported to have met with Donald Trump Jr. in 2016  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team has asked about flows of money …
Discussion: Raw Story and Law & Crime
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Wall Street Journal:   Israeli Intelligence Company Formed Venture With Trump Campaign Firm Cambridge Analytica
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
White House Bars Democrats From Meeting on Russia Investigation Records  — Meeting with Justice Department officials set for Thursday  — Chief of staff Kelly organized meeting but won't participate  —  Two House Republican leaders — and no Democrats — will meet …
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Washington Post:
Republican lawmakers will review classified information on FBI source Thursday, White House says
Associated Press:   Washington lobbyists put on notice over foreign agent law
Matt Viser / BostonGlobe.com:
‘Shame on you, Jared Kushner’: Harvard alumni tear apart classmate in 15th reunion notes  —  WASHINGTON — Graduates of the Harvard class of 2003 are making known their displeasure with the current White House administration in an unusual way, using the platform of their 15th reunion alumni notes …
Discussion: Mediaite
CNN:
Trump's lawyers seek to narrow scope of special counsel interview  —  (CNN)Donald Trump's legal team is trying to narrow the scope of the President's potential interview with special counsel Robert Mueller to questions on Russia-related matters that occurred before Trump's election, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
FBI repeatedly overstated encryption threat figures to Congress, public  —  The FBI has repeatedly provided grossly inflated statistics to Congress and the public about the extent of problems posed by encrypted cellphones, claiming investigators were locked out of nearly 7,800 devices connected …
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump demands housecleaning on White House communications team  —  Chief of staff John Kelly has signed off on a plan to dismiss mid-level and junior aides in an effort to limit leaks.  —  President Donald Trump has demanded changes to his communications team - long seen …
Associated Press:
The Latest: Pompeo says NK could benefit from US investment  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (all times local):  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says North Korea could benefit from American investment and technology if it denuclearizes.
Discussion: New York Times, CNN and National Review
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Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Trump signs security clearance reform bill — but may not comply with it  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump signed a bill Tuesday aimed at reducing the backlog of security clearance investigations — but later reserved the right not to comply with it on constitutional grounds.
Albert Breer / Sports Illustrated:
NFL's Proposed National Anthem Rules: Penalties for Kneeling Being Considered  —  Created with Sketch.  — The league continues to grapple with how to handle players demonstrating during the national anthem  —  ATLANTA — On Tuesday, NFL owners put three hours aside for a privileged session to speak …
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Ryan losing grip on House GOP conference as midterms approach  —  Speaker Paul D. Ryan is losing his grip on the feuding House Republican conference just months before pivotal midterm elections, caught between dueling factions vying for power inside the party and facing scattered calls …
Jared Gilmour / Raleigh News & Observer:
Walmart shoppers witnessed a harrowing kidnapping — or so they thought, Va. cops say  —  Shoppers at Walmart watched helplessly as the kidnapping spectacle unfolded — but only later did witnesses, police and local media realize they had been duped, police said.
Discussion: Daily Wire and WTVR-TV
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The Real Origination Story of the Trump-Russia Investigation  —  The Trump-Russia investigation did not originate with Carter Page or George Papadopoulos.  It originated with the Obama administration.  —  E  —  xactly when is the “late Spring”?  —  Of all the questions that have been asked …
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
House Ratings Changes: GOP Fortunes Improve in Four Districts  —  After a rough start to year, House Republicans are suddenly feeling less pessimistic about their fall prospects.  At the “macro” level, robust economic data and positive developments on the Korean peninsula …
Amber Ferguson / Washington Post:
Proud mom orders ‘Summa Cum Laude’ cake online.  Publix censors it: Summa ... Laude.  —  Saturday was Jacob Koscinski's big day.  His whole family, many from out of town, saw the Charleston, S.C., student graduate from his Christian-based home-school program with a 4.89 grade-point average and the coveted honor of summa cum laude.
Emily Badger / New York Times:
Rural and Urban Americans, Equally Convinced the Rest of the Country Dislikes Them  —  Country and city voters have been increasingly polarized in recent presidential elections, yet a new survey finds many points of similarity.  —  For all the ways Americans are divided today along urban and rural lines …
 
 
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Max Berger / Splinter:
So You Want to Overthrow a Party Establishment
New York Daily News:
Acting Attorney General Barbara Underwood to remain in office until year's end
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Nathan L. Gonzales / Roll Call:
3 Ways Nancy Pelosi Won't Be Speaker Next Year
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Evan Real / Hollywood Reporter:
Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep and Chadwick Boseman Among 150 Stars to Sign Letter on Gender Equality
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Emily Stewart / Vox:
Mark Zuckerberg hearing shows it's Europe — not America — Facebook should be worried about
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Print Press Corps to TV Pundits: Style Makeovers for the Trump News Cycle
James Kirchick / Washington Post:
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Shots Fired While Reporter is on Air
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
Jazz musician Wynton Marsalis says rap and hip-hop are ‘more damaging than a statue of Robert E. Lee’
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Huma email horror returns to haunt FBI brass, in IG report on Clinton case
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