memeorandum: Stephen Moore wants people to pay more attention to his economic policies. Challenge accepted. (Catherine Rampell/Washington Post)

8:40 AM ET, April 30, 2019

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Far-Right Smear Merchants Try to Slime Pete Buttigieg with Bogus Sex Assault Claim — The mayor was briefly accused of assaulting a young man. A GOP source says right-wing operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman approached him to make similarly untrue accusations.

Eliza Relman / Business Insider:
Pete Buttigieg was falsely accused of sexual assault in a stunt concocted by conspiracy theorist Jacob Wohl

Discussion: Big League Politics

New York Times:

Trump Sues Deutsche Bank and Capital One to Block Compliance With Subpoenas — President Trump, his three eldest children and his private company filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against Deutsche Bank and Capital One, in a bid to prevent the banks from responding to congressional subpoenas.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, USA Today, Vanity Fair, The Week, CNN, Mediaite and Axios

Alex Johnson / NBC News:

Trumps sue to quash Deutsche Bank, Capital One subpoenas — Deutsche Bank has continued to lend money to the president when other banks have refused. Trump wrote a check to Michael Cohen on his Capital One account. — President Donald Trump and several members of his family sued Deutsche Bank …

Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Trump sues Deutsche Bank, Capital One to block House subpoenas

Discussion: Fox News

Cristina Alesci / CNN:
Trump team sues Deutsche Bank and Capital One to keep them from turning over financial records to Congress

Discussion: Raw Story

Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Submits Resignation Letter — Rod Rosenstein submitted his resignation letter to President Trump on Monday, ending a tumultuous two years in which he tried to steady a rocky Justice Department and its relationship with the White House.

Discussion: Slate, The Daily Caller, American Greatness, Power Line, Mediaite and Daily Kos

Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:

Rod Rosenstein Quits, Thanking the President Who Trolled Him — The Deputy Attorney General was a frequent target of Trump's ire. Rod Rosenstein thanked him for his “courtesy and humor,” anyway. — Betsy Woodruff — Rod Rosenstein is ready to jump. The deputy attorney general …

Discussion: New York Magazine, Politico, Just Security, Vanity Fair and The Guardian

Fox News:
Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein submits resignation

Discussion: Washington Post, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and One America News Network

David Mark / Washington Examiner: Rod Rosenstein resigning from Justice Department post

CNN:

CNN Poll: Biden solidifies front-runner status with post-announcement bump — (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden's announcement of a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination earned him an 11-point polling bounce, leaving him head and shoulders above the rest of the Democratic candidates.

Discussion: Axios, Politico, Political Wire, The Week, Daily Wire and CBS Baltimore

Fedor Indutny / BostonGlobe.com:

Biden, followed by Sanders and Buttigieg, leads among Democrats in N.H. survey — In the unwieldy field of more than two dozen Democrats, Joe Biden leads in the New Hampshire primary with support from 20 percent of likely voters, according to the first poll of the state since …

Discussion: Bloomberg, Political Wire and twitchy.com

Molly Nagle / ABC News:
Joe Biden on handling of Anita Hill during Clarence Thomas hearings: ‘I take responsibility’

Discussion: The Atlantic, Politico, Washington Post, The Week, CNN, Breitbart, Slate, VICE News, Splinter, Vanity Fair and Mediaite

Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Biden Posts 6-Point Bump Among Likely Democratic Voters Amid Campaign Launch

Discussion: Bloomberg, Washington Times, The Week, Politico, CNN and Political Wire

CNN: Bernie Sanders draws sharp contrasts between himself and Joe Biden

Jonathan Martin / New York Times: Biden, Now the Front-Runner, Gives First Speech as 2020 Candidate

Washington Post:

Trump's lack of cooperation with Congress intensifies impeachment push in House — Frustration among House Democratic investigators is intensifying after President Trump's refusal to cooperate with congressional inquiries, leading some to privately question whether they should try …

Discussion: CNN, Politico and Los Angeles Times

CNN:

Graham calls Democrats ‘political hacks,’ says Trump should fight their subpoenas ‘like hell’ — Conway: Trump might block McGahn testimony — (CNN)A defiant Sen. Lindsey Graham said Monday that President Donald Trump should ignore congressional subpoenas demanding the administration turn …

Discussion: Political Wire, IJR and Axios

Burgess Everett / Politico:
‘I hope he has learned his lesson’: Chuck and Nancy's rematch with Trump

Discussion: Raw Story and Observer

Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Chuck and Nancy head back to the White House

Discussion: AMN - Al-Masdar News

Associated Press:
The Latest: Pelosi warns Barr against ‘obstructing Congress’

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Townhall

Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:

New York Times Drops Syndication Service That Supplied Anti-Semitic Cartoon — A ‘Times’ spokesperson told The Daily Beast exclusively about the paper's decision to stop using syndicated cartoons, including those from the syndicator of the offensive cartoon. — Lloyd Grove

Discussion: The Federalist, The Daily Caller, NB Blog, Sara A. Carter, Breitbart and CNN, more at Mediagazer »

Ron Kampeas / Jerusalem Post:
Israeli ambassador calls NYT ‘cesspool of hostility’

Discussion: NB Blog, TheBlaze and Hot Air

Mairav Zonszein / Washington Post:
Netanyahu won't condemn the real danger to U.S. Jews: White nationalism

Discussion: New York Times

Washington Post:

Trump tightens asylum rules, will make immigrants pay fees to seek humanitarian refuge — President Trump ordered major changes to U.S. asylum policies in a White House memo released Monday night, including measures that would charge fees to those applying for humanitarian refuge in the United States.

Discussion: One America News Network and Axios

New York Times:

Asylum Seekers Face New Restraints Under Latest Trump Orders — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday ordered new restrictions on asylum seekers at the Mexican border — including application fees and work permit restraints — and directed that cases in the already clogged immigration courts be settled within 180 days.

Discussion: The Week and Politico

Priscilla Alvarez / CNN:
Trump introduces sweeping changes to asylum in memo

Discussion: Daily Caller News Foundation and The Daily Caller

Los Angeles Times:

Authorities disrupt alleged terrorism plot in Southern California — A domestic terror plot aimed at “multiple targets” in Southern California was disrupted by federal and local law enforcement agencies, sources told The Times on Monday. — A single suspect has been arrested on domestic terrorism charges …

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Jewish Journal, New York Times, Raw Story, The Daily Caller and New York Post

NBC News:
California man busted in domestic terror plot wanted to kill LAPD officers

Discussion: The Root and Mediaite

U.S. Department of Justice:
California Man Arrested in Terror Plot to Detonate Explosive Device Designed to Kill Innocents

Discussion: Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, Washington Times, The Gateway Pundit and Daily Wire

Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:

Stephen Moore wants people to pay more attention to his economic policies. Challenge accepted. — Stephen Moore wants the media to pay less attention to his idiotic comments about gender and more attention to his idiotic comments about the economy. — Sure thing, bro. Happy to help out.

Discussion: Politico, CNN, Raw Story, Splinter and Shareblue Media

Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
White House Reviewing Stephen Moore's Writings

Discussion: CNBC and Washington Post

Emily Shugerman / The Daily Beast:

‘Bizarre, Dangerous, and Insulting’: Baby Nurses Fed Up With Trump's Bogus Abortion Rants — They say his talk of executing babies distorts the palliative care they provide gravely sick infants. — President Trump's latest rant about babies being executed after birth is riling up neonatal nurses …

Discussion: Raw Story

Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Trump's Anti-Abortion Incitement

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, Daily Kos and Mediaite

New York Times:

Trump Pushes to Designate Muslim Brotherhood a Terrorist Group — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is pushing to issue an order that would designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization, bringing the weight of American sanctions against a storied …

Discussion: CNN, Washington Post, Axios, Fox News, Al Jazeera and Political Wire

Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Breaking: Stacey Abrams won't run for US Senate in Georgia — Stacey Abrams said Tuesday that she won't run for the U.S. Senate in 2020 but left open the possibility she could launch a presidential campaign. — The decision not to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue follows months …

Discussion: Axios and Political Wire

Popular Information:

Facebook allows the Trump campaign to run false and misleading ads with impunity — To stay updated on this story, subscribe to the Popular Information newsletter at popular.info/subscribe. — I regret to inform you that Facebook and the Trump campaign are at it again.

Windsor Mann / The Week:

What all of President Trump's ‘jokes’ have in common — The day the Mueller report was released, President Trump said he might stay in the Oval Office “at least for 10 or 14 years.” Trump, fearing “bedlam” over this remark, said it was a “joke,” similar to the one he made last year …

BBC:

Indonesia's planning minister announces capital city move — Indonesia is moving its capital city away from Jakarta, according to the country's planning minister. — Bambang Brodjonegoro said President Joko Widodo had chosen to relocate the capital in “an important decision”.

Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:

Why Vermont's single-payer effort failed and what Democrats can learn from it — Three and a half years after then-Gov. Peter Shumlin of Vermont signed into law a vision for the nation's first single-payer health system, his small team was still struggling to find a way to pay for it.