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Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
‘Nerves of steel’: She calmly landed the Southwest flight, just as you'd expect of a former fighter pilot … The pilot's voice was calm yet focused as her plane descended with 149 people on board.  —  “Southwest 1380, we're single engine,” said Tammie Jo Shults, a former fighter pilot with the U.S. Navy.
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Stephanie Dube Dwilson / Heavy.com:
Tammie Jo Shults, Southwest Pilot: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know  —  Tammie Jo Shults is the pilot who bravely flew Southwest Flight 1380 to safety after part of its left engine ripped off, damaging a window and nearly sucking a woman out of the plane.  The flight was en route to Dallas Love airport …
Clive Irving / The Daily Beast:
How Veteran Fighter Pilot Tammy Jo Shults Saved Crippled Southwest Flight 1380 … Just how masterfully Tammy Jo Shults, the pilot of the badly crippled Southwest Airlines Flight 1380, handled the problem of an engine exploding at 30,000 feet is winning admiration from thousands of her fellow pilots …
Discussion: VICE News
Washington Post:
Trump says initial high-level meeting between U.S. and North Korea ‘went very well’  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump expressed optimism Wednesday that his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un can help make the world safer, and he said his envoy, CIA Director Mike Pompeo …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Corker decries Trump's ‘constant chaos,’ denounces his attacks on media and FBI
Discussion: Political Wire
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Pompeo's critics offer grudging praise for North Korea meeting
Elana Schor / Politico:   Corker says Democrat is ahead in race to succeed him
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
GOP alarmed by tax law's falling poll numbers, privately blame Trump  —  President Trump is undermining voter support for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act with erratic messaging after it was gaining popularity, alarming Republicans counting on the law to save the party's vulnerable House majority.
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David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
New House FEC Reports: Rating Changes in 7 Districts  —  Speaker Paul Ryan's retirement plans could complicate the House GOP's fundraising math.  In 2017, Ryan's joint fundraising committee brought in $44 million and transferred $32 million to the NRCC.  His exit could leave GOP donors skittish.
Discussion: PoliticalCharge
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: New coalition aims to improve Democratic messaging against Trump
Bryant-Jon Anteola / Fresno Bee:
Fresno State professor stirs outrage, calls Barbara Bush an ‘amazing racist’  —  A Fresno State professor called former first lady Barbara Bush an “amazing racist” who raised a “war criminal,” and expressed no concern that she could be fired or reprimanded for her outspokenness on social media.
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Enid Nemy / New York Times:
Barbara Bush, Wife of 41st President and Mother of 43rd, Dies at 92
Terence Hunt / Associated Press:
The day outspoken Barbara Bush regretted speaking her mind  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Barbara Bush leaned over the seat on Air Force Two and glared at me.  It was 1984, and her husband, Vice President George Bush, was running for re-election with President Ronald Reagan.
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump will attend Barbara Bush's funeral
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Hannity's rising role in Trump's world: ‘He basically has a desk in the place’  —  The phone calls between President Trump and Sean Hannity come early in the morning or late at night, after the Fox News host goes off the air.  They discuss ideas for Hannity's show, Trump's frustration …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
While Trump bashes ‘fake news,’ these are his media shelters from the storm
Discussion: Mediaite
The Guardian:
Trump accuses Stormy Daniels of ‘a total con job’ with artist's sketch … Donald Trump has said Stormy Daniels is pulling “a total con job” by promoting an artist's sketch of a man she says threatened her to keep silent about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump years ago.
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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Stormy Daniels' Penthouse Reveal: Plans to Donate $130K to Planned Parenthood in Trump and Cohen's Names
Trump, Inc.:
The Company Michael Cohen Kept
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
The Hill says goodbye to 50 Most Beautiful  —  After nearly 15 years, The Hill is bidding a beautiful bye-bye to its annual 50 Most Beautiful list.  —  While it's had a remarkably gorgeous run, The Hill team feels the time has come for 50 Most Beautiful to be added to that big, beautiful list in the sky.
Wall Street Journal:
How Tony Podesta, a Washington Power Broker, Lost It All  —  The Democratic lobbyist had money, connections and a rarified art collection.  Then came a divorce, Paul Manafort and Donald Trump, and his world came crashing down  —  Brody Mullins and Julie Bykowicz  —  Tony Podesta was in line to be king of K Street.
Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Billionaire Democratic activist Tom Steyer endorses Kevin de León in his insurgent bid against Sen. Dianne Feinstein  —  Billionaire Democratic activist Tom Steyer is endorsing state Sen. Kevin de León in his insurgent challenge to fellow Democratic U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein …
Discussion: Politico and Axios
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Mattis Wanted Congressional Approval Before Striking Syria.  He Was Overruled.  —  WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis urged President Trump to get congressional approval before the United States launched airstrikes against Syria last week, but was overruled by Mr. Trump …
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Cuomo grants parolees the right to vote  —  Appealing to his left flank, Gov. Cuomo announced Wednesday that he's signed an executive order to give convicted felons on parole the right to vote.  —  “In this state, when you're released from prison and you're on parole, you still don't have the right to vote …
Discussion: Daily Wire
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Vivian Wang / New York Times:
Cuomo Plans to Restore Voting Rights to Paroled Felons
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Brad Mielke / ABC News:
Comey: ‘The Republican Party has left me and many others’  —  Former FBI Director James Comey was a registered Republican for most of his life, but now he believes “the Republican Party has left me and many others.”  —  “I just think they've lost their way and I can't be associated with it …
CNN:
Puerto Rico suffers island-wide power outage  —  (CNN)Puerto Rico has suffered an island-wide power outage, Puerto Rico's power authority said Wednesday — nearly seven months after Hurricane Maria destroyed much of the island's infrastructure and its electrical grid.
Discussion: KTLA, The Daily Caller and Daily Kos
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
In Pro-Trump Tennessee, Democrats Count on a Familiar Face to Flip a Senate Seat  —  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — President Trump won 92 of Tennessee's 95 counties in the 2016 election, making this state a seemingly daunting target for Democrats hoping to flip a seat in the Senate.
Discussion: CNBC
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
How To Spot A Deepfake Like The Barack Obama-Jordan Peele Video  —  This “deepfake” video starring Jordan Peele as Barack Obama shows how easy it's getting to create convincing audio and video fakes.  Here's how to fight back. … You're looking at the future of fake news and propaganda.
New York Times:
Scott Pruitt Has Become Ridiculous  —  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.  —  Despite stiff competition, Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency …
Doyle Rice / USA Today:
California has eight of 10 most polluted U.S. cities  —  A new study be The Health Effects Institute explains that most of the world is breathing air deemed dangerous by The World Health Organization.  Tony Spitz has the details.  Buzz60  —  Forget the Golden State.  California should be called the Smoggy State.
Discussion: Sean Hannity
New York Post:
De Blasio's rat-killing demonstration is a complete disaster  —  One wily rat made NYCHA look like a Mickey Mouse operation Tuesday in Brooklyn.  —  Mayor de Blasio and workers from the Housing Authority were outwitted by the rodent during a press event at a Bushwick project …
Discussion: Althouse
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Freedom Caucus seeks to make McCarthy pay to become speaker  —  The Freedom Caucus is prepared to exact a price from Kevin McCarthy if he wants to be the next speaker of the House — three years after foiling his first bid for the job.  —  A POLITICO survey of about 20 of the conservative …
Discussion: The Hill and Shareblue Media
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate panel moving ahead with Mueller bill despite McConnell opposition  —  (R-Iowa) said his committee will take up legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller  —  despite opposition from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell  —  (R-Ky.).  —  “They got together …
WNYC News:
‘It Smells Like Death’: Alabama Town Endures NYC ‘Poop Train’  —  A stinking trainload of human waste from New York City is stranded in a tiny Alabama town, spreading a stench like a giant backed-up toilet - and the “poop train” is just the latest example of the South being used as a dumping ground for other states' waste.
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Democrats United Against Trump But Torn on Election Agenda  —  Party factions competing over which issues to push in November  —  Democrats enjoy intensity edge but geographical disadvantage  —  Democrats are conflicted over the path back to power, caught between catering to a base …
David D. Smith / The Hill:
Senatorial attack on the First Amendment  —  On April 11, 11 Democratic senators and Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders  —  sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai requesting that the proposed merger between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Tribune Media be denied.
Alan Bjerga / Bloomberg:
House Panel Considers Ban on Killing Dogs and Cats for Meals  —  Pet-slaughter prohibitions would be be extended nationwide  —  Dog-and-cat eating rare in U.S., angers animal-welfare groups  —  Making a meal out of a dog or a cat may soon land you in jail.
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Pence readying for breakneck campaign blitz  —  Vice President Mike Pence is racking up the travel miles.  —  After a quick day trip on Wednesday to Mar-a-Lago for meetings with President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Pence will return to crisscrossing the country …
 
 
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Chris Riotta / Mediaite:
Meghan McCain Confronts Comey: ‘J. Edgar Hoover is Rolling Over in His Grave’ Over Book Details
Liam Dillon / Los Angeles Times:
California plan linking new housing to public transit rejected by state lawmakers
Discussion: CityLab and Splinter
Lisa de Moraes / Deadline:
James Comey Delivers Stephen Colbert's Third Biggest ‘Late Show’ Ratings Ever
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Jezebel
Stephanie Ebbs / ABC News:
Head budget official says office will open probe into Scott Pruitt's spending
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE - The Queen is left heartbroken by the death of her last corgi: Devoted companion Willow …
Discussion: AOL, Mashable and The Daily Beast
Jane Coaston / Vox:
You've heard of David Hogg. But the right has claimed another Parkland student as its own.
Liz Robbins / New York Times:
A Rule Is Changed for Young Immigrants, and Green Card Hopes Fade
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Jezebel
Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Can guns and Trump turn out Florida's youth vote? So far, not so much.
Discussion: Axios
 Earlier Items: 
Bob Christie / Associated Press:
Arizona Senate moves to change rules for replacing members who die or resign
Discussion: RedState and MSNBC
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
No, Republican Presidents Aren't Responsible For Most Of America's Debt
Sarah Kleiner / Center for Public Integrity:
New York attorney general investigating Virginia-based veterans charity
David Shepardson / Reuters:
Four U.S. senators seek details on unusual cellular surveillance in D.C. area
Discussion: Washington Times
Axios:
Mike Pence's “Art of the Deal”
Discussion: New York Magazine
Ilya Shapiro / Washington Examiner:
Surprised by Neil Gorsuch's ruling? You weren't paying attention.