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12:00 PM ET, April 20, 2018

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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Comey memos renew questions over Trump's behavior  —  Washington (CNN)If House Republicans thought they were helping President Donald Trump by forcing the release of James Comey's memos, they might want to think again.  —  The documents written by the then-FBI director …
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
6 Takeaways From the James Comey Memos  —  WASHINGTON — Memos written by the former F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, that were released on Thursday revealed several new details about his relationship with President Trump and the president's first chief of staff, Reince Priebus.
Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
Why Were Republicans So Desperate To Release the Embarrassing Comey Memos?  Here's One Explanation.  —  On Thursday, the Department of Justice handed over James Comey's contemporaneous memos of his conversations with President Donald Trump over to Congress.  They were immediately revealed to the press.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
New revelations shed light on Comey, Trump, and that ‘loyalty’ demand  —  There was great indignation and much disapproval last year when it was reported that President Trump had asked then-FBI Director James Comey for “loyalty.”  Such a request, it was said, was more characteristic of a mob boss …
U.S. House of Representatives Permanent …:
Nunes, Gowdy, Goodlatte Statement on Comey Memos  —  f t # e  —  Washington, D.C. - Today House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Ca.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy …
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Comey Memos Provide Intimate Look Into Trump Presidency  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump spoke in intimate and candid terms to the former F.B.I. director James Comey about some of the most sensitive matters before the agency, including the salacious dossier detailing Mr. Trump's ties to Russia …
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Comey's Memos Indicate Dossier Briefing Of Trump Was A Setup
Washington Post:
Comey memos offer new details on his interactions with Trump as the FBI's Russia probe intensified
Discussion: Pajiba, MSNBC and The Week
Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:
The Big Takeaway From the Release of the Comey Memos
Laura Nahmias / Politico:
Michael Flynn tests ‘comeback tour’
Discussion: Townhall and New York Magazine
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:   James Comey Opens Up About Ego, Distrust and More
Steve Hilton / Fox News:   Without a Comey prosecution, there's no hope for healing America
Rick Klein / ABC News:
The Note: Might things yet break Trump's direction?
Discussion: Politico
Jonathan Greenberg / Washington Post:
Trump lied to me about his wealth to get onto the Forbes 400.  Here are the tapes.  —  Posing as ‘John Barron,’ he claimed he owned most of his father's real estate empire.  —  In May 1984, an official from the Trump Organization called to tell me how rich Donald J. Trump was.
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Hillary Clinton on Election Night: ‘They Were Never Going to Let Me Be President’ … “No one in modern politics, male or female, has had to withstand more indignities, setbacks and cynicism.  She developed protective armor that made the real Hillary Clinton an enigma.
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Carlos Lozada / Washington Post:
Amy Chozick covered Hillary Clinton for a decade.  Here's what she learned — and what she endured.  —  Review of ‘Chasing Hillary: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Ceiling’ by Amy Chozick … CHASING HILLARY: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Ceiling
Washington Post:
Democratic Party files lawsuit alleging Russia, the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks conspired to disrupt the 2016 campaign  —  The Democratic National Committee filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit Friday against the Russian government, the Trump campaign and the WikiLeaks organization alleging …
Washington Post:
Giuliani says he is joining Trump's legal team to ‘negotiate an end’ to Mueller probe  —  Former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, a combative former prosecutor and longtime ally of President Trump, told The Washington Post on Thursday that he has joined the president's legal team dealing with the ongoing special counsel probe.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump hires Giuliani, two other attorneys amid mounting legal turmoil over Russia
Murray Waas / Vox:   Exclusive: Trump pressed Sessions to fire 2 FBI officials who sent anti-Trump text messages
Bloomberg:
Rosenstein Tells Trump He's Not a Target in Mueller, Cohen Probes
Richard Gonzales / NPR:
Arizona Teachers Vote To Strike, Sparking Statewide Walkout  —  Teachers in Arizona held a strike vote on Thursday that launched Arizona's first-ever statewide walkout and turned down a proposed pay raise — instead demanding increased school funding.  —  The Arizona Education Association …
Discussion: Arizona Republic and Splinter
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Mike Elk / Payday Report:   Arizona Teachers Vote to Strike Next Thursday April 26th in First Ever Statewide Strike
Peter Jamison / Washington Post:
D.C. lawmaker who said Jews control the weather visits Holocaust Museum but leaves early … The photo, taken in 1935, depicts a woman in a dark dress shuffling down a street in Norden, Germany.  A large sign hangs from her neck: “I am a German girl and allowed myself to be defiled by a Jew.”
Kevin D. Williamson / Wall Street Journal:
When the Twitter Mob Came for Me  —  Recently hired by the Atlantic and then promptly fired, the conservative writer Kevin D. Williamson discusses the social-media outrage that made the celebrated magazine retreat  —  In early March, I met up with Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of the Atlantic …
Ken Sweet / Associated Press:
Big banks saved $3.6B in taxes last quarter under new law  —  NEW YORK (AP) — An analysis by The Associated Press shows the nation's six big Wall Street banks saved at least $3.59 billion in taxes last quarter, thanks to the recently enacted Trump tax law.  —  Banks typically kick off …
Discussion: MSNBC, Splinter and Shareblue Media
Sandy Hook / Washington Post:
students have experienced gun violence at school since Columbine  —  • represents 10 children exposed to gun violence … Explore The Washington Post's database of school shootings  —  The Washington Post has spent the past year determining how many children have been exposed …
Discussion: Vox and ThinkProgress
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Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Students across US walk out for gun reform on anniversary of Columbine massacre
Discussion: New York Times and The Week
GQ:
21 Books You Don't Have to Read  —  And 21 you should read instead (technically 20 books—Adventures of Huckleberry Finn did not fare well).  —  We've been told all our lives that we can only call ourselves well-read once we've read the Great Books.  We tried.
Discussion: Breitbart
Sarah Leonard / New York Times:
Cynthia Nixon Can Save the Democrats (From Themselves)  —  After Hillary Clinton's loss to Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders's strong showing in the primary, many in the Democratic Party are able to read the writing on the wall: They need to move left.  But who wants to step in?
Discussion: Slate
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Josefin Dolsten / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
Genesis Prize cancels ceremony after 2018 winner Natalie Portman said she won't visit Israel  —  This is a developing story.  —  (JTA) — The Genesis Prize announced it was canceling its prize ceremony in Israel in June after 2018 recipient Natalie Portman said she would not take part in light of “recent events.”
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New Yorker:
How Jim Mattis Became Trump's “Last Man Standing”  —  The purge that the Defense Secretary survived—and why he might not last.  —  Last Tuesday, after waking up to tweet about the previous day's F.B.I. raid on his lawyer's office ("a total witch hunt!!!"), President Trump called …
Joe Hagan / Vanity Fair:
“Michael Cohen Is Going to Be Indicted”: Stormy Daniels's Attorney Is Now Cooperating with the Feds  —  Michael Avenatti previews the next chapter of the Cohen paper trail—and why he's still in the game to depose Donald Trump.  —  A little more than a week ago, Michael Avenatti was, indisputably, overexposed.
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
G.O.P. Support Shows Cracks as Scott Pruitt's Ethics Inquiries Widen  —  WASHINGTON — Some of the most reliable conservatives in Congress are starting to speak out against Scott Pruitt, the chief of the Environmental Protection Agency who is now facing a barrage of ethics and spending questions.
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Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg:
Pruitt's $43,000 Soundproof Phone Booth Started More Modestly
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Linda / Patrick J. Buchanan:
Why the Authoritarian Right Is Rising  —  This post was viewed 78 times.  —  Votes: 5.00 Stars!  —  Loading...  Share Pat's Columns!  —  A fortnight ago, Viktor Orban and his Fidesz Party won enough seats in the Hungarian parliament to rewrite his country's constitution.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell aims to reshape courts in case Senate flips  —  Mitch McConnell is making a last dash to stock the judiciary with conservatives this year as a hedge against the chance that Republicans lose the Senate in November.  —  The GOP may have only a few more months of unified control …
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
 
 
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David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
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Kelly Puente / Orange County Register:
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WOGX-TV:
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New York Times:
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David Freedlander / Politico:
The Judge in the Michael Cohen-Stormy Daniels Case Is Perfect
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
The United States is mortgaging its future
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed:
The Justice Department Just Lost A Major Sanctuary City Case
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
Jonathan Blitzer / New Yorker:
In Rural Tennessee, a Big ICE Raid Makes Some Conservative Voters Rethink Trump's Immigration Agenda
Discussion: Raw Story and ImmigrationProf Blog
ABC:
Australian warships challenged by Chinese military in South China Sea
Discussion: Bloomberg