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1. President acknowledges in interview that his lawyer represented him on the 'crazy Stormy Daniels deal'

   President Donald Trump acknowledged Thursday that his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, is representing him in a hush money deal involving porn star Stormy Daniels and the President, while distancing himself from Cohen's decision to assert his Fifth Amendment rights in the matter.

   

   

2. Analysis: Trump's call to 'Fox and Friends' explains why we don't hear much from him

   

   

3. Trump furious with his Justice Dept.

   President Trump attacked his Department of Justice again in an interview with Fox News.

   

   

4. Stormy Daniels' lawyer thankful Trump gave TV interview

   Stormy Daniels' lawyer Michael Avenatti reacts to President Trump's interview on Fox News.

   

   

5. Senate confirms Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State

   The Senate is set to confirm Mike Pompeo to be the next Secretary of State on Thursday, a move that comes after the country's next top diplomat squeaked out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee earlier this week.

   

   

6. EPA officials are watching Pruitt, many hoping he bombs

   

   

7. As if the Waffle House hero hasn't done enough ...

   Just hours after he pried a rifle from a gunman who'd opened fire at a Waffle House in Tennessee, James Shaw Jr. launched a fundraiser to help the victims' families.

   

   

8. Trump says he's been too busy to get Melania a birthday present

   President Donald Trump admitted on Fox News that he's been too busy to get a birthday gift for his wife, first lady Melania Trump, who turned 48 years old Thursday.

   

   

9. Analysis: 5 things we learned from the Ronny Jackson debacle

   On Thursday morning, Ronny Jackson bowed to the inevitable: He withdrew as President Donald Trump's nominee to run the Department of Veterans Affairs.

   

   

10. Lawmaker to Pruitt: Do you have any remorse?

    Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) questions Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt about the multiple controversies enveloping him during his time at the agency.

    

    

11. Heated exchange between Comey and Cooper

    Former FBI director James Comey defends his decision to share memos with the media as a "private citizen," at the CNN Town Hall with Anderson Cooper.

    

    

12. Opinion: Comey is the adult in the room

    James Comey's CNN Town Hall appearance at William & Mary University Wednesday shed little new light on his tense, private discussions with the President. Nor did it elicit definitive, explosive sound bites to suggest Trump might be compromised by the Russians.

    

    

13. Reporter to WH: We are not yes men

    American Urban Radio Network White House correspondent and CNN political analyst April Ryan discusses the challenges she faces in her role in asking questions the Trump administration may not like, and how the relationship has become contentious.

    

    

14. From brink of war to hopes of peace: Kim Jong Un heads south for summit

    For the first time in over a decade, the leaders of a divided Korea will sit down Friday to negotiate an end to a decades-long rivalry which has threatened at times to plunge the world into nuclear war.

    

    

15. Comey: I was held hostage by serial rapist

    Former FBI Director James Comey tells the story of being held hostage and held at gunpoint by a serial rapist when he was a teenager.

    

    

16. Suspect in Golden State Killer case was a recluse, neighbors say

    For decades, a masked gunman nicknamed the Golden State Killer roamed through communities in California, raping dozens of women in a campaign of terror that left 12 people dead.

    

    

17. Meghan Markle exits 'Suits' with a kiss

    The season 7 finale of "Suits" acted as a dress rehearsal of sorts for actress Meghan Markle, whose on-screen wedding aired just one month before her real-life wedding to Prince Harry.

    

    

18. Avicii's family reveals his personal struggles

    The family of Tim Bergling, the Swedish DJ and producing star known as Avicii, has issued a new statement regarding the musician's sudden death last week at age 28.

    

    

19. 'Game of Thrones' show got delayed. Now, the book

    

    

20. Pepsi vs. Coke -- the new cola wars are here

    

    

21. Family faces fine to keep house painted like this

    The owners of a house painted to look like a Vincent Van Gogh painting have racked up thousands of dollars in fines.

    

    

22. Oil prices will keep rising. Here's why.

    

    

23. Ford's decision to drop most sedans makes sense

    

    

24. Reports: LaVar Ball pulls sons from European team

    

    

25. Why Subway could close another 500 restaurants

    

    

26. Couple's last words to one another: Love you

    Michael Riordan, the husband of Southwest victim Jennifer Riordan, is speaking out a week after the death of his wife on Southwest flight 1380.

    

    

27. Save up to $550 on 30+ vacation deals for Australia

    

    

28. An NFL owner offers to buy London's Wembley Stadium

    

    

29. Final predictions for your team's NFL draft pick

    

    

30. Goodell to use NFL legends as draft 'boo insurance'

    

    

31. Red Sox to rename iconic street after racist past

    

    

32. One-handed fighter gets chance at UFC contract

    

    

33. This new lynching memorial rewrites American history

    One of my first thoughts when I arrived in Montgomery, Alabama, and encountered the spring heat was this: How did enslaved men, women and children endure day after day?

    

    

34. These kids were being bullied. Then he turned them into superheroes.

    His classmates called him "a monster" and "a freak."

    

    

35. Janelle Monae opens up about her sexual orientation

    Singer and actress Janelle Monae confirmed her sexual orientation for the first time in a new interview.

    

    

36. Why NRA supporters are blowing up their YETI coolers

    Find out why NRA supporters are destroying their YETI-branded items.

    

    

37. Medieval grave reveals rare 'coffin birth' and neurosurgery

    When the brick coffin of a young woman from medieval Italy was opened after its discovery in 2010, two peculiar things stood out to the researchers: There was a perfect hole in the frontal bone of her skull, and between her pelvis and legs, there was a series of smaller bones belonging to a baby.

    

    

38. Millennials explain why they have nothing saved for retirement

    

    

39. The real reason Macron couldn't keep his hands off Trump

    

    

40. Mick Mulvaney's cold slap of truth

    Bless your soul, Mick Mulvaney, for spelling out so clearly and succinctly the evil that drives Washington. As the former congressman and now interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau explained to bankers on Tuesday, "We had a hierarchy in my office in Congress. If you're a lobbyist who never gave us money, I didn't talk to you. If you're a lobbyist who gave us money, I might talk to you." Yes, Mulvaney would also meet his constituents from back home, whom he insists were at the top of the hierarchy.