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Thursday, April 5, 2018

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1/ The EPA's top ethics official said he lacked key facts when he concluded that Scott Pruitt's lease with a lobbyist last year didn't violate federal gift rules.

2/ John Kelly to Scott Pruitt: The negative stories need to stop.

3/ A White House spokesman: "I can't speak to the future of Scott Pruitt."

4/ Samantha Dravis, a top Pruitt aide, resigned to work in the private sector.

5/ A cooperating witness in Robert Mueller investigation may have information linking the United Arab Emirates to Russia.

6/ Robert Mercer spent $2 million to back a far-right organization that purchased anti-Muslim ads on Facebook and Google.

7/ The National Guard troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border will not have physical contact with immigrants.

poll/ Democrat Phil Bredesen has a 10-point lead over Republican Marsha Blackburn in the race to replace retiring Senator Bob Corker.

NOTABLES.

• The White House is considering a proposal to strip protections from hundreds of threatened species to give oil and agriculture companies more freedom to use land that was previously off-limits due to the presence of certain protected species.

• A Las Vegas GOP political adviser has been accused of sexual enslavement and battery by his ex-fiancee.

• John Bolton met with White House attorneys about possible conflicts of interest shortly before Trump nominated him for national security advisor.

• Rex Tillerson spent roughly $12 million on consultants to "redesign" the State Department.

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