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From: Mike Allen <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 05:07:10 -0600

05/04/2016 07:04 AM EDT

By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; [email-masked]) and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; [email-masked])

Good morning. N.Y. POST cover is a portrait-style Trump: "Can you believe it? THE NOMINEE" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c475b5fd181e636dabbcacb06de5765430acb56cfcdc156d340 ... Cruz is Drudge banner: "THAT'S ALL FOLKS!" ... HuffPost banner: "WELP" ... INDY STAR banner, "DECISIVE." See the page. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c47a9f368160918475db19c4250c22d6069bfc74f05b7d4f850 ... YouTube of Trump's victory speech. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c47c283b8edd560c7ee9734ebbb15601733eba29ba8fb7b8374 ... YouTube of Cruz's campaign suspension speech. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c47ebe5bbd5fab42b63f7e0c9ab97d977658e28c9a783c792f8

... @BuzzFeedAndrew: "GOP establishment tonight" (with a gif of the violinist continuing to play on the Titanic deck as people flee to the lifeboats) http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c478eac5342c7674e49caf2d4dff38e0fdc47b28cb86b9c01aa .... @BuzzFeedAndrew: "#nevertrump tonight" (with a gif of the lights going out of the Titanic as it sinks) http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c47e9bd54d5d948ee126cf218f6d7dd14349b4be3d212b5b435

GLENN THRUSH, "5 takeaways from the night that made Trump nominee": "Trump has a stranglehold on about half of the 25 percent to 30 percent of (white) Americans who vote in Republican primaries. The rest of the nation, well, he's still pissing lots of them off - and the smarter political types in his orbit fret about his unprecedentedly high disapproval ratings. His longtime war consigliore Roger Stone likens Trump to Ronald Reagan ...

"The Clintons are terrified about Trump - who conspicuously lunched with their fact-challenged-biographer Ed Klein to preview the knee-capping he intends to deliver this fall. But his capacity to savage himself shouldn't be underestimated." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c478a0cdf3bce0de2d8fe837b6eb3b55e39896db6278e30e8dc

--"As Trump wins, Clinton exploring how to win over Republicans," by AP's Lisa Lerer and Catherine Lucey: "Democrats caution their effort to win over Clinton Republicans - or Hilla-cans, perhaps - is in its earliest stages, but could grow to include ads and other outreach targeted in particular at suburban women in battleground states. Already ... a number of Republicans have privately told Clinton and her team they plan to break party ranks and support her." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c47f2351288dde610ff553eafdb54a056685b63cbe8374140ff

BEING THERE -- "Trump's moment of triumph," by Ben Schreckinger in Manhattan: Last night "brought a flood of emotion to senior campaign staff - Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski, Deputy Campaign Manager Michael Glassner, Social Media Director Dan Scavino and adviser Stephen Miller - who huddled in the front of the podium to watch Cruz concede on a television set up on the side of the press pen and warmly embraced in the minutes between the Texas senator's remarks and their boss's.

"No stranger to reveling in his successes, Trump used his victory speech to make amends with party leaders he has more often mocked and threatened. 'All my life, I've been in competitions, different competitions, whether its sports or business,' he said. 'I have to tell you that I have met some of the most incredible competitors that I've ever competed against right here in the Republican Party.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c47d759af8c31692b25549233dc215caf9d6375860b0c164595

TICK-TOCK - "Inside Cruz's Crumbling Campaign: He sold himself as trustworthy. Rivals made sure voters didn't buy it," by Katie Glueck and Shane Goldmacher: "After constructing his campaign around a conservative base and religious right ... the race in April turned to the more secular northeast. Cruz would lose not just the next six states but every county in them. ... [A]s the 2016 field narrowed, it was the 'Lyin' Ted' label that increasing stuck to Cruz, just as Trump's 'low energy' moniker clung mercilessly to Bush. And it deeply irked Cruz, a detail-oriented lawyer who parses his words as closely as any politician." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c47c7f96582c126994dd1b011a7a27137f57a9d433cb0c05a2d

BLOCKBUSTER PLAYBOOK BREAKFAST on Friday: RNC Chair Reince Priebus! Don't miss this one.Doors at 7:30 a.m.; program at 8 at Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Ave. NW. RSVP http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c4779ce7f0d9691ad667ae43a66094f6432831127fa34746c3e

--@Reince: "@realDonaldTrump will be presumptive @GOP nominee, we all need to unite and focus on defeating @HillaryClinton #NeverClinton."

TOP TWEETS: @peterbakernyt: "With Cruz gone, next president will be oldest or among oldest ever -- 69 if Clinton, 70 if Trump, 75 if Sanders. (Reagan was just shy of 70)" ... @DanaBashCNN: "Trump campaign now being flooded with offers from seasoned operatives to help the campaign, Rick Wiley tells me" ...@AlecMacGillis: "Hard to overstate what a challenge the next six months will be to the national media's excruciatingly even-handed approach to campaigns" ... CNN's Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1): "Just ran into @justinbieber at a bar. Just asked him about @realDonaldTrump ... He has 'literally no thoughts' on him" ... @AriFleischer: "There's a lot about Donald Trump that I don't like, but I'll
 vote for Trump over Hillary any day."

... CBS News' @SopanDeb: "Trump basically clinches nomination on same day that he suggested his rival's dad was linked to JFK assassination, just as we all predicted" ... @BuzzFeedAndrew: "At least Ted Cruz has tons of friends in the Senate" ... @JeffreyGoldberg: "Tomorrow, Obama national security team will begin debating plan to arm moderate Republican rebels" ... @danpfeiffer: "the logical end for Republicans in the Obama era was to nominate the world's most famous birther" ...

... Neil King (@NKingofDC): "Carly Fiorina has done what few have done before, which is to lose twice in the same election" ... Tim Miller (@Timodc): "I have a lot more respect for people who have come around to the truth about Trump than those who have begun to rationalize why he's swell" ... @MarkSalter55: "the GOP is going to nominate for President a guy who reads the National Enquirer and thinks it's on the level. I'm with her" ... Charlie Mahtesian (@PoliticoCharlie): "In about a decade's time, Indiana went from a state that elected Dick Lugar & Evan Bayh to one that preferred Donald Trump & Bernie Sanders."

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#WHCD -- "Wilmore says his 'tone didn't fit room' n DC performance," by AP's David Bauder: "The Comedy Central host said in an interview Tuesday that he's willing to take the heat for his performance over the weekend, which skewered media figures and politicians. ... 'I may have underestimated the tone of how I was telling the jokes,' the 'Nightly Show' host said, although he said 'all of these revelations you realize after the fact.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c474014a21192be2db8153f6c49edbe39b96f750c67718eae73

LISTS DU JOUR: "Republicans who vow to never back Trump" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c47b8abfd0edd8c8558793d8d6b96aba77a266d9170c30fa547 ... "A List of the Conservatives Who Are Holding the Line and Still Refusing to Support Trump" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c475ae68c1c144541fdbacc2c6d330335202aaa5916a330b004

PRINT HEADLINES: N.Y. Times banner, "TRUMP NEARS NOMINATION AS CRUZ DROPS OUT." See the page.  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c4724889b6232ca80e7941fa7db0dd10957122b81d09e62c177 ... WashPost banner, "Trump appears to seal nomination; Cruz quits" ...WSJ 5-col. lead, "Trump in Control After Cruz Exits" ... USA Today, "CRUZ QUITS RACE AFTER KNOCKOUT BLOW IN INDIANA" ... L.A. Times banner, "PATH CLEARS FOR TRUMP" ... Houston Chronicle, "Cruz drops presidential bid after rout by Trump in Indiana" ... S.F. Chronicle, "Trump, Indiana knock Cruz out."

HILLARY STRATEGERY -- "Clinton plots swing-state ambush for Trump: She's already organizing a shadow general election campaign," by Gabe Debenedetti: "[E]ven in [Indiana] defeat, Clinton continues to execute a hard turn toward November ... Over the last two weeks, Clinton has been quietly accelerating her swing-state operation, organizing what amounts to a shadow general election campaign at the same time she is fending off a rival who insists he'll continue to fight until the Democratic convention in July."http://politi.co/26Sik0q

UNDERSTANDING TRUMP -- NATE SILVER, "The Mythology Of Trump's 'Working Class' Support": "It's been extremely common for news accounts to portray Donald Trump's candidacy as a 'working-class' rebellion against Republican elites. ... As compared with most Americans, Trump's voters are better off. The median household income of a Trump voter so far in the primaries is about $72,000, based on estimates derived from exit polls and Census Bureau data. That's lower than the $91,000 median for Kasich voters.

"But it's well above the national median household income of about $56,000. It's also higher than the median income for Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders supporters, which is around $61,000 for both." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c47dcc251a881d9a64f144a98eb6e9a45c996a1be431fe79e72

MYRA ADAMS in National Review, "A Trump-Gingrich Ticket: Brilliant or Crazy?": "Over the last three months, Trump watchers have noticed that ... Newt Gingrich has been consistently advocating on Trump's behalf in the media, on Capitol Hill, among K Street power brokers, and on social media. In fact, Gingrich has morphed into Trump's unofficial ambassador for GOP peace and unity, while also seeking converts in hostile territory. Gingrich is the most recognized and respected member of the GOP establishment who is defending the insurgent candidate ... [I]t has become apparent that Gingrich is waging an active campaign to become Donald Trump's running mate." 
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TRAIL PICS: Jill Colvin (@colvinj): "Big group hug here for the original Team Trump - @CLewandowski_ @DanScavino @michaelglassner" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c47454d027489ffff92159bbfc6e1da240432bf8ed0531fbf4c ... @maryaliceparks: ".@BernieSanders rally in Evansville, Indiana [on Monday]. Look at the press section". http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c47b5406a7ccdaab6f123176137af736f5774e103cd6a73bb90

MEDIAWATCH ... TAMPA BAY TIMES buys TAMPA TRIBUNE for undisclosed price: See this morning's front page, "Times buys Tribune: After three decades, sale ends bay-area newspaper battle." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c47ef73bfcfc9775376d2504aee2c08386af61d2907b8c172fc ... Last issue of Tampa Tribune was yesterday. See the front page. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c471324a055f3d32ec355483c32efc830ae7ee831af456a42a3

SUSAN GLASSER and PETER CANELLOS email the Politico staff: "First from Steve [Heuser] at the magazine: ... Julia Ioffe will be joining Politico Magazine as a contributing writer, and her assignment will be to cover the amazing and unexpected roster of personalities in the 2016 presidential campaign. If you didn't catch the social-media storm this weekend over her excellent GQ profile of Melania Trump, you may still know Julia as one of the most incisive writers in Washington. ... Until 2014, she was a senior editor at The New Republic. ...

"And from Marty [Kady] and the Pro team: We're thrilled to have snagged Mike Vasquez, an award-winning reporter from The Miami Herald, to guide our education team. ... Just this week, the Education Writers Association awarded him the Eddie Prize for excellence." Julia's Melania Trump profile http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c475dbe7d21d486f4e3632e6c858af0ed59c0155064343bbd0f

VALLEY TALK - "Apple to Revamp Streaming Music Service After Mixed Reviews, Departures," by Bloomberg's Alex Webb, Lucas Shaw and Adam Satariano: "Apple is altering the user interface of Apple Music to make it more intuitive to use ... Apple also plans to better integrate its streaming and download businesses and expand its online radio service ... As iTunes sales stagnate and rival Spotify continues to draw in new subscribers, Apple is attempting to reclaim its dominance in music. ... The deal [to buy Beats Music two years ago] sparked a rare culture clash within Apple that led to the departure of several key managers and, most important, created a product that many critics say doesn't
 meet Apple's own lofty standards." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c47248e73053f1e26e6aa2d37b1e69a4bde7212232431f68cd3

ELIZABETH WILNER, "Backlash from Obama's Brexit bash?": Kantar's TNS finds the "June 23 U.K. vote on whether ... to stay in the European Union even tighter than before Obama stopped in London and urged Brits to stay: at 39% 'remain' versus 36% 'leave.' Washington clients of WPP, Kantar's parent, received a recent ... in-person briefing." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c47e2060bb8cb06829b19dc1bd96e694f0f133fcc785b41aada

HOT VIDEO -- "Hillary Clinton Ruins 'Hamilton" - Above Average: "Hillary Clinton adds her terrifying voice to the Hamilton soundtrack." 3-min. video http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c47e1871bc5e99d2aeb8aab5346ca90dd0422eadcefb07dd9ba

LIVING HISTORY -- "Obama to name Stonewall 1st national monument for gay rights," by AP's Josh Lederman: Manhattan's "Stonewall Inn, where the modern gay rights movement took root, will become the first national monument honoring the history of gays and lesbians in the U.S. under a proposal ... Obama is preparing to approve." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c479d075e224f2daf675814531905fd14e2f490bcc29c4bb2ba

VIDEO DU JOUR --"News Anchors Love Saying 'Knockout Blow' For the Indiana Primary," by Bloomberg's Matt Negrin: "The gloves are on: news anchors across America have found the perfect metaphor to describe what Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton could do to their rivals in the Indiana primary."24-sec. video http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c473ab3e38db78cb264c74d5ab5dad0a38aef8eee49d9500047

STATE OF THE ART -- "GOP Opposition Research Firm Launches Candidate Tracking App," by BuzzFeed's Megan Apper: "Republican opposition research firm America Rising released an app on Monday that arms users attending political events with adversarial questions to ask Democratic candidates. The app also allows users to record video within the app and directly upload it to a channel shared by American Rising employees, who are then able to evaluate and potentially promote the footage. Candidate's events are highlighted for the user based on their geographical proximity to the event." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c47ec1c4e87452dee4735c366647b4b473a16c7f97b8e6e6580

2016 PLAYERS - "Former Reagan campaign manager joins pro-Trump super PAC," by Alex Isenstadt:"Ed Rollins, one of the longest-serving Republican presidential campaign strategists, is joining a pro-Donald Trump super PAC. ... Rollins - who managed Ronald Reagan's 1984 campaign and played leading roles for Jack Kemp, Mike Huckabee and Michele Bachmann - said that he would serve as a top strategist for Great America PAC, an outside group that's supporting Trump." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c47140a039c0ed25d180521a0885fdb210a92a44b67821a3a77

--"Clinton Campaign To Name Top CBC Operative As North Carolina State Director," by BuzzFeed'sDarren Sands: "Troy G. Clair, the chief of staff to the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, ... became [Rep. GK] Butterfield's chief of staff in 2012, and plans to return to Butterfield's office at the close of the campaign." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c473588a7bd0948aab565335acd37745da098323cb90816109c

TALKER - "Meet the next sport of the modern age: Drone racing," by AP Business Writer Ryan Nakashima in Hawthorne, Calif.: "a would-be sport in which men, and a few women, fly remote-controlled drones against competitors at up to 80 miles per hour along looping courses with hairpin curves and drops. ... Fans sit on bleachers behind protective mesh, passing around antenna-equipped goggles to see the pilot's view. Big-screen TVs show off unique camera angles while glowing copters whizz by, emitting the high-pitched hum of weed whackers on steroids." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c474b89a19b961eb357ba463eab895f53e8756643bae6384f1c

--YOUTUBE: 100 drones light up the Palm Springs sky: "With special exemptions from the FAA, Intel's Drone 100 ... in the first test of the aerial experience in the United States, showcasing how the drones could perform for large events." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c47e43eb1ea6a0f0bb620e015974f2a4e49bce386520f200c08

U.S. AT WAR - USA Today lead story, "U.S. Navy SEAL dies at hands of ISIL: ID'd as grandson of S&L financier Charles Keating," by Jim Michaels in Stuttgart, Germany, and Arizona Republic staffers: "It was the third American combat death in Iraq since the U.S. military deployed advisers and other personnel there in 2014 to support the war against the Islamic State." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c47daa9e0c503022ecccdca7d689f40439f7fc667c0a99abe1b

--Arizona Republic front page, "CHARLES KEATING IV, NAVY SEAL: 'A real-life superhero' --Keating grandson Charlie, a Navy SEAL, killed in Iraq": "Charlie Keating, an acclaimed Arcadia High School distance runner and grandson of the famous savings-and-loan financier with the same name, died in northern Iraq on Tuesday after Islamic State militants penetrated Kurdish defensive lines and launched an attack with small arms and car bombs. ...

"Charlie Keating, known as 'C-4' because he had the same name as three generations before him, also is the cousin of Olympic swimming champion Gary Hall Jr." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c47a8e18f18afa5095edb3e68c1cc2955d2aa2c13868e70ed40

MILESTONES - "Graceland welcomes 20 millionth visitor," by Memphis Commercial Appeal's Wayne Risher: "A newlywed from London ... became the 20 millionth paid visitor to Elvis Presley's Graceland mansion on Tuesday. ... The estate that Presley purchased in 1957 has been open to public tours for nearly 34 years, hosting presidents, foreign leaders, royalty and hundreds of musicians and actors." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c47ce64a8e6460c645466b8e0e905820064e02838644bd4b616

TONY AWARDS - L.A. Times front page, "The founding father of Broadway diversity," by Theater Critic Charles McNulty: "Last year, the Tony Awards could have adopted the hashtag #TonysSoBritish. This year, the nominees announced Tuesday morning look like the anti-Oscars, so diverse is the roster. ... 'Hamilton,' which amassed 16 nominations, breaking the record of 15 set by 'The Producers' and later matched by 'Billy Elliot: The Musical,' is bound to sweep all the major musical categories. But there's no denying that Broadway burns brighter - and more multihued - because of Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical.

"As these Tony nominations attest, 'Hamilton' has ushered in a new age of multiculturalism on Broadway ... History has arrived, laggard as usual but unmistakable. ... 'Shuffle Along, or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed,' adapter-director George C. Wolfe's snazzy update of the trailblazing 1921 African American blockbuster that seduced Broadway with syncopation, racked up an impressive 10 nominations." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c47507aaf5777792b80bf8b8a6bfdfe675e1e023389aeb4b674

PLAYBOOK METRO SECTION -- "DC celebrates another year of record-breaking tourist crowds," by AP's Ben Nuckols: "More than 19 million U.S. tourists visited Washington in 2015, an increase of 1 million over the previous year and a record for the nation's capital." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c47e7cde73c02e0e4399c43be69a201723831fd71a83fe573f8

OUT AND ABOUT IN S.F.: "Brigade just christened our new SF HQ with a breakfast roundtable with members of the House New Dems and local startup execs. We talked about how tech can boost civic and political engagement as well as make government more responsive to voters. ... [A]ttendees included representatives from Brigade, Pinterest, Thumbtack, Palantir, Nerdwallet, Tech4America, Blend Labs, Startup Policy Lab, the Economic Innovation Group and the Office of Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom."

HAPPENING TOMORROW: Don Baer, Steven Cook and Deborah Amos discuss "The Future of the Arab World: Youth Perceptions Looking Forward" at the CFR in NYC, 1 p.m. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c4759482104f4b4753a925160109d220dbb5b7daaa5f4e1fe87

FIRST LOOK -- LEWIS BLACK will be host ("Roastmaster") of the roast of James Carville on June 23 at the Kennedy Center. Paul Begala, Tucker Carlson, Mary Matalin, Luke Russert, Rev. Al Sharpton, and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, will also help roast Carville, with video appearances by Bill Maher and Karl Rove. Carville will also have the chance to respond and get the last laugh. Black, who's planning to re-watch "The War Room" as he prepares for the roast, told Daniel that he got connected to the event because he's long known a Carville/Matalin friend, Victoria Clarke, because he used to go out with her sister. Tickets http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df5c9d4a6aa13c4776b55f30cf9910b95fef15aead01084a8a6f0a7c623fe54e

--About Carville's marriage with Mary Matalin: "I think it's certainly a tribute to [the fact] that love triumphs over all. It's like a Shakespeare play."

--About how Larry Wilmore did on Saturday night: "It doesn't matter what Larry did. It doesn't matter what Stephen Colbert did. What matters is the two most miserable places to perform as a comic are the Congressional correspondents' dinner and the White House Correspondents' dinner. It's nothing but a thankless task and you can't say no. ... And then what is profoundly beyond my comprehension, and I have to say sickens me, ... is to watch people sit there who have no clue as to what comedy is and comment on a person's comedy.

"It's disgusting. They analyze it. It's beyond belief. ... It's not a fun room to play. Playing in front of people who live in Washington, that whole group of insiders, is intolerable because of the arrogance they bring when you're doing your comedy in that room. ... I'm not going to judge Larry on it. He doesn't deserve to be judged on it. They should thank him for showing up. ... They should thank any comic who f***ing shows up. It enrages me."

--About Obama's performance: "It was very good. ... If he wants to be a comic, I'll quit being the headliner and I'll open for him."

--About 2016: "The election cycle ... began in 1942 apparently. ... My job as a comic is to be more insane than what I'm seeing and this time they're really testing me."

BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): Chris Bodenner, a senior editor at the Atlantic and formerly of Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish (h/t Becca Glover Watkins)

BIRTHDAYS: George Frederick Will is 75 ... Polson Kanneth, senior editorial producer at CNN and an ABC News alum ... Shira Center, political editor at the Boston Globe, celebrating with colleagues at Babbo at the Boston Seaport (h/t Anna Gohmann) ... HuffPost's Eliot Nelson ... Todd Stern ... Allison Bormel of USAID (h/t fiance Aaron Ament) ... Megan Kopf Stackhouse, the proud new mom to adorable baby Clark Stackhouse who is almost two months old (h/t Maggie Steenland) ... Christina Heimerdinger, customer acquisition manager at VideoBlocks and alum of Generation Opportunity and Engage ... Mitchell Rivard, deputy chief for Rep. Dan Kildee, is 26, celebrating by working in Flint, Mich., where
 the president will visit the city and Kildee's congressional district later today. Birthday celebrations will resume next week back in Washington with friends at China Chilcano and skydiving with his sister, Mallory (h/ts Robert Edmonson and Scott Zumwalt) ... Siobh&aacute;n Steel, account executive at PR Edelman who just committed to Georgetown for their Security Studies Masters Program starting this fall, is 26 ...

... Ellen Qualls ... Erin Mershon, health policy reporter at CQNow and a Politico alum ... CAA's Darnell Strom, a Bill Clinton and DNC alum ... Steve Ross, executive director of Artists and Athletes ... Kathy O'Hearn, alum of MSNBC, CNN, ABC News and Newsweek Daily Beast ... Liam Prince, Jonathan's son ... AP's David Pace ... Travis Mason ... Joe Harper ... Jay Timmons ... Katy Quinn of the National Security Council and Adam Smith alum ... Derya Agis ... John R. Gagain Jr., Managing Partner at Infinity Media ... former NY assemblyman Richard Brodsky ... Akmal Ali, principal at Catalyst Partners, a DHS alum ... Terrell Halaska ... Natalie Sabbath ... Miles Hansen (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) ...

... sports reporter Erin Andrews is 38 ... the former president of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, is 88 ... opera singer Roberta Peters is 86 ... Katherine Jackson, matriarch of the Jackson musical family, is 86 ... Darryl Hunt (The Pogues) is 66 ... Jackie Jackson (The Jacksons) is 65 ... Pia Zadora is 64 ... violinist Soozie Tyrell (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band) is 59 ... Randy Travis is 57 ... Ana Gasteyer is 49 ... Will Arnett is 46 ... Mike Dirnt (Green Day) is 44 ... Lance Bass ('N Sync) is 37 ... actress Amara Miller is 16 (h/ts AP)

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