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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ON FOX ... BRIAN KILMEADE of Fox News interviewed the president yesterday on Long Island. Here are some bites you should see:

-- TRUMP CALLED MS-13 gang members "stone cold killers, vicious killers."

-- ON IMMIGRATION: Trump said he's going to get more money for the border, and added there is "a lot of pressure on the Democrats" to get that approved. On the discharge petition in the House, Trump said that "unless it includes a wall ... and unless it includes very strong border security," he'll veto it. He said that Congress has to end the "catch and release" policy. 

-- IMPORTANT: Asked if he could settle for a compromise that doesn't include all his priorities, Trump said, "I think it's time to get the whole package." 

-- ON THE NEW NFL POLICY: Trump said that players should "stand proudly" for the national anthem or they shouldn't be playing -- and maybe they shouldn't be in the country, he added. 

NEWS ... RYAN AND MCCARTHY TO TEXAS ... SPEAKER PAUL RYAN and HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY are heading to Houston today for a bunch of high-dollar fundraisers. TODAY the top two House Republicans have an event in Houston benefitting Protect the House -- the joint fundraising committee with VP Mike Pence -- that will feature several Texas Republicans, including Reps. Brian Babin, Kevin Brady, John Culberson, Bill Flores, Mike McCaul, Pete Olson, Ted Poe and Randy Weber. 

-- TONIGHT RYAN and MCCARTHY have a dinner for the Congressional Leadership Fund, the House GOP leadership-backed super PAC, and tomorrow morning they have a CLF breakfast.

TWO THINGS WORTH THINKING ABOUT ... Amid all the hubbub about Ryan's status as speaker, and all the unending drama he has to deal with in D.C., he is still running around the country raising money for the GOP. And, McCarthy is getting in with top Republican money figures.

... BEFORE HE GOES: RYAN is speaking at the National Catholic Prayer breakfast. Remember, he just got into a flap after trying to push out the Catholic House chaplain. 

-- Here's a bit of what he'll say: "I want to spend a few minutes reflecting on some of the gifts God is trying to give us, namely what Catholic social doctrine brings to public life. Because there is a deeply serious problem we see right now within our society. We see moral relativism becoming more and more pervasive in our culture. Identity politics and tribalism have grown on top of this.

"All of it has been made more prevalent by 21st century technology. And there is plenty of money to be made on making it worse. If there was ever a time and place where Catholics-from the clergy to the laity-are needed, it is here and now, in helping to solve this problem. Our social doctrine is a perfect antidote to what ails our culture. It begins with a vision of a free and virtuous society-not a set of policy prescriptions or even a toolkit for producing those prescriptions-but a vision of dignity and possibility."

Good Thursday morning. We finally have something to be excited about! The Washington Capitals are in the Stanley Cup finals, where they'll play the Las Vegas Golden Knights. The first game will be Monday night at 8 p.m. in Las Vegas. The Caps were last in the Stanley Cup finals in 1998.

JUST POSTED -- "Security troops on U.S. nuclear missile base took LSD," by AP's Robert Burns: "One airman said he felt paranoia. Another marveled at the vibrant colors. A third admitted, 'I absolutely just loved altering my mind.' Meet service members entrusted with guarding nuclear missiles that are among the most powerful in America's arsenal. Air Force records obtained by The Associated Press show they bought, distributed and used the hallucinogen LSD and other mind-altering illegal drugs as part of a ring that operated undetected for months on a highly secure military base in Wyoming. After investigators closed in, one airman deserted to Mexico. 

"'Although this sounds like something from a movie, it isn't,' said Capt. Charles Grimsley, the lead prosecutor of one of several courts martial. A slipup on social media by one airman enabled investigators to crack the drug ring at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in March 2016 ... Fourteen airmen were disciplined. Six of them were convicted in courts martial of LSD use or distribution or both. None of the airmen was accused of using drugs on duty." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4d999ba63db09f6dd2b15e8ace18d8e03bc154d13677d02c16eccec5fc92fbe610e7e5ce32c1b9d78f4908e2a40be455

SPOTTED: Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday inside the Grand Havana Room on Fifth Avenue, one of the only spots you can smoke inside in Manhattan. He was smoking a cigar with his right hand, reading his iPhone with his left, and watching Fox News. 

NOBEL WATCH ... NYT'S CHOE SANG-HUN in SEOUL: "North Korea Issues New Threat on Trump Meeting, Calling Pence Remarks 'Ignorant and Stupid'": "North Korea said on Thursday that it would have second thoughts about a summit meeting between its leader, Kim Jong-un, and President Trump if American officials continued to make what the North considers threats against its leadership.

"The North Korean official who issued the warning singled out Vice President Mike Pence for remarks that she called 'ignorant and stupid.' In an interview broadcast on Monday on Fox News, Mr. Pence warned that North Korea's government could end up like that of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the former Libyan leader. ... 

"In a statement carried by the North's official Korean Central News Agency on Thursday, the North Korean official, Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui, referred to 'unlawful and outrageous acts' by top American officials and said that Mr. Pence had made 'unbridled and impudent remarks that North Korea might end like Libya.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4d999ba63db09f6d7dda801ec109ebaaa4bb5770141fb8f2c4c0a06e649ee1c67d1d76018d2c12827df0b9daa3eb9b6d 

THE INVESTIGATIONS ... 

-- "MOSCOW" MANU RAJU (@mkraju): "Mueller's team, in new filing, urges court to deny request from news orgs, including CNN, to unseal search warrants and other docs sealed in Manafort case. The argument: 'The investigation consists of multiple lines of inquiry,' a sign probe not ending imminently, via @kpolantz".

-- WAPO'S JOSH DAWSEY: "In reversal, Giuliani now says Trump should do interview with Mueller team": "President Trump's attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani switched gears Wednesday, saying that he would prefer the president grant an interview to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's office and that a decision would be made within 'the next couple weeks.' 

"'I guess I'd rather do the interview. It gets it over with. It makes my client happy,' he said in an interview with The Washington Post. 'The safe course you hear every lawyer say is don't do the interview, and that's easy to say in the abstract. That's much harder when you have a client who is the president of the United States and wants to be interviewed.' ...

"Giuliani said he was concerned that the president would become a target or that the interview would be a perjury trap, because the 'truth is relative.' The president's legal team continues to try to set limitations on an interview, including the duration and questions posed, he said. 'They may have a different version of the truth than we do,' Giuliani said."  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4d999ba63db09f6d03ff7a96664408db121b35dc474f6a0917a5762474f71586ccc9482d24ffa2da9b382c8732f0a8cf 

ALEX ISENSTADT: "Garrett in turmoil, might quit Congress": "Rep. Tom Garrett (R-Va.) has abruptly parted ways with his chief of staff and is considering not seeking reelection in November, according to three people familiar with the matter. Garrett, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, split with his chief of staff Jimmy Keady on Tuesday evening, according to the sources.

"The first-term Garrett represents a conservative district that stretches from southern reaches of the state to more northern areas. His seat has become more competitive this election year in part because he's posted anemic fundraising totals. In recent months, the congressman has struggled to keep pace on the fundraising front with his Democratic opponent, journalist and filmmaker Leslie Cockburn." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4d999ba63db09f6dc29436d6553f5f2c9e8172dc623f71e071ba786fe9c35cf084ea070372a78d3fd0877a3a6ebf3404 

-- GARRETT'S team reached out to us at quarter of two this morning, passing along a statement from the congressman: "We will clear this all up today." They also flagged to us a Richmond Times-Dispatch story with the headline "Will Rep. Tom Garrett run again? Friend says: 'Until they tell you they are out, count him in.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4d999ba63db09f6da3d6475b456797f7362721028ba2775986aed579950017f04e7750f88ae9349354040e9ad980cb82

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THE INFORMANT ... 

-- KYLE CHENEY: "In reversal, Kelly will join lawmakers in briefings on FBI informant": "White House chief of staff John Kelly will attend two briefings at the Justice Department on Thursday about an FBI informant who interacted with the Trump campaign in the 2016 election - ensuring that President Donald Trump will have a high-level emissary there for a discussion of sensitive evidence connected to his associates.

"Kelly's presence comes despite previous White House assurances that no member of the president's team would attend the Justice Department gathering. It's unclear if the briefings will include documents or details about the informant's work for the FBI or whether they'll cover the intelligence community's reluctance to share the highly classified information with members of Congress.

"Trump allies in Congress spent the day Wednesday expressing doubts that the Justice Department would provide substantive information, though the Justice Department has declined to reveal what it will share." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4d999ba63db09f6de0177fc0cb22939c0aed26e351fa3770f774284fb348d6f14cd8291f5a6c92a504f80ada754bc3de 

-- AP's Mary Clare Jalonick and Jonathan Lemire: "Trump has told confidants in recent days that the revelation of an informant was potential evidence that the upper echelon of federal law enforcement has conspired against him, according to three people familiar with his recent conversations but not authorized to discuss them publicly. 

"Trump told one ally this week that he wanted 'to brand' the informant a 'spy,' believing the more nefarious term would resonate more in the media and with the public. He went on to debut the term 'Spygate' on Wednesday, despite its previous associations with a 2007 NFL scandal over videotaping coaches."  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4d999ba63db09f6d328fe4dc3bbe37154d2c32a76379524e725ce3812b038168fea754acc5b68fb24751d8cf94de0956 

THE FRESNO BEE: "In an interview with The Bee, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Tulare, was asked if he planned to host any local forums or town hall meetings. 'Your paper is a joke to even bring these issues up or raise these issues,' Nunes responded." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4d999ba63db09f6d41f023909489611dfdc9f5e237fb7794b3990b32f51f50b992eea72084e7c995ba8073c3a2cb24f4

IMMIGRATION UPDATE ... "House GOP holds last-ditch immigration talks as showdown looms," by WaPo's Mike DeBonis: "House Republican leaders have at least temporarily blunted an internal rebellion to force votes next month on protecting young undocumented immigrants from deportation while they negotiate with the GOP renegades on an alternate path forward.

"But with conservatives and moderates far apart on crucial provisions, there was little sign Wednesday that the warring factions would be able to reach a workable agreement on a compromise immigration bill. ... A permanent dreamer fix is 'essential,' said Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.), who filed the petition, after emerging from a meeting with Ryan, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and leaders of the GOP's conservative bloc." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4d999ba63db09f6d9aa1ae4f9cacc9a24c8598093781ce77eff4b82febc208005dbd549196742377d27706ee3cbb610a 

-- WE'LL BE WATCHING the House floor today -- the day Congress leaves for a week -- to see if people sign. 

TRUMP READIES TARIFFS ON CARS -- "Trump Administration Looks Into New Tariffs on Imported Vehicles," by WSJ's William Mauldin, Timothy Puko, and Kate O'Keeffe: "The Trump administration is using national-security laws to consider imposing new tariffs on vehicle and auto-parts imports, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. President Donald Trump is asking for new tariffs of as much as 25% on automobile imports, according to those familiar with his request, after he repeatedly signaled his intention to impose such tariffs. Mr. Trump has asked his team to investigate using a legal provision of the 1962 Trade Expansion Act to find whether tariffs or other restrictions are needed on imported
 cars. It is the same legal justification the administration used to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports in March." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4d999ba63db09f6d04bfabcbb8f4c7e3649f46e48f2af992151afdfc0d19c6a40e6c44fe183f6324941f2ef2f7658823 

THE MIDDLE EAST IS SAVED ... "Jared Kushner Gets Security Clearance, Ending Swirl of Questions Over Delay," by NYT's Matt Apuzzo: "Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, has been granted his permanent security clearance, a person briefed on the matter said on Wednesday, ending a period of uncertainty that had fueled questions about whether Mr. Kushner was in peril in the special counsel investigation. ... [H]is F.B.I. background checks dragged on for a year and became one of many political distractions for the White House. ... 

"Mark S. Zaid, a veteran Washington lawyer who handles security clearances, said it was highly unlikely that the special counsel would uncover evidence of improper foreign entanglements and not flag it for security officials. ... [Kushner's lawyer Abbe] Lowell said that Mr. Kushner has cooperated fully with the special counsel and met with Mr. Mueller's investigators twice for many hours." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4d999ba63db09f6de1f9be85492af062eaeb74808172e0bbc696748b5b4ea828b7fa2abb387543c5a7271b2dce594926 

SARAH FERRIS: "Americans for Prosperity is putting some of Congress' biggest spenders - including nearly a dozen House Republicans -- on notice ahead of the November elections. The Koch network group will launch a six-figure ad campaign over the Memorial Day weekend calling out GOP lawmakers who voted for this year's budget-busting spending bill. The campaign will target 10 Republicans who joined with Democrats to approve the $1.3 trillion omnibus - a bill that stoked an uprising among fiscal hawks in Washington.

"The ads will run in print and online, alongside radio messages and mailers. The targeted members include Rep. Lou Barletta, who is seeking a Senate seat in Pennsylvania this fall, as well as two candidates for House Appropriations chief next year, Reps. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.) and Mike Simpson (R-Idaho). The others are Hal Rogers (R-Ky.), Mike Bishop (R-Mich.), John Carter (R-Texas), Mark Amodei (R-Nev.), Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.), Tom Rooney (R-Fla.), and Ken Calvert (R-Calif.)." More for Pros http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4d999ba63db09f6d47d2019b8734ed33981280c767f3d04573f491a8b16f5f00b3481ff268f1f34bd2d804b6a025d87a 

-- GOOFY ALERT! Tom Rooney isn't even running for re-election! 

TWO SCOOPS ... 

-- WHITE HOUSE DEPARTURE LOUNGE: KAELAN DORR, the White House's director of congressional communications and a Trump campaign alum, is leaving the White House on Friday and is finalizing a deal to join a "major media and news organization," according to a former White House official.

-- MEDIAWATCH ... THE AP hired DUSTIN WEAVER to be Congress editor. Note from Julie Pace, which will go to the bureau today: "Dustin is a smart and savvy editor with broad experience in Washington. Since 2014, he's served as news editor at The Hill, where he has overseen the paper's print and digital coverage of Congress, the White House and K Street. He does it all - running breaking news stories, working with reporters on smart enterprise and looking for ways to successfully promote stories in a crowded news environment. One reporter who worked for Dustin put it simply: He makes the stories he works on better.

"Dustin joined The Hill in 2010 as a business and lobbying editor and previously held editing positions at The Washington Post Express and The Washington Examiner. Born and raised in Marietta, Ohio, Dustin is a graduate of Walsh University and the Scripps graduate program at Ohio University."
 
THE PRESIDENT'S THURSDAY ... TRUMP will sign a directive to "streamline" regulations on the "commercial use of space." He'll sign the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act. He will present the Medal of Honor at 2:30 p.m., and will meet with the chief of Naval operations and superintendent of the Naval Academy at 3:20 p.m.

          Playbook Reads         

PHOTO DU JOUR: NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly (right) poses with members of the Washington Capitals and the Prince of Wales trophy after the Capitals defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-0 during Game 7 of the NHL Eastern Conference finals on May 23 in Tampa, Fla. | Chris O'Meara/AP Photo

DAN DIAMOND spoke to SBA LIST's MARJORIE DANNENFELSER in the latest POLITICO "Pulse Check" podcast. Dannenfelser, who this week celebrated Trump at a gala and called him the "most pro-life president in history," said the president's moves to defund Planned Parenthood and appoint anti-abortion judges have turned her from Trump skeptic to key supporter.
 
 "This is the strongest position the pro-life movement has been in since 1973," Dannenfelser said. Dannenfelser didn't rule out supporting Trump if another scandal broke, even if it involved paying for an abortion. "I think every person that we deal with in politics is just as human as you and I sitting here, so I would want to know the circumstances," Dannenfelser said. "And I would take it from there." Listen to the podcast  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4d999ba63db09f6d7b9dbb3f533a048c0120a6a47af1742bbe9d72f5689eb3b3533744fb080d3c99293305327bf3c60d 

 ELON THE EDITOR - "Elon Musk's Latest Proposal: A Website Named 'Pravda' to Rate Media Credibility," by WSJ's Tim Higgins: "Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, unhappy with media coverage of Tesla Inc., said he plans to create a Yelp.com -like site to let people rate the credibility of journalists and news organizations, and suggested he would name it after the former Soviet Union's main propaganda outlet.

"The Tesla chief executive, who frequently issues provocative comments on Twitter, made the proposal in a tweetstorm against the media Wednesday, after reports in recent weeks about Tesla's struggles to increase production of its Model 3 sedan, questions about working conditions at its factories, and government investigations into the safety of its Autopilot driver-assistance system."  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4d999ba63db09f6db34445eb8ce74d3852a4c4c9158c0db5d1c322f8f760c1649ea6ee5a3fb64b22135daf6f86e4717f

-- BLOOMBERG: "The California Secretary of State's website shows a Pravda Corp. was registered in October in Delaware. The filing agent and the address listed -- 216 Park Road, Burlingame, California -- are identical to the name and location used for at least two other Musk entities: brain-computer interface startup Neuralink Corp. and tunnel-digging company Boring Co." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4d999ba63db09f6de95c2b294eb0ee6289cda67cf503addd0be63c7996ac29a7a717c40b8bca62763bc8ba765b5bfe74 

-- WHERE IS the Model 3, Elon?

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BUSINESS BURST -- "U.S. Launches Criminal Probe into Bitcoin Price Manipulation," by Bloomberg's Matt Robinson and Tom Schoenberg: "The Justice Department has opened a criminal probe into whether traders are manipulating the price of Bitcoin and other digital currencies, dramatically ratcheting up U.S. scrutiny of red-hot markets that critics say are rife with misconduct, according to four people familiar with the matter. The investigation is focused on illegal practices that can influence prices -- such as spoofing, or flooding the market with fake orders to trick other traders into buying or selling." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4d999ba63db09f6d67969f242079479868cdd302b02080675a8fdadc031a0aadadbce2b37ee7dca95ceaa1fe6b6d95d0

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SPOTTED: Sylvester Stallone taking photos with "everyone who asked" at the Trump Hotel ... Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Robert Pittenger (R-N.C.), Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.), Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) and Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), former Trump campaign aide Scott Mason at a dinner on U.S. Egypt relations hosted by the East-West Foundation Chairman Shafik Gabr. ... 

... Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Louise Linton having dinner at Fiola Mare last night.

THE MULTICULTURAL MEDIA CORRESPONDENTS DINNER is honoring: Soledad O'Brien, Bakari Sellers, Jeff Ballou, Cathy Hughes, Herman Cain, Venessa DeLuca, Beatriz Acevedo, Ken Giami, Raynard Jackson, Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.), Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) and Rep. Ileana Ros Lehtinen (R-Fla.). The dinner is tonight at the National Press Club.

OUT AND ABOUT ... SPOTTED celebrating Penny Lee's 50th birthday Wednesday atop a Pennsylvania Avenue roof, with views of the Washington Monument and the Old Post Office clocktower: hosts Jeff Moorad, Heather Podesta and Stephanie Cutter, and guests Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), Stephanie Schriock, Tom McMahon, Nathan Daschle, John Blanford, Amy Dacey, Liz Sidoti, Sara Fagen, Karen Finney, Poppy MacDonald, Alex and Caitlin Conant, Steve Elmendorf, David Cohen, Neil King, Adrienne Elrod, Jonathan Capehart and Nick Schmit, Manuel Roig-Franzia and Melissa Moss - pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4d999ba63db09f6d949c091a564a4730633b40d8d302447c05acec2474f3c6c59be3694289cfdd1b835be68885ccd9a9

BIRTHDAYS OF THE DAY: Kasie Hunt, NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent and host of MSNBC's "KasieDC". A book she's been reading recently: "I just started with Jon Meacham's latest, 'The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels.' When Jon came on 'KasieDC' to talk about the book, he said, whenever we have expanded our interpretation of Thomas Jefferson's founding idea that 'all men are created equal' to include more Americans, our country has been better off. I'm just at the beginning but I'm looking forward to having a refresher on the historical context of what we're living out every day." Read her Playbook Plus Q&A:  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=4d999ba63db09f6d5f68af66e3c9bdeef56ea28e43e4a0b4916341cd54e526e58184ad447dbc26adaffb281a2eb29429 

BIRTHDAYS: Giovanna Gray Lockhart ... Dan Horning, associate director of the WH office of presidential correspondence ... Rory Cooper, managing director at Purple Strategies ... Eric Schwerin ... Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) is 69 ... former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.), now a CNN contributor, is 58 ... Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) is 64 ... Sara Olson ... Carlyle alum Randall Whitestone (h/t Keil) ... NPR's Tom Bowman ... Mark Bescher, Unilever's manager of federal gov't relations and external affairs ... Chelsea Koski, EVP at Signal Group (h/t Kelley McCormick) ... Uber's Emily Holman ... Damon Wilson, EVP of the Atlantic Council (h/t Ben Chang) ...

... Ben Milakofsky, chief of staff at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, is 34 ... Bob Franken ... former CT. Gov. John Rowland is 61 ... Deborah Hart Strober, co-author of histories of the Kennedy, Nixon and Reagan presidencies ... Meredith Ritchie ... Madeleine O'Connor ... Edelman's Sarah Miller ... Jason Wallace ... Henock Dory ... Fred Duval ... Bloomberg's Alisa Parenti ... Tom Maher ... Rana Abtar of Alhurra ... Natasha Lawrence ... Jane Mosbacher Morris ... Jim Atwood ... Debbie Goldberg of the Schwarzman Scholars program ... Daniel Zingale ... Kevin Tierney (h/ts Teresa Vilmain)

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