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<p><strong>Scoop: </strong>Mike Dubke, President Trump's communications dir=ctor, is leaving the White House \u2014 the start of a wave of changes =s the West Wing struggles to cope with burgeoning scandals and a stalled a=enda.</p><ul><li><strong>Dubke</strong> served for just three months befor= tendering his resignation May 18. He offered to stay through the overseas=trip, and Trump accepted. Dubke has been trying to help restructure the pr=ss and comms operation, and is parting on good terms, a senior administrat=on official said. </li><li><strong>Insiders say </strong>Dubke came in wit= few patrons, and never gelled with the originals. His departure is a remir of how hard it is for newcomers to thrive in Trumpland.</li><li><span>=/span><strong>Dubke</strong> is still coming in to work, and his last day =asn't been set. His job is likely to remain open for a bit.</li></ul><p><s=rong>Bring in the killers ...</strong> Trump is considering much broader c=anges, including the possibility of bringing in <a href="http://link.axi=s.com/click/9726571.33450/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hY2ctY29uc3VsdGFudHMuY29tL291ci10=WFtL2RhdmlkLXVyYmFuLz91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ=dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBdd0b213a= target="_blank">David Urban</a>, a prominent GOP lobbyist who was a sen=or adviser on the campaign, as chief of staff. </p><ul><li><strong>Friends=say Urban,</strong> 53, who's credited with helping Trump win his crucial =pset in Pennsylvania, brings seasoned political judgment and no personal a=enda. He's a West Point graduate, has a master's in government administrat=on from Penn, and a law degree from Temple. Urban was on Trump's plane and=in his green rooms during frequent campaign stops in the Keystone State, a=d the two became cellphone buddies.</li><li><strong>Trump met yesterday</s=rong> with two top officials from his campaign, Corey Lewandowski and Davi= Bossie, about joining the crisis-communications war room he's setting up,=perhaps as part of an outside-inside duet.</li></ul><p><strong>Jonathan Sw=n points out</strong> that all these moves are part of a hardening or toug=ening of the operation:</p><ul> <li><strong>"These are not polished chara=ters</strong> being brought in (though Urban at least has Hill connections=) They are killers. And Lewandowski in particular makes conventional folks=in the White House very very nervous. ... Experience suggests he will not =nly indulge Trump's most combative instincts, but goad them."</li><li><spa=></span><strong>"Trump loves the word 'killers.' </strong>... From early c=ildhood, [Harry Hurt III wrote in his Trump biography, 'Lost Tycoon'], Fre= used to tell his boys 'you are a killer \u2026 you are a king you are a killer \u2026 you are a king.'"</li></ul><p><strong>Immedi=te changes</strong> are planned for White House messaging, including:</p><=l><li><strong>Sean Spicer </strong>will stay as press secretary, but will =o fewer on-camera briefings (although he's on-camera today at 2 p.m.)</li>=li><strong>More briefings</strong> will be on-record but off-camera.</li><=i><strong>Trump is likely to travel more </strong>\u2014 at least once = week, some top officials hope. </li><li><strong>Trump may take a few ques=ions</strong> from the press when he's on the road, and will take more que=tions when he's appearing at photo ops with foreign leaders.</li><li><stro=g>An official explained </strong>why Trump will do more of the talking for=the White House: "He says things exactly the way he wants them to be said.=</li><li><strong>Translation:</strong> When he says it, he can't second-gu=ss his staff.</li></ul>
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<p><strong></strong>Lazaro Gamio / Axios</p>
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<p><strong>Uber and Alphabet</strong> may be locked in a bitter legal battl= over self-driving cars, but the two companies are intertwined financially=and once were quite friendly with one another. </p><p><strong><a href="h=tp://link.axios.com/click/9726571.33450/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tL3RoZS=jb21wbGV4LXdlYi1vZi1zZWxmLWRyaXZpbmctY2FyLXJlbGF0aW9uc2hpcHMtMjQyNjI2NDAwN=5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWln=j1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB47662c90" target="_b=ank">As we see in this masterpiece</a> </strong>by Axios' Kia Kokalitcheva= Dan Primack and Lazaro Gamio, the companies are part of a very complex we= of ride-hail relationships \u2015 in terms of investments, personnel a=d strategic partnerships \u2015 where rivalries and alliances are often=one in the same.</p>
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<p>Frank Deford \u2014 who was editor and publisher of The National Spor=s Daily, a short-lived attempt at a nationwide sports tabloid \u2014 ho=ds a proof of the final front page on June 12, 1991 / AP's Susan Ragan</p>
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<p><strong>Frank Deford</strong> \u2014 "Literary Storyteller of Sport,"=who wrote a shelf of books, and whose long profiles were a mainstay of Spo=ts Illustrated in its heyday \u2014 dies in Key West at 78.</p><p><stro=g>It was just 25 days</strong> after he <a href="http://link.axios.com/c=ick/9726571.33450/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ucHIub3JnLzIwMTcvMDUvMDMvNTI2NTgyNDMzL2Rl=m9yZC1zYXlzLXRoYW5rcy1mb3ItYS1nb29kLWdhbWUtZHJvcHMtbWljP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmVxldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW=/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBbb5554fd" target="_blank">delivered the last</=> of his weekly "Sweetness and Light" commentaries for NPR's "Morning Edit=on":</p><ul><li><strong><a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9726571.334=0/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcG5ld3MuY29tL2VmNzk2ZjY2NDBkNTQxYTM5YWFmNmE3YTMwZjg0MjE3L0F3=XJkLXdpbm5pbmctc3BvcnRzLXdyaXRlci1GcmFuay1EZWZvcmQtZGllcy1hdC03OD91dG1fc29=cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl=heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB668b1634" target="_blank">AP sports c=lumnist</a> Jim Litke:</strong> "He dressed up every event he attended."</=i><li><span></span><strong>"He also dressed up</strong> in a more literal =ay, always sharply attired and cutting a debonair figure at 6-foot-4."</li=<li><span></span><strong><a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9726571.33P/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxNy8wNS8yOS9zcG9ydHMvZnJhbmstZGVmb3J=LXNwb3J0c3dyaXRlci1kaWVzLWF0LTc4Lmh0bWw_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV=tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/5871993924c17cM77a8b8cBec7fb60f" target="_blank">N.Y. Times obit </a></strong>for <st=ong>Benjamin Franklin Deford III</strong>: "At Sports Illustrated, he beca=e a leader in a form of literary sports journalism."</li><li><strong>On NP=, </strong>"he spoke to an audience less obsessed with box scores, statist=cs and injury updates and more interested in the cultural impact of sports=and the people behind the games."</li><li><strong><a href="http://link.a=ios.com/click/9726571.33450/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ucHIub3JnL3NlY3Rpb25zL3RoZXR3by=3YXkvMjAxNy8wNS8yOS81MzA2MDAwMzMvZnJhbmstZGVmb3JkLW5wcnMtbG9uZ3RpbWUtc2Nob=xhci1vZi1zcG9ydHMtZGllcy1hdC03OD91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1=T1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b64e58eab" target="_blank">NPR's Colin Dwyer</a></strong><strong>:</str=ng> "[T]he Hall of Fame sportswriter was public radio's scholar of sports =or some 37 years ... He leaves behind an astonishing 1,656 commentaries fo= NPR."</li><li><strong><a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9726571.3345=/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcG5ld3MuY29tL2VmNzk2ZjY2NDBkNTQxYTM5YWFmNmE3YTMwZjg0MjE3L0F3Y=JkLXdpbm5pbmctc3BvcnRzLXdyaXRlci1GcmFuay1EZWZvcmQtZGllcy1hdC03OD91dG1fc291=mNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9=eGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cC668b1634" target="_blank">Classic</a> ord quote:</strong> "I believe that professional wrestling is clean and =verything else in the world is fixed."</li><li><strong>SI's</strong> "<a h="http://link.axios.com/click/9726571.33450/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2kuY29tLz=wMTcvMDUvMjkvYmVzdC1mcmFuay1kZWZvcmQtc3Rvcmllcz91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0Z=ImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993$c17c54d77a8b8cBa88c28fb" target="_blank">Best of Frank Deford</a>."</l=></ul>
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<p>Nats' Bryce Harper hits S.F. Giants' Hunter Strickland in the face aftering hit with a pitch / AP's Ben Margot</p>
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<div><strong>"<a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9726571.33450/aHR0cHM6=y93d3cuc2kuY29tL21sYi8yMDE3LzA1LzI5L25hdGlvbmFscy1naWFudHMtYnJ5Y2UtaGFycGV=LWJyYXdsLWJlbmNoZXMtY2xlYXItbW91bmQtY2hhcmdlLXZpZGVvP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2=ldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0j/1993924c17c54d77a8b8cB510a7e58" target="_blank">Benches cleared</a> </=trong>during Monday's Giants\u2013Nationals game [in San Francisco] aft=r [S.F. pitcher] Hunter Strickland nailed [Nats star] Bryce Harper [in his=right hip with a 98 mph fastball]. ... Harper proceeded to charge the moun=. After throwing his helmet in Strickland's direction and pointing at him,=it was on. The players exchanged punches as both benches raced to the moun=, turning the incident into an all-out brawl."</div><ul><li><strong>The re=ult: </strong>Both ejected. ... "<a href="http://link.axios.com/click/97e71.33450/aHR0cDovL20ubWxiLmNvbS9uZXdzL2FydGljbGUvMjMzMTc0NTc0L2JyeWNlLWh
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