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By JAKE SHERMAN (sherman@politico.com; @JakeSherman), ANNA PALMER (anna@politico.com; @apalmerdc), DANIEL LIPPMAN (daniel@politico.com; @dlippman) and ZACH MONTELLARO (zmontellaro@politico.com; @ZachMontellaro)


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NBC 4'S MARK SEAGRAVES (@SegravesNBC4): "The @Capitals @TedLeonsis application for parade/celebration asks for parade from 23rd St. down Constitution Ave. to 7th St. where a stage would be on the center of National Mall with U.S. Capitol as backdrop".

SOME HIGHLIGHTS from PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S Q&A with reporters this morning at the White House, before he boarded Marine One to fly to Canada for the G7 summit...

-- Russia should be readmitted to the G7 Summit: "I would recommend -- and it's up to them, but Russia should be in the meeting, it should be a part of it. You know, whether you like it or not, and it may not be politically correct, but we have a world to run. And in the G-7, which used to be the G-8, they threw Russia out. They should let Russia come back in. Because we should have Russia at the negotiating table." Italy's new prime minister Giuseppe Conte tweeted (in Italian) that he agreed with Trump http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ba0863d8bfd96c7e931a2fdc8333611214031978e9f44f3c0499c7667aead47808a1347f25ceedd41a020c2ef455bdb

-- He might support a bill by Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) that allows states to legalize marijuana without federal interference: "I really do. I support Sen. Gardner. I know exactly what he's doing, we're looking at it. But I probably will end up supporting that."

-- The first lady can't travel due to her operation: "She can't fly for one month, the doctors say. She had a big operation."

-- He's considering future pardons: "There will be more pardons. I'm thinking about somebody that you all know very well. ... No I'm not thinking about OJ! ... I'm thinking about Muhammad Ali. ... We have 3,000 names. We're looking at them. Of the 3,000 names, many of those names really have been treated unfairly." Ali's lawyer said that while appreciated, a pardon is unnecessary because his conviction was overturned http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ba0863d8bfd96c7de9e02269717db9b28a3bb3e032083f0ff0e7b177f9dd5809570443d8f8e0506eb49022d2e911611

-- He still backs Scott Pruitt: "Scott Pruitt is doing a great job within the walls of the EPA. We're setting records, outside he is being attacked very viciously by the press, and I'm not saying that he's blameless but we'll see what happens."

-- NOTE THE VERBIAGE: "within the walls of the EPA."

FROM POOLER MIKE SHEAR of the NYT with TRUMP at the G7 in Canada: "POTUS is running behind, so your pooler has been told that the scheduled bilateral meeting with French President Macron, which was to have started at 11:20 a.m., is not happening. The White House says they are working to reschedule the meeting for later in the day. Your poolers will let you know as soon as we have official word from the White House as to the further status of that meeting."

HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY just announced on the House floor that the chamber will consider a number of bills next week related to the opioid epidemic.

BEHIND THE SCENES ... IMMIGRATION EDITION ... GOP leadership staff is hosting a meeting with lawmakers right now to discuss developments in the immigration debate.

-- RACHAEL BADE: "House GOP leaders craft framework to break immigration impasse": "House Republican leaders have drafted the outline of an immigration agreement they hope will stave off an intra-party war over Dreamers, according to multiple lawmakers and aides.

"These Republicans cautioned that there is no deal at this time. But news of a framework, which has not previously been reported, represents a significant development in the House GOP's effort to reach a consensus on an issue that's eluded the party for years. ...

"The outline includes two options to address the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The first is a concept floated by House Freedom Caucus member Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) to create a new visa program that Dreamers and other classes of immigrants could apply for after earning 'points.' That plan would end or curb the diversity visa lottery program that President Donald Trump wants to eliminate and then shift those visas to the new program.

"Dreamers would eventually be able to apply for citizenship once they transition into the new visa system. POLITICO was not able to verify the details of the second option in the proposal." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ba0863d8bfd96c703c545319b9005729b700eb6a50857997a0f10400450f546ed01c91e62bd6ddb6ac2781f681cb5e4

SPOTTED at the immigration meeting: Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) leaving early to catch a plane.

WHAT'S THAT MEAN? Because of internal politics, we doubt a decision can be made without Jordan.

SPOTTED: CIA Director Gina Haspel talking to House Republicans as part of the Republican Conference's "Meet the Cabinet" series. She sat alongside House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) and GOP Conference Chairman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.). Pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ba0863d8bfd96c780286ed476bd6bc8a3abd94da5e523cecdf8b4990fd71e6fd3eb458595760dfeea9070d62f81f58e

Good Friday afternoon. We're hosting our first PLAYBOOK ELECTIONS event on June 29 in Florida at the InterContinental Miami with Florida Playbooker Marc Caputo. Right now, we have conversations with three candidates in Florida's 27th district lined up: Democrats DAVID RICHARDSON and DONNA SHALALA and Republican MARIA ELVIRA SALAZAR. RSVP now bit.ly/PBElectionsFL This is the seat being vacated by longtime Republican Rep. Ileana Ros Lehtinen, and most election handicappers say it's one of the seats most likely to flip in November.

-- STAY TUNED ... for more Playbook event announcements coming very soon.

PRUITT FILES -- "Major Trump donor helped Pruitt pick EPA science advisers," by Emily Holden and Anthony Adragna: "A prominent GOP donor and President Donald Trump supporter helped EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt choose the head of the influential scientific body charged with reviewing EPA's regulations, according to newly released documents.

"Doug Deason, a Dallas businessman, submitted a list of names of candidates for Pruitt's Science Advisory Board in August that had been supplied by the conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation, on whose board he serves.

"Deason and his father, Darwin Deason, donated over $900,000 in 2016 alone to help elect Trump and other Republican candidates. His influence over the SAB appointments is the latest example of the high-level access that politically powerful conservatives have to the EPA administrator. Deason is known to be a friend of Pruitt's." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ba0863d8bfd96c7b16f6ae27c35b88023129a8d61359943350f747246d1e7563b51fcfc94887cf6721dda678cf655b3

EVERYONE'S A FAN! -- @realDonaldTrump at 7:12 a.m.: "Congratulations to the Washington Capitals on their GREAT play and winning the Stanley Cup Championship. Alex Ovechkin, the team captain, was spectacular - a true Superstar! D.C. is popping, in many ways. What a time!"

-- House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, rocking a Capitals jersey on the House floor: "Mr. Speaker, there is joy in the Washington capital region today." Video from CSPAN http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ba0863d8bfd96c774767ae4bb78c50a05d47c38bd74d63b24992dcb7349ca4d2b0fba27ba5f247572dea59a08f2625e

-- Trump said he thinks the Caps will visit the White House: "I think we'll have the Caps. I mean, we'll see! My attitude, if they want to be here, it's the greatest place on Earth. I'm here. If they don't want to be here, I don't want them them." He also said he won't invite the Warriors or the Cavs to the White House.

** A message from PhRMA: New analysis from IHS Markit shows providing access to discounted medicine prices at the pharmacy could save seniors with diabetes more than $350 annually. Sharing negotiated rebates could also save Medicare nearly $1,000 annually for every senior taking diabetes medication, reducing total health care spending by approximately $20B over the next 10 years. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=19d0e6ce9f51cdd7fc6a531592e455e60efbb7b4ff946097ef4faf0faaaf1438c6a8a6fd2e5604c7d8afcb2ae4affaba **

KING FELIPE VI and QUEEN LETIZIA from SPAIN will visit the White House on June 19, per an announcement from Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. They are in the U.S. "to celebrate the 300th anniversaries of the founding of the great American cities of New Orleans, Louisiana, and San Antonio, Texas."

THE COOK POLITICAL REPORT shifted five Republican held seats after Tuesday's primaries: Three towards the Democrats and two towards Republicans. Rep. Darrell Issa's open seat in CA-49 moved from toss up to lean D, Rep. Frank LoBiondo's open NJ-02 district moved from lean to likely Democratic and Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen's open seat in NJ-11 went from toss up to lean Democratic. ...

... Rep. David Valadao's re-election in CA-21 went from lean to likely Republican and Rep. Duncan Hunter's CA-50 moved from likely to solid Republican. David Wasserman's analysis http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ba0863d8bfd96c7f94c762dff0dcd4dae32895b1ddebd5571e4895fdc548b4bd5e9fbf86c57a74733d4c084f22cebac

SAD NEWS ... FOX NEWS: "Fox News star Charles Krauthammer reveals he has weeks to live in heartbreaking letter": "Charles Krauthammer, the beloved and brilliant Fox News Channel personality who gave up a pioneering career in psychiatry to become a Pulitzer Prize-winning political analyst, on Friday revealed the heartbreaking news that he is in the final stages of a losing battle with cancer.

"The 68-year-old's incisive takes on politics of the day have been missing from Fox News Channel's 'Special Report' for nearly a year as he battled an abdominal tumor and subsequent complications, but colleagues and viewers alike had held out hope that he would return to the evening show he helped establish as must-viewing. But in an eloquent, yet unblinking letter to co-workers, friends and Fox News Channel viewers, Krauthammer disclosed that he has just weeks to live.

"'I have been uncharacteristically silent these past ten months,' the letter began. 'I had thought that silence would soon be coming to an end, but I'm afraid I must tell you now that fate has decided on a different course for me.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ba0863d8bfd96c7323ed8eacdb3e58e7ee6c2ecd044f07865248d4a0a7535fa0ab0d00b464863d306f202bb1baa5b65 ... The letter, which was posted by Fox News http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ba0863d8bfd96c76356e73fc85e025ced60c6def0c3eeb1a306ef7a63a7116e6644850aabf3eb2eedaa339860629bf4

MEDIAWATCH -- "CNN's Anthony Bourdain dead at 61," by CNN's Brian Stelter: "Anthony Bourdain, a gifted storyteller and writer who took CNN viewers around the world, has died. He was 61. CNN confirmed Bourdain's death on Friday and said the cause of death was suicide. 'It is with extraordinary sadness we can confirm the death of our friend and colleague, Anthony Bourdain,' the network said in a statement Friday morning." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ba0863d8bfd96c7ce866399f8892d8232418747c2635b39df3d29b2ced3679c3b41b2e013f1536463029a94e1451dc9

-- If you're struggling with suicidal thoughts, please seek help. NYT: "What to Do When a Loved One Is Severely Depressed" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ba0863d8bfd96c78474ea14ea33aebe15d983a5ab64e79d67f6208199c12e2efe3d4bc53c2569c24dac6b06ec7b861d ... The suicide prevention hotline is 1-800-273-8255. It takes calls 24/7.

K STREET FILES -- "U.S. lifts secrecy on foreign lobbying opinions," by the AP's Chad Day and Eric Tucker: "The Justice Department is opening up about the advice it has given to lobbyists who work for foreign governments and political interests. For the first time, the public will be able to read advisory opinions the department has issued to lobbyists, public relations professionals and others about whether they need to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, or FARA. ...

"In disclosing the opinions, Justice Department officials say they want the public to better understand how they interpret a decades-old law meant to allow Americans to know when foreign entities are trying to influence public opinion or policymakers. The law, enacted in 1938 to unmask Nazi propaganda in the United States, requires people to disclose to the Justice Department when they advocate, lobby or perform public relations work in the U.S. on behalf of a foreign government or political entity." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ba0863d8bfd96c730acd00711a7126c9fffb094b514c19a06f151eeda9506e2f8c9932ce16f60f7d8d3de22c395c91a

DEEP DIVE -- "One Koch Brother Forces The Other Out Of The Family Business," by The New Yorker's Jane Mayer: "[T]hose familiar with the brothers suggest that although Charles is less well-known, he, not David, has long been the driving force behind both the phenomenal growth at Koch Industries and the duo's ambitious political ventures.

"Charles also appears to have dominated David's decision to retire. According to two well-informed individuals close to the family, David, who has been in declining health for several years, had resisted resigning, but Charles forced him out." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ba0863d8bfd96c736522b8a8a3a618fcae61363bca9f3fd200700c93c3b351849a0dc96259fc0dfaff275dca6f40550

AFTERNOON READ -- MICHAEL KRUSE in POLITICO MAGAZINE'S Friday cover, "The 'What, Me Worry?' President: Donald Trump has long said he doesn't worry about the future because nothing really matters. Next week, he'll be negotiating with a rogue nuclear state": "'My attitude,' Donald Trump said last month, 'is whatever happens, happens.'

"He was discussing trade talks with China, in the White House, but he could have been talking about almost anything. Because he says this and things like it almost daily. ... 'Whatever happens, happens,' he said last summer in a speech at the Department of Energy, talking about deregulation and the possibility of protests. 'Whatever happens, happens,' he said this April at a rally in Michigan, talking about negotiations with North Korea. ...

"[T]he accepted definition of fatalism, a belief that people are powerless to alter the course of events because they are predetermined, is more or less the one Trump has cited as a secret to his success, the liberating key to his ability to handle pressure and emerge from his periods of greatest peril alive and emboldened." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ba0863d8bfd96c713d9b6861f832eff06e12f1b781d2505a2077e22f0ac38b43510ec9c4ac77429ce315e84c2502526

SUMMIT PREP -- "U.S. officials prepare to thwart Chinese spying at Singapore summit," by NBC News' Courtney Kube, Carol E. Lee, Ken Dilanian and Andrea Mitchell: "Chinese espionage against the U.S. has become more pervasive than that of any other adversary, current and former U.S. intelligence officials tell NBC News, and the Singapore summit is the latest spy-versus-spy battleground. The Chinese, who have been known to bug everything from hotel keys to the gifts given to American visitors, are expected to deploy their increasingly sophisticated repertoire of intelligence gathering techniques, both human and electronic, in Singapore." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ba0863d8bfd96c70d4998e5177bc45de9a719b3b3a04375aedb66edd420fa4b6fe891082f3e06ee3a0b9839bfbc2bab

THE NEXT TURN OF THE SCREW - "Dem lawmakers ask for threat assessment over Trump's phone use," by Maria Curi: "Trump routinely uses cellphones to tweet and communicate with friends that don't have the same level of security as his predecessors' had, POLITICO reported last month. ... In a letter to William Evanina, the director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) asked for an assessment of whether sensitive government information has been exposed through Trump's phone habits." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=6ba0863d8bfd96c7cecf4e8f0f9dc8e03ea802b2d1710c6af7bf936811d8beb7bc49933d10818056ba1e3695417753cf ... The original POLITICO story
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TV TONIGHT -- Bob Costa is joined by NYT's Charlie Savage, TIME's Molly Ball and CNN's Manu Raju tonight on PBS' "Washington Week" at 8 p.m.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD -- Samantha Kupferman, VP of comms at Marathon Strategies and a Mike Beebe alum, and Nate Kupferman, a manager in PwC's M&A practice, welcomed their first child, Max Julian Kupferman. Pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=19d0e6ce9f51cdd773cdb3e4d4421b86abff7d0cf81ac268054eb882d8fa192a18016da415a890575817b73a2fcf5635

-- Alex Nowrasteh, senior immigration policy analyst at the Cato Institute, and Ladan Nowrasteh, director of marketing at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, on Tuesday welcomed Rexford James Nowrasteh, who weighed in at 7lbs, 14oz. Pics http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=19d0e6ce9f51cdd78dbabd0d8582ee6e8f4693f7e39d41311c01aca2e52442d50ea1f199db548fd95413fa75557443e9 ... http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=19d0e6ce9f51cdd761c3b4b271684c785e4187edbbf9fd31eb0ed1c163721b4978b2be6ec0044404f5dd0ae4342b9bc9

BONUS BIRTHDAY: Sonia Moghe, a CNN producer, is 33 (hubby tip: Eric Koch)

** A message from PhRMA: For more than 10 years, Medicare has provided prescription drug coverage for seniors. Competition continues to keep premiums low, but seniors are facing higher out-of-pocket spending. Insurers negotiate significant discounts for medicines in Part D. Giving seniors 80% of those discounts at the pharmacy counter could save a senior with diabetes more than $350 per year on their health care costs. The change could also save Medicare nearly $1,000 per year for every senior taking diabetes medication. How? By helping patients afford the drugs they need to stay healthy and stay out of the hospital. Seniors share the cost. They should share the savings.
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