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Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
Breaking and Analysis: Supreme Court on 5-3 Vote Affirms NC Racial Gerrymandering Case, with Thomas in Majority and Roberts in Dissent — The Supreme Court has issued this 5-3 opinion in Cooper v. Harris. Justice Kagan wrote the opinion for the Court, with Justice Thomas making the fifth vote for affirmance.
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Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Supreme Court strikes down North Carolina maps for Congress — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that racial considerations pervaded the way North Carolina lawmakers drew congressional maps after the 2010 Census in order to maximize Republicans' advantage.
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Political Wire and The Week
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Supreme Court Rejects North Carolina Congressional Districts
Supreme Court Rejects North Carolina Congressional Districts
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Washington Post
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Supreme Court rules North Carolina congressional districts unconstitutional
Supreme Court rules North Carolina congressional districts unconstitutional
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New York Magazine
Haaretz:
Trump tells Netanyahu he ‘never mentioned’ Israel in intel leak to Russians — Trump arrives in Israel on first-ever direct flight from Saudi Arabia Trump: Growing realization among Arab neighbors that they have common cause with Israel on Iran Netanyahu: I hope an Israeli PM can one day fly from Tel Aviv to Riyadh
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump: ‘I never mentioned’ Israel to Russian officials in Oval Office meeting — President Donald Trump said today that he “never mentioned” Israel during his controversial Oval Office meeting with Russian officials, in which he reportedly disclosed classified information that could have compromised an Israeli intelligence source.
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The Hill, Politico, Common Dreams, Washington Free Beacon, Hot Air and TheBlaze
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump: I never said ‘Israel’ in meeting with Russians
Trump: I never said ‘Israel’ in meeting with Russians
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Axios
Alex Pappas / Washington Examiner:
Tillerson says Trump's views on Islam ‘continue to evolve’
Tillerson says Trump's views on Islam ‘continue to evolve’
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RedState
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump becomes first US president to visit Western Wall
Simon Maloy / The Week:
The Trump White House is collapsing — Donald Trump certainly seems like he's having a lovely time on his first international trip as president. He touched down in Saudi Arabia over the weekend and was given an over-the-top reception by his hosts. The Saudis presented him with a medal …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The case for impeaching Trump — and fast — This is the exact situation impeachment was meant for. Let's hurry up. — Impeachment of an American president is a weighty measure that's only been used a handful of times in our history. And on two of those occasions, the judgment of history has come down against the impeachers.
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FiveThirtyEight, bradford-delong.com, Talking Points Memo and AOL
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Democrats Should Proudly Call for Trump's Impeachment
Democrats Should Proudly Call for Trump's Impeachment
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American Prospect
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
White House Moves to Block Ethics Inquiry Into Ex-Lobbyists on Payroll — The Trump administration, in a significant escalation of its clash with the government's top ethics watchdog, has moved to block an effort to disclose the names of former lobbyists who have been granted waivers to work in the White House or federal agencies.
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House seeks 90-day delay in Obamacare subsidy suit
White House seeks 90-day delay in Obamacare subsidy suit
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Mother Jones, Los Angeles Times and Hot Air
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Trump's bizarre and un-American visit to Saudi Arabia — Before he moves on to Israel and then to Europe, before we are consumed by the next scandal and forget, here is a list, for the record, of just a few of the ways in which President Trump's trip to Saudi Arabia was bizarre, unseemly, unethical and un-American.
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Bloomberg:
Trump's Direct Saudi-to-Israel Flight Breaks Symbolic Barrier
Trump's Direct Saudi-to-Israel Flight Breaks Symbolic Barrier
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Sputnik International, Axios, Washington Free Beacon and New York Times
Jackie Wattles / CNNMoney:
Tillerson holds briefing in Saudi Arabia without US press
Tillerson holds briefing in Saudi Arabia without US press
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Official: Trump's ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ wording changed because he's ‘exhausted’
Official: Trump's ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ wording changed because he's ‘exhausted’
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Vox, Reuters and Conservative News Today
Associated Press:
The Latest: AP Source says Flynn will invoke Fifth Amendment — The Latest on ongoing investigations into Russia's alleged interference with the U.S. election (all times local): — Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn will invoke his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination …
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Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Michael Flynn To Plead The Fifth And Refuse To Cooperate With Senate Russia Probe
Michael Flynn To Plead The Fifth And Refuse To Cooperate With Senate Russia Probe
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Vox, ABC News, Washington Monthly, Salon, Axios, The Hill, KTLA, The Daily Caller and IJR
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Blood in the Water — Donald Trump has left the country …
Blood in the Water — Donald Trump has left the country …
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Daily Kos
Hollywood Reporter:
Billy Bush Breaks His Silence on Trump, the ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape, NBC and a Comeback Plan (Exclusive) — Seven months after the infamous “grab them by the pussy” recording got Bush fired (and nearly toppled Trump's White House run), the former ‘Today’ host goes public with what happened on that bus …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Billy Bush on notorious Trump tape: It wasn't ‘locker room talk’
Billy Bush on notorious Trump tape: It wasn't ‘locker room talk’
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Althouse, AOL, The Daily Caller and Political Wire
Tampa Bay Times:
Suspect tells police he killed Tampa Palms roommates for disrespecting his Muslim faith — TAMPA — A man accused of shooting his roommates in a New Tampa apartment told police he shared neo-Nazi beliefs with the two men until he converted to Islam then killed them because they disrespected his faith.
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Raw Story, Heat Street and The Gateway Pundit
The Clarion Ledger:
Lawmaker apologizes for saying La. leaders should be ‘lynched’ for removing Confederate monuments — State Rep. Karl Oliver, R-Winona, has issued an apology for using the word “lynched” after he posted on Facebook that Louisiana leaders removing Confederate monuments should be lynched …
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Kate Royals / Mississippi Today:
Rep. Karl Oliver: Those removing Confederate monuments ‘should be lynched’
Rep. Karl Oliver: Those removing Confederate monuments ‘should be lynched’
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RedState, ThinkProgress, vice, Breitbart and Washington Post
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
John Podesta Unloads on Trump — Donald Trump is “unfit for office,” a president whose actions are often “absolutely crazy” and whose White House has “a complete disregard for the truth.” His firing of James Comey as the FBI director was overseeing an investigation of Russian interference …
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Donald Trump Has Done An Amazing Job At His Most Important Job
Jenni Fink / IJR:
Sheriff Clarke Denies Plagiarism Claim as His Supporters Go After the Reporter Who Broke the Story — On Saturday, CNN KFILE writers Andrew Kaczynski, Christopher Massie, and Nathan McDermott accused Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke of plagiarizing his master's thesis.
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Report: Girl in Weiner sexting case lied to damage Clinton — The teenage girl who had exchanged sexually explicit text messages with former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) lied about her age and political motivations to harm Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Why Sally Yates Stood Up to Trump — The former acting Attorney General reflects on the F.B.I., Michael Flynn, and how the President ended her career at the Justice Department. — It is hard to locate when President Trump first declared war on the government establishment, but the story may well begin on the night of January 30th.
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Above the Law, The Week and Fusion
Eric Randolph / Yahoo:
Iran shrugs off Trump threats, missile tests to carry on — Tehran (AFP) - Iran's newly re-elected President Hassan Rouhani ridiculed US strategy in the Middle East, dismissing Donald Trump's summit with Arab leaders as “just a show” and insisting that missile tests will continue.
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Axios
Alexa Ura / The Texas Tribune:
Texas House approves bathroom restrictions for transgender students — The Texas House voted to require schools to provide single-stall restrooms, locker rooms and changing facilities to students who don't want to use facilities designated by “biological sex.”
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Dave Mosher / Business Insider:
Scientists have found a way to photograph people in 3D through walls using Wi-Fi — Wi-Fi can pass through walls. — This fact is easy to take for granted, yet it's the reason we can surf the web using a wireless router located in another room. — But not all of that microwave radiation makes it to …
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Infowars
Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
A millionaire, a hotel maid and an arrest after the inauguration for sex abuse — He was a millionaire, in Washington to toast President Trump's inauguration. — She was a maid, tasked with cleaning rooms that cost more in a few days than her monthly rent.
Washington Post:
Poll: Democrats have edge over Republican front-runner in Va. governor's race — RICHMOND — Widespread opposition to President Trump and his policies has heightened the challenge for Republicans hoping to retake the Virginia governor's mansion this year, with GOP front-runner Ed Gillespie trailing …
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