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John Paul Stevens / New York Times:
Repeal the Second Amendment — Rarely in my lifetime have I seen the type of civic engagement school children and their supporters demonstrated in Washington and other major cities throughout the country this past Saturday. These demonstrations demand our respect.
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Former Supreme Court justice: ‘Repeal the Second Amendment’
Former Supreme Court justice: ‘Repeal the Second Amendment’
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BuzzFeed:
Christopher Steele's Other Report: A Murder In Washington — The author of the famous Trump dossier provided a secret report to the FBI asserting that RT founder Mikhail Lesin was bludgeoned to death by thugs hired by an oligarch close to Putin. Three other sources independently told the FBI …
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Citizenship question on 2020 census may result in undercount — The size of your child's kindergarten class. Homeland security funds for your community. Natural disaster preparation. Highway and mass transit resources. Health care and emergency room services.
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Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
California sues Trump administration over addition of citizenship question to census … The state of California sued the Trump administration Monday night, arguing that the decision to add a question about citizenship in the 2020 Census violates the U.S. Constitution.
Politico:
Census to add controversial question on citizenship status
Census to add controversial question on citizenship status
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Department of Commerce:
U.S. Department of Commerce Announces Reinstatement of Citizenship Question to the 2020 Decennial Census
U.S. Department of Commerce Announces Reinstatement of Citizenship Question to the 2020 Decennial Census
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump wants to change the census. But this undercuts his case.
Trump wants to change the census. But this undercuts his case.
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Emily Baumgaertner / New York Times:
Despite Concerns, Census Will Ask Respondents if They Are U.S. Citizens
Despite Concerns, Census Will Ask Respondents if They Are U.S. Citizens
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Katie England / Daily Herald:
At Q&A in Provo, Mitt Romney says he's more conservative than Trump on immigration … U.S. Senate candidate Mitt Romney speaks at the Utah County Republican Women's event in the ballroom at the Provo City Library on Monday, March 26, 2018, in Provo. … A notecard is read …
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Romney: I'm ‘more of a hawk on immigration’ than Trump
Washington Post:
Trump privately presses for military to pay for border wall … President Trump frequently said Mexico would pay for a wall along the southern border as he sought the presidency in 2016. Now, he is privately pushing the U.S. military to fund construction of his signature project.
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Wall Street Journal:
The Tale of Stormy Donald — His willful self-indulgence catches up to President Trump. — Every sentient voter in 2016 understood that Donald Trump had a bad history with women. He survived politically because his opponent had spent 20 years denying or apologizing for even worse behavior by her husband.
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Stormy Daniels Spanks Trump Again
Stormy Daniels Spanks Trump Again
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Kate Briquelet / The Daily Beast:
EXCLUSIVE: Stormy Daniels' Friend Alana Evans: I'm Also Going to Sue Michael Cohen
EXCLUSIVE: Stormy Daniels' Friend Alana Evans: I'm Also Going to Sue Michael Cohen
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Tim Mak / NPR:
NRA Says It Receives Foreign Funds, But None Goes To Election Work — The National Rifle Association acknowledged that it accepts foreign donations but says it does not use them for election work — even as federal investigators look into the role the NRA might have played in Russia's attack on the 2016 election.
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Exclusive: Mark Zuckerberg has decided to testify before Congress — Zuckerberg says he's open to testifying before Congress — After repeated calls for him to do so, Mark Zuckerberg has decided he will testify before Congress. — Facebook sources tell CNNMoney the 33-year-old CEO …
Chris Enloe / TheBlaze:
CNN host admits he let David Hogg tell lies during interview. Just wait until you hear his reason. — Brian Stelter, who hosts CNN's “Reliable Sources” on Sundays, admitted Monday that he let David Hogg, the outspoken pro-gun control Parkland, Florida, student, get away with making false claims about firearms on his show last month.
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Danny Vinik / Politico:
How Trump favored Texas over Puerto Rico — SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — As Hurricane Maria unleashed its fury on Puerto Rico in mid-September, knocking out the island's electrical system and damaging hundreds of thousands of homes, disaster recovery experts expected that only one man could handle …
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Seth Rich's brother sues right-wing activists, Washington Times over conspiracy theories — This is why the Seth Rich conspiracy won't disappear — The brother of Seth Rich, the slain Democratic National Committee staffer whose unsolved murder became the basis for conspiracy theories on the far-right …
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Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
Trump and the West give Putin the fight he needs … Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter. — On Monday morning the United States, Canada and the European Union carried out a coordinated mass expulsion of Russian diplomats, responding to Moscow's alleged role in the March 4 poisoning …
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Maxime Schlee / Politico:
NATO cuts Russian diplomats' access over nerve agent attack
NATO cuts Russian diplomats' access over nerve agent attack
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Federal Bureau of Investigation:
Statement on the FBI's Response to Suspicious Packages Received by U.S. Government Facilities in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area — On March 26, 2018, suspicious packages were received at multiple U.S. government facilities in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
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J.K. Trotter / Jezebel:
The New York Human Rights Commission Is Investigating The Wing — If you live in New York City or Washington, D.C. and work in a certain kind of industry, there's a good chance you've heard of The Wing. If you haven't: Founded in 2016 as a private social club and co-working space for women …
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Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
Her son, facing murder charges, is being called an ‘alt-right killer.’ This mother blames herself. … Her troubled son had been up for two nights straight, inconsolable over a breakup, when she pulled him into her bed to soothe him. She never meant to doze, but woke with a start at 4:26 a.m.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Talks of Bringing Back Rob Porter, Aide Accused of Spousal Abuse — WASHINGTON — President Trump has stayed in touch with Rob Porter, the former White House staff secretary who stepped down after allegations that he had abused his two former wives came to light, according …
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New York Daily News:
Legendary rocker Alice Cooper credits Jesus with curing him of alcoholism — Thirty-seven years ago, Alice Cooper awoke throwing up blood. — “Everything that could go wrong was shutting down inside of me,” the legendary rocker recalled to Confidential. “I was drinking with Jim Morrison …
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
‘Mad as Hell,’ Cynthia Nixon Comes Out Swinging in Albany — ALBANY — Exactly a week after declaring her candidacy to unseat Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, Cynthia Nixon took her nascent campaign to the state capital on Monday, delivering a bushel of bon mots and attacks on “the old boys' club” that she says runs Albany.
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John Kruzel / PolitiFact:
Does Mike Pence call his wife ‘Mother’? — The old-fashioned quality of Vice President Mike Pence's relationship with wife Karen has made their marriage something of an obsession. — Pence said in 2002 that in the interest of “building a zone around (his) marriage,” he never dines alone …
Zeke Faux / Bloomberg:
How Facebook Helps Shady Advertisers Pollute the Internet — It was a Davos for digital hucksters. One day last June, scammers from around the world gathered for a conference at a renovated 19th century train station in Berlin. All the most popular hustles were there: miracle diet pills …
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Al Sharpton's half-brother charged in murder after marching against guns — The half-brother of Rev. Al Sharpton, also an activist whose group participated in Saturday's anti-gun March For Our Lives, has been charged in a Sunday shooting death in Dothan, Ala.
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Associated Press:
AP-NORC Poll: Trump benefiting from economic policies — WASHINGTON (AP) — A growing American economy and passage of a Republican tax overhaul appear to be helping President Donald Trump lift his approval ratings from historic lows, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Jason Hanna / CNN:
No charges to be filed against officers in Alton Sterling death, Louisiana attorney general says — (CNN)No charges will be filed against two Baton Rouge police officers in the 2016 shooting death of Alton Sterling after an investigation determined the officers' actions were …
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Russell Goldman / New York Times:
Bulletproof, Slow and Full of Wine: Kim Jong-un's Mystery Train — The last time a North Korean leader visited China by train was in 2011, when Kim Jong-il was in power. — HONG KONG — A train, nearly as mysterious as its principal passenger, pulled into Beijing's central train station Monday night …
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