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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Another Special Election, Another Really Bad Sign For The GOP — One might describe Arizona's 8th Congressional District as ... nondescript. Covering portions of Phoenix's northern and western suburbs, including the Arizona Cardinals' home stadium, the district isn't all that geographically …
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New York Times:
Republicans Lost Support in Every Special Election Since Trump Became President — Republicans have fared far worse in recent special congressional elections compared with previous elections. — Republican margin of victory — In a special House election on Tuesday, Debbie Lesko …
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Arizona Republic, Washington Post and Splinter
New York Times:
Arizona Special Election Results: Eighth House District — CandidatePartyVotesPct. — Rep. — 82,294 — Hiral Tipirneni — Dem. — 73,188 — 155,482 votes, <1% reporting (0 of 143 precincts) — The former Arizona state senator Debbie Lesko fended off an energetic Democratic challenge …
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Why the win for Republicans in Arizona 8 is still good for Democrats
Why the win for Republicans in Arizona 8 is still good for Democrats
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Michael Patrick Leahy / Breitbart:
‘Blue Wave’ Fizzles as AP Declares Republican Winner of Arizona Special Congressional Election
‘Blue Wave’ Fizzles as AP Declares Republican Winner of Arizona Special Congressional Election
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USA Today, Mother Jones, AOL and CNN
Tracy Jan / Washington Post:
HUD Secretary Ben Carson to propose rent increases for low-income Americans receiving federal housing subsidies … U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Wednesday will propose to increase the amount low-income households are expected to pay for rent as well as require …
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Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo, Political Wire, Raw Story, The Week and Pacific Standard
New York Times:
Inside the Confidential N.F.L. Meeting to Discuss National Anthem Protests — N.F.L. owners, players and league executives, about 30 in all, convened urgently at the league's headquarters on Park Avenue in October, nearly a month after President Trump began deriding the league and its players over protests during the national anthem.
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Mulvaney's Advice to Bankers: Up Campaign Donations to Diminish Consumer Watchdog — WASHINGTON — Mick Mulvaney, the interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, told banking industry executives and lobbyists on Tuesday that they should increase their campaign donations …
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Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Kirsten Gillibrand Unveils A Public Option For Banking — The idea would provide a low-cost alternative to payday loans — and it might just save the Postal Service, too. — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is introducing legislation Wednesday that would require every U.S. post office …
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Emily Stewart / Vox:
Mick Mulvaney says in Congress, he only talked to lobbyists who gave him money
Mick Mulvaney says in Congress, he only talked to lobbyists who gave him money
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Politico, New York Times and Associated Press
New York Times:
Don Blankenship, West Virginia Candidate, Lives Near Las Vegas and Mulled Chinese Citizenship — KEYSER, W.Va. — Don Blankenship is running for the United States Senate as a proud West Virginian with Appalachian roots, but his primary residence is a $2.4 million villa with palm trees and an infinity pool near Las Vegas.
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CNN:
VA nominee drunkenly banged on female employee's door during overseas trip, sources say — (CNN)During an overseas trip in 2015, Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, the White House physician, was intoxicated and banged on the hotel room door of a female employee, according to four sources familiar with the allegation.
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Wall Street Journal:
White House Mobilizes to Defend VA Pick Ronny Jackson
White House Mobilizes to Defend VA Pick Ronny Jackson
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Political Wire
Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Sen. Tester: VA nominee handed out prescriptions ‘like candy’
Sen. Tester: VA nominee handed out prescriptions ‘like candy’
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Washington Post, National Review, Vox, Fox News, Raw Story, IJR and RedState
Stephen Chen / South China Morning Post:
North Korea's nuclear test site has collapsed ... and that may be why Kim Jong-un suspended tests — The mountain's collapse after a fifth blast last fall has led to the creation of a massive ‘chimney’ that could leak radioactive fallout into the air, researchers have found
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Jeremy Page / Wall Street Journal:
North Korea's Nuclear Test Site Is Largely Unusable, Chinese Scientists Say
North Korea's Nuclear Test Site Is Largely Unusable, Chinese Scientists Say
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Mother Jones and The Week
Wall Street Journal:
Alito: What About Cases of Threat of Infiltration? — Justice Alito offers a somewhat less extreme hypothetical than the chief justice's airstrike question. He asks Mr. Katyal, Can you imagine any situation where the threat of infiltration by foreign enemies was so severe that the president …
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New York Times:
Key Justices Seem Skeptical of Challenge to Trump's Travel Ban
Key Justices Seem Skeptical of Challenge to Trump's Travel Ban
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RedState, Splinter, WTVR-TV and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Trump Travel Ban Looks Poised for Victory at U.S. Supreme Court
Trump Travel Ban Looks Poised for Victory at U.S. Supreme Court
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Fox News, Above the Law and USA Today
Sam Baker / Axios:
The Trump show goes to the Supreme Court
The Trump show goes to the Supreme Court
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Washington Post, Politico, ABC News and electionlawblog.org
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
NBC Bet $69 Million on Megyn Kelly—Then Viewers Vanished — The former Fox News star was supposed to bring a bigger audience for ‘Today,’ but ratings declines and high costs have dragged down a critical franchise — Megyn Kelly was supposed to bring star power to NBC News and a bigger …
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Politico, Splinter, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Jezebel, TVNewser and Contemptor
Ariel Zilber / Daily Mail:
The officers pulled over a car whose Nevada registration had expired. The car was driven by a male friend of her daughter, who was a passenger in the back seat — The daughter had called her mother after the vehicle was pulled over as they were driving along Route 9W in Bergen County on March 31.
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TIME:
Emmanuel Macron's Address to Congress Was Full of Criticism for President Trump — French President Emmanuel Macron critiqued the nationalist rhetoric and policies of President Donald Trump in his address to Congress Wednesday. The speech highlighted that, despite the public displays …
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New York Times:
How Scott Pruitt Plans to Defend Himself on Capitol Hill: Spread the Blame — WASHINGTON — As Scott Pruitt, the embattled head of the Environmental Protection Agency, prepares to testify before Congress on Thursday amid a series of spending and ethics investigations, an internal E.P …
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CNBC
Washington Post:
News organizations seek access to Mueller materials in Russia investigation … A coalition of news organizations, including The Washington Post, asked a federal court on Tuesday to unseal materials used by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III to obtain search warrants in his investigation …
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
What's Robert Mueller's next big move? Here are 9 possibilities.
What's Robert Mueller's next big move? Here are 9 possibilities.
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Politico
Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
Harry Reid says Trump is damaging the country but warns against impeachment — LAS VEGAS — Former Nevada Sen. Harry Reid said he is worried that U.S. institutions have been “decimated” under President Donald Trump and blames Republicans for being lax on Russian election meddling …
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National Review, Washington Post, Washington Free Beacon and The Daily Caller
Los Angeles Times:
Suspect in Golden State killer case is arrested after decades of searching — Authorities have arrested a man suspected of being one of California's most prolific serial killers and rapists — the Golden State killer. — According to law enforcement sources who were unauthorized …
Justin Elliott / ProPublica:
The Hidden Hand of a Casino Company in Trump's Contact with Vietnam — “Trump, Inc.” Podcast — On Dec. 14, 2016, one month after his election, President-elect Donald Trump had a call with the prime minister of Vietnam. At a time when foreign governments were scrambling to contact Trump …
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Above the Law and Daily Kos
Mark Landler / New York Times:
A National Security Aide's Departing Wish: Cooking for the State Dinner — WASHINGTON — In the ceaseless churn of the Trump administration, there are many ways to leave the White House. Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, the ousted national security adviser, exited to the applause of colleagues who lined the West Wing parking lot.
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Talking Points Memo and Splinter
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Vox rewrites history to make Barbara Bush-hating professor the victim — Vox's fundamental problem isn't that many of its writers are astonishingly ignorant. It's that they are aggressively dishonest. — Consider, for example, how the website that promises to “explain the news” …
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Daily Wire, twitchy.com and Vox
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Eddie Hughes / Fresno State News:
President Joseph I. Castro letter on conclusion of review regarding professor
President Joseph I. Castro letter on conclusion of review regarding professor
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Merseyside Police:
We've issued the following statement following reports of social media posts being made in relation to Alder Hey Hospital and the ongoing situation with Alfie Evans: — Chief Inspector Chris Gibson said: “Merseyside Police has been made aware of a number of social media posts …
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Ronan Farrow: Hillary Clinton Tried to Cancel Interview Because I Was Reporting on Weinstein Story — Ronan Farrow appeared on Good Morning America Wednesday to talk about his new book, and made a revelation about an interview he was slated to have with Hillary Clinton.
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TheBlaze, Althouse and twitchy.com
Rachel Maddow / MSNBC:
Firing Mueller won't end Trump investigation, Mueller made sure — Rachel Maddow shows how Robert Mueller has worked with other departments and agencies in the course of the Trump Russia investigation, ensuring that even if the special counsel is fired, the elements of the investigation live on.
Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
A Lynching Memorial Is Opening. The Country Has Never Seen Anything Like It. — The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, opening Thursday in Montgomery, Ala., is dedicated to victims of white supremacy. — MONTGOMERY, Ala. — In a plain brown building sits an office run by the Alabama Board …
Chronicle of Higher Education:
Drew Cloud Is a Well-Known Expert on Student Loans. One Problem: He's Not Real. — Drew Cloud is everywhere. The self-described journalist who specializes in student-loan debt has been quoted in major news outlets, including The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and CNBC …
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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
James Comey threw a book party for all his friends — in the press … Half the country hated him for how he handled the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton, and the other half cannot stand him for his cutting commentary on President Trump. So, who is left to show up when Jim Comey hosts a book party in Washington, D. C.?
WPRI-TV:
Chafee will ‘very likely’ challenge Whitehouse for US Senate — PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee says he is “very likely” to enter the Democratic primary against the man who defeated him for the same seat 12 years ago, Sheldon Whitehouse, Eyewitness News has confirmed.
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Politico, Political Wire and ripr.org
Tennessean.com:
Phil Bredesen holds narrow edge over Marsha Blackburn, new Mason-Dixon poll shows — Phil Bredesen and Marsha Blackburn are the leading candidates to replace Bob Corker in the U.S. Senate Michael Schwab/USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee — Another poll on the U.S. Senate race between former …
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Washington Examiner and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Colin Clark / Breaking Defense:
Russia Widens EW War, ‘Disabling’ EC-130s In Syria — GEOINT: The Compass Call is supposed to be one of America's foremost electronic warfare weapons, but the EC-130s flying near Syria are being attacked and disabled “in the most aggressive EW environment on the planet,” the head of Special Operations Command said here today.
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Danielle McLean / ThinkProgress:
Unearthed photo reveals ‘New Yorker’ Steve Mnuchin enjoys solar eclipses after all — When the public first learned about Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's trip aboard a (pricey) military jet to tour Fort Knox last August, it didn't take an astrologer to note the interesting timing of the visit …
Reuters:
Exclusive: Russian civilians helping Assad use military base back home - witnesses — MOLKINO, Russia (Reuters) - The Kremlin says it has nothing to do with Russian civilians fighting in Syria but on three recent occasions groups of men flying in from Damascus headed straight to a defense ministry base …
Prince Of Petworth / PoPville:
This Just In - Macron Lunching at Tonic!?! — Thanks to Endrit for sending: — “Just saw what appears to be President Macron's vehicle and security team park at Tonic on GW's campus. Reportedly he's having lunch there.”