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Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Powerful GOP Rep. Jim Jordan accused of turning blind eye to sexual abuse as Ohio State wrestling coach — “At the end of the day, he is absolutely lying if he says he doesn't know what was going on,” a former Ohio State wrestler said. — Rep. Jim Jordan, the powerful Republican congressman from Ohio …
Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
NBC News poll: Most want vote on Trump Supreme Court nominee before midterms — The survey also found most Democrats and independents said the next justice should be moderate, while 65 percent of Republicans want a conservative. — A majority of Americans believe the Republican-led Senate …
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Dennis Romboy / Deseret News:
Trump interviews Sen. Mike Lee about Supreme Court opening — SALT LAKE CITY — President Donald Trump interviewed Utah Sen. Mike Lee on Monday about the coming vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, the Deseret News has learned. — Lee, who is in Utah, confirmed the telephone interview but would not elaborate on the conversation.
Hugh Hewitt / Washington Post:
Here's who Trump should pick for the Supreme Court
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Trump Isn't Remaking The Supreme Court. Leonard Leo Is.
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David Lat / Above the Law:
The Supreme Court Sweepstakes: The Latest State Of Play — And The Case For Judge Kavanaugh
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a potential Supreme Court nominee, has defended overturning precedents
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
How Amy Coney Barrett vaulted onto Trump's Supreme Court shortlist
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New York Times:
Trump Administration Reverses Obama on Affirmative Action — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will encourage the nation's school superintendents and college presidents to adopt race-blind admissions standards, abandoning an Obama administration policy that called on universities …
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Top Justice Department Lawyer Resigns, Latest To Step Down — Scott Schools, a top aide to the deputy attorney general, is planning to leave the Justice Department, according to two people familiar with his decision. — The job title for Schools — associate deputy attorney general …
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Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration to Rescind Obama Guidelines on Race in College Admissions — Legal opinions from the former administration sought to help colleges consider race to promote diversity — WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is planning to rescind Tuesday a set of Obama-era policies …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump: ‘If not for me,’ United States would be at war with North Korea — President Trump said Tuesday that the United States would be at war with North Korea without his efforts and that conversations with the nation's leaders are “going well” — an assessment at odds with recent reports …
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Washington Post:
Ex-congressional IT staffer reaches plea deal that debunks conspiracy theories about illegal information access — Federal prosecutors concluded an 18-month investigation into a former congressional technology staffer on Tuesday by publicly debunking allegations — promoted by conservative media …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Ex-Dem IT staffer slammed by Trump pleads guilty to bank fraud
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Jessica Schneider / CNN:
Ex-House staffer, subject of conspiracy theories, pleads guilty to bank fraud charge
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
New York Times Reassigns Reporter in Leak Case — Ali Watkins, the New York Times reporter whose email and phone records were secretly seized by the Trump administration, will be transferred out of the newspaper's Washington bureau and reassigned to a new beat in New York, The Times said on Tuesday.
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Washington Post:
Pruitt aides reveal new details of his spending and management at EPA — Two of Scott Pruitt's top aides provided fresh details to congressional investigators in recent days about some of his most controversial spending and management decisions, including his push to find a six-figure job …
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CNN:
Whistleblower: EPA's Pruitt kept secret calendar to hide meetings — (CNN)EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and his aides have kept “secret” calendars and schedules to overtly hide controversial meetings or calls with industry representatives and others, according to a former EPA official who is expected to soon testify before Congress.
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Jessica Sidman / Washingtonian:
Mother With Her 2-Year-Old Confronts Scott Pruitt at a DC Restaurant
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emptywheel:
Putting a Face (Mine) to the Risks Posed by GOP Games on Mueller Investigation — I'd like to put a human face — my own — to the risk posed by GOP gamesmanship on the Mueller investigation. — Sometime last year, I went to the FBI and provided information on a person whom I had come …
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Decatur Daily:
Triple homicide leaves ex-wife dead after protection request denied — Before she and two others were shot dead near Ardmore on Sunday, Debra Ann Rivera twice had asked a judge to order her ex-husband to surrender his guns because of alleged abuse. — The request was denied both times.
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San Francisco Chronicle:
SF's appalling street life repels residents — now it's driven away a convention — In a move that is alarming San Francisco's biggest industry, a major medical association is pulling its annual convention out of the city — saying its members no longer feel safe.
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Danielle Ohl / Baltimore Sun:
Trump declines request to lower flags in memory of Capital Gazette shooting victims — Mourners gathered in Annapolis to honor the five employees who were killed Thursday in a shooting at the Capital Gazette newsroom. Their names are Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith and Wendi Winters.
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Matt McKinney / WRTV-TV:
Indianapolis church locks up Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus to condemn immigration policy — INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis church made a bold statement on a lawn near Monument Circle Tuesday morning, placing statues of Mary, Joseph, and Baby Jesus inside a fence to condemn the current immigration policies.
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CBS Philly:
Protests Turn Violent As Demonstrators Arrested In Front Of Philadelphia ICE Building — PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Protests turned violent as activists were taken into custody on the streets of Philadelphia on Tuesday as they were calling for the abolishment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
NBC News:
New Trump admin order for separated parents: Leave U.S. with kids or without them — Rights advocates say the new directive prevents migrant parents who were separated from their kids under zero tolerance from asking for asylum in the U.S. — WASHINGTON — Following a court order to reunite …
Ryan Gaydos / Fox News:
Walmart boycott campaign launched after outcry over ‘Impeach 45’ clothing — Walmart has found itself on the receiving end of a torrent of outrage after it was discovered Monday that the superstore was selling anti-Trump “Impeach 45” apparel on its website.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
'I'd like to kill ‘em’: GOP takes on Trump tariffs — Republican lawmakers are losing their patience with the president's trade war, saying it's hurting their states and the party's chances in the midterms. — Republican senators are at their breaking point with Donald Trump's protectionist trade blitz.
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Dan Primack / Axios:
Trump's tweet on Harley-Davidson doesn't hold up — President Trump on Tuesday escalated his war of words with U.S. motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson, which recently announced plans to move some manufacturing overseas because of tariffs. — Now that Harley-Davidson is moving part …
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Kate Irby / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Congressman denied entry to California detention facility for children under age 14 — PLEASANT HILL — The cry of a child could be heard just inside the nondescript, brown detention facility in Pleasant Hill, California, a San Francisco suburb, and Rep. Jeff Denham wanted to see for himself what was inside.
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
‘ABOLISH ICE’: Vandals Throw Brick Through Window Of GOP Office, Leave Graffiti Message — Vandals threw a brick through the window of the Nebraska Republican Party's headquarters in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Monday night, the party said Tuesday. — Republican staffers found a spray-painted message beneath …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Tom Arnold's Bonkers Strategy for Nailing Trump — The high-energy comedian says he knows exactly how to take down the president. Now, if he could only get his hands on one little tape. — BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—The secret of every Donald Trump conspiracy theory—the ones he pushes …
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Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Secret ‘Roe v. Wade’ Film Now Shooting in New Orleans (Exclusive) — Nick Loeb, famous for battling ex Sofia Vergara over frozen embryos, is co-directing a pro-life story of the landmark Supreme Court case, with a cast including conservative stars Jon Voight, Robert Davi and Stacey Dash.
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
First lady on secret trip to visit injured service members — WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump has made another secret trip, though this one was carried out closer to home. — The first lady is visiting wounded service members at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
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