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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Rod Rosenstein offered to resign  —  Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has verbally “offered to resign” in discussions with White House Chief of Staff Kelly, according to a source close to Rosenstein, but as of now, it's unclear whether his resignation has been accepted.
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New York Times:
Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General, Is Expected to Leave Job  —  WASHINGTON — Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, was expected on Monday to leave his job at the Justice Department, days after private discussions were revealed in which he talked about invoking the 25th Amendment …
The Daily Beast:
Trump Lawyers Demand Mueller Probe ‘Time Out’ if Rosenstein is Ousted  —  It's not even clear yet if the deputy attorney general is actually going anywhere.  But Trump's lawyers still want his exit to block, if temporarily, the Russia investigation.  —  President Donald Trump's legal team …
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Rod Rosenstein, who has been overseeing Russia probe, has offered to resign  —  Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein has told White House officials he is willing to resign in the wake of revelations he once suggested secretly recording the president, but it's unclear if the resignation has been accepted …
Discussion: Washington Times and Althouse
Bloomberg:
Rosenstein Resigns After Reports He Considered Taping Trump, Source Says  — A replacement could fire or rein in Special Counsel Mueller  — Move followed reports Rosenstein discussed 25th Amendment  —  Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the official in charge …
Discussion: Vox, Talking Points Memo and The Week
CNBC:
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is reportedly on the way out  — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is resigning, according to Axios, which cited a source familiar with the matter.  — “He's expecting to be fired,” a source close to Rosenstein told Axios, the website reported Monday.
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Rosenstein, Expecting To Be Fired, Heads To White House For Meeting On Tense Morning  —  Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein expects to be fired following the reports about his early tenure within the Justice Department — but had not actually stepped down as he traveled to the White House on Monday morning for a meeting.
Bloomberg:   Rosenstein Resigns as Deputy Attorney General, Source Says
Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:   Rosenstein has not resigned, still U.S. deputy attorney general: source
Wall Street Journal:
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Expects to Be Fired, Clouding Mueller Investigation
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Mike Levine / ABC News:
Rod Rosenstein, Trump's deputy attorney general, expected to be fired: Sources
Discussion: Politico, HuffPost and AOL
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
What Rosenstein's Exit Would Mean for Mueller's Russia Investigation
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
CNN:
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein expects to be fired Monday, a source tells CNN.
Discussion: The Resurgent
New Yorker:
Senate Democrats Investigate a New Allegation of Sexual Misconduct, from Brett Kavanaugh's College Years  —  As Senate Republicans press for a swift vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, Senate Democrats are investigating a new allegation of sexual misconduct against Kavanaugh.
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Brian Karem / The Montgomery County Sentinel:
Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh faces more allegations  —  Montgomery County investigators confirmed Monday they're aware of a potential second sexual assault complaint in the county against former Georgetown Prep student and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Steven Nelson / Washington Examiner:
Maryland police aren't reviewing second Brett Kavanaugh high school allegation, chief says  —  The chief of police in Montgomery County, Md., says his officers are not looking into sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, appearing to contradict a local news report that …
Andrew Cohen / New Republic:
Brett Kavanaugh Has Already Disqualified Himself  —  Since the sexual assault allegations against him were made public earlier this month, can you think of a single thing Brett Kavanaugh has done or said that makes you more confident that he'll be a judge of high integrity on the Supreme Court?
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
On The New Yorker's Grossly Irresponsible Story  —  Judge Kavanaugh labels The New Yorker's report a “smear, plain and simple.”  He should be applauded for his restraint.  I am struggling to remember reading a less responsible piece of “journalism” in a major outlet.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Stands by ‘Fantastic’ Kavanaugh as He Seeks G.O.P. Votes
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Ronan Farrow: New Kavanaugh Accuser Came Forward Because Democrats ‘Came Looking’
Discussion: Daily Wire
TODAY.com:
Why Kavanaugh's 2nd accuser decided to come forward
National Review:
Fight for Kavanaugh  —  The cynics — or, perhaps more precisely …
Discussion: Hot Air and Mediaite
TMZ.com:
Judge Judy Says Don't Prejudge Sexual Assault Accusations Against Brett Kavanaugh
Discussion: The Daily Caller
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump calls sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh ‘totally political,’ vows to back him ‘all the way’
Discussion: Vox, The Root and The Daily Caller
Politico:
Kavanaugh confirmation in renewed peril after second assault claim
Tamar Auber / Mediaite:
Drudge Says Ronan Farrow and Jane Meyer Set to Break Report on Kavanaugh: ‘Another Woman?’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Axios and RedState
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Big open questions to start this crazy week
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
I Told You So  —  I've been saying all week that you could …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Vox
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
How Russia Helped Swing the Election for Trump  —  A meticulous analysis of online activity during the 2016 campaign makes a powerful case that targeted cyberattacks by hackers and trolls were decisive.  —  Donald Trump has adopted many contradictory positions since taking office …
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
Rob Goldstone wishes he'd never set up that Trump Tower meeting with the Russians  —  Goldstone, who arranged the Trump Tower meeting at the request of a pop star, says Mueller's team wanted to know about links between Trump and Russia.  —  The British-born music publicist who helped arrange …
Sam Thielman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Emptywheel's Marcy Wheeler knows more than she tells, but she tells a lot  —  Photo: Marcy Wheeler, author and editor of national security blog Emptywheel, courtesy of Wheeler.  —  In the sometimes murky world of national security reporters, few people are wrong less often than Marcy Wheeler.
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Adam Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
Poll: Andrew Gillum leads DeSantis by 4, Rick Scott and Bill Nelson tied  —  The UNF poll finds more than seven in 10 likely voters support restoration of voting rights for many ex-felons  —  20 poll by the University of Florida shows Florida being Florida, with neck and neck races for governor and U.S. Senate.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Florida Politics
WNYC News:
NY Pension Chief Cashes in on Natural Gas  —  This story was produced in partnership with Capital & Main, a non-profit news outlet based in Los Angeles, and Sludge, which covers money in politics.  —  By David Sirota and Jay Cassano  —  New York State's former top pension investment officer …
 
 
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