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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Appeals to Nation for Wall: ‘This Is a Choice Between Right and Wrong’ — WASHINGTON — President Trump sought to go over the heads of Congress to enlist public support for his long-promised border wall on Tuesday night, raising the stakes of an ideological and political conflict …
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John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump's prime-time sales pitch for a border wall didn't change anything in the shutdown fight — President Trump announced no new policies and made no new substantive arguments, writes CNBC's John Harwood. — But neither did Democratic congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi and Charles Schumer …
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New York Times, Washington Post and The Moderate Voice
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Trump Has Defeated Himself — Well, that was the shortest, most easily resolved national emergency in U.S. history. Twelve hours ago, the president was preparing to set aside the regular process of law. By 9 p.m. eastern time? Not so much. — Perhaps somebody pointed …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump is still considering an emergency declaration to get the funds to build a border wall — A source close to President Trump tells Jonathan Swan that he thinks a declaration of a national emergency at the border — which Trump stopped short of last night — remains the most likely ultimate option …
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Media's Angry Response To President Trump's Oval Office Speech Comes Up Short
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
A growing number of Americans blame Trump for shutdown: Reuters-Ipsos poll
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Linda Chavez / The Bulwark:
There Is a Crisis at the Border. Trump Created It.
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Pierre Thomas / ABC News:
Rosenstein expected to depart DOJ in coming weeks once new attorney general confirmed — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is expected to leave his role in the coming weeks, multiple sources familiar with his plans told ABC News. — Rosenstein has communicated to President Donald Trump …
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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Attorney General pick Barr expresses confidence in Mueller — WASHINGTON (AP) — The incoming chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday that Attorney General nominee William Barr has confidence in special counsel Robert Mueller and will let him complete his Russia investigation.
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Schumer calls on Trump to withdraw Barr nomination
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
House Democrats ready subpoena for testimony from Acting Attorney General Whitaker
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein is reportedly headed out the door. What does it mean for Mueller?
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Associated Press:
AP source: Rosenstein expected to leave Justice in weeks
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John R. Schindler / Observer:
Exclusive: Mueller Is Holding Top Secret Intelligence That Will Sink the Trump Presidency — Another day, another bombshell emanating from the Special Counsel investigation into President Donald Trump and his links to the Kremlin. We now have more proof that Robert Mueller really does …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The ‘Collusion’ Debate Ended Last Night — As I signaled last night, the seemingly accidental redaction error in the Manafort legal filing combined with the news published mid-evening by The New York Times is one of the biggest revelations in more than two years of the Trump/Russia scandal.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
One more Russian contact: Here's why it matters — The Post reports, “Paul Manafort shared 2016 presidential campaign polling data with Konstantin Kilimnik, an associate the FBI has said has ties to Russian intelligence, according to a court filing.” We learned about the confab between Donald Trump's …
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Why the latest Paul Manafort news is a very big deal
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Claudia Koerner / BuzzFeed News:
People Bet On How Much Trump Would Lie In His Oval Office Address And Won $276,424 — A gambling site is paying out thousands of dollars to people who correctly bet that President Donald Trump would tell more than 3.5 lies in his Oval Office address on Tuesday.
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Trump's Oval Office Address Was Classic Stephen Miller — The young speechwriter has a signature style: blood, gore, and a penchant for provoking rather than persuading the president's adversaries. — Almost from the moment the camera blinked on in the Oval Office, it was clear …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump's Oval Office address was a pure propaganda opportunity. Networks shouldn't allow it next time.
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CNN:
Law firm that represented Russian interests part of mystery Mueller subpoena case — Supreme Court rules against mystery company — Washington (CNN)One law firm involved in a foreign government-owned company's challenge of a mysterious grand jury subpoena related to the Robert Mueller investigation …
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Democrats Focus on Shutdown's Cost and Steer Away From Trump's Wall — WASHINGTON — When Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California stepped to a microphone last week and pronounced President Trump's border wall “an immorality,” most Democrats cheered and nodded their heads.
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Politico
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Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
TV Ratings: Democrats' Response to Trump Speech Outdraws President in Early Numbers
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Associated Press:
White House tries to hold jittery GOP in line on shutdown
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Washington Times and Associated Press
Freddy Gray / Spectator USA:
Wrinkled, white, and wrong — this is the face of the Democratic party
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Sputnik International, Conservative News Today and Breitbart
Holly Rosenkrantz / CBS News:
Trump Jr. suggests border wall is like a zoo fence — Donald Trump Jr. used Instagram Tuesday night to endorse his father's border wall policy, saying the evidence that a wall works is because they protect people from zoo animals. — “You know why you can enjoy a day at the zoo?
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Washington Post:
Reduced inspections ‘put our food supply at risk’ — The furloughing of hundreds of Food and Drug Administration inspectors has sharply reduced inspections of the nation's food supply — one of many repercussions of the partial government shutdown that make Americans potentially less safe.
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Axios
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Proud Boy Accused of Murdering ‘Lizard’ Brother With Sword — Prosecutors say Buckey Wolfe was convinced his sibling was a lizard. — A self-proclaimed member of the far-right Proud Boys group who also believes in the QAnon conspiracy theory allegedly murdered his own brother with a sword.
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CNN:
Cracks emerging among Senate Republicans as Murkowski calls for end to shutdown — (CNN)Patience is beginning to wear thin among Senate Republicans for a prolonged government shutdown, with a growing number at risk of revolting if the fight over funding President Donald Trump's border wall drags out indefinitely.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
A few Republicans defend Article I of the Constitution. So far, Romney isn't one of them.
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Bryan Lowry / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Josh Hawley to furloughed federal workers: No comment — Josh Hawley, Republican U.S. senator from Missouri — Josh Hawley has a message to federal workers in Kansas City who won't receive paychecks this week: No comment. — Wednesday, the freshman Republican Missouri senator was asked …
Chelsea Davis / Hawaii News Now:
Tensions rise between 2 of Hawaii's Congressional leaders over ‘religious bigotry’ comments — HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard appears to have “called out” Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono over her questioning of a judicial nominee, accusing her and others of religious bigotry.
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Anna North / Vox:
Louis C.K. and Aziz Ansari have an opportunity for redemption. They're squandering it. — Their post-#MeToo comedy is a loss for us all. — “God, I love being white,” said Louis C.K. — “Here's how great it is to be white,” the comedian went on: “I could get in a time machine …
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed News:
Elizabeth Warren Knows Something Other Presidential Hopefuls Don't: Exactly Why She's Running For President — In Council Bluffs, her mic went dead. — “No sound!” someone in the back yelled. — “I know!” she yelled back in a laugh, before continuing on with her speech.
Tina Nguyen / Vanity Fair:
The G.O.P.'s Plan to Take Down Beto: Unleash the Bernie Bros — Republicans are digging into O'Rourke's voting record and Big Oil ties in an attempt to isolate him from progressives. — In the run-up to Texas's closely watched Senate election, Republicans' attempts to smear Beto O'Rourke centered …
Associated Press:
Iran says it holds US Navy veteran, 1st arrest of Trump era — TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran confirmed Wednesday it is holding U.S. Navy veteran Michael R. White at a prison in the country, making him the first American known to be detained under President Donald Trump's administration.
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Critique of Fact-Checking Is Valid — Early last month, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez did a bad tweet. After misreading an article in the Nation on the Pentagon's accounting errors, Ocasio-Cortez falsely claimed that the Defense Department had wasted enough money …
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National Review, The Week and Liberty Unyielding
Jan Ransom / New York Times:
As Challengers Circle, Longtime Queens D.A. Says He Won't Run Again — When Richard A. Brown took over as the district attorney in Queens in the early 1990s, murder and violent crime had reached a record high in New York City. Like most prosecutors in that era, Mr. Brown adopted a tough-on-crime approach …
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump formally nominates Andrew Wheeler to head EPA — President Trump has formally sent Andrew Wheeler's nomination for administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to the Senate for confirmation, the White House announced Wednesday. — Why it matters: Wheeler …
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Tom Metcalf / Bloomberg:
Jeff, MacKenzie Bezos Say They're Divorcing After 25 Years — Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos, the world's richest person, and his wife MacKenzie are divorcing after 25 years. — “After a long period of loving exploration and trial separation, we have decided to divorce and continue …
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Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed News:
Is John Kasich Still A Republican? He Won't Quite Say. — The Ohio governor is spending his final days in office reflecting on his legacy, fussing with his Instagram, and FaceTiming Arnold Schwarzenegger. What's next? “Bread's in the oven.” — When Mitt Romney unleashed …
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