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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
Trump's National Emergency Just Got Its First Legal Challenge — Legal advocacy group Public Citizen filed suit on behalf of landowners in Texas and an environmental group. More lawsuits are expected. — Reporting From — Washington, DC — WASHINGTON - A consumer advocacy group filed …
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Washington Post:
Trump's bewildering national emergency press conference, annotated — President Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border on Friday — but not without making a scene full of false claims, offbeat comments and tense exchanges. — Below is the full transcript, with annotations in yellow.
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Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Why Trump's Going to Win on the National Emergency — All through the 2016 campaign Donald Trump warned about the menace of immigration by reciting the lyrics of a song called “The Snake,” about a kind woman who takes a snake into her home, only to die when he bites her.
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Ann Coulter Fires Back at Trump: ‘The Only National Emergency Is That Our President Is an Idiot’ — The president said she had gone ‘off the reservation’ during his Rose Garden address declaring a national emergency for the wall. — Matt Wilstein — Ann Coulter says she's thankful …
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David French / National Review:
Trump's Emergency Declaration Is Contemptuous of the Rule of Law — This is no Trump v. Hawaii; the president's discretion is dramatically limited. — One thing that is abundantly clear from reading the full text of President Trump's declaration of a national emergency on the southern border …
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Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
Words are a president's strongest weapon. Trump is terrible at words. — The lawyers will fight over the legality and constitutionality of President Trump's national emergency declaration. What his legal team can't salvage is the American people's assessment of his ability to do his job.
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Raw Story
Victoria Albert / The Daily Beast:
Ann Coulter: National Emergency Designed ‘for Trump to Scam the Stupidest People in His Base’ — Conservative provocateur Ann Coulter fired shots at Trump on Friday for saying he'll sign a bill that would avert another government shutdown and instead declaring a national emergency to build his Mexico border wall.
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The Bulwark:
A Defining Moment for the GOP — President Trump's emergency declaration is a red line for Republicans. — Now that President Trump has declared a national emergency to circumvent Congress and build his wall, Republican legislators face a time for choosing: Support Trump or the rule of law.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Declares a National Emergency, and Provokes a Constitutional Clash
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump just plunged the country into dangerous new territory. Here's what's really at stake.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
There's an emergency — and it's Trump's power grab
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Washington Post:
Fact-checking Trump's announcement of a national emergency
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Washington Post:
Trump declares national emergency on southern border in bid to build wall
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Shannon Vavra / Axios:
House Judiciary to investigate Trump's emergency declaration
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Chris Truax / USA Today:
Donald Trump's emergency declaration is an attack on democracy
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Special counsel prosecutors say they have communications of Stone with WikiLeaks — Washington (CNN)Prosecutors said for the first time that they have evidence of Roger Stone communicating with WikiLeaks, according to a new court filing from special counsel prosecutors.
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CNN:
Exclusive: WH press secretary Sarah Sanders interviewed by special counsel's office — Washington (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has interviewed White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, she told CNN on Friday. — “The President urged me, like he has everyone in the administration …
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USA Today:
Mueller's office seeks prison sentence of 20 years or more for ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort — WASHINGTON - Russia special counsel Robert Mueller asked a federal judge on Friday to send former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to prison for between 20 and 24 years for his conviction on multiple financial fraud charges.
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Mueller says Paul Manafort should serve 19-24 years in prison — Prosecutors for special counsel Robert Mueller said in a new court filing that President Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort should serve between 19.5 and 24.5 years in prison for the financial crimes for which he was convicted in a Virginia court last August.
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Daily Herald:
Suspect in custody after multiple Aurora cops, civilians shot — Multiple police officers and civilians have been wounded in an Aurora shooting Friday in an industrial area near Prairie and Highland avenues. — Multiple police officers and civilians have been wounded in an Aurora shooting Friday …
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Washington Post:
At least 5 civilians dead and 5 officers wounded in shooting in Aurora, Ill., officials say — Five people were killed and five police officers wounded Friday afternoon when a gunman opened fire inside of a warehouse in Aurora, Ill., police say. — Aurora Police Chief Kristin Zimen confirmed the suspect …
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Doha Madani / NBC News:
Several injured, shooter apprehended at Aurora, Ill., manufacturing plant
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Cummings: 2 Trump attorneys may have lied about Cohen payments — House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings said on Friday that his panel received new documents showing that two attorneys for President Donald Trump may have lied to government ethics officials about Trump fixer Michael …
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Poolreports / Public Pool:
Subject: Presidential Proclamation on Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States — DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY CONCERNING THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES — BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
President Donald J. Trump's Border Security Victory
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Lawfare:
What Authorities Is President Trump Using to Build a Border Wall?
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Josh Blackman / Lawfare:
How Congress and President Obama Made Trump's Wall Possible
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Nolan Hicks / New York Post:
De Blasio rips into AOC's Amazon opposition: Working people ‘want jobs’ … It's a progressive civil war. — A hot-under-the-collar Mayor Bill de Blasio tore into Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday as he blistered both the online giant and local politicians who opposed bringing it to Queens.
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Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail:
PICTURED - Two Nigerian actor brothers are arrested over Jussie Smollett attack, as it's revealed they are FRIENDS with the Empire star amid claims the assault was staged to save his career — Police are now treating the two brothers as suspects and not persons of interest but neither has been charged
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Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Reports Claim Jussie Smollet Allegedly Staged Hate Crime Attack; Police Say News Is ‘Unconfirmed, Inaccurate’
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Taylor Day / American Thinker:
Two Nigerian immigrants to be charged for Jussie Smollett ‘hate crime’
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Katherine Tully-McManus / Roll Call:
Capitol Police crackdown on press escalates to physical altercation — A Capitol Police crackdown turned physical Thursday afternoon, when officers clashed with reporters attempting to speak with senators in a location known as key territory for lawmakers and media to mix: the Senate basement.
New York Times:
Air Force Defector to Iran Severely Damaged U.S. Intelligence Efforts, Ex-Officials Say — WASHINGTON — A former Air Force sergeant who defected to Iran did severe damage to American intelligence operations, and is suspected of revealing the names of double agents run by United States military intelligence …
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Trump's raid on Pentagon funds draws bipartisan Hill fire — President Donald Trump's decision to tap into billions of dollars in defense funding to help build his signature border wall drew fierce criticism Friday from military-minded lawmakers in both parties, who warned the move would damage military readiness.
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Liam Stack / New York Times:
A Border Agent Detained Two Americans Speaking Spanish. Now They Have Sued. — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on Thursday against United States Customs and Border Protection on behalf of two American women who were stopped last spring in a small Montana city by a border agent …
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