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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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Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:
Bill Weld launches GOP presidential exploratory committee — Announces in NH he's eyeing run against Trump — Former Massachusetts Gov. William F. Weld is launching a presidential exploratory committee to challenge President Trump in the Republican primaries, saying the country is …
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Trump asked for a wall. He's forcing a constitutional crisis. — Analysis: The president made his move. Now, the courts will decide who really has the power over the wall. — WASHINGTON — Congress knew President Donald Trump thought there was a border crisis when it voted to curb his wall Thursday.
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The Atlantic, The Bulwark, Chicks On The Right, Politico and Conservative Review
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Trump Keeps Doubling Down On The Same Failed Strategy — President Trump will declare a national emergency and seek money to build a border wall, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday, moments before the U.S. Senate passed a compromise spending bill that didn't include wall funding.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
There's an emergency — and it's Trump's power grab
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Orlando Sentinel, Protect Democracy and Shareblue Media
Erwin Chemerinsky / American Prospect:
Trump's ‘Emergency’ Action: Unlawful and Unconstitutional
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Law & Crime and Reason
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump liked the idea of a national emergency because it's the maximalist, most dramatic option — President Trump liked the idea of declaring a national emergency because it's the maximalist, most dramatic option. — Between the lines: Trump never gravitates towards complexity.
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Politico, Washington Monthly, ABC News, Washington Post and Breitbart
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Washington Post:
Shutdown averted: President Trump has signed a sweeping spending bill hours before funding expired for parts of the government — BREAKING: Another shutdown is averted. President Trump has signed a sweeping spending bill hours before funding expired for parts of the government.
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ABC News, ThinkProgress, Bloomberg, Mother Jones, CityLab, NPR, The Week, Orlando Weekly and CNBC
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.
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
In a Divided Washington, Congress Averted a Shutdown — but at a Price — WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, went to bed Wednesday night cautiously optimistic that a shutdown crisis that had stretched back to December had finally ended.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Declares National Emergency to Build Border Wall — WASHINGTON — President Trump declared a national emergency at the border on Friday to access billions of dollars to build a border wall that Congress refused to give him, transforming a highly charged policy dispute into a fundamental confrontation over separation of powers.
Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Trump's Rationale for a National Emergency Is Based on False or Misleading Claims
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PolitiFact, Defense One and The Guardian
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Judge hits Roger Stone with gag order — A federal judge on Friday ordered Roger Stone, his attorneys and the special counsel's office to halt all public commentary about the case involving charges that the longtime Donald Trump associate lied to Congress and obstructed its Russia investigation.
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
A Judge Ruled Roger Stone Can Still Talk To The Press, Just Not In Front Of The Courthouse — WASHINGTON - A judge on Friday imposed a limited gag order on Roger Stone, barring him from making any statements “that pose a substantial likelihood of material prejudice to this case” …
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Reports Claim Jussie Smollet Allegedly Staged Hate Crime Attack; Police Say News Is ‘Unconfirmed, Inaccurate’ — Two local media outlet are now reporting that the assault of Empire actor Jussie Smollet last month may have been a hoax: Smollet himself is suspected of organizing the attack …
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Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail:
PICTURED - Two Nigerian actor brothers are arrested over Jussie Smollett attack, as it's revealed …
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Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
Taylor Day / American Thinker:
Two Nigerian immigrants to be charged for Jussie Smollett ‘hate crime’
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TMZ.com, Power Line, The Gateway Pundit and CBS Chicago
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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Talking Points Memo, CNBC and Mediaite
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court takes up Trump administration's plan to ask about citizenship in census — The Supreme Court added a politically explosive case to its low-profile docket Friday, agreeing to decide by the end of June whether the Trump administration can add a question about citizenship …
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CNN:
Trump may have his first 2020 Republican challenger with former Massachusetts governor — Washington (CNN)Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld said he's launching a presidential exploratory committee to run in 2020 as a Republican. — “I hope to see the Republican Party assume once again the mantle of being the party of Lincoln.
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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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Lawfare and The White House
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Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Presidential Proclamation on Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States
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Lawfare and Cronkite News
Renae Merle / Washington Post:
Mel Watt attempted to ‘coerce’ relationship with employee while FHFA director, IG report says — “Standing up for myself” against the director of a federal agency “has not been an easy thing to do,” the woman said. — Former congressman Mel Watt misused his position when he was director …
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Politico, Axios and Political Wire
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
Twitter Suspended A DC Think Tank For Violating Its Rules Against Fake Accounts — BuzzFeed News previously revealed the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology was using fake accounts to promote its work. Now it's under scrutiny again. — Twitter has suspended three accounts connected …
CNN:
Top US general disagrees with Trump over Syria troop pullout — Muscat, Oman (CNN)The US commander who has been leading the war against ISIS told CNN Friday that he disagreed with Donald Trump's decision to pull troops out of Syria and warned that the terror group was far from defeated, in a stark public break with the President.
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Washington Monthly, Defense One, Raw Story and Political Wire
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
The President Is Hallucinating and I Think We Should Be Concerned — Trump is declaring a fictional emergency to complete a wall he hasn't started in response to an incursion that doesn't exist. It's Wayne Hays in the White House. — Season three of True Detective follows Wayne Hays …
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New York Magazine
Jason Koebler / Motherboard:
How Kids YouTube Star Blippi Used Copyright Law to Hide His Harlem Shake Poop Video — Someone claiming to represent Blippi filed DMCA copyright takedown requests to Google in order to get an embarrassing viral video hidden. — Wednesday night, BuzzFeed News published a blockbuster investigate report …
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The Big Lead
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
After the Coup is Gone — As the perpetrators of one of the most shameful scandals in American political history begin slowly to retreat, we are left to ponder one overarching question: — What now? — The tale we've been told for more than two years—that Donald Trump's campaign team …
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