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Wall Street Journal:
Cohen to Testify That Trump Engaged in Criminal Conduct While in Office — Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former lawyer, will for the first time publicly accuse the president of criminal conduct while in office related to a hush-money payment to a porn star, a person familiar with his planned testimony before Congress said.
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Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Trump Ally Rep. Matt Gaetz Insists He's Not Threatening Michael Cohen by Suggesting He'll Expose ‘Girlfriends’ — Gaetz told The Daily Beast that he was simply ‘challenging the veracity and character of a witness,’ and not trying to intimidate a witness. — One day before Michael Cohen appears …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Planned in Michael Cohen's Testimony: A Litany of Accusations Against Trump — WASHINGTON — Michael D. Cohen, President Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer, is planning on portraying his onetime client in starkly negative terms when he testifies Wednesday before a House committee …
Jason Chaffetz / Fox News:
Michael Cohen hearing's only purpose is to publicly flog Trump during meeting with Kim Jong Un
Emily Saul / New York Post:
Michael Cohen has been disbarred
Michael Cohen has been disbarred
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Cohen to present new evidence of alleged Trump “criminal conduct”
Cohen to present new evidence of alleged Trump “criminal conduct”
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Cohen will present document to criminally implicate Trump
Cohen will present document to criminally implicate Trump
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Philip Ewing / NPR:
Get Caught Up On Michael Cohen, Trump's Ex-Lawyer, And His Big Week In D.C.
Get Caught Up On Michael Cohen, Trump's Ex-Lawyer, And His Big Week In D.C.
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USA Today:
Jordan & Meadows: Democrats put out welcome mat for a liar. We can't trust Michael Cohen.
Jordan & Meadows: Democrats put out welcome mat for a liar. We can't trust Michael Cohen.
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Alex Pappas / Fox News:
RNC tells Michael Cohen to ‘have fun in prison,’ as GOP readies war room to push back on testimony
RNC tells Michael Cohen to ‘have fun in prison,’ as GOP readies war room to push back on testimony
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Joe.My.God., IJR, Raw Story, The Week and Mediaite
NBC News:
Twitter suspends conservative activist Jacob Wohl after he admits to making fake accounts — “It is not illegal, unethical, or untoward for Americans to steer an American election,” he said. “I'm an American.” — Jacob Wohl, a conservative activist who infamously attempted …
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Gus Garcia-Roberts / USA Today:
This 21-year-old tweeted lies about Robert Mueller and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Now, he's eyeing the 2020 election — COSTA MESA, Calif. - A false claim bubbled up from the internet last month that Sen. Kamala Harris, the recently announced presidential candidate, wasn't eligible for election …
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Jacob Wohl Permanently Banned by Twitter for Fake Accounts — The 21-year-old pro-Trump troll said he would try to manipulate the 2020 election. Oops. — Twitter banned notorious Trump supporter Jacob Wohl from its platform on Tuesday, alleging that Wohl broke the site's rules against creating fake accounts.
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
U.S. Cyber Command operation disrupted Internet access of Russian troll factory on day of 2018 midterms — The U.S. military blocked Internet access to an infamous Russian entity seeking to sow discord among Americans during the 2018 midterms, several U.S. officials said …
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CNN:
Trump bets it all on friendship with Kim — Trump: Kim Jong Un and I see eye to eye — Hanoi (CNN)President Donald Trump was looking to flatter his new friend in Singapore when he struck upon an unusual compliment. — He had known plenty of people who had grown up wealthy and whose families …
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Martin Longman / Washington Monthly:
The Republicans Stoop to New Lows in Congress — I have some personal business I have to attend to this afternoon, so this will be somewhat brief. There have been several House Republicans who have complained that the Democrats are forcing them to vote on President Trump's border emergency …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP leader unsure on legality of Trump's emergency declaration
GOP leader unsure on legality of Trump's emergency declaration
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
After skipping nearly 1,100 mandated emergency reviews, Congress decides to do its job
After skipping nearly 1,100 mandated emergency reviews, Congress decides to do its job
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Politico
Victor Garcia / Fox News:
Ivanka Trump challenges Ocasio-Cortez platform, says Americans don't want ‘guaranteed minimum’ — Ivanka Trump, President Trump's daughter and a White House senior adviser, lauded her father's economy and said the majority of Americans ideologically believe differently than Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
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Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept:
AOC, Sanders, and Warren Are the Real Centrists Because They Speak for Most Americans
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Ivanka Trump goes after Ocasio Cortez over “guaranteed minimum” jobs policy
Ivanka Trump goes after Ocasio Cortez over “guaranteed minimum” jobs policy
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Washington Press and Raw Story
Paul Heintz / Washington Post:
I've reported on Bernie Sanders for years. A free press won't give him what he wants. — Paul Heintz is a staff writer for and political editor of Seven Days, a Vermont newsweekly. — In the fall of 1988, Bernie Sanders charged up the stairs of a Montpelier bar to the Vermont offices …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Bernie Sanders staff shake-up: Top strategists leave his presidential campaign
Bernie Sanders staff shake-up: Top strategists leave his presidential campaign
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Daily Wire, CNN, TheBlaze and Axios
Terrell Jermaine Starr / The Root:
Exclusive: Kamala Harris Calls for Decriminalization of Sex Work, Unequivocally Calls Trump a Racist and Wants Reparations (Sort of) — U.S Sen. Kamala Harris, a frontrunner in the burgeoning 2020 race for the Democratic nomination for president, is addressing criticisms of her criminal justice record and …
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The Daily Beast:
CNN Assures Dems: Sarah Isgur Won't Have Editorial Control in Any 2020 Coverage — The cable channel continues damage control over hiring a long-time Republican operative for a high-ranking editorial gig. — Officials at CNN have told the Democratic National Committee that their new politics editor …
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
White House sours on Kris Kobach for Senate, Cabinet — Republican hardliner Kris Kobach's inner circle is hinting that he has President Donald Trump's support for either a Senate run or Cabinet position. — They're wrong. — White House officials have grown frustrated enough …
Axios:
Thousands of migrant youth allegedly suffered sexual abuse in U.S. custody — Thousands of allegations of sexual abuse against unaccompanied minors in the custody of the U.S. government have been reported over the past 4 years, according to Department of Health and Human Services documents given to Axios by Rep. Ted Deutch's office.
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Sophie Tatum / CNN:
HHS docs show thousands of alleged incidents of sexual abuse against unaccompanied minors in custody
HHS docs show thousands of alleged incidents of sexual abuse against unaccompanied minors in custody
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Top Democrats want 2020 candidates to sign non-aggression pact — Democratic Party chairs in the four early presidential states are working to convince the 2020 presidential candidates to avoid waging social media disinformation warfare against each other. — The effort began this week …
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
64 percent say Democratic Party supports socialism, says poll
64 percent say Democratic Party supports socialism, says poll
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
North Carolina Republican in congressional race tainted by ballot fraud says he will not run in new election — Mark Harris, the Republican nominee in a North Carolina congressional race that was tainted by ballot fraud, announced Tuesday that he will not run in the new election for the seat.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Mueller scores big win as court rejects challenge to his appointment — Special counsel Robert Mueller scored one of the biggest legal wins of his tenure on Tuesday, as a federal appeals court rejected claims that his appointment was unconstitutional. — In a unanimous ruling …
Columbia Journalism Review:
Poll: How does the public think journalism happens? — For decades, we've known that Americans don't trust the press. What we haven't known is how people view the makings of journalism, from the use of fact checkers and anonymous sources to the question of whether money skews journalistic decision-making.
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Ovetta Wiggins / Washington Post:
Md. lawmaker apologizes for allegedly using n-word with her colleagues — A white lawmaker from Harford County apologized to the leaders of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland for using a racial slur to describe a legislative district in Prince George's County …
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Deanna Paul / Washington Post:
The popular vote could decide the 2020 presidential election, if these states get their way — Colorado is set to become the latest member of a group of states banding together to bypass the electoral college system. — The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact …
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Colorado governor will sign bill aimed at bypassing Electoral College
Colorado governor will sign bill aimed at bypassing Electoral College
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Doug Jones taunts Roy Moore to run: 'Let's just do it again' — Sen. Doug Jones is all but daring Roy Moore for a rematch in the Alabama Senate race. — Moore, who was defeated in 2017 amid sexual misconduct allegations, said this year that he believes the election was “stolen” …
Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
What the Failure of the Sasse Bill Says About Democrats — It's not good. — On Monday evening, nearly every Democrat in the Senate voted to block passage of Sen. Ben Sasse's Born Alive Infant Survivors Act. The bill's provisions were simple: In the event that an abortionist botched a late-term job …
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David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Senate Vote Against Born-Alive Infants Proves Democrats Aren't ‘Pro-Choice.’ They're Pro-Infanticide
Senate Vote Against Born-Alive Infants Proves Democrats Aren't ‘Pro-Choice.’ They're Pro-Infanticide
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Washington Examiner and New York Post