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New York Times:
On Eve of Michael Cohen's Testimony, Republican Threatens to Reveal Compromising Information — WASHINGTON — In an atmosphere of high drama and low tactics, Michael D. Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, prepared for his potentially explosive public testimony about the president …
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Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Trump Ally Rep. Matt Gaetz Insists He's Not Threatening Michael Cohen, Just ‘Witness Testing’ — 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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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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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Rep. Matt Gaetz's very witness-tamper-y Michael Cohen tweet
Rep. Matt Gaetz's very witness-tamper-y Michael Cohen tweet
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Jason Chaffetz / Fox News:
Michael Cohen hearing's only purpose is to publicly flog Trump during meeting with Kim Jong Un
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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NBC News:
Cohen will tell Congress of alleged Trump criminal conduct, source says
Cohen will tell Congress of alleged Trump criminal conduct, source says
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Emily Saul / New York Post:
Michael Cohen has been disbarred
Michael Cohen has been disbarred
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CNN:
Michael Cohen apologizes to Senate panel for lying to Congress
Michael Cohen apologizes to Senate panel for lying to Congress
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP unloads border angst on Pence — Vice President Mike Pence faced a wall of resistance from Senate Republicans on Tuesday as he tried to sell President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration on the southern border, according to multiple GOP sources.
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Washington Post:
House passes resolution to nullify Trump's national emergency declaration — The House on Tuesday passed a resolution to overturn President Trump's declaration of a national emergency on the southern border, as majority Democrats painted an apocalyptic portrait of a lawless chief executive out to gut the Constitution.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP leader unsure on legality of Trump's emergency declaration — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says he has yet to determine whether President Trump's emergency declaration to build border barriers is legal. — Asked for his legal opinion after meeting with a Department …
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Martin Longman / Washington Monthly:
The Republicans Stoop to New Lows in Congress
The Republicans Stoop to New Lows in Congress
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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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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 Proud to Be ‘Number-One Trending Topic’ After Twitter Ban
Jacob Wohl Proud to Be ‘Number-One Trending Topic’ After Twitter Ban
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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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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 …
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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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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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Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Whitaker Agrees to Request to Return to House to Clarify Testimony — Former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker has agreed to meet a second time with House lawmakers to clarify public testimony he gave earlier this month, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said.
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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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John Kruzel / PunditFact:
Three questions that could entangle Jared Kushner's security clearance — Jared Kushner's security clearance is getting an audit in the press. — This year alone, MSNBC and CNN have mentioned Kushner's clearance more than four dozen times. Democrats who have pressed for his clearance …
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 tainted by ballot fraud, announced Tuesday that he will not run in the new election for the seat.
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
64 percent say Democratic Party supports socialism, says poll — Nearly two-thirds of registered voters in a Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll survey released exclusively to The Hill believe that the Democratic Party supports socialism. — Sixty-four percent of respondents said that they believe …
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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Two GOP senators said to express concerns over Trump's nominee for appeals court — Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) is privately raising questions about Neomi Rao, President Trump's nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and how she would potentially rule …
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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 …
Julie K. Brown / miamiherald:
Calls grow for Acosta to resign as Epstein's sex abuse victims demand justice — Lawyers for victims who were sexually abused as minors by multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein have formally demanded that the government vacate Epstein's plea deal, void his federal immunity and reopen …
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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Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
A Harvard Law Professor Is Representing Harvey Weinstein. Students Say This Makes Them Unsafe, Demand His Resignation. — Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. is a law professor at Harvard University and faculty dean of Winthrop House, one of the college's 12 residential houses.
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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” …
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Trump Undermines Top Trade Adviser as He Pushes for China Deal — WASHINGTON — As President Trump tries to settle a dispute with China that has rattled global financial markets and American businesses, he is increasingly undercutting his own trade adviser.
Congressman Ro Khanna:
RELEASE: Reps. Ro Khanna, Barbara Lee and Andy Kim Introduce Resolution Calling for Formal End to Korean War — Washington, DC - As President Trump arrives to Hanoi, Vietnam, Rep. Ro Khanna, along with eighteen Democratic Members of Congress, have introduced a resolution calling …
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 …