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1:05 PM ET, February 26, 2019

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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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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 …
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Cohen to present new evidence of alleged Trump “criminal conduct”  —  President Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen is expected to present evidence of alleged “criminal conduct” by Trump to the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday that was “stumbled across ... within the last 48 hours,” …
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Cohen will present document to criminally implicate Trump  —  Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, plans to offer up a document to lawmakers that he claims will show the president engaged in criminal conduct related to a hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels …
Discussion: Washington Post
USA Today:
Jordan & Meadows: Democrats put out welcome mat for a liar. We can't trust Michael Cohen.
Discussion: NPR
Washington Post:
20 questions that Michael Cohen could answer for lawmakers when he testifies on Capitol Hill this week
Discussion: Reuters and Daily Kos
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:   Cohen Is Prepared to Say Who Signed His Stormy Daniels ‘Cover-up’ Checks
Byron York / Washington Examiner:   Cohen hearings designed to keep public in dark about Russia
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:   What The Steele Dossier Got Wrong About Michael Cohen
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Axios and ABC News
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump's inner circle might escape Mueller charges — but still won't be safe  —  Even if special counsel Robert Mueller finishes his work without filing new charges, President Donald Trump and his associates won't be in the clear.  —  In recent weeks, several prominent figures close to Trump …
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Federal court again rejects challenge to Mueller's legitimacy  —  Rosenstein: We can count on Barr to do the right thing  —  Washington (CNN)Roger Stone associate Andrew Miller will have to testify to a grand jury in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation or will go to jail …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and The Daily Caller
Just Security:   Mueller's Findings: Why DOJ Non-Disclosure Policy and Grand Jury Secrecy May Not Apply
Matt Ford / New Republic:   Did Trump Win His War on the Russia Investigation?
Matthew S. Schwartz / NPR:
Manafort Seeks Leniency In Sentencing
Discussion: Politico and CNN
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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Washington Post:
In Hanoi, Kim Jong Un and a culture clash with the White House press corps  —  HANOI — What happens when the authoritarian ruler of North Korea checks into a hotel teeming with American journalists filing round-the-clock news reports?  —  The free press loses — or at least it did Tuesday …
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:   The week's other summit: Kushner to meet Saudi crown prince
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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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Ivanka Trump goes after Ocasio Cortez over “guaranteed minimum” jobs policy
Discussion: Raw Story
Azi Paybarah / New York Times:   Public Advocate Election: What to Know
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Bernie Sanders Will Rebuke Billionaires, But Not Ruthless Dictators  —  Making the click-through worthwhile: Bernie Sanders picks a heck of a night to refuse to denounce Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro; an old monologue from a television show that warns us about the dangers …
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Washington Post:
On ousting Maduro, only Venezuela's opposition appears to favor a bolder approach
Thom Tillis / Washington Post:
I support Trump's vision on border security.  But I would vote against the emergency.  —  Thom Tillis, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from North Carolina.  —  President Trump has few bigger allies than me when it comes to supporting his vision of 21st-century border security …
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Ross K. Baker / USA Today:   Senate Republicans will commit institutional treason if they support Trump's ‘emergency’
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
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 …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and MSNBC
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Era of Limited Government Is Over  —  Why American conservatism after Trump may learn to like the state.  —  Since conservatism became a movement in the 1950s, the American right has understood itself to be defending not just the written American Constitution but an unwritten one as well …
Mary McNamara / Los Angeles Times:
Emma Thompson's letter to Skydance: Why I can't work for John Lasseter … When Skydance Media Chief Executive David Ellison announced this year that he was hiring John Lasseter to head Skydance Animation, many in and outside the company were shocked and deeply unhappy.
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Republicans of Gilead  —  A louche administration takes aim at reproductive rights.  —  In “The Handmaid's Tale,” Margaret Atwood's ever-resonant tale of misogynist dystopia, Christian fascism has a sordid, perverse underbelly.  On the surface, the Republic of Gilead …
 
 
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