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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 …
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USA Today:
Jordan & Meadows: Democrats put out welcome mat for a liar. We can't trust Michael Cohen. — The Cohen hearing will be a partisan circus meant to destroy Trump. We'll ask about Cohen's crimes and why he's getting a forum to avenge his grudge. — CONNECT11 — TWEET11 — COMMENT11
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NPR
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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The Bulwark, CNN, UPI, New York Times, Raw Story, IJR, The Hill and Just Security
Washington Post:
20 questions that Michael Cohen could answer for lawmakers when he testifies on Capitol Hill this week
20 questions that Michael Cohen could answer for lawmakers when he testifies on Capitol Hill this week
CNBC:
Michael Cohen is expected to tell Congress that Trump broke the law while in office: NBC News
Michael Cohen is expected to tell Congress that Trump broke the law while in office: NBC News
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The Guardian and Above the Law
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 …
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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 …
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One America News Network, Law & Crime, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and The Daily Beast
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Federal court again rejects challenge to Mueller's legitimacy
Federal court again rejects challenge to Mueller's legitimacy
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POLITICUSUSA and The Daily Caller
Just Security:
Mueller's Findings: Why DOJ Non-Disclosure Policy and Grand Jury Secrecy May Not Apply
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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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 …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Robby Mook's new gig — FIRST IN PLAYBOOK ... ROBBY MOOK, campaign manager for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential race, will become president of the HOUSE MAJORITY PAC, the House Democratic super PAC. This isn't Mook's first turn at House races.
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New York Times, Vox and The Atlantic
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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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Pete Hegseth to Sitting Congresswoman AOC: ‘Quiet, Quiet...Learn Something Before You Come Back to Me’
Pete Hegseth to Sitting Congresswoman AOC: ‘Quiet, Quiet...Learn Something Before You Come Back to Me’
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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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Raw Story
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Bernie Sanders staff shake-up: Top strategists leave his presidential campaign — The chief strategist of the Vermont independent's 2016 campaign and two other aides cited creative differences as they parted ways. — WASHINGTON — In a major shake-up to Bernie Sanders' just-launched presidential bid …
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Axios and Talking Points Memo
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Bob Menendez ‘surprised’ by Bernie Sanders' soft Maduro stance
Bob Menendez ‘surprised’ by Bernie Sanders' soft Maduro stance
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Observer, Breitbart, Washington Free Beacon and Hot Air
Nicholas Fondacaro / NB Blog:
ABC Gives Dictator Maduro Megaphone to Spread Lies, Bash America With Impunity [UPDATED]
ABC Gives Dictator Maduro Megaphone to Spread Lies, Bash America With Impunity [UPDATED]
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Mediaite, KABE-LP, Daily Wire and Fox News
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Bernie Sanders Will Rebuke Billionaires, But Not Ruthless Dictators
Bernie Sanders Will Rebuke Billionaires, But Not Ruthless Dictators
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Bloomberg
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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Law & Crime and Raw Story
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’
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Trump on brink of defeat on border emergency
Trump on brink of defeat on border emergency
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Washington Monthly, Splinter, The Hill, Contemptor, The Week, ABC News, Raw Story, CNN, Bangor Daily News, IJR and Townhall
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 …
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The Intercept, Joe.My.God., YouTube and MSNBC
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
Why Democrats are not afraid of gun control anymore — (CNN)The House of Representatives this week is poised to pass its most significant gun control legislation since President Bill Clinton's first term — and in the process highlight a fundamental transformation in the Democratic Party's center of gravity.
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Ted Hesson / Politico:
Democrats move to issue subpoenas related to child separation policy — The House Oversight and Reform Committee on Tuesday authorized the use of subpoenas to procure records related to the Trump administration's practice of separating migrant families at the border.
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Washington Post
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Colleen Long / Associated Press:
House panel OKs subpoena over family separations at border
House panel OKs subpoena over family separations at border
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Talking Points Memo, Axios, The Week and Daily Kos
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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Vox
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Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
Democrats block bill to stop infanticide. Politico smears Republicans for the effort
Democrats block bill to stop infanticide. Politico smears Republicans for the effort
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The Federalist, Politico and Townhall
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 …
Greg Rosalsky / NPR:
If a Wealth Tax is Such a Good Idea, Why Did Europe Kill Theirs? — NOTE: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can sign up here. — In late January, Senator Elizabeth Warren, who's in the race to become president in 2020, added a new kind of tax to the American conversation …
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