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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,” …
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Washington Press, Raw Story and Salon
Emily Saul / New York Post:
Michael Cohen has been disbarred — President Trump's former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen has been disbarred. — The decision, which follows his felony conviction for lying under oath, was announced in documents released Tuesday by Manhattan's Appellate Division, First Department and the Attorney Grievance Committee.
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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 — Wednesday is one of the first big hearings for the new Democratic-led House Oversight and Reform Committee. The sole witness, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, is headed to jail for pleading guilty to lying to Congress.
USA Today:
Jordan & Meadows: Democrats put out welcome mat for a liar. We can't trust Michael Cohen.
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Cohen will present document to criminally implicate Trump
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Washington Post and The Daily Caller
Philip Ewing / NPR:
Get Caught Up On Michael Cohen, Trump's Ex-Lawyer, And His Big Week In D.C.
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Washington Post:
20 questions that Michael Cohen could answer for lawmakers when he testifies on Capitol Hill this week
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Cohen Is Prepared to Say Who Signed His Stormy Daniels ‘Cover-up’ Checks
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Washington Post and ABC News
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
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Just Security:
Mueller's Findings: Why DOJ Non-Disclosure Policy and Grand Jury Secrecy May Not Apply
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Appeals Court Backs Mueller In Challenge Brought By Roger Stone Aide
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Federal court again rejects challenge to Mueller's legitimacy
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POLITICUSUSA and The Daily Caller
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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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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Vox, The Atlantic and New York Times
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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Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
Republican Lisa Murkowski Will Support Bill to Undo Trump Emergency Declaration
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The Gateway Pundit
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
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 — 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, Daily Wire and Talking Points Memo
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 …
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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Joe.My.God., Law & Crime and Raw Story
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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Alexandra DeSanctis / National Review:
Senate Fails to Pass Born-Alive Bill
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David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Senate Vote Against Born-Alive Infants Proves Democrats Aren't ‘Pro-Choice.’ They're Pro-Infanticide
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Washington Examiner and Daily Wire
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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Daily Wire
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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Mark Harris, Axios, Political Wire and The Daily Beast
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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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The Week
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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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Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
Pro-Wall Republicans Should Reject Trump's Emergency — The president is right about border security. But he is wrong to abuse his legal power to take action. — On the question of whether the federal government should spend money to augment physical barriers at the border with Mexico, I'm with President Donald Trump.
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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
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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 …
Gwen Aviles / NBC News:
GOP lawmaker backtracks on anti-gay bill after daughter publicly shames him — Kansas Republican Ron Highland is withdrawing his support for a bill that calls gay unions “parody marriages” following an open letter from his LGBTQ daughter. — Kansas Republican Ron Highland is removing …
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