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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 …
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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
New Michael Cohen testimony may undermine Trump's spin on Mueller — The news that Michael Cohen will testify to Congress that President Trump committed crimes while in office provides an occasion to step back and remind ourselves of the big picture when it comes to special counsel Robert S …
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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Washington Post, ABC News, Washington Press, Raw Story and Salon
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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Politico, Hot Air, Talking Points Memo, Breitbart, New York Daily News and The Gateway Pundit
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.
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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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, Shareblue Media and Mediaite
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Cohen will present document to criminally implicate Trump
Cohen will present document to criminally implicate Trump
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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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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 …
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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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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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 and Axios
Michael Burke / The Hill:
Nearly 40 percent of Sanders 2020 donors so far appear to be new supporters: report
Nearly 40 percent of Sanders 2020 donors so far appear to be new supporters: report
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New York Times, Politico, Joe.My.God., VICE News and CNN
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
Ivanka Trump goes after Ocasio Cortez over “guaranteed minimum” jobs policy
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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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Mother Jones, HuffPost, The Week and Politico
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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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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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Shakesville, Daily Kos and ImmigrationProf Blog
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 …
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 …
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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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Top Democrats want 2020 candidates to sign non-aggression pact
Top Democrats want 2020 candidates to sign non-aggression pact
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Washington Post and Political Wire
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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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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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 …
Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
Republican Lisa Murkowski Will Support Bill to Undo Trump Emergency Declaration — The House will vote Tuesday on a resolution to overturn President Donald Trump's emergency declaration on the border, under which he can obtain funds without congressional approval.
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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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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 …
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” …
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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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 …
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