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New York Times:
Cohen Plans to Call Trump a ‘Con Man’ and a ‘Cheat’ in Congressional Testimony  —  WASHINGTON — Michael D. Cohen plans to tell Congress on Wednesday that President Trump is a “con man” and a “cheat” who knew a longtime adviser was communicating with WikiLeaks — and who implicitly instructed …
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Cohen testimony on Trump: ‘He is a racist.  He is a conman.  He is a cheat.’  —  Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer, will provide documents to the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday that he says prove Trump committed “illicit” acts, according to prepared congressional testimony obtained by POLITICO.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Michael Cohen's explosive opening statement about Trump, annotated  —  Michael Cohen is set to deliver a stemwinder of an opening statement Wednesday morning to the House Oversight Committee in his debut public testimony.  Cohen will say his former boss President Trump is “racist” and a “conman.”
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Adam Mill / The Federalist:
How Forcing Michael Cohen To Divulge Attorney-Client Communications Damages The Rule Of Law  —  This cooked-up pretext to invade the president's attorney-client privilege is a stain of shame on the rule of law and tramples on a 500-year-old rule that protects our common law tradition.
Discussion: Townhall, Washington Post and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Michael Cohen to testify that Trump knew of WikiLeaks plot.  He will also call him ‘a racist’ and ‘a cheat.’  —  Michael Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, will tell Congress on Wednesday that Trump knew his longtime adviser Roger Stone was communicating with WikiLeaks about publishing stolen emails …
Axios:
Scoop: Check signed by Trump to be displayed at Cohen hearing  —  A $35,000 check signed by Donald Trump on Aug. 1, 2017 (after he became president) will be displayed during Michael Cohen's testimony to the House Oversight Committee today, a source close to Cohen tells Axios.
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Television networks planning special reports for Michael Cohen's testimony  —  New York (CNN Business)A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter.  You can sign up for free right here.  —  A pivotal moment for the Trump presidency  —  Michael Cohen will be everywhere on Wednesday.
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:   Roger Stone Says Michael Cohen Is Lying, After Stone Was Ordered Not To Comment On The Mueller Investigation
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump believes the investigations against him weaken his standing with foreign leaders
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Trump Ally Rep. Matt Gaetz Insists He's Not Threatening Michael Cohen, Just ‘Witness Testing’
Washington Post:
Michael Cohen's testimony: Trump's former personal lawyer expected to allege the president knew …
Discussion: CNN, Shareblue Media and Bloomberg
Maria Abi-Habib / New York Times:
Pakistani Military Says It Downed Two Indian Warplanes, Capturing Pilot  —  NEW DELHI — Pakistan said Wednesday that it downed two Indian fighter jets and captured a pilot, escalating hostilities between the nuclear-armed neighbors a day after Indian warplanes struck inside Pakistani territory for the first time in five decades.
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CNN:
Pakistan shot down two Indian jets inside its airspace, government claims, as border crisis escalates  —  New Delhi, India (CNN)India has disputed Pakistan's claims that its air force shot down two Indian fighter jets inside Pakistani airspace on Wednesday amid a potentially dangerous border crisis between the two nuclear-armed powers.
Discussion: Washington Post, NPR and Al Jazeera
BBC:
India Pakistan: Kashmir fighting sees Indian aircraft downed  —  Pakistan says it has shot down two Indian military jets and captured a pilot in a major escalation between the nuclear powers over Kashmir.  —  India said it had lost one MiG-21 fighter and demanded the immediate and safe return of its pilot.
Washington Post:
White House bans four journalists from covering Trump-Kim dinner because of shouted questions  —  HANOI — The White House abruptly banned four U.S. journalists from covering President Trump's dinner here Wednesday with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un after some of them shouted questions at the leaders during their earlier meetings.
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Andrew Bast / CBS News:
North Korea finding new ways to evade sanctions, secret U.N. report reveals
Discussion: CNBC and Axios
Susan E. Rice / New York Times:   Can Trump Avoid Caving to Kim in Vietnam?
Greg P. / twitchy.com:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is furious at these photos of her and a staffer eating a hamburger and killing the planet  —  Apparently, when Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says that Americans will have to eat fewer hamburgers to save the planet from global warming, she meant Americans who don't work for her.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Alana Goodman / Washington Examiner:
AOC ‘living wage’ rules allow her staff to dodge financial disclosure laws
Discussion: IJR and National Legal & …
Gregg Re / Fox News:
9th Circuit gets another Trump-picked judge, after White House bypasses consultation with Dems  —  Senate confirms President Trump's nominee to be a judge on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals 53-46 in a party-line vote  —  The Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Trump's nominee to be a judge …
Discussion: Townhall
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
White House sours on Kris Kobach for Senate, Cabinet
Discussion: Raw Story
CNBC:   Gary Cohn is writing a memoir of his career, including his tenure in the Trump White House
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Mainstream Media Blacks Out The Democrats' Infanticide Vote  —  There's no good way to spin the Democrats' vote.  So many in the MSM simply ignored it.  —  So I was going to have a little fun at the expense of CNN this morning, contrasting the news site's headline for the Democrats' gun restriction bill …
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Alexandra DeSanctis / National Review:   Why Did Senate Democrats Refuse to Protect Infants?
Ellen Page / Hollywood Reporter:
Ellen Page on Jussie Smollett Fallout: Hate Violence Is Not a Hoax (Guest Column)  —  While the media debates the ‘Empire’ star's case, it's critical that we not losesight of the real threats underrepresented communities face every day, writes the actress and activist.
Discussion: Breitbart, twitchy.com and Daily Wire
Bill Ruthhart / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago poised to elect first African-American female mayor after Lori Lightfoot, Toni Preckwinkle advance  —  The field of Chicago's mayoral candidates narrows from 14 to two as Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle head to a runoff.  —  Privacy Policy  —  Chicago will elect …
Discussion: VICE News, theGrio, NPR and CBS Chicago
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Fran Spielman / Chicago Sun-Times:   Is Chicago ready for reform? Lightfoot, Preckwinkle poised for mayoral runoff
Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
House poised to pass first major gun bill in a generation  —  Legislation to strengthen background checks is expected to face stiff opposition in the Senate.  —  WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, for the first time in a generation, the U.S. House is poised to pass new gun control legislation.
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Elizabeth Landers / CNN:   House to vote on guns background check bill with bipartisan support
Alex Shephard / New Republic:
The Overdue Death of Democratic “Pragmatism”  —  It's an unwritten rule in political journalism today that Amy Klobuchar, the Minnesota senator and Democratic candidate for president, must be described as “pragmatic.”  —  There isn't much mystery as to what the press means by this.
Discussion: Althouse
Tyler Dukes / WRAL-TV:
McCrae Dowless, central figure in 9th District election probe, indicted  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — McCrae Dowless, the Bladen County political operative who emerged as a central figure in the investigation into irregularities in the 9th Congressional District, was arrested and charged Wednesday …
Discussion: Political Wire
Project Veritas:
Facebook Insider Leaks Docs; Explains “Deboosting,” “Troll Report,” & Political Targeting in Video Interview  —  Insider, Formerly Responsible for Content Review in Facebook's Intellectual Property Dept Speaks Out, Loses Job  —  Facebook Engineers Plan to “demote bad content”
 
 
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Emma Green / The Atlantic:
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Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
The Humiliation of the Freedom Caucus
Discussion: Politico
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Whitaker Agrees to Request to Return to House to Clarify Testimony