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Peter Wehner / New York Times:
Republicans Sink Further Into Trump's Cesspool — What they left out of their questioning of Michael Cohen says more about the degradation of my former party than anything they said. — Michael Cohen's testimony before Congress on Wednesday revealed as much about the Republican Party …
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Joyce White Vance / Washington Post:
Yes, Michael Cohen's a liar and a criminal. So how come you believed him? — Choirboys don't end up as cooperating witnesses. But people who do can appear credible. — Michael Cohen's testimony before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday was a master class in how prosecutors …
Ken White / The Atlantic:
Republicans Committed the Classic Cross-Examination Blunder — Everyone involved in the House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on Wednesday needed a good lawyer. — Michael Cohen, the convicted felon, disbarred lawyer, and former fixer to Donald Trump, needed a trial lawyer to rein …
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Lawfare:
The Cohen of Silence Breaks: What to Make of Wednesday's Testimony — The first thing to remember about Michael Cohen's lengthy appearance on Wednesday before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform is that it was presumably a pale shadow of the full testimony Cohen could offer.
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National Review, HuffPost and Washington Post
Caroline Fredrickson / New York Times:
How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Won the Cohen Hearing — Too many representatives chose to bloviate instead of interrogate — except for one. — Ms. Fredrickson is the president of the American Constitution Society. — On Wednesday, Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's one-time personal lawyer and …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
After Michael Cohen's testimony, The Trump Organization can expect a wave of renewed scrutiny
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POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Michael J. Stern / USA Today:
Michael Cohen testimony was a WWE body slam against Trump. Here's why it's credible.
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Raw Story and The Atlantic
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
The Republican Party Completely and Utterly Disgraced Itself at Michael Cohen's Hearing
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Washington Monthly
The Daily Beast:
Matt Gaetz Under Investigation by Florida State Bar Over Michael Cohen Threat
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Keith Griffith / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Gambino mob heir predicts Michael Cohen will get WHACKED in prison because ‘inmates love Trump and hate rats’
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Daily Wire and The Gateway Pundit
NBC News:
Trump Org's Weisselberg not cooperating with feds, sources say
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Washington Post, ThinkProgress and New York Times
Barbara McQuade / The Daily Beast:
The Case Against Trump Has Never Been Stronger After Cohen Testimony
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POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
John Solomon / The Hill:
Michael Cohen's pathetic ‘Cry for Me, Argentina’ performance
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Boston Globe, Pirate's Cove, New York Times, Washington Press and Viking Pundit
Issie Lapowsky / Wired:
How'd the Cohen Hearing Go? That Depends on Your Filter Bubble
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Noah Rothman / Commentary:
Michael Cohen's Morality Play
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Byline Times and The American Conservative
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Cohen's Testimony Is a Test for Both Parties in the Year Ahead
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Washington Post and Althouse
NBC News:
U.S. drops demand for full accounting of N. Korea nuclear program ahead of talks — Negotiators focus in on Yongbyon reactor, the “heart” of North Korea's nuclear program. — HANOI, Vietnam — U.S. negotiators are no longer demanding that North Korea agree to disclose a full accounting …
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Trump's Talks With Kim Jong-un Collapse Over North Korean Sanctions — “Sometimes you have to walk,” President Trump said after he and North Korea's leader abruptly ended their meeting. — “They were willing to denuke a large portion of the areas that we want, but we couldn't give …
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
‘Sometimes you have to walk’: Why Trump bailed on North Korea — HANOI - In the end, President Trump did the unexpected: He walked away. — A visibly deflated Trump began the press conference wrapping up his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by talking about anything else.
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Washington Post:
Trump and Kim abruptly cut short summit after failing to reach nuclear deal — HANOI — President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un abruptly cut short their two-day summit here Thursday after the two leaders failed to reach an agreement to dismantle that country's nuclear weapons.
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Politico, Media Matters for America, Breitbart, Shareblue Media, The Hill, The Week, One America News Network, The Daily Beast, NPR, ABC News and Power Line
Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
The Three Problems with the North Korea Walk-Out — This wasn't “strength.” It was getting out before losing everything. — When the news came late Thursday night that denuclearization talks between the United States and North Korea had broken down without a resolution …
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USA Today, Breitbart and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
New York Times:
Trump-Kim Summit Updates: ‘Sometimes You Have to Walk,’ Trump Says as Talks Collapse
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Washington Post:
‘Sometimes you have to walk’: Trump leaves summit empty-handed at tough point in presidency
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
'He tells me he didn't know': Trump defends Kim Jong Un over death of Otto Warmbier
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NBC News and Political Wire
Hazel Shearing / BuzzFeed News:
Trump Claimed Michael Cohen “Lied A Lot” During His Testimony
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Washington Press and Law & Crime
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
LePage: Eliminating Electoral College Would Make Whites ‘A Forgotten People’ — Former Gov. Paul LePage (R) tore apart a bill currently in the Maine state legislature that proposes essentially eliminating the Electoral College in favor of the popular vote because it would only “be minorities that elect” the President.
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Ronn Blitzer / Law & Crime:
Former GOP Governor: We Need Electoral College or Else ‘White People Will Not Have Anything to Say’
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Mike Tipping / Beacon:
LePage claims national popular vote bill will silence ‘white people’
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Political Wire
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Tlaib: Lawmakers ‘gasped’ when Meadows brought up black Trump employee — Rep. Rashida Tlaib said Thursday that she and others in the House Oversight Committee room gasped on Wednesday when Rep. Mark Meadows pointed to a black Trump administration official as evidence that President Donald Trump …
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POLITICUSUSA and Washington Post
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Michael Tesler / Washington Post:
No, Mark Meadows. Having a black friend doesn't mean you're not racist.
Kate Sullivan / CNN:
Lawmakers clash in Cohen hearing after Republican accused of using black woman as a ‘prop’
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Townhall, Fox News and Washington Post
Kyle Kondik / Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The 2020 Electoral College: Our First Look — KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — Our initial Electoral College ratings reflect a 2020 presidential election that starts as a Toss-up. — We start with 248 electoral votes at least leaning Republican, 244 at least leaning Democratic, and 46 votes in the Toss-up category.
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
GOP nightmare as Alabama's Roy Moore signals he might run again — Roy Moore, a conservative lightening rod who cost the Republican party a Senate seat in deep-red Alabama, is signaling fresh interest in mounting another campaign in 2020, sparking alarm on the right that Democratic Sen. Doug Jones …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: A new conservative media company — Jonah Goldberg is leaving National Review in the coming months to start a new conservative media company with Steve Hayes, who was editor-in-chief of The Weekly Standard when its owner shut it down in December. — Details: Goldberg and Hayes tell …
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Washington Post:
Virginia first lady under fire for handing cotton to African American students on mansion tour — A Virginia state employee has complained that her eighth-grade daughter was upset during a tour of the historic governor's residence when first lady Pam Northam handed a ball of cotton …
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Gromer Jeffers Jr / Dallas Morning News:
Sources: Beto O'Rourke won't challenge John Cornyn for Senate, paving way for presidential bid — Beto O'Rourke has decided not to run for Senate next year against Republican incumbent John Cornyn and likely will announce a campaign for president soon, confidants close to the former El Paso congressman told …
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