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Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
House Intel Will Call Trump Org Moneyman Allen Weisselberg To Testify — The intelligence committee has indicated for months it intends to follow Trump's money. Allen Weisselberg keeps the Trump Organization's receipts. — The House intelligence community intends to call …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
After Cohen's hearing, the BuzzFeed bombshell that Mueller disputed looks better — and worse — In mid-January, a BuzzFeed News report hit the news cycle like a mile-wide asteroid landing on Earth. — Its assertion was stunning: that President Trump had directed his fixer, Michael Cohen …
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Videos of Mark Meadows saying ‘send Obama home to Kenya’ resurface hours after he's accused of racist stunt — The most emotionally fraught moment during the Michael Cohen hearing had nothing directly to do with President Trump's former lawyer but was a tense exchange after one lawmaker accused another …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Cummings: House Oversight will seek interviews with Trump Jr., Ivanka
Cummings: House Oversight will seek interviews with Trump Jr., Ivanka
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Joe.My.God. and Politico
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
House Oversight seeks interviews with Ivanka Trump, Don Jr.
House Oversight seeks interviews with Ivanka Trump, Don Jr.
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Tlaib: Lawmakers ‘gasped’ when Meadows brought up black Trump employee
Tlaib: Lawmakers ‘gasped’ when Meadows brought up black Trump employee
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
2016 video shows Michael Cohen lied to Congress about not wanting a Trump administration job
2016 video shows Michael Cohen lied to Congress about not wanting a Trump administration job
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
After Michael Cohen's testimony, The Trump Organization can expect a wave of renewed scrutiny
After Michael Cohen's testimony, The Trump Organization can expect a wave of renewed scrutiny
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NBC News:
Trump Org's Weisselberg not cooperating with feds, sources say
Trump Org's Weisselberg not cooperating with feds, sources say
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Washington Post, ABC News, ThinkProgress and New York Times
Rachael Bade / Washington Post:
House Democrats see new probes in Cohen's testimony
House Democrats see new probes in Cohen's testimony
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Joyce White Vance / Washington Post:
Yes, Michael Cohen's a liar and a criminal. So how come you believed him?
Yes, Michael Cohen's a liar and a criminal. So how come you believed him?
Michael J. Stern / USA Today:
Michael Cohen testimony was a WWE body slam against Trump. Here's why it's credible.
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
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Trump's Talks With Kim Jong-un Collapse, and Both Sides Point Fingers — HANOI, Vietnam — President Trump and Kim Jong-un, North Korea's leader, abruptly ended their second summit meeting on Thursday after talks collapsed with the two leaders failing to agree on any steps toward nuclear disarmament …
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Washington Post:
North Korea's foreign minister says country seeks only partial sanctions relief, contradicting Trump — HANOI — President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un abruptly cut short their two-day summit Thursday amid contradictory accounts over why they were unable to reach an agreement to dismantle Pyongyang's nuclear weapons.
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NBC News:
U.S. drops demand for full accounting of N. Korea nuclear program ahead of talks
U.S. drops demand for full accounting of N. Korea nuclear program ahead of talks
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
‘Sometimes you have to walk’: Why Trump bailed on North Korea
‘Sometimes you have to walk’: Why Trump bailed on North Korea
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Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
No, the North Korea summit was not a loss for Trump
No, the North Korea summit was not a loss for Trump
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The Nation, Politico and Breitbart
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
'He tells me he didn't know': Trump defends Kim Jong Un over death of Otto Warmbier
'He tells me he didn't know': Trump defends Kim Jong Un over death of Otto Warmbier
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
In Hanoi, Kim Jong Un, a thumbs up and a question asked and answered
In Hanoi, Kim Jong Un, a thumbs up and a question asked and answered
Samantha Vinograd / The Daily Beast:
Hanoi Summit Failed Because Trump Refuses to Prep
Hanoi Summit Failed Because Trump Refuses to Prep
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Associated Press, Raw Story and Young Conservatives
John Bresnahan / Politico:
‘This is not a day at the beach’: Pelosi tells moderate Dems to stop voting with GOP — House Democrats held an emotional debate behind closed doors Thursday over how to stop losing embarrassing procedural battles with Republicans — a clash that exposed the divide between moderates and progressives.
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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 …
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Why the answers Michael Cohen gave to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's questions mattered — AOC got Cohen to name names — and help build a case for getting Trump's tax returns. — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D-NY) questioning of Michael Cohen during his congressional testimony …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Key GOP senator offers ultimatum to Trump on border emergency
Key GOP senator offers ultimatum to Trump on border emergency
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Raoul Wootliff / The Times of Israel:
Netanyahu to stand trial for bribery and breach of trust, pending hearing — AG's decision is legal bombshell ahead of April 9 elections, marks first time in Israel's history that serving PM is told he faces criminal charges; premier to speak at 8 p.m. — In a move that drastically shakes …
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NBC News:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicted on bribe and fraud charges — The indictment marks the first time in Israeli history that a sitting prime minister has been charged with a crime. — Israel's attorney general announced Thursday that his office had indicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Unrepentant Ilhan Omar suggests Jews who criticize her anti-Semitic statements are doing so because she's Muslim, revives dual-loyalty smear — Rep. Ilhan Omar, D.-Minn., who earlier this month was forced into a hostage tape style fake apology for anti-Semitic tweets, is unrepentant.
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Laura Kelly / Jewish Insider:
Reps. Omar and Tlaib: Anti-Semitism charges shut down criticism of Israel
Reps. Omar and Tlaib: Anti-Semitism charges shut down criticism of Israel
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Washington Free Beacon and twitchy.com
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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Joe.My.God., Hot Air and IJR
Marcy Wheeler / New York Times:
Did Cohen Give a Peek at the Mueller Report? — The special counsel is still hiding events that lie at the core of his investigation — events that involve the president directly. — Ms. Wheeler writes about national security at the website Emptywheel. — Even before Michael Cohen appeared …
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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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John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump and GOP promised economic growth much better than Obama's. That's not what happened — Throughout the 2016 campaign and since, the president and his party have vowed to kick-start tepid Obama-era economic growth. — New government data show that Trump, too …
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Billy House / Bloomberg:
House Democrats to Probe Trump Attacks on FBI, Courts, Media — Judiciary panel to examine alleged abuses of executive power — Effort will include public hearings, but witness list unclear — House Democrats are opening an investigation into what they say are abuses of power …
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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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